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Piotroski Score: A Fundamental-Based Strategy
Every business can be fundamentally analysed on the basis of 9 criteria given by the Piotroski Score. These criteria are explained in the above video, which will help you identify leading stocks.
Every business can be fundamentally analysed on the basis of 9 criteria given by the Piotroski Score. These criteria are explained in the above video, which will help you identify leading stocks.
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The money flow index is a momentum indicator that measures the inflow and outflow of money into security over a specific period of time, in this case, 14 days.
MFI uses a stock's price and volume to measure momentum, it is hence referred to as a volume-weighted RSI.
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A profit and loss account is an account in the organization's books in which incomes and gains are credited and expenses and losses are debited. This shows the net profit or net loss.
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It is one of the most important documents which keeps an eye on the financial health of the company.
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A balance sheet is the statement of the assets, liabilities, and capital of a business or other organization at a particular point in time. It reflects what the company owes and what it owns and how it employs the resources. The balance sheet reflects the financial strength of a company.
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We have tried to explain in this video that after everything looking fine with the company what actually is the problem which is stalling growth. Thus how do we understand what is wrong? Thus let's understand what should be one thing to take into consideration before entering any company.
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There are two different factors of fundamental analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative factors. The qualitative factors are Business Model Competitive Advantage, Management and Corporate Governance, while the quantitative factors are Industry growth Customers Financial Statements and Competition.
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7.4Basic Flow of Metabolism
Metabolism in cells consists of a number of enzymatic reactions that constitute several metabolic pathways. Some of the main pathways are common to many organisms, while others are unique to each (or each biotic group). The basic metabolism flow in cells consists of the following three stages (Fig. 7-3):
(1) Complex materials (which may or may not be high molecular compounds) that function in the living body, such as proteins, polysaccharides and complex lipids, are made of basic units (amino acids, monosaccharides and fatty acids, respectively), and are broken down into these units when degraded. During this process, each metabolic system works independently.
(2) In sugars and lipids, conversion is made between these units and simpler basic metabolites via intermediates.
(3) Basic metabolites are interconverted.
In terms of energy, degradation from complex materials to constitutional units (1) means that free energy change (∆G˚') is negative, and therefore proceeds by simple hydrolysis. However, to synthesize complex materials, energy needs to be added to produce activators (aminoacyl tRNA, sugar nucleotides, acyl-CoA, etc., as shown in Fig. 7-3), and synthesis is performed using the activators. In metabolism, material conversion occurs in both directions in many cases. However, if ∆G˚' of the reaction in one direction is negative, the reverse reaction needs to occur through a different reaction by a different enzyme, in which ∆G˚' of the whole reaction is made negative by coupling the reverse reaction with reactions that have high negative values, such as ATP hydrolysis (―▶▶ in Fig. 7-3). In reactions with negative ∆G˚', two metabolic pathways exist: one involves hydrolysis (―▷ in Fig. 7-3), and the other involves energy being obtained by coupling the reaction with the synthesis of ATP and NADH or other reactions (―▷▷ in Fig. 7-3). Such ATP synthesis is called substrate-level phosphorylation, and is differentiated from that by ATP synthase discussed in Chapter 8. In the metabolism of sugars and fatty acids, energy is derived during the process of their degradation to basic metabolites (2), and is used in the reverse synthetic reactions. If materials are simply reconstructed in this way, the overall amount of energy becomes insufficient. For cellular activities to be sustainable, therefore, it is necessary to obtain energy only by degrading parts of sugars and fatty acids. This is the reason why glycolysis and β-oxidization*2 are generally considered to belong to the energy production system. For heterotrophs such as humans and E. coli to survive, therefore, the inflow of materials positioned toward the top of Figure. 7-3 (i.e., those with high energy content) must occur.
However, these materials are not generated ex nihilo. Phototrophs perform carbon dioxide fixation using solar energy (see the Column on this page), supplying high-energy materials to entire earth ecosystems (see Chapter 8 regarding photosynthesis). Phototrophs are therefore known as primary producers*3. Chemosynthetic bacteria that use energy from sources deep underground inside the earth are also primary producers. In short, life on earth owes its existence to the large energy flow found in the universe.
Here, we briefly discuss nitrogen metabolism. Autotrophs and many bacteria can produce amino acids from ammonia, while animals produce ammonia by breaking it down into amino acids; humans further convert it to urea before discarding it to be recycled by bacteria (see the Column on this page). An overall picture of metabolic pathways (metabolic maps) has been estimated for many organisms for which genome sequencing is complete, and this can be referred to online (see the Column on this page).
β-oxidation: A reaction in which fatty acids are oxidatively degraded, cutting off two-carbon units in succession to produce acetyl-CoA. This occurs mainly in peroxisomes and to a lesser extent in some mitochondria.
Primary producers: The organisms that first obtain carbon sources in ecosystems. These are eaten by herbivores and organisms (predators), which are in turn eaten by carnivores
How the Michaelis-Menten Equation is derived
The substrate concentration dependency of the initial reaction rate is considered using the simple enzymatic reaction mentioned above. When the total concentration of an enzyme is E0,
When a steady state is assumed, the concentration of ES (intermediate) remains unchanged:
d[ES] / dt = k1[S][E] - (k-1 + k2) [ES] = 0
This can be rewritten to:
[S][E] - Km[ES] = 0 (2)
[E] is removed from (1) and (2):
[ES] = E0[S] / ([S] + Km) (3)
(3) is assigned to the equation of the reaction rate (V):
V = k2[ES] = k2E0 / (1 + Km / [S]) = Vmax / (1 + Km / [S])
where Vmax = k2E0. If E (the enzyme) and S (the substrate) are in rapid equilibrium, and k1, k-1 >> k2, Km can be considered as the dissociation constant of the enzyme and the substrate, K = k-1 / k1.
Fixation Cycle of Carbon and Nitrogen
Synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and ammonia - inorganic compounds - is an important reaction that supplies carbon and nitrogen to whole organism. The former (Column Fig. 7-1A) is provided through photosynthesis, and the latter (Column Fig. 7-1B, C) by various organisms. These reactions involve a circulatory reaction cycle in which inorganic compounds and energy (e.g., ATP) are input and organic compounds are output.
Column Fig. 7-1. Fixation systems for carbon and nitrogen
A) is the carbon dioxide fixation cycle of photosynthesis, and B) is the assimilation pathway of ammonia in microorganisms and plants. Both function as new fixation systems for carbon and nitrogen.
C) is the urea cycle, which functions as a pathway that converts ammonia generated in the animal body to urea. In microorganisms and other organisms, however, it functions as a pathway for nitrogen fixation.
RuBP: ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate , PGA: 3-phosphoglycerate , Glu: glutamic acid , Gln: glutamine , 2-OG: 2-oxoglutarate , Arg: arginine
Bioinformatics of Metabolic Pathways
Knowledge of the genome sequence for various organisms enables the estimation of their metabolic pathways. Although various information technologies are necessary to achieve this (such as the estimation of gene regions, estimation of the functions of putative proteins and establishment of a database of known proteins), significant advancement in both computer hardware and software in recent years has made these technologies readily available on the Internet. In Japan, KEEG (the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) is a useful resource, and can be found at http://www.genome.ad.jp/kegg/.

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Results from the PANACEA study, recently presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, have suggested that immunotherapy may help to overcome trastuzumab-resistant breast cancer.
Breast cancer help
"The results of the PANACEA study are very encouraging," stated Dr Sherene Loi, PhD, associate professor at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia, who works with the International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG). "There is a clear need to develop new therapeutic approaches for patients presenting with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer that has become resistant to trastuzumab. A significant amount of preclinical and correlative clinical data suggest that such cases could be amenable to immunotherapy."
The PANACEA study is an international Phase Ib/II study that was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using immunotherapy with pembrolizumab in combination with the standard therapy trastuzumab in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. The study hypothesis is that pembrolizumab can reverse trastuzumab resistance in patients whose cancer is progressing on trastuzumab.
A total of 58 patients were included in the study, which met its primary objective. All tumours in the study cohort were centrally assessed for HER2 positivity, PD-1 ligand (PD-L1) status, and quantity of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs).
"Observations suggest that the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway plays an important role in the trastuzumab resistance that we see in patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, and the PANACEA study provides proof-of principle evidence that PD-1 inhibition like pembrolizumab can help reverse this," added Loi. "Moreover, the quantification of TILs seems to be a meaningful way for us to identify those who would benefit most from an immunotherapeutic approach."


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Pin was designed by MutantMorsels.com and produced by MixedEraMedia.com and signed by Jordan Downey (Creator of Thankskilling).
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Devils' 1-2 punch
McDonald star Rasile joins Poole at 1,000
McDONALD — The legend of Zach Rasile grows by the game.
Last season, as a freshman at McDonald High School, Rasile broke the 20-year-old Ohio High School Athletic Association basketball record for 3-pointers made in a season with 140.
On Tuesday, Rasile entered the game nine points shy of 1,000 for his career. The sophomore guard, who averaged 20.2 points per game last year, has upped his average to a staggering 27.6 this season. He had no problem reaching the milestone, pouring in 28 on the night, as the McDonald Blue Devils beat the Lowellville Rockets, 71-62, Tuesday evening.
"Zach's been working his tail off all year," said Zach's father, McDonald coach Jeff Rasile. "It's definitely not easy being the coach's son, with some of the obstacles he has to face game to game. He really deserves it. We're all so very proud of him."
What makes McDonald's team more impressive is that Rasile's teammate Braedon Poole recently hit the 1,000-point mark as well. Poole had a game high 30 points. He averages 25.4 points per game to form the top scoring duo in the area.
"Our defense could have been better. We picked it up in the end," Poole said. "They came back. But, for the most part, I thought we played a pretty decent, solid game."
Poole scored eigh of McDonald's 19 first-quarter points to help the Blue Devils get out to a 19-9 lead.
With 3:30 left in the second quarter, Rasile nailed a 3 from the left corner to hit the 1,000-point mark. The hometown crowd gave a standing ovation and held signs that read 1,000. That 3 gave McDonald a 29-17 lead.
Lowellville then went on a 11-2 run. A nice lay-up by the Rockets' Jake Rotz made the halftime score, 31-28, McDonald.
"I thought we played pretty well for the most part," Rasile said. "Lowellvillle's a good team. They battled back. We both made our runs. I'm just glad we came out on top."
Poole hit a 3 to give McDonald a 37-30 lead early in the third. Nate Solak answered back with a 3 to make it 37-33. Poole and Rasile were unstoppable as McDonald went on a 10-0 run. The score was, 49-35, Blue Devils at the end of three quarters.
Micah Mamula-Zarlingo kept Lowellville in it with some timely fourth-quarter 3s. When he hit one with 2 minutes left, it cut the deficit to 61-55. Lowellville had to foul to try to stay alive down the stretch. McDonald hit their free throws — going 23-of-25 in the game — and hung on for the victory.
"It was a great game," said coach Rasile. "It wasn't the prettiest, but that's to be expected when two good teams are battling and grinding the whole time. Braedon got in early foul trouble and that hurt us when he had to come to the bench. We have to clean up some things, but I'm happy."
Alex Mamula-Zarlingo led Lowellville with 19 points.
Last year, McDonald finished the regular season 21-1 and ranked first in the AP Division IV state poll for the first time in school history. The Blue Devils, now 16-1, entered Tuesday's contest ranked third in the state poll.


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|Nicole Kidman's Stylist in a Chinese long
dress on Museum of Modern Art at New York
(Source: Yellowstoneart.blogspot.com)
While we're totally looking forward to her performing, everybody will be need a best sparkling.
Nicole Kidman certainly have the voice of an angel as she headed to the Museum of Modern Art at New York, USA on Friday, November 7, 2014.
All we can say is Nicole did it perfectly and she tried to exploring the Chinese historical culture into the high modern aspect of fashion stylist.
Come on! You could've picked something from the unbelievable point with those red long dress by Louis Vuitton. . . . . . .In short, this was a full barreled Technicolor assault on a quarter millennium old set of traditions.
The wild grill belt, a discipline box of small bag and a pair of cute heels have drawn criticism for glorifying what amounted to the indentured servitude of woman.
Please, don't talk to me about her beauty long blonde hair who viewing our natural expectation to be so kind.
So different and so much better from her never ending look. . . . . . . . .We wouldn't stop to loving her, Don't you agree???


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I really like John's post on a practical use of VMware Workstation. He's a developer who has a real need to separate his work environment from his home environment. In addition at some point he may use his system for testing code. A good unbiased look at virtualization for end user computing from a non-virtualization focused IT professional.
Great work John and thanks for sharing.
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Wednesday, November 25
If You Were Coming in the Fall
If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.
If only centuries delayed,
I'd count them on my hand,
Subtracting till my fingers dropped
Into Van Diemen's land.
If certain, when this life was out,
That yours and mine should be,
I'd toss it yonder like a rind,
And taste eternity.
But now, all ignorant of the length
Of time's uncertain wing,
It goads me, like the goblin bee,
That will not state its sting.
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Just think of how wonderful your life will be this time next year. Eden will be here, forever. And your new life together will be happier than ever. ((HUGS))
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Okay - beautiful but broke my heart.
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Your poem is so bittersweet......Happy Thanksgiving, sweet Eden, please hurry home.
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UBC's 1,130-car parkade opens for business on May 15. Details on page 2. UBC re Volume 26, Number 8. April 30, 1980. Published by Information Services, University of B.C., 2075 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5, 228-3131. Jim Banham and judie Sleeves, editors. ISSN 0497-2929. Society elects 7 from UBC Seven UBC faculty members are among 60 distinguished Canadian humanists and scientists who will be inducted June 1 into the Royal Society of Canada, this country's most prestigious academic organization. New fellows of the society's Academy II for the humanities and social sciences are Prof. Stephen Milne of the Department of Political Science, Prof. A. Milton Moore of the economics department and Prof. E.G. Pulleyblank of the Asian studies department. New fellows of Academy III for the sciences are Prof. David Boyd of the Department of Mathematics, Prof. John C. Brown of the Department of Physiology, Prof. Walter Hardy of the physics department and Prof. William G. Wellington, a member of the Department of Plant Science and the Institute of Animal Resource Ecology. Election to fellowship in the Royal Please turn to page 3 See FACULTY Admission bid by Iranians turned back A bid by the five stranded Iranian architecture students from the University of Idaho to be admitted to the University of British Columbia was rejected Tuesday by the admissions committee of the UBC Senate. The five are Mashalah Jalalian, Shahab Kasmai-Tehran, Bizhan Basirat, Mohammad Ghaffari and Marjan Sassanfar. Prof. Robert Smith, chairman of the UBC Senate admissions committee, said that in denying the appeal, the committee was unwilling to consider the applicants as a bloc. The five Iranians entered Canada on April 6 as part of a group of 100 students from the University of Idaho, on an architectural field trip. While they were in Vancouver, President Carter announced changes in the policy toward Iranian nationals with respect to entry to the United States, and the five were refused re- admittance. Fifteen grade 10 students from Hazelton in B.C.'s northern interior were guests of the University April 16-20 as part of UBC's developing accessibility project designed to improve communication with provincial high schools. The Hazel- ton students visited the campus Museum of Anthropology, above, toured several UBC academic departments, swam at UBC's Aquatic Centre and saw a play at a theatre on Granville Island during their stay in Vancouver. For more details on the UBC accessibility project, see story on page 2. Board meets in Prince George UBC will be much in evidence in Prince George early in May when the University stage* a three-day mini open house and the Board of Governors holds its regular May meeting in the central interior city. The mini open house from May 1 to 3 in the Pine Centre shopping mall has been arranged by the UBC Alumni Association. UBC personnel from the Faculties of Forestry, Science and Medicine^ the Library and the UBC Press will man displays, some of which will involve visitor participation. The visit to Prince George by UBC's Board of Governors on May 5 will involve a morning visit and luncheon at New Caledonia Community College, to be followed by a formal Board meeting at the Inn of the North from 2 to 5:30 p.m. All UBC graduates in the Prince George area have been invited to a 6:30 p.m. reception at the Inn of the North, which will be fallowed by a 7:30 p.m. ban* quet. Special guests at the dinner will be 1979-80 student scholarship and athletic award winners and their families. UBC gets strike notice The Association of University and College Employees (AUCE), Local 1, served 72-hour strike notice on the University Tuesday, following rejection by the union membership of a University contract proposal. A union spokesperson said an overflow crowd of about 700 attended a noon-hour meeting in IRC 2 on Tuesday to discuss the UBC offer, which was rejected by a 90-per-cent vote on a show of hands. A motion to vote via secret ballot on the offer was defeated. The union represents more than 1,200 clerical and non-professional library workers at UBC. The University offer, placed before the AUCE negotiating committee on Monday, called for a one-year contract from April 1, 1980, with a general wage increase of 10 per cent. In addition, there would be incremental increases totalling .88 per cent, an extended health benefit payment equalling .05 per cent, and a once- only $100 signing bonus for each AUCE member. The union has asked for 15 per cent in a one-year contract. The UBC offer would have given AUCE salaries ranging from $1,032 a month to $1,795. (See table on page 3.) The union spokesperson said the strike against selected areas of the University could begin as early as 3:40 p.m. Friday. She said the membership had left it up to the strike committee to decide when the strike would start and against what buildings it would be directed. Details on Asian fund awaited The details of a $500,000 fund for UBC's Asian studies program will be announced in Vancouver May 6 when the city is visited by Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, who left Japan today (April 30) for a week-long visit to North America and Mexico. The announcement that Prime Minister Ohira would offer the fund to UBC over a three-year period was made on the eve of his departure on a tour that will take him to the United States, Mexico and Canada for talks aimed at improving bilateral economic and political relations. Although details on the use of the fund remain to be finalized, President Douglas T. Kenny said that the gift was "most generous and underlines the reputation which UBC enjoys as a Pacific Rim university. "We welcome this initiative by the government of Japan, and coming as it does with completion of our Asian Centre in view, indicates the high level of interest among our Pacific neighbors in the overall UBC Asian studies program," the president said. A detailed announcement regarding the UBC fund will be made at a dinner in Vancouver's Hyatt Regency Hotel on May 6. It will be jointly hosted by Prime Minister Ohira and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The Japanese prime minister will leave Vancouver for Tokyo on May 7. Work on Stage II of UBC's Asian Centre adjacent to the Nitobe Memorial Garden in the northwest section of the campus is expected to be complete in October. The centre will house UBC's Department of Asian Studies, the Institute for Asian Research and the University's 250,000-volume Asian Studies Library, currently housed in the Main Library. UBCreports oage 2 UBC's new parkade opens for business May 15 UBC's first multi-storey parkade capable of handling 1,130 cars will open for business May 15. Until that date, faculty and staff employed in the Health Sciences Centre, including the Woodward Library and the Library Processing Centre, will have priority in purchasing stickers entitling them to uk the building. Any rental spaces remaining on and after May 15 will be sold on a Erst-come, first-served basis to other faculty and staff tacmbett. The annual cost of renting a parking spot in the new parkade will be f 128, payable in two instalments of $64 each, Traffic and security director Al Hutchinson said parkade rates are significantly below those charged for similar space in downtown Vancouver lots and similar to those charged for covered parking at other Vancouver hospitals. UBCs vice-president for administrative services, Chuck Connaghan, told UBC Reports that rising demand for faculty and staff parking on the northern sector of the campus will probably mean construction of a second parkade in that area in the near future with a similar parking-fee structure. Holders of parking stickers for the Health Sciences Centre parkade will get something of a financial break in 1980-81. Their stickers will be valid from May 15 to Aug. 31, 1981. Those who buy space in the parkade will get a special sticker for their car as well as a specially- punched "key" card that will automatically lift a barrier when inserted in a machine at the entrance. The parkade stickers will also be valid for other campus faculty and staff lots. Visitors using the parkade for casual parking will get a ticket from a "spitter" machine at the entrance and will pay when they leave. Casual parking rates are 75 cents for the first two hours and 25 cents for each additional hour up to a maximum of $2.00. Hutchinson stated that the present temporary parking areas in the southeast section of campus will revert back to grass areas or roadways. The status of the existing surface parking is under review by the Traffic and Parking Committee, he said. ; The parkade exit will be manned from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. throughout the week. Overnight parking will also be available between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. for a fee of 75 cents, which users will deposit in ticket machines at the parkade entrance. Senate approves statement on exam availability Senate at its April 23 meeting approved a Calendar statement that gives students the right of access to marked final examination papers, to take effect with the 1980-81 school year. The statement replaces item six of the current "Rules governing formal examinations" on page 16 of the 1980- 81 Calendar, and reads as follows: "A final examination becomes the property of the University and must remain in the possession of the University until destroyed or otherwise disposed of. No later than one month from receipt of end of session results a student may make written application to the Department Head, Director or Dean, who will make every effort to arrange for the student to view her or his marked final examination paper(s) with the course instructor or designate. The purpose of this exercise is purely pedagogic and distinct from the Review of Assigned Standing." • * • Senate also approved the restructuring of the Faculty of Education into university departments, in line with one of the recommendations of the President's Review Committee Report on the faculty which was completed a year ago. Following is a list of the new departments, as presented to Senate by the faculty: 1. A department comprising the present Departments of Educational Psychology and Special Education, to be called The Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education. 2. A department comprising the present Departments of Educational Foundations and Social Studies Education, to be called The Department of Social and Educational Studies. 3. A department comprising the present Departments of English Education, Reading Education and Modern Languages Education, to be called The Department of Language Education. 4. A department comprising the present Departments of Mathematics Education and Science Education, to be called The Department of Mathematics and Science Education. 5. A department comprising the present Departments of Art Education and Music Education, to be called The Department of Visual and Performing Arts in Education. 6. A department comprising the Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction, and the present Departments of Communications Media and Technology, School Librarianship, Early Childhood Education, Home Economics Education, Business Education and Industrial Education, to be called The Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies. 7. A department comprising the present Department of Counselling Psychology, to be called The Department of Counselling Psychology. In the same motion, Senate approved the faculty's proposal that: "The School of Physical Education and Recreation will function in part, and under arrangements still to be worked out, as a department of the Faculty and the present Department of Physical Education (Teacher Preparation) will be amalgamated with it. "For the time being, the existing Departments of Adult Education, Higher Education and Educational Administration will be affiliated in a unit that will have quasi-departmental status within the Faculty. "The above names may be subject to revision when regular, as opposed to Acting, Heads are appointed." In the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration the words "Dean's Honour List" will be placed on a student's transcript if an average of 80 per cent or better has been achieved in the program of an academic year of at least 12 units in the first year or 15 units in second, third or fourth years. In addition, the words "with Honours" will be put on the transcript, degree certificate and degree parchment of students graduating with the B. Com. degree if the student's average over the 36.0 units of the third and fourth years is 80 per cent or better. This recommendation by the commerce and business administration faculty was approved by Senate at its April meeting. * * * Also approved by Senate was the Calendar entry and first-year course listing for a revised four-year program leading to the Bachelor of Recreation Education degree. In its rationale for the changes, which include the deletion of three units of physical education courses and the addition of 4.5 units of "leisure studies" courses, the School of Physical Education and Recreation said the new curriculum is intended to provide a professional education for recreation students, with the emphasis on theory and research. Coal unit bids to be opened May 8 A new laboratory centre for coal and mineral processing — the only such facility in Canada — will be built at UBC this year. Construction bids on the project will be opened May 8, and an end-of- year completion date is anticipated for the three-storey, 20,000-square-foot structure. The new laboratory will meet the needs of teaching and research in coal preparation and mineral processing, Access project launched UBC's accessibility project, launched last year to improve communication between the University and B.C. high schools, is now well launched, according to Dick Shirran, director of the campus Student Counselling and Resources Centre. In addition to an expanded information program, the accessibility project includes a pilot project to be carried out in five B.C. high schools with the aim of determining why some students elect to enrol at university, while others do not. The project began last summer wheji counsellors, principals and parents from the five pilot-project schools met UBC officials on campus for a workshop to discuss the factors restricting accessibility to higher education and steps that could be taken to limit their influence. As a result of the discussions, it was decided to give priority to awarding $750 bursaries to seven students from the pilot-project schools, improving the quality and amount of information about UBC in all high schools, including more information about employment and careers arising from university training, and the initiation of visits to the University for grade 10 students from each of the pilot-project schools. Over the winter, UBC's admissions guide, published by the Registrar's Office, was upgraded and a new publication entitled "Info UBC" has been prepared for distribution to B.C. high schools and colleges. The latter publication, which will be available to potential students in counselling offices, includes a copy of the UBC Calendar as well as a description in non-technical language of study opportunities in each of the University's faculties, departments, schools and institutes. The Info UBC material is contained in a large looseleaf binder, which will be updated from time to time with new material about UBC. Also available to high schools and colleges are a general film about university life, entitled "A University is...", produced in the past year by the Department of Information Services, and videotapes on specific programs, including forestry, agriculture and mining engineering. Now in the planning stage is a conference for all high school and regional college counsellors, which will be held sometime in the coming year, Mr. Shirran said. The five-year accessibility program will cost an estimated $159,000. In addition, the University will add $250,000 over the next five years to UBC bursary funds, bringing to $450,000 the amount available annually to aid low-income students or to supplement financial awards made by the B.C. Student Assistance Program of the provincial government. and will also be available for cooperative research with the Canadian mineral industry. Prof. George Poling, head of the Department of Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering at UBC, said coal is becoming an increasingly important source of energy and hydrocarbon chemicals, and that traditional uses of western Canadian coal for making coke are also expanding rapidly. "Preparation plants are necessary since coal cannot be utilized directly as it comes out of a mine," Dr. Poling said. "Impurities such as mineral matter and water must be removed to utilize our coal resources efficiently and with a minimal environmental impact." Dr. Poling said his department graduates about 10 engineers a year, and he would like to see this number rise to at least 20, possibly 30. "Establishment of this new centre will give our students a third option, that of coal preparation engineering," he said, "to go with mining engineering and mineral process engineering, and it will provide better facilities for students in mineral processing." Dr. Poling said candidates for a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in mining and mineral processing spend three years in the department, after a year of science and a year of general engineering. "Coal preparation and mineral processing are both crucially important to B.C. and to Canada," Dr. Poling said, "and the jobs are there for the graduates. Coal and mineral processing engineers from UBC will serve the mining industry and society better because of this new facility." The new centre will be located just off the southwest corner of the Forward Building for metallurgy and mining on the campus. UBCreports pageS Health Service to move The Student Health Service will move to more modern quarters on the main floor of the new Walter Koerner Acute Care Unit during the first two weeks in June. Present facilities in the west wing of the Wesbrook Building will be vacated by the health service May 31 although emergency services will be provided there until the new facility is opened June 16. Student Health Service provides outpatient health services for students, including any problem a family doctor would deal with. This includes counselling; and help with such problems as headaches and injuries. In addition to medical and nursing care and investigation of any health problems arising in students, the health service also provides various immunization procedures. The new quarters will allow more privacy for students in the reception area, noted Nursing Supervisor Kathleen Boyle, because there is more space available. Furnishings at the student waiting area in the new unit are being pro- New film ready for screening A 20-minute, 16mm film, "A University Is...", produced by UBC Information Services, is now available for free screenings to groups, schools, professional organizations and other public audiences. The film, which was shot on the UBC campus over the past year, explains the traditional role of a university and shows how the functions of teaching, research and service are carried out by professors and students. "The film's message, not its locale, is what is important," said Brant Ducey, director of Information Services. "We feel its approach is universal and that it could be used by other universities. We hope that it will prove popular with off-campus audience* such as clubs, libraries, professional groups, alumni and schools, particularly at the high-school level." The film is available on campus from Information Services and from the Space and Audio-Visual Services library. Arrangements are being made for off-campus distribution through a film distribution agency. FACULTY Continued from page 1 Society recognizes excellence in the field of study of each of those honored. » « » Ms. Joan Staniszkis, assistant professor of Home Economics, was inducted in March into the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts at a ceremony in Ottawa marking the 100th anniversary of the academy. The academy confers membership on people already distinguished and well known in the field of art, architecture and design. Its charter encourages good design and "promotion and support of education leading to the production of beautiful and excellent work." Ms. Staniszkis is widely known as a weaver and creator of tapestries which have been commissioned by business firms, churches, embassies and hospitals in Canada and abroad. She has exhibited her work in major displays in Canada, the United States and Europe. « * * Paul Jeyakumar, who last week took up a post as accountant for the UBC Press after working for several years in the Bookstore, was a silver medal winner in the 1978-79 exams of the Canadian Certified General Accountants' Association. vided by the Alumni Association. The University Health Service Hospital will also move from the Wesbrook Building to the new acute care unit, but not at the same time as the health service. The 26-bed health service hospital will share the Family Practice Unit beds when the acute care hospital opens. Facilities in the Wesbrook Building vacated by the University Health Service Hospital and the Student Health Service will be taken over by the Departments of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, and the medical microbiology division. Roads close UBC's Traffic and Security Department announced late Tuesday the closure of 16th Avenue from East Mall to the 16th Avenue Extension; and the 16th Avenue Extension from Marine Drive to West Mall for the month of May. Traffic and security director Al Hutchinson said the provincial highways department informed the department late Tuesday of the closure, which takes effect today (April 30) until approximately May 30. The closure is part of a construction program to straighten and improve 16th Avenue and Marine Drive. New logo* now available A new visual identification mark or "logo" has been approved by UBC Administration for use in employment advertising and brochures and booklets directed to the public. The logo is made up of the letters UBC and the traditional UBC crest surrounded by bold lines in the outline of a shield. Use of the letters UBC ensures clear and instant recognition by viewers, while the crest maintains established University tradition. Visual symbols should be memorable, recognizable and appropriate, and should serve to give a familiar continuity to printed materials destined for the general public. The symbol does not preclude the traditional uses of the University's crest. Rather it offers another option for visual identification, particularly when printed material may be competing with other materials for the reader's attention. Faculties or departments interested in using the logo can obtain the necessary artwork from Gary Taylor of Copy and Duplicating. Information Services can provide guidelines and suggestions for the use of the symbol. Those faculties or departments wishing to use the symbol in display advertising should have their advertising placed through the Department of Employee Relations. UBC's offer to AUCE The table below sets out the monthly pay rates proposed by the University in its negotiations with the Association of University and College Employees. The University also proposed a once-only, $100 signing bonus for each member of the union over and above the figures shown below. April 1, 1980 - Monthly (10%) Pay Grade Step 1 Step 2 Start 1 year $ $ I 1032 1056 Step 3 2 years $ 1079 Step 4 3 years $ 1103 Step 5 4 years $ 1126 Step 6 5 years $ 1150 I Intermediate 1079 1103 1126 1150 1174 1197 II 1126 1150 1174 1197 1221 1244 II Intermediate 1174 1197 1221 1244 1267 1291 III 1244 1267 1291 1315 1339 1362 III Intermediate 1291 1315 1339 1362 1385 1409 IV 1362 1385 1409 1432 1459 1484 V 1459 1484 1510 1536 1562 1587 VI 1562 1587 1614 1640 1665 1692 VII 1665 1692 1717 1744 1769 1795 Dr. Heath B. "Pete" Chamberlain, editor of UBC's prestigious journal Pacific Affairs, holds commemorative issue of the publication dedicated to Prof. William L. Holland, right, who served as its editor for almost a quarter of a century. Pacific Affairs first made its appearance in the late 1920s and was published by the Institute of Pacific Relations until the early 1960s, when Prof. Holland came to UBC to head the Department of Asian Studies, bringing the journal with him. Friday set as cutoff date A tip of tke hat to those members of the faculty, staff and student body who have to promptly and lolly completed and returned the readership survey of UBC Reports distributed earlier this tionnaires. So if yours has been buried in a pile of paper somewhere on your desk, dig it out today, complete it (it will only take a couple of minutes) and pop it in It's still not too late for your completed questionnaire to be included in the survey, which is designed to help the editors produce a newspaper that meets the needs of all members of the University community. We've set Friday (Mav 2) as the cutoff date for receiving ques- We promise you that a full report on the results of the survey will appear in a future edition of UBC Reports when we've had a chance to analyse the returns. The questionnaire was tent to all members of the support staff and a selected list of faculty i hers and students. OBCalendar UBC CALENDAR DEADLINES Events in the week of: May 11 to May 17 Deadline is 5 p.m. May 1 May 18 to May 24 Deadline is 5 p.m. May 8 Send notices to Information Services, 6328 Memorial Road (Old Administration Building), Campus. For further information call 228-3131. MONDAY, MAY 5 12 noon CANCER RESEARCH SEMINAR. Dr. J.W. Hopewell, Oxford University, on Dose Fractionation Studies in a Large Animal Model: A Biological Basis for Re-appraisal of the Nominal Standard Dose in Radio Therapy. Lecture Theatre, B.C. Cancer Research Centre, 601 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver. 12:30 p.m. RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting for Worship (UBC campus worship group). Room 1024, Scarfe Building. For more information, contact R. Crosby, 228-5735. 4:00 p.m. BIOCHEMICAL DISCUSSION GROUP SEMINAR. Dr. Cort Saunders, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, on Poly A Metabolism in S. cerevisiae. Lecture Hall 3, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre. TUESDAY, MAY 6 1:30 p.m. VIDEO PREVIEWS. The Centre for Human Settlements Audio-Visual Viewing Library screens The Club of Rome, a new program from the collection, followed by requests from the catalogue. Faculty are invited to preview the collection and tour the new viewing facilities. Room 313, Library Processing Building. 2:30 p.m. CHEMISTRY SEMINAR. Prof. Orville L. Chapman, Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, on A Model for Pheromone Perception in Certain Lepidoptera. Room 124, Chemistry Building. 3:30 p.m, PHARMACOLOGY SEMINAR. Dr. Seymour Heisler, Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, on Stimulus-Enzyme-Secretion- Coupling in Exocrine Pancreas: Role of Protein Carboxyl Methylation. Room 114, Block C, Medical Sciences Building. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 9:30 a.m. RETURN TO LEARNING. A one-day orientation program offered by the Women's Resources Centre, Centre for Continuing Education, for women thinking of re-entering UBC next fall. The day begins at the Women's Resources Centre downtown, 1144 Robson St., then continues on UBC campus. Co-sponsored by the Women Students' Office. $3. Information: 228-2181, local 218. 10:00 a.m. SPECIAL SEMINAR. Dr. Charles A. Laszlo, Division of Health Systems, UBC, on Appropriate Technology for Health Care. Room 1210, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building. 12:30 p.m. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE MEMORIAL PARTY PLANNING MEETING. Lounge, Graduate Centre. Would-be participants may call 224-3722. 8:00 p.m. The Centre for Continuing Education presents a two-evening dialogue and discussion with Dr. David Bohm, Theoretical Physics, University of London; Dr. Michael Ovenden, Astronomy, UBC; and Dr. David Shainberg, psychiatrist, author, and former Dean of Psychoanalytic Medicine, Post-Graduate Centre for Mental Health, New York City, on Can Human Consciousness Be Transformed? Lecture Hall 2, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre. $5 for both sessions (today and tomorrow); $3 for single session. Information: 228-2181, local 261. THURSDAY, MAY 8 9:00 a.m. MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS. Dr. Maurice Victor, Neurology, Case-Western Reserve Univer- * sity, Cleveland, Ohio, on Disorders of Memory and Their Anatomical Basis. "B" Lecture Hall, Vancouver General Hospital. 3:00 p.m. SPECIAL SEMINAR. Dr. Michael Toll, Memorial University of Newfoundland, on Some Recent Biomedical Engineering Activities at Memorial University. Room 1210, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building. 3:30 p.m. MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR. Vikram Misra, Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, on Cell-cycle Dependent Viruses. Lecture Hall 3, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre. 8:00 p.m. The Centre for Continuing Education presents a dialogue and discussion with Dr. David Bohm, Theoretical Physics, University of London; Dr. Michael Ovenden, Astronomy, UBC; and Dr. David Shainberg, psychiatrist, author, and former Dean of Psychoanalytic Medicine, Post-Graduate Center for Mental Health, New York City, on Can Human Consciousness Be Transformed? See Wednesday listing for ticket prices. Lecture Hall 2, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre. More than 500 persons involved in water sports and training programs in B.C. are participating in the 1980 B.C. Aquatic Workshop, which opened Saturday (April 26) in UBC's Aquatic Centre and continues until May 11. The 1980 workshop offers 34 courses and clinics on water safety, canoeing and small craft safety, pool operation, lifesaving and water res- FRIDAY, MAY 9 12:30 p.m. ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR. Dr. Merrilee H. Salmon, University of Arizona, on Explanation, Thick Description, and Laws. Room 207, Anthropology & Sociology Building. 1:00 p.m. MEDICAL GENETICS SEMINAR. Dr. Michael Vincer on Canavans Disease. 4th floor Conference Room, Health Centre for Children, Vancouver General Hospital. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Reception and orientation programs are just getting underway and people are needed who can spare a little time to meet new students arriving from overseas; provide temporary accommodation; and man the reception booth at the International Airport for a brief period of time from Aug. 13 to Sept. 12. Call 228-5021 for further information. ALPINE GARDEN DAYS The Alpine Garden, a component of UBC's Botanical Garden, will hold three open days May 8,9, and 11, when curator Jim McPhail and members of the Friends of the Garden will be on hand to give tours and answer questions about this unique 2 V£ -acre development, which will be at the peak of its blooming season. Tour hours are 1 to 4 p.m. The Alpine Garden is located adjacent to the west side of Thunderbird Stadium and parking is available in the lot north of Stadium Road on the south side of Thunderbird Stadium. 1980 SUMMER SPORT PROGRAMS An expanded program of sports activities will be offered in the summer of 1980 by the School of Physical Education and Recreation. For further information on any of the activities listed below, call 228-3688. BASKETBALL - for grade 10, 11 and 12 girls. May 19-June 30. $40. FENCING - for girls and boys aged 12-18. Session for 12-to- 15-year-olds July 7-11; for 16-18-year-olds July 14-18. $40. GYMNASTICS — for boys and girls aged 6 and up. June SO-July 11. $50. ICE HOCKEY - for males aged 7 to adult. Day school July 21-Aug. 29 for ages 7-13. $75; Evening school Aug. 18-29 for ages 11-16. $45; Resident school July 5-Aug. 23 for ages 8-17. $195; Adult program July 8-Aug. 28. $65; Coaches program July 7-Aug. 27. $55. SOCCER - for boys and girls aged 7-17. June 2S-Aug. 1. $25. SPORT CAMP - for boys and girls 7-14. Two-week sessions from June 30-Aug. 8. $40. VOLLEYBALL - for boys and girls 10-14. July 14-16. $35. All the above activities will be held at the Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre, the Osborne Centre and adjacent playing fields on Thunderbird Boulevard. cue, SCUBA diving and underwater hockey. Nestor Korchinsky of UBC's School of Physical Education and Recreation is chairman of the 1980 organizing committee of the workshop, which is sponsored by the provincial government's recreation and fitness branch. NITOBE GARDEN HOURS Until Thanksgiving: Open daily from 10:00 a.m. to half an hour before sunset. WOODWARD SNACK BAR The snack bar in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre will be closed from June 2 through June 13 for renovations and maintenance. COMPUTER LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS The Computer Science Programs division of the Centre for Continuing Education will sponsor a number of intensive, one-week workshops in May and June for individuals competent in one computer language who wish to acquire another. For information on any of the workshops listed below, call 228-2181, locals 276 or 278. Programming in PASCAL — two sections May 26-30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and May 15-July 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. $140 plus $15 lab fee. So You Want to Know COBOL - June 9-13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $130 plus $25 lab fee. PL 1 as a Second Lanugage — June 16-20. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $130 plus $20 lab fee. SNOBOL as a Text-Oriented Language - June 23-27. $130 plus $20 lab fee. All workshops will be held in the lecture facilities and computer terminals lab of the Computer Science Building. MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY An exhibit of Chinese Children's Art: Selections from Luda Municipality, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China, continues at the museum until Aug. 24, 1980. Museum, 6393 Northwest Marine Dr. Beginning May 1 through August, the museum's hours will be 12 noon to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and 12 noon to 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. It is closed Mondays. FINAL ORAL EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Listed below are scheduled final examinations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University. Unless otherwise noted, all examinations are held in the Faculty of Graduate Studies Examination Room, General Services Administration Building. Monday, May 5, 10:30 a.m.: MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA ALAM, Interdisciplinary Studies (Economics, Political Science, Sociology): Problems of Size-Tenure Structure in Bangladesh Agriculture and Prospects of a Land Reform Program in Developing the Rural Economy of the Country. Tuesday, May 6, 2 p.m.: ANN DYBIKOWSKI, French: Fragmentation in the Middle Novels of Claude Simon (From Le Vent to Histoire). Thursday, May 8, 10 a.m.: DOUW GERBRAND STEYN, Geography: Turbulence, Diffusion and the Daytime Mixed Layer Depth Over a Coastal City. I* Third Troisitrne 2027 Vancouver, B.C. The Librarian, Collections Division, Special Main Library, CAMPUS
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A new draft of the CSKT water compact has been posted to the Compact Commission Website for public review. The ComCom website says that the abstracts and appendices are still being revised.
Last week we posted notice of upcoming meetings schedules by the the compact commission to publicly discuss the new compact ahead of their vote to move it forward to the legislature:
January 9 – Ronan Performing Arts Center – 35885 Round Butte Road, Ronan MT (2 meetings) Public meeting for on-Reservation irrigators, 4 pm Public meeting on revised Compact, 7 pm
January 10 – Hilton Garden Inn Kalispell – 1840 Highway 93 South, Kalispell MT, Public meeting on revised Compact 9 am
January 12 – Great Northern Hotel – 835 Great Northern Blvd., Helena MT, Full Commission meeting to approve revised Compact 7 pm
For anyone keeping track, this means that the public will have less than five days to review the compact and appendices ahead of their planned vote to move it forward to the legislature.


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Canelo Alvarez should be banned for life, writes Barry McGuigan
Former world champion and current media personality Barry McGuigan has called for Saul "Canelo" Alvarez 49-1-2 (34) to be banned for life after testing positive to clenbuteral in two drug tests conducted in February this year.
The positive test results resulted in the cancellation of the May 5 rematch between the 27-year-old Mexican superstar and unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin 37-0-1 (33) that was scheduled to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Cinco De Mayo.
Alvarez will appear before the Nevada State Athletic commission (NSAC) on Wednesday to explain his test results.
McGuigan, who held the WBA featherweight champion in the mid-1980s and went by the nickname "The Clones Cyclone", wrote in the United Kingdom's The Mirror:
"My own view is that any fighter testing positive for substances of this kind, in this case Clenbuterol, should be banned for life.
"We are not talking cycling or athletics here. In boxing, augmented physical performance can be fatal. Someone could be killed by the enhanced power of an opponent.
"Alvarez has denied responsibility. He says he ate contaminated meat, an excuse used before in his native Mexico. I take my hat off to the Commission for waving off that explanation and imposing a temporary suspension.
"That should harden after the hearing. The usual punishment is a ban of between nine months to two years. One year is standard, reducing to six months with good behaviour.
"In my view only a zero tolerance approach will work, but boxing is a business and Alvarez sells an awful lot of tickets and pay-per-view hits."
Alvarez has stood firm that the test results came back positive due to eating contaminated meat. On April 3 he bit the bullet and withdrew from the rematch, but still needs to front NSAC to determine his punishment.
Speaking on a conference call at the time, Alvarez had this to say about his situation: "I have always been a clean fighter and I always will be a clean fighter. I want to prove without a doubt that I have never intentionally ingested clenbuterol. I have nothing to hide and I want to be open and transparent through this process. I have never taken illegal substances and this is no different."
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Which made me realize something (aside from the first phrase insinuating but not stating that the short stories won awards).
I am an award-winning essayist, an award-winning poet, and an award-winning short story writer. But that gives me no special authority to tell you squat about writing. I've gotten – and eagerly absorbed – a lot of writing advice. Some of it works for me. Some hasn't. Some I've simply not tried yet. Some "exercises" have left me cold even though they sounded wonderful, others that had seemed stupid left me sweating and spent after a mad rush of prose flowed onto the keyboard. It doesn't matter who gave the advice or lessons so much as the content therein.
I think this is a generalizable thing. Credentials aren't a guarantee of quality, even though we treat them that way. I'm not sure how we could replace them, even in something more empirical than writing, let alone in the arts.
In the meantime, I will take in the content, and use what works and discard the rest. I urge you to do the same.
(This blog post was written by an award-winning author!!!!!1!11!!)


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Kathmandu, Sep 15 (PTI): Around 50 calves of one-horned rhinoceros from Nepal's Chitwan National Park might have swept across the Indian border in the recent monsoon floods.
Severe flooding has devastated communities and destroyed crops in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
"Around 50 calves of rhino are born every year, and that many calves along with their mothers might have been washed away in the disaster," CNP's Chief Conservation Officer Ram Chandra Kandel.
Three rhinos were killed in the flooding, he said.
Chitwan National Park is the largest rhino conservation centre of park of Nepal.
So far eight rhinos that were swept away in the disaster were rescued and returned to the CNP, he said.
The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has proposed a rhinoceros count next year, breaking the regular routine of conducting a rhino census in every four years. Last time the count was conducted in 2015.
A rhinos, which was washed in the calamity, is stranded in Narasahi in Nawalparasi and another one is at Tribeni with its calf.
The rhinos were swept away by the extensive floods triggered by the incessant rainfall in August. Most of the rhinos were rescued from the Indian area are adult rhinos.
According to the park employees, the rhinos in the park are in a chaotic condition as they were washed away from their habitat to new places by the floods.
Even the rescued rhinos are feeble and in a emaciated condition as they went without food and post-disaster trauma for nearly three weeks.
Chief Conservation Officer Kandel said that they were proposing to hold a rhino census in 2018 for determining the exact rhino population in the park after the flooding.
As per the 2015 rhino census, the number of rhinos in the park was 605. Eight rhinos were shifted to Bardia and five to Shuklaphanta wildlife reserves in the western Nepal from the CNP in the subsequent years.
The park is also planning to hold a tiger census to ascertain the tiger population as they were also washed away by the flood. Hundreds of herbivores, including wild boars, deer and spotted deer among others were also killed in the recent floods.


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LABOUR MEP EMER Costello believes her strong record of representing Dublin will help ensure she retains her European Parliament seat in May's elections, and says her party has helped to stop the worst of austerity.
As the only candidate going forward for the Labour nomination in the capital, Costello will be looking to ensure the party retains the seat she took over from Pronsias de Rossa in 2012.
Costello, a former councillor and lord mayor of Dublin, believes she has a "good chance" of doing so despite polls indicating otherwise.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, she said Labour had helped to stop the kind of austerity experienced in other troubled eurozone nations.
"If you wanted the kind of austerity that they had in Greece and Cyprus, if you had a single-party Fine Gael government, that's the kind of austerity that you would have had," she said. "But we did actually manage to mitigate the worst."
While Labour, hovering at around 10 per cent in the polls, is facing an uphill task across the country to hold on to many of its councillors, Costello believes its strength in Dublin will help her cause.
"I would make the point that the Labour Party is quite strong in Dublin," she said. "We have the largest number of TDs and we have a good cohort of councillors in Dublin who are all very active and all working."
'Journalists' eyes glaze over'
She admits that her profile is not as big as it could or should be, but believes responsibility for that partly lies with the media and its lack of coverage of European politics.
"You look at Oireachtas Report that goes out every night, and the TDs complain it goes out very late. European Parliament Report goes out at midnight on Sunday….
"I find it very hard to talk to journalists without their eyes glazing over cause European issues can be a bit more difficult to understand. So I think there is a challenge for me there.
With the Fine Gael candidate – likely to be junior minister Brian Hayes – set to take one of the three seats in Dublin it will be a battle between Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, Labour, the Socialists, and a possible high-profile independent for the two other seats.
Youth guarantee
Costello would not be drawn on her opponents, particularly Sinn Féin's Lynn Boylan or the Socialist Party incumbent Paul Murphy, both of whom are likely to attack the junior coalition partner from the left.
"I can't determine and I can't control who is going to be in the field. What I have to do is concentrate on what my strengths are… that's really what I am going to be looking at," she said.
Costello cites among her work in Europe the funding commitments she helped secure towards the Youth Guarantee – an initiative aimed at ensuring young people are in work or in training and which the EU has committed some €6 billion to over the coming years.
"There should be about €120 million coming forward for Ireland over the next two years, specifically for youth unemployment initiatives," she said. "That's not an insignificant amount of money. Is it enough? It's never enough. We had to work with what was possible."
Emer Costello on…
Whether she will remain an MEP for five years if elected:
"Oh absolutely, I am a committed European! I am going to be there for the five years, I am not interested in running for the Dáil."
The challenge facing Labour:
"There is certainly a challenge there but I think there is a challenge for all candidates in the elections. All I can say to you is I am ready to take on that challenge, I am ready to tell my story."
What Labour has achieved in government:
"The Troika came in here in 2010 and reduced the minimum wage, the first thing the Labour Party did in government was reverse that cut in the minimum wage… and Ireland was the only country of the four programme countries that you can say: 'We reversed that'.
"Labour has managed to mitigate the worst impact of the Troika. We haven't lost in industrial relations and fair play to Brendan Howlin, he actually did manage to steer through Haddington Road.
"I think that the Labour Party has a huge challenge to tell that story and to say: 'Look it, we didn't cause the crisis and we mitigated it.'"
On a possible vote pact with Fine Gael:
"I really think that that is way too premature. There has been no discussion about that, good bad or indifferent."
On former Labour colleague and now independent MEP Nessa Childers:
"Nessa's office is two doors down from my office… I have good relations with Nessa. What Nessa will do, Nessa will do."
On people who have left Labour:
"I was sorry to see some of them leave and I am disappointed to see them leave. From my own perspective, I am a team player, we had a democratic vote to go into government.We knew all along that it was going to be a difficult decision, but we did decide to go into government because we felt that people in the country would generally be better off if Labour was there than if they weren't there.
Other candidates currently in the running for the European elections in Dublin include either Mary Fitzpatrick, Tiernan Brady or Geraldine Feeney for Fianna Fáil, Lynn Boylan for Sinn Féin, Paul Murphy for the Socialist Party, Eamon Ryan for the Green Party, and Brid Smith for People Before Profit.
TheJournal.ie intends to speak to all European Parliament candidates in the capital and elsewhere in the country before May's elections.
'Our dream team': Here are the Green Party candidates for the European elections
Follow our European elections coverage here >


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They have always called Dr. Mahamudu Bawumiah a liar. The running mate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) does not speak without getting ministers of state and government communicators busy in their vain attempts to discredit him.
Sometimes President John Dramani Mahama replies him.
Time, however, often vindicates Dr. Bawumiah, the economist and former deputy governor of Ghana's Central Bank.
When he started warning us about the mismanagement of our economy, government officials called him a liar. Like a well-rehearsed sunday school memory verse, they told us about their "prudent" economic management and that our economy was very "resilient."
They forgot that Jesus Christ said over 2000 years ago that a healthy man does not need a physician.
It turned out not to be so. The economy was in coma. We had to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout and fiscal discipline (I'm not sure if it's fiscal discipline we went for. I remember it is something about policy credibility). Today when people complain of unpaid salaries, stalled projects and other important capital expenditure that have not been attended to, they are reminded of IMF conditionalities that do not permit government to overspend or do other such things. In all of this they forget to apologise to Dr. Bawumiah.
On March 24, 2015, Dr. Bawumiah delivered a lecture at the Central University College titled, "The IMF Bailout: Will The Anchor Hold?" Some young men and women who cannot define economics or manage a pure water joint tore him into shreds. In March 2014, he had delivered a similar lecture on "Restoring the value of the cedi." The downpour of criticisms laced with insults expectantly fell from all angles.
I remember Mahama Ayariga wondering why Joy FM decided to air the programme live and asked if any such lecture by the government or a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would be given the same prominence. Indeed, it was not long when their own man got the opportunity. It was Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, Ghana's longest serving finance minister. On June 3, 2014, Dr Botchwey spoke on the same platform Dr. Bawumiah had spoken. To the disappointment of the devotees of his party, he endorsed what Dr. Bawumiah had said. 'I offer no rebuttals. I do agree with much of what he said," he told his audience.
To the disappointment of the devotees of his party, he endorsed what Dr. Bawumiah had said. 'I offer no rebuttals. I do agree with much of what he said," he told his audience.
Dr. Bawumiah also spoke about the power crisis and was widely condemned by government communicators for peddling falsehood. When he delivered that lecture in March, he made it clear why the nation was suffering a power crisis. Hear him:
"Mr. Chairman, the untold story about the erratic gas supply from Nigeria is that Ghana owes Nigeria Gas US$100 million. Nigeria Gas is therefore dragging its feet with regards to the supply of Gas while this amount is unpaid. Ultimately, the dumsor problem is more of a financial problem than a technical one."
Again, he was called names and had insults hurled at him from various angles. There were official and unofficial responses. Seven months later, President Mahama sent a delegation of beggars to Nigeria with a bagful of knee pads to go and beg Nigeria Gas and the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company Limited. The two companies had given Ghana a 24-hour ultimatum to pay our debt or have gas supply to us cut. That would have dealt a monumental blow to our already deplorable power situation. The gas suppliers had indicated that several meetings and interventions by government officials, including President Mahama, had not yielded any results, and that all they wanted was their money. The "high powered delegation" was not on a negotiating mission. They were on a begging mission. Simple!
So had Dr. Bawumiah lied?
I have a feeling that if our government had listened to people like Dr. Bawumiah and Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, and disciplined itself against reckless spending and corruption, there would not have been the need to run to the IMF.
The recent turn of events in our economy and begging mission to Nigeria is like a group of children in a compound house whose greed killed their mother. When co-tenants of the house sensed danger, the children lied that their mother was asleep. With time, however, the stench of the dead body exposed them. If the economy was resilient why did we go to the IMF? If our energy crisis was not a money problem, why did we send a delegation of knee-padded beggars to Nigeria? Why?
Anyway, that did not stop President Mahama from hitting his chest and telling party supporters on his recent tours that he had promised to end the power crisis and he would do it.
His power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor infuriated some people when he retorted last Tuesday in an interview with a Kumasi-based radio station, ASH FM. He was asked when the power crisis would be over since the president and his appointees had been saying it would be over soon. His reply was, "If President Mahama says dumsor will be over very soon, why don't you ask him? Am I his spokesman?"
I was surprised when people felt offended and took Dr. Kwabena Donkor on. The man was only being truthful. He had no idea. His answers to some other questions in that interview even showed that he did not have a full idea of the impending danger from Nigeria. But do we blame him?
He was his somewhere when the President called him to come and head a new ministry that was an after-thought of the administration. In November 2014, President Mahama created the ministry of power and placed Dr. Kwabena Donkor there. The creation of the Ministry of Power meant more expenditure on the minister's cars, salary and allowances for him and his staff etc. We were not told how the separation of the Ministry of Power from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum was going to solve the problem. We were not told that the government had voted enough money to turn around the power sector. We were only given a minister.
If that minister therefore says we should go and ask Mahama when the power crisis or "dumsor" would end, I think he is only being very truthful. Only his boss can tell us.
I have come to liken our president's window-dressing of our nation's challenges to a man who erected a curved pole and, upon looking at the shadow of the pole, he realized that it had the same crooked shape of the original pole. In order to get it straight he decided to straighten the shadow, instead of the pole. That is a genius of a president we have.
We have not heard much about what transpired in the meeting our delegation of beggars had with the gas authorities in Nigeria. We were only told Ghana had paid $10million of the over $180million we owed the gas companies in Nigeria. The companies have suspended their decision to cut gas supply.
While defending Dr. Kwabena Donkor's outbursts, President Mahama told party supporters in the Eastern Region on Saturday that he would end the dumsor problem by the end of this year. That is not new. He started promising to end it in 2012. At the Presidential Debate by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) prior to the 2012 elections, President Mahama said:
"I have said that, as President, by the end of the first year of my term in office, load shedding will be a thing of the past."
One thing about propaganda is that it can win an election, but it cannot govern. The President is almost completing his third year, and the crisis he was talking about in 2012 has worsened. But I think we can believe him now because he is expecting the emergency power barges from Turkey.
It is important to note that this is not a permanent solution to our power crisis. If the power barges were the solution, we wouldn't be enduring the current hardship because the President John Agyekum Kufuor administration also imported power barges. But they are important. They are enough to make us forget our woes by the next election, which is the President's priority now.
For three years, we endured the crisis. For three years, we lost jobs. Businesses folded up. In the fourth year, the election year, we have light.
"I told you I would fix the dumsor problem and I have done it," he would tell a packed rally amidst loud cheers. "As I speak today, we have light 24/7" more cheers. It is enough to win him another term.
I liken the president's supposed solution to the power crisis to a man who boasted about his sexual prowess and got a beautiful woman to marry. It was in the marriage that the woman discovered that he could not perform. After one assurance of a better show tomorrow after another, the woman was one day so frustrated that while he was mounting, she told him, "I am about to sleep. When you are done, wake me up to wear my pantie."
It continued to a point the woman could not take it any longer and therefore gave a four-month ultimatum that the man should fix his problem or that would have consequences for the marriage. For his solution, the man decided to import Viagra from Turkey. The potent herbs arrived in the fourth month. After months of denial, the woman enjoyed good sex and felt satisfied. She forgot about all the agony she had endured.
But one thing worried her. She knew the power that had made her husband a real man was not a permanent solution to his weakness.
If you were the woman, what would you do?
Well, I cannot guess for you. But I can bet my two precious balls on the fact that the average Ghanaian voter will forget about the hardships for the past three years and the impermanence of our solution. That is the reason our politicians take us for granted. This reminds me of what a very important Ghanaian said three centuries ago.
He said "Ghanaians have a very short memory." The owner of these words was and still is the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama.
How right he was!
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Type IV pili (T4aP) are ubiquitous microbial appendages used for adherence, twitching motility, DNA uptake, and electron transfer. Many of these functions depend on dynamic assembly and disassembly of the pilus by a megadalton-sized, cell envelope-spanning protein complex located at the poles of rod-shaped bacteria.
This paper (now entitled "The type IVa pilus machinery is recruited to sites of future cell division") has been published in MBio.