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HP raises 2013 outlook as Whitman’s plan takes hold

SAN FRANCISCO, Thu May 23, 2013 — Hewlett-Packard Co. raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman’s turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services.
While fiscal second-quarter profit plummeted 32 percent, Wall Street had braced for worse. HP shares gained 14 percent after the company projected full-year earnings per share of $3.50 to $3.60, raising the lower end by 10 cents, and fiscal third-quarter profit that topped analyst estimates.
Whitman, who took the helm at the world’s largest PC maker more than a year ago, is orchestrating a turnaround, trying to recapture some of the Silicon Valley icon’s former strong growth. She has said the process could take years.
HP received a warmer welcome from investors for its results than smaller rival Dell Inc, which last week reported a 79 percent slide in profit and is now mired in a takeover battle between founder Michael Dell and activist investor Carl Icahn.
“This is another good deposit on the road to our turnaround here,” HP Chief Financial Officer Cathie Lesjak said in an interview. “We are roughly where we want to be in total on the company.”
Enterprise services and printing units are “probably a little bit ahead,” she said, adding the two businesses helped drive the company’s gross margin improvement during the quarter.

HP Chairman Lane resigns, Whitworth takes over for now

SAN FRANCISCO, Fri Apr 5, 2013 — Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Ray Lane, who has come under fire from shareholders for his role in the acquisition of software company Autonomy Plc, has relinquished his post in the No.1 personal computer maker’s latest board shake-up.

Two other directors left as HP, which has gone through several board upheavals in the past decade, said director and activist investor Ralph Whitworth will serve as interim chairman until Lane’s replacement is found.

HP is also seeking two to three new board members, the company said on Thursday.

The changes come weeks after Lane, a Kleiner Perkins managing partner who will remain an HP director, narrowly won reelection at HP’s annual shareholders’ meeting with less than 60 percent of voting shares compared with 96 percent a year ago.

Two other directors who kept their seats with narrow margins, G. Kennedy Thompson and John Hammergren, will leave the board, and the company will look for two to three new, independent replacements.

Lane is one of the most prominent casualties of an acquisition that has incensed investors, who have criticized the company for paying $11 billion for Autonomy and for failing to conduct proper due diligence. HP eventually took a multi-billion dollar writedown on the asset’s value.

“After reflecting on the stockholder vote last month, I’ve decided to step down as executive chairman to reduce any distraction from HP’s ongoing turnaround,” Lane said in statement. “Since I joined HP’s board a little over two years ago, I’ve been committed to board evolution to ensure our turnaround and future success.”

Analysts cut price targets on HP, see slow turnaround

PALO ALTO, Calif., Thu Oct 4, 2012 – A slew of brokerages cut their price targets on Hewlett-Packard Co. stock, saying the weak economy will continue to weigh on the company that has been plagued by operating problems and slow growth in its computers and printers businesses.

HP warned of an unexpectedly steep earnings slide in 2013 on Wednesday, with revenue set to fall in every business division except software.

Shares of the company fell about 4 percent to $14.26 on Thursday morning. They fell 13 percent to a nine-year low on Wednesday.

Analysts expect the company’s revenue and margins to falter, increasing uncertainty about its recent strategic decisions which focus on transforming the former industry powerhouse into an enterprise computing corporation that can take on IBM and Dell Inc.

“HP’s assumption of turning around the enterprise services business within one-two years looks aggressive, given the significant revenue decline and margin deterioration expected in fiscal 2013,” BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman said.

HP to lay off 27,000 over next few years, profit slides 31 percent

SAN FRANCISCO, Thu May 24, 2012 – Hewlett Packard Co. plans to lay off roughly 27,000 employees or about 8 percent of its workforce over the next couple of years to jumpstart growth and save up to $3.5 billion annually, sending its shares 11 percent higher.

The company said the layoffs would be made mainly through early retirement and would generate annual savings of $3 billion to $3.5 billion as it exits fiscal year 2014, when the layoffs are expected to the completed.

The world’s No. 1 personal computer maker, which employs more than 300,000 people globally, also said on Wednesday that it had a 31 percent decline in second-quarter profit and a 3 percent decline in revenue, compared with a year ago.

The results, however, were better than Wall Street expectations.

Layoffs “adversely impact people’s lives, but in this case, they are absolutely critical to the long-term health of the company,” Chief Executive Meg Whitman said.

“This is broad based,” she said in an interview. “By design, it will touch all of HP.”

Whitman said a third of the layoffs would be in the United States. The company will take a pretax charge of $1.7 billion in fiscal 2012 related to the layoffs.

Whitman plans to boost spending on research and development, especially in printing and PCs, with the savings from the cost cuts.

Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said the quarter was surprisingly strong for HP, which had missed its own forecast most quarters in the last 18 months and prior to Whitman taking over as CEO.

Hewlett Packard adds activist investor Ralph Whitworth to board

PALO ALTO, Calif. ― Activist investor Ralph Whitworth is joining Hewlett Packard Co’s. board after taking a small stake in the Silicon Valley behemoth, a move that may cheer many on Wall Street frustrated by the company’s recent decisions.

The addition of Whitworth, who co-founded San Diego-based activist investment fund Relational Investors LLC, makes HP’s board one of Silicon Valley’s largest, with 14 directors.

HP’s board has found itself time and again on the firing line since the infamous wire-tapping incident of the 1990s, when a scandal involving eavesdropping on directors and journalists forced then-chairwoman Patricia Dunn’s resignation.More recently, it has faced a storm of investor criticism and shareholder lawsuits over decisions from the hiring of former SAP AG (SAPG.DE) CEO Leo Apotheker as chief executive, to the haphazard way it has communicated its strategy, including a consideration to hive off its personal computer division.

Apotheker was replaced by former eBay Inc CEO Meg Whitman in September.

“HP is taking a proactive approach to upgrading its board of directors in the face of heavy investor frustration,” said Brian Marshall, analyst with ISI Group.

CNBC reported that Whitworth has a nearly 1 percent stake in HP. Neither the company nor Whitworth has disclosed the amount of shares that he owns. Whitworth was unavailable for comment. HP declined to comment beyond its statement.

Hewlett-Packard weighing sale of Palm webOS unit

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO ― Hewlett-Packard Co. is looking to sell Palm’s webOS mobile software platform, a deal that could fetch hundreds of millions of dollars but less than the $1.2 billion that HP paid last year, four sources close to the matter said.

Advised by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HP is trying to figure out how to recoup its investment in Palm, viewed by many analysts and investors as an expensive foray into the smartphone market that has not paid off.

Several technology companies have expressed an interest in buying the division, which is seen as attractive for its patents, the sources said.

Amazon.com Inc., Research In Motion, IBM, Oracle Corp. and Intel Corp. are considered to be among the companies likely to be interested in the asset, industry sources said.

The future of the unit, which HP acquired when it bought Palm in 2010, was in jeopardy after the company decided to kill its webOS-based TouchPad tablet following poor sales.

An HP spokesman said “we are exploring ways to optimize the webOS software,” and declined to further comment.

HP is still mulling the software’s future, including if it should build a new webOS-based tablet, HP’s new chief executive Meg Whitman said in a recent interview.

“The question now before us is what do we do with webOS software and do we come back to market with webOS devices,” Whitman said. “It obviously will not be the same device but it will be version 2.0.”

In October, HP ditched a plan to spin off its personal computers unit, a month after the ouster of CEO Leo Apotheker whose idea would have cost billions of dollars in expenses and lost business.

The boutique investment bank Parella Weinberg, which had been hired by Apotheker at the time to explore alternatives, has since lost the mandate as HP’s adviser, the sources said.

Parella Weinberg was not immediately available for comment. Bank of America declined to comment.

JP Morgan restarts Hewlett-Packard; cautious on big challenges

PALO ALTO, Calif. ― Hewlett-Packard Co. could face a troubled turnaround, with tough challenges that could result in underwhelming revenue and earnings growth, JP Morgan said, resuming coverage of the Silicon Valley company with an “underweight” rating.

HP is likely to underperform its peers as it undergoes a leadership transition, and the broader economy affects an overhaul of its businesses, JP Morgan analysts, led by Mark Moskowitz, wrote in a client note.

In August, HP stunned Wall Street by dropping its new TouchPad tablet device and saying it may spin off the world’s largest personal computer business.”HP’s $11.7 billion buy of software company Autonomy is expensive in the context of slowing organic growth and was not in the best interest of shareholders,” Moskowitz said.

“We think HP has set an unfavorable precedent that favors the sellers, not shareholders … HP will have to make a series of acquisitions over the next 5-10 years to become a full-fledged, one-stop IT shop,” he said.

The analyst expects HP, which has missed profit expectations three quarters in a row, to further disappoint Wall Street in the near to mid-term.

“The unclear messaging related to the PC business has contributed to competitive displacements, based on our conversations with industry contacts. It is our view that Dell and Lenovo are the early beneficiaries,” Moskowitz said, adding a slowdown would weigh on HP’s printer and services businesses.

Printer sales are likely to be dented as consumers move to smartphones and tablets, and slowing demand squeezes corporate IT budgets.

HP last month named Meg Whitman as president and CEO, replacing Leo Apotheker in a bid to restore investor confidence in the tech blue-chip.

Moskowitz praised Whitman’s leadership and communication skills, but expressed concerns about the former eBay Inc. CEO’s appointment.

“Our research indicates Whitman was not always willing to make the big changes at eBay near the end, and changes that investors had sought did not occur until after Whitman’s tenure. We are cautiously optimistic on the new appointment.”

Shares of the company closed at $23.02 on Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange.

Oracle brings new claims against HP in Itanium case

SAN FRANCISCO ― Oracle accused Hewlett-Packard of fraud for concealing facts during negotiations between the two companies, according to a court filing.

The cross complaint filed by Oracle against HP on Tuesday is the latest salvo in ongoing litigation over the Itanium platform.

Oracle decided in March to discontinue its support for Itanium, a heavy-duty computing microprocessor, saying Intel Corp made it clear that the chip was nearing the end of its life and the company’s focus was on its x86 microprocessor.

HP has dubbed Oracle’s decision “anti-customer” behavior. The company sued Oracle in a California state court in June.

The litigation has been part of a deteriorating relationship between the two companies. Oracle hired former HP chief executive Mark Hurd last year after Hurd left HP amid questions about his relationship with a female contractor.

HP filed a trade secrets lawsuit against Hurd related to the Oracle hire, which was soon settled.

In the filing on Tuesday, Oracle claims HP fraudulently induced Oracle to enter into the Hurd settlement.

HP concealed the fact that it was about to hire Leo Apotheker as its chief executive, and Ray Lane as its chairman, Oracle’s filing says.

Apotheker and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison have long been rivals from the time Apotheker headed European software maker SAP AG. HP Chairman Ray Lane and Ellison had a troubled relationship from the time Lane was fired from Oracle in 2000, according to the filing.

“Given the well-documented animosity between Oracle and Messrs. Apotheker and Lane, HP knew that Oracle would not have signed the Hurd Agreement had it known of HP’s imminent plans,” the filing says.

An HP representative could not immediately comment Tuesday.

Other claims asserted by Oracle against HP include defamation and intentional interference with contractual relations. Oracle seeks rescission of the Hurd agreement, general and punitive damages and other remedies.


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NBA trade rumors: As Raptors seek new identity, efforts to deal Jonas Valanciunas still come up short
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Back in 2012 at the London Olympics, Lithuania national coach Kestutis Kemzura expressed some of the concerns he had about his young big man, Jonas Valanciunas, who was then 20 years old and coming into his first season in the NBA. Valanciunas had struggled in the tournament, and Kemzura told Sporting News, Sometimes, he wants to come in and do everything right away. In his head, he is working too fast. He is young, that happens.

Four years later, at the Rio Olympics last summer, Kemzura’s criticism of Valanciunas — who averaged just 6.7 points and 7.0 rebounds — was echoed by new coach Jonas Kazlauskas in much sharper terms.

Youth Jurickson Profar Jersey He has to dedicate himself to basketball more, Kazlauskas said. He was also asked why Valanciunas was struggling, and said, You’ll have to ask Valanciunas.

Acquiring Korver gives the Cavs one of the best 3-point shooters in NBA history. He provides instant offense off the bench and draws defenders’ eyes every time moves without the ball. Among players who attempt at least three catch-and-shoot 3-pointers per game, Korver is tied with Stephen Curry and Allen Crabbe for the second-highest 3-point percentage (45.5) behind only Otto Porter Jr. (46.6), per NBA.com.

With Kyrie Irving and LeBron James driving to the basket and Korver on the perimeter, opposing defenses face a brutal dilemma.

He’s so important to us, James said. Korver gives us another option to keep defenses honest. You have to pick your poison. If you collapse on me or Kyrie then you’re leaving him open. If you pay too much attention to him you already know what it is.


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I'm a 17 year old male currently involved in a relationship of four months. I'm a virgin, and I am also "questioning" about my sexuality, but my girlfriend is unaware. There was a time when I would consider myself bisexual, because I am attracted, physically, to males but not emotionally, but I'm still not entirely sure that I am bisexual. My girlfriend is much more experienced than I am when it comes to sex, but she has never gone "all the way" and she wants to do this for the first time with me. I want to really bad as well, and we plan to soon, but I can't shake the feeling that I will be doing something wrong if I have sex with her and I'm still not fully comfortable or aware of my sexual orientation, or that I want to be in this relationship forever. I would however like to lose my virginity for the first time with her. Would it be wrong if I am still considering myself questioning and we still went all the way?
Heather Corinna replies:

If it's wrong for people to engage in sex with someone without knowing and disclosing all of who they are, might be or become, or will be, in any respect, including sexually, for all of their lives, then every single person on earth who has ever engaged in sex has been doing wrong.

We could say similar about if people do or don't know if they want to be in a relationship where they're engaging in sex forever or not, especially if we account for how very often our feelings about people or relationships change over time (read: pretty much always).

In other words, no, I don't think you're doing wrong by someone or yourself to engage in sex with them without knowing your orientation for sure -- now or ever -- or knowing if you want to try and be with them in a given kind of relationship for the whole of your life. Because if that's doing wrong, I just don't see how the vast, vast majority of people, if not all people, could possibly do right.

It sounds to me, though, like the way you're feeling is something for you to talk with her about before continuing to be sexual with her because you're clearly feeling conflicted and worried about it.

Certainly, if she doesn't feel comfortable engaging in sex with you because you're bisexual, possibly bisexual or questioning, or because you can't say you know you want to try and be with her until the end of time, then engaging in sex together probably isn't a great idea, because you can't give her those things or meet those expectations. (Like I said, chances are good very few people earnestly would be able to either, but still.) In other words, if either or both of those things were sexual dealbreakers for her you don't know about -- though I'd think that if you two are planning to have sex, you've both already talked about any dealbreakers -- you should know about them and each make your choices accordingly.

It sounds to me like for you, yourself, engaging in whatever kinds of sex "all the way" means for either of you with these concerns unaddressed and undiscussed wouldn't be a great idea. They're obviously things you're seriously concerned about, and it's hard to feel good about sex if we're feeling afraid or stressed or like we're tricking someone (even if we're not); if there's some big elephant in the room we're grappling with and withholding. To boot, sex always tends to feel better -- physically and emotionally -- if and when we feel accepted by our partners, and it's a lot harder for things to feel right with us if we're not, aren't sure we are, or are hiding things out of a fear of nonacceptance.

To me, this really isn't a consent issue. In other words, I don't think you have to tell your girlfriend you're questioning or may be bisexual, or that you don't know if you want to be with her forever, for sex between you to be consensual. I don't think things like this are sound criteria for consent because none of us can ever know everything there is to know about ourselves or our feelings, or fairly be asked to know all of that by someone else.

At the same time, it sounds like it might have to do with consent for you. If you feel like either or both of these things would mean your partner is agreeing to something different than she thinks she is, then consent might be at play here, so putting this stuff out there to double-check with her if she still feels right about sex with you would be a good idea for that reason, too.

Because you're feeling concerned about this, because it seems like you've got some big stuff you're keeping to yourself that is putting a possible wedge in between you, because you're obviously not sure how she might feel about either of these things, and because you make clear you don't feel sure it's right for you not to disclose these things first, it's very clear to me that they're things to talk about with her before you continue being sexual with her, or taking new sexual steps one or both of you consider to be biggies.

I also think that sex or no sex, getting this stuff out of the locked door of your head and heart and out into the open with someone who is obviously important to you is going to leave you feeling a lot better, even if the outcome isn't ideal or what you want.

If you want some helps in having this conversation, I can make some suggestions.

1. You can tell her that you're questioning your orientation, and/or think you might be bisexual. You can tell her what that has meant for you, and what it means to you as of right now. You can make clear to her that you are attracted to her (I'm assuming you are, as you clearly express a sexual interest in her), but that you have been and also might still feel attraction to men (or other women, too, for that matter). You can talk together about both of your feelings about that, and how, if at all, that might factor into your relationship and each of your sexual decisions. You can let her ask any questions she has about this, and answer her honestly as best you can. You can also ask if she's up for talking about her orientation. Heck, for all you know, she's been or is questioning herself.

2. Sometimes people assume that those of us who are bisexual, pansexual or otherwise queer don't want or can't be happy with sexually exclusive relationships with a person of one gender; that we must want or even need open or polyamorous relationships, or partners of any gender we're attracted to to feel satisfied. That's a pretty silly thing to think, mind, when there's no sexual orientation -- including heterosexuality -- that means someone is ONLY or can only be attracted to just one person, ever, but some people still think it. And that's not true for some bisexual or pansexual people, true for others, true for some sometimes, or in some relationships, but not at other times or in other relationships. And what model of relationship someone wants when it comes to exclusivity, and how many partners at a time they want, isn't typically about orientation or about a given sexual orientation in the first place: after all, some straight, gay or lesbian people don't want monogamous relationships or sexual exclusivity, too.

Talking about what model of relationship we want is an important thing to talk about in relationships or many sexual interactions no matter what our orientation is, including if it is or isn't a question mark. So, this is something sound to talk about no matter what, but given the assumptions so many people tend to make about bisexual folks in this regard, this is probably going to come up as part of your disclosing that regardless. That given, you may as well bring it up, especially since it's a good thing to talk about anyway.

3. On that note, a next conversation to have (talking about all of these things at once would probably be a little much for anyone) can be about what you each want and need when it comes to commitment to this relationship as it stands now and engaging in any given kind of sex together. You can each talk about how you're feeling about this relationship now, and each say what you both think you need in terms of each other's feelings and commitments to feel right about engaging in intercourse or whatever else together. This way, you can each find out where you both stand and can both -- not just you, but her too! -- decide if you can both meet or honor whatever those wants, needs or expectations are. For instance, does she need for you to know or think you want to be with her as a girlfriend forever to feel right about sex with you or not? Does she even feel that way about you? And what do you need in this respect: what kinds of feelings or ideas about this relationship do you feel like you might need her to have, if any, for sex with her to feel right for you?

If you need some extra tools or food for thought to help one or both of you out in even figuring out what you want and need from each other around sex, I'd suggest reading through, and then maybe talking about, the following links:

It might be, by the way, that these conversations mean that even if you two are going to have a given kind of sex, you take longer to get there than either of you thought you might. If so, that's okay. Just like with plans for anything, our plans with sex can change. Sex we don't feel good about isn't usually sex that feels good, and taking the time we need to be sure any sexual activity, ever, is the right thing for us and any partners is something we all get to do. Better to slow things down and take our time than to rush in and have one or both of you feel like crud.

The extra bonus of conversations like these, and really talking through a sexual decision-making process together is that that's some real intimacy all by itself. In other words, like sex can be, this is another way of potentially getting really close, opening up to each other, being vulnerable and really connecting. For all the potentially good things sex can offer you, these kinds of conversations about it can offer you a lot of those things, too.

Obviously, any of these disclosures might well mean that you or she comes to a conclusion that having sex together isn't the right thing for one or both of you, right now or period. Obviously, since this is clearly something you want, if that's what happens, it's going to be a bummer. If that happens because she reacts badly to your disclosure about your sexual orientation or identity, that'll be another level of bummer on top of that. Both not getting what we want sexually and not getting acceptance from someone who matters to us at the same time can be a pretty rough blow. Fear of one or both of those things is probably at least part of why you haven't talked about this with her yet.

No need to avoid being real: not everyone accepts bisexuality, accepts homosexuality, accepts queerness on the whole. Some people are unaccepting, but not total jerks about it. Some people are unaccepting and really awful about it. On top of that, I'd love to be able to promise you that people we respect, like or love will always treat a disclosure that while we like them, or something about them, we also can like someone else or something about someone else that person doesn't share or have well. But you know, whether we're talking about being attracted or potentially attracted to people of a different gender, or of a body type, haircolor or age; sometimes if we talk about having an ex, or someone we loved before or had sex with before, some folks just have a very hard time with someone whose interest they want having interests that aren't or weren't about them or don't include them. Some people feel threatened and insecure around things like that.

If you have strong feelings about this person and have felt safe being sexual with her so far, in whatever ways you have, I'm guessing it's because you think she's pretty awesome and that you two have had good things going on between you so far.

I can't tell you whether or not she's someone safe to come out to: I'd say your best bet with that is just consulting and valuing your own head, heart and gut feelings.

If you think she might not be accepting of you, or might react badly, I'd actually suggest you certainly reconsider still being sexual with her, and maybe being intimate with her at all. Relationships where we have to hide who we are for things to be okay tend to be dead-ends at best, and can go outrageously badly at worst. You, like any of us, deserve a partner who likes and loves you for you, and your orientation, whatever it may be or become, is part of you. You, like any of us, are also way more likely to have great -- not just good, not so-so, and not bad -- intimate relationships and sexual interactions with people you feel comfortable being yourself with, who you can be yourself with. And not everyone any of us likes, loves or is attracted to is going to be that kind of person for us: often, we -- any of us, no matter our orientation -- have to shop around a bit to really find those people. Not everyone we date is going to turn out to be a keeper; not every relationship is going to turn out to be a good fit.

If you're really not sure how these disclosures would go yet, it also might mean you need to slow all of this down to spend more time feeling that out and getting to know her. Four months isn't a very long time to know someone, so if any of this sounds totally terrifying to talk with her about, but at the same time, you really want to stay in this relationship and see where it goes, then I'd just take more time, slowing things down sexually in the process. We can want to be sexual with someone very badly, and RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND -- but still choose to take more time if we're not sure that's really right for us or them. In fact, our ability to do that when it's needed is a pretty big part of anyone really being ready to be sexual with other people.

If you're going to do that, just take some more time first, you can probably also get more of a sense of her ideas about orientation and bisexuality by talking about it in more general, less personal ways. We won't always feel comfortable coming out to everyone -- and that can feel even more precarious sometimes when we're coming out as just not knowing where we stand -- and it's okay to take time to figure out if someone is a person we're safe coming out to or not. Our safety matters. No one owes anyone these kinds of disclosures about our thoughts or feelings that aren't actions: choosing not to share questioning or an orientation when it's not part of something like breaking an agreement to only be with that person sexually isn't required of her, you or anyone else.

This isn't customs, after all: we don't have to report everything we do or might have in our bag in order to be allowed in (even if some people act like it should be like that). Neither she nor you are obligated to tell each other about anyone and everyone you have ever had sexual interest in or might have that interest in in the future. Neither of you probably has the crystal ball you'd need to do that even if you wanted to.

Lastly, you brought that one area of uncertainty for you in this sexual decision is feeling uncomfortable with some parts of your own sexuality. Comfort with, acceptance of, and knowledge of our sexuality is, for all of us, a lifelong process. Being totally comfortable with every part of it all the time is really rare for anyone, especially for young people when all of this is still so new and something you're just starting to explore. So, people can absolutely choose to engage in sex without being totally comfy with something like orientation, and have it still be okay, even better than okay, for them. Sometimes engaging in sex in a good situation for us can be something that helps us become more comfortable.

But, people can also find that some discomfort, certain levels of it, or discomfort with given things makes sex with someone else, or in a certain situation, not at all okay for them. Where you fall with this, and what you think is likely for you is something you're the expert on having a sense of, not me. So, I'd just think about that, too. If you think the discomfort you have won't be a problem in being sexual with your girlfriend, or might even be made a bit better for you, okay. If you think it will be uncomfortable for you or bad news with this discomfort, or even that sex with her (or anyone) could be a lot better for you, more comfortable for you, if you get more comfortable first, then I'd suggest taking more time for yourself first, time to figure out what you need to get more comfortable, time to start feeling more comfortable.

Again, we can really (and even reallyreallysoveryreally) want to have sex, but we also usually really want it to be a good experience, one that's right for us and others: it's rare we want sex we think will be utter crap for us or others, especially emotionally. Sometimes we've got to nix a certain sexual opportunity at a given time, even if and when we want it, because we know that at that time, or in that situation, it's really not what we want or are likely to feel good about. "Sex" isn't a thing to have that is always awesome just in the having, just like dinner is a thing that can be something heavenly, something totally forgettable, or something that gives us food poisoning.

The good news is, if and when we find we need to say no to a sexual opportunity, or put one on hold until later, if we feel afraid saying no or later means we will never, ever have the opportunity to have sex again, we're pretty much always wrong. The good stuff keeps.

You sound like someone pretty thoughtful to me, who is actually pretty self-aware already, and who it sounds like can have a good deal of faith in his own decisions. I know this is a lot to sort through and think about, and some of it might feel scary or be challenging, but I suspect you're going to handle this like a pro.

I'm going to leave you with a couple more links for yourself around your orientation and identity questions that I hope will help you out, whatever you decide to do with your girlfriend and whatever happens with that. I'd also be happy to talk with you one-on-one over at our boards about any of this if you like, or give you some extra help and support if you need it before or after talking with your girlfriend.

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A new study highlights a strong association between poor quality of sleep and lower physical activity among people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

In the current study, PTSD was  linked with poor sleep quality at baseline. Those with current PTSD at baseline had poor physical activity even one year later.  Further analysis showed that sleep quality determined the association between baseline PTSD status and physical activity in the one year follow-up.  This adds to the evidence that lower sleep quality and reduced physical activity could  lead to negative health outcomes like obesity.

"We found that sleep quality was more strongly associated with physical activity one year later than was having a diagnosis of PTSD," said lead author Lisa Talbot, postdoctoral fellow at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco. "The longitudinal aspect of this study suggests that sleep may influence physical activity."

The study was based on analysis of the data retrieved from the Mind Your Heart Study. The cohort study included 736 outpatients who were recruited from two Department of Veterans Affair medical centers.

Using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale, they assessed the PTSD in patients. The participants rated their sleep quality overall during the last month, at baseline and then one year later. The level of physical activity during the last month was reported. Out of 736 military veteran participants, 258 had current or subsyndromal PTSD.

"This study adds to the literature that shows that better sleep leads to healthier levels of exercise, and previous research has shown that better sleep leads to healthier food choices," said American Academy of Sleep Medicine President Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler. "It is clear that healthy sleep is an essential ingredient in the recipe for a healthy life."

The finding also increases the possibility that sleep problems could affect individual's willingness or ability to implement physical activity behavioral interventions. Improvement in quality of sleep boosts exercise participation.

The finding was documented in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

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Diana Ionescu, 28, says her $1,000 deductible prevents her from seeking care for her aching back.
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Diana Ionescu, 28, says her $1,000 deductible prevents her from seeking care for her aching back.
Monique Dow, who lives outside of Watsonville, hesitated to have surgery to remove fibroids and a polyp due to her family's $6,000 deductible. She almost missed discovering that she has a rare cancer.
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There are an estimated 31 million Americans with private health insurance who can barely afford to use it. A recent report from the Commonwealth Fund dubs these people as "underinsured," because their deductibles and out-of-pocket costs are so high relative to their incomes.

Twenty-eight-year-old Diana Ionescu of Los Angeles is a typical underinsured. She has two part-time jobs, but she doesn't get health insurance through either one. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, though, she was able to buy a cheap, subsidized plan through Health Net last year.

Ionescu would like to use her insurance, but she generally doesn't. Her plan has a $1,000 deductible, meaning she will have to pay $1,000 in medical bills before her coverage kicks in. So she skips doctor's visits.

"I do have some back pain that is probably from biking and backpacking and a previous moped accident that I haven't really gotten checked out, and I've been putting it off," Ionescu says, over lunch at L.A.'s Grand Central Market.

Ionescu's deductible is roughly five percent of her total income - and that puts her squarely among the roughly one in four Americans the Commonwealth Fund considers underinsured.

For Ionescu and others in this boat, insurance is purely a safety net.

"In case something really bad happens, and I go to the emergency room and it costs $10,000 or whatever, having insurance will really offset that cost," she says. "But I definitely haven't used it for anything else, for any sort of more minor care."

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Growing deductibles have become a barrier for a lot of people. The Commonwealth Fund study found that over the past decade, the size of people's deductibles has shot up.

In 2003, just 1 percent of Americans with private insurance had a deductible of $3,000 or more; in 2014, it was 11 percent. Meanwhile, the percentage of people with no deductible dropped from 40 percent in 2003 to 25 percent in 2014.

The Commonwealth Fund says it's too early to know whether the Affordable Care Act is contributing to this trend.

Insurers say they're moving to more high-deductible plans to cut costs, and to make consumers more cost-conscious. But study co-author Sara Collins, vice president for health care coverage and access at the Commonwealth Fund, believes high deductibles are having another effect.

"It's pretty evident that among people with lower incomes, moderate incomes, that those high deductibles are a disincentive to get health care that people really should be getting," Collins argues.

A recent report from Families USA backs up Collins' theory: It found that among people who bought their own insurance in 2014, one-in-four went without tests, treatments or prescription drugs because they couldn't afford their deductible and other out-of-pocket costs.

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Monique Dow made that sort of calculation last summer, when she was considering surgery to have fibroids and a polyp removed from her uterus.

But she hesitated: The procedure would cost several thousand dollars, and she and her husband would have to dig into their wallets to pay the bill. The family had a $6,000 deductible; its out-of-pocket costs were capped at about $13,000.

"My husband just happened to say, 'well, you know, we've planned on doing it,'" recalls Dow, 44, who lives near Watsonville. "He flippantly said, 'wouldn't you want to know if there's something growing in there that shouldn't be?'"

She finally got the surgery in early November. Their fears were confirmed: Doctors found a rare type of cancer in the polyp.

"I waited all that time, not knowing that I had this growing in me," Dow says. "If we had the lower deductible, I probably would have figured that out a lot sooner, and not be waiting on what I thought were all benign things going on."

In early December, she went in for another surgery to have her uterus removed.

Today, Dow is still recovering - and still paying off bills. There are the bills from last year's surgeries, and since their deductible reset in January, there are yet more bills from follow-up care she's received this year.

"We've paid thousands of dollars, and we've still got, even this month, I think I have another thousand that I had to pay," Dow says.

She says the situation is very stressful, noting,"we kind of juggle it on the [credit] cards and do what we need to do."

Dow says her ordeal convinced the family to switch to a plan with a higher premium and a lower deductible of $3,000. But that doesn’t mean health care is any more affordable to them. She says they’re still avoiding doctors' visits for minor things like sports injuries and stomach bugs.


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Set against a backdrop of the current political and cultural upheaval in the US and Eastern Europe, The Unmade World is a thoughtful, scope-y literary novel with a dose of suspense that moves from Poland to California to the Hudson Valley and back to Poland. It covers a decade in the lives of an American journalist and a Polish small businessman turned petty criminal and the wrenching aftermath of an accidental, tragic encounter between these two on a snowy night in 2006 on the outskirts of Krakow. The accident costs the lives of the American journalist Richard Brennan's wife and daughter, an event that colors the rest of his life. It also leads to a downward spiral for Bogdan Baranowsk, leaving emotional scars as he suffers the seemingly inevitable loss of his business, his home, and his wife. The Unmade World is a story of ordinary, otherwise decent people from various backgrounds and circumstances who must learn how to live with the personal grief, sense of guilt, and the emotional consequences of violence. Along the way, the novel grapples with a spectrum of cultural and political issues. It includes a murder mystery wrapped around the corruption of major college sports, the pressures on immigrants and refugees in both the US and Poland, the fallout of political change, economic upheavals and armed conflicts--including the horrific destruction of Luhansk, Ukraine in 2014. It also references the 2016 presidential campaign, cultural politics in the American university, and the demise of print journalism, etc., though never in a dogmatic or overtly partisan way.
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Hemp farming began in Central and South America during the time of the Spanish Conquest (circa 1500 AD). Spain was a very strong naval power, and depended upon hemp ropes and sails to outfit their vessels plying the Atlantic Ocean to the resource-rich New World. Hemp was sown in many places almost immediately upon arrival, in the hope that they could produce their own hemp, and not depend on foreign merchants for this important strategic resource. Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia all had their initial crops, but only Mexico (California) and Chile had any long-term favorable results.

The word for hemp in Spanish is 'cañamo', and although originally a term specific to Cannabis hemp, now generally means plant fiber. So in fact, there are many types of fibers in Chile that go under the name of cañamo (hemp), just as there are many types of 'ma' in Chinese, and 'hemp' in English. In Chile, the list of fibers known as cañamo starts with major fiber plants such as Cannabis, flax, jute, ramie, Manila hemp and broom sorghum and such minor fiber species as 'esparto' grass, 'ortiga' (nettles), Agave (century plant), Raphia palm, 'totora' (rush), 'cardon' (giant thistle) and blackberry vine. Many of these minor species have been used since ancient times by indigenous Chilean peoples to supply their fiber needs.

Hemp was a very important item for the Conquistadors. Since hemp is an annual plant that grows very rapidly, they could be assured of a relatively quick and efficient harvest. Hemp also proved ideal for the mobile lifestyle of the Conquistadors, their early descendants, and the native peoples. Hemp was so important to the Spanish Crown that in many parts of the Spanish New World, orders were imposed requiring that farms produce their quota of hemp to be delivered to the Viceroy. Spain became even more dependent on the colonies as their economic situation at home plummeted. Hemp experts were dispatched to the new world to promote the increased production of hemp for export to Europe.

Certain regions of the New World favored the production of fiber and/or seed better than others. The success of hemp in the Spanish New World may have been limited because the first seeds grown were of a temperate European origin and were not adapted to the tropics. Chile and Argentina are in a geographical position covering latitudes identical with Spain, though in different hemispheres, and having opposite seasons. Considering the European origin of the first hemp seed in the New World, and thus its strong preference for European-like environmental conditions, it is apparent why hemp took a strong hold in Chile and to a lesser extent in California, both with Mediterranean and temperate climates similar to Europe. The initial plantings of hemp in Chile took place north of Santiago in the Valparaiso district near the town of Quillota where it continued to grow continuously for the next 400 years.

Argentina could have been more successful in commercial hemp production except that approximately 80% of the water from the Andes mountains flow to the Chilean side, thus giving Chilean farmers a greater capacity to irrigate and to conduct the water-requiring processing of the hemp fibers. This water resource and the ideal climate, are the biggest factors that have kept hemp cultivation viable in Chile to this day.

Hemp was not only for military and strategic uses, but was an extremely important item in everyday farm life, being used to make sacks, shoes, canvas, clothes, rope, cable, twine, bow strings, lassos, saddles, animal feed and seed oil. To this day, many a Chilean farmer still gets a gleam in his eye when he sees a good quality hempen sack. One sack is easily worth 5 liters of freshly pressed and fermented grape "chica"! The agrarian culture puts a high premium on natural fiber products. They put these products to their ultimate test on the farm, and they know how well they function. A hemp sack or rope is more valuable than a plastic substitute because hemp will last much longer. If it was not so expensive, many Chileans would prefer hemp sacks and ropes.

At one time, hemp farms could be found in practically all parts of Chile, from the extreme north to the south. Over time, the hemp industry became concentrated in a few central areas with ideal climatic factors and nearby processing factories. Hemp farms continued on a grand scale into the early 1980's, after which time production slowed steadily. The main factor seems to be the replacement of hemp sacks and ropes with more economical synthetic alternatives. Even though synthetic plastics are of inferior quality, their reduced price provided the economic momentum that heralded the virtual end of hemp production. When international markets shriveled, the few remaining farms and industries survived by selling their fiber and seed products on a national level. In addition, environmental laws become more strict and water retting is now limited to only a few locations.

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Figure 1. Hemp grown for seed

Medical uses

There are several interesting medicinal uses in Latin America for both hemp and marijuana varieties. It should be noted that hemp and marijuana have their own listings in Latin American herbals indicating that they are considered to be distinct herbal entities.

Hemp roots have been used as a purgative. An infusion of the stems, and seeds have sleep inducing properties. In weakly concentrated beverages, cañamo can be a general pain reliever, and use ceases convulsions, alleviates rheumatory afflictions and also afflictions of the urinary tract. It is also considered a blood purgative. Against cold humors, plasters made from ground up fresh flowers are applied over the affected part of the body. For irritation of the urinary tract, 30 grams of the fresh flowers are infused in one liter of boiling water and imbibed.

Marijuana is known as 'hierba', 'hierba mala', 'hierba buena' or 'marijuana' in Chile. It was at one time extensively used in natural medicine, especially in tincture form. Against headaches, and neuralgia the tincture diluted in water and soaked into compresses are placed over the afflicted parts. Also, the tincture can be taken orally 5 to 25 drops per day. This tincture is made by mixing 20 grams of dried flowering tops with 90 proof alcohol and soaking for 15 days. This is filtered through filter paper or cloth.
These treatments have been extracted from Latin American herbals. In Latin America there is a very strong herbal healing tradition, so to many Chileans it is no surprise that Cannabis is a medicinal herb. Many Chilean doctors support its reappearance as an effective and socially acceptable medicine.

Figure 2. Handbrake

Present situation

One of the main issues since the late 1970s has been hemp's similarity to the drug plant marijuana! Hemp cultivation is 100% legal as long as the intentions of the farmer are not criminal. The burden of proof lies with the cultivator. Many hemp fields have been burned down by overly anxious police officers, or upon suspicion that they contained not only hemp plants, but also drug varieties. They may have occasionally been right since a few hemp farmers discovered that marijuana plants and hemp plants look essentially the same, and that they could easily hide a few in their big hemp fields. These farmers were thrown in jail, all of their hemp fields were burned, and they are never allowed to grow hemp again. Another problem is that some people will steal anything resembling marijuana, even if they are drug-free varieties of low value to the illicit smoker. Those few remaining farmers willing to brave the economic factors and political pressures began to protect their crops on a 24 hour basis in order to harvest before losing their crop to thieves. This protection occasionally involved encounters with armed bandits who threatened farmers and their families.

Thus, present-day hemp production in Chile is serious business, and relies on the discreet location of the plantations, high security, and cooperation with the authorities. Farmers hope that the marijuana smoker/thief will not be satisfied with low quality smoke and that hemp plantations will no longer be subjected to such a pestilence. The key lies in the detection and development of essentially drug-free hemp varieties that cannot be stolen and then diverted to the recreational smoker. This will be the only way to grow hemp in Chile and expect to receive the full support of the authorities.

In Chile, hemp has been an important industrial plant since the Spanish landed almost 500 years ago, and has found such a place in their culture that many Chileans have been surprised to learn that cañamo and marijuana come from related plants. Many local farmers wonder how a plant that once served for so much and be made into so many useful products for living and working on the farm, could turn out to be of the same species as marijuana. Debate exists in Chile as to whether we should continue confusing legal hemp with it's criminal cousin marijuana. Chilean farmers recognize that there are industrial hemp varieties, and also there are marijuana varieties, and that they are as different as night and day. Chilean law still respects this difference and there have always been provisions allowing for legal cultivation of Cannabis as hemp.
In present-day Chile there are very few hemp farms, but there is a concentrated effort preparing for a resurgence in hemp cultivation and new hemp industries are being developed. Many of the recent developments have been in response to the international demand for hemp products. Much of the work is centered around assuring the propagation of acceptable non-drug varieties and new product research and development. Pristine natural climate, rich soils, and long agricultural tradition make Chile a natural place for a resurgence in hemp cultivation.

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Figure 3. Scutching machine

Landraces and cultivars

Many landraces and cultivars of hemp have been grown in Chile. Hemp "varieties" were divided into four basic categories: fiber hemp, seed hemp, mixed hemp (fiber and seed) and drug Cannabis, based on the products that were harvested. Here is a partial list of these varieties.
      Piedmont hemp - This fiber hemp variety originally from Italy is also known as Cañamo de Ancona. This variety differentiates itself from common hemp by growing to a larger size, and requiring more fertile soils. It commences flowering later than common hemp but ends up maturing at the same time. It produces a smaller amount of fiber, but yields a larger amount of seed. Unfortunately, this variety was found to lose its favorable characteristics after a few years, so it was necessary to acquire new seed at regular intervals.
      Chinese hemp - This fiber hemp variety is also known as "the giant" because it reached over 22 feet in height. Even when planted closely, its stalks are thick and of tremendous height. Produces coarse fiber.
      Italian hemp - This fiber hemp variety was experimented with for several years, and was found to be inferior to the common hemp land-race. It yielded less fiber of no better quality.
      Kentucky hemp - This fiber variety was imported from the USA. It proved to be very quick growing and could be harvested early. However, it was never accepted because it was considered inferior in yield compared to the common landrace. In the extreme southern regions, it was found to be the most productive, but seed production required a location much farther to the north (more tropical).
Russian, Lithuanian, and Finnish hemp - These seed hemp varieties from cold climates are short and characterized by fast growth, high seed yield and low fiber yield.
      Common hemp - This mixed hemp variety was preferred by many Chilean farmers and resulted from years of natural selection for local climatic conditions. It is hardy, vigorous, very productive and yields good quality fiber.
      Turkish hemp - This mixed hemp variety is smaller than the Italian hemp, with dark leaves, and very late flowering and appears to be from the same group as the Italian.
      Yugoslavian hemp - This mixed hemp variety has a high percentage of fiber.
      Arabian Cannabis - This short drug variety was notably different due to its resinous leaves which were used to make an inebriating drink in Arabia, India and possibly also in Chile.

Figure 4. Combing

Cultivation and processing

In Chile, ideal areas for hemp farming include isolated and protected valleys or along the banks of rivers and lakes. Depending upon seed quality and cropping strategy, the following quantities are sown.

Fiber production

60-300 kg/ha

Seed production

40-180 kg/ha

Mixed fiber and seed

40-250 kg/ha

Almost all Chilean hemp farmers produced fiber and seed at the same time, although many realized that this was not the ideal method, since it produced fiber and seed each of less than optimal yield and quality. Nevertheless, it provided them with two products, and two sources of income. Dedicated plantings for fiber or seed production have been slow to catch on, even though research indicates that dedicating your crop to either fiber or seed production is economically better, since you can harvest higher quantities of better quality of either product.

Fiber production requires irrigation at least once a month and ample soil nitrogen. Males are removed as soon as they begin to flower, and are bundled separately, since they provide a higher quality fiber, to be retted separately. During seed production, preferred males of ideal stature are selected and allowed to fertilize the females. All other males are culled. One select male remains per 25m2.

In the past, harvesting was done as follows. All the female plants were pulled up at a point when the seed was well formed. It was not advantageous to wait for the female plants to mature completely because even though the seed yield increased, it drastically reduced the yield of quality fiber by making it thicker, more brittle and unmanageable during processing.

To eliminate this problem, farmers waited for the grain to be well formed and begin its ripening, and then at this precise moment they began to cut down the plants. Many strongly willed and muscled farmers did not cut the plants, but pulled them out of the ground 15 to 20 plants at a time through a brisk action of the hip. These bundles of plants were then dropped on the ground and left to finish drying for 3 to 5 days, and then collected and stacked into a type of bale. These bales were rounded up a few days later and stacked in a 'capilla' or church shaped structure for final drying for another week or so.

First the seed was threshed by grabbing the dry plants by the base of the stalk, and beating the seed bearing flowers against a clean piece of ground or tarpaulin. In this way the hemp seed is collected in one place for later cleaning and winnowing using screens, brushes and wind. In some cases threshers and seed cleaning machines have been used to automate the process.

The harvesting of the seed, leaves behind the fiber-rich stalk ready for further processing on it's way to becoming finished hemp fiber. Water retting has traditionally been preferred in Chile. The stalks are stacked in retting ponds and covered with stones. Then the ponds are filled with water to immerse the stalks. Retting ponds are usually about one to two meters deep, and as long and wide as needed for the quantity of stalks processed at any one time. Stalks remain in this retting pond for a period of 8 to 10 days in the summer, and 12 to 18 days during the winter, during which they complete the retting process. As the stalks begin to ferment, the water becomes putrefied. If it was to be directly released into rivers and lakes, it could cause injury to the animals and people who drink water from these sources. Chilean Law # 3133 prohibits the retting of hemp in stagnant waters for this very reason. The Law of Fishing also prohibits the release of this effluent into rivers and lakes. Thus careful attention must be paid to the disposal of the retting effluent.

Before the invention of the hemp breaking machine, hemp fiber decorticating was an incredibly laborious task often performed by slave or indentured labor. More recently, mechanical and automated hemp breakers have revolutionized this industry and at one time several automated breakers were in operation. One of the best was the Ferriani decorticator and comber which rapidly delivered finished combed fiber ready for industry.

Hemp cultivation is very good for the soil because it controls weeds and aerates the soil. However, hemp is a heavy feeder and depletes soil nutrients, especially nitrogen. Chilean farmers have long recognized that crop rotations with nitrogen-fixing legumes restores the nutrient balance of the soil.

Chilean hemp deserves to be preserved so that small farmers can continue to have this additional source of income, and access to its various products for use on the farm. Hemp could help provide alternatives to the paper and logging industries, so that native trees may be spared. Chilean hemp has been given another chance. The process of re-establishing the crop may be a slow one, but hemp will make its resurgence to the fertile fields of Chile.

References are mostly Spanish titles and are available from the author upon request.

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TSV is one of the most rapidly developing technologies in the semiconductor industry and promises a fundamental shift for the continued role of Moore’s Law and current multi-chip integration and packaging approaches. SEMI has released a white paper on the rapid progress of 3D IC integration technology, including Through Silicon Via (TSV) developments. The white paper, entitled, “3D Integration: An Industry Progress Report” provides chip makers, equipment and materials suppliers, industry technologists, investors and analysts with a snapshot of the rapidly developing technology and insights on critical barriers that still need to be overcome.

While current integration schemes such as wire bond and flip chip have been in production for some time, the next-generation of 3D integration proposes to incorporate through-silicon via (TSV) technology as the primary method of interconnect. The drivers for the widespread adoption of TSVs are increased performance, reduced form factor, and cost reduction. Achieving true heterogeneous integration at the local level will require a high-density TSV solution and development efforts are rapidly occurring by numerous organizations around the world.

“Few technology areas are progressing as rapidly as TSV and few with such widespread impact on consumer and industrial electronics,” said Karl Stuber, senior director of Assembly and Test at SEMI. “While various conferences and industry news reporting have been helpful in covering recent developments, SEMI members believed a white paper summarizing the current TSV industry-wide development progress was important to enable a more effective industry-wide implementation process.”

The white paper details the critical development areas in TSV formation and subsequent stacking processes which include those that address insulator/ barrier/seed, etching/plating, thin wafer handling for permanent and temporary bond/debond process, and pick-and-place stacking. In addition, the paper identifies and explores limitations to market adoption of 3D integration using TSVs, including lack of design tools, thermal management issues, test solutions, and supply chain issues.

The report concludes that the successful achievement of all of these technologies relies on collaboration and participation across the supply chain. The paper calls for more communication and information sharing between the design, test, and manufacturing communities to accelerate the march towards market adoption. To this end, the paper outlines the current industry eco-system, including the variety of consortia, industry standards efforts, collaborations, and joint development projects that have been formed to promote development of 3D integration.

The report was developed by SEMI with the assistance of Françoise Von Trapp, industry analyst, and co-sponsored by AZ Electronics, Brewer Science, Dow Electronic Materials, EV Group, KLA-Tencor, Lam Research, and Süss MicroTec.

Price for the report is $99 for SEMI Members and $199 for non members. For more information and to purchase the report, visit www.semi.org/3dintergration

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Ask the Experts: What Will be a Hot Topic in Corporate Governance in 2015?

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Now is the time for Boards to take a fresh look at their goal setting approach. At the time this was written, the SEC had not provided final rules on the CEO Pay Ratio or clawback requirements. While these topics will be hot in 2015 if final rules are provided, I view goal setting as potentially a more complicated and pressing issue for many Boards.

Increasingly shareholders and their advisors are scrutinizing the difficulty of goals used in pay programs. The recent acquisition of Incentive Lab by ISS suggests this trend is likely to accelerate and become more analytical. External assessments of goal-setting rigor will play a larger role in Say on Pay votes going forward.

There is uncertainty around exactly what frameworks will be used by shareholder advisory groups to assess goals. But given the contextual nature of goal setting, it is likely they will have limitations. As a result, Boards will face significant pressure to provide expanded disclosure on the topic.

Boards will benefit from proactively scrutinizing their approach before others apply the lens. First, Boards should take a fresh look at their process to ensure it is comprehensive and that the right information is available to guide decisions. Second, Boards should review their disclosure to identify opportunities to provide a fuller picture of the calibration process as well as the Board’s analysis of the difficulty of the goals. Boards that don’t act now risk being caught flat footed in the future.

Seamus O’Toole, a managing director with Semler Brossy Consulting Group, has served as a trusted advisor on compensation and incentive design issues for both public and private companies for over 12 years. Working with companies of all sizes and across industries including technology, financial services, utilities, and retail, he helps clients execute their strategy through appropriate performance measurement and incentive design, including annual and long-term programs. Prior to joining Semler Brossy, O’Toole founded and ran a technology consulting boutique focused on data and process management and customized application development. O’Toole can be reached at

This article by Seamus O’Toole was excerpted from C-Suite Insight, Corporate Governance, Issue 16. Read the entire article, “Ask the Experts: What will be a Hot Topic in Corporate Governance in 2015?”


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Checklist for Total Shareholder Return Incentive Plans

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Does your company’s total shareholder return align with its business goals?

Today, one of the most significant debates in executive compensation circles centers on the merits of relative total shareholder return (TSR) as an incentive plan metric. On one side, proxy advisers and governance groups have championed relative TSR as a metric that — in theory — ensures executives are only rewarded when shareholders experience above-market returns. On the other side, a host of critics (including directors, executives and consultants alike) notes a number of challenges that — in practice — make relative TSR a difficult metric to use.

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Milton, you will be missed…

January 03, 2012

For those of us who knew Chancellor Emeritus Milton Wong, the excitement of beginning a new term is overshadowed by news of his recent passing.

He was a driving force behind the expansion of SFU’s downtown campus, a pioneer in supporting the development of First Nations programming, and a major contributor to SFU’s new School for the Contemporary Arts in the Woodward’s redevelopment.

To me personally, Milton was both a mentor and a friend.  He provided support for my efforts to fund a professorship in First Nations Justice and Governance when I was Dean of Law at the University of Victoria, and he was one of the first people to whom I went for advice when I considered applying for my current position at SFU.

He has been a sustaining source of guidance, inspiration and ideas; just a few weeks ago he invited me to his home to share his thoughts on what SFU could do to help address health issues in Aboriginal communities.

Milton, you will be missed but never forgotten.  Your spirit will forever inform SFU and be part of what makes this university the extraordinary institution that it is.

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Friday, September 26, 2014

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On my ride home from work a train was coming to the crossing on Freya by Market. The bells rang, the red lights flashed, and the barriers came down. Then the train stopped. After a minutes the barriers went back up. I was hoping to get some shots as the train went by but I had to settle for this one.

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