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For outbound pharma M&A, Indian companies would keep scouting for niche assets where they can get access to technology capabilities (India-based Dr Reddy's Labs acquiring Netherlands-based OctoPlus), and marketing and distribution set up (India-based Cipla buying 51 percent stake in South Africa-based Cipla Medpro, a distributor of former's products in South Africa and its neighboring countries). As far as inbound M&A is concerned, regulatory challenges on FDI in pharma, recent price control policy which caps the prices of 348 essential medicines and patent issues of "evergreening" and "compulsory licensing" may slow down the deal activities until there is clarity on these issues.
MNCs have shown great interest in the Indian medical devices market through JVs (R&D, technical innovations and marketing) or setting up of subsidiaries. Global giants like Phillips, GE Healthcare, and Siemens have made acquisitions in India in the mid-to-low end product segment to gain market share and also to provide products in multiple price range. For instance, Philips India acquired Meditronix and Alpha X-ray, 2 X-ray and imaging products manufacturing companies in India to cater to the mid-segment price point. Similarly, US-based Midmark Corp acquired stake in Janak Healthcare, an India-based manufacturer of hospital beds and medical furniture.
Foreign private equity firms have also shown interest in investing in Indian medical device companies for a significant minority or even a controlling stake. A very recent example is of Goldman Sachs Private Equity investing $20 million in India-based BPL Medical Technologies for a 49 percent stake.
Indian healthcare market is poised to witness increased deal activity going forward as Indian players try to gain access to foreign markets and consolidate their positions at home. At the same time, foreign companies enter India to exploit the vast potential of this high-growth market. Along with buyouts, MNCs would continue to look at tapping the Indian market through alliances (out licensing, marketing rights etc.) and joint ventures.
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If I had to pick when I was in middle school – I would definitely say I was the wimpy kid instead of the popular kid. I guess it's a little different because I'm a girl, but nonetheless, I would fall to the wimp side. But, they say that angst in middle school makes you a better writer. I guess some good had to come of always getting picked last in gym class. I suppose it's all that pent-up emotion waiting to get out!
Anyhow…. In preparation for the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, take this Trivia Tuesday quiz and see where you rank. Even if you haven't read the books – enjoy for kicks and giggles.
- From Book #1. What is Greg's little brother's nickname for him?
- From Book #2. What did Greg wrap himself in to keep warm while hiding out in the bathroom to avoid swim team practice?
- From Book #2. When Greg's parents went away overnight, and left Rodrick and Greg in charge of the house, what did Rodrick do?
- From Book #3. When Greg didn't have any clean underwear because he had to do laundry, what did he do?
- From Book #4. What happened to Greg's mom on the way back from Slipslide Water Park?
BONUS: Exactly how many pages does each Diary of a Wimpy Kid book have?
Leave your answers in the Comments, and check back next week for the answers, and to see where you rank. These will be the standings:
Wicked Wimp Winner! (4 or more right)
Sort-Of Wimpy. (3 right)
Not Really a Wimp. (2 or less right)
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By Tiernan Ray
Following up on CNBC's report earlier today that Carl Icahn has proposed a tender offer to buy 1.1 billion shares of Dell (DELL) at $14, the channel's Scott Wapner this afternoon reports having spoken by phone with Icahn, and obtaining from him the following comment:
Despite Dell's own dire projections, the company's own consultant, BCG, which they neglected to mention in their last report, stated that in the most conservative case, that Dell would make operating income of $3.3 billion in the calendar year 2014.
Wapner adds that Icahn went on to remark that
After the tender offer, if everybody tenders, there will be 670 million shares left, which will earn pre-tax $3.72 a share. Don't you think that stock will be worth more than $14?
Wapner adds that sources he's spoken to indicate that the "major bank" Icahn claims will provide him with $1.6 billion of the necessary funding is Jefferies & Co.
Dell shares are up 7 cents, or half a percent, at $13.48.


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 201, August 4, 2000
Newsletter News
The focus of the newsletter will always be on user issues (see the "mission statement" at the top of this newsletter), and we'll keep it informal.
For now, the platform specific emphasis will remain the T3E, but we'll be including J90 and O3000 articles as well. By necessity, our focus will be on ARSC platforms, but we value our non-ARSC readers, highly!
The newsletter is driven by readership: if you have anything to report, send us items, ideas, URLs, and (of course) "Quick-Tips." We don't promise to use everything, but we'll review every submission and suggestion carefully. Details of papers/events/conferences you are involved with, or simply find useful in your work, are always welcome.
We've made another change (besides the obvious formatting tweaks).
Finally entering the '90s, we've adopted a mailing list manager (majordomo) to handle subscriptions and the bi-weekly mailing. You shouldn't notice any changes (except in the mail headers), but please bear with us as we work out the kinks, and let us know of problems.
Origin 3000: Exciting Times Ahead
Plans are also being made for the next ARSC SGI Users Group meeting. UAF folks with SGI specific topics that they'd like to discuss with other campus users and SGI people should contact Liam Forbes ( firstname.lastname@example.com ) and/or Bob Huebert ( email@example.com ). The O3000 is one proposed focus for the next meeting. Information and SGI literature will be available.
Unified Parallel C (UPC)
This Tuesday, Tarek gave a talk here on UPC, the Computational Science Department, and other activities at GMU. Slides from his talk are available by request from Guy Robinson, firstname.lastname@example.com . ]]
The Unified Parallel C (UPC) is a parallel extension of ANSI C based on the distributed shared memory (DSM) programming model. UPC, through its shared data declarations, allows the programmers to specify how shared array data are decomposed over threads. Furthermore, UPC allows programmers to exploit memory locality and minimize remote memory accesses by using work sharing constructs specifying that each thread processes its local part of the shared data.
UPC allows the programmer to intervene in the memory consistency model by choosing the mode under which memory accesses happen. This can be done at the statement, multiple statements, or program level, allowing the programmer to decide which parts of the code could benefit from access re-ordering optimizations. Thus, UPC maintains the heritage of C in making programmers close to and in control of the hardware.
Among the other advanced features are non-blocking barriers, shared pointers, and shared memory allocation.
In spite of its power, UPC maintains the simplicity, conciseness and efficiency of C. A matrix multiplication example , C = A x B, is given at the end of this article. It clearly shows how UPC is simple and very C-like. It also demonstrates how memory locality can be exploited. In the example, the A and C matrices are block distributed row-wise, while the B matrix is block distributed by column chunks. The upc_forall states that statements that contain array A elements will be processed by the threads that have those elements locally in that thread.
The UPC effort is led by the IDA Center for Computing Sciences in collaboration with University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, George Mason University, and the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center. Vendors show significant interest and many vendors played an active part in the first UPC developers workshop held at IDA last May. Representatives for Compaq, Cray, Sun, SGI, and HP were present and many have UPC in their plans. There is currently an open source UPC compiler for the Cray T3E/T3D, and Compaq has recently announced its UPC compiler for the Alpha clusters. For more information on UPC or to join the discussion lists, visit:
// UPC Matrix multiplication Example // a(N, P) is multiplied by b(P, M). Result is stored in c(N, M) // In this example, a is distributed by rows while b is distributed by columns. // We do use the upc_forall construct in this example #include<upc.h> #include<upc_strict.h> #define N 4 #define P 4 #define M 4 shared [N*P /THREADS] int a[N][P] , c[N][M]; shared int b[P][M] ; void main(void) { int i,j,l; upc_barrier(); // Arrays initialization by thread 0 if(MYTHREAD==0) { for (i=0;i<N;i++) for(j=0;j<P;j++) a[i][j] = i * j ; for (i=0;i<P;i++) for(j=0;j<M;j++) b[i][j] = i * N +j ; } upc_barrier(); // all threads perform matrix multiplication upc_forall(i=0;i<N;i++;&a[i][0]) // &a[i][0] specifies that this iteration will be executed by the thread that has affinity to // element a[i][0] for (j=0; j<M; j++) { c[i][j] = 0; for(l=0; l< P; l++) c[i][j] +=a[i][l]*b[l][j]; } // thread 0 displays results if(MYTHREAD==0) { printf("\n\n"); for(i=0;i<N;i++) for(j=0;j<M;j++) printf("c[%d][%d]=%d\n",i,j,c[i][j]); } }To compile this program for 8 threads, type:
upc -O2 -fthreads-8 multiplication.c -o multiplicationTo run it, type:
./multiplicationFor more information on UPC, please, visit the UPC home page:
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When: 1:00 September 13 through noon September 15, 2000 Where: Room 109, Butrovich Building, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska Speakers: Andrew Adams (NLANR) Michael Lambert (NLANR) Phil Dykstra (WareOnEarth Communications) Registration: http://www.arsc.edu/pubs/NLANR/Registration.html
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Time and date: Wednesday, August 9, 2pm Location: 109 Butrovich Titles: o Mapping Footprints of Slotted Waveguide Antennas o Adventures in Fortran and Fairbanks o Rectenna Model Study o Digitgizing Museum Artifacts o Adding Menu Functionality to the "Body Language User Interface"Refreshments will be served. For more information on these presentations and ARSC internships, in general, contact the Program Manager, Betty Studebaker, at: email@example.com, or: 907-474-6307.
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|Not very rich in vitamins or even fiber, cucumbers are a throwaway salad ingredient, but you can keep them around for helping puffy eyes. For that satisfying crunch, add chopped raw zucchini. One cup has 35% of your vitamin C, 5% of your fiber and is a good source of vitamin B6 and omega-3s.
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|Delicious but unnecessary, a half cup of croutons can add almost 100 calories to your healthy salad. Use slivered almonds or chopped walnuts as a salad topping instead.
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|Greener types of lettuce like red leaf have more nutritional value, but to really get your vitamins' worth, opt for raw spinach. You'll get about 20% of your recommended folate plus vitamin C and potassium.
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|Great for taste, onions don't do a whole lot for the body compared to other possible salad ingredients, but if you really like that taste, spring onions and scallions offer fewer calories and much more nutrient-wise, including vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin K, folate and iron.
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|Sure, cheese can be a good source of protein, but to get that creamy texture and richness without the saturated fat and cholesterol, try sliced avocado.
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|There's nothing unhealthy about green beans but they're no superfood. Trade a cup of green beans (44 calories) with a cup broccoli (20 calories), and you'll get an ingredient that has fewer carbs, a lower glycemic index and good anti-inflammatory properties. Even peas are a better source of fiber and protein.
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June 2011 — GAO's Comments on the Latest Round of Recipient Reporting
- Transportation Infrastructure:
- What GAO Found
- What GAO Did
- Water Infrastructure:
- What GAO Found
- What GAO Did
For the latest round of recipient reporting, GAO looked at two areas: transportation infrastructure funding at the Department of Transportation, and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Transportation Infrastructure
What GAO Found
Analysis of Recipient Reporting Data Shows Data Quality Remains Relatively Stable
GAO focused its review on the quality of data reported by transportation grant recipients and efforts made by FHWA to validate that data. Using transportation recipient data from the seventh reporting period, ending March 31, 2011, GAO continued to check for errors or potential problems by repeating analyses and edit checks reported in previous reports. GAO reviewed data associated with 12,443 transportation recipient reports posted on Recovery.gov for the seventh reporting quarter.
GAO found few inconsistencies and was generally satisfied with the stability of the data quality. Additionally, GAO's analysis of the data showed a decrease of 759 recipient reports, or about a 5.7 percent drop from the previous quarter. Likewise, the total number of FTEs reported also decreased over the past two reporting quarters. In the most recent quarter which ended March 31, 2011, for example, the percentage of prime recipients of highway funds reporting any FTEs dropped from approximately 51 percent to approximately 39 percent. DOT officials said that the decreases in the number of recipients reporting any FTEs is likely due to several factors, including projects being completed or functionally complete and awaiting financial closeout. DOT officials noted that decreases in FTEs could also be due to such factors as a winter shutdown of projects in colder climates. GAO also observed a variety of patterns in the quarterly reporting of FTEs, including consecutive quarters of no FTE reporting. For example, for the 2010 calendar year, approximately 13.5 percent of the highway recipients and approximately 16.7 percent of the transit recipients that filed reports each quarter did not report any FTEs during the year. According to DOT officials, several additional factors that could extend reporting during periods of low job activity include projects awaiting final invoice from contractors, projects delayed in litigation, or recipients' withholding of final payments to cover periods of maintenance guarantees. They also noted that projects need to be considered on an individual basis and that recipients may use Recovery Act funds to purchase materials and use other funding sources to pay for labor.
DOT Continues to Perform Automated Checks to Help Improve Data but Is Not Planning to Use Recipient Reported Data Internally
Each quarter, FHWA performs quality assurance steps on the data that recipients provide to FederalReporting.gov and officials reported that the data quality continues to improve. Based on these reviews and their interactions with recipients, FHWA officials reported that recipients now understand the reporting process and each reporting period has gone better than the previous one. One measure of recipients' understanding of the reporting process is in the number of noncompliant recipients. According to information available on Recovery.gov, the number of DOT-related noncompliant recipients decreased from 37 in the quarter ending September 30, 2010, to 13 in the quarter ending December 31, 2010, but it increased in the most recent quarter to 19 noncompliant recipients. FHWA officials told GAO that they routinely check for noncompliance, notify non-compliant recipients of the projects that have not been reported, and follow up with non-compliant recipients to obtain corrective action plans and ensure that errors are corrected and subsequent reports are filed on time.
As in previous quarters, FHWA performed a number of automated checks to help ensure data quality of highway and rail recipients' Recovery Act data. To support recipients' data quality, FHWA asks recipients of highway and rail Recovery Act funds to report each month into FHWA's RADS system. FHWA officials conduct two data verification steps in RADS to assess the quality of data submitted by recipients, including automated data verification and validation reports.
- The automated data verification tests occur when state departments of transportation upload monthly data into RADS. If a record does not satisfy one of FHWA's data verification rules, the state department of transportation is provided with a brief message listing the record and what data check failed. Data cannot be uploaded into RADS until the state department of transportation corrects the error. Examples of data verification rules include rules such as the federal project numbers must be entered without dashes or parentheses, and total cost estimates cannot be less than total Recovery Act estimates for the particular project.
- The data validation report highlights projects or awards that fail certain verification rules, such as whether the federal project number is in FHWA's Financial Management Information System, but not in RADS. FHWA also applies data checks based on assumptions about expenditures reported and FTEs reported.
- The data validation report highlights projects or awards that fail certain verification rules, such as whether the federal project number is in FHWA's Financial Management Information System, but not in RADS. FHWA also applies data checks based on assumptions about expenditures reported and FTEs reported.
FHWA officials reported they also check data quality for nearly 70 data field each quarter by comparing the data in each recipient report against the corresponding RADS data. According to FHWA guidance, data that does not correspond to the recipient report is flagged for comment and review. Specifically, RADS runs automated quality checks to ensure that data provided by states into RADS match what the states are providing to FederalReporting.gov. If inconsistencies are found, FHWA representatives work with state transportation officials to resolve discrepancies by requiring states to amend or justify state-reported data. Some state transportation officials told GAO that the number of errors detected in their reports decreased as the reporting system was refined and guidance issued.
Finally, according to DOT officials, recipient reported FTE data provide increased transparency on the use of transportation program funds, but DOT does not plan to use recipient reported data internally for a variety of reasons. For example, recipient reported data are only valid on a quarterly basis and cannot be used for monthly or cumulative analysis. In addition, agency officials told GAO that they prefer to use RADS data for most internal analysis because the RADS data are reported monthly and are more detailed than the recipient reported data.
What GAO DidBack to top
The recipient reporting section of this report responds to the Recovery Act's mandate that GAO comment on the estimates of jobs created or retained by direct recipients of Recovery Act funds. For GAO's review of the seventh submission of recipient reports, covering the period January 1 � March 31, 2011, GAO continued its monitoring of errors or potential problems by repeating many of the analyses and edit checks reported in GAO's 6 prior reviews covering the period from February 2009 through December 31, 2010. To examine how the quality of jobs data reported by recipients of Recovery Act transportation funds has changed over time, GAO compared the 7 quarters of recipient reporting data that were publicly available at Recovery.gov on April 30, 2011. GAO performed edit checks and other analyses on the transportation recipient report data which included matching DOT-provided funding data from the Financial Management Information System with recipient reported funding data and reviewing FTE reporting patterns. GAO's match showed a high degree of agreement between DOT recipient funding information and the information reported by recipients directly to FederalReporting.gov.
GAO also examined the reliability of recipient reported data and reviewed FHWA's efforts to ensure reliability of the recipient reported data by comparing it with data contained in DOT's Recovery Act Data System. GAO's assessment activities included reviewing documentation of system processes, conducting logic tests for key variables, and assessing data for out-of-range values. GAO reviewed agency documentation for the Recovery Act Data System and FHWA's guidance for validating recipient reported data in that system. GAO also reviewed a February 2010 OIG report assessing the Recovery Act recipient data oversight at DOT and other agencies. In general, GAO considered the data used to be sufficiently reliable for purposes of this report. The results of GAO's FTE analyses are limited to the transportation programs and time periods reviewed and are not generalizable to any other program's FTE reporting.
Water Infrastructure
What GAO foundBack to top
Federal and State Agencies Continue to Oversee the Quality of Recipient Reporting Data, Including Jobs
Officials at EPA and in the nine states have regularly checked the quality of data on Recovery.gov and stated that the quality has remained relatively stable, although GAO identified minor inconsistencies in the FTE data that states reported. Overall, the 50 states reported that the Recovery Act SRF programs funded an increasing number of FTE positions for the quarter ending December 2009 through the quarter ending June 2010, from about 6,000 FTEs to 15,000 FTEs. As projects were completed and funds spent, these FTEs had declined to about 6,000 FTEs for the quarter ending March 2011.
EPA Continued Performing Data Quality Checks and Said Data Quality Is Relatively Stable
According to EPA officials, the overall quality of the states' SRF data on Recovery.gov, which EPA officials have checked each quarter, is stable. The officials said that the states' initial unfamiliarity with a newly developed reporting system has been resolved, the Federalreporting.gov help desk has improved, and guidance issued by OMB has clarified reporting issues over time. During the seventh round of reporting, which ended on March 31, 2011, EPA officials continued to perform data quality checks as they had in previous quarters. Specifically, EPA used data from the agency's grants database, contracts database, and financial management system to compare with recipient-reported data. These systems contain authoritative data for every award made to the states, including the award identification number, award date, award amount, outlays, Treasury Account Symbol codes, and recipient names. According to EPA officials, they use the agency data to ensure that recipient-reported information for a given award corresponds with the information on EPA's official award documents. EPA staff can raise questions about any inconsistent data through the Federalreporting.gov system. State recipients may make appropriate changes to the data through the end of the reporting period, and after public release, during the continuous correction cycle. According to EPA officials, this process has resolved any questions and comments from EPA's reviews.
To facilitate its oversight of state-reported data, EPA required states to use its Clean Water Benefits Reporting (CBR) system and Program Benefits Reporting (PBR) system to report on certain Recovery Act project information, such as the project name, contract date, construction start, Recovery Act funding, jobs created or retained, and project purpose and anticipated benefits. EPA officials said that they do not routinely collect state expenditure data in these systems and that they rely on regional officials to review expenditures reported by the states on Recovery.gov. GAO compared EPA's data on awards and funds drawn down by states with data reported by states on Recovery.gov and found only a few minor inconsistencies in the data.
Similarly, in September 2010, EPA's OIG reported that the Recovery.gov data for EPA's SRF programs contained a low rate of errors. The OIG audited EPA's controls for reviewing recipient-reported data after the second round of reporting, which ended December 31, 2009, comparing EPA data on award type, award number, funding agency code, award agency code, and award amount to state-reported data on Recovery.gov. The OIG report found that EPA's controls helped lower the rate of errors for these key data and recommended some improvements to EPA's process. EPA's Clean and Drinking Water SRF program officials said that they have had few errors in the SRF data in the last three rounds of reporting.
Nine States Checked Quality of Recovery Act Data Quarterly, but Minor FTE Discrepancies Occurred
Officials in the nine states GAO reviewed indicated that the quality of recipient data has remained relatively stable, although GAO found that the states differed in how they reported state agencies' FTE data and did not report some subrecipients' FTE data. Water program officials in these states said that they check the quality of data that are reported on Federalreporting.gov and then Recovery.gov. In addition, officials in Alabama, Connecticut, Maryland, Missouri, and New Mexico said that they examined payroll data submitted by contractors to verify FTE data. In some cases, state officials said that they contact subrecipients for clarification about data that are missing or inconsistent.
In addition to department-level checks, in most of the nine states GAO reviewed, state-level Recovery Office staff checked the data before submitting the information to Federalreporting.gov. In four of the nine states�Alabama, Maryland, Missouri, and New Mexico�Recovery Office staff monitored Recovery Act implementation and performed independent data quality checks of the data reported by state agencies. According to several state officials, this reporting structure provided an additional level of review of state agency data. In Maryland, for example, officials said that their state-level reporting system relieves subrecipients of certain reporting duties. Subrecipients submitted the FTE and payroll information to Maryland's StateStat office, and staff in that office reviewed and validated the data, completed the required federal reports, and submitted them to Federalreporting.gov. Furthermore, for control purposes, only two staff members handled the information. In addition, staff in Nevada's Recovery Office conducted quality checks; however, each state agency then submitted its data directly to the appropriate federal agency. The remaining four states�Connecticut, Michigan, Washington state, and Wyoming�did not have a Recovery Office staff check data quality.
GAO found minor problems with the FTE data that some of the nine states reported. Specifically, (1) states differed in how they reported the FTEs associated with their own program staff�that is, those who conduct document reviews, site inspections, and other key program duties; and (2) three states identified missing or incorrectly reported FTE data on Recovery.gov, and these data have not been corrected. In particular:
- Six of the nine states reported the FTEs for their state employees who were paid with Recovery Act funds, while two states did not. Officials in Maryland and Michigan noted that they did not report all the time their state employees spent on program activities in Federalreporting.gov, although these FTEs were paid for with Recovery Act funds. EPA officials said that they provided states with OMB guidance and that OMB guidance requires states to report FTEs paid for with Recovery Act funds.
- Washington state officials who administer the Clean Water SRF program changed the time frame for reporting FTE data in the third round of reporting, and as a result, missed reporting one quarter of data. During the first two reporting rounds, because some subrecipients were finding it difficult to submit complete FTE data to the state by the state's deadline, staff reported data from two months of the current quarter and one month of the previous quarter. During the third reporting quarter, the state began reporting three months of current data. However, the state received data from a subrecipient after the deadline for reporting and did not correct the data during the correction period. As a result, officials said about 18 FTEs remain unreported. EPA officials told them to keep a record of these FTEs in case there is an opportunity to correct the data.
- Officials in New Mexico did not report a few FTEs for the state's Drinking Water SRF program in the first two rounds of reporting. The officials explained that the revisions were submitted to the state after the reporting period ended and therefore the FTEs were not captured in Recovery.gov.
- Officials in Wyoming identified incorrectly reported FTEs for two quarters. The FTEs were incorrect because the state entered the data for one clean water project for one quarter in the next quarter. As a result, one quarter's data were overstated by a few FTEs, and the other quarter's data were understated by a few FTEs. The state official explained that the data changed after they were initially reported in Recovery.gov and were not updated during the correction period.
As the bulk of Recovery Act funding is spent, EPA officials said that the states were beginning to complete their projects. Officials said that before the next reporting round begins in July 2011, they plan to issue a memorandum to states on how to complete their Recovery Act grants and when to stop reporting to Recovery.gov. During the seventh round of reporting, one state in each program indicated in Recovery.gov that the grant�including all projects that received money from the grant�was complete. EPA officials told GAO that as of early May 2011, 629 clean water and 383 drinking water projects have been completed across all states.
Some state officials charged with coordinating state-level Recovery Act funds also said that they are winding down their activities. In Michigan, for example, the Recovery Office was originally a separate office under the Governor, but has since been moved under the Department of Management and Budget. In Nevada, the Recovery Act Director said that his office will be eliminated at the end of June 2011. At that point, the Department of Administration's centralized grant office will take responsibility for Nevada's remaining Recovery Act efforts. Similarly, officials at the New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment said that their office is currently funded through the Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization Fund through the end of June 2011.
Because of the high-level nature of SRF recipient reporting for Recovery.gov and the availability of information in its own data systems, EPA officials do not anticipate using data from Recovery.gov. The officials said that whereas Recovery.gov summarizes information on many projects at the state level, the data from CBR and PBR are more useful for understanding states' projects than data on Recovery.gov because the internal data are provided by project and include more detail. EPA officials said that by the end of 2011 they plan to use information in these two internal systems to assess anticipated benefits of the Recovery Act SRF program funds. EPA Clean Water officials said that they would perform case studies of completed projects and assess anticipated benefits. Drinking Water officials said that they are considering three major studies, some joint with the Clean Water SRF program. These studies may include assessments of project distributions, green projects' benefits, and subsidy beneficiaries.
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To examine approaches federal agencies and selected states have taken to ensure data quality for jobs reported by Recovery Act recipients, GAO conducted work at both the national and state level. The recipient reporting section of this report responds to the Recovery Act's mandate that GAO comments on the estimates of jobs created or retained by direct recipients of Recovery Act funds. For GAO's national review of the seventh submission of recipient reports, covering the period from January 1, 2011, through March 31, 2011, GAO continued its monitoring of errors or potential problems by repeating many of the analyses and edit checks reported in the six prior reviews covering the period from February 2009 through December 31, 2010. To examine how the quality of jobs data reported by recipients of Clean and Drinking Water SRF grants has changed over time, GAO compared the seven quarters of recipient reporting data that were publicly available at Recovery.gov on April 30, 2011. GAO performed edit checks and other analyses on the Clean and Drinking Water SRF prime recipient reports and compared funding data from EPA with funding amounts reported on the recipient reports. GAO also reviewed documentation and interviewed federal agency officials from EPA who are responsible for ensuring a reasonable degree of quality across their programs' recipient reports.
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Princeton's art museum houses distinguished collections of artworks that span ancient to contemporary art. [Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566-1651. "The Four Evangelists," ca. 1612-1615. Oil on canvas; 179.0 x 227.3 cm., frame: 212.7 x 261.0 cm. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (y1991-41)] Photo: Bruce M. White
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Thanks I cannot wait for the wisdom and order of Euriopean fishery managers to arrive here in the states. I hope it happens in my remaining 20-30 years around here otherwise I will have to wait for fly fishing heaven I suppose.
Gravid fish are legal to take here except on our limited no kill wild salmon and steelhead river section. Probably less than 5% of the fishable waters nation wide are in this category. It may be only 1%-5% of our total rivers that have such regulations.
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Hi Hal,
Until 30th June each angler must return the 1st,3rd,5th etc fish caught." Does this mean every even number fish caught each day ?
Unfortuately not it is over a season I would have settled for a week but /day would give the fish a real chance.
What is a "gravid" fish ?
Full of eggs ready for spawing, they should always go back no question no discussion no doubt.
Thanks for your support .
I applaud their wisdom in these new rules which will undoubtedly help to preserve this historic fishery.
We only have rules such as these on a limited number of blue ribbon trout, atlantic salmon, and steelhead waters in North America.
"Until 30th June each angler must return the 1st,3rd,5th etc fish caught." Does this mean every even number fish caught each day ?
What is a "gravid" fish ?
Good luck with the new rules, perhaps our fishery managers will eventually wake up and adopt stricter rules to conserve our fisheries. Please send some of that rain over here our rivers are very low for this time of the year impacting our salmon and steelhead runs adversely !!
P.S. Sorry for all the questions but it is the nature of my corporate job I am sorry to say.
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New Rules for the Spey 2003
The Spey is slowly dragging itself into new centuary. I know you all practice catch & release and have done for years but this is a new(ish) idea in Scotland. So for next year,
"New Spey Policy 2003"
The following are new OBLIGATORY MINIMUM MEASURES with a target of at least 50% of fish to be released. If not reached in 2003 the Board may apply to Edinburgh for mandatory measures.
Catch & Release
1/ Until 30th June each angler must return the 1st,3rd,5th etc fish caught.
2/ After 30th June all hen salmon & grilse must be released.
3/ Throughout the season all stale or gravid fish must be released.
4/ Escaped farmed salmon must be retained.
1/Where possible anglers should be encouraged to fish with a fly.
2/ Where spinning is allowed only one set of barbless hooks may be used on a lure.
3/ All hooks should be pinched or barbless.
Fishing effort
Where possible the number of hours & rods fished should be limited.
N.B. On 1st October 2002 the Scottish Executive introduced a statutory instrument banning the sale of rod caught salmon & sea trout in Scotland.
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So I went to petsmart today to look at their selection of Dwarf Gouramis (sucked!) but anyway, I was speaking with my husbands friends wife who works there and she said that the Gouramis are very aggressive, especially the pink kissing gouramis. I was told and have read that the Dwarf Gouramis are very docile and shy?? I have yet to read that the dwarfs are aggressive.
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i had some dwarfs at one time time, they were ok as far as temperment goes but would be a little fickle with other gouramis because they claim territories. all in all i won't say they were too bad especially now that i have mbuna tank. i will say that i started out with 7 gouramis and now i have 3, they seem to die off easy and for no reason.
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The only time I've ever seen the dwarfs act aggressively is with just two in a tank. The flip side of that is that I've always seen them try to kill each other with just two in a smallish tank (10 -30 gallons)Go ahead - try to count my Bumblebee Gobies!
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Never seen an aggressive gourami, I don't think a dwarf would be aggressive at all. My kissing isn't. Kissing are semi just because they get big really. They are peaceful to other fish, they will fight amongst each other, best to get about 3-4 at least and I think that helps with keeping the fighting from being so bad.
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Pink kissing gouramis are aggressive and are not dwarf. Blue or three spot are aggressive as well.
I have had dwarf flame gouramis and and pearl gouramis in my 46 gallon. The pearl gouramis are very docile and did not bother anyone. The dwarf flames were terrors to each other and were always chasing each other. There is a definite hierarchy in the tank with them.
It also will very depending on the fish.46g planted tank:
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Also, if you may enjoy fish that chase, you can look into danios, they chase for fun! Yes, I ditto on that, hiding places are needed and room.
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my giant seems to be very mellow, but then again i have had him in my tank for about a day with 5 other gourami's. when i let him out of the bag he sank directly to the bottom and i thought he was dead. but he is fine now. so far so good. the closest of my fish that are aggressive is my golden one, she seems to chase at all of them and nip a bit, but nothing too serious.
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Dwarfs and Bettas
am getting a couple 30gal tanks up after about 15 yrs away from the hobby. I once had a Peacock Eel in a 30gal tank with a gentle Red Oscar and they got along swimmingly... I really want to put an eel in each of my tanks but now I want to consider the colorful Dwarf Gourami and perhapes a male Beta...
My question is (I know the eels are very NON-agressive) but can the dwarfs and a betas co-exist in a tank?
Who can tell?
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|Doors Open
|Live Music by Bradford Reed powered by Pedal Power NYC! Audience members are encouraged to ride stationary bikes to power a musical performance.
|Reception in courtyard courtesy of Red Stripe and Bulleit
Roof and Courtyard
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Hanging on to old habits, hoping for new means, humanity begets change through technology and industry, labor and artistry. A striking program of short films, including Eva Weber's illuminating documentary "Black Out."
Some things are best forgotten, buried, destroyed. The labor system that chews people up and wreaks havoc on the environment, that leaves a working man sleeping in his truck in winter and remarking that others have it worse. Indeed, on the other side of the world, young people, hoping for a better life someday, study in the streets because their entire country has almost no electricity. Still, some things are worth holding on to, saving, celebrating: a farmland's cultural history preserved in handmade furniture, a small town's fallen-out-of-fashion motel. This challenging program (part of Rooftop Films and XO Projects' INDUSTRIANCE ™ series of screenings, discussions, workshops and more) explores the changing landscape in industry, labor, agriculture and architecture, provoking thoughtful and passionate ideas about the way these changes affect individuals around the world.
- Mark Elijah Rosenberg
Bydlo (Patrick Bouchard | Canada | 9 min.)
A mighty ox emerges from the damp earth only to be devoured by the greed and rage of mankind. Inspired by Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," Bouchard brings earth to life, creating a tactile nightmare in which man is his own slave driver.
Sweet Crude Man Camp (Isaac Gale | USA | 11 min.)
A stark and haunting look at some of the realities surrounding the ongoing oil boom in the Bakken region of North Dakota, cold and bleak but intimate and fascinating.
Irish Folk Furniture (Tony Donoghue | USA | 9 min.)
An animated documentary about repair and recycling in rural Ireland, where beautiful objects preserve everyday history.
Dear Valued Guests (Jarred Alterman and Paul Sturtz | USA | 16 min.)
A New Orleans-style voodoo celebration of a previously unsung piece of architecture.
Black Out (Eva Weber | 47 min.)
Rooftop Filmmakers' Fund / Chicken & Egg Grant Recipient. Only one-fifth of Guinea's people have access to electricity, and young people who must work days cannot study at night in the dark, causing a self-perpetuating disaster for the economy. Ironically, it's the gas stations and airports, where dreams of escape are possible, that provide streetlights for students to work by. An evocative documentary about the haves and have-nots for a most elemental commodity: light.
Pedal Power NYC
Pedal Power NYC developed a system of bicycles with generators capable of powering concerts and studio recordings. Harnessing the energy humans create to run all of the electronic equipment needed, PPNYC leverages technology as a medium to augment performances and upend the status quo. This soundsystem blurs the conventional lines between audience and performers, inviting attendees to ride alongside musicians and electrify the entire show. We unite to create amplified artistic experiences, all Powered by Natural Ass.
Bradford Reed
Bradford Reed never fails to entertain and inspire. This Brooklyn, NY based composer, performer and producer fights and tames the idiosyncrasies of the pencilina, an original instrument of his own design and construction. The pencilina is an electric ten stringed collision of the hammer dulcimer, slide guitar, koto and fretless bass with six pickups of varied types. It is struck with sticks, plucked and bowed, giving Reed an incredibly wide sonic palette. Many have enjoyed Reed's frequent street performances and club dates.
In additon to his solo work, Bradford plays the pencilina, drums and keyboards with King Missile III ("Detachable Penis" and "Jesus Was Way Cool") and produced Failure and The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (on Shimmy Disc/Instict Records) as well as Royal Lunch (Important Records). He also played the electric zither in the Blue Man Group's band in their lauded Off-Broadway show, Tubes for 8 years. Reed has appeared with his pencilina on MTV, USA Up All Night, Fox's Sound FX, The Tonight Show and has toured throughout the USA, Asia and Europe. Reed is also featured on Orbitones, Spoon Harps & Bellowphones, Ellipsis Arts' second experimental instruments compilation album which includes music by Tom Waits, Aphex Twin and John Cage.
Bradford Reed's live performance will be powered by Pedal Power NYC, an organization whose mission is to "sustain a celebration of our collective creativity and human energy through remarkable arts programming."


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Real Hero Muay Thai: Thailand vs. Australia This Weekend
- Written by Dave Walsh
This weekend in Australia a newer Muay Thai promotion will be tossing its hat into the ring with Real Hero Muay Thai World Championships 2013: Thailand vs. Australia. The event originates live from Australia and will be aired live on Epicentre.tv this Saturday for $14.95. A full rundown of the event's card can be found on Real Hero Muay Thai's event page.


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Graduation honors for December, 2009 graduates of Hope College have been announced by the Registrar's Office.
Summa Cum Laude honors are awarded to graduates who achieved a minimum cumulative 3.9 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Magna Cum Laude honors are awarded to graduates who achieved a minimum 3.7 grade point average on a 4.00 scale.
Cum Laude honors are awarded to graduates who achieved a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
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Paul Connelly, Lower Waterford, Vt.
Michelle Zeitter, Grand Rapids
Marti Alderink, Zeeland
Ashley Barbieri, Haslett
Rachel Burkhart, Grand Rapids
Meghan Cook, Zeeland
Ryan Davis, Holland
Kelly Dykwell, ByronCenter
Meghan Fore, St. Charles, Ill.
Miriam Head, Ambo, Ethiopia
Holly Johnson, Zeeland
Hailey Moeke, Holland
Amber Nyblad, Casnovia
Elizabeth Orlando, Mt. Prospect, Ill.
Andrew Panaggio, Lima, Peru
Nathan Poel, Jenison
Kent Reschke, Naperville, Ill.
Matthew Rose, Holland
Angela Sweers, Williamston
Emily VanderMeer, Holland
Sarah VanZanten, Hudsonville
Lauren Wright, Chelsea
Lindsey DeVine, Holland
Tiffany Ellis, Holland
Alison Garza, Mundelein, Ill.
Jenna Grove, Wheaton, Ill.
Allison Haan, Lansing, Ill.
Stephanie Knapper, Richland
Julie Kocsis, South Bend, Ind.
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Molly Miller, Dallas, Tex.
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Just wondering if anyone out there actually has all 96 vintage figures. For those of you not keeping score, the POTF card showed 92 figures on the back. Add Yakface, 93. Then add the original Threepio, original Artoo and the Sensorscope Artoo, 96.
At last count, I only have 58 of them, but my next major goal as a collector is to fill in the gaps. Of course, when those gaps include Yakface, Luke Stormtrooper, Han Carbonite and pretty much most of the POTF line then it becomes a slow expensive process.


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By Jerry O'Brien 8-19-13 Proctor, MN
Sunday night August 19th was the much anticipated and postponed American Cancer Society
Relay For Life Race Against Cancer. The event was very successful, though the numbers are not
finalized, the total raised is in the neighborhood of $11,000. This was the sixth year of the Race
Against Cancer and the monies raised for ACS is around $70,000.
With all the rain outs early in the year only six races were held that counted toward the track
point championships and all of them came to a head on this Sunday. Darrell Nelson of
Hermantown, MN pulled off another double championship season winning both the Late Model
and Modified titles. Superior's Scott Lawrence defended his 2012 title winning five of six
features. Danny Vang made his trips east from Brainerd, MN count as he won the Midwest
Modified track championship and Glenn Dammer of Duluth won the Pure Stock crown by a
scant three points. All results are unofficial at this writing. For the official standings see the
Proctor Speedway website.
With 76 cars on hand in the five divisions, there were enough cars in each division for two
heats in each. When qualifying was finished, the first feature to roll onto the speedway was for
the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds.
Chris Bretting got a good jump at the start but a caution flag for a spinning Jori Hughes set the
tone for the event which had five caution flags in the 20 lap race. The second caution flag came
while trying to get in that first lap when Andrew Inman spun collecting four cars. When they
finally got going, it was Dan Kingsley who was in the thick of the points race, got off to a good
start with Vang and Mack Estey in hot pursuit along with Deven VanHouse and Josh Heavirland.
Vang vaulted to second as the top three pulled away from the rest. Jesse Ogston who had started
ninth moved past heavirland into the top five at this point. Caution flag number three flew when
Vang and Kingsley collided in turn three, a hit and spin with Vang charged with the incident.
Unfortunately Vang's car was damaged and he fell from competition. The restart came with ten
laps remaining and Kingsley still in front. VanHouse took to the top shelf and the high side
momentum took him into the lead. Estey and Heavirland were third and fourth while Jake
Gondik moved into the top five. The fourth caution flag necessitated another restart and
Gondik's run came to an end with the fifth caution flag as he got caught up in a first turn incident
with Adam Shinn and Inman. The race went the rest of the way without further incident as the
leaders were slinging around the high side. VanHouse, Kingsley; Estey, Ogston and Heavirland
finished in the top five. Vang's point lead was large enough to survive the DNF and he won the
championship by 11 points over VanHouse.
The WISSOTA Super Stocks were up next and this one did not begin well as pole sitter Andy
Labarge spun in the first turn right in front of the 16 car field. Miraculously everyone missed him
but his chances for another feature win were greatly diminished as he was sent to the tail of the
field. The next try went better and Kevin Burdick popped out of the field on the favored high side
into the lead with Joe Oliver right on his bumper. Andy Grymala, Jim Campbell and Scott
Lawrence in a bunch. Donnie Lofdahl took an unintended trip off turn three bringing out the
second caution flag. On the restart with Burdick and Oliver leading, Lawrence moved upstairs
going into third looking for second but Dan Yrjanson's caution flag stopped that effort
momentarily. At this point only four laps were recorded. The restart saw Lawrence resume his
quest and he moved around Oliver to the lead, a move that was stalled when Lofdahl and
LaBarge went around in turn three. Lawrence restarted at the point, protected the inside in the
first turn then went back to the momentum and pulled away while Burdick was dealing with
Shawn McFadden, Jr who has been on a tear lately. Appearing in the top five in fourth for the
first time was Wayne Stricker who had started 15th and quietly worked his way into contention
Oliver fell to fifth. Lawrence was still strong in the high groove though Burdick showed signs of
inching closer. He could get no nearer than a couple of car lengths as Lawrence won his fifth
feature of the season at the speedway and defended his 2012 crown by McFadden, Burdick and
Oliver who finished in a three way tie for second in the final standings. In the actual feature the
top five were Lawrence, Burdick, Stricker, Oliver and Brian Carl.
Darrell Nelson held a four point lead in the WISSOTA Modified standings entering the final
points race of the season. Jeff Broking and Jody Bellefeuille shared the front row for the 20 lpa
main event and it was Bellefeuille who used the high groove to take the lead at the outset over
Broking, Ryan Aho, Neil Balduc and Brian Mikkonen. Nelson was on the move also working the
outside line. As Bellefeuille extended his lead Broking and Aho moved to the outside. Aho dived
to the inside of Broking in turn one but couldn't make the pass. With no caution flags thus far,
the half way point was quickly reached with the top five the same except for Nelson who won his
battle with Mikkonen and took fifth. Broking moved in on Bellefeuille, found some bite on the
bottom and took over the top spot off turn two. Nelson found himself in the clutches of Kelly
Estey and lost fifth as the white flag appeared. Rick Cannata brought out the only caution flag of
the event spinning on the back stretch setting up a green/white/checkered finish. Broking was
able to hang on for his first feature win of the season at the speedway. Nelson's sixth place finish
coupled with Deven VanHouse's 11th place was enough to give Nelson the title by 13 points.
Nelson also held a slight lead over Kyle Peterlin in the WISSOTA Late Model standings. At
the start of the feature Todd Gehl went for broke and took the lead at the initial green flag ahead
of Aaron Lillo while Nelson surged from seventh into third. The caution flag flew for Cory
Jorgenson. The restart saw Nelson outgun Gehl and Lillo and take the lead. Tim McMann and
Terry Lillo were fourth and fifth while Peterlin and Harry Hanson battled for sixth while both
were seeking a way into the top five. Nelson was long gone and had nearly a straight away
advantage. Nelson was just out for a Sunday drive, but that advantage fell by the wayside when
the second caution flag flew when Zach Wohlers turned around in turn two. Nelson maintained
the lead over Aaron Lillo, Gehl and Peterlin. Peterlin leapfrogged into third then into second and
set out to track down Nelson as he needed to win in order to defend his 2012 championship. Turn
three where most of the night's troubles occurred bit Gehl bringing out another caution period.
The restart came with seven laps to go and Peterlin tried desperately to run Nelson down but
could only get within a couple of car lengths of the leader. Nelson went on to win the feature and
the track championship by six points over Peterlin and 24 over Harry Hanson. Terry Lillo, Aaron
Lillo and Wohlers finished in the feature top five.
The night ended with 15 laps for the Proctor Pure Stocks. Glenn Dammer held a slim lead
over Al Rapp on the final night of competition. Craig Horak won his fourth feature of the season
as Rapp and Dammer waged their own battle further back. Neither were a factor in this battle, but
their skirmish with one another would decide the outcome of the season long war. Four caution
flags jumbled the field throughout the event as Horak took the win over Mike Sirois and Mark
Korte. Rapp finished fourth one spot ahead of Dammer but it was not enough as Dammer held on
to the point lead and won the championship by three points. Dustin follet finished third a distant
48 points off the lead.
Results Proctor Speedway Sixth Annual ACS Relay For Life Race Against Cancer
(76 cars)
WISSOTA Late Model (13 cars)
Feature: Darrell Nelson Hermantown; Kyle Peterlin Hibbing; Terry Lillo Duluth; Aaron Lillo
Proctor; Zach Wohlers Pengilly, MN; Tim McMann Duluth; Scott Herrick Proctor; Robbie
Cooper South Range, WI; Cory Jorgenson Hermantown; Tim Lillo Superior DNF: Todd Gehl
Solon Springs; Harry Hanson Eveleth; T. J. Adams Hayward, WI
Heat 1: Hanson; Cooper; McMann; A. Lillo; Jorgenson; Adams; T. Lillo
Heat 2: Peterlin; Nelson; T. Lillo; Gehl; Wohlers; Herrick
WISSOTA Modified (14 cars)
Feature: Jeff broking Grand Rapids, MN; Jody Bellefeuille Duluth; Ryan Aho Chisholm, MN;
Neil Balduc Bessemer, MI; Kelly Estey Kelly Lake, MN; Darrell Nelson Hermantown; Kevin
Eder Ashland, WI; Brian Mikkonen Iron River, WI; Rick Cannata Hibbing; Nick Musel duluth;
Deven VanHouse Silver bay, MN; E. J. Hietala Cloquet; Cory Jorgenson Hermantown; Scott
Heikkinen Eveleth
Heat 1: Bellefeuille; Estey; Broking; Balduc; Musel; VanHouse; Heikkinen
Heat 2: Mikkonen; Nelson; Eder; Aho; Cannata; Hietala; Jorgenson
WISSOTA Super Stock (16 cars)
Feature: Scott Lawrence Superior; Kevin Burdick Proctor; wayne Stricker Highbridge, WI; Joe
Oliver Superior; Brian Carl Duluth; Shawn McFadden Ashland; Ronnie Malecki Superior;
Trevor Arens Hibbing; Jim Campbell Two harbors, MN; Pat Heikkinen Eveleth; Dan Yrjanson
carlton, MN; John Toppozini Thunder Bay Ont.; Kevin Salin Iron, MN DNF: Andy Grymala
Superior; Andrew LaBarge Keewatin, MN; Donnie Lofdahl Duluth
Heat 1: Lawrence; LaBarge; Grymala; Campbell; Malecki; Salin; Toppozini DNF: Stricker
Heat 2: Arens; Oliver; Burdick; McFadden; Carl; Lofdahl; Yrjanson DNS: Heikkinen
WISSOTA Midwest Modified (14 cars)
Feature: Deven VanHouse Silver Bay; Dan Kingsley Superior; Mack Estey Kelly Lake; Jesse
Ogston Duluth; Josh Heavirland Cloquet; Andrew Inman Hermantown; Jori Hughes Tower, MN;
Adam Shinn Duluth DNF: Jake Gondik Foxboro, WI; Danny Vang Brainerd, MN; Chris Bretting
Washburn, WI; Cory Ziebol Cloquet DNS: Justin Bassa Hermantown; Tyler Luger Iron River
Heat 1: Vang; Heavirland; Gondik; Bretting; Ogston; Ziebol DNF: Hughes
Heat 2: VanHouse; Estey; Kingsley; Inman; Shinn DNF: Bassa; Luger
Proctor Pure Stock (19 cars)
Feature: Craig Horak Grand Marais, MN; Mike Sirois Hermantown; Mark Korte Duluth; Al
Rapp Saginaw, MN; Glenn Dammer Duluth; Dustin Follett Cloquet; Matt Deragon Ashland;
Gary Campbell, Sr; Annika Hammitt Cloquet; Esten Nelson Grand Marais; Matt Hammitt
Cloquet; Rita Anderson South Range; Devin Reynolds Cloquet; Brandle Pupp Ashland; Ryan
Madsen South Range DNF: Maurice Campbell Duluth; Jon Hammitt Cloquet; Lucas Carlson
Cloquet; Austin Blom Saginaw
Heat 1: Rapp; Follett; Dammer; Korte; Horak; Campbell, Sr; Anderson; Madsen DNF: Carlson;
A. Hammitt
Heat 2: Nelson; Sirois; J. Hammitt; Deragon; Pupp; M. Campbell; Reynolds DNF: Blom; M.


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To understand her son's birth defect, a mother makes an emotional and scientific journey
Katherine E. Willmore
Understanding facial development reveals why facial clefts vary so widely: Clefts occur where fusion is disrupted. Failure of one of the maxillary prominences to fuse with the intermaxillary segment, for example, causes a unilateral cleft lip; failure of both to fuse results in a bilateral cleft lip. Failure of the palatal shelves to elevate creates a cleft secondary palate, like the one our son had, but has no effect on the primary palate or lips. In other cases, one shelf elevates and the other remains vertical, leading to a unilateral cleft palate. And in others, both shelves elevate but do not grow enough to meet at the midline, causing a somewhat less severe cleft. Even if the shelves do elevate properly, failure of the skin between them to break down can disrupt the fusion process, creating a cleft that might only become noticeable when the child starts to speak.
What remains unknown are the factors that cause fusion failure in the first place. Syndromic clefts arise as part of a syndrome in which other structures are also disrupted. More than 400 syndromes that involve facial clefting have been reported. There is often a clear association between the syndrome and specific genes, but the full role that most genes play is not usually known. And the source of the problem is often not the genes associated with the palate. Rather, the mutated genes encode generic developmental processes that help build a variety of structures, including our lungs, teeth, hair and limbs, along with the palate. The generic nature of these processes is what links the often disparate symptoms associated with craniofacial disorders such as Apert syndrome, Crouzon syndrome, Treacher-Collins syndrome and velocardiofacial syndrome. And the same mutation can affect people differently, depending on the rest of the genome and their environmental circumstances. One mutation could be responsible for a minor divot in the top of the upper lip in one individual and a complete bilateral cleft lip in another. Scientists are working to learn how these genes interact with the rest of the genome and with the environment, but current understanding of such interactions is still poor.
At least with syndromic clefts we have a starting point in the search for causes. But the majority of facial clefts appear on their own, with no other symptoms and no known associated mutations. These isolated clefts make up approximately 70 percent of cleft-lip cases and 50 percent of cleft-palate cases. Although our understanding of the mechanics of face and palate development is strong, the large number of factors that contribute to development, and the even greater number of interactions between these factors, keep the underlying cause of most cleft cases a mystery.
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Main institution:
All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (India)
Other institutions:
The George Institute, India
Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University (Australia)
The George Institute For International Health (Sydney, Australia)
Principal investigator:
Nikhil Tandon
Other investigators:
Dorairaj Prabhakaran; Anushka Patel; Prasuna Reddy; Rohina Joshi; Ankush Desai
Location of the project:
New Delhi, India
Amount allocated:
April 1, 2010 - March 1, 2014
Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a strong risk factor for developing future "chronic" diabetes. GDM is common among Indian women. Limited information about lifestyle programs to prevent or delay diabetes in women with GDM is available from other countries, but their applicability in India is unknown. We will conduct and adapt such programs to be culturally-appropriate for the Indian context and test them in a small group of patients to determine their likely feasibility. Such information will allow us to refine the program and perform a larger study to conclusively determine its generalisability, effectiveness and sustainability in urban India.
8th annual conference of RSSDI Chapter Meeting, Delhi (India), September 2012
World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne (Australia), December 2013
Steering committee meeting organized by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda (USA), April 2014
World Diabetes Congress, Vancouver (Canada), December 2015
* Project completed in March 2014
BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems) is a programme initiated by the International Diabetes Federation, and supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes.


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ADAM WEINBERG: Alexander Calder magically breathed life into inanimate objects, using wire and recycled materials to create this army of circus characters. Beginning in 1927, Calder performed the Circus in Paris, New York and elsewhere. He would issue invitations to his guests, who would sit on makeshift bleachers, munching peanuts, just like the real circus. With the crash of cymbals and music from an old gramophone, the Circus would begin. Calder was the impresario and circus ringmaster. He announced the acts, animated the figures, and provided a running narration of the action. Nearby, you can see a video of Calder performing the Circus.Many of the individual circus animals and performers include mechanized parts—Calder was originally trained as a mechanical engineer. It wasn't the tricks or gimmicks of the circus that appealed to Calder, but the dynamic movement of bodies in space. He first went to the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus in 1925. He was inspired by the mechanics of the circus and made hundreds of drawings of the equipment and the ropes and the guy wires for the tents. Later in his career, Calder turned his attention to more abstract work. In 1930, he visited the studio of artist Piet Mondrian. He was delighted with Mondrian's work, and later recalled, "I thought at the time how fine it would be if everything there moved." He went on to invent the mobile and other works of moving sculpture.


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Part of my informal project to capture the Widcombe area of Bath. The social club building is to be demolished and replaced in the very near future.
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Create charms for jewelry or embellishments for scrapbooking with clay. These Antique Inspiration Tags, which were dreamed up by Marie Segal, show you how versatile polymer clay projects can be. With uplifting words like "Faith" and "Imagine" stamped on them, these tags make wonderful gifts for friends and family. Make a set for yourself so that you can wear them when you're feeling uninspired. The clay used for these tags has a natural, earthy look that works with almost any outfit.
- Cernit Nature colors in your choice (link above)
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Condition the color of clay. Roll coils that are a little longer than the stamp you are going to use. If the words are skinny, make the coil smaller in diameter. If the words are thick, make the coil thicker.
Flatten and lengthen the coil.
Lay one end of the coil at the bottom or end of the word. Allow excess coil to extend over the beginning of the word. Do not press the stamp all the way in. It looks better if you do not have the outline of the rubber on the clay.
Use the point of the pen to make the hole in the top of the tag.
Peel off the stamp.
Repeat the process to create a smaller, thinner stamp using a smaller coil.
Press the smaller stamp into the bigger one.
Use the point of the pen to make the hole in the top of the tag.
Peel off the stamp.
Bake these tags at 275 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn off the oven and leave the tags in to cool. When cool, paint with black or brown ne-opaque and let partially dry. Rub off excess paint with damp towel.
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These are really nice. I like that you can use an oven to bake the clay. I want to buy a kiln, but I do not have the room for it. This is just as creative. Thanks so much for sharing. Tamara :)
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These are really cute. Thanks
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Where do you get "Clay Words Sheet stamps 269-001, 30 words- ERAGraphics "?
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