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Market Live: Nifty breaches 10,000, Sensex dives 340 pts on North Korea fears
1:00 pm Fund raising: Punjab National Bank plans to raise up to Rs 5,000 crore to meet its Basel-III needs, reports CNBC-TV18. The board will decide on the fund raising at its September 27 meet.
12:50 pm FM speech: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said stressed assets are the biggest area of concern for the banking sector. He was addressing bankers at an event organised by the Indian Banks’ Association.
On demonetisation, Jaitley gave banks a pat on their back saying banks had a major role in moving India to digitisation and a cashless economy.
12:40 pm Europe trade: European stocks opened lower as geopolitical concerns take center stage.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.21 percent lower with most sectors moving in negative territory.
Investors are set to take cues from Asian markets where equities fell on concerns of another hydrogen bomb test. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters in New York overnight the country could perform another nuclear test in the Pacific Ocean of an “unprecedented scale.”
12:30 pm Market Check: Equity benchmarks cracked further in afternoon as the Nifty breached psychological 10,000 level, tracking global weakness on likely another missile test by North Korea and after rating agency S&P downgraded China’s credit rating.
The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 335.18 points or 1.04 percent at 32,034.86 and the 50-share NSE Nifty was down 125.80 points or 1.24 percent at 9,996.10.
About four shares declined for every share rising on the BSE.
12:25 pm Gold policy: The Centre is open to cut gold import tax further after slashing it to 5-6%, reports NewsRise.
It expects the Watal-led panel to submit a report on gold policy by December 31.
12:10 pm Listing on Monday: Construction company Capacit’e Infraprojects will make a debut on exchanges on September 25. The issue price is fixed at Rs 250 per share.
The Rs 400-crore initial public offering of Capacit’e has oversubscribed 183.03 times.
The IPO has received bids for 209.17 crore equity shares against total issue size of 1.14 crore shares (excluding anchor investors’ portion), aided largely by institutional investors.
12:03 pm Pledged shares: Mercator’s promoter has created a pledge on their 28 lakh shares on September 21.
The stock fell 2.2 percent to Rs 39.40 on the BSE.
12:00 pm China on S&P’s downgrade report: China lashed out at the decision by Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the country’s credit rating, calling the warning against ballooning debt “mistaken” and based on “cliches” about its economy, reports AFP.
The agency slashed China from AA-minus to A-plus on Thursday, a move that followed a similar decision in May by Moody’s stemming from concerns that the world’s second largest economy is increasingly overleveraged. “Standard & Poor’s downgrade of China’s sovereign credit rating is a mistaken decision,” the finance ministry said, adding that the move was “perplexing.”
11:56 am Rupee pares losses: The rupee recovered from initial losses in late morning deals to trade at 65.04, still down by 23 paise against the dollar due to strong demand for the greenback from importers and banks.
The rupee resumed lower at 64.95 per dollar as against yesterday’s closing level of 64.81 per dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market.
Later, it fell sharply on heavy dollar demand to 65.16 before paring losses to quote 65.04 at 10.20 hrs.
Persistent FII outflows and US Federal Reserve rate hike this year is affecting the rupee, a dealer said.
FPIs withdrew over Rs 1,200 crore on net basis from stock markets yesterday, as per provisional exchange data. Overseas, the US dollar was largely lower against the basket of currencies in early Asian trade.
11:54 am Modi’s Varanasi visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi today for a two-day visit during which he will inaugurate several projects covering sectors like infrastructure, railways, financial inclusion and sanitation.
Among the highlights will be the flagging off of the Mahamana Express train which will connect Varanasi with Surat and Vadodara in Gujarat.
11:45 am IPO subscription: SBI Life Insurance Company’s 8,400-crore public issue has been oversubscribed 1.25 times, as per latest data available on exchanges.
The initial public offer has received bids for 11.01 crore shares against the total IPO size of 8.82 crore shares, excluding anchor investors’ portion.
The reserved category of qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) has seen oversubscription of 4.09 times while the portion set aside for non institutional investors has subscribed 10 percent and retail investors 52 percent.
11:38 am BoAML on Godrej Properties: Global research firm Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has initiated buy rating on Godrej Properties with a target of Rs 756.
The firm sees a potential upside of 26 percent and expansion in the return on equity by 907 basis points to 20 percent in FY20.
The robust sales competition of legacy projects could drive 44 percent EPS CAGR over FY17-20, it feels.
The share price surged 102 percent in the last 9 months.
11:30 am Market Check: Equity benchmarks fell further in morning as the Nifty tested psychological 10,000-mark, tracking global weakness after North Korea threat saying it could do another missile test, and S&P downgraded China’s credit rating.
The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 309.65 points at 32,060.39 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 119.90 points to 10,002.00.
About 3.5 shares declined for every share rising on the BSE.
The rupee dropped by 18 paise to 64.99 against the US dollar on frenetic dollar demand from importers and banks.
Dealers said early losses in domestic equity markets and unabated foreign fund outflows weighed on the rupee.
11:10 am I-T raid: The Income Tax department, which began search operations at Coffee Day Group companies and the other premises owned by founder VG Siddhartha on Thursday, will continue with its operations today, according to a media report.
11:00 am Japan fiscal stimulus: The Bank of Japan should maintain its massive monetary stimulus and enhance its communication of how it expects to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, a senior IMF official told Reuters.
Odd Per Brekk, the International Monetary Fund’s mission chief for Japan, said the BoJ will likely lag behind the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank in normalising monetary policy.
“But we think this is appropriate, as monetary policy is focused on domestic conditions and domestic conditions are different among countries and regions,” he said.
10:56 am IPO subscription: SBI Life Insurance Company’s initial public offering has been fully subscribed on final day.
The 8,400-crore public issue has been oversubscribed 1.15 times, as per latest data available on exchanges.
The IPO has received bids for 10.18 crore shares against IPO size of 8.82 crore shares, excluding anchor investors’ portion.
10:50 am VIX: Market volatility as gauged by the India VIX is up 6% at 12.35%. The benchmark indices have broken their key supports, with market participants not turning bearish.
10:42 am Interview: The Reliance Home Finance scrip made a stellar debut in trade today.
“The company is looking to grow is loan book at 50 percent CAGR over the next three-to-four years,” Ravindra Sudhalkar, CEO, Reliance Home Finance said in an interview to CNBC-TV18.
He further said it is looking to maintain its net interest margin (NIM) at 3.5 percent and grow its housing finance business to 60 percent by FY20.
The housing finance company is targeting return of assets (RoA) of 1.5 percent by FY20, he added.
10:35 am Buzzing: Shares of A2Z Infra Engineering gained 3 percent intraday on the back of one-time settlement with its lending banks.
The company’s board has approved issuance of up to 8 crore equity shares to its lenders as part of one-time settlement scheme(s), envisaged to be entered into between the company and its lending banks.
The said issuance of shares to banks shall address approximately Rs 850 crore of the company’s debt which represents 74 percent of the company’s total debt.
It has also approved one time settlement with SICOM, a lender of the company.
On September 21, 2017 IL&FS Financial Services – Proprietary Portfolio sold 18,34,357 shares of the company at Rs 42.13 on the NSE.
10:20 am Downgrade: Standard and Poor’s lowered Hong Kong’s long-term rating from AAA to AA+ following its earlier downgrade of China’s sovereign rating.
“We see very strong institutional and political linkages between China and the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. Following the earlier downgrade of the sovereign credit rating on China, we are lowering the rating on Hong Kong to reflect potential spillover risks to the SAR should deleveraging in China prove to be more disruptive than we currently expect,” S&P said in a statement.
The rating agency downgraded China from AA- to A+ on Thursday, citing debt risk.
S&P changed Hong Kong’s outlook to stable from negative on Friday, and said it expected Hong Kong to “maintain its strong credit metrics across the board in the next two to three years”.
10:10 am Buzzing: New Delhi Television (NDTV) share hit its 5 percent upper circuit after a media report said that founder and owner of SpiceJet Ajay Singh has picked up majority stake in the news channel.
The report stated that Ajay Singh will hold around 40 percent stake in NDTV while promoters Prannoy and Radhika Roy will hold around 20% in the company.
10:05 am Market check: Equity benchmarks fell further in morning trade as the Sensex dropped 255.39 points to 32,114.65 following North Korea threat.
The Nifty has broken the 10,050 level, down 88.25 points at 10,033.65.
About three shares declined for every share rising on the BSE.
Asian markets like Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, Japan’s Nikki, China’s Shanghai Composite and South Korea’s Kospi were down 0.3-0.8 percent.
Geopolitical concerns over the Korean Peninsula have remained under the spotlight as the Trump administration has attempted to put more pressure on North Korea. President Donald Trump signed on Thursday a new measure that expanded the Treasury Department’s authority to target people and institutions conducting business with the North.
In turn, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Friday that Trump would “pay dearly” for his speech at the United Nations earlier this week.
10:00 am Listing: Reliance Home Finance, the subsidiary of Reliance Capital, is locked at 5 percent upper circuit in opening.
The stock price has opened at Rs 107.20, with traded volumes of 6.24 lakh shares on the National Stock Exchange.
However, Reliance Capital was down 3 percent at Rs 696, extending losses.
9:59 am Buzzing: Shares of KNR Constructions has touched 52-week high of Rs 237.40, adding 12 percent in the early trade Friday on order won worth Rs 884 crore.
“KNR -HES-ACPL joint venture has bagged order worth of Rs 884.47 crore for formation of Konda Pochamma Sagar for a capacity of 15 TMC near Pamulaparthi (v), Markook (M), Siddipet District in the state of Telangana,” company said in press release.
The said order is to be completed within a period of 18 months from the appointed date.
9:50 am Pre-opening: Reliance Home Finance settled at Rs 100 per share in pre-opening trade on the National Stock Exchange.
Reliance Home Finance is a subsidiary of Reliance Capital that fell sharply by 3.87 percent to Rs 689.95.
9:42 am Matrimony.com falls further: Matrimony.com extended losses for the second consecutive session today, falling 4.5 percent to Rs 863.95 against previous closing.
The stock closed sharply lower on its listing day – Thursday. It was down 8.1 percent at Rs 904.65 compared with issue price of Rs 985.
9:35 am Pharma continues to outperform: Nifty Pharma index gained 0.2 percent, outperforming all other indices that are under pressure.
Sun Pharma, Glenmark Pharma, Cadila Healthcare and Dr Reddy’s Labs were up 0.1-1.1 percent.
9:30 am IPO subscription: The Rs 8,400-crore initial public offering of SBI Life Insurance Company has been subscribed 58 percent on final day, as per latest data available on exchanges.
The issue received bids for 5.08 crore equity shares against IPO size of 8.82 crore shares, excluding anchor investors’ portion.
9:28 am Unitech case: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant interim bail to Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra for the third time this month.
An amount of Rs 7, 816 crore has been collected by the company from 16,300 home buyers from across all Unitech projects, amicus curiae appointed for the case Pawanshree Aggrawal told the Supreme Court.
9:25 am Currency outlook: “The dollar is at an inflection point and it is going to be a large determinant of what the broad direction of emerging markets including rupee is going to be,” Brijen Puri, Markets Head-India at JPMorgan said in an interview to CNBC-TV18.
“Our base case is that in the medium-term, fundamentally, the dollar should continue to depreciate but in the short-term given the positioning in the market we could see a short-term reversal in dollar, said Puri.
Talking about Fed, he said markets now pricing in one more price hike by Fed in 2017.
According to him, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is not comfortable with continued appreciation in rupee. Puri thinks best of rupee appreciation is over.
9:22 am Tata Sons privatisation: Shareholders of Tata Sons have given their approval to amend the company’s Articles of Association (AoA) and Memorandum of Association (MoA) to make it a private limited company from a public limited one, sources tell CNBC-TV18.
Tata Sons Annual General Meeting which concluded on Thursday also saw all other resolutions being passed by a requisite majority, adds CNBC-TV18.
The Mistry family, which owns 18.4 percent of Tata Sons, had called the move “oppression of the minority interests” and stated that it would vote against the proposal.
Tata Trusts holds 66 percent in Tata Sons.
The move comes almost a year after Cyrus Mistry was ousted as chairman of the Tata Group, triggering a bitter boardroom battle. N Chandrasekaran was appointed Chairman in January this year.
9:20 am IPO opens: Prataap Snacks’ Rs 482-crore initial public offering has opened for subscription today, with a price band of Rs 930-938 per share.
The issue, which will close on September 26, comprises of fresh issue and offer for sale by promoters and investors.
The public issue comprises of fresh issue of equity shares up to Rs 200 crore and an offer for sale of up to 30,05,770 shares.
An offer for sale includes sale of up to 3,69,451 shares by Sequoia Capital GFIV Mauritius Investment (SCG) and up to 94,266 shares by Sequoia Capital India Growth Investment Holdings I (SCIGIH), which both are investor selling shareholders.
An offer for sale also include sale of up to 13,17,093 shares by SCI Growth Investments II (SCI), up to 1,83,740 shares by Arvind Mehta, up to 1,39,200 shares by Naveen Mehta, up to 1,39,200 shares by Arun Mehta, up to 3,61,920 shares by Rajesh Mehta, up to 66,820 shares by Kanta Mehta, up to 77,950 shares by Premlata Kumat, up to 22,270 shares by Swati Bapna, up to 1,16,930 shares by Apoorva Kumat and up to 1,16,930 shares by Amit Kumat, which are promoter selling shareholders.
9:15 am Market Check: Equity benchmarks fell sharply in opening on Friday, tracking weakness in Asia post North Korea threatened it could consider testing a nuclear weapon in the Pacific.
The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 163.54 points at 32,206.50 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 58.25 points to 10,063.65.
All sectoral indices were in red as Nifty Auto, FMCG, Metal and PSU Bank and Private Bank lost 0.4-1 percent.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices dropped 0.7 percent each as about two shares declined for every share rising on the BSE.
In broader space, Exide Industries, Graphite India, JP Associates, PTC India and Matrimony.com were down up to 4 percent while Ipca Labs rallied 2.5 percent.
The Indian rupee slipped further as it traded at lowest level since April 5, down 28 paise at 65.11 against the US dollar after flat opening.
It has opened at 64.80 per dollar versus previous close of 64.81.
Yesterday rupee plummeted by 54 paise to end at 64.81 a dollar after the Federal Reserve left the door open for a rate hike in December.
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Native Hawaiians hope the new federal policy will “restore some justice.”
HONOLULU – The Department of the Interior last week announced a unique policy requiring formal consultation with Native Hawaiians on federal decision-making to “reaffirm and honor the special political and trusting relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian community .”
This news leaves some Native Hawaiian advocates “hopeful” about a move toward reconciliation after disturbing US actions, including the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 and the aftermath still being felt many decades later.
Mahealani Cypher, a Native Hawaiian educator and advocate from Oahu, said she sees the policy as another attempt to find a good way forward with Native Hawaiians.
She added, “Let’s put it this way, I’m always hopeful.”
She hopes working with the DOI will “restore some justice in how the Hawaiian people have been treated, how the Hawaiian nation has been treated” and what the government can do “to be pono (right) with us.”
Longtime Native Hawaiian politician Esther Kia’āina was “excited” to learn the federal government will take this step to recognize the importance of the voices and knowledge of Hawaiian Natives. She said they are “opening up to a dialogue.”
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“The Department of the Interior seeks to work government-to-sovereign with the Native Hawaiian community to address concerns related to self-government, Native Hawaiian trust resources and other Native Hawaiian rights,” Secretary Deb Haaland said in a press release announcing the policy . “A new and unprecedented policy of consultation will help support the sovereignty and self-determination of Hawaii’s Native peoples while we continue to uphold the right of self-government of the Hawaiian Native people community.”
The DOI published two draft chapters for the procedures and processes for inter-group government and sovereignty consultations, e.g. B. Producing an annual report on the consultation efforts and requiring the agency secretary to meet with members of the native Hawaiian community every two years. Organizations with a focus on Hawaiians will also be heavily involved in the process.
Issues for deliberation would affect the Hawaii Native community, such as cultural resources such as sacred lands.
The civic engagement plan is a “window of opportunity” for good, like harnessing more Indigenous knowledge to better protect the environment, or providing more internship or scholarship opportunities for Native Hawaiians, Kia’āina said.
On November 5th and December 10th, the DOI will host two virtual gatherings for the Hawaii Native community.
The policy is part of the DOI’s Executive Order 13175, issued by President Bill Clinton in 2000 to “establish regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials” in developing federal policy and strengthening intergovernmental relationships .
It is also in the “spirit” of President Joe Biden’s 2021 Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships, which aims to recognize Native American and Alaskan tribal nations as sovereign governments and strengthen their relationships.
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Kia’āina, a Honolulu City Council member, said the focus is now to shift to Native Hawaiians and she is “more optimistic than in the past” about the relationship between Native Hawaiians and the federal government.
Kia’āina said the relationship between the islands and the DOI “derived from the fall” in 1893 when a group of non-Hawaiians stormed Iolani Palace to depose Queen Liliuokalani and abolish the Hawaiian monarchy.
Unaddressed injustices due to the US occupation of Hawaii have been a source of contention, such as the military’s use of the island of Kahoolawe as a bombing ground, the disproportionate number of Indigenous Hawaiians in prisons, and current contaminated drinking water caused by the Navy.
In 2003, Clinton apologized for the fall on behalf of the United States. In 2016, under President Barack Obama, the DOI announced that it was beginning the process for a government-to-government relationship with Native Hawaiians. Kia’āina called the new policy “the next step” towards reconciliation.
“I can see now that they realize the relationship is at a level where maybe it’s not all perfect, but what’s the harm in counseling?” she said.
However, the consultation policy does not mean that dialogue on the deoccupation of Hawaii will stop: When it comes to the process of reconciliation with indigenous issues, the “complexities are very often forever,” Kia’āina said.
In 2014, the DOI held public meetings in Hawaii as part of a “listening tour” on how to move forward with a government-to-government relationship between Hawaii and U.S. citizens who are Hawaiians, not Americans, and are “opposed to that process.” ‘ when it comes to self-determination. Many urged officers to “go home.”
These meetings were “hard but necessary,” Kia’āina said.
“They felt that if they never had that kind of dialogue, they would never have gotten as far as Native Hawaiians feel,” she said, saying it was a critical moment in the “healing process” for Hawaiians. “There is still a lot to learn.”

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Proving that the rabidly partisan journalists at CNN have way too much time on their hands, reporter Michelle Krupa on Wednesday actually fact checked a White House joke about Russian salad dressing. During his daily briefing, Press Secretary Sean Spicer joked, “If the President puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a Russia connection.”
CNN's Brian Stelter angrily contends that the rape of a 14 year-old girl at Rockville High School in Montgomery County, Maryland on March 16 at the hands of two late-teen illegal immigrant freshman classmates should never have been a national story — and the fact that it is to an extent, despite obvious attempts to blackball it by the Big Three broadcast networks, is all Fox News's fault. The real question, which the public education establishment and their accomplices in the press don't want anyone to ask, is this: What has happened in the nation's schools during the past 35 years as a result of the Supreme Court's 1982 Plyler vs. Doe decision, which opened the floodgates allowing children in this country illegally unlimited access to U.S. public education?
On Wednesday’s New Day on CNN, hosts Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota threw a pity party for reporter April Ryan, commiserating with her about how unfairly Trump treats the “credible” media, after her testy exchange with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Tuesday. Ryan laughably denied she wanted to “be” the story, after coming on national television to defend herself. She went on to bash conservative and independent media in press briefings as peddlers of “fake news” that shouldn’t be given media credentials.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer found himself in some hot water with the sensational liberal media following his nationally televised throwdown with reporter April Ryan, during Tuesday’s press briefing. The turbulent exchange was noticed by failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who railed against Spicer in a speech she was giving in San Francisco, California. Clinton’s rant seemed to entertain Don Lemon who played the clip for his panel on CNN Tonight, with one joyfully declaring “Hillary Clinton is back!”
Let the freak out begin. MSNBC and CNN on Tuesday went nuclear over Donald Trump’s move to roll back Barack Obama’s “signature” climate policies, whining that the President is “destroying” and “obliterating” the Democrat’s efforts. The CNN graphics department went into overdrive with one biased description reading, “Trump Signs Order Dismantling Obama Climate Record.”
Following her latest debate with White House press secretary Sean Spicer, liberal journalist and American Urban Radio Network correspondent April Ryan hilariously argued Tuesday afternoon on MSNBC that she doesn’t “have an agenda” despite being “road kill” in the eyes of Spicer.
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Barack Obama isn’t even in office anymore but Democrats are still pining for their long lost savior. Liberal commentator and former executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, Angela Rye bemoaned this fact on Anderson Cooper 360 Monday night. After discussing Congressman Devin Nunes’ comments about the investigation into Trump’s wiretapping claims, Rye expressed outrage that the media wasn’t talking about other issues, instead of talking about “something that didn’t happen.”
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CNN political analyst David Gergen's recent hyperbolic claim that Donald Trump may have had the worst first 100 days of any President in history was so over the top that even his CNN colleagues are still laughing at him the day after. On Saturday's CNN Newsroom, after right-leaning actor and former Gergen subordinate Ben Stein jabbed his former boss by recalling how bad Abraham Lincoln's first 100 days were, CNN political analyst Ron Brownstein joined in by noting that William Henry Harrison died in his first month, inspiring laughter from Stein and CNN host Ana Cabrera. Gergen notably made an appearance on CNN Newsroom a couple of hours later and doubled down, claiming Trump's first 100 days may have been worse than Lincoln's.
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The amide rotation of cis-trans lactams is fundamentally important, but has rarely been studied, with the exception of reports on peptide-based lactams. Here, we find a consistent relationship between the trans/cis ratio of the lactam amide and the trans/cis-amide rotation rate upon elongation of the stapling side chain of two 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane bicyclic units linked via a non-planar amide bond. That is, as the chain length increases, the spinning rate from trans-to cis-lactam amide decreases, resulting in an increase in the trans ratio. This chain length dependence of lactam amide isomerization and our simulation studies support the idea that the current lactam amide can rotate 360 degrees due to the occurrence of nitrogen pyramidalization of lactam. The direction of tilting of the pyramidalization of nitrogen atoms in the bicyclic system is synchronous with the direction of the semicircular rotation of the amide.
Helicenes, a class of non-planar polyaromatic hydrocarbons whose characteristic is helicity, are fascinating functional molecules with unique optical and electronic properties. In recent years, “multiple helicenes” having plural helicities in a single molecule have developed rapidly into an attractive research field due to their highly distorted structure, with the partially delocalized π-systems reflecting the assembly of plural helicities. In this account, we describe our recent work covering the synthesis, structures, properties, and theoretical study of multiple helicenes, DH-1, HH-2, and TH-3. Our strategy for the synthesis of multiple helicenes includes the assembly of helicene subunits by palladium-catalyzed reactions.
The attachment of oligosaccharides is one of the most abundant post-translational modification of proteins. The resultant glycoproteins play central roles in many biological processes. However, the intrinsic heterogeneity of native glycoproteins regarding to the structures of oligosaccharides has hampered the detailed functional studies of the oligosaccharides attached to the proteins. To address this issue, we have been developing chemical methodologies for the synthesis of homogeneous glycoproteins. The chemical approach for the glycoprotein synthesis consists of the preparation of oligosaccharide and glycopeptide building blocks, the assembly of the full length glycopeptides of the target glycoproteins, and folding. This synthetic strategy allowed us to synthesize a variety of structurally defined forms of glycoproteins.
The synthesis of organic compounds containing all-carbon quaternary stereocenters through the addition of allylmetals to aldehydes is still a challenge. In this account we describe two methods to achieve this transformation stereoselectively: one involves the zinc-mediated Barbier-type allylation and the other allylboration of a sugar-derived aldehyde. These methods were applied to the total synthesis of (+)-vibsanin A, and the synthesis of the tricyclic core of (−)-callophycoic acid A.
Nitric oxide (NO) is a signaling molecule that mediates vasodilation, neurotransmission, and immune response. Due to its instability in biological environments, NO-releasing small-molecular compounds have been developed for biological experiments and also as therapeutic reagents for vascular diseases. Although photocontrollable NO releasers are very useful chemical tools because of their precise operability in response to light irradiation, their biological applications have been limited, mainly because they require UV light irradiation or contain metal ions with the potential to cause cytotoxicity. In order to overcome these problems, our group has developed visible-light-responsive NO releasers based on photoreodox reaction. These compounds are composed of two moieties, an NO-releasing moiety and a light-harvesting antenna moiety. After photoirradiation, photoinduced electron transfer from the NO releasing moiety to the antenna takes place, followed by NO release. Based on this system, we developed a blue-light-controllable NO releaser and a yellowish-green-light-controllable one, which are applicable for cellular and ex vivo experiments. This account focuses on recent developments in photoredox-driven NO releasers and their applications for spatiotemporally controlled NO release in cells and ex vivo.
Peptides provide a unique platform for creation of biofunctional molecules. Peptide design can be motivated by natural protein structures or attained de novo. For designed peptides to exert expected functions, a specific structure is needed whereby membranes can be employed to obtain stabilized helical structures. In biological systems, membranes are not limited to simple barriers between the extracellular and intracellular spaces or barriers that delineate intracellular compartments; they also stabilize the structures of peptides and proteins. Here, we review our approaches to the creation of membrane-interacting amphiphilic peptides as artificial ligand-gated ion channels, enhancers of cellular uptake of bioactive materials, and modulators of membrane lipid packing.
In general, cyclization is the most crucial step in the synthesis of macrocyclic compounds formed out of repeated units of a π-system. However, a particular combination of aromatic wall unit and appropriate angular linkage can efficiently give cyclic compounds such as calix[n]arene and its analogues. This straightforward method allows material chemists to supply these compounds on multi-gram scale. Nevertheless, a more resourceful strategy is also required, because this simple approach is less feasible outside of specific combinations. Recently, we have newly developed a straightforward one-pot synthetic approach using a palladium coupling for a series of thiacalix[n]thiophene, thiacalix[n]dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]thiophene (thiacalix[n]DTT), and selenacalix[n]selenophenes, which are cyclic homologues of divalent chalcogen-bridged (S or Se) cyclic oligothiophene derivatives. A palladium-catalyzed reaction of (Bu3Sn)2S or (Bu3Sn)2Se with dibromothiophene, dibromoselenophene, or diboromo-DTT derivatives led to effective cyclization in good yield. In the presence of appropriate substituents, this method seems to kinetically favor the formation of macrocycles. The molecular and physical properties, including X-ray analysis, absorption spectra and redox properties, of the resultant macrocycles were also described. Unlike conventional calixarenes, they possess electron-donating ability, exhibiting multielectron redox processes due to electron delocalization. Thiacalix[n]DTT derivatives (n=4-6) acted as a cavitand for C60 molecules; the cyclic 4-mer formed a 1:2 complex in the solid state, while the 5- and 6-mer formed 1:1 complexes in solution. Furthermore, thiacalixthiophene and selenacalix[n]-selenophene having tert-butylphenyl groups exhibit gelling behavior in toluene, despite the absence of any hydrogen binding sites. Intermolecular chalcogen (S or Se) interactions facilitate the self-assembly that results in this gel formation.
Oligo(N-substituted glycine) (oligo-NSG), also known as peptoid, is a synthetic oligomer with high proteolytic stability and membrane permeability due to the N-substituted structures. These beneficial pharmacokinetic properties make the oligomer attractive for biological applications. However, its conformational flexibility limits its utilization as protein ligands. Recently, the introduction of backbone substituents to oligo-NSG has been demonstrated to restrict its own backbone bond rotations via steric interactions, and the resulting oligo(N-substituted alanine) (oligo-NSA) has been demonstrated to be a conformationally constrained oligomer. Here, we review the concept, history, synthetic methodologies, conformational analysis, and biological applications of the new synthetic oligomer. We also conducted overview research on N-substituted peptides consisting of non-α-amino acid residues to facilitate the plausible future expansion of the conformationally constrained peptoids of diverse three-dimensional structures.
Brasilicardins A-D, isolated from the culture broth of the actinomycete Nocardia brasiliensis IFM 0406, constitute a class of natural products with a unique structure consisting of a highly strained tricyclic terpenoid core with the central ring in the boat conformation, an amino acid, and a mono- or disaccharide. These molecules display potent immunosuppressive activities and their intriguing biological and structural aspects make brasilicardins attractive synthetic targets. In 2018, we achieved the total synthesis of all brasilicardins A-D. In this account, our efforts toward the completion of a unified total synthesis of brasilicardins are described, focusing on the development of methodologies directed towards construction of the characteristic tricyclic terpenoid core, which represents the most critical and challenging task of the chemical synthesis.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with zigzag edges have attracted increasing attention for their unique optical and electronic properties. This account describes our synthetic approaches to dibenzo[hi,st]ovalene (DBOV) as a novel PAH with a combination of armchair and zigzag edges and the elucidation of its unique optoelectronic and photophysical properties, such as strong red emission with a fluorescence quantum yield of up to 0.89 and stimulated emission. Furthermore, DBOV demonstrated the so-called fluorescence blinking that enables its application as a fluorophore in single-molecule localization microscopy, which is one of the modern superresolution fluorescence microscopy methods. The self-assembly of a DBOV derivative bearing two 3,4,5-tris(dodecyloxy)phenyl groups was also investigated, showing the formation of helical columnar stacks. On the other hand, the regioselective bromination of DBOV was achieved, allowing the postsynthetic functionalization and modulation of the optoelectronic properties. Moreover, π-extension of the DBOV at the bay regions led to circumpyrene, the largest circumarene synthesized to date.

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Hemaris thysbe, the hummingbird clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae (hawkmoths). Coloration varies between individuals, but typically the moth is olive green and burgundy on its back, and white or yellow and burgundy on the underside. Its wings are transparent with a reddish-brown border. It has light-colored legs, which combined with the lack of striping on the underside is diagnostic. Beating its wings rapidly, H. thysbe hovers to collect nectar from a variety of flowers. The combination of its appearance and its behavior commonly leads to it being confused with a hummingbird or bumblebee. Hemaris thysbe is found in a large portion of North America, with a range extending from Alaska to Oregon in the west and from Newfoundland to Florida in the east. It is a migratory species and is most common in southern Ontario and the eastern United States. H. thysbe has two broods a year in the southern portion of its range, but only one in the north. As a caterpillar, it feeds on honeysuckle, dogbane, and several types of fruit trees. Due to the variable appearance of H. thysbe, it has often been mistakenly described as multiple distinct species. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. The moth is a flower pollinator.
The body of an adult Hemaris thysbe moth is spindle shaped, and is largely covered by a thick coat of fur. There is significant variation in coloration between individuals. Typically, the back side of the moth is olive to golden-olive on the thorax and burgundy to black with light olive to dark golden patches on the abdomen. The underside of the moth is white to yellow on the thorax and burgundy to black on the abdomen. When it first hatches, the wings of H. thysbe are dark red to black. As it begins to fly, scales fall off leaving a mostly clear wing with reddish-brown borders and veins. The width and shape of the border as well as the patterning of the veins vary between individuals. The moth beats its wings quite rapidly and has a wingspan of 4 to 5.5 cm. H. thysbe has light-colored, often yellow legs. In general, southern broods and individuals hatched later in the season are darker in color. Southern and eastern populations generally exhibit jagged wing borders, while northern and western ones are usually smooth. The antennae of H. thysbe are thicker at their base and are curved at the ends. Unlike most moths, the species lacks hearing organs. It has compound eyes and well-developed reproductive organs. Hemaris thysbe can be distinguished from Hemaris gracilis and Hemaris diffinis by the lack of stripes on the underside of its thorax and by its pale legs. (Legs are reddish in H. gracilis and black in H. diffinis.) The H. thysbe caterpillar is yellowish green with bands of dark green and reddish brown to dark brown. It has a granulose body with small, white spots and a white horn projecting from its posterior. As a caterpillar, H. thysbe feeds on cherry trees, European cranberry bush, hawthorns, dogbane, honeysuckle, and snowberry. It burrows into the soil to overwinter as a brown, hard-shelled pupa. In the late spring, it emerges as an adult moth. H. thysbe lays green eggs on the underside of plant leaves, which hatch in about a week. Development takes four weeks, after which the caterpillar spins a cocoon at ground level. Two to four weeks later a moth emerges for a second breeding cycle before summer's end in southern climates. In northern climates, H. thysbe has a single mating cycle per year. The mating and other behavioral habits of H. thysbe have not been well studied. Adults are most active during the hottest parts of the day, but remain active until sunset. H. thysbe collects nectar from a wide variety of flowers using a long (19 - 21 mm) proboscis while hovering above the bloom. It shows a preference for pink and purple flowers, moving rapidly from one flower to the next. The moth is considered to be a hummingbird mimic and is frequently mistaken for the bird or for a bumblebee.
Habitat and range
Hemaris thysbe lives in second-growth forest, in meadows, and is commonly found in cultivated gardens of suburbia. H. thysbe is a migratory species, capable of traveling long distances. In single brood regions, adults are found throughout the summer. In the south, adults are present from March to June and from August to October. H. thysbe is most abundant in the eastern United States and southern Ontario. Its range extends eastward to Newfoundland and westward to Texas, the Great Plains, and into Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. On the west coast of North America, its range extends from Oregon, up to the Yukon Territory and Alaska. It has minimal economic impact to humans, acting neither as a crop pollinator nor as a pest. The moth does, however, pollinate several cultivated flowers, and is the primary pollinator for some species of orchid. H. thysbe is not endangered or threatened.
Hemaris thysbe was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 as Sesia thysbe in his Systema Entomologiae. The specific name is likely a reference to Thisbe, half of a pair of ill-fated lovers in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The name thus associates the blood-stained scarf of Thisbe to the reddish-brown coloration of the moth. Due to the variable coloration and wing patterning of H. thysbe, it, along with other members of Hermaris, were described as many different species during the 1800s. In 1971, entomologist Ronald Hodges examined the various forms in detail. He dissected a number of specimens representing the range of H. thysbe coloration and geographic scope and found no differences in their reproductive organs. He thus concluded that the many variations represent a single species. Species collapsed into H. thysbe include: - Sphinx pelasgus Cramer, 1780 - Sesia cimbiciformis Stephens, 1828 - Sesia ruficaudis Kirby, 1837 - Sesia fuscicaudis Walker, 1856 - Haemorrhagia buffaloensis Grote & Robinson, 1867 - Haemorrhagia floridensis Grote & Robinson, 1867 - Sesia uniformis Grote, 1868 - Macroglossa etolus Boisduval, 1875 - Macroglossa pyramus Boisduval, 1875


The requirements for patient-oriented ventilation which takes individual pathophysiology of the patient into account represents a challenge to the manufacturers of modern ventilators. It requires highly accurate inspiratory and expiratory gas flow measurements. Classic sensors installed inside a ventilator and distal from the patient make it difficult to achieve the required accuracy. Nicolay and Sensirion took on this challenge and launched a sensor-connector-cable solution that provides accurate, patient-side measurement while delivering a reliable flow signal to the ventilator. The solution includes different options of cables and connectors in order to reliably transport calibrated and temperature-compensated output signals of the sensor back to the ventilator. These options also ensure, among other features, compatibility with a variety of communication protocols. This sensor-connector-cable combination is now also available in Distribution.
The Sensirion Flow Meter (SFM) is available either in autoclavable and washable (AW) variants or as single-use solutions (D = disposable). The SFM3400 was developed for neonatal applications, that means for measuring very small volumes, while the SFM3300 was developed for adult ventilation. The SFM3200 is intended for expiratory applications. The performance of these gas flow sensors is based on technology developed and patented by Sensirion that combines the sensor element, signal processing and digital calibration on a single microchip. The flow rate of gases is measured using a microthermal sensor element that among other advantages, enables a wider dynamic measurement range and superior long-term stability compared to other measurement principles. All flow meters come factory calibrated which makes them straightforward to use without prior or repeated calibration.
All sensor variants can be connected to the ventilator using the Nicolay Flow Meter Connector. This robust mechanical interface is incredibly easy to use; it attaches easily and only in the intended manner to ensure correct use even in fast-paced situations. When connected, the interface is leak-proof to protection rating IP54, and when detached it allows for wipe disinfection. Communication with the sensor I²C bus using short cable lengths requires nothing more than a connection with simple spring contacts. A secure signal transfer over longer cables utilizes electronics integrated into the connector to convert the signals. When equipped with an RS485 or RS232 interface, the device translates the signals ready for the ventilator's common communication protocols. There is also a range of connector options available, for example the Nicolay mini7 or mini12 interfaces. In addition to the standardized product variants, customer-specific PCB layouts can also be realized and integrated into the connector.


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Wheels for those wanting to scratchbuild the US Army 240mm Gun Transport Carriage M1, in 1:35 scale. Note that the gun barrel was transported on one carriage, while the firing carriage was transported on a second identical M1 Carriage. This set includes only parts for one each of front wheel and rear wheel (with brake drum) for use by scratchbuilders willing to make their own castings to save on costs. The carriage requires two front wheels and four rear wheels - a full set of all six wheels is available elsewhere in my Shapeways shop.


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MRT-3 deploys 6 more ‘overhauled’ light rail vehicles
February 23, 2021 - Tuesday 1:02 PM by PNA
MANILA – Six more light rail vehicles (LRVs) have been added to the Metro Rail Transit Line 3’s (MRT-3) fleet of running trains after completing their general overhaul.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the MRT-3 said the six LRVs are in addition to the three previously overhauled LRVs that are already running on the mainline.
“Ang kabuuang siyam na general overhauled LRVs sa linya ay makatutulong sa pagpapataas ng kapasidad ng mga tren na magsakay ng mga pasahero (The nine total general overhauled LRVs in the line will help increase train passenger capacity),” the MRT-3 said.
To ensure their safety, the LRVs were first tested in a simulation run.
In total, there are 66 LRVs, 20 CKD train sets from Czechoslovakia, and one Dalian train set from China running at the MRT-3.
At present, the MRT-3 can fill its trains at 30 percent passenger capacity, 123 passengers per train car or 372 passengers per train set.
A total of 72 LRVs will undergo a general overhaul as part of the maintenance works provided by the MRT-3’s maintenance provider, Sumitomo-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the MRT-3 said. Raymond Carl Dela Cruz
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Besides this one example, I can't think of too many races that a Honda Insight has taken part in. Well, I know that there are some "Insights" in name only that are set up for drag racing for Import races, but they don't really count. But, if the race was all about fuel economy, then the good old Insight certainly stands a much better chance. In fact, it would win - at least it won this example of just such a race by averaging 74.9 miles per gallon over a distance of 25 miles.
"It was a pretty outstanding race," according to Bill Champagne, who organized the event. "We hope to do it bigger and better in the fall," he said. That would be pretty easy to do with the backing of Toyota, and reportedly, they are interested in sponsoring another race like this. In case you were wondering, the loser was a Volvo station wagon which only managed 20.9 miles per gallon. That car was included as a control, to represent an average sized gasoline-powered vehicle driven over the same roads under the same conditions. Sure, it may not be as exciting as racing a Tesla, but for our readers who are more interested in going far than going fast, this race may be more to their liking.
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PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer has appointed Henry "Hank" Gooday Jr. as Pinal County Superior Court judge.
The announcement was made Thursday to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Boyd Johnson.
Gooday has worked for Superior Court since 2006 and has been a court commissioner since 2010.
He also has been a Judge Pro Tempore, Justice of the Peace Pro Tempore and an Initial Appearance Special Master in Pinal County.
Gooday also was served as a court solicitor for the Gila River Indian Community Court and worked for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
He graduated from Nova Southeastern University's School of Law in 1999.
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Deadnaming transgender students in North Carolina may be a thing of the past, thanks to a recent decision to show only the chosen names of trans youth on most school records.
In April 2020, 300 advocates — including students, parents, and educators — signed an open letter to State Superintendent Mark Johnson explaining the dangers of “outing” students without their consent. According to the petition, LGBTQ+ students in North Carolina already face high rates of bullying and violence at school. Around 90% regularly hear hate speech, while 1 out of 3 have experienced verbal harassment and 1 out of 3 have been targeted with physical harassment.
Signatories said one way to address the high rates of discrimination queer and trans students face is by allowing their to use their correct names at school. A 2020 study found that the ability to correct an individual’s name and gender marker on IDs driver’s licenses, and other official documents were 25% less likely to experience emotional distress, including suicidal ideation.
The letter, which was coordinated by the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Campaign for Southern Equality, noted that critics have been pushing for these changes for years. Since at least 2017, it claimed that nonprofit organizations and individual districts lobbied the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDIS) to protect the privacy of transgender students while using PowerSchool. A state-mandated student information database, it acts as an assignment portal for students, similar to programs like Blackboard.
Suggested changes to PowerSchool include adding a “‘non-binary’ option to the drop-down list in gender fields,” and the letter notes that states that use PowerSchool have already implemented those policies.
“As North Carolina schools shift to at-home learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of the online learning platforms, chat rooms, discussion forums, and virtual testing sites are generating student usernames, visible to other students and faculty, based on the legal name in PowerSchool,” the open letter explains. “It is impossible to describe the social, emotional, and psychological harms that this mass violation of privacy may cause.”
After a four-year wait, North Carolina finally announced that public schools across the state will no longer display the legal names of trans students, instead listing chosen names on most school documents, as reported by the Associated Press on Tuesday.
According to NCDIS, the only place in schools where legal names will be displayed is on official, private transcripts.
The change will go into effect later this month, as part of a system-wide update.
The updated policies could be particularly impactful for a student population that is extremely vulnerable to suicidal ideation and self-harm. According to a University of Pittsburgh study conducted in 2020, 85% of transgender teens have considered taking their own lives. But a separate report published in the journal Pediatrics found that affirming their identities could greatly reduce this risk, with trans youth who had been allowed to transition by supportive families showing lower rates of depression.
The Campaign for Southern Equality argued that protecting the “privacy of transgender students” at school is a major step toward addressing this mental health crisis.
“It respects who they are rather than misgendering or misidentifying them,” Craig White, the group’s supportive schools coordinator, told the Associated Press.
The choice to honor trans students’ chosen names may be surprising when considering that the state has long been at the center of the national battle over trans rights. In March 2016, the Tar Heel State became the first to pass an anti-trans “bathroom bill,” which was met with nationwide backlash. After companies like PayPal and Deutsche Bank threatened to pull business from the state, the AP estimated that North Carolina would lose $3.7 billion in revenue over the next 12 years if the law weren’t repealed.
Despite reports of the law’s replacement with a “compromise” bill, HB 2 wasn’t entirely struck down. The substitution law, House Bill 142, voided all existing nondiscrimination ordinances at the county and city level, leaving LGBTQ+ North Carolinians without protection until the legislation expired in December 2020.
In the nearly three months since HB 142 came to an end, several North Carolina cities have reinstated protections for queer and trans people in areas like housing and employment, including Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. Advocates, though, have called on the state to restore the civil liberties that were lost 5 years ago and create new ones to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are protected from harm.
“We must make visible what polling has repeatedly tracked in North Carolina: that a supermajority of North Carolinians — 67% — support LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections,” wrote Alison Scott, director of policy and programs for the Campaign for Southern Equality, in a December 2020 op-ed for them. “It’s on all of us to prioritize the enactment of these protections, amplify community voices, and move forward as a state.”
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So the World Cup is in full swing. After a four-year wait, it’s good to have the planet’s biggest sporting event (alongside the Olympics, of course) finally back with us. The world is watching.
FIFA will no doubt be delighted about its arrival, given the tournament is a mega money spinner for world football’s governing body and the fact that it accounts for the majority of its sponsorship revenue in each four-year financial cycle leading up to every World Cup.
Yet securing sponsorship for the 2018 World Cup in Russia has been something of a struggle for FIFA. What would usually be a routine process in which the globe’s biggest brands queue up around the block for a piece of the pie and to be part of the spectacle has, on this occasion, instead seen a host of companies pull out of the tournament and end their association with FIFA following the 2015 corruption scandal within the governing body. Political controversies involving host nation Russia in recent years have also not helped FIFA’s case.
So while some heavyweights such as Coca-Cola and Adidas may have remained, long-term FIFA backers including Johnson & Johnson, Castrol and Continental have all done a runner. The 2018 World Cup has been a hard sell for FIFA.
This provides quite the case study. No matter how big your brand or how popular the product is you’re selling, if your brand’s reputation has been tarnished, clients will be less likely to want to work with you. FIFA’s sponsorship revenue has fallen, as a result, from a reported $1,629 million to a predicted $1,450 million between this year’s World Cup and the tournament in Brazil four years ago.
Every cloud has a silver lining, though, and for FIFA that silver lining comes in the shape of Chinese investment. Recognising a gap in the market, and inspired by the recent government-backed football boom in China, Chinese brands have come to FIFA’s rescue.
Alongside FIFA’s seven official partners for the World Cup, Coca-Cola, Adidas, Gazprom, Qatar Airways, Visa and Hyundai/Kia – companies that have invested vast sums into football in recent years – you’ll now find China’s largest commercial property company, the Wanda Group, while three of the tournament’s official five sponsors, TV and fridge maker Hisense, smartphone developer Vivo and dairy firm Mengniu, are all Chinese.
More than just Chinese sponsors, Asian sponsors of the World Cup in general are growing. Sharing 39% of the sponsorship deals for this year’s tournament, Asian brands have the most presence at the 2018 World Cup. That trend is set to continue in four years’ time for the next World Cup, with Qatar due to host the tournament and Middle Eastern brands likely to seek to capitalise on the region’s first ever staging of the event.
With FIFA also having attempted to move on from the dark days of its corruption scandal, having since introduced modernising reforms of the game, including the introduction of new standards for transparency and governance within the governing body, it could well return to growth within sponsorship revenue in the cycle leading up to 2022.
But this still all serves as a warning to any brands out there: keep your house in order, no matter the success of your product


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The Beeman P1 sits in the top tier of air pistols for power and quality.
Today is accuracy day; before we begin, I’d like to share a Beeman P1 anecdote with you. I interviewed Robert Beeman for the podcast that will go live in the near future. After we were finished, he told me some stories about the old days, when Beeman Precision Airguns was getting started. This one relates to the P1 and the gun that was never designed.
After the success of the R1, Robert and his wife, Toshiko, embarked immediately on the design of the P1 pistol. They wanted a powerful spring-piston pistol made with the handling characteristics of the M1911A1 pistol. They also wanted dual power levels. They had sketches drawn and took their ideas to Hans Weihrauch for implementation.
Several months passed, and the Weihrauchs called the Beemans to Europe to see the new gun. When they arrived, they were ushered into a conference room where both Hans and his wife, Christa, were waiting along with both their sons. Everybody was hopeful that the design would blow away the Beemans.
When they showed the gun to Robert, he said, “What is this?” This is a single-stroke pneumatic. We wanted a powerful spring-piston pistol with dual power.”
“But you left the firing mechanism blank on the sketch!” was the reply.
“Yes. Because we aren’t airgun designers. We figured you would know what to put in that space to make the gun we wanted.”
“We thought you left it blank to indicate an air reservoir!”
Needless to say, the meeting did not go the way the Weihrauchs had hoped, but they asked for a few more months and would deliver the Beemans exactly what they wanted.
When the Beemans returned home, they had an artist sculpt a chalk model of the pistol to better guide the effort. It was darkened with finish and sent to Germany. A couple months later, they flew back to view what we now know as the P1.
A year after that, Hans Weihrauch caught Robert and said, “Herr Beeman, would you like to see the pistol you designed?”
Beeman knew he hadn’t designed any other air pistol, but he said yes out of curiosity. The Weihrauchs brought him the single-stroke pistol we now know as the P2. It was nearly an exact copy of the P1, but of course it operated entirely different. Beeman was so impressed that he added it to his growing line of airguns.
Pyramyd Air no longer imports the Beeman P2 pistol, but they still carry the Weihrauch HW 75, which is the same gun.
I’m still not strong enough to hold the pistol properly, so I shot off a rest with my shooting arm rested on a sandbag and the pistol extended out in front of the bag. I held the gun as I described in the last report, and it made a huge difference. The distance was 10 meters.
My eyesight has improved to the point that I was able to shoot with my prescription shooting glasses. With a 500-watt light on the target, the bull was very sharp, and with concentration I could bring the front sight blade into sharp focus, too.
These shooting glasses have my prescription lens in the sighting eye. I used them when I competed in 10-meter pistol, and they still do the job.
Not surprisingly, the gun shot to a different point of aim, so it had to be resighted for this rested hold. I used a conventional 6 o’clock hold on the target.
I shot 5-shot groups instead of 10-shot groups, for reasons you will soon see. In a match, a competitor only shoots one pellet per bull because of the difficulty of scoring multiple hits stacked so close to each other.
RWS R 10 Match Pistol pellets
The first pellet I tried was the RWS R 10 Match Pistol pellet. It’s always been good in this P1.
The sight-in target was five RWS R 10 pellets. It showed promise, but the sights needed adjustment.
The sights needed to come down and to the right, which was easy to do since the P1 sights are so adjustable. All it takes is a thin-bladed screwdriver. It took several more targets to get the sights dead on, but that was good practice for this unconventional hold I was using.
Five R 10 pellets score a perfect 50. This is why I don’t shoot 10 pellets at the same target. When they clump together like this, it’s difficult to see the individual holes. Back when I was competing, I could sometimes do this with my target pistol in a conventional one-hand hold, though I don’t think I ever did it with a P1.
The best target really is a great one. Ask any 10-meter pistol shooter how hard it is to shoot five 10s in a row like that. Of course, my arm was resting on a bag in this test, so this wasn’t that difficult.
H&N Match Pistol pellets
Next, I tried some H&N Match Pistol pellets. They do well in P1s, though in the past I’ve used the Finale Match Pistol pellets that are a little more expensive.
Five H&N Match Pistol pellets also produced a good target, though not quite as tight as the R 10s.
The bottom line
The Beeman P1 is an exceptional air pistol. If you don’t believe me, just read all the comments from other owners who have had the same experience.
The one thing I wish I hadn’t done was lighten the trigger-pull, because now the pistol is too sensitive. Air pistols need triggers that have at least 1 lb. of resistance, and this one now breaks at just 11 oz., making it too sensitive. You can control that in a rifle, but not in a pistol.
I’ve tried this gun with both red dot sights and scopes. It works fine with both, but being a veteran handgunner, I do not care for optical sights. As long as my eyes can still see the front sight, I’m not going to use them.
The power of this pistol is legendary. And I’ve shown you in this report that the power doesn’t diminish over time. The lube tune I did was probably unnecessary and cost me some velocity, so I would just start shooting a P1 as it comes from the box and leave it alone. Remember to dry-fire the gun two times on high power if it ever starts detonating.
Dr. Beeman said this is one of the four airguns he would rather not do without, and I can see why. It’s an heirloom airgun that will perform well throughout the years for both you and those to whom you pass it when you are through.
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Your blogs revived my interest in this gun and I was able to score an almost new (it’s still smoking a bit) HW45 for under 300$. I LOVE it, I only have pneumatics and CO2 pistols, when you said it kicked I had no idea just how much. I’m not getting this kind of accuracy yet, I’ll have to keep on working on my grip.
I know PA (or other dealers) don’t carry this anymore https://www.pyramydair.com/product/weihrauch-hw45-shoulder-stock-cherry-or-oak-lh-rh?a=80
but I would really like to have one, I’ve been searching all over the place and even tried to write to weihrauch and they said they don’t make it anymore. Now I know you have one, do you think you could give us (me) the measurements or a scan of the metal part? I would try to make myself one and if I can’t have a more competent person do it for me.
I can’t help it I just love handguns/minicarbines.
No one??? Anyone???
I have a scan of a P1 shoulder stock metal bracket that I bought several years ago.
Email me at: airmojoken “at” yahoo “dot” com
Thanks a lot for your generous offer but I managed to get a used Beeman shoulder off eBay.
I’m really happy with it.
I have been trying to catch up on my blog reading. Great blog on pistol shooting back on May 6. It’s great to be reminded that almost all guns will out shoot the shooter. A lot of folks (sometimes me) get hung up on trying to find that perfect gun that will make them a great shot, but fail to understand that a good shooter with so so equipment will more often than not out perform a poor shooter with top of the line equipment. No substitute for fundamentals and practice.
Also, enjoyed your article in Shotgun News on how to compete with Wal-Mart.
Thanks for reading the Shotgun News column. I don’t hear from a lot of readers on that.
Do you know why the pistol would diesel more on low power than high power? I would think it would be the reverse. More power, air compressed at a faster rate, more heat to start the combustion process? Or maybe it’s too much heat? I dunno.
My best advice to P1/HW45 owners/buyers is to get a nice set of rubber grips. Take the original ones and wrap them up and put them in the box for storage. The rubber grips feel much better in your hands. The original wood grips are very nice, they just don’t feel as good. Plus it is just good to have options.
On that note, would anybody out there know if the rubber Ivory grips for the Umarex Colt 1911 CO2 fit the P1? P1 grips are interchangeable with 1911 grips, are Umarex’s guns? That would look quite spiffy.
The P1 only detonates (more than a diesel) when the piston seal doesn’t fit well. After it’s fitted, the detonation stops altogether.
The grips that fit an Umarex 1911 should fit the P1 exactly.
What is the FPS of the Benjamin Trail NP XL 1500 with Crosman Premier heavys 10.5? Also what would the foot pounds be?
I can’t answer the question about how fast the Trail NP XL 1500 will shoot the CPH, as I don’t have one myself. However, once you get that number, just plug it into the formula on PyramydAir’s website to find the foot-pounds of energy.
I see that B.B. reviewed the .22 version of this rifle and found it to be in the 24 foot-pound range. Given that .177 pellets are usually not as effecient, I would guess that the 1500 version should fall into the 20-22 fpe range. These are only guesses, though.
I would say your estimate is right on. The 10.5-grain pellet would be on the low side of that.
Where could I go to find out FPS? I would like the rifle but do not if over 1100 FPS. Thought the heavys might slow it down. Have 8 pistols and rifles all .177. Buy alot of pellets from PA and like to keep them all .177.
You’ll have to scour the internet to find what you’re looking for. What you really want is the most powerful rifle you can get in .177 that doesn’t shoot 10.5-grain Crosman Premiers over 1,100 f.p.s. Why you want exactly that I can’t guess, since 900 f.p.s. is the magic number not to exceed.
What guarantee do you have that a 10.5-grain Premier will be accurate in this rifle?
What is it that you are REALLY looking for? An accurate and powerful .177 spring rifle? Or something else?
You have got it right. Very accurate first. Very powerful second. In .177 if possible.
Okay, now another question. Why the Nitro Piston? Does the idea of it fascinate you?
And by accurate, since you have picked a spring-piston that’s difficult to shoot, is that where you want to stay?
And while we’re at this, give me a ballpark cost of what you are looking to buy.
See, what I’d like all of us to do is help you think this thing through so you get the best that’s out there.
I have a RWS 350 mag. Have been reading that the gas pistons are much smoother. If the pumps were not so expensive I would be thinking PCP. Would like to keep the cost at 500 at below.
Your question is a tough one to answer without having the actual rifle to shoot through a chrony. The only way you can find your answer is to talk to someone who has one and have them shoot the pellets you are interested in. Maybe you can do a search on the web and find an owner. These blasted rifles are all different as well as the pellets they eat best.
Thanks again for this series of reviews on the P1. As much as I am fascinated by the pistol, I am pretty sure that I will eventually get one despite the price.
As a collector of airguns, do you suspect that the P1 will hold its value as a collector’s piece in the decades to come? I don’t know much when it comes to the factors determining whether a particular gun will be desired in the later years.
I think it looks good for the P1 to hold its price in the future. They hold value pretty good now, while they are still in production. After production ends I’d expect them to start rising like the other classics have.
B.B. that is an extraordinary pistol but at an extraordinary price too. Groan. But that is some slick shooting. Yes, we like to clump the holes so that you cannot distinguish a single one.
Duskwight, don’t know if that quote was by Frank Herbert, but if so, I’d say he was having a good day. I thought his series started well, but got weird. I quit before the main character rolls into town after metamorphosing into a sandworm.
Slinging Lead, as to your question about whether I had mishaps on my last airport trip, thankfully not. Actually, things went perfectly which for me means no rushing and plenty of time to stare at the ceiling and daydream, much of it about guns. And how about this notion that popped into my head. Behold your destiny.
Isn’t this hideous? You see all of your cockroaches were training you for this although I bet a Rogue would hardly be enough to handle it.
As a bit of trivia, I understand that Ballistol will clean corrosive ammo out of guns, so that your cleaning routine for corrosive and noncorrosive would be the same. That is a miracle solution, and I spray it liberally on my guns.
Drool with me – that’s the air thing I’d like as hard as my own “duscombe”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op0y1NG-tJs
On Herbert – yes, you are right. I liked only 3 first books.
That thing gives me the creeps.
Almost forgot. Cockroach season is officially open. 🙂
Guess i better warn Uncle Kage then…
That is one cool R/C model. R/C has come along way since my youth. Poor Pete sure got a lot of bad reviews on that site, though.
Very cool video! If I ever change careers, I think that robotics would be it for me.
That video is very impressive. It borders on the spooky.
This is one pistol i would not mind to own 😉 .I can’t believe how accurate air (CO2) pistol can be (partly this is because i shoot mostly air rifles )Only air pistol i own is Norconia modified and tuned by me 🙂
This is a nicely accurate pistol. Great for practicing at home, when you can’t take your .45 to the range.
Thanks for the info on bigbore’s kick.
By mentioning .410 shotgun you piqued my interest – what do you think on possiblity of fittling this Gunzilla with quick-change smoothbore and using something like Viper Skeet shells with birdshot?
When Lloyd and I first met with Crosman to discuss this project I did everything but stand on the table to get them to offer a .410 barrel with the initial offering.
Lloyd? See what I was talking about? Airgunners know what they want. 😉
That’s what I want!!!
You are so right, the shotgun idea keeps popping up. Somebody needs to work on that!
May I suggest that they call the .410 airshotgun the Lloyd Special?
I think they could sell about 4 trillion or so.
There are many nay-sayers out there. To them I say, “nay.”
Your innovation is the equivalent of plastics, or at least sliced bread. If Crosman develops this technology correctly they will dominate the airgun market for the foreseeable future, and make the barrier between air guns and firearms very fuzzy.
Your #1 fan,
Thank you again B.B. for the P1/HW45 test. I just bought an HW45 Black Star to go along with my Silver Star. I suppose I am really addicted to air guns. One question though. I only have 50 or so pellets through it and it is dieseling so bad, you can’t see through the barrel for smoke after taking a shot. Will this go away eventually, or do I dry fire it as you mention at the end of this article? Thanks again. And good to see you looking so healthy too.
Dry-fire your gun right now. Two shots on high power and then see if the dieseling doesn’t stop. If that doesn’t do it, try it one more time.
Please tell us all the results.
This is one gun I used to own and loved it. But sadly it was either stolen or lost in a move made by a commercial trucking firm. It was there when we were packing and not when we unpacked. I cannot say it was the trucking firms employee’s though as the neighbors kids were wandering in and out of the house too.
Man I miss that gun so much. It was my favorite pistol at the time and still probably would be.
However I just latched on to a RWS Diana 6 M with wood adjustable target grips and it is a beauty. Got it on the yellow forum for only $210 shipped and it is as almost new. Bluing and finish is pristine. There is a little wear on the sharp edges of the grip where the index finger rests. It was just resealed this year and shoots great. Accurate and hits hard for a target type gun. In fact I just opened my back door an hour ago and popped a squirrel at about 25′ in the head and he never went anywhere. Wife was wondering what to cook for supper!
I have been wanting one of the Beeman or Diana Giss system guns ever since I was a teenager and Beeman first started importing them. Now I finally have one and it would surely compete with the P1 for my affection. Might have an edge over the P1 as it is recoil less!
Some day hope to find a pristine P1 on the yellow also.
You probably won’t have to wait around long. Great deals on a used P1/HW45 seem to pop up with regularity on the yellow classifieds.
I won’t argue that the Diana 6M is a class act and just as well made as the P1. You are lucky to have that pistol.
I never had a 6, but I did own a model 10, which is the all-out target version. I really shot the heck out of that gun. I only sold it when I got divorced and had to sell all my guns to pay bills.
Did you modify your P1 in addition to using the part I sent you back in ’96?
Putting the original part back would return the trigger to stock.
I’ve been looking for those screws for a while now. I might just swap them back if I find them.
Have you considered the Benjamin Discovery? I designed it for shooters in your situation. It’s a PCP that comes with a pump for under $400. When I tested it, both calibers were shooting five-shot groups of about a half-inch at 50 yards. The .22 would be the better of the two, because it will be as flat as you desire, but the .177 also works.
But you’d better act fast, because I believe Crosman intends discontinuing this model. They’ve sold thousands of them, but they don’t make much money, and the Marauder is also selling very well.
My HW-45 BlackStar .22cal has destroyed the front glass in a WeihRauch P2 scope…I have a couple of sets of WeihRauch 1″ scope rings to prevent creep.
My question is what manufacturers produce a compatible 12mm to weaver/picatinny?
I am looking at a Burris,Nikon or Leopold for a replacement scope but I wouldn’t mind switching to an AimPoint for a red dot…
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Welcome to the blog.
BKL makes a goos adaptor. You can find it here:
Bear in mind that the top rail on an HW 45 is not a true 11mm dovetail and may not permit this installation. I always used the front sight as the recoil stop.
Thank you for the reply!
Will the BKL dovetail to picatinny/weaver mount sit level on the HW-45 12mm dovetail?…is this the mount you used during testing to secure a dot sight to the pellet pistol?
Will an AimPoint H1 Micro with a 11mm dovetail mount fasten to the HW-45?
What dot sight did you test on this pellet pistol? Or scopes with what kind of rings?
The scope rings directly from WeihRauch to hold the P2 scope still sit slightly off level, the scope itself survived less than 5000 shots.
I am interested in a Nikon XR EER 2x20mm (NIK8470) or a Burris 2x20mm (200218) to replace my shattered P2 scope and wondering which would be the most shock resistant…maybe a Leopold FX-II 2x20mm?
My .22cal BlackStar loves RWS Super H Points and H&N FTT and keyholes Predator Metal Mags…even cheap Daisy Pointed Hunting pellets group…Any other suggestions besides RWS R-10?
A stock builder fabricated an Extra Large grip for my BlackStar with a 3-D milling machine (about 30% larger) because my hand would not fit in the stock grip…this new grip greatly improved accuracy but I also noticed that hand strength greatly affected the impact point after many shot cycles.
When the pellet pistol is rested, how is the HW-45 sighted for POI? A noticed difference between the POI of the pellet from rested to free hand was observed, even more when the pistol stock touches a hard surface.
Is there another gas piston seal other than the PTFE stock seal that will work better in the cold to preserve velocity?
My my first problem I need to solve is optics or dot sight…what works ultimately the best for accuracy and longevity.
I tested the Beeman P1 (HW 45) in the 1990s, when the sights you mention weren’t around. I used several Chinese-made dot sights, but I only used them for testing,.They had 11mm mounts built-in, so no special mounts were used.
I am a bullseye shooter, which means I use open sights and shoot with one hand. If I were to rest an HW 45 today I would rest the arm that holds it — not the gun.
Grip is extremely important with a handgun. Read this report:
I can appreciate bullseye shooting, I started practicing with an Anshutz 190 and a BSA with arperature sights and continued up to the Wilson Cup matches in Arkansas (AFSAM) on a AR variant….all long gun.
Now that my eyes are shot, open sights are now a dream and so is competition…so I purchased a .22cal HW-45 (P-1) to continue the game and decrease the expense of practicing. The IZH-46M was unobtainable.
I am supporting my forearms until my trigger control is smoother with a consistent grip so one handed shooting for accuracy with a 3lb pistol w/scope becomes easier…a custom Extra large grip for my BlackStar helped a lot.
I still love the game of accuracy so is why I asked if you were familiar with certain mounts and optics that would survive the recoil of the HW-45 And attach to its 12mm dovetail…puchasing mounts for this pellet pistol is problematic and expensive if they do not sit level or not fit at all…blind and shaky I can still group.
I have enjoyed reading your arcticle, all the fine points, characteristics and if there is any mount that will properly adapt the 12mm dovetail to weaver/picatinny or scope rings 1″-30mm, it would be awesome to find out about them and be guaranteed fitment!
Has another seal for the gas piston been produced to accomadate for cold weather shooting? The PTFE hardens up and the velocities drop below acceptable when cold. Ever consider a test update from so many years ago?…
Thank you for taking the time to distribute free knowledge that is hard learned with years of dedicated practice.
Like I said, the dovetail on top of the HW45 is not a tru 11mm airgun dovetail. You can make it work after a fashion, but it may take some fiddling. Look at this dot sight:
That’s the modern version of one I tested on the P1 years ago.
You say you want to replace the HW45 piston seal and then you call it a gas piston. The 45 has a steel spring, not a gas spring.
No there is no other seal I am aware of for the 45.
Sry for the miss wording on the desired seal.
Is there an alternate option that performs more efficiently in cold temperatures?…
I was collecting the best information I could before machining the dovetail or optics mount…basically.
Because of how your gun is designed, there are no alternative piston seals for it.


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I love Chili, and I love hot food. The love for hot food started on my mission where I served among the Hispanic people of Northern California. Now, our church holds an annual chili cook-off and cake auction. The cake auction is to benefit the congregation's cub scouts. In 2003 I won the "Best Chili" award, even though I was not pleased with my chili that year, I thought it was too runny and not hot enough. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 I have won the hottest chili prize. I didn't set out to try to make the hottest, it just worked that way.
I recall two incidents from my past.
Many years ago a friend was making some chili for a pot-luck dinner. As he was cooking it, he kept asking me if it was hot enough yet, and I kept saying no. Finally I admitted that I was able to detect there was at least a hint of "heat". No one at the dinner except for me was able to eat it.
Prior to 2003, my wife cooked the chili for the cook-off; she won the hottest chili several times. Again, she spiced it until I was able to detect just a hint of "heat". My "hint" is more than most can stomach. In 2006 when I made my chili, I was just trying to make something I liked, and it just happened to be the hottest.
We had our annual cook-off tonight; the rule for entering a hot chili is that you have to be able to eat your own chili. For the past three years several people have tried to dethrone me, one of them was specifically targeting me.
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