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Digitimes Research sheds some light on the the Apple supply chain -- the source of many a rumor -- before the release of the product.

With a large-screen iPhone 6 possibly showing up this year, Digitimes Research provides some insight into where and when Apple rumors likely originate.

In an article posted Friday titled Explaining the Chaiwan Model for the Mobile Supply Chain, Digitimes Research talked about, among other things, timing.

"We may provide shipment data for Apple 1-2 months before [the product] even begins selling in the market, because that is when the supply chain delivers it to Apple," Digitimes Research said.

That may explain the crush of relatively reliable rumors that typically hit about a month before the product appears.

But there are stages before that. "When Apple is getting a product ready for the market, the product is in the supply chain pipeline 6-9 months before Apple even announces its launch," Digitimes Research said.

That assertion about a product being at suppliers but still going through changes six to nine months before release sheds light on some of the more dubious rumors that appear early on.

And where does the process begin?

"A brand like Apple or Samsung controls everything in the process of bringing their products to market...For example, it starts with the key component provider, which in the case of smartphones is the application processor."

So, a chip, like the Apple A7, or rumored A8 -- generally referred to as application processors -- may play a big part in the early stages of the product.

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RAMALLAH, West Bank A Gaza teen stabbed to death by her brother while she prayed in her room has become the latest addition to a grim statistic: Palestinian women killed by relatives, often for allegedly shaming the family.

Twenty-six women were slain by relatives in the West Bank and Gaza in 2013, twice as many as the year before, according to official figures. The rise stems from mounting economic difficulties in the Palestinian territories, compounded by ongoing leniency for those killing in the name of "family honor" and social acceptance of violence against women, women's rights activists said Wednesday.

They urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to repeal sections of a penal code that allows for short sentences of at most a few years for the perpetrators. Abbas suspended one article of the code in 2011, but others remain on the books, said Hanan Ashrawi, a senior PLO official and former legislator.

Ashrawi said she repeatedly has urged Abbas to adopt legal reforms, especially of articles that discriminate against women, but so far to no avail. She said she last met with Abbas in November, but that he referred the matter again to his legal adviser.

She said that male politicians often brush aside women's concerns, with the argument that more important issues are at stake, such as ending Israeli occupation and establishing a Palestinian state.

Ashrawi said archaic laws harming women also undercut Palestinian aspirations. "We are fighting for freedom and human dignity," she said. "How can you deprive women of all these things?"

Abbas aides, including his adviser on legal affairs, did not return requests for comment.

So-called honor killings are committed regularly in traditional Arab societies that enforce strict gender separation and view an unmarried women's unsupervised contact with a man as a stain on the family reputation.

The most recent killing was carried out Saturday in the town of Bani Suheila in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, which cited a police report.

The victim was identified as 18-year-old Islam al-Shami. The girl was stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife while she was praying in her room, the rights group said. Her 21-year-old brother was arrested and later told police he killed his sister to defend the family honor, according to the rights group.

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A three-story addition to the Water Street Inn in downtown Stillwater is being proposed by the building's owner. (Image courtesy of the Water Street Inn)

The Water Street Inn in downtown Stillwater is planning a major expansion.

Owner Chuck Dougherty wants to build a three-story addition that would include a rooftop patio and a new primary entrance and lobby. It also would have a tower element, a nod to the clock tower that graced the old Union Depot train station that formerly stood on the site.

The 21,000-square-foot addition, designed by ARCHNET in Stillwater, would add about 20 rooms to the 41-room hotel. The hotel lobby in the southwest corner would be moved to the building's north side, and the existing lobby would become the main dining area.

Plans for the addition were considered in 2008, but the economic downturn "put it on the back burner," Dougherty said Monday.

He said the time is right to make a major investment in downtown Stillwater.

"I think with all the improvements, with the new bridge, with the bike trails -- both the Loop Trail and Brown's Creek State Trail -- coming into town, we're at a renaissance," he said. "In talking to the business owners, everybody is really seeing these as great, positive moves. The city rebuilding Lowell Park and the parking lots and the public restrooms and the amphitheater are all very positive moves, and we feel ... that the future looks very bright."

The project would require a variance to the front-yard setback and a special-use permit for the rooftop patio, said Bill Turnblad, the city's community development director. The matter is expected to go before the planning commission March 10 and the city council on March 18.

The proposed addition, at the corner of Water and Myrtle streets, would be in the "view corridor" of people who looked down Myrtle Street to the Lowell Park gazebo and the St. Croix River, Turnblad said.

"It's more or less exactly where the original tower was, but it's closer than our ordinance allows to the street now, so that becomes the public balancing act," he said.

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A Gaza teen stabbed to death by her brother while she prayed in her room has become the latest addition to a grim statistic: Palestinian women killed by relatives, often for allegedly shaming the family.

Twenty-six women were slain by relatives in the West Bank and Gaza in 2013, twice as many as the year before, according to official figures. The rise stems from mounting economic difficulties in the Palestinian territories, compounded by ongoing leniency for those killing in the name of family honour and social acceptance of violence against women, womens rights activists said Wednesday.

They urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to repeal sections of a penal code that allows for short sentences of at most a few years for the perpetrators. Abbas suspended one article of the code in 2011, but others remain on the books, said Hanan Ashrawi, a senior PLO official and former legislator.

Ashrawi said she repeatedly has urged Abbas to adopt legal reforms, especially of articles that discriminate against women, but so far to no avail. She said she last met with Abbas in November, but that he referred the matter again to his legal adviser.

She said that male politicians often brush aside womens concerns, with the argument that more important issues are at stake, such as ending Israeli occupation and establishing a Palestinian state.

Ashrawi said archaic laws harming women also undercut Palestinian aspirations. We are fighting for freedom and human dignity, she said. How can you deprive women of all these things?

Abbas aides, including his adviser on legal affairs, did not return requests for comment.

So-called honour killings are committed regularly in traditional Arab societies that enforce strict gender separation and view an unmarried womens unsupervised contact with a man as a stain on the family reputation.

The most recent killing was carried out Saturday in the town of Bani Suheila in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, which cited a police report.

The victim was identified as 18-year-old Islam al-Shami. The girl was stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife while she was praying in her room, the rights group said. Her 21-year-old brother was arrested and later told police he killed his sister to defend the family honour, according to the rights group.

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Foodie alert: An upscale Mexican restaurant is coming to Millcreek Township.

Millcreek supervisors approved a liquor-license transfer Tuesday night from the city of Erie for a new restaurant planned for the Millcreek Mall.

The restaurant is Mad Mex, a regional chain of 11 restaurants with seven in the Pittsburgh area, two in the Philadelphia area and one each in State College and Columbus, Ohio. The Mad Mex website describes the restaurant this way: "We spin an American food mashup of Mexican, Southeast Asian and Spanish."

Erie attorney Michael Agresti, representing Mad Mex before the supervisors, said the family-friendly restaurant will go into the northwest corner of the former Burlington Coat Factory, which relocated to Keystone Drive in Summit Township in September 2012.

Agresti said Primanti Bros., maker of the iconic Pittsburgh sandwich topped with french fries and coleslaw, is another restaurant proposed for the southwest corner of the former department store.

Agresti said the Mad Mex restaurant would seat 270 customers and hire 55 to 60 full- and part-time employees.

Joe Bell, spokesman for Youngstown-based Cafaro Co., which owns the mall, said there is no signed lease with Mad Mex. "But that doesn't mean they're not talking," Bell said.

Cafaro Co. has a policy of not naming potential tenants until a lease is signed, which Bell called "fairly standard in the industry."

Cary Klein, chief executive of Pittsburgh-based Big Burrito Restaurant Group, which owns the California-style Mexican restaurant chain, said the company hopes to sign a lease today with Cafaro for 6,400 square feet of the former Burlington space.

It will include a year-round outdoor patio that will be heated and covered in the cold months, he said.

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OKLAHOMA CITY A healthy alternative to casual dining restaurant offering fresh salads, wraps, flatbread pizzas and homemade soups, today announced the temporary closing of its downtown City Place location at 204 N. Robinson beginning Saturday, March 1.

The Coolgreens downtown store is slated to reopen in January 2015 with new morning hours and menu options, including breakfast items and a juice bar.

After much deliberation, weve decided to temporarily close our City Place location due to downtown construction and street improvements that have impacted our visibility and accessibility, said Allan McMurrain, Coolgreens founder and managing partner. However, were excited to announce that once the dust settles on downtown construction, we will have additional fresh, healthy options for our downtown fans to enjoy. We look forward to the improvements that are taking place downtown, which will make our restaurant experience even more enjoyable for our customers.

Catering options will still be available to downtown customers, and the Nichols Hills, North May, Edmond and Norman Coolgreens locations will remain open. All 15 downtown employees will be given the option to transfer to any of the existing Coolgreens restaurants.

The first Coolgreens location opened in Nichols Hills Plaza in October 2009, followed by a location in north Oklahoma City in May 2010. The Norman location opened in September 2011 and the Edmond location in January 2012.

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