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Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) catalyzes the second step of the Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism, namely the conversion of UDP-glucose + galactose-1-phosphate to glucose-1-phosphate + UDP-galactose. De plus, nous expédions Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase Anticorps (100) et Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase Protéines (21) et beaucoup plus de produits pour cette protéine.
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Biallelic pathogenic variants in the GALT gene are associated with galactosemia.
This review summarizes the current knowledge of galactosemia, in particular the putative mechanisms of neonatal and long-term complications and the molecular genetics of GALT deficiency.
Although all individuals in this study showed markedly reduced RBC GALT activity, we observed significant differences in RBC GAL1P concentrations among galactosemia genotypes.
Study found no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of the GALT gene mutation between Indian patients with idiopathic presenile cataract and controls.
GALT mutation is associated with galactosemia.
The mutational spectrum of the GALT gene in Greek galactosemia patients is presented for the first time.
novel splicing mutation in GALT gene causing Galactosemia in Ecuadorian family
17 VUS (37%; 7 in ACADM, 9 in GALT, and 1 in PAH) were reclassified from uncertain (6 to benign or likely benign and 11 to pathogenic or likely pathogenic). We identified common types of missing information that would have helped make a definitive classification and categorized this information by ease and cost to obtain
we present the 1.9 A resolution crystal structure of human GALT (hGALT) ternary complex, revealing a homodimer arrangement that contains a covalent uridylylated intermediate and glucose-1-phosphate in the active site, as well as a structural zinc-binding site, per monomer
A novel noncoding homozygous GALT variant associated with asymptomatic galactosemia has been described in an infant of consanguineous heterozygous parents.
Mutation activates a cryptic donor splice site, inducing an aberrant splicing of the GALT pre-mRNA, which in turn leads to a frameshift with inclusion of a premature stop codon.
GALT activity in red blood cells of patients with galactosaemia
Novel missense mutations identified in Italian galactosemic patients.
In Korean population, novel GALT mutations were identified in the galactosemia patients different from those of other populations.
suggests that GALT mutations are ethnic-specific and that galactosemia is a heterogeneous disorder at the molecular level
In this report, we present GALT gene mutations in 56 cases of galactosemia from Turkey identified using DNA microarray resequencing.
Data suggest that in classic galactosemia residual GALT activity (predicted from activity of recombinant GALT matching patient's mutation) correlates with reduced ovarian reserve (as indicted by biological marker, circulating anti-Mullerian hormone).
HGALT requires a level of flexibility to function optimally and that altered folding is the underlying reason of impairment in all the variants tested here.
The study determined the frequency of the two most common GALT mutations and their variants in Indian galactosemia patients.
The novel GALT gene mutations included 6 missense mutations viz. Y89H, Q103R, P166A, S181F, K285R, R333L; one nonsense mutation, S307X and 3 silent mutations--Q103Q, K210K and H319H.
Our results thus demonstrated that GalT deficiency can effect down-regulation of the PI3K/Akt growth signaling pathway in mouse fibroblasts through distinct mechanisms targeting both gene and protein expression levels.
Administration of a high-galactose (40% w/w) diet to lactating homozygous GalT gene-trapped females led to lethality in over 70% of the homozygous GalT gene-trapped pups before weaning.
Effects of GALT deficiency and dietary galactose on UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and UDP-galactose pyrophosphorylase activity and uridine diphosphate glucose expression in liver of mice with homozygous deletion of the critical regions of galt.
The finding is consistent with the function of UDP galactose pyrophosphorylase as an alternate pathway of galactose metabolism.
Data show that PRL signals through the short form of PRL receptor RL, and causes, iin the absence of RL, a severe ovarian pathology by repressing the expression of FOXO3 and that of its target gene Galt.
Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) catalyzes the second step of the Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism, namely the conversion of UDP-glucose + galactose-1-phosphate to glucose-1-phosphate + UDP-galactose. The absence of this enzyme results in classic galactosemia in humans and can be fatal in the newborn period if lactose is not removed from the diet. The pathophysiology of galactosemia has not been clearly defined. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.
UDP-glucose--hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
, gal-1-P uridylyltransferase
, galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase
, galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
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, galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase GALT
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Jerusalem… Capital of the Jewish State?
The city of Jerusalem has a long and fascinating history. It is the religious nexus of the three great mono-theist faiths: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. It is also the center of modern revolutionary conflict between the Zionist movement and the Palestinian people. It is further, the focus of nation state discussion, negotiation and war. The original UN plan for the creation of Israel called for Jerusalem to be an international city belong to no single nation state. Jordan controlled east Jerusalem, and Israel west Jerusalem, from 1948 to 1967. After the 1967 war Israel annexed the city and currently occupies it as the capital of Israel. In any future Middle East Peace settlement, the status of Jerusalem will be central. Should it be divided again into east and west (Arab and Israeli) sectors, or should it be internationalized? Possibly, over forty years after the 1967 war, it is impossible to go back to these previous solutions and it should remain in Israeli hands.
New Readings on Palestine
1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. By Benny Morris.
Making Israel. Edited by Benny Morris.
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If you do not brush your teeth twice each day, and do not floss at least once per day, food debris, plaque and acids can cause bad breath and gum disease. These substances can also cause problems for your tooth enamel, which can lead to tooth decay. If our dentist, Dr. George Daszko finds that your tooth enamel has been compromised, he may suggest a fluoride treatment. This may involve the dentist giving you a treatment in the office, prescribing fluoride rinse or supplements.
In addition, the dentist may suggest using a toothpaste with extra fluoride, or a mouthwash with a fluoride additive. It is important to remember that very young children may not need to brush with fluoride, and that if your local government fluoridates the water supply and you use a fluoridated toothpaste, you are probably getting enough. However, your dentist is the best person to evaluate your fluoride intake.
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Yup babehs, Forever 21 is now opened in Shanghai!!!! :D
Just like how Malaysians are excited about the new H&M in KL, we are like all over the moon about this exciting news! :D
So despite the warning about the crazy crowd everywhere during one-week National Day holidays in China, we still decided to go shop at Forever 21 on 3rd of October! :D
Before showing you guys the Forever 21 building, must share our crazy happy faces showing off our buys. LOL LOL.
With darling Sayuri!!!
My shopping buddies of the day: Sayuri and Tuya! :D
Bet you guys already spotted the HUGE Forever 21 building?
Yup, the WHOLE building is Forever 21. ;P
5 floors altogether. O.O!!!
We spent like 3 to 4 hours inside, checking out every item. There were so many pretty stuff omg!!!
We all went crazy. Haha.
Besides, the prices are really cheap, like cheaper than H&M (compared with H&M because it's like the cheaper brands in Shanghai already.) so we can shop away without worrying about the budget LOL LOL.
There were soooo many ppl inside Forever 21, because it was opened around 20 something of September. When we walked through the front doors, we were pretty much "pushed" inside by the human current. LOL.
This is the best time to use the idiom: People Mountain People Sea "人山人海" LOL.
I used up like 40 minutes to queue up at the fitting room. They didn't have the number limitation for you to try out clothes, maybe because it was just open so they wanted ppl to buy more. So everyone was like trying out 10 clothes plus. :( It took a really long time.
Everyone was like O___O "OMG...." when the girl behind me put her BASKETFUL of clothes onto the table where the workers there took out the clothes hanger from the clothes we wanted to try out.
She actually took more than 50 pieces of garment to try out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONE PERSON okay?!!?!?!
The workers there laughed and said, "It's okay it's okay, our job is just to take away the hangers, you just try as much as you want." LOL. The girl looked so embarrassed. XDDDD
Finally after we paid, we headed back to the dorm, BUT O_O the subway station was closed because there were too many people!!!!!!! T______T
We had to walk to the next station where the crowd was lesser.
The policemen lining up to control the crowd and traffic. Super cool! They just stand so straight, and their eyes just stare straight ahead, like statues. I have to control my urge to tickle them and see how they'll react. LOLLLLLL! XDDDDD
I must show you how China's crowd can get really crazy during holidays.
We seriously didn't know how we survived and crossed this sea of human beings. LOL.
Wore my Forever 21 buys immediately that evening! :D
Super love the yellow top with interesting sleeves cut-outs! :D
And the sleeveless cardigan thingy is love. :D
Okay this one actually too over-exposed but I like it coz my eyes look very big. XD HAHAHA. #vainpot
See? my H&M scarf can go with anything!
That's all for today! Buhbyeeee!


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How Getting Creative Can Help
As you know, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a strongly negative, wide-spread impact on your life. The discomfort, tenderness and tightness in your joints will limit some abilities and make others completely impossible to perform. As if the physical discomfort isn't bad enough, it takes your mental health, social health and spiritual health and distorts them to be less desirable. People with RA often report lower quality of life following the diagnosis. RA makes everything worse.
Since RA assaults your body and mind on a number of levels, you need specialized treatment. Rather than seeking a treatment modality that focuses on one part of you, you should set your eyes on a treatment that improves your health on multiple levels. RA forces you to be creative with your treatment options. There is no better way to be creative than with art therapy.
What is Art Therapy?
Art therapy is not a single type of treatment for someone with RA. Just like art itself is hard to limit or define, art therapy is the same. Art therapy is an inclusive term that covers many types of beneficial actions. If something involves music, painting, writing, sculpting, dance or producing anything creative, chances are good that it can be part of art therapy for RA.
At times, art therapy is broken down into subcategories including expressive writing, movement-based creative expression, visual arts therapy, and music engagement. Art therapy has been proven to benefit a range of psychological and physical health issues including chronic pain, trauma, and the effects of cancer treatment. In coming years, you can expect to see art therapy used more regularly in association with other treatments and by itself.
For the best results, seek out a trained and licensed art therapist. These are people that have obtained a certain level of education and practical experience to be proficient at art therapy. They can assess your RA symptoms as well as other physical or emotional facets factoring into your pain. They will develop a treatment plan designed for your needs and begin sessions to move towards goal completion. Frequency and duration of treatment depend on your goals and symptoms.
Appling Art Therapy at Home
Unfortunately, not everyone will have art therapist availability close to home. Additionally, some insurances may not reimburse the use of art therapy in certain situations. But don't let this be an excuse to give up on the idea of using the arts to treat your RA. Again, it only means that you need to get creative. Consider the following ways to use art in your life based on the categories of art therapy used above:
Music Engagement
When it comes to adding art therapy into your life, there is no simpler way than music engagement. Though its name might seem intricate, music engagement really only means listening to music. Studies have found that listening to music helps add relaxation and improve overall well-being ratings.
Additionally, music engagement assists in limiting anxiety, which is valuable since many people with RA report increased anxiety. It can also reduce physical tension. With less physical tension, there is a chance to improve your perception of RA pain.
To use music as art therapy, set aside time to make music the priority and avoid multitasking. Listen to the music and appreciate what it has to offer. Your selection of music can match your mood, or it can express feelings that you find more desirable. Thirty minutes later, you may feel better than before.
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In 2011, Habitat LA established Habitat for Heroes, an outreach initiative seeking to engage veterans, active duty members and the armed services, and their families in Habitat for Humanity's mission. Since then, more than 4,000 veterans have volunteered with us, and nearly 100 have benefited from our housing services. Habitat LA is committed to providing more opportunities for veterans and active duty members of the military, and encourages everyone to get involved with Habitat for Heroes.
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Habitat LA recognizes that our veteran population is rapidly growing, with thousands throughout Los Angeles struggling to meet everyday needs, including safe and affordable housing. Click here to learn more about our unique homeownership program and how to apply for opportunities in the future.
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Habitat LA provides repairs and renovations to qualified veterans and active duty military homeowners to help alleviate health and safety issues in and around the home. Repairs are offered with two affordable repayment options: A one-time payment of no more than $450, or a zero-interest, deferred, forgivable loan. Click here to learn more about the program.
Home Repair Program selection and repairs provided are subject to the availability of funds. Not all eligible applicants will be selected. Program policies are subject to change.
As a veteran or service member, you know the meaning of service better than anyone and can play a key role in revitalizing our communities. With your leadership skills and expertise you can make an impact.
Join us through one of the various volunteer opportunities available including; building new homes, renovating and repairing existing homes owned by other veterans, working in our ReStores, serving on committees or special event teams, and more. In addition, we offer programs for children and young people to instill "service over self" as a value. Click here to view to learn more about Habitat for Heroes.
If you have any questions, please contact our Veterans Outreach Coordinator by email or at
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*Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity company. Applicants are considered without discrimination with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or other protected status.


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Mamma Mia! Piano played on ABBA's hits up for auction
London — A grand piano that was featured on many of ABBA's biggest hits is going up for auction in London.
Sotheby's is offering the instrument, owned by the Stockholm recording studio where the Swedish pop group often recorded.
The auction house said Thursday the piano by Swedish designer Georg Bolin — played on hits including "Waterloo," "Dancing Queen" and "Money, Money, Money" — was expected to sell for between 600,000 pounds and 800,000 pounds ($928,000 to $1.2 million) on Sept. 29.
But Sotheby's specialist Philip Errington said predicting the price was tricky, because little ABBA memorabilia has ever come to market. He said the piano might appeal "to an ABBA fan, or to somebody who wants to have an interesting conversation piece. It is incredibly difficult to judge what it might make."
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At the core of the Indian Harbor experience is a vibrant social and family-friendly community. Activities run the gamut from adult-only, family-oriented to children only. Photos of many of our premier events can be found here.
Chalet Chic happens each January giving those not actually skiing that weekend to live vicariously the apres ski life.
Typically every other year, the 2017 winter cruise traveled to St. Maartan, Anguilla and St. Barths. Festivities included a cocktail reception at a member's home on Anguilla, Valentine's Day cocktails with heavy grazing at anchor aboard a member's charter and a closing dinner ashore on St. Barths. In 2019, the club heads to the Grenadines.
Mother's Day is hugely popular at the Club. To handle the crowd multiple seatings are organized from noon to three.
Each Fathers Day, the docks come alive as Club dads show off their pride and joy. One of the summer's highlights!
Held every year, the Annual Cruise is held in August. Destinations vary and can range from relatively local (eastern Long Island Sound and the north and south forks of Long Island) to Narragansett/Buzzards Bay and the Islands to further afield such as Maine.
The Annual Prize Awards Dinner is typically a raucous affair where members come to celebrate each others successes over the year.
The Commodore's Ball is the Club's most formal event and the year's highlight for many. Every other year, it becomes the newly elected Commodore's coming out party!


text: You are here: Home > Course > Starters / Snacks > Sandwich > Carrot Sandwich Carrot Sandwichby maqboolbasha 26 Jan 2005 add to my cookbook add to shopping list You are not signed in. Please sign in to access your cookbooksExisting members click here to sign inNew visitors click here to sign up Please sign in to create shopping lists! Added to 3 cookbooks This recipe has been viewed 3899 times Add grated carrots as filling in between the bread slices and enjoy the healthy carrot sandwich as breakfast or snack. Add your private note Carrot Sandwich recipe - How to make Carrot Sandwich Tags SandwichQuick Snacks / Quick Starters Preparation Time: 10 minutes   Cooking Time: 10 minutes   Total Time: 20 mins     Show me for servings Ingredients 2 medium sized carrots, finely grated1 tsp soy sauce1/2 tsp chilli powder1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)1/2 onion, finely sliced1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste salt to taste1 tsp oil4 bread slices Method First in a vessel add oil and when it warms add the onion slices.When the onin slices become translucent added the finely grated carrot and stir fry. Now lower the flame Add other ingredients that is soya sauce, red chilly powder, salt, haldi powder, ginger-garlic paste and stir fry on medium flame till the mixture become a little sticky. Switch off the flame and put the mixture on the bread and cover with another. Do the same with the other pair of bread and put it in the sandwich maker. When they are done serve it hot Other Related Recipes This recipe was contributed by maqboolbasha on 26 Jan 2005Know more about this member, Click Here


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Saturday, July 6 at 1:30 PM and Sunday, July 7 at 2:00 PM.
This is a children's contest
1) There will be a pile of sawdust in a roped off area.
2) Children no older than twelve (12) years of age.
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Scientific publications
Learning curves in intraoperative ultrasound guided surgery in breast cancer based on complete breast cancer excision and no need for second surgeries
Esgueva A (1), Rodríguez-Revuelto R (2), Espinosa-Bravo M (2), Salazar JP (3), Rubio IT (4)
(1) Breast Cancer Surgical Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain.
(2) Breast Cancer Surgical Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain.
(3) Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain.
(4) Breast Cancer Surgical Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain.
Magazine: European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Date: Feb 1, 2019Mammary Pathology Area
Intraoperative ultrasound guided surgery (IOUS) is an effective surgical technique for breast cancer with advantages over wire localization guided surgery (WL), enabling smaller lumpectomies without compromising margins. Nevertheless, it has had a slow implementation, maybe due to lacking a learning curve. Also differences in costs are not clearly reported. The aim of the study is to assess differences in volume of healthy breast tissue excised, to establish a learning curve and to prove it is cost saving.
From February 2009 to April 2013, women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer eligible for IOUS or WL breast conserving surgery were recorded into a prospectively maintained database. Both groups were compared for differences in margin status, second surgeries and excess of healthy tissue resected, defined by the calculated resection ratio (CRR). A raw cost study was assessed. IOUS learning curve was analyzed using Cumulative sum control chart (CUSUM).
The study included 214 patients, 148 (69.16%) in the IOUS group and 66 (30.84%) in the WL group. IOUS showed significantly smaller surgical volumes (p = 0.02), smaller CRR (p = 0.006), higher rate of negative margins (p = 0.017) and less surgical time (p = 0.006) than WL. Learning curves based on complete tumor excision and no need for second surgeries showed that 11 cases were enough to master the technique. Around 900€ per surgery was saved using IOUS vs. WL.
IOUS decreases excision of healthy breast tissue while increasing negative margin rates compared to WL. IOUS can be easily implemented; 11 cases are enough to acquire skills for performing the technique. Savings can be up to 900€ per surgery.
CITATION Eur J Surg Oncol. 2019 Feb 1. pii: S0748-7983(19)30040-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.01.017
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Zhou Wei: Jointly Go Forward and Finance Helps the Construction of a Maritime Power
On April 26, the Fourth China Maritime Finance (DFTP) Summit organized by the Administration Committee of Tianjin Dongjiang Free Trade Port (DFTP) was held in Tianjin. Kang Yi, vice mayor of Tianjin attended the summit and gave a welcome speech. Other speakers include the leaders and experts from State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), China Banking Association, Development Research Center of the State Council, and DFTP Administration Committee, as well as representatives of financial companies, shipping companies etc.
Minsheng Financial Leasing (MFL) as one of the strategic partners of the summit, Zhou Wei, Chairman of MFL, was invited to attend the summit and he delivered a keynote speech titled Jointly Go Forward and Finance Helps the Construction of a Maritime Power. In his speech, he pointed out that maritime finance is an important pillar industry for the construction of a maritime power. With leapfrog development in the past decade, China's maritime finance industry has stood at the historically new starting point. We should more focus on long-term development, remain objective attitude, adhere to the professional and international development road of high-quality, and fully summarize the lessons of previous financial crisis. We should return to the basis, make maritime finance serve the real market demand, which is the root of sustainable and healthy development of the whole industry
Dear friends, ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning!
It is my pleasure to meet all of you including leaders, guests, experts and scholars, new and old friends at the 4th China Maritime Finance (DFTP) Summit. The development of an industry needs a good business environment. With maritime finance as an important starting point, Tianjin Municipal Government designs the function orientation of "One Base, Three Zones", which is undoubtedly a far-sighted measure. Everyone here today are experts and colleagues of maritime sector. And it is well known that in recent years, the influence of China's maritime finance in both China and overseas has been increasing day by day, which is inseparable from the great supports of Tianjin Municipal Government, especially from DFTP Administrative Committee and other governmental authorities such as the People's Bank of China, Administration of Exchange Control, CBRC, State Administration of Taxation, General Administration of Customs, and Ministry of Communications etc, as well as from the active efforts of shipbuilding industry and shipping industry. Now, on behalf of China Finance Leasing 30 Forum and Minsheng Financial Leasing, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to you for your long-term attention to the development of maritime finance!
As to the today's theme, namely "Reconstruction and Rebalance of Order -- the New Era of Maritime Finance in China", it is a very professional topic. The evolution of global economic landscape makes the order of global shipping industry, ship manufacturing industry and maritime finance industry face reconstruction and rebalance, and maritime industry in China enters a new era. Therefore, based on the summit theme, I want to share and exchange with all of you how we will work together with the industry colleagues to promote the construction of a maritime power as to the maritime finance industry in the new era.
01 Maritime finance is an important pillar industry of maritime power construction
As is known to all, the global shipping market, after a cliff fall, has entered into a long period of sluggish adjustment phase since the international financial crisis in 2008, and the overall market environment shows an increasingly severe situation. But at the same time, the shipping industry in China is going against the trend, continuously improves its position and influence in the industry globally, which has become a veritably big shipping nation and is accelerating to a shipping power.
As of now, China's marine fleet capacity is close to 250 million tons, ranking second in the world. In addition to the own efforts of the industry, I think that it is due to the steady development of China's economy and the deepening of opening-up policy. Now, China has become the world's first goods trade power, with international shipping volume accounting for more than a third globally, which establishes the endogenous power and confidence for the sustainable development of shipping industry in China. On the other hand, it is due to the transformation and upgrading, quality improvement and efficiency enhancement of manufacturing industry in China. At present, as the world's biggest shipbuilding nation, China increasingly improves its comprehensive manufacturing capacity of overall sectors such as green energy-saving and environmental protection ships, high-tech ships and ocean engineering equipments etc, which provides a good equipment support for the structure optimization of shipping industry, and realization of transformation development. Moreover, I would like to emphasize that the booming development of maritime finance industry in China has played a very positive role in promoting the shipping industry and shipbuilding industry to be better and stronger.
The maritime industry is a typical capital-intensive one, with its development closely related to the development of financial industry. After the international financial crisis in 2008, our financial institutions seized the historical opportunity of "retreat from the west to the east" for the global maritime finance pattern so as to realize leap-forward development. With ship leasing industry as an example, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) amended and released the Measures for the Administration of Financial Leasing Companies in 2007, which restored the vitality of financial leasing industry. The earliest leasing enterprises, especially some bank-backed leasing companies viewed shipping industry as an important business sector, which led the whole ship leasing industry to enter the fast development channel. After a decade development, the leasing companies in China, including Minsheng Financial Leasing, have become a force that can't be underestimated in the internationally maritime finance market, which brand images and comprehensive strengths are widely recognized by the industry internationally.
On the one hand, the rise of Chinese ship financing force has played a positive role in promoting China's shipping industry and shipbuilding industry to the international stage further and enhancing the influence of the industry. On the other hand, Chinese financial institutions respond actively to the call of "serving real economy", focus limited financial resources on the key sectors of industry transformation and upgrading, which provides effective support for the maritime industry to tackle the financial crisis and achieve steady development.
With Minsheng Financial Leasing as an example, it actively plays the unique function that financial leasing combines "capital financing and practical financing" in the development of ship leasing business, and has done a number of exploration in the aspects of deepening international capacity cooperation and responding to the initiative of the "Belt and Road" based on the mode of "Chinese capital plus Made-in-China".
In the past decade, Minsheng Financial Leasing totally ordered more than 110 all kinds of high-end ships (including equipment) from Chinese shipbuilding enterprises, with accumulative contract value of over 25 billion Yuan, which number of export equipment and amount account for more than 50%. Among them, the products involved are mainly concentrated in the super-large container ships, jack-up drilling platforms, green energy-saving and environment-friendly oil tankers and bulk carriers and other segment sectors which are clearly proposed to be developed emphatically in the strategy of "Made-in-China 2025", and the cooperative enterprises are focused on COSCO, CSSC, CSIC, COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., CIMC RAFFLES and other key maritime enterprises, which play a positive role in serving the transformation and upgrading of domestic real economy.
Here, I would like to say that Minsheng Financial Leasing, and other financial leasing companies focusing on ship leasing business support domestic shipyards with their most of shipbuilding orders. We, financial leasing companies, will spare no efforts to support Chinese manufacturing enterprises and actively promote them to the international market. In recent years, it can be said that financial leasing plays an irreplaceable role in promoting the development of ship and shipping industries.
02 The trend of Global shipping market development
It is a new requirement for the development of financial institutions in the new era to better serve the real economy, to deepen the integration of production and finance, and to promote the finance based on production and to improve production based on finance. The development of maritime finance should not only focus on the industry fundamentals, but also adapt to the development trend of the industry in future. In the next decade, I believe that there will be some new changes and trends in the global shipping market:
First, in terms of fundamentals, the excess capacity of shipping market will become a new normal. Since the outbreak of financial crisis in 2008, the growth of global shipping volume has continuously been slower than that of shipping capacity in the same period. From the point of subsequent development, the trend of global economic integration is unstoppable, but geopolitical risks occur frequently, major developed countries tighten their monetary policies, and there are still continuous problems in the process of global economic recovery. The recently-started Sino-American trade friction makes the major institutions start to cut down the global economic forecasts of the year 2018, and the growth of global shipping volume is likely to again below that of global economy, which increases more uncertainty for the shipping market that just shows sign of optimism. In addition, with the optimization and upgrading of shipbuilding technologies, continuous shortening of ship production cycle, constantly released new capacity, and unceasing inflow of emerging investment capital, excess capacity will inevitably become a new normal of shipping market. In this situation, industry participants will be very passive if they passively wait for the industry to enter the uplink cycle. Therefore, they must actively implement layout, adjustment and optimization, which also opens up new opportunities for financial institutions in the maritime business development.
Second, from the view of medium- and long-term development, the large-scale and network-oriented trend of shipping industry will become a new normal. As an industry of typical scale economy, the shipping industry, from the development of recent years, accelerates its pace of industry integration, and its organizational structure shows a clearly concentrated trend. More typically, in the container liner market, the top ten liner companies in the market control more than 80% of the global container capacity. Even in the relatively competitive dry bulk and liquid bulk shipping market, there is also a clear trend of integration. Influenced by multiple factors such as many market bodies, much speculative funds and high leverage of enterprise etc, the small- and medium-sized shipping companies can only face elimination or wait for integration in future. And those that can survive in the market and obtain development must be the professional enterprises with scale advantage. On the other hand, the progress of a new generation of information technology will radically change the competitive situation of shipping companies, to a certain extent, also lead to that only the enterprises with a certain scale and technology advantage can emerge as the best ones in the fierce market competition. At present, the internet, IOT (internet of things), big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, block chain and other new information technologies are new in the initial stages of development with no prospect of weakening, which will propel the whole shipping industry into a new era of networked development.
03 Construction of a maritime financial power
After decade of leap-forward development, the maritime finance industry in China has been on the new starting point of history. The new era has given the maritime finance industry a new development mission. Focusing on the future, we should keep clear and alert mind, carefully analyze and summarize the experience and lessons of some western financial institutions in the last round of financial crisis to avoid greedy for large-scale, pursuit of rapid development and demand perfection, to keep high vigilance against excessive speculation and for high leverage, to attach great importance to risk management, and to accelerate the upgrading from capital advantage to professional advantage. The lessons learned from the past can guide one in the future. The sustainable and healthy development of China's maritime finance matters the construction of maritime power. Here, I also hope that every colleague of maritime finance can fully play the professional advantages of various types of institutions, work together to focus on long-term development, and keep objective point of view to predict the industry trend, jointly promoting the construction of a maritime financial power to drive the development of maritime industry in China.
First of all, we should adhere to the professional and international development path of high quality. With an open mind, we should embrace the new opportunity, new challenge brought by the new economic structure adjustment and new round of technological change. Centering on the financial demand in the supply-side reform of the industry, we shall support the industry to de-leverage, to reduce costs and to improve weak links by means of financial resources. We should grasp the maritime financial needs of the countries along the "Belt and Road" and combine the natural advantages of "Made-in-China" to create more possibilities for deepening international cooperation on production capacity. At the same time, we shall focus on the new demand of technical progress for the financial industry. On the basis of satisfying the financial demand brought by the technical progress of the industries such as BWMC (Ballast Water Management Convention) and Tier III etc, we actively explore the application of new generation of information technology in the financial field. Through the mode of "maritime shipping plus internet", we shall more accurately hold the market situation, optimize risk identification and control ability, and strengthen asset management and operation capacity so as to continuously improve the quality of development. In addition, we should follow the development law of maritime finance industry, focus on upgrading the professional and international level, and strengthen the construction of core capacity such as ship asset management to further enhance competitive advantage.
Moreover, we should implement development layout centering on the real market demand. Finance, especially maritime finance, must always serve the real market demand. The biggest lesson for maritime finance in the last financial crisis is that greed has made many financial institutions deviate from their directions. It is the fundamental policy of sustainable and healthy development of the industry to return to the basis and make maritime finance serve the real market demand. The shipping market is a highly-specialized and highly-structured market. There are obvious differences in the operation rules and trend of different market segments such as dry bulk and liquid bulk transportation, container liner, etc. Therefore, the premise for maritime financial institutions to expand their business is to deepen their understanding of the industry, to reject speculative mentality, and to implement layout and development centering on the real market demand. In the asset allocation, maritime financial institutions should select and capture the real market demand, combine the medium- and long-term development strategy, specify the direction and standard of investment and financing, and continuously optimize the asset structure.
Ladies and gentlemen. Under the new era, the development of maritime industry in China will enter a promising strategic development period, which provides a rare historical opportunity for China's maritime financial industry to deepen production-finance cooperation and to improve the quality of development. An excellent enterprise can help itself to succeed, and now it is the time for enterprises to take advantage of this opportunity. Minsheng Financial Leasing is willing to work together with all of you here and jointly make due contribution to building China as a maritime power.
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Cops attacking anti-RNC demos this afternoon, Minneapolis
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In regards to the arrestees from this weekend's raids, five of them are still being held at Ramsey County Jail on probable cause, which means that they might not be able to see a judge until Tuesday or Wednesday. One of the arrestees was released yesterday evening.
Though some people have been cited and released, the majority are still being held in jail. We've gotten many reports that people are not getting proper medical attention, are being refused their medication, and/or have been separated from the rest of the group.
Also, there are also many felony charges, which allow the state to hold the protesters for a longer period of time. Felony charges have historically been used as scare tactics against activists, and there is much less precedent for them to hold up in court. More often, these bogus charges are simply used to keep protesters off the streets and as a way to oppress and silence people.
Please show your support and solidarity by calling the jail at 651.266.9350 and demand that people are given proper medical attention, are given access to their medication, and are not separated from the larger group! Also, demand that arrestees' charges are dropped and that they are released immediately! You can also call the Ramsey County Sheriff's office at 651.487.5149 or the St. Paul Mayor's office at 651.266.8510, as well your city council member, state representatives, etc.
* Try to get messages from the outside world to your arrested friends. This is a HUGE morale booster; and
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Comedian Paula Poundstone was an East Bay regular during the comedy boom of the late 1980s, headlining Fubar's in Pleasant Hill and the Punchline in Walnut Creek. Those venues are long gone, and Poundstone moved on to classier engagements: headlining theater shows and appearing as a political correspondent for Jay Leno. Poundstone made news in 2001 when she was arrested for driving children around while drunk—for which she was court-ordered on television to attend Alcoholics Anonymous. ("That pretty much blows the hell out of the second A," she says.) These days, Poundstone drinks Diet Pepsi—and this month, she will perform a parent-teacher association benefit show in Benicia.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Christmas in My Bedroom
30 comments:
- Sherie said...
Janae, what a great job you did with your room. I believe you could take anywhere and turn it into a prim and cozy space. Love your decorations. I hope you all have a MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a SUPER NEW YEAR. Sherie
- December 17, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- millerhomestead said...
Janae, your room looks beautiful! I think the bowl rack turned out wonderful! You picked some great pieces to showcase. What scent candle are you burning in there? I know you must have a wonderfully cozy and Christmassy scent going. What a cozy room for "Cozy girl"! God bless, Jamie
- December 17, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- My Colonial Home said...
Hi Janae....how gorgeous....I never think to decorate our bedroom completely. I put a few things in there but yours is complete.
- December 17, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Lisa~A Cottage To Me said...
Could you come and do our room? I never decorate bedrooms for the holidays. Yours is absolutely beautifully prim! Love it and Best Wishes for the holidays!
- December 17, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- Colleen/And Baby Makes Five said...
It's lovely, Janae. I hope you're enjoying it...
Merry Christmas!
- December 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM
- Anne said...
Just beautiful. Love the simplicity of it all. Maybe I should take a lesson from you! LOL
- December 17, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- Home In New England said...
Janae, You've made it look so cozy!What a nice re-treat for you!
- December 17, 2009 at 3:33 PM
- Lisa said...
So pretty. You did a great job!
- December 17, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- Georgia Girl said...
Very cozy indeed! I love all your holiday decor!
- December 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Awww, I remember that candle feature from your article...which btw, I liked so much what you did, I have literally almost worn out my copy. A few weeks ago we hit a bad patch where we thought my husband had a heart attack..I took my issue everywhere and looked at your ideas and it helped me worry less and look to the future.
You're awesome J, and I love how you express your decorating talents and share them with us. Sometimes people are touched and you might not never know...I just thought I'd share that with you!
- December 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Erin said...
Your room is BeAuTiFuL! Wow, you did a wonderful job! I think your room looks like a perfect place to unwind. Merry Christmas!
- December 17, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- Linda said...
Janae.........you are so talented, I think you could decorate a closet and have it ready to photograph for publication.
Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
- December 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- Carey's Farmhouse Kitchen said...
Your room looks wonderfully cozy!
- December 17, 2009 at 8:18 PM
- Lee Hill Primitives said...
Janae, it looks amazing. Beautiful, warm and cozy. Just perfect!
- December 17, 2009 at 8:23 PM
- everyday mom of one said...
I took a peek yesterday while I was there it was very pretty
- December 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM
- Sandy said...
Everything looks wonderful! Your room looks so comfy and cozy :)
Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!
- December 18, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- Debbie said...
Your room looks wonderfully warm and cozy. I wish I had your touch. My bedroom is my favorite room to spend time in. I will hide in there at times just to read and relax.
Take Care and I hope you have a Merry Christmas! *hugs*
- December 18, 2009 at 5:25 AM
- I Play Outside The Box said...
So beautifully done! Merry Christmas!
- December 18, 2009 at 6:36 AM
- carolyn@simple~primitive~devotion said...
Everything looks great! My favorite is the mistletoe in the bucket! So cute! The frames on the rack is another favorite. What a neat idea!
Christmas blessings to you!
- December 18, 2009 at 7:12 AM
- At Home With Amy said...
Can you say beautiful!!! Love it. What a wonderful room to sleep in. You did a fantastic job girl!
- December 18, 2009 at 8:06 AM
- Jody said...
What an inspiration you are! I have so enjoyed seeing what you have done with your new space! Gorgeous!
- December 18, 2009 at 8:23 AM
- Mandy said...
It's beautiful, Janae! Have a very Merry Christmas!
- December 18, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Linda - Behind My Red Door said...
Janae when you first showed us some white washed furniture and said you were changing direction I have to admit, I was disappointed because I have alway loved your style. Well now I have to say, I love love love what you have done! You just have the magic touch!!
- December 18, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- Valley Primitives Gift Shoppe said...
Your room is beautiful, cozy and primtastic :0)
- December 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- Rebecca said...
Calm and cozy. I admire your "touch". Merry Christmas!
- December 19, 2009 at 8:18 AM
- Along My Country Road said...
Janae~ your room is beautiful and oh so "Christmassy" ~ Thanks for sharing with us! Have a Cozy Christmas, and a Happy New Year!~Betty
- December 19, 2009 at 1:12 PM
- Kathy Schwanke said...
Love it! I really love the window frame with the wreath and mittens. Beautiful display!
- December 19, 2009 at 6:19 PM
- Backwoodsprim said...
Very pretty decorating Janae....I have one of those candle domes like in your first picture...mine has primitive stars on it...I bought it for one of our anniversary presents several years ago....it's one of my favorite things...
Merry Christmas!
- December 19, 2009 at 7:06 PM
- RachelC said...
It is truly BEAUTIFUL!!! It looks so warm, cozy and inviting...just gorgeous. I love it. I love how you took your "prim" decor and incorporated it into more of a cottage look. I hope you have a merry Christmas, Janae!!! Fondly, Rachel
- December 23, 2009 at 4:14 AM
- Parsley said...
Great decor!
- December 30, 2009 at 7:34 PM


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The WUD Karlsruhe was brought to life by the young Karlsruhe based company Usertimes, aiming to provide the local UX scene with a platform and a shared time and place to make connections and exchange experiences. Usertimes develops software solutions that help product development teams who aim to work user centric. Their main focus is the development of a platform that aids designers in evaluating customer data and usability test results with the goal of ultimately automating repetitive processes. On top of that the event was supported by Chrono24, Germany's biggest marketplace for luxury watches, EXXETA, a consulting and IT solutions provider and the IISM of the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.
Even before the WUD itself started, this year's Digital Experience Network DX-Award was conferred by the IISM. It honors the best innovative prototypes at the intersection between Computer Science, Economy and Design by collegiate teams. The first place was taken by a voice controlled social network for senior citizens, second came an app for improved completion of personal goals supported by social accountability and the third place was given to a platform for trading electrical energy locally.
After a brief greeting including some background concerning the motivation behind hosting the WUD as well as a short introduction of the German UPA and thanks to the sponsors by Jonas Fuchs (CEO, Usertimes GmbH), the WUD Karlsruhe started with a talk by Daniel Höche (Head of Digital Experience, 1&1 Telecom GmbH).
Under the heading "Design-sprint Teams: Continuous UX- & Shop-Optimization in Times of Bursting Road-Maps", topics of the talk included the challenges that come with a systematic, continuous UX-optimization using iterative processes. Daniel Höche put special emphasis on the changing demands put upon designers by today's fast-paced world that is under constant change. As an example for handling these preconditions that are constantly changing, he explained the iterative process of data-based optimization of the 1&1 online-shop. He further elaborated upon the composition of successful design teams. As a positive conclusion to the talk, Daniel Höche invited the audience to reconsider whether "bad" results of usability tests should always be considered purely negative. After all every result provides teams with new insights that can be incorporated into the product, which in turn will become better with every new version.
Completely in line with the original topic of the WUD 2018, Kira Tschierschke (Freelance UX Researcher, Brand Strategist) spoke about the topic "Good UX, Evil Consequences". She considered the question how to design software in order to fulfill the company's goals while considering the users' needs at the same time and critiqued the use of dark UX patterns. Especially understanding users' attention as some kind of currency for modern companies and thus trying to bind users to the software in every way possible. She also criticized UX patterns that lead towards behavior that is damaging users' health (e.g. reduction of the sleeping time caused by Netflix' or YouTube's auto-play function) and patterns that lead users towards making unwanted decisions or exhibit unwanted behaviors (e.g. automatic opt-in). According to Kira Tschierschke, companies and "UX-providers" should always aim to unite the company's interests with their users' interests in a fair, responsible manner. The given impulses encouraged many constructive exchanges in the following break.
The third talk "Design meets Development" by Dirk Anders (CEO CAS UXD, CAS Software AG) highlighted the intersection between design and development with all its obstacles. He considers a clean-cut distribution of roles and well defined processes as the key to managing the field of tension between development and design. Particularly the problem that the design process often seems to invite multiple—more or less qualified—opinions illustrates the need for a well defined distribution of tasks and roles within teams. On top of that the fact that designers and developers can have a very different view of the same mock-up or wire-frame should always be kept in mind. All in all Dirk Anders emphasized the interdependence between design and development, which makes collaboration all the more important, with the quote "If content is king, design is the castle".
The talks were concluded by Nancy Bullmann and Bernd Bullacher (Senior UX-Consultants, EXXETA AG) with their talk concerning the topic "Jack of all Trades, Master of None–How UX Designers are Able to Shine Using Knowledge from Different Areas". The speakers didn't focus as much on the customer's perspective. Instead they discussed the question, how UX designers are able to better mediate within interdisciplinary teams and aid as a connection. Bernd Bullacher also broached the issue of communicating between designers and developers. Nancy Bullman proposed a more positive way of looking at troubles within the design process: according to her the EXXETA team tries to deal with confrontations in a constructive way and accepts backlashes as well as the fact that the development of product doesn't usually work out just as planned but is a process with certain ups and downs.
The official part of the WUD Karlsruhe was concluded by Jonas Fuchs at around 9 p.m. with information concerning other UX meetups and the Usability Testessen. The WUD gave participants the opportunity for networking and exchange in the breaks between the talks. As many lively discussions had already been started, the offer for open-end networking and discussions was gladly accepted. That way the WUD came to a pleasant–and in our eyes very successful–end. We'd like to thank our sponsors, the inspiring speakers and of course all of the participants and are looking forward to next year's WUD. Speacial thanks also to the CyberForum for providing us with an awesome location as well as the constant support from the CyberForum team.
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In/Out is a response to the idiom 'In like a lion, out like a lamb' - a phrase often used to describe the weather in the month of March, that originates from the constellations of Leo and Aries that are visible in the sky during the start and end of March.
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Is Victorious the UK's best value festival?
Victorious Festival have today revealed figures showing it to be one of the UK's best value festivals this summer.
Admittedly, a festival's value is hard to quantify, but we usually settle for a crude measure of ticket prices against the number of acts.
Last summer, V Festival was found to be the worst value for money by this measure, weighing in at £1.50 per artist. Glastonbury was by far the best value. Despite the top-level ticket price, it's astonishing 1644 artists average that out to 15p each.
Bestival ranked a distant second place last year at 53p per artist, so with Glasto taking its fallow year this summer, Victorious certainly have a claim to being one of the UK's best value for money festivals.
Victorious will feature 250 acts, which with its low weekend ticket price of £125 works out at 50p per artist. They've also scored an exclusive UK festival performance from The Prodigy.
The Libertines, Kaiser Chiefs, and Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys will also feature at Victorious. The UK's biggest metropolitan festival takes place August bank holiday weekend on Southsea seafront, Portsmouth.
Notably, all the Kids Arena attractions and activities are included.
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Victorious, the UK's biggest metropolitan festival, has revealed figures to show that it's undoubtedly one of the best value festivals around.
The fun-filled day festival takes place across August Bank Holiday Weekend, 24-26th August 2018. Held in the picturesque seaside location of Southsea overlooking the Solent, Victorious Festival is the ultimate
Boasting a 437,573m2 area with three main stages, seaside stage, market way, real ale village, world music village, Strongbow Yard, beats and swing tent, VIP enclosure, Southsea castle champagne bar, street food strip, food court and the UK's largest children's area of any UK festival.
Early Bird tickets are still available and cost just £35 for Friday night and standard tickets at £45 for Saturday and Sunday night. A whole weekend at Victorious Festival could cost as little as £125, which breaks down to be £0.50 per act* and £2.36 per hour*.
5-12 year old tickets cost just £8.00 a day and under 5 years are able to join in the fun for just £1.00 with all activities in the Kids Arena absolutely FREE, making it even better value for families.
There will be over 250 bands and artists performing at Victorious this year, with acts ranging from The Prodigy (UK festival exclusive), The Libertines, Paul Weller, Kaiser Chiefs, Paloma Faith, Brain Wilson, Years and Years and Everything Everything, to name just a few.
Friday's highlights include The Libertines, Kaiser Chiefs, Shed Seven and Lighting Seeds.
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Sunday's highlights include The Prodigy (UK festival exclusive), Years and Years, Friendly Fires, Sleaford Mods, Example & DJ Wire, Embrace, The Amazons, Reverend & The Makers, Lucy Spaggan and The Correspondents, to name just a few.
Revellers can expect an eclectic mix of live music and DJ performances, from some of the biggest names in the music industry, as well as a medley of locally sourced food markets and ale stalls, an arts and craft marketplace, a jam-packed kids arena hosting themed games, live performances and much, much more.
With early bird tickets are still available at an unbeatable £35 for Friday. Victorious Festival remains one of the most affordable festivals in the UK with all activities and attractions in the Kids Arena are included in the ticket price.
For tickets and details go to: www.victoriousfestival.co.uk
Friday 24th August- Friday night Opening Party – 4-11pm**
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Sunday 26th August – 10am-11pm
*(£125 divided by 250 bands and £125 divided by 53 hours – Friday 5 hours 48 hours Sat + Sun)
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Tech is the key to solve global problems
By Marianne Schacht, Bootstrapping
"Without tech we will never reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but today the tech industry isn't sustainability-driven," says Professor Michael Zwicky Hauschild from DTU. UNDP is a partner at the High Tech Summit to help highlight the need for sustainable tech.
"If you eat less meat, then you can board another plane. It is that simple. In order to become sustainable we need to measure our ecological footprint in numbers and an overall budget. And the size of the budget depends on how many people we are in the world. But better and smarter technology can help us keep within the budget."
The words come from Michael Zwicky Hauschild, professor at DTU Management Engineering. He is one of the most acknowledged experts in the field of Quantitative Sustainability Assessment.
That means, he develops tools to calculate the ecological footprint of a product and its impact on the environment – looking at everything from the raw materials to production, usage, waste or reuse. This is called a life cycle assessment, and it is something that more and more Danish companies apply in order to become sustainable.
"We develop tools to find out where the largest negative impacts are to be found when producing any kind of product. And in our newest research, we have found answers to what it actually means to be sustainable and not just more sustainable than others," says Michael Zwicky Hauschild.
Tech to pave the way to sustainability
The research is closely linked to The UN Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by all UN member states three years ago as a worldwide call for action to end poverty and secure a sustainable future for all humans and planet Earth.
There are 17 goals all together, and, according to Michael Zwicky Hauschild, the key to reach the majority of them lies in tech. Because without much better and more effective technological solutions there is little hope of resolving the challenges before the 2030 deadline set by the UN.
"Business, and especially the bio- and tech-industry, have an enormous role to play if we are to succeed in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. As it looks today, however, the tech industry isn't sustainability-driven," says Michael Zwicky Hauschild.
The goals are, nevertheless, drivers for change, and they will hopefully fuel a development of new and much needed solutions and ways of working.
Partnerships for solutions
This is why The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, is a strategic partner at this year's High Tech Summit. Just like tech, partnerships are vital for finding viable answers to the problems.
"The High Tech summit makes academia meet the private sector, and think tanks meet NGOs. People, who normally wouldn't meet, get together and share ideas. One of the Sustainable Development Goals is to establish new partnerships and foster new ecosystems. And this is all made possible at the High Tech Summit," says Stine Kirstein Junge, Partnership Specialist at UNDP.
Drones to save the Maldives
Already, tech and partnerships contribute to solving grand, global challenges.
In the Maldives, UNDP has partnered with DJI, a leading Chinese drone company, in order to use drones for surveying the coastline, and to identify safe zones and risks of flooding.
In China, the tech-giant Baidu and UNDP have joined forces in the development of a system to recycle e-waste safely. And in Denmark the UNDP recently launched the first SDG Accelerator, encouraging small and medium sized tech-companies to develop sustainable solutions for global problems.
According to Professor Michael Zwicky Hauschild from DTU, Danish companies are among the best in world in securing clean water, sustainable energy and efficient food production, why the SDGs are to be seen as an opportunity.
"If we add tech to all these already existing strengths, the Sustainable Development Goals can be a great opportunity and enabler for Danish business in the coming decades," he says.
"It's no use closing your eyes to the changes. We need to constantly keep up and try to influence the process."
Professor Jan Madsen, DTU Compute