15th Workgroup Meeting “Advanced Thermoset Production”
On-Site @ AZL Hub in Aachen
September 7th, 2023 | 11:00 – 15:15
Scope of this Meeting:
In this meeting, cutting-edge technologies enabling innovative composites design and cost-effectove production will be showcased.
Technologies focused on recycling thermoset-based composite will be introduced.
What to expect:
- Explore the markte and technology trends in thermoset composites
- Gain valuable insights from 4 experts
- Learn about the expanding applications of winding technology and hollow components manufacturing
- Discover the contribution of innovative recycling processes and advancements in the value chain
- Engage in on-site networking opportunities withh industry peers
|11:00||Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Kai Fischer | AZL
|11:10||Technology and Market Screening
Hao Wang | AZL Aachen Center for integrative Lightweight Production
|11:30||Industrialisation of a robotic endless filament winding application for sustainable lightweight solutions
Claude Maack| GRADEL LW Sàrl
|12:00||Closing the loop on Composites Materials
Guillaume Perben | Composite Recycling
|12:20||Lunch Break & Networking Session|
|13:30||How to create a sustainable future for CFRP? A Low Carbon footrpint solution by Fairmat
Loanna Ciliberti, Julien Pascal | Fairmat
|14:10||The CARBON EXOSKELETON: a disruptive innovation for topology optimization in composites
Matteo Di Fulvio | ADDYX srl
|15:15||End of Meeting|
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Ford has unveiled its first ever in-house designed Powerstroke diesel engine, which will be available in the 2011 Ford F250 and F350 Superduty pickups, as well as Ford’s larger trucks. The new engine, codenamed Scorpion, marks the end of a 30-year relationship between Ford and Navistar, the company that produced all of the diesel engines previously found in Ford trucks. Ford is hoping the new 6.7 liter Powerstroke diesel will help get America’s only car company that hasn’t declared bankruptcy get back into the heavy duty truck game. The engine will make its debut in 2011 Superduty pickup trucks.
Ford has had bad luck over the past few years when it comes to diesels. Reliability issues prompted a lawsuit and eventually the split with Navistar over warranty costs, according to Pickuptrucks.com. Ford knew that ‘good enough’ wouldn’t be good enough to convince potential buyers that the new Powerstroke is worth taking a chance on, so they pulled out all the stops, and what they came up with sounds pretty damn cool.
The 6.7 liter Scorpion Diesel features a slew of new features that Ford says will help make this a more powerful, quieter and more environmentally-friendly engine.
For the environmentally-concerned trying to reconcile their need for a large truck with their wish to save the planet, 2011 Ford Superduty pickups will be able run on up to a 20% mix of biodiesel. Even if you never actually put biodiesel in the tank, that feature will be invaluable the next time you’re stuck in an elevator with a rabid Prius owner.
The Ford’s 2011 Powerstroke engine also features a relocated turbocharger designed to give it better low-end throttle response. The Scorpion’s turbo sits between the cylinder banks of the V8 engine, where the intake manifold would usually sit. The relocated turbo means that unlike Ford’s current Powerstroke engines, maintenance on the new engine’s turbocharger can be performed without removing the cab, which will save owners loads of money in mechanic bills.
So will Ford’s 2011 Powerstroke be good enough to compete with Chevy and Dodge’s diesel offerings? Or has Ford’s image with large truck drivers been sullied permanently?


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Emanuel says voters aren't focused on his residency
Rahm Emanuel is responding to objections filed with the Chicago election board against his candidacy. They allege the ex-White House chief of staff is ineligible to run for mayor, because he rented out his house while living in Washington.
Since the complaints were filed - there are now at least 15 of them - Emanuel has relied on surrogates to speak for him. But on Monday morning, at a press conference at a factory on the city's Northwest side, Emanuel took a few questions from reporters.
He said voters are thinking about things like jobs, instead of whether he meets the one-year residency requirement for candidates.
"They know in the city of Chicago, the basic political games and tricks that go on [in] the city of Chicago," Emanuel said.
Despite claiming his residency is a non-issue to voters, Emanuel spent some time talking about his Chicago roots, in detail.
"I was born in the city of Chicago," Emanuel said. "I raised my kids in the city of Chicago. I own a home in the city of Chicago. I pay property taxes in the city of Chicago. I have a car registered in the city of Chicago. I vote from the city of Chicago, and I was a congressman from the city of Chicago. My uncle was a police officer in the city of Chicago. My father was a pediatrician in the city of Chicago - for over 40 years - and my grandfather came to the city of Chicago in 1917 from Russia."
Ultimately, the residency law will be interpreted by the three-member Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. If that decision is appealed, the courts will rule on whether Emanuel can stay on the ballot. He is one of 20 candidates vying to replace Mayor Richard Daley.

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The ERA team remains at your service!
18 March 2020
On 12 March, 2020, Belgium’s National Security Council took further measures to contain the further spread of Covid-19 in its territory.
Since the ERA staff is employed by Kellen in Belgium, we are following the measures imposed by the Belgian government. Concretely, and until further notice, all the ERA staff is now working remotely from home and will not travel for business reasons anymore.
Most of our physical meetings are therefore adapted to become digital meetings. Physical meetings with authorities in Brussels (EU institutions), as well as network and coalitions meetings, are likely to be cancelled, postponed or changed to a digital mode.
On 19 March, the ERA will organise a meeting with the National Association members of the ERA and IPAF about the consequences of Covid-19 on the European rental sector, and how the associations can support their members in this difficult and unprecedented situation. The major topics to be addressed are health and safety, rental contracts, equipment, insurance and transportation.
Jose Blanco, Chairman of the National Associations Committee, will attend this meeting. The ERA team will report on the meeting.
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|Publication number||US4079197 A|
|Application number||US 05/741,407|
|Publication date||Mar 14, 1978|
|Filing date||Nov 12, 1976|
|Priority date||Nov 19, 1975|
|Publication number||05741407, 741407, US 4079197 A, US 4079197A, US-A-4079197, US4079197 A, US4079197A|
|Original Assignee||Zurcher Jean Frederic|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (2), Classifications (7)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
C = K1 √ γT/m
f = K2 √ γT/m
Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 represents the spectrum of the vowel "A" emitted in air,
FIG. 2 represents the spectrum of the vowel "A" emitted in a helium mixture,
FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram of a first embodiment of a voice transcoder,
FIG. 4 is a block circuit diagram of a second embodiment of a voice transcoder, and
FIG. 5 shows at a to m a series of wave-forms of signals and a series of time diagrams for use in illustrating the operation of the transcoder shown in FIG. 4.
An examination of FIGS. 1 and 2 shows no change in the fine structure of the voice, represented by the vertical lines, throughout the envelope, since the spacing between the lines remains constant. On the other hand, the envelope of the spectrum shown in FIG. 2 is expanded towards the high frequencies in relation to that of the spectrum in FIG. 1. In particular, the three formants F1, F2 and F3 are situated at 1.5, 2.6 and 5 kHz respectively for an "A" emitted in a helium atmosphere instead of being situated at 0.75, 1.3 and 2.5 kHz respectively, these figures being approximate. In the transducer according to the invention it is proposed to recreate a line, a harmonic of the fundamental, of frequency f with the energy possessed by the signal emitted in the helium mixture in the line of frequency ax.f, a being the spacing ratio of the central frequencies of the band-pass filters of the channels and x representing the variable shift.
In FIG. 3, there is shown a transcoder containing an input amplifier A1, 16 main channels C1 to C16, 6 supplementary channels C'17 to C'22, an adder-subtractor A/S, an output amplifier A2 and a control device CO. Each main channel C1 to C16 contains a band-pass filter F1 to F16, a detector R1 to R16, a low-pass filter L1 to L16, a divider D1 to D16, a multiplier M1 to M16 and a multiplexer MX1 to MX16. Each supplementary channel C'17 to C'22 contains a band-pass filter F17 to F22, a detector R17 to R22 and a low-pass filter L17 to L22. The 22 band-pass filters F1 to F22 are logarithmically spaced adjacent filters, the ratio a of the resonance frequencies of two adjacent filters being, in the example described, equal to 1.21 and all the 22 band-pass filters together covering the frequency band 250-16,000 Hz i.e., the voice frequency range of the speaker.
In each main channel C1 to C16 and in each supplementary channel C17 to C22, the output of the band-pass filter F1 to F22 is connected to the input of the detector R1 to R22, the output of which is connected to the input of the low-pass filter L1 to L22. The detectors R1 to R22 perform a double-alternation detection. The low-pass filters L1 to L22 are identical and preferably have a cut-off frequency of 100 Hz. In practice, the output signal of a low-pass filter Li indicates the development of energy in the frequency band which is allowed to pass by an associated band-pass filter Fi.
The output of each of the band-pass filters F1 to F16 is also connected to the dividend input S of a respective divider D1 to D16, while the output of each of the low-pass filters L1 to L16 is connected to the divisor input E of the same respective divider. The output signal of the divider D1, for example, is a signal whose frequency is that of the signal at the input S delivered by the band-pass filter F1, the amplitude of which is equal to the amplitude of the signal at the input S divided by the value of the signal at the input E delivered by the low-pass filter L1 and proportional to the energy received in the frequency band of the filter F1. Thus the signal delivered by the divider D1 has a constant maximum amplitude and the frequency of signal at the input S.
In practice, the dividers D1 to D16 are designed to operate correctly within a dynamic of 50dB. When the input signals of a divider are at least 50dB below the designed maximum level, the normal regulation is no longer carried out and the output level of the divider tends towards zero at the same time as those of the inputs. The regulation range is preferably made adjustable.
The output of each respective divider D1 to D16 is connected to the first input of a respective multiplier M1 to M16. The second input of each multiplier M1 to M16 is connected to the respective output of one of the multiplexers MX1 to MX16 whose function is hereinafter described below.
In practice, each one of the multiplexers MX1 to MX16 has eight inputs 0 to 7 and operates in order to connect one of the eight inputs to its output. The selection of the input to be connected to the output within a respective multiplexer MX1 to MX16 is controlled by the control device CO which has eight control outputs 0 to 7 in decimal form, or three outputs in binary form. This control device represented by box CO (FIG. 3) may in its simplest form be nothing more than a rotary switch with its connections 0-7 being individual wire pairs internally and sequentially interconnecting the input-output connections within the multiplexer. Such switches are well known and may be purchased on the open market. On the other hand, the multiplexer contacts may be in the well-known form of switching transistors which again may be energized by the operation of a simple rotary switch. Such a switch per se does not form part of this invention and thus has not been illustrated in detail. Each control signal on an output of the control device CO brings about, in the sixteen multiplexers MX1 to MX16, at the same time, the connection of the input of the corresponding rank to the multiplexer output. Thus, a control signal on output 1 of the device CO brings about, in the multiplexer MX1, the connection of input 1 to the output of M1 and in the multiplexer MX2 the connection of input 1 to the output to M2, etc.
For each multiplexer MXi, having eight inputs 0-7, the inputs 0-7 are connected respectively to the outputs of eight low-pass filters Li to L(i + 7). Thus, the eight inputs of the multiplexer MX8 are connected respectively to the outputs of the filters L8, L9, L10, L11, L12, L13, L14 and L15. The outputs of the filters L17 to L22 are thus used, as are those of filters L1 to L16.
Thus, each multiplier M1 to M16 gives the product of the signal delivered by the respective channel divider D1 to D16 and the signal delivered by the respective channel multiplexer MX1 to MX16, the latter signal representing, depending on the selection controlled by the device CO, the energy received in the frequency band of the associated channel or of one of the seven channels immediately above. The signal delivered by a multiplier Mi therefore has the frequency of the signal delivered by a filter Fi, but an amplitude corresponding to the energy received in a filter L(i + x), where x is from 0 to 7.
The outputs of the odd multipliers M1, M3, . . . , M15 are connected in parallel to the + input of an adder-subtractor A/S, while the outputs of the even multipliers M2, M4, . . . M16 are connected to the - input of the adder-subtractor A/S. This change of sign for the outputs of the even multipliers merely makes it possible to take account of the phase shifts which occur in the band-pass filters F1 to F16.
The input signal whose formants are to be displaced is applied to the input of an input amplifier A1, the output of which is connected in parallel to the inputs of the filters F1 to F22, this amplifier A1 enabling the input signal to be adapted to the many filters. The output of the adder-subtractor A/S is connected to an output amplifier A2 which delivers a signal with displaced formants with a predetermined level.
It will be clear that the transcoder which has just been described reconstitutes each frequency present at the input of the transcoder with the energy of the frequency 1.21.x.f of the same input signal, and this, in particular, displaces the formants of the input signal downwards.
The value of x, which the operator of the transcoder can vary by acting upon the control device CO, is chosen depending on the composition of the oxygen-helium mixture supplied to the diver, this composition itself depending on the diver's depth, the operator choosing the value of x. Initially, at level O, the value of x is equal to 0, as the output signal of the transcoder must be identical to the signal emitted by the diver. As he goes down, the value of x is modified in jumps. It is also possible to choose the value of x which gives the most intelligible signal, if the operator does not know the diver's breathing conditions.
A display of x = 7 would be very exceptional, as the theoretical maximum is 6, which corresponds to a ratio rf of 3.12, that is, slightly above the theoretical maximum ratio for rf, which is 2.94 in the case of pure helium. In the case of x = 7, the output of multiplier M16 is zero, the input 7 of multiplexes MX16 being at earth, and the reconstituted signal lying in the 250-4,200 Mz band.
FIG. 4 shows a variant of the transcoder shown in FIG. 3 and in which, in addition, the controls are in the binary mode. The same alpha-numeric references have been retained in FIG. 4 to designate the circuits which are identical with those in FIG. 3. The transcoder in FIG. 4 has an input amplifier A1, sixteen main channels V1 to V16, six supplementary channels V'17 to V'22, four multiplexers MXG1 to MXG4, a common divider DG, a common multiplier MG, a general filter FG functioning as an adder/subtracter, an output amplifier A2 and a control logic circuit LC. Amplifier A1 is directly connected to the odd channels, i.e. V1, V'17 etc., and through inverter I to the even channels, i.e. V2, V8, V16, V'22 etc. Each main or supplementary channel includes, connected in series, a respective band-pass filter F1 to F22, a respective detector R1 to R22 and a respective low-pass filter L1 to L22. Each main or supplementary channel has a first output consisting of the output of its low-pass filter, but each main channel also has a second output consisting of the output of its band-pass filter.
The first outputs of the main channels V1 to V16 are respectively connected in parallel to the respective inputs of the multiplexers MXG2 and MXG3. The first outputs of the supplementary channels V'17 to V'22 are connected to the respective inputs of the multiplexer MXG4. The second outputs of the main channels V1 to V16 are connected to respective inputs of the multiplexer MXG1. Each one of multiplexers MXG1 to MXG3 has sixteen inputs and one output and is controlled by a set of four control inputs receiving a control word of four binary elements, each word defining one combination out of 16 and activating in the multiplexer one gate out of sixteen connecting one input out of sixteen to the ouput. In FIG. 4, the gates are schematically represented by open contacts. The multiplexer MXG4 has only eight inputs, the last two of which are earthed, and one output; it is controlled by a set of three control inputs receiving a word of three binary elements. Furthermore, multiplexers MXG3 and MXG4 each have an inhibit input B and B, which inhibits the output of the corresponding multiplexer when it is activated. The output of the multiplexer MXG1 is connected to the dividend input of the divider DG, the divisor input of which is connected to the output of the multiplexer MXG2. The output of the divider DG is connected to the first input of the multiplier MG, the second input of which is connected in parallel to the outputs of the multiplexers MXG3 and MXG4. The output of the multiplier MG is connected to the input of a pass-band filter FG, the pass-band of which is from 250 to 5,000 Hz. The output signal from the filter FG is amplified in an output amplifier A2 which delivers a signal at a suitable level.
The logic circuit LC includes a clock H emitting clock pulses at a frequency of 200 kHz which are coupled to two counters CP1 and CP2, each of which has four stages. The counter CP1 has four binary outputs QA1, QB1, QC1 and QD1 enabling it to issue a word of four bits, assuming successively all values from 0 to 15, to the corresponding control inputs bearing the same references of the multiplexers MXG1 and MXG2. The counter CP1 also has a carry output which changes state for a predetermined time of 2.5 microseconds whenever the counter CP1 reaches the count of 15, and is connected to the input of a monostable flipflop BM which delivers a pulse of less than 5 microseconds whenever the counter CP1 reaches the count zero. The output of flipflop BM is connected, on the one hand, to the start input of the counter CP2 and, on the other hand, to the zeroing input of a bistable flipflop BR. The counter CP2 has four binary outputs QA2, QB2, QC2 and QD2 enabling it to emit, on the one hand, a word of four bits, assuming in succession all values from 0 to 15, to the corresponding control inputs bearing the same references of the multiplexer MXG3 and, on the other hand, a word of three bits via outputs QA2, QB2 and QC2, assuming all values from 0 to 7, to the corresponding control inputs bearing the same references of the multiplexer MXG4. The counter CP2 also has a carry output connected to the actuating input of the flipflop BR, the carry output being activated whenever the counter CP2 reaches the count 15. Furthermore, the counter CP2 has four pre-positioning binary inputs defining an initial count whenever the start, input of the counter, CP2 is activated by the flip-flop BM. Among these four pre-positioning inputs, only three are used, E1, E2 and E3, the fourth being connected to earth. The three inputs E1 to E3, i.e. outputs from COB, make it possible to receive a control word of three bits from a control device COB which is adjustable by the transducer operator, in a similar way to the device CO in FIG. 3 except that COB has a binary output. The flipflop BR has two outputs B and B which are connected respectively to the inhibit inputs of the multiplexers MXG4 and MXG3.
In general, the transcoder in FIG. 4 carries out the divisions and multiplications performed by the dividers D1 to D16 and the multipliers M1 and M16 of the transcoder in FIG. 3 on a time-sharing basis by successively and selectively sampling the first and second outputs of channels V1 to V16 and V'17 to V'22. As the pass-band of filters F1 to F16 to be sampled extends up to 5,000 Hz, it is necessary to choose, in order to comply with the sampling theorem, a sampling frequency equal to or above 10 kHz, as, for instance, in the example described, a frequency of 12.5kHz. There is thus available an interval of 80 microseconds for the processing of the 16 main channels, which means that samples having a length of 80/16 = 5 microseconds have to be processed. That is why the clock H has a frequency of 12.5 kHz. There is thus available an interval of 80 microseconds for the processing of the 16 main channels, which means that samples having a length of 80/16 = 5 microseconds have to be processed. That is why the clock H has a frequency of 200 kHz. It should be noted that the multipliers and dividers at present available on the market do permit operation at these speeds.
A description will now be given of the operation of the transcoder shown in FIG. 4 with reference to the waveforms shown in FIG. 5. The waveform at a represents the train of pulses delivered by the clock H. The waveform at b represents the successive states in decimal code of the word delivered by outputs QA1 to QD1, and hence also the successive states of the gates of multiplexers MXG1 and MXG2. Consequently the divider DG carries out successively, at the rate of the clock H, the divisions performed in FIG. 3 by D1 to D16. The waveform at c represents the pulse applied to BM and the waveform at d the pulse applied to the start input of counter CP2. Consequently, on reception of the last-mentioned pulse, counter CP2 assumes the value indicated by its inputs E1 to E3. In the example described, it is assumed that E1 to E3 represents, in decimal code, the digit 5 defined by the operator of the control device COB in order to displace the formants of the input signal downwards. In other words, the value of x indicated in connection with the transducer in FIG. 3 is chosen here, by way of example, as 5. The waveform at e represents the successive stages in decimal code of the word delivered by outputs QA2 to QD2, and hence also the successive states of the gates of the multiplexers MXG3 and MXG4. The waveform at f represents the carry pulse applied by the counter CP2 to BR and the waveforms at g the states of the outputs B and B of the flip-flop BR. It will be seen that, during the states 0 to 4 of the word delivered by the counter CP2, the output of the mutliplexer MXG3 is inhibited while, during the states 5 to 15 of the word delivered by the counter CP2, the output of the multiplexer MXG4 is inhibited. It is also evident that when the gate O of the multiplexers MXG1 and MXG2 is closed, the gate 5 of the multiplexer MXG3 is closed. Thus, at, that moment, the multiplier MG multiplies the output signal of the divider DG corresponding to the channel V1 by the output signal of the multiplexer MXG3, i.e. the energy of the channel V6. We thus have again, on a time-sharing basis, the operation of the transducer in FIG. 3.
The waveforms at h to m represent the identities of the signals at the outputs of the multiplexers MXG1 to MXG4, of the divider DG and the multiplier MG. In particular, the waveform m represents the successive samples corresponding to the outputs of the multipliers M1 to M16 in FIG. 3. It should be noted, however, that these samples can be directly filtered in the filter FG in order to give the output signal, because there is provided, between the inputs of the even channel V2, V4 . . . V'22 and the input amplifier A1, an inverter (or 180° phase shifter) circuit I in order to take into account the parity of the channel.
As a variant it would also be possible, for example, to substitute for the two multiplexers MXG3 and MXG4 a single multiplexer with more than twenty two inputs and to replace the four-stage counter CP2 with a five-stage counter, in order to obtain a result equivalent to that obtained with the transducer in FIG. 4.
It should be noted that the transducer in FIG. 4 presents the advantage, over that in FIG. 3, of needing only one divider and one multiplier instead of thirty two circuits of this type. As these circuits are expensive and the logic circuit CL is relatively simple, a particularly large cost reduction is thus obtained.
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|US3600515 *||Mar 9, 1970||Aug 17, 1971||Us Navy||Apparatus for reconstructing speech generated in an abnormal gas atmosphere|
|US3863026 *||Aug 15, 1973||Jan 28, 1975||Us Navy||Helium speech decoder|
|GB1187536A *||Title not available|
|Citing Patent||Filing date||Publication date||Applicant||Title|
|US4415772 *||May 11, 1981||Nov 15, 1983||The Variable Speech Control Company ("Vsc")||Gapless splicing of pitch altered waveforms|
|US4417103 *||Jan 31, 1983||Nov 22, 1983||The Variable Speech Control Company ("Vsc")||Stereo reproduction with gapless splicing of pitch altered waveforms|
|International Classification||G10L21/00, H04R3/00|
|Cooperative Classification||H04R3/00, G10L21/00|
|European Classification||G10L21/00, H04R3/00|


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The analyzed items go beyond simple trend analysis. The tested combination of price performance, and earnings momentum both actual and estimate revisions , creates a powerful timeliness indicator to help you identify stocks on the move so you know when to get in and when to get out. The Momentum Scorecard table also displays the values for its respective Industry along with the values and Momentum Score of its three closest peers.
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This is also referred to as the cash yield. Like the earnings yield, which shows the anticipated yield or return on a stock based on the earnings and the price paid, the cash yield does the same, but with cash being the numerator instead of earnings. Many investors prefer EV to just Market Cap as a better way to determine the value of a company. That means these items are added back into the net income to produce this earnings number.
Since there is a fair amount of discretion in what’s included and not included in the ‘ITDA’ portion of this calculation, it is considered a non-GAAP metric. Conventional wisdom says that a PEG ratio of 1 or less is considered good at par or undervalued to its growth rate. A value greater than 1, in general, is not as good overvalued to its growth rate.
So the PEG ratio tells you what you’re paying for each unit of earnings growth. Book value is defined as total assets minus liabilities, preferred stocks, and intangible assets. In short, this is how much a company is worth. Investors use this metric to determine how a company’s stock price stacks up to its intrinsic value.
Note; companies will typically sell for more than their book value in much the same way that a company will sell at a multiple of its earnings. So, as with other valuation metrics, it’s a good idea to compare it to its relevant industry. It’s another great way to determine whether a company is undervalued or overvalued with the denominator being cash flow.
A value under 20 is generally considered good. Our testing substantiates this with the optimum range for price performance between It is the most commonly used metric for determining a company’s value relative to its earnings. In this example, we are using the consensus earnings estimate for the Current Fiscal Year F1.
In general, a lower number or multiple is usually considered better that a higher one. In general, the lower the ratio is the better.
It’s calculated as earnings divided by price. A yield of 8. The most common way this ratio is used is to compare it to other stocks and to compare it to the 10 Year T-Bill. Conversely, if the yield on stocks is higher than the 10 Yr. Since bonds and stocks compete for investors’ dollars, a higher yield typically needs to be paid to the stock investor for the extra risk being assumed vs.
It is used to help gauge a company’s financial health. A higher number means the company has more debt to equity, whereas a lower number means it has less debt to equity. When comparing this ratio to different stocks in different industries, take note that some businesses are more capital intensive than others.
So it’s a good idea to compare a stock’s debt to equity ratio to its industry to see how it stacks up to its peers first. Cash flow can be found on the cash flow statement. It’s then divided by the number of shares outstanding to determine how much cash is generated per share. It’s used by investors as a measure of financial health.
Cash is vital to a company in order to finance operations, invest in the business, pay expenses, etc. Since cash can’t be manipulated like earnings can, it’s a preferred metric for analysts. Using this item along with the ‘Current Cash Flow Growth Rate’ in the Growth category above , and the ‘Price to Cash Flow ratio’ several items above in this same Value category , will give you a well-rounded indication of the amount of cash they are generating, the rate of their cash flow growth, and the stock price relative to its cash flow.
This longer-term historical perspective lets the user see how a company has grown over time. Note: there are many factors that can influence the longer-term number, not the least of which is the overall state of the economy recession will reduce this number for example, while a recovery will inflate it , which can skew comparisons when looking out over shorter time frames.
The longer-term perspective helps smooth out short-term events. Projected EPS Growth looks at the estimated growth rate for one year. It takes the consensus estimate for the current fiscal year F1 divided by the EPS for the last completed fiscal year F0 actual if reported, the consensus if not. That does not mean that all companies with large growth rates will have a favorable Growth Score.
Many other growth items are considered as well. But, typically, an aggressive growth trader will be interested in the higher growth rates. Cash Flow is net income plus depreciation and other non-cash charges. A strong cash flow is important for covering interest payments, particularly for highly leveraged companies.
Cash Flow is a measurement of a company’s health. It’s typically categorized as a valuation metric and is most often quoted as Cash Flow per Share and as a Price to Cash flow ratio.
In this case, it’s the cash flow growth that’s being looked at. A positive change in the cash flow is desired and shows that more ‘cash’ is coming in than ‘cash’ going out. The Historical Cash Flow Growth is the longer-term year annualized growth rate of the cash flow change. Once again, cash flow is net income plus depreciation and other non-cash charges.
Cash flow itself is an important item on the income statement. While the one year change shows the current conditions, the longer look-back period shows how this metric has changed over time and helps put the current reading into proper perspective.
Also, by looking at the rate of this item, rather than the actual dollar value, it makes for easier comparisons across the industry and peers. The Current Ratio is defined as current assets divided by current liabilities. It measures a company’s ability to pay short-term obligations.
It’s also commonly referred to as a ‘liquidity ratio’. A ratio of 1 means a company’s assets are equal to its liabilities. Less than 1 means its liabilities exceed its short-term assets cash, inventory, receivables, etc. Above 1 means it assets are greater than its liabilities. A ratio of 2 means its assets are twice that of its liabilities. A higher number is better than a lower number. A ‘good’ number would usually fall within the range of 1.
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It was calm and beautiful Saturday morning in the marina as we loosed the dock lines and embarked on our first offshore adventure. We had spent the week tracking the weather and buoy data and all signs pointed to a great day to take a trip to Half Moon Bay.
We motored out into a calm bay and Keegan prepared breakfast as we headed ever closer to the Golden Gate Bridge. Jack lines in place, harnesses and tethers on and out the gate we went.
As this was our first time leaving the bay, we had no real data set for what we would experience next. What we found was 7-8ft swells every 5-8 seconds and 25kt winds on our nose. This in itself would have been uncomfortable, but not frightening. It was the unexpected 10ft breaking waves the came at us from an opposing direction that surprised us!
About 2 miles out the gate we were heading up a wave in front of us and had a wave break into the side of our cockpit. Let's be honest, we were scared! But, I'm happy to say that we focused, kept our cool, communicated well and continued onward in the hopes that this was just a patch and that further out things would even out. We continued onward, but at 6 miles out the gate conditions had not improved and we were only progressing forward at 2 knots. We decided we had nothing to prove and to turn around and head back home.
Now that the wind was at our back and the waves were pushing in behind us we FLEW back into the bay. 10.3 knots! Ironically, as we returned to the location where we took on our first wave the conditions had changed completely and it was calm and beautiful. Oh Poseidon, you're so fickle!
Keegan and I pulled into a mooring at Angel Island on the way home to have some lunch, take naps and come down off of the adrenaline from our excursion. Although we did not reach our intended destination we were so pleased with our experience!
Malabar held her own and made us feel confident that she can carry us to sea safely. Keegan and I both stayed focused and communicated even when pressure was high and (THANKFULLY!) neither of us has a propensity for sea sickness!
I wasn't sure what this weekend's adventure would bring. Would we return ready to sell the boat and move back to land or would we feel a greater confidence in our abilities and our boat. I'm happy to say that we'll continue to call Malabar our home. A home that will take us around the world.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
How to repair a boom without any experience.
Step one: Remove boom from boat.
Step Two: Analyze boom and grimace as you realize it is bent in not one, but two directions!
Step Three: Remove all of the hardware from boom including all of the parts that have rusted into place. Might we recommend power tools?
Step Four: Prep your sleeving materials. In this case we are getting ready to cut down and cut the sail track out of a broken mast from a Catalina Capri. Major thanks to Tradewinds Sailing who donated this to the project and to the class of students that kept their cool and hauled all of the pieces of this broken mast back to shore after it broke under sail! Eek!
Step Five: Don your safety gear like a rockstar.
Step Six: Thank Tradewinds again for being the best sailing school around and for helping us in a million ways!!!
Step Seven: Bring out the pouty face because you are hungry and your husband is not responding quickly enough.
Step Eight: Take a grinder and cut the track out of the mast.
Step Nine: WIN!
Step Ten: Seek assistant with that last screw you can't get out! Thanks Steve!
Step Eleven: Call on your friends to help you try and re-bend your boom. When that doesn't work, just have a seat and enjoy the sunshine!
Step Twelve: While friends are sitting on the boom to keep it straight, shove the mast inside.
Step Thirteen: Rivet the two layers of metal together!
Step Fourteen: Re-drill all holes for the hardware you removed back in Step Three. It has to go thru both layers of metal now!
Step Fifteen: If your boom is old and sketchy looking like ours, now is the time to prep it for a new layer of paint. Basically that just requires sanding...
...and sanding! No pictures, but next we painted it!
Step Sixteen: Have your friend Tom enjoy a cold beer while you drill weep holes into the boom. This gives water a place to go if it gets inside the boom.
Step Seventeen: Now it's time to put all of the hardware back on and re-run the outhaul line. If your arm is small enough this is a pretty simple task!
Step Eighteen: Put boom back on boat! Way to go!!

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Mark Rylance won his first Oscar for playing Rudolf Abel, a soviet spy in Bridge of Spies. Rylance’s win seems to be generally considered an upset because Stallone was favoured to win, hence disproving the famous “comeback” theory. Being an actor whose main territory was in theatre, I don’t think many people would have expected Rylance to win over a movie star in an iconic performance either.
Bridge of Spies is good movie, but I am kinda in a “If you have seen one Spielberg film, you have seen all Spielberg films” mood now with regard to Spielberg as a director. I loved the whole old-school Hollywood feel to the film, and it certainly is very stylish, yet I can’t help but feel that a grittier and more realistic tone to it would have been better. It is not to say that the whole film is super manipulative and sentimental, but I think the residual effect of Julia (1977) was so strong on me that it influenced my opinion a little bit. Still, I liked the movie for what it is and I wouldn’t mind watching it again as I feel that I may have missed out on certain aspects (I’m not in the best of mood now, so I was a bit distracted when watching).
I guess Tom Hanks may have received a couple of votes for his performance as James B.Donovan, but ultimately all the accolades went to Rylance’s quieter and more understated performance. Hanks, for the most part, was very good although I felt like he was doing his “Tom Hanks, the all American hero” routine at times which has always been my main issues with him as an actor (ironic, given the character’s unpopularity). I feel that an actor with lesser star power might have been more effective in the role, but like I said, I thought Hanks was really good and a nomination might not have been entirely undeserved (4 for me).
I think what stood out for me about Rylance’s performance was how he managed to add little tics and facets to Rudolf Abel and make him such an interesting character. To be honest, I felt that the script made him out to be boring as heck, which is what critics of this win say, but I don’t really agree. It is clear that a lot of thought has been put into such a small and quiet performance, making Rudolf a more interesting and complex character than he seems. His quiet little glances, his sniffles, his general posture and composure always suggests something about him, and I think this is largely to Rylance’s credit. I love the way he delivers the line “Will it help?” whenever Donovan asks him if he was worried – so much could be taken away from those three words. I love the underlying humour in it, suggesting that underneath the calm facade was a badass who was always prepared for this day he is caught.
The standing man monologues was so brilliantly delivered as well, revealing so much about the character’s inner state of mine and thoughts. But I especially loved the final scene where he parted ways with Donovan. Once again, I loved the quiet fearlessness in Rylance’s voice when he said that he might be executed when he returns. But the way he portrayed his character’s gratitude to Tom Hanks was the highlight of that scene, barely obvious yet always felt. And I think this goes to show how well Rylance internalized the character, giving him more life than what was demanded from the script.
Like I said, I’d probably need a re-watch to fully appreciate this performance. My main issue is how he kinda gets kicked to one side and disappears for a large portion of the film, which can be justified since he is a supporting character, and yet I wished that there were more opportunities for Rylance to showcase his greatness. Don’t get me wrong, I love my quiet and subtle performances, but there is also a part of me that wants more. Still, a good Oscar win and definitely not “acting in his sleep” as some people say. 4.5/5 for now, though I suspect I would push it up to a 5 in the future.


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The boundaries of technology can be pushed significantly when insights from different fields reinforce each other. A prime example is VUB spin-off PharmaFluidics. By combining expertise from the biotech and semiconductor chip manufacturing industries, this company initiates a paradigm shift in liquid chromatography (LC) separations. The application of chip etching methods to create nano-LC columns on a silicon chip allows the detection of more molecules and with higher sensitivity than ever before in tiny, complex biological samples. PharmaFluidics recently raised €2.7 million to bring its innovative µPACᵀᴹ Pillar Array Columns to the market for proteomic, metabolomic, and lipidomic applications. Behind the scenes, R&D continues for further generations of columns with new applications in the years to come.
Micro-chip columns: better by design
Legacy LC columns contain randomly packed beads as their stationary phase. In contrast, PharmaFluidics uses a lithographic etching process to create a perfectly ordered separation bed on a silicon chip. µPACᵀᴹ cartridges keep flows in the column laminar, resulting in much better peak resolution and sensitivity than when using traditional packed-bed columns. The freestanding nature of the pillars also leads to much lower back-pressure buildup. This new approach significantly improves LC analysis in complex mixtures of biological samples.
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Quite naturally, PharmaFluidics focuses on systems biology for the initial applications of µPACᵀᴹ cartridges. “An example is the highly detailed characterization of protein expression in cell populations or the concentration of certain metabolites,” explains Paul Jacobs, COO at PharmaFluidics. “This can be useful to identify new target molecules for drug discovery or find new biomarkers that can be used to diagnose and follow-up diseases.” This will support new discoveries in research on cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and hereditary or chronic conditions such as Alzheimer’s. These are high-value applications: according to a report published by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, the average cost of bringing a drug to the market amounts to $2.8 billion (DiMasi et al., 2016). The availability of a biomarker can reduce this cost by $900 million per drug, based on industry averages.
“At the moment, nano-LC is only used in a discovery setting,” Jacobs says. “Once a biomarker is identified using nano-LC-MS, a dedicated assay is still required to track it during drug development and in clinical practice,” he continues. “Thanks to the separation power of our µPACᵀᴹ technology, we believe we have all the assets to expand the application of nano-LC-MS to clinical research and also point-of-care settings. This would make the cumbersome development of dedicated assays unnecessary. The same analysis method could be used throughout the entire process.”
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PharmaFluidics also believes the µPACᵀᴹ technology will have an immediate impact on the development of biologicals. “For peptides or antibodies, small modifications such as glycosylations or deamidations can have a tremendous influence on the therapeutic efficacy of the compound,” Jacobs explains. “The ability to characterize a biological more thoroughly is of substantial value for originators, for strain selection, process development, and ultimately also for tracking GMP [Good Manufacturing Practice] production. For development and regulatory filing of biosimilars, precise analytical data can substitute for extensive additional clinical studies.”
In forensic investigations, the µPACᵀᴹ technology can also prove its worth by extracting information from the minute sample volumes that typically constrain analyses in this field.
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“It’s a very exciting time for the company, as we are now ready to bring years of development and design work to the market,” says Johan Devenyns, PharmaFluidics’ CEO. “We have a product that sets a new paradigm in its application fields.”
The outlook is very promising. The market for analytical high-performance LC columns is estimated to be over $1.5 billion, with double-digit growth driven by the progress in -omics research and drug development. Now it’s up to PharmaFluidics to claim its share of the field, which has been mostly dominated by a few industry giants. When PharmaFluidics succeeds, chips will no longer be just for computers, but will find plenty of uses in diagnostics, drug development, and progressively more analytical routines.

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William Kimball (1828-1904) was a manufacturer of pianos.
Kimball's monument is one of the largest in Graceland. Across the rear are four Corinthian columns, with two more on the sides. The structure is without a roof. Below, an angel kneels, watching over the two graves beneath the floor. The entire monument is of white marble, and was erected in 1907 from a design by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White.
Much of the original detail has eroded away, most noticeably the face of the angel. On bright days, this monument is more brilliant than any other.
To the left and behind Kimball can be seen the grave of architect Louis Henri Sullivan.

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Most of the major asset classes continued to rebound in April, led by property shares ex-US, based on a set of ETF proxies. The downside outliers: foreign government bonds in developed markets, stocks in emerging markets and commodities.
Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index (VNQI) headed the rallies last month, posting a strong 4.1% return in April. The gain marks VNQI’s first monthly advance since January.
Stocks in developed markets ex-US also had a good month. Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund (VEA) rose 2.6% in April, the second-best performer for April. The ETF is the top performer this year for the major asset classes with a 10.9% year-to-date increase. VEA’s recent strength suggests that outperformance for multi-asset-class strategies in 2023 is associated with relatively high exposure to foreign stocks in developed markets.
The deepest loss last month: inflation-indexed bonds ex-US. SPDR FTSE International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF (WIP) declined 1.4% in April, reversing a portion of the strong gain in March. For the year so far, WIP is up 4.4%.
The Global Market Index (GMI) continued to recover in April, rising 1.2%. This unmanaged benchmark (maintained by CapitalSpectator.com) holds all the major asset classes (except cash) in market-value weights and represents a competitive benchmark for multi-asset-class portfolios. GMI is now up by a strong 7.6% year to date.
Reviewing GMI’s performance in context with US stocks (VTI) and bonds (BND) over the past year shows a tight range of comparable results. GMI’s one-year performance is a thin 0.7% gain, which leads equities and fixed income by a slight degree over the past 12 months, based on a trailing 252-trading-day window.
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I saw that for two days in a row, The Bee has had the Ray Rice story on the front page. It seems attention is drawn to the fact the NFL knew about what happened, leveled a mild punishment against Rice, then increased the suspension once the public saw the video. Now there’s demand for Commissioner Roger Goodell to step down because an athlete beat his girlfriend.
Wind your clocks back to fall 2012, and to a different Rice. Susan Rice, who claimed on behalf of the White House that our ambassador to Libya was killed because of some YouTube video. That turned out to be a lie. The video that mattered was the live video President Barack Obama was watching as the ambassador’s compound in Benghazi was raided and did nothing to save him and the men protecting him. This is a real scandal, and yet how much real information have you placed on the front page? Where are the demands for Obama’s resignation over standing by and letting terrorists kill our citizens? If you and similar media sources had given this much coverage to Benghazi’s serious video story as you have to the NFL’s domestic abuse story, Mitt Romney would be president.
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KEIORA’S Australiana Range is designed in collaboration with Zachary Bennett – Brook aka Saltwater Dreamtime.
KEIORA is a Sydney based Scented Soy Candle making company offering high quality luxury candles with exotic fragrances. All our candles are made in Australia with high quality natural soy wax with a blend of different fragrance oils.
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Zachary is an award-winning artist, born and raised in Wollongong Australia. Growing up in Wollongong (Dharawal Country), he has always been surrounded by the water and has always been involved with water-based activities. Being of Torres Strait Islander heritage, water has always played a vital role throughout Zac’s life. The ocean is ingrained within his cultural heritage and is often represented throughout many of his artworks and designs. In high school, Zac discovered his passion to paint stories and artwork whilst combining both his surf and Indigenous cultures together. Zac’s art has commonly been called unique and often an eye-catching perspective of contemporary Indigenous culture blended with surf culture, for all to enjoy. In a short time, Zac has gained worldwide recognition for his Indigenous artworks with works being shipped all over the world to America, Japan, Canada, England, Spain and throughout Australia, just to name a few countries. His artworks have been exhibited in a range of solo and group exhibitions and viewed by thousands from all over the world. Zac strives to create artworks that are of the highest quality, representing his passion for surfing in conjunction with his Indigenous background to ultimately showcase an artistic flare. His ambition is to create and develop works, which are engaging and aesthetically appealing, whilst allow him to grow artistically and professionally.
Zac has named this design as “travel & connection”. Each of the White circular design is symbolic of family and different community groups. The White lines that connect each of these together represents travel moving from one location to another, giving the style the name of travelling pattern.


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Workers feeling the sharp end of employer attacks on wages and conditions are doing it tough this Christmas. Coal miners at Oaky North in Queensland have been locked out since July. Workers at Esso’s Longford gas plant near Sale, Victoria, have been on strike since June, and maintenance workers at the Griffin coal mine in Collie, Western Australia, have been out since August. All are trying to defend hard-won entitlements.
Red Flag spoke to Collie maintenance workers, members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), a few days before Christmas. Like most coal mining towns, Collie has a strong union tradition. When we arrived to find the picket empty, we asked the nearest group of people wearing hi-vis for help. They turned out to be unionists who worked at a local power plant.
“We’re all socialists here”, said the first person we spoke to, who gave us a beer each and called everyone he knew to get us in touch with the strikers. Soon, we were sitting down with a group of Griffin maintenance workers in the office of the local Labor MLA, himself a former coal worker.
The cause of the strike was the company’s decision to terminate its enterprise agreement in June 2016. The maintenance workers’ contract reverted to the award minimum, meaning an immediate 43 percent pay cut on a per-hour basis, and loss of entitlements. But even this wasn’t enough for Griffin.
“We believe the company has been manipulating the award”, said one striker. “One blatant one was they didn’t recognise Christmas Day and ANZAC day as public holidays.” Griffin also refused to pay sick leave on Sundays, demanded an unreasonable amount of overtime, and implemented a new family-unfriendly roster.
“It was evil. They’d done their best to make it as mean as possible.”
After a year on the award, with Griffin management showing no sign of wanting to negotiate a new agreement, the maintenance workers voted to walk out the gate to demand a new contract.
They were feeling the strain at Christmas after months without pay.
“I guess it’s a bit emotional for a lot of people now that it’s Christmas and perhaps you can’t do what you did with your family or for your kids or for others”, said one maintenance worker.
“Financially we’re hamstrung”, said another. “The guys that have got a big mortgage, kids and all that sort of thing, it does take its toll. You definitely tighten the purse strings for when its Christmas time.”
Donations from other unions and the community have kept them going, with two unions bringing Christmas presents for school-age kids from the affected families.
The strike is now the longest in Western Australian coal mining history, a record the maintenance workers never intended to set.
“Even we wouldn’t have expected to be here for this long. But they’re more than happy to string it out. They would love us to crumble.” Another chimed in: “You get the feeling that they’re trying to starve us out”.
For Griffin, the dispute seems to have become as much about teaching the unionists a lesson as it is about the money. In November, the company pulled its own offer from the table when the parties were close to reaching an agreement. The maintenance workers have been replaced with scab contractors paid more than what the strikers are asking, and Griffin has spent a fortune on legal fees. All this while the company says the strikers’ demands are unaffordable. One worker summed up Griffin’s attitude:
“Since we’ve been so strong and our camaraderie’s been really good, because they haven’t been able to break us and we’ve still been together, I think it’s a personal vendetta … to make sure they get the job done by ultimately smashing us … You just sort of get the idea that because we’ve said no to ’em on every turn and we just want that little bit of a better deal, now they’ve made it personal and they’re just out there to punish us.”
Everyone we spoke to expressed frustration at the rigged industrial laws. The picketers are not attempting to blockade the mine or stop production. Fair Work has threatened massive fines if they do.
“They can impose a loss on us but we can’t impose a loss on them … Fair Work doesn’t work”, was how one striker summed it up. “If only we could turn the power off for a week”, said another. “Imagine that! I’m sure somebody would ring!”
Despite the hardship, there is determination. The Collie strikers know that they are part of a nation-wide battle to maintain hard-won rights. Their message for the strikers at Esso and Oaky North was simple: “Stick together, stay strong … We’re really proud that they can stick together. And actually it gives us good morale too to keep on going”.
Red Flag also visited the picket line outside Esso’s Longford gas plant in Victoria. The workers there, also members of the AMWU, walked out in June over a new contract that offered a 30 percent pay cut. They also lost their roster arrangements of one week on, one week off and faced two, three or even four weeks in a row at the whim of management.
“This fight goes well beyond our own self-interests”, said Malcolm, an AMWU delegate at Esso, speaking of the fight to maintain wages and conditions across the country. “Basically, our resolve is so strong because we are in the right; we won’t succumb to their bullying and intimidation.”
The Esso strikers’ resolve is impressive, with pickets continuing without breaks over Christmas and New Year’s. “It’s so rewarding to be able to stand together with everyone and fight for our rights, even at Christmas”, said Malcolm. “It’s a comfort in itself to know that what we’re fighting for is a better place.”
The workers at Esso have also come face to face with the rigged industrial laws. Not only could they face fines if scabs were blocked from the workplace, but Fair Work has threatened them for simply raising their voices. On 21 December, a court injunction banned the workers from using a megaphone or derogatory language towards scabs.
About 20 workers have also received letters banning them from any property owned by Exxon-Mobil (Esso is the Australian affiliate of Exxon-Mobil), effectively blacklisting them from future work with Esso. This comes after 24/7 surveillance of the picket line by the company.
One Esso worker said his dad was arrested three times in a past dispute for lying on the road to stop scabs from crossing a picket line. “That’s why we’re out here”, he said. “Everything we have, someone’s old man got arrested for. We can’t just give it up – it wouldn’t be right.”
To help out the workers at Oaky North, Collie and Gippsland, chip in to the Union families appeal: https://www.australianunions.
Revolutions happen only in places with repressive regimes and extreme poverty. They don’t happen in economically advanced, democratic countries like Australia. Most people think this. But is it right? Recent history might seem to suggest so—social revolutions are practically unheard of in the West. There are, however, a number of reasons why revolution in Australia is possible.
The billionaires have had it too good for too long. CEO salaries are up more than 40 percent in a year, while living standards for everyone else are getting smashed. Decade after decade, under both major parties, the rich have gotten richer while everyone else struggles. And the politicians run Victoria like it’s their own private cash machine.
Women’s oppression looks quite different today than 60 years ago. Women’s rights are more accepted now, women are a bigger part of the workforce, contraception and abortion are legal in much of the world. There are more women world leaders and CEOs than ever before. At the same time, the vast majority of women, even in a wealthy country like Australia, are still paid less on average than men, still do most of the unpaid child care and other domestic labour in the home and still have to contend with demeaning sexist stereotypes.
Imperialist occupation has always generated resistance. Time and again, oppressed people have risen up heroically to drive out occupying armies. But heroism isn’t always enough: the politics of the resistance frequently make the difference between victory and defeat.
The whole country is talking about Labor’s Climate Change Bill. But there’s nothing there.
Chants of “Victory to the RMT” echo through Britain’s major cities as 40,000 rail workers continue their resolute campaign for better pay. Their actions have ignited the confidence of a working class facing wide-ranging assaults on living standards. Headline inflation is running at 9.4 percent in the UK, and ordinary workers are being hit hardest. Housing, water and fuel costs have

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Today, former Iran hostages will reunite. Here’s more about their time as captives.
On Jan. 20, 1981, the nation welcomed home 52 Americans who had been held hostage for over a year in Iran. Today, some of the former hostages will take part in a reunion held at the location of their initial homecoming.
On Nov. 4, 1979, US citizens were taken hostage in the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Early hostage release
A few weeks after the building was overtaken, 13 of the hostages were released.
The US military attempted a rescue operation on April 24, 1980.
Backstory to the crisis
1950’s US-backed maneuver fostered the group’s anti-American sentiment.
Another move made by the Carter administration heightened US-Iranian tensions.
United States puts pressure on Iran
President Carter make steps to pressure Iran for the hostages’ release.The militants demanded that the United States apologize for the overthrow of Iran’s democratically-elected leader.
Americans follow the crisis at home
Ted Koppel‘s Nightline, long-running network TV show was created for the purpose of delivering updates on the crisis.Yellow Ribbon symbol had some Americans adopted to show support for the hostages.
Crisis draws to a close
Algiers Accords in Algeria was the name of the agreement signed on Jan. 19, 1981 that led to the freedom of the hostages.
Hostages return home
On Jan 27, 1981 the hostages freed from captivity in Iran. The day the hostages were released was historic in the US for another reason.


The drugs were discovered Thursday at a home in the 9700 block of Fairbanks North Houston, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies executing an arrest warrant said they immediately smelled marijuana upon entering the home. During a search of the residence, they discovered approximately 7 pounds of marijuana, 3.2 pounds of cocaine, 1.5 grams of methamphetamine, an assault rifle and various scales.
A woman who was inside the home was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana. She's been identified as 23-year-old Ricarda Carolina Nino-Munoz.
The person who is at center of the arrest warrant was not at the house and remains at-large.


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There are lots of ways to beat the heat wave that’s got Vancouver feeling a lot like Southern California right now. You can take a dip at the city’s beaches and pools, cool off with some award-winning gelato or hike up to the North Shore mountains – still snow-capped after a record-breaking winter.
But, if you’re like me, there’s only one tried-and-true way to stay cool on a hot afternoon: an ice cold beer on the patio.
Luckily, Vancouver now officially boasts some of the best beer in Canada, according to the results of the Canadian Brewing Awards in June, the biggest, baddest brewing competition in the country.
Taking home Brewery of the Year honours was none other than Surrey’s Central City Brewing, which beat out nearly 100 breweries from across the country for the prestigious title. This year’s awards featured a total of 559 beers from 96 breweries, competing for beer glory in 37 different categories.
So where can you taste these prize-winning suds? And which of Central City’s beers goes best with a balmy summer day?
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The fusion of echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (rearrangement-positive NSCLC. improved standard of living weighed against cytotoxic chemotherapy.4,5 The discovery of mutations as well as the 17-AAG efficacy of EGFR TKIs in chosen patients thus opened a fresh era of personalized treatment for NSCLC. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is normally a receptor tyrosine kinase whose gene was discovered within Cd247 a subset of people with anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. A reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 2 and 5 obvious in such sufferers6 was discovered to bring about the forming of a fusion gene composed of the 5 part of the nucleophosmin gene as well as the 3 part of encoding the kinase domains.7 In 2007, a fusion gene formed by as well as the echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (fusion oncogene comes from a little inversion inside the brief arm of chromosome 2 that joins the 5 area of (encoding the NH2-terminal part of EML4, 17-AAG including its coiled-coil domains) towards the 3 area of (encoding the COOH-terminal part of ALK, like the tyrosine-kinase domains). It is available in multiple variations that encode the same intracellular tyrosine-kinase domains of ALK but different truncations of EML4.11,12 The most frequent variants are variant 1 (detected in 33% of sufferers), where exon 13 of is fused to exon 20 17-AAG of (E13;A20), and version 3a/b (detected in 29% of sufferers), where exon 6 of is fused to exon 20 of (E6a/b;A20).12 Two additional rare fusion companions of (tyrosine-kinase receptor-fused gene and kinesin relative 5B) furthermore to are also identified in people with NSCLC. Many of these ALK fusion protein go through ligand-independent dimerization mediated from the coiled-coil site from the fusion partner, leading to constitutive activation from the ALK tyrosine kinase.13,14 Such phosphorylation-mediated activation from the ALK fusion protein leads to activation of downstream signaling pathways C like the JAKCSTAT, MEKCERK, and PI3KCAKT pathways C that donate to oncogenicity.15C17 TKIs that focus on the kinase activity of ALK (ALK TKIs) have already been found to possess pronounced antiproliferative and proapoptotic results in rearrangement-positive NSCLC enrolled through the dose-escalation element, the process was amended 17-AAG to expand the cohort of such individuals in the next part of the Stage I trial. A complete of 149 rearrangement-positive individuals was therefore enrolled, and 143 of the individuals were examined. The individuals received crizotinib orally at 250 mg bet. The target response price (ORR) was 61%, 3rd party old, sex, performance position, or amount of prior treatment regimens, as well as the median PFS was 9.7 months.22 Based on its pronounced clinical activity, crizotinib was approved by the united states Food and Medication Administration (FDA) in August 2011. Inside a following randomized Stage III trial (Profile 1007, “type”:”clinical-trial”,”attrs”:”text message”:”NCT00932893″,”term_identification”:”NCT00932893″NCT00932893), 347 individuals with rearrangement-positive advanced NSCLC who got previously undergone platinum-based chemotherapy had been randomly assigned to get crizotinib (250 mg bet) or regular chemotherapy with either pemetrexed or docetaxel.23 Crizotinib treatment yielded a significantly better ORR (65% versus 20%, rearrangement-positive non-small-cell lung cancer. Abbreviations: ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; Seafood, fluorescence in situ hybridization; bet, double daily; po, dental administration; PFS, progression-free success. Most adverse occasions of crizotinib treatment look like mild (quality one or two 2), with the ones that occur most regularly being visual results, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, throwing up, and peripheral edema. Three caution adverse occasions C interstitial lung disease (ILD), hepatotoxicity, and prolongation from the QT period C have already been determined. Life-threatening or fatal treatment-related ILD was discovered that occurs in 1.6% of individuals.26 It continues to be unclear if the risk factors for EGFR 17-AAG TKI-associated ILD, such as for example male sex, a brief history of smoking cigarettes, and coincidence of interstitial pneumonia, also connect with crizotinib-associated ILD. It really is thus essential that individuals treated with crizotinib become supervised for pulmonary symptoms and radiographic results indicative of ILD, as well as the drug ought to be discontinued instantly on such a analysis. Elevated serum aminotransferase degrees of grade three or four 4 were discovered in ~7% of crizotinib-treated sufferers, with such elevation generally getting asymptomatic and reversible on discontinuation of crizotinib. Although crizotinib-induced hepatotoxicity using a fatal final result continues to be reported in 1% of treated sufferers, regular evaluation of liver organ function, including dimension of aminotransferase and bilirubin amounts, ought to be performed. Systems of crizotinib level of resistance Although treatment with crizotinib includes a pronounced scientific benefit for sufferers with rearrangement-positive NSCLC, such people inevitably develop medication resistance. Several systems of crizotinib level of resistance have been defined to time, including supplementary mutation or copy-number gain of rearrangement-positive and mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Just 30% of situations.
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On the ninth day of Christmas…..ok let’s back up a bit….we mentioned in the first post that we’re kind of doing the 12 days in reverse. So, today we are down to four. Four cakes. Now to make our list, not only did the cake have to look good, but also taste amazing because really that’s what cakes are for. So, here’s are the ones that we remember not only for their looks but for the amazing taste. Now, there is an honorable mention to Abbi & Brian’s delicious cake. Matt hates coffee so it couldn’t make the list, but I wanted to mention it because it was so good!
From Abby & Evan’s Wedding. Abby found a picture of a cake she loved, and asked for a few changes. And not only does it look phenomenal it was so delicious! Cake by About Weddings
From Kristin & Gary’s Wedding. Love the fall theme and simplicity of the look. The fall theme carried through to the pumpkin flavor. Cake by Bellamanse
From Kim & Mike’s Wedding. A beautiful array of cupcakes, each leaf color representing the flavor of the cupcake. Cupcakes by The Couture Cakery

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Kathleen Collins, assistant professor of internal medicine, emphasized the global impact of AIDS yesterday as part of a lecture titled, “HIV and AIDS: The Current Crisis.”
One of the five leading causes of death in the world, AIDS has devastated the lives of more than 36 million people and carries a death toll of more than 20 million people worldwide.
Seventy-five percent of AIDS-related deaths are located in sub-Saharan Africa with one in every three adults in the region being a carrier of the disease.
“Subsistence families are especially hard hit in these areas. In some families both parents have died, and children are forced to leave school to tend their homes,” Collins said.
In addition to lack of proper education about the disease, Collins also noted that the scarcity of funds to buy medicine and treatment in southern African regions have led to an increasing rate of AIDS fatalities.
The discussion focused on the biological process of HIV infection leading to full-blown AIDS.
“Those micro-organisms that at once lived with us peacefully will now work against us,” Collins said, describing the eventual deterioration of the human immune system when exposed to the HIV virus.
Collins will give another lecture Sunday evening titled, “HIV and AIDS: Future Directions.”
The lecture was part of the Life Sciences, Values, and Society Program’s public lecture series which hosts free lectures Sunday evenings 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hutchins Hall in the Law School. Future discussions include “The Science and Politics of Global Warming.”
Moderated by Law Prof. Rebecca Eisenberg, the lecture series aims to give the general public a better understanding of the life sciences and their social implications.

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New Delhi, April 9 -- Traffic chaos, crowds and fan spillover marked the shoot of Saif Ali Khan's Bullet Raja in Lucknow on Sunday. The team was shooting a scene where, Saif, who plays a gangster, was chasing actor Gulshan Grover.
While Saif looked every bit the gangster in a black shirt, jeans, a big red teeka on his forehead and a pistol in his hand, Grover was wearing a suit, running on the roads of the city's posh Hazratganj Market.
Though fans turned up to watch the actors shoot, the traffic jams got to them. "Total chaos as Saif shoots for 'Bullet Raja' on busy streets of Hazratganj. Wonder where's all administration to manage traffic when it must have been a pre informed shoot for sure," tweeted Madhukar Pandey, a fan.

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CHCH - What's Missing? (Part 2)
This post is part 2 in a 3 part series on church attendance. You can go back and read part one by clicking here.
Last week we looked at broad trends in the church across North America. Church attendance isn't what it used to be, or (as I argued) what it should be. But the trends are not just macro-issues that we can ignore; they are very localized as well. Over the past 2 years we have seen a steady decline in church attendance at The Bridge. That’s not the sort of information that a pastor is eager to put out there for critique, but it cannot be ignored or brushed aside as inconsequential. At the same time, the elders and myself have been engaging at an increased intentionality at connecting with churchgoing households through our flocks. And what we have discovered during that time is that the number of people who have “left” the church over that time period (for whatever reason, good or bad) doesn’t even come close to the decline in attendance that the church has experienced. What accounts for it more substantially, is a decline in attendance among those who consider themselves regular attenders. People who would, without hesitation, declare that they were active members of the church family, but whose attendance falls far below what would historically be counted as “regular.”
This has created a number of problems for the church to function as an organization as the shrinking volunteer pool has made filling ministry spots more challenging and has accelerated burnout among those who have stayed involved by placing a larger burden of service upon them to keep things running. It has also had a downward pull on church revenues as those who attend less frequently, give less regularly, which has limited our capacity to keep the same levels of programming going as volunteers drop off. And lastly (and most importantly) we have seen a correlation between spiritual vitality and maturity and regular church engagement. That last one is more anecdotal than the others, but it is nonetheless pronounced.
Well the response to that question is two-fold: First we must ask what we can do as individuals and families, and then second, we must ask what we can do as a church family to deal with this issue. This week on the blog we are going to examine the first of those two questions, and then next week, in our final post, we will examine the second.
As individuals and households, we need to ask ourselves honestly, what priority does church fellowship have in my life? Is it the most important thing in my calendar? Is it among the most important things? Or is it way down the list? I don’t mean to be overly accusatory, but the reality is that for many people it’s pretty far down the list. There are always things that take us away from attending regularly, from work, to family commitments, to recreational pursuits, to vacation and holidays. At any given time, those things can be perfectly legitimate reasons to miss a service, but on the balance of the year, what do your choices say about your priorities?
Now you may discount my opinion here because of what I do for a living, but I need to be honest with you, I feel out of sorts when I don’t attend church. When I’m on holidays and far away from Winnipeg, I look for somewhere to worship on a Sunday morning – it feels wrong when I don’t. When I’m in town and have a rare Sunday off, when I’m not doing anything in the service, I hope you’ve all noticed that I still show up. Church is not about the jobs we do, or the service we render, it’s about gathering with the family of God to worship. That’s something that I need in my life, irrespective of whether I need to be there or not. And I know that many of you feel the same way. This past winter, my son Harry was on a recreational indoor soccer team. It was a great experience for him, but a busy one for our family. Practices were every Wednesday evening, and games were almost every Sunday. And we worked hard to get him to as many games as possible. If the game started in the afternoon, we got out of church as soon as we could and headed across town to whatever venue he was playing at. We even tried to make those obnoxiously early 8:30am games because we knew that we could attend and still make it to church in time for worship. But many of the games happened at the same time as our worship service on Sundays and on those weeks, we made the decision as a family that we were going to make church attendance a priority. Even though there were many opportunities when Joanna wasn’t serving that she could have taken him, I believe that she only missed two services all winter due to Harry’s soccer games, while Harry missed many more games due to church. Why do I tell you this? Because we have made a decision to place my son’s recreational activities below regular church attendance on our list of priorities. Not because soccer is bad, but because church is more important.
What is it in your life that might be more important than church?
That’s really what it comes down to. It’s not a problem to miss a service once in a while because something really special comes up; or to miss a service or two because you are taking a well-deserved vacation. It’s a reality that many of us will miss services because we are forced to work on Sundays, or because we get sick. But look at the balance of the calendar and then ask yourself what your attendance pattern says about what is most important in your life? You might not like what you see. So much as the choice is yours, where does church sit on that list? The hard truth is that we find time for whatever we consider important. What have you found time for in your life at the expense of regular attendance?
I don’t say these things to guilt anyone into coming to church more often, but to exhort you to take seriously the words of Hebrews 10, and make regular participation in the life of the church family a priority, for your own benefit!
But what can the church do to help people make attendance a priority?
That’s the topic for next week’s final installment in this three-part series on church attendance. Check back then to learn what steps we’ve been taking at The Bridge to deal with this issue from an organizational perspective.
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For many in the game – including players’ union FifPro, FIFA itself and a leading brain injuries charity – Spurs’ call on their goalkeeper was “dangerous and irresponsible”.
Tottenham, meanwhile, insisted that they were “totally satisfied” that their player was fit to continue, and that Lloris himself insisted on seeing out the match. Indeed, he made a top save late in the game that ultimately earned his team a point.
While many fans have expressed their disapproval of Tottenham’s attitude, others have pointed out that Lloris – and Spurs – showed exactly the kind of bulldog spirit that supporters complain has disappeared from the modern game.
After all, one of the greatest tales in football history is that of late Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who famously played on after suffering a broken neck during the FA Cup final.
What's all the fuss about Lloris playing on? Nobody said a word when Bert Trautmann played on with a broken neck in the 1956 Cup Final.
— Mr COYS (@whiteshirtjonny) November 4, 2013
Bert Trautmann would literally be spinning in his grave if he could hear all this tosh about Lloris — Sam Carney (@samcarney19) November 4, 2013
Trautmann in 2004
The former German prisoner of war was lauded for his bravery and his commitment to the cause; a commitment that, to many fans, is sadly lacking among the pampered Premier prima donna, who is all too willing to hit the deck in mock agony at the merest whiff of contact.
We also often refer to iconic images of Terry Butcher and Paul Ince playing with gorily-blooded scalps in vital matches for England. They epitomise a bulldog spirit we hark back to whenever England flounder with a whimper.
But it is worth noting that Trautmann’s act of bravery came in 1956. "The past", LP Hartley wrote in his 1953 novel the Go Between, "is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
It is also worth noting that there is a huge difference between a nasty gash – which undoubtedly looks and feels bad – and a concussion, which can have career- or even life-threatening implications if not treated according to medical advice, which is clearly given by FIFA as such: “Any athlete with suspected concussion should be immediately removed from play, urgently assessed medically, should not be left alone and should not drive any motor vehicle.”
Actuarial company Towers Watson estimated that Premier League clubs will pay out £100 million in wages to long-term injured players this season alone. Bearing in mind Spurs are at the upper end of the salary scale, you can expect their contribution to that pool to be higher than the mean amount of £5m.
Some of that will be covered by insurance policies. But would the financial services industry countenance paying out to a club who showed irresponsibility by allowing a player to continue against widely accepted medical advice?
Medical convention, and practical wisdom, are often thrown out of the window in sports though. In a column earlier today, Marcus Foley referred to the NFL’s lawsuit settlement regarding concussed players. A link has been made between repeat concussions and depression, not to mention the generally shorter lifespan of players in certain American football positions. And let’s not start on boxing…
Closer to home, concussions have become more of an issue in rugby union, where the improved pace and strength of players since the dawn of professionalism has, ironically, seen careers at the top level shortened. Impact injuries from the shoulder upwards have seen dozens of Premiership players retire in their 20s; for every Jonny Wilkinson – who is frankly a miracle of modern science – there is a Dan Hipkiss or James Collins, the latter having quit the game at 25 after suffering one head injury too many.
Former Worcester Warriors flanker Collins, now 27 and returning to his studies, was helped by the RFU following his injury, which scuppered his transfer to Sale and - after a year of specialist treatment - would ultimately end his career. But his loss of earnings would be dwarfed by those of France keeper Lloris, who is estimated to earn in a week what Collins would have made in a full year.
Lloris was knocked out by this collision with Romelu Lukaku
What price are football fans prepared to pay for bravery? Should players be allowed to continue if they wish, or should the authorities be able to decide when to fold?
Extreme hypothetical situations are often used to hammer points home, so we will use one: it is 2-2 in the Champions League final as Barcelona face Real Madrid; Lionel Messi takes a crack to the head, losing consciousness momentarily, but wants to continue.
The world’s greatest player is on a hat-trick and is desperate to win the title for his club, who also want to him play on. The referee pulls rank and orders a substitution.
What would you do? Have your say below.
By Reda Maher - on Twitter @Reda_Eurosport
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