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A ‘Fork in the Road’ Best Left Untravelled
It is long time since we have heard the traditional industry policy mantra about Australia becoming ‘more than a farm and a quarry.’ One reason for this is that it is not even remotely accurate as a characterisation of the sectoral composition of the Australian economy. Agriculture and mining combined accounted for less than 10% of gross value added in the year ended in September. Moreover, the rationale for Australia adopting strategic industry policies designed to promote the manufacturing sector is weaker than ever. Global manufacturing is grossly over-supplied and this is reflected in declining prices for manufactured goods. While many people have highlighted the contribution of the commodity price boom to the improvement in Australia’s terms of trade, declining prices for imported manufactured and other goods has also made an important contribution to the increase in national welfare represented by the record level of the terms of trade.
So it was disappointing to hear newly elected opposition leader Kevin Rudd revive the old mantra with his stated desire for Australia to be ‘more than a mine for China and a beach for the Japanese.’ Unfortunately, as Alan Wood notes, industry policy remains alive and well in Rudd’s Australian Labor Party:
Rudd, as with Crean and Beazley before him, denies he is interested in protectionism or, although he doesn’t use the expression, picking winners. He says, rightly, that he has sound free-trade credentials.
Even so, his promise of a “detailed manufacturing blueprint out from us in the months ahead” has a disturbing echo of policies past.
Rudd acknowledges his belief in industry policy “may be heretical in some quarters”. But, as he also says, he has been a long-term believer in industry policy and government intervention in markets. It is a central theme of his maiden speech to parliament in 1998.
As Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has pointed out, in a fully employed economy, resources diverted into manufacturing by government policy are resources that are necessarily denied to other sectors with more highly valued uses. Kevin Rudd is proposing to lower Australia’s standard of living for the sake of his manufacturing fetish.
Industry policy is not the only blast from the past when it comes to the new ALP leadership team. As Andrew Norton notes, when it comes to higher education policy, Rudd and his new deputy are offering little more than Whitlam era nostalgia.
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The medical case surrounding the death of Madam Chew Kim Kee involves conflicting academic views, affects the interests of various parties, and may result in people having misconceptions of Chinese medicine ("Cordyceps 'likely led to post-op bleeding'"; last Friday, and "Taking cordyceps? Keep doc informed"; last Saturday).
Any drug that enters the body has to go through the process of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination.
The drug is distributed to the rest of the body through the circulatory system. The amount of time that it stays in the blood circulation system determines the time period that the drug can act on the body.
The time taken for the drug concentration to reduce by half in the bloodstream is termed its plasma half-life. The amount of time for any drug to be retained in the body is two to five times its plasma half-life.
As a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, I did a literature search on the plasma half-life of commonly used blood thinners and anticoagulants.
Adenosine, the active ingredient in cordyceps, has a plasma half-life of less than 10 seconds. This means it stays in the bloodstream for merely 20 to 30 seconds. This is why it is seldom used orally but is administered through intravenous injection.
If a patient consumed cordyceps one week before an operation, its adenosine would have been eliminated long before the surgery.
Hence, unless Madam Chew had taken cordyceps on the day of the operation, the diffuse bleeding she suffered is unlikely to have been related to the blood-thinning effect of adenosine.
Koh Chin Aik (Dr)

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Mere days away from kicking off their biggest Australian headline tour yet, Tassie legends Luca Brasi have dropped a tasty new single. Coming in hot with a vibe-heavy music video, "Got To Give" is our first chunk of shred from the four-piece since the April '16 release of their breakthrough third album, If This Is All We're Going To Be.
It's also their first release since the band's departure from Poison City Records, which has stamped their mark on every Luca Brasi offering since their 2011 debut, Extended Family. It's unclear whether the single comes as a one-off nugget or our first taste of the band's next full-length (which will now bear the Cooking Vinyl stamp), but either way, if this is what the future of Luca Brasi sounds like, we're already pining for more.
"The last year has surpassed any hopes and dreams we could have had, [and] I can't even express how stoked we are to get to do this type of stuff," says frontman Tyler Richardson. "People often tell me how thankful they are for the band, and how stoked they are. All I can ever reply is that from our end, it's just disbelief and we're more thankful for them than they could imagine. 'Got To Give' is about that exact feeling, and needing that kind of support wherever you can get it. Being able to rely on the ones you need and love when things change is something I'm eternally grateful for.”
The new cut was pieced together with frequent collaborator Jimmy Balderston of Adelaide rock outfit Grenadiers, and mixed by Jason Livermore at the iconic Blasting Room (of Rise Against and Descendents fame).
Richardson continues, "Being able to share something new is always bloody exciting, and nerve-racking. Working with Jimmy is always a good time, he's a total legend and always brings out the best in us. Having Jason at the Blasting Room then weave his own magic on the song is awesome. He and that studio have done some of our favourite work, so it was an easy decision to have him on board".
Luca Brasi are set to kick off a massive eight-date headline tour in Adelaide this Thursday, before rolling through Melbourne, Perth, Melbourne (again), Hobart (twice), Brisbane and Sydney. Support comes from US post-hardcore crew Pianos Become The Teeth, alongside local legends Maddy Jane and Speech Patterns.
Suss the full tour details after the jump!
with Pianos Become The Teeth + Maddy Jane + Speech Patterns
Thursday June 22nd - The Gov, Adelaide
Friday June 23rd - 170 Russell, Melbourne SOLD OUT
Saturday June 24th - Capitol, Perth
Sunday June 25th - 170 Russell, Melbourne
Wednesday June 28th - Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Thursday June 29th - Brisbane Hotel, Hobart SOLD OUT
Friday June 30th - The Triffid, Brisbane
Saturday July 1st - Metro Theatre, Sydney

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"Endangered Season: Winter in Vermont" at the Dianich
Between 2006 and 2010, Brattleboro artist and Vermont State Representative Mollie S. Burke organized three exhibitions of poster art at Amy's Bakery Arts Café on the subject of climate change, energy conservation, and the need to reduce fossil fuels. Titled "The End of the Romance," these exhibitions attracted a variety of participants, including professional artists and elementary school students. The call for entries asked artists to create work encouraging people to change their consumption habits, and asking political leaders to enact emissions-cutting legislation.
During those years, Burke felt hopeful that there was enough momentum and concern by citizens, the state, and our country to make significant changes in order to avoid the worst of the predictions accompanying rising global temperatures. She believed that visual art provided a powerful way to get that message across.
Though her optimism is now tempered by recent scientific studies and more extreme weather events (including our own Tropical Storm Irene), Burke still believes that art offers a means to address the issue of climate change. To that end, she invited two artist friends, Joan Peters and Jude Roberts Rondeau, to participate with her in an exhibition focused on the threat posed by rising global temperatures and erratic weather to our Vermont winter. "Endangered Season: Winter in Vermont," currently on display at the Catherine Dianich Gallery through December 20, represents a sequel of sorts to the earlier "End of the Romance" exhibitions. However this new show has a narrower focus: a celebration of the Vermont winter and a call to consider the impact of climate change on that season.
There is much that celebrates winter in this exhibit. Jude Roberts Rondeau's painting "The Meadows" reflects her love of ice skating in what she refers to as a "beloved, iconic landscape embodying all the variety and richness of a Bruegel village scene." In another painting, "The Sweet Season," Roberts Rondeau portrays the traditional Vermont task of collecting sap from metal buckets for syrup making. Color is an important element in these winter paintings, with objects looking like jewels against a contrasting white backdrop of snow.
For artist Joan Peters, winter offers a visual delight, and a time of great clarity. The forms, shadows, and colors of her three landscape drawings are pure and sharp. She writes of a "fascination with snowmelt and waterways." Hers is a physical world, still and frozen, yet in motion. These works ask us to stop and notice the beautiful simplicity of forms that winter provides.
Mollie S. Burke's paintings portray the mystery of winter tinged with melancholy. "Winter Moonlight in the Orchard" recalls a long-ago moonlit ski through a magical old orchard. "Endangered Season II: Winter in Vermont" strikes a more discordant note, with images of Vermont winter activities like skating and skiing surrounded by melting water.
This latter work references one of the purposes of the exhibit: to encourage people to consider the impact of climate change on the winter season. Several of Rondeau's painted posters do the same by using image and word to encourage energy conservation and reduction of carbon emissions. Her "Wheel of Fortune" invites viewers to spin a wheel to see the consequences of climate change on Vermont life.
For Roberts Rondeau "it's inconceivable to imagine Vermont without a reliable, recognizable winter. So much of our identity, culture, and commerce is framed around our snowbound landscape." She believes that we need to be reminded of "the wonder and fragility of our beloved Vermont winters."
Burke writes of her more than twenty-year concern about climate change. A winter enthusiast, she states that the current "unreliability of the season leaves me with a profound personal sadness, a sense of loss ... that pales when considering the larger picture, the scientific predictions for our warming world. The actions needed to address this are immediate, yet denial and procrastination currently have the upper hand."
In the face of this reality, Burke believes that "we need to celebrate what we love, and may lose, in order to move forward." She thought of this exhibition as a way to do that, and to engage others in the conversation. Her hope is that the viewer "may find some beauty here, some experience of recognition, and be inspired: to celebrate any season, to consider how to protect it."
Stop by during Gallery Walk on December 6 to meet the artists and see this inspiring work. Otherwise the gallery is open by appointment: (802) 380-1607.
Copyright 2013, Gallery Walk, Brattleboro, Vermont


To the Teacher: The discovery that North Korea has an active nuclear weapons program in violation of both its 1994 agreement with the U.S. and its signature on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is a problem for the US and its allies, South Korea and Japan. North Korea's announcement on January 10, 2003 that it intends to withdraw from the NPT will have serious implications for international arms control. The nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula also raises questions about the US commitment to the NPT. The following two lessons provide background and activities on these issues.
Distribute Student Reading 1 for students to read and then to discuss.
Student Reading l:
The U.S.-North Korea Conflict
North Korea is about the size of Mississippi with a population of just over 21 million people. It is a very poor country. Yet North Korea is a country condemned by President Bush in his January 19, 2002 State of the Union address because it has "a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction while starving its citizens." States like North Korea (and Iran and Iraq), the President said, "constitute an axis of evil" and "threaten the peace of the world."
North Korea's official name is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. But despite the use of the term "democratic," its government is highly centralized under the dictatorial leadership of Kim Jong Il. Although the country is poor and relatively small, North Korea has the fourth largest army in the world, more than one million soldiers, and has developed and tested ballistic missiles. And for some time it has been secretly developing a nuclear weapons program which it admitted to in October 2002 when it was confronted with American intelligence data.
As a nation, North Korea is the product of what was supposed to have been a temporary division of the Korean peninsula into two occupation zones after World War II—one in the north occupied by the Soviet Union, in the south by the United States. But over the years, the division became fixed. The Korean War (1950-1953) pitted South Korea and a United Nations coalition led by the United States on one side against North Korea and China with support from the Soviet Union. While South Korea became a prosperous nation, North Korea did not. Since the collapse of its chief supporter, the Soviet Union, North Korea has suffered from chronic food shortages and become even poorer than it was.
In the 1980s and 1990s North Korea began a nuclear weapons program that brought to a near-boil its already poor relations with the United States. This program was at Yongbyon, where North Korea had a nuclear reactor to produce power that was also a source of fuel for a nuclear weapons project. In addition, North Korea was building two larger reactors that could potentially extract plutonium from reactor waste and produce enough fuel for hundreds of nuclear weapons.
A deal was arranged with the Clinton administration that had two basic points:
1) North Korea committed itself to stopping its nuclear weapons work and to permitting regular international monitoring of its nuclear site .
2) The US, South Korea, Japan, and some other nations agreed, in exchange, to provide North Korea with nuclear reactors to provide that country with badly needed electric power. While the reactors were being built, the US and its allies pledged to supply North Korea with free fuel oil.
President Clinton hailed the agreement, saying it "will help achieve a longstanding and vital American objective—an end to the threat of nuclear proliferation on the Korean Peninsula."
But critics immediately attacked the accord because, in their view, it contained loopholes that could enable North Korea to continue its nuclear weapons program secretly. One loophole is that even nuclear reactors whose purpose is production of energy produce nuclear waste that can be reprocessed for use in developing nuclear weapons.
The Bush administration was also dissatisfied with the agreement, demanding of North Korea stricter inspections and a reduction of its army, most of which is massed near the border with South Korea. Last fall, after North Korea admitted that it had an active nuclear weapons program, President Bush scrapped the accord and stopped US shipments of fuel oil to North Korea. The US also urged its allies, Japan and South Korea, to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons plans. The Bush administration announced that it would not negotiate anything with North Korea until it does abandon those plans.
North Korea has declared that the Bush administration's "axis of evil" charge and its policy of preemptive attacks (like the one threatened on Iraq) amounts to a "declaration of war" that threatens North Korea's existence. It regards the US attitude as "unilateral and highhanded," and argues that it was the US that violated the 1994 agreement by delaying the establishment of normal relations with North Korea and the completion of the promised nuclear power plants.
North Korea also says that differences can be negotiated. If the US ends its "hostile policy" and does not hinder North Korea's economic development, they say, "our government will resolve all US security concerns through the talks." The US has maintained economic sanctions against North Korea.
The United Nations issued the following response through Secretary General Kofi Annan: "The Secretary-General regrets the announcement by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of its withdrawal from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and strongly urges reconsideration of this decision. The NPT is the linchpin of the nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament regime and with 188 states parties is the most widely subscribed to multilateral treaty in this area. No state party to the NPT has ever withdrawn from the treaty in the 33 years since its entry into force." (For the full statement, go to www.unis.unvienna.org
Writes New York Times analyst Howard French: "North Korea desperately needs better relations with Japan and the United States because the former has long promised to provide heavy development assistance once relations are normalized, while the latter controls many of the international financial institutions, whose cooperation is indispensable to North Korea's reentry into the global economy." (New York Times, 10/21/02)
The Bush administration's response to North Korea is very different from its response to Iraq, another nation Bush has included in his "axis of evil." The President has repeatedly threatened that if Iraq does not eliminate its weapons of mass destruction, the US will attack Iraq preemptively. But while the evidence of a nuclear weapons program in North Korea is far stronger than in Iraq, the US is not threatening an attack on that country. Instead, it is working for a diplomatic solution.
Among the major reasons for this contrasting approach:
- North Korea has an army of close to a million near its border with South Korea, an important US ally
- North Korean forces are within artillery range of the South Korean capital Seoul, only 30 or so miles away
- the North Korean army also threatens the 37,000 US troops in South Korea
- North Korea's ballistic missile program probably has the capacity to strike another US ally in the region, Japan
- North Korea does not have, as Iraq does, 10 percent of the world's known oil reserves.
With a crisis developing between North Korea and the US, President Bush announced a major change in US policy. On January 14, 2003, he said that if North Korea abandoned its nuclear weapons program, the US would consider providing it with economic and energy aid and, in time, offer diplomatic and security agreements. He has said repeatedly that he expects a "peaceful" settlement and now appears willing to negotiate with North Korea.
1) Consider first any student questions about the issues raised by the reading.
2) Why did President Bush include North Korea in what he calls an "axis of evil"?
3) What specific criticisms does the US have of North Korea?
4) What are North Korea's criticisms of the US?
5) What do you think might be the basis of a settlement between the two countries?
Read Student Reading 2 carefully, then:
1) write down and bring to class the two or three best questions you can think of which, if answered well, would help you understand how well the US is complying with its commitment to the Nonproliferation Treaty and
2) prepare to offer an opinion, with reasons, on whether the US is in compliance with the NPT.
Student Reading 2:
North Korea's departure from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty will have serious implications for arms control. This treaty came into force in 1970 and was signed by North Korea in 1985.
The basic provisions of the treaty are designed to:
prevent the spread of nuclear weapons by committing non-nuclear weapons nations not to develop them
promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy through full cooperation between nuclear and non-nuclear countries
express an agreement that the treaty should lead to nuclear and complete disarmament
Article VI is particularly important. It says:
"Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control."
In May 2000 after a month-long conference to review the treaty, the five original nuclear weapons powers—the US, Russia, Britain, France and China—strengthened their pledge of 30 years earlier by committing to "an unequivocal undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of nuclear arsenals."
l88 nations have signed the NPT. Three that have not are India, Pakistan, and Israel.
Now, says an American official, "The US is calling on North Korea to comply with all of its commitments under the Nonproliferation Treaty and to eliminate its nuclear weapons program in a verifiable manner."
The Bush administration says it is moving to eliminate its nuclear weapons, citing the Treaty of Moscow signed by President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 24, 2002. The treaty calls for each country, the two biggest nuclear weapons powers in the world, to reduce their strategic warheads from about 6,000 to between 2,200 and 1,700 by 2012. Neither country has to make cuts on a specific schedule. Either country can withdraw from the treaty with three months' notice. And neither country is required to destroy the nuclear warheads it decommissions—it may store as many as it wishes. The treaty does not require the elimination of either side's many tactical nuclear warheads. It does not include measures to verify whether both sides are complying with the agreement.
On the other hand, the Pentagon recently produced for the Bush administration a new report entitled "The Nuclear Posture Review." A portion of the report remains secret, but the rest was made public on March 10, 2002.
- stresses that "Nuclear weapons play a critical role in the defense capabilities of the United States, its allies and friends"
- emphasizes the need to develop new nuclear weapons that can penetrate deeply into the earth to destroy underground stores of enemy weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical and biological weapons
- calls for better intelligence and targeting systems for potential nuclear weapons strikes
- indicates that the US may need to resume testing to make new nuclear weapons and ensure the reliability of existing ones. (The US has refused to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty forbidding nuclear weapons testing but has voluntarily complied with it)
- names North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Libya as nations that "have long-standing hostility toward the United States and its security partners"
- names China and Russia as potential enemies
- concludes that the US could face situations in which it might need to use nuclear weapons.
A critic of this report, author Jonathan Schell, writes, "Did the decision-makers in Washington reflect, when they gave themselves the right to launch nuclear attacks on the Middle East and elsewhere, that they might inspire those targeted to do likewise to us? Did they forget that there is no defense against nuclear arms and no rescue for those attacked by them?....No country is omnipotent. None are invulnerable. What the United States has done to others at Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and what we may yet do to others at Tehran and Tripoli—others can do to us." (The Nation, 4/1/02)
The US spends about $100 million a day to maintain its nuclear weapons.
A. For review:
1) Consider student questions. (For close examination of their effectiveness as questions, see the Doubting Game section of "Teaching Critical Thinking" on this website.)
2) What is the NPT? What does it require of non-nuclear weapons nations? Of nuclear weapons nations?
3) What are the major provisions of the Treaty of Moscow? How strict are its provisions?
4) What does The Nuclear Posture Review tell you about the US attitude toward nuclear weapons
B. Divide the class into groups of four to six students to answer and
discuss the following question:
Based on the information you have, would you say that the US is complying with its commitment to the NPT? Why or why not?
Have each group name a reporter to summarize its findings for the class.
C. Reports and discussion of them
If there is interest in pursuing this issue further, students might address their inquiries to President Bush, Secretary of State Powell or Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, and search government websites for information. For example: whitehouse.gov, state.gov and dod.gov. For other points of view, students might check wagingpeace.org, gsinstitute.org and commondreams.org. For background information on nuclear weapons and US policy, see "Nuclear Weapons Controversy" on this website.
The Nation 4/10/02
New York Times 3/10/02, 5/25/02, 10/17/02, 10/20/02, 10/21/02, l0/25/02, 10/26/02, 11/3/02, 11/4/02
US Department of State: state.gov
Common Dreams: commondreams.org
Global Security Institute: gsinstitute.org
Reaching Critical Will: reachingcriticalwill.org
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Since 2010, dubstep, drumstep and electronic music producer Jimmy Blythe, better known as AFK, has been pounding stages worldwide. Starting at the bottom in 2010, and working his way up, was not an easy journey. Blythe released a few songs, with not much attention. However, in late 2011, AFK struck a deal with Datsik, an electronic music lord and owner of Firepower Records. Beetles added him to his crew, and Full Clip EP was released the following year with fellow artist Hizzleguy. The album became a hit in the underground bass music scene, and AFK managed to touch Beatport Top 100 for a few weeks. Hizzleguy hasn't touched Firepower in years, but Blythe continued releasing on Datsik's record label
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GN Bureau | July 31, 2015
The Finance Ministry on Friday sought Parliament's nod to spend an additional Rs 25,500 crore in the current fiscal, nearly half of which will be spent on capital infusion into state-owned banks to help them overcome the high bad loans situation. The ministry plans to infuse Rs 12,110 crore as capital in state-owned banks struggling with highest levels of bad debts in 13 years. This is on top of Rs 7,940 crore provided by Jaitley in the Budget for 2015-16."Bank recapitalisation plan is comprehensive. We have put in four years plan to push growth and tackle NPA," finance minister Arun Jaitley said.
Sensex ends 409 points up, Nifty at 8,533
The S&P BSE Sensex closed the session up 409.21 points, or 1.48 per cent, at 28,114.56. The sentiment was lifted by a surge in banking shares on better-than-expected June quarter results by ICICI Bank and the government's plan to infuse Rs 70,000 crore in public sector banks over four years. The broader 50-share Nifty index jumped 111.05 points, or 1.32 per cent, to settle the day at 8,532.85.
India set to become water scarce in next ten years
India is faced with the alarming prospect of becoming water scarce in 10 years' time, or by 2025, the government has said citing a study by a consulting firm in the water sector. In his reply to a question in Lok Sabha, minister of state for water resources Sanwar Lal Jat yesterday said that consulting firm 'Everything About Water' (EA Water) has concluded that India's demand for water is expected to exceed all current sources of supply and the country is set to become water scarce ..
Four Indians abducted in Libya worked at a university
Three of the four Indian nationals, who have been kidnapped by militants in Libya, are teachers by profession and are employed at the Sirte University. The fourth one was working at the Sirte University branch at Jufra. The four Indians were abducted near Sirte. The kidnapping comes even as the fate of 39 Indians kidnapped in June 2014 from Mosul in Iraq remains unknown.
Three special trains for Kawad Yatra
The Northern Railway on Friday announced that it would run three special trains for Kawad Yatra which is slated to begin on August 1. Two trains would run daily from Delhi to Haridwar via Shamli while another special train would run daily via Hapur from August 1 to August 12. Kawadias are Lord Shiva devotees who gather at Haridwar every year to take a dip and collect water of river Ganga to offer to Lord Shiva.
Karnataka's new law gives govt more power to remove lokayukta
The Karnataka assembly and council on Friday passed amendment to the lokayukta act, giving the government more powers to remove the lokayukta. According to the new law, the lokayukta can be removed if allegations against him are proved. It says that the process of removal should be completed with 90 days. The amendments also empower the assembly speaker and council chairperson to recommend the Chief Justice of the state to probe lokayukta facing allegations of corruption.
Over 9,700 women rights violation cases since April
More than 9,700 cases of atrocities against women, including domestic violence and rape, have been registered since April one this year, with Uttar Pradesh seeing the highest number of such cases, the government said on Friday. These many cases have been registered with the National Commission for Women so far this financial year. The reasons for violation of women rights include domestic violence, outraging the modesty of women, dowry harassment, property dispute, rape.
India, US in process of signing pact for next-gen soldier wear
The government today said it is in the process of signing an agreement with the US to collaborate on the next-generation lightweight, protective clothing for soldiers. "The objective of the agreement is to test analyse and compare Chemical Biological (CB) Protection Technologies to facilitate development of requirements for a wearable protective ensemble capability with the view towards cooperatively developing mutually identified technologies subject to a separate agreement," defence minister Manohar Parrikar said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
NGT seeks Centre's reply on RO filters in residential areas
An NGO's plea against installation of reverse osmosis (RO) water purifiers in residential societies and villages on the ground that it leads to wastage of water has prompted National Green Tribunal to seek response from the Centre. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the ministry of water resources and sought its reply before the next date of hearing, August 4.
Post-demonetisation, cash did the Houdini vanishing trick at ATMs. With currency notes playing hide and seek, life was sheer misery. Things improved a bit, but the situation is back to square one. The ATMs are running dry, yet again. Rajiv Bajaj, scion of the family that makes hugely popular
Tribals in the land of the legendary Birsa Munda in Jharkhand are fighting against the amendments of the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNTA) and Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act (SPTA). These were hastily changed by the BJP government – first by an ordinance in June, and then, amendments i
Recommendations by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) cannot be set aside with impunity merely on the ground that it is a recommendatory body,” said justice Dalveer Bhandari, member, international court of justice. Addressing the meet
The Panchpatmali bauxite mines of national aluminum company limited (NALCO) has been conferred with a 5-star rating by the ministry of mines. The 5-star rating award, along with a certificate of excellence was handed over to Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD,
It is a fact that some of the opencast projects (OCP) of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, are not being utilised up to their full capacity despite having good potential for coal production, the Lok Sabha was informed. Union minister Piyush Goyal said tha
In Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the average persondays generated at the national level is 39 days per rural household in the financial year (FY) 2016-17 (as on February 1, 2017). During the same period, 21 states have reported average persondays per household lower t

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Transpacific shipping forecast 2019: volatile Sino-American trade winds forming dark clouds on the horizon.
Other complicating factors for global container carriers include the Brexit effect, overcapacity, depressed freight rates, economic slowdowns, technological disruptions and multibillion-dollar spikes in operating costs from an International Maritime Organization mandate that carriers reduce their sulphur dioxide emissions.
The shipping business weather report rolling into 2019 therefore is not great for container carriers servicing the transpacific and other major trade routes.
The overall seaborne trade forecast, however, is brighter. But it depends in large part on the status of the trade and tariff war between the United States and China.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development notes in its 2018 report that global seaborne trade is doing relatively well. It expanded by 4% in 2017 to reach 10.7 billion tonnes and is expected to increase by the same percentage in 2018.
Major container shipping companies are hoping that outlook is more than misplaced optimism.
In its nine-month 2018 financial report, Hapag-Lloyd cited IHS Global Insight projections of global container shipments increasing 4.9% to approximately 153 million 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) in 2019 in the wake of a 4% increase in 2018.
But Germany’s largest container shipping company also noted that the International Monetary Fund had lowered its global economic growth forecast by 0.2 percentage points since its April forecast to 3.7% for 2018 and 2019.
The downgrade is based in part on increased risk of a global economic slowdown.
And any slowdown would have significant consequences for international trade and the companies that service it.
As Hapag-Lloyd financials noted, “The existing global macroeconomic uncertainties and ongoing stiff competition could have a significant negative impact on the development of transport volumes and freight rates.… Significant risks for the Group’s revenue and earnings development include a further sharp slowdown in global economic and trade volume growth.”
B.C.’s ports have thus far been spared any major collateral damage from the China-U.S. trade and tariff war.
Vancouver recently graduated into the list of the world’s top 50 container ports as compiled by the U.S.-based Journal of Commerce. Its 10.9% increase to 3.25 million TEUs handled in 2017 ranked it No. 47. Mid-year 2018 cargo numbers showed container cargo through the Port of Vancouver up 5% to a record 1.64 million TEUs and up 16% through the Port of Prince Rupert to 591,335 TEUs compared with 2017’s first six months.
In December, DP World’s Fairview container terminal celebrated a historic milestone. For the first time in a calendar year, the Port of Prince Rupert facility handled one million containers. When it opened in 2008, Fairview moved only 182,523 TEUs.
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is banking on B.C. ports maintaining their recent tally of robust container volume increases.
Its case for investing between $2 billion and $3 billion in the Terminal 2 container terminal project at Roberts Bank includes projected increases of between 2.1% and 3.7% in annual containerized cargo volumes between 2017 and 2040. The low-end forecast would have 6.7 million TEUs handled annually by B.C. ports; the high end would raise that total to 9.7 million.
But uncertainty continues to cloud trade forecasts, especially for 2019.
U.K.-based shipping consultancy Drewry noted in its most recent container shipping outlook that the volatility of tariff standoffs and trade war rhetoric between the United States and China, coupled with uncertainty over Brexit, make it extremely difficult to provide any accurate projections about trade growth on major shipping routes.
Neil Davidson, senior analyst in Drewry’s ports and terminals practice, noted that without the ongoing China-U.S. tariff war and the Brexit battle, annual container trade would likely be growing at 3.5% over the next five years; however, the worst-case scenario from those uncertainties could cut that figure to 1.5% annually.
“This, though, has required some bold assumptions,” Davidson said, “in particular that one-third of China-U.S. trade will continue to flow, one-third will switch from China to alternative sources such as Southeast Asia and one-third will no longer move by sea, but instead be from Mexico and Canada or produced domestically in the U.S.”
The company’s container ports briefing in mid-December noted that average growth rates of cargo handled by global container ports have been slowing since they peaked in 2018’s first quarter.
“The key question now,” said Davidson, “is how long and how deep that slowing will be.”
He noted that the China-U.S. trade war had increased the flow of containers to North American ports in 2018’s third quarter “as shippers seek to build up import stocks in the U.S. before the tariffs really bite hard.”
But trade uncertainty caused by the dispute has eroded valuations of major port companies.
Davidson said most of their share prices had fallen by double digits during 2018’s third quarter as “the performance within our coverage universe suffered one of its worst periods.”
Oxford Economics is more optimistic about 2019.
Its December research briefing noted that while capacity pressures and underlying inflation “have created an air of gloom around economic and financial prospects for 2019 … we think that global growth is likely to nudge up after the recent soft patch.”•

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Decided it was finally time to start blogging again. It’s somewhat therapeutic, and doesn’t harm any animals, so what the hell, right ? Plus it hasn’t hurt Jonathon Coulton‘s music career, as far as I can see. Jonathon and I do have a few things in common. Like Jonathon, I also spend my days writing computer code. I also tend to write quirky, sometimes funny, and sometimes weird songs. Don’t know whether the computer interest is related somehow or not, but anyway, we have that connection.
I actually work as a web developer during the day. Speaking of that, this website is probably in dire need of some updating. That’s one of the disadvantages I guess, to being a musician who builds websites. I spend an awful lot of time rebuilding my website, because I can. Sometimes I think that time would be much better spent writing songs, or recording new music.
Anyway, this post was supposed to be about the Bob Weir concert I attended last Saturday night. Bob Weir was a member of the Grateful Dead, for those of you who were wondering. I went because I was invited by a friend, who had a couple of free tickets. I never got to see the Grateful Dead live, so I figured this would be an interesting experience.
As expected, lots of hippies showed up, wearing tie-dyed shirts, dread-locks, etc., and many of them were selling merchandise before the show to support their chosen lifestyle.
The concert itself was at the Midland Theater, in Kansas City, MO. The theater was built during the 1920’s and was the most beautiful theater I’ve seen in my life. Hand-carved woodwork, gorgeous paintings, etc. Really amazing.
Bob Weir played lots of slow, to medium slow songs, that really weren’t what I’d call “danceable.” But of course, as you would expect, a large percentage of the audience was smoking marijuana. Therefore, they danced during the entire show, in way that only “dead heads” know how. My friend and I both agreed that watching the people dance was actually quite a bit more entertaining than watching the band.
It also didn’t hurt that the concert was attended by lots of beautiful women, of all different ages, dressed in skirts and summer dresses. All in all, a very entertaining experience.


text: Planning your summer vacation? Buyer beware. Hotels, rental cars, airplanes, cruise ships...things that make vacations and sometimes make you pay more with surprise charges. "Oh yeah the hotel always hits you. Surcharges, room taxes, everything you can think of." Erica Duecy of Fodor's travel guide tells us in the last five years, extra hotel fees have risen 5-fold...one of the most common is the resort fee. "So you may be charged for a fitness room or business center whether or not you use those centers." "Also, you may be charged if you check into your room early or even if you depart early, even for an emergency. Be sure to ask whether you will be penalized for an early arrival or departure." "Some hotels are actually charging 50 dollars or even higher up to a whole night's stay for leaving early." Before you reach for your wallet, know that room service and house keeping gratuities are more frequently already added in. "And this could be 30 dollars a day so that could be pretty substantial." "I always add a little something." "So you're paying twice?" "Yeah I guess so." Renting a car at the airport is another way to be socked with extra fees. In some locations, as much as 10 percent of the cost of the rental, take a taxi to your destination and rent your car in town. While you may expect the airlines to hit you with a fuel surcharge, know that cruise ships are doing it too. Sometimes five dollars per person per day. Your best defense against hidden fees? "Call ahead. Sometimes Orlando has a fee that Fairmont, West Virginia doesn't."

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Scooby-Doo: Aloha Scooby-Doo! (DVD)

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang head to Hawaii for a big surfing contest that is disrupted by the rumblings of a nearby volcano and the disappearance of one of the surfers. Scooby-Doo and company romp through the jungle, snorkel, paraglide and surf as they contend with the mysterious appearance of the "Wiki Tiki" and try to solve the mystery before the volcano erupts.

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Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, and the Mystery Inc. gang hit the bodacious beaches of Hawaii for the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest--only to discover there's a terribly real monster about to show all the true meaning of wipeout! The locals are convinced that island spirits are furious over a new resort being built on sacred ground and when an army of tiny demons attacks the surfers, the ancient properties appear to be true. Could this be the first mystery that Daphne finally can't figure out before trouble--in the form of a huge volcano--erupts? Grab your surfboards and hold onto your coconuts--unless Scooby-Doo and Shaggy don't munch 'em down first--for a spectacularly colorful and splashy animated adventure.
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Bikernet Sends Young Artist to Capture Scott’s Realism Secrets at the first ever Artist Retreat.
By Frank Ball Jr. with photos by the SJ crew (excerpt from Bikernet)
On arrival to Deadwood we checked into the Grand Hotel. I lucked out with a corner room on the third floor. It had an amazing view of main street Deadwood. Couldn’t sleep, so I took a stroll around town. Before leaving the lobby, I checked out a display of different Harley-Davidson paintings of Scott’s. This guy’s ability with realism is insane. I am trying to infuse more realism into my tattoo and painting efforts.
I felt honored and grateful to be a part of Scott’s first artist retreat in the history of his career. I cruised around Scott’s studio for a bit checking out the incredible layout and what seemed to be a never-ending supply of incredible paintings on display wall-to-wall.
The energy is this place was amazing and took me off-guard for a second, there was so much to take in. As we walked upstairs and into the action the actual art studio where Scott creates his masterpieces and works alongside daughter Alexa, nephew, and Dan.
After an introduction by the man himself explaining the paint volumes and brushes he would use during the retreat, the class went to work on a particular piece, which included a wine bottle with a glass and cork/cork screw on top of a wood grain table captured from a top angle looking down.
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Two gorgeous coastal sections and the chance to spot kiwi in the daytime are the highlights of the southernmost Great Walk.
Lee Bay to Port William Hut
A chain sculpture symbolising the anchor stone of Maui’s canoe starts the walk which sidles above the bay to Peters Point and around to Wooding Bay and Maori Beach. At the beach’s northern end, a bridge spans a tidal estuary and then the track climbs to a junction. Head right and descend to Port William, where the 24-bunk hut is in a sheltered bay surrounded by large gum trees. The trees date to a settlement populated by Shetland Islanders in the 1870s.
Port William Hut to North Arm Hut
Retrace steps to the track junction to begin the walk’s forest section, which follows the route of a tramline. The bush is not spectacular because much of it was milled in the early 1900s and with a lack of views, the main points of interest are the milling relics found alongside. North Arm Hut (24-bunks) is worth the forest toil – its deck and windows provide unrestricted views of the bay. Keep an ear out for kiwi calling.
North Arm Hut to Fern Gully Car Park
The track sidles around the headland from North Arm to Sawdust Bay, passing a sawmill site that was operated between 1914 and 1918. The mill was an ecological disaster – so much sawdust entered the bay it killed all marine life.
The track continues inland through forest dominated by rimu and kamahi and emerges at Kidney Fern Arm where there is a historic dam.
At Kapipi Bay, where there was once two sawmills, the track follows the former Kaipipi Road – at one time the busiest road on the island – to the end.
It’s a 2km hike along Main Road back to Oban. An alternative route is along the coastal Ryans Creek Track.
- Total Ascent
- 3 days. To Port William Hut, 3-4hr; To North Arm Hut, 6hr; To Fern Gully car park, 4.5hr
- Port William Hut (24 bunks), North Arm Hut (24 bunks), three campsites
- From Lee Bay

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Dibner Program in the History of Science - Short-Term Awards
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Grant amount: Up to US $17,000
Anticipated deadline: Nov 15, 2020 12:00pm PST
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The Huntington, one of the world’s great cultural, research, and educational centers is a private, nonprofit institution founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, an exceptional businessman who built a financial empire that included railroad companies, utilities, and real estate holdings in Southern California.
The Huntington also is among the nation’s most important centers for the study of the American West, with an unsurpassed collection of materials that span the full range of American western settlement, including the overland pioneer experience, the Gold Rush, and the development of Southern California.
Scholars come from around the world every year to conduct advanced humanities research using The Huntington’s collections. Through a rigorous peer-review program, the institution awards approximately 200 fellowships to scholars in the fields of history, literature, art, and the history of science.
The Dibner Program in the History of Science offers scholars the opportunity to work in the Huntington’s Burndy Library and its other resources for the study of history of science and technology.
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Dog Haus is celebrating America’s most iconic food by gifting everyone in the country a free Haus Dog. On Wednesday, July 18, better known as National Hot Dog Day, guests nationwide can enjoy a free hot dog. They have to download the Dog Haus Rewards App and register to access the offer.
Dog Haus is a craft casual hot dog concept known for its gourmet hot dogs, sausages, burgers and a one-of-a-kind fried chicken sandwich. Founded by partners Hagop Giragossian, Quasim Riaz and André Vener, three friends who share a passion for good food, creativity, quality and commitment to community, the first Dog Haus opened in Pasadena, California in 2010.
Dog Haus has garnered critical acclaim and national attention for its signature all beef dogs and hand-crafted sausages with no added nitrates, 100% Black Angus beef burgers, and a fried chicken sandwich. All dogs, sausages, burgers and the fried chicken sandwich are served on grilled King’s Hawaiian rolls. Guests can choose from signature Haus creations or customize their own from a wide array of unique toppings.
To chase it down, guests can select great craft beers from a tap list emphasizing local favorites, and they can finish their meals on a sweet note with premium shakes or soft-serve ice cream. Open daily, Dog Haus currently has 30+ locations open in nine states with 20+ in development across the country. Dog Haus has partnered with No Kid Hungry for a year-long chef collaboration series to roll out a new menu item every two months throughout 2018 with a portion of proceeds benefitting the national charity.

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Elsa Consulting Group provides world class professional support to coal handling and preparation plants, mineral processing plants and allied industries by applying engineering and scientific principles to recommend the best unbiased technological solutions to fit our clients’ needs.
Elsa Consulting Group has been operational since 2004 helping clients maximise their effectiveness of processing limited resources.
We work with both new and existing mines and processing plants to increase production, reduce waste, streamline processes, and recommend the best technological solutions to fit their needs.
Vision: To provide world class professional support to coal preparation, minerals processing and allied industries.
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Police BF played USFA at the Premier League of Burkina Faso on November 6. The match kicked off 15:30 UTC. USFA won 0-2.
Police BF and USFA meet again a year after the Premier League match which ended in a draw 1-1. Police BF are aproaching the match after a defeat from ASFA-Yennenga on October 29 not being able to win for 10 straight games.
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Jolley: the postseason has become a Leesburg Lightning rite of passage
The Leesburg Lightning has reached the Florida Collegiate Summer League playoffs for the 15th consecutive season.
Reaching the postseason has become a rite of passage for the Leesburg Lightning.
It’s not a hope.
It’s an expectation.
And for the 15th consecutive season — every year of its existence — Leesburg has qualified for the Florida Collegiate Summer League playoffs. The Lightning will finish no worse than second place in the FCSL standings and could still — heading into Friday’s game at DeLand — finish with the league’s best regular-season record and enjoy home-field advantage for the duration of their postseason run.
The Lightning’s opponent in the playoffs might not be known until Saturday evening, when the regular season wraps, but the Lightning punched its postseason ticket earlier in the week.
Leesburg has been steady as a rock all season, from its home opener through the myriad rain outs and down the home stretch. The Lightning have been remarkably consistent all season — their longest losing streak has been just two games, while fashioning a five game winning streak.
But, in spite of the team’s regular-season success over the years, the playoffs are a different story.
Leesburg set a high bar for itself in 2007 — it’s inaugural season — by winning the league multiple championships.
Since then, the Lightning have reached the title game or series — the FCSL switched from a single-game championship to a best-of-3 series in 2018 — five times, including last season. That makes for seven title shots for Leesburg in its first 14 years.
Only Winter Park and Sanford — both charter members of the FCSL — have played for as many or more championships, appearing in eight and seven title games or series, respectively. The Diamond Dawgs and River Rats also have won the most Whiting Cups — the FCSL championship trophy — with five apiece.
Pretty rarified air.
For those who want to nitpick and point out the Lightning is “only” 2-5 when they play for the championship, would you prefer playing — albeit losing — for the title, or never having the opportunity?
That’s like denying the Minnesota Vikings’ and Buffalo Bills’ overwhelming success in the 1970s and 1990s because they got to — but didn’t win — four Super Bowls.
Fact is, the franchise has been among the most successful in the Florida Collegiate Summer League since playing its first game.
Simply put, the Lightning is, arguably, the league’s marquee franchise. More fans pack Pat Thomas Stadium-Buddy Lowe Field than any other building in the league and that’s been the case every year since opening night in 2007, when an overflow crowd filled the “Pat” for the first game in team history.
A lot of teams try to drum up support before each season by talking up their hopes for reaching the playoffs.
That’s not just a hope in Leesburg.
It’s pretty much a requirement.
And it all begins next week with the second season.
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Miranda Kerr Allegedly Having a Bun in the Oven
After having a secret marriage, newly-married couple Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom reportedly have another big thing they have kept under the radar. A source close to the Victoria's Secret model recently told Us Weekly that Miranda and Orlando are currently expecting their first child.
"She's definitely pregnant... Miranda's thrilled," the source gushed. "She's telling all her friends, mostly other models, about it." While Miranda and Orlando reportedly will not make an official announcement, the source claimed, "She poses in lingerie. It will be obvious soon enough."
If the pregnancy rumor is true, she might still be in her early stage as she recently had a photo shoot at Milk Studios in L.A. with no baby bump displayed. However, the baby bump is hardly noticed because Miranda was wearing black. In the shot, the newlywed looked stunning in a skimpy white tank-top, shorts and overcoat.
Miranda, who swapped vows with Orlando in a small, intimate ceremony reportedly in the Caribbean, has previously made no secret that she wants a kid. She told Australian newspaper, "I have always been very open about wanting to be a mother one day. And I've always thought Orlando would be a great dad!"
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Aitor Astiz was born in Pamplona (Spain) in 1997 and he started into the music world at the age of 7 years old playing the violin and learning about music lenguaje. But only started his career in music electronic in 2012 with only 15 years old.
Inspired by progressive house, tech house & house sounds. Since he started into the electronic music world Aitor Astiz ́s sound has not stopped evolving and growing during his short career. Influenced by artists like Sidney Charles, Loco Dice, Wade, Hector Couto, Darius Syrossian or Sante, nowadays his particular production style with powerful basslines, hot drum grooves, hip hop vocals and old school scraps, gave him the oportunity to reléase tracks in huge labels like Be One Records, Low Groove Records, COCOA, Tres14 Music or Old School Department. Reaching the highest positions of the best seller tracks in these record labels. His creativity in the studio have taken his works to the best clubs and festivals of the world being played by artist like Luciano, The Martinez Brothers, Jamie Jones, Paco Osuna, Steve Lawler, Wade, Miguel Bastida, Ruben Mandolini, Superlover, Sam Divine and many more.
Also, his dynamic dj sets with a lot of tech house & house grooves mixed with acappelas from different styles, gave Aitor Astiz the opportunity to play in the best clubs & festivals from the northem Spain such as, Totem, Ozone, Event, Txuribeltz or Carpa Universitaria festival helped him to develop a reputation that will be the foundation for many year to come. In summary, Aitor Astiz is a clear example that talent & youth can do hand in hand.


State Board of Trustees approves new curriculum
Students planning on going to college, or even those who are just beginning to think about the possibility, should make plans early in high school, or even before, to ensure they have all of the requisite courses under their belts when it is time for them to walk across stage, receive a diploma and move to the next level. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning recently approved maintaining the current College Preparatory Curriculum as the minimum requirements and approved an enhanced College Preparatory Curriculum as recommended but not required.
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Friday, March 02, 2001
Hot tips and news to start your business day
Today's number: 1,100
Employees to be cut by Southfield, Mich.-based Federal-Mogul Corp., about 8.6 percent of the salaried work force, to stem losses at the world's largest maker of automotive engine bearings and seals.
Today's money tip
Don't cash out retirement plans when changing jobs, even if the plan's balance is very small. Roll the amount into your new employer's plan or into an Individual Retirement Account.
If you cash out, not only do you stand to lose almost half the money to taxes and fines, but even small amounts can grow to a sizable amount over time with compound interest. Just $5,000 grows to $140,000 after 35 years of 10 percent compounded interest even if you don't add another dime.
Today's career tip
Bosses who say they can't hire good workers are usually indicating that they are poor bosses, claims Barry Maher in his book Filling the Glass.
They're telling you they aren't adding enough water to the glass they aren't providing sufficient incentive for people to meet their standards.
This is business. Both sides are hoping to benefit from the transaction. Otherwise it's not business it's charity. And in business, you never want to rely on charity.
Today's company: The Original Mattress Factory
Springing to life: The company was founded in 1990 in Cleveland by a former president of Sealy. The local factory was opened in 1993.
See what makes it tick: Consumers can watch mattresses and box springs taking shape, from springs to ticking, at the factory showroom in Fairfield.
High cotton: The company says it uses 100 percent cotton in its mattresses. Last year, mattresses manufactured here required 250,000 pounds of the stuff.
Boon P. Lim has joined R.A. Jones & Co. as regional account manager, Asia-Pacific, and the company has announced the establishment of the new R.A. Jones Asiapak office in Singapore. Mr. Lim will be responsible for developing markets for Jones' machines in Asia. He was regional manager, Northeast Asia; regional manager, Southeast Asia; and general manager in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong with the Mettler-Toledo Co. He attended Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, where he received his master's degree in finance.
Partners' assets under scrutiny
Big picture still shows a slowdown
Cincinnati Machine machining a breakthrough
Disease curtails human activity
Industry notes: Manufacturing
Tristate Business Summary
What's the Buzz?

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In its largest financing to date, Eximias Pharmaceutical Corp. raised $63.5 million to carry its flagship product Thymitaq through Phase III liver cancer trials and to the market.
For Eximias - a company with only 20 employees and, up until now, only one product in the pipeline - it's no small matter.
"We've got blue-chip investors rallying behind little Eximias, and this has been a four-year fight to find something for patients with unresectable liver cancer," said Elizabeth Corsi, president and CEO of Berwyn, Pa.-based Eximias. "We're very excited."
Thymitaq has potential to become a blockbuster product as the first treatment approved for unresectable liver cancer, according to some reports.
Not only will the funds from this Series D financing take Thymitaq through a Phase III program to an estimated mid-2005 new drug application filing and potential launch, it also will help Eximias build a pipeline of other late-stage products, including an oral version of Thymitaq and an in-licensed oncology and infectious disease compound.
"This is the largest financing for us," said Fred Powell, chief financial officer at Eximias, who said the company has raised about $94 million to date. "I think it's a very significant milestone in the company. Up until this point we had been operating with a very shoestring budget to complete the clinical trials that we have."
Focused mainly on Thymitaq, Eximias now is building a pipeline that includes Orataq for oncology and Macrotac for oncology and infectious diseases. Orataq is the oral version of Thymitaq and might be studied for indications outside liver cancer. Macrotac was licensed from Emeryville, Calif.-based Chiron Corp. in January 2001. Chiron covered earlier clinical trials, and now Eximias plans to begin Phase III trials of Macrotac for undetermined oncology and infectious disease indications. (See BioWorld Today, Feb. 2, 2001.)
"We want to build the front end of the portfolio so we have revenues to sustain the business," Corsi told BioWorld Today.
Conducted in North America and certain European and South African countries, the Thymitaq trial has enrolled 350 of the 446 patients needed. Powell said enrollment should be completed by the fourth quarter.
In addition to U.S. marketing approval, the company plans to seek approval in Europe and Asia.
Thymitaq has been the subject of 22 completed clinical trials in indications such as pancreatic cancer and head and neck cancer. In a Phase II trial, it demonstrated a 32 percent response rate in head and neck cancer patients. It also has shown it can be orally and intravenously absorbed. Most cancer drugs are not absorbed orally, Corsi said.
The NDA filing will seek approval of Thymitaq as a first-line intravenous therapy for unresectable liver cancer. Other cancer indications could follow, she said.
Eximias licensed Thymitaq, a thymidylate-synthase inhibitor, from Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc., of La Jolla, Calif., in 1998, while Agouron transformed itself from an oncology company to an HIV company.
"It was the right decision for Agouron at the time, and it was our good fortune that they made that decision," Corsi said.
Corsi said the company plans to build its own U.S. sales force and to partner Thymitaq and any other products in markets outside the U.S. Corsi said that almost 70 percent of U.S. cancer cases are concentrated in 17 states, making the market a manageable size for a small company. The company also expects eventually to go public.
"Obviously we're taking a look at the public markets," Corsi said, "and I don't think we've made a decision as to whether or not we'll file this year. It will depend on market conditions and then what happens with the Phase III trials."
Corsi compared the Thymitaq story to the Gemzar story of 1996. Gemzar hit the market as the first treatment of pancreatic cancer, much like Thymitaq would be the first unresectable liver cancer product.
Gemzar, marketed by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., earned $1.2 billion in worldwide sales last year, Corsi said.
Founded in 1997, Eximias completed a $23.5 million Series C financing in 2000, when the company was called Zarix Inc. The company changed its name in July 2002 to reflect strategy and management changes. (See BioWorld Today, Oct. 5, 2000.)
Cross Atlantic Partners, of New York, and Quaker BioVentures, of Philadelphia, co-led the oversubscribed Series D round. New investors include New Enterprise Associates, OrbiMed Advisors, Birchmere Ventures, Easton Hunt Capital Partners, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Pacific Rim Ventures and Emerging Technology Partners. All Series C institutional investors also participated.
As part of the financing, Eximias appointed to its board John Cassis, of Cross Atlantic Partners; Brenda Gavin, of Quaker BioVentures; Michael Sheffery, of OrbiMed Advisors; and M. James Barrett, of New Enterprise Associates.
Ferghana Securities, of New York, served as placement agent and financial adviser for the transaction.

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Originally I wanted to look at sleep related to concentration levels, but after looking into it I think looking at depression related to sleep or how lack of sleep makes you act.
So I brainstormed some ideas about the words and drew down some sketches of random things that I had thought of:
- thought bubbles
- Not yourself
Some really quick sketches that I was thinking. They are based on the shape of chemicals. one of the rings could be the sleeping pattern over the course of 24 hours. it could have branches coming off, with levels of happiness, tiredness, concentration levels, or I was thinking they could overlap. The above would to just monitor the sleeping pattern on a series of people and and see how it varies from night to night.
We brain stormed some ideas in a session the other day, it was basically focused on the programming side of things. It was interesting to see what other people had done with programming and how it could work relatively simply, but I don’t feel I have enough knowledge on programming to do anything like that. But I still came up with some ideas as to how it could be used in relation to my project/theme:
- monitoring heart rate during sleep – see how it varies from sleep to awake
- monitor heart rate throughout the day to see if lack of sleep alters heart rate during the day
- monitor sleep positions
- monitor movement during sleep – see how much someone moves during sleep

domain: psychology


Bosch is making progress when it comes to climate protection. Since 2007, the company has succeeded in reducing relative CO2 emissions related to value-added by more than 20 percent thanks to various energy-saving measures, such as the use of eco-friendly technologies in manufacturing and the installation of efficient heating technology in buildings. “The conservation of resources and reduction of CO2 emissions are a part of our social responsibility as business people. By using intelligent energy-saving technology, industry can make a significant contribution to climate protection,” said Dr. Werner Struth, the Bosch board of management member responsible for environmental protection. The measures aimed at saving energy are set to be expanded in the future. However, energy efficiency not only benefits the environment and society, but is also a key factor for companies in achieving a competitive edge, according to Struth. For Bosch, the lower energy consumption is already paying off financially. Between 2007 and 2014 alone, the company saved around 530 million euros in energy costs through in-house measures.
CO2 coordinators analyze energy consumption
Bosch has implemented many projects aimed at supplying itself with renewable energy. Today, a modern hydroelectric facility supplies the company’s plant in Blaichach, Germany, for example. The location generates around three-quarters of the energy it needs itself. At various Bosch locations, specially trained CO2 coordinators are also searching for ways to save energy. These experts and their teams analyze the energy consumption of production facilities, for example. The information gained makes it possible to reduce the consumption of electricity and heat by switching off power consumers that are not currently needed, to name one method. Bosch also provides many of its solutions for more energy efficiency to industrial customers, who can achieve energy savings of up to 30 percent.
A few examples of how Bosch is saving energy:
Corporate research in Renningen, Germany: green roofs for climate control and photovoltaic arrays
The company’s new research campus in Renningen features green roofs. Like a sponge, they absorb rainwater, which they release in small quantities during dry periods. Having the sun shine on the green surfaces rather than directly on the roofs saves energy on climate control systems within the buildings. To save even more power, all the windows of the main building have been triple-glazed. The building is also equipped with a sun-shade system that automatically lowers itself in bright sunlight. This combination cuts energy consumption by 20 to 30 percent – energy that the air-conditioning system would otherwise have needed for cooling. In addition, the photovoltaic arrays on the roofs of the campus buildings generate as much electricity as around 100 families use in a year, thus reducing CO2 emissions by 200 metric tons annually.
Beringen, Switzerland: thermal groundwater use
At the Packaging Technology location in Beringen, Switzerland, a modern building is heated with the help of a subterranean groundwater basin. In this system, pumps extract up to 2,000 liters of groundwater a minute from a depth of 40 meters. They transport it to two heat pumps that generate heating energy by way of energy conversion. In summer, it is possible to cool the building directly by using the groundwater, as its temperature of around twelve degrees Celsius is significantly cooler than the temperature inside the building. To make this possible, the groundwater is heated in a closed-circuit system using a heat exchanger and then returned to below the surface. The building complies with the Minergie standard, a Swiss seal of quality for energy-optimized construction. The modern building and the use of groundwater saves 180,000 liters of heating oil and around 480 metric tons of CO2 a year during heating and cooling. Capturing this amount of CO2 from the air would require planting approximately 35,000 trees.
Worcester, United Kingdom: water recycling
At the Thermotechnology location in Worcester, a new water-recycling system is helping ensure efficiency and resource conservation in manufacturing. Every year, the location needs around 110 million liters of water in research and development, in its long-term testing facilities, and in production. The new recycling system makes it possible to reuse cooling water from the production facilities. The recycling system saves twelve metric tons of CO2 and around 71 million liters of water annually – which corresponds approximately to the water consumption of 650 households.
Schweinfurt, Germany: combining extraction systems
The Bosch Rexroth plant in Schweinfurt has reduced its energy consumption by almost four gigawatt hours per year, which corresponds approximately to the energy consumption of 1,100 households. CO2 emissions have decreased by more than 1,500 metric tons. Combining the grinders’ extraction systems, which had previously been separate, made a major contribution to achieving these savings. Like large vacuum cleaners, they remove fumes and vapors from cooling lubricants. Cooling lubricants are necessary to cool and lubricate the grinding disks that are used in manufacturing as well as for parts during processing. The exhaust air from several systems now flows through pipes to a few larger filters. Thanks to a regulated motor, the fans extract only as much air as is necessary.
Mellansel, Sweden: energy-efficient painting technology
One of the most flexible and eco-friendly painting shops in the European mechanical engineering sector is located in Mellansel, Sweden. The machinery that is painted at this Bosch Rexroth plant includes heavy-duty hydraulic engines for recycling plants and mining. Engines that will subsequently come into contact with salt water are coated with several layers of corrosion-proofing. The temperature and the mix of water and color pigments are monitored closely so that excess heat can be recovered. As a result, energy consumption is 75 percent lower than it used to be. The switch to water-based paint also reduces the use of solvents by around 80 percent.
Nuremberg, Germany: oil tank converted into a modern refrigeration storage unit
The plant in Nuremberg has converted a former oil tank into a refrigeration storage unit. Together with refrigeration systems, it now makes a contribution to the energy-efficient cooling of lubricants. These lubricants are used to combat the heat that is created during the turning and milling of parts. The refrigeration systems cool water in advance. As in a refrigerator, the water remains at a constant temperature in the tank of the refrigeration storage unit. It also uses the ambient temperature to cool the tank itself. By doing so, the converted tank saves around 300 metric tons of CO2 a year. Capturing this amount of CO2 from the air would require planting a forest the size of approximately 30 soccer fields.
Rodez, France: biomass cogeneration plant
Bosch’s plant for diesel injectors in the southern French city of Rodez recently upgraded its heating system. As part of this, two of its three gas-fired cogeneration plants were replaced by a biomass cogeneration plant. It heats the buildings and supplies them with warm water. The new system has reduced the plant’s CO2 emissions by roughly 25 percent. In total, this adds up to annual savings of some 600 tons of CO2. The new system satisfies strict environmental regulations and exclusively runs on biomass from the local forestry industry.
Stuttgart-Feuerbach, Germany: retrofitted cleaning machines in diesel injection-pump manufacturing
The Feuerbach site manufactures diesel injection pumps that are used for fuel injection in vehicles. Before the housing of these diesel injection pumps can be assembled, they have to be cleaned several times to get rid of particles of dirt and grease. This can take place between the grinding and hardening processing steps, for example. To do so, cleaning machines wash the parts in hot baths, whose temperature was successfully reduced from 60 to 50 degrees Celsius without affecting manufacturing quality. In addition, the hot water generated by the buildings’ air-conditioning systems is today used to heat the baths. This alone makes it possible to save around 100 metric tons of CO2 a year. When no parts are being cleaned, the system automatically switches itself into standby mode. All told, this allows the plant to save around 2,100 megawatt hours of energy a year – approximately the same amount that a medium-sized wind turbine generates in the same period.


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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Nica: Take it easy, man!
This past weekend I got back from a surf trip to Nicaragua. Intense. Beautiful. Extremely fun. Big swell.
Pictures are up on Facebook.
Stayed in Gigante the first night. It's a great little fishing village with a unique feeling and atmosphere. Surfed Colorados and Ponga Drops. Both were great breaks, but Colorados was double overhead and barreling. A fun, big, heavy wave I got worked on a few times.
From there we went to San Juan del Sur. Got a flat tire and fixed it in the blazing sun. Satyed at Arenas Caliente for a couple nights. This was a surf hostel in the middle of town. San Juan was definitely a more central tourist attraction when compared to Gigante. Firs day, we took a boat to Yankees. While we were waiting for the surf to pick up, we fished. I caught a tiny blow fish, but that was better than my gringo counterparts who ended up with only the bait they casted overboard. The locals we were with caught some fish that was later made into some kick-ass ceviche and also grilled up. Some of the best stuff we had in Nica.
Yankees was kind of breaking weird, so we tried Hermosa. Hermosa had some fun waves, but I was dead tired in the water. Caught some fun ones this day, but it was probably the worst day of surf we had on the trip.
That night we hung out with a few other travelers. Consumed a bit of the ubiquitous Flor de Cana rum and some rather large Tona cervesas. I slept in a hammock and got some of the best sleep I had in Nica.
The next day we packed up a bit, and headed to playa Maderas with a couple guys we hung out with the night before, Andi and Reese. Amazing waves when we pulled up. Enough peaks for everybody. Pulled into some good ones. Took some fun pics. Ate some tacos a guy was selling on the beach, and covered a couple tourists on 4-wheelers in mud on the way there.
From Maderas we headed back towards Gigante. We stayed at Giant's Foot Surf Camp. It was a beautiful hostel located on the bay. We surfed Colorados one more time but this time we got there by way of a "secret" road that put us right on the beach. Some locals guarded the road, but we had an in with one of the guys we took along in our car. Surf was still pumping.
After surfing Colorados, winds were turning onshore, so we headed to Isla de Ometepe. This is an island in the middle of enormous Lago de Nicaragua formed by two volcanoes. We stayed the night, and ended up having a great time hanging with some locals and some Americans we met. The next day we hiked up through a jungle to a couple falls that were beautiful. Monkeys flying around in the canopy and lush green vegetation surrounded these fresh water cascades. Refreshing.
Later that day we caught the ferry back and headed back to mainland. From there we headed back to the west coast to a town known as Popoyo. We were thinking about staying there for only a night, but once we found Two Brothers, we weren't able to leave. We stayed the remainder of trip there. We surfed a few breaks Peaks, Popoyo Reef, and Beach Break. We missed Manzanilla, but at least we have something to look forward to on our return trip.
The trip back to the airport was interesting, but the trip was almost soured by a huge headache in the form of a buster rental car hombre. Enough said. Still a touchy subject.
All in all it was an amazing trip. I have officially been bitten by the travel bug, and I am currently planning a trip to my next destination...