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The game is slated to get underway at 7 p.m. (PT) and it will be broadcast nationally on the NHL Network. Let's evaluate the NHL odds and make some money.
Flames Overview
The Flames road trip got off to a tough start with a 2-1 loss to San Jose on Friday night as 240 road underdogs. It was their fourth-straight setback to fall to 2-8 in their last 10 games. Calgary is now 13-19-4 on the year and a dismal 3-12-2 on the road. The total has stayed UNDER in four of its last seven games.
Calgary seems content with riding out the string in what has been a disappointing season to say the least. The other week it parted ways with forward Jarome Iginia, who was traded to Pittsburgh and right before the trade deadline defenseman Jay Boumeester was dealt to St. Louis. The Flames have done a decent job finding the back of the net with an average of 2.7 goals a game, but their defense has been nonexistent. Heading into this matchup, it is ranked dead-last in the NHL with a goals-against-average of 3.5.
Canucks Overview
Vancouver is holding down the No.3 spot in the Western Conference standings with 46 points but it has a dog fight on its hands in the division with Minnesota just two points back. The Canucks have gone 7-3 in their last 10 games and coming off 4-0 shutout of Edmonton this last Thursday as 176 home favorites. They are now 11-5-3 at home this season and the total has stayed UNDER in eight of their last 10 games with the other two ending as a PUSH.
Cory Schneider has started the last nine games in goal but with Vancouver failing to find any takers for backup Roberto Luongo before this past Wednesday's NHL trade deadline it appears he will ride out the season with the team. Schneider should continue to see the majority of the action with a goals-against-average of 2.16 to go along with a .925 save percentage. The Sedin brothers continue to provide the bulk of the production on the other end of the ice with a combined 20 goals and 43 assists through 37 games.
Flames vs. Canucks Betting Lines and Trends
BetOnline has opened the Flames as 236 road underdogs on the money line with Vancouver listed as a 262 home favorite. The total line for this contest has been set at 5.5.
The Flames are 5-13 in their last 18 games against the division and 3-9 in Game 3 of their last 12 3-in-4 situations. The total has gone OVER in four of their last five division games.
The Canucks have now won their last four home games and are 18-7 in their last 25 games played on a Saturday. The total has stayed UNDER in 16 of their last 27 division games.
Head-to-head in this matchup, the home team is 6-0 in the last six meetings and the total is 11-5-4 in the last 20 games between the two. Vancouver has won two of the first three meetings this season including two at home by a combined score of 8-3. The total has gone OVER in the last two games.
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Get this message after booting from last successful attempt, after installing CCC and drivers, then restarting into safe mode (because it won't get to windows after drivers are installed.
Also tried to install the windows updates while I was at it. When I booted into safe mode after I got this message when it was loading; "Unsuccessful windows update. Reverting changes."
Not sure what screen shots you want. Do you want it showing the HD6800 series in safe mode? Or do you want when it shows Standard VGA Device in normal windows?
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What anti virus are you running? May want to try again with it disabled as some of them tend to be just a little too aggressive and will block driver installs.
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Try Stormy's suggestion first. If it doesn't work, let's go back here....
Also if you're having other WIndows issues you should try dealing with those first. It would also help us to know if this (other issues) is the case?
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Two hours before tipoff versus Florida on Saturday afternoon, Kentucky announced starting forward Alex Poythress would not be playing.
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Poythress has been a key member of the Wildcats lineup in 2015-16.
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For the better part of the last 8 months, the nation has been inundated with wild leftist opposition to the agenda of our fairly elected President, Donald J. Trump.
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The Federal Government Ruined Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican statehood is an opportunity to redefine American federalism.
Puerto Rico voted to become a U.S. state this week. Needless to say, we should all be deeply concerned about the island's engorged debt, destructive fits of socialism, and terrifying chupacabras.
But Puerto Rican statehood also represents a unique opportunity to reform American federalism. Accepting a new state with markedly different problems and programs means acknowledging that states aren't interchangeable. We should welcome Puerto Rico and, while we're redefining what constitutes our union, rexamine the power dynamic between Washington and the states.
Puerto Rico is a test case in one-size-fits-all solutions and federal intervention ruining an economy. The island has significantly lower income and productivity than the continental United States, but it is still subjected to a national minimum wage crafted for the mainland. That disparity squeezes entry-level jobs out of the market and ratchets up unemployment rates. The slumping job market is worsened by the fact that federal programs like food stamps, Social Security benefits, education grants, and disability payments aren't pegged to local cost of living. In a region poorer than America's poorest state, it's not surprising that people would opt for generous federal handouts over scrambling for jobs the minimum wage hasn't yet outlawed. Puerto Rico would benefit from an opt-out clause on the mininum wage—an option that should be available to all states.
Because Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory and not a state, it's more vulnerable to federal intervention. The Jones-Shafroth Act exempted Puerto Rican bonds from local, state, and federal taxes. The feds might as well have sprinkled cocaine and cronuts over the bonds. Investors bought dumpsters full of Puerto Rico's sovereign debt, leading the island to further lurch into exorbitant deficit spending.
Federal trade laws also hobble Puerto Rican prosperity. The Jones Act prohibits foreign ships from moving goods between American ports. That means a foreign flagged vessel can't stop at Puerto Rico on its way to or from the mainland, but must instead offload and reload goods at another American port so a more expensive U.S. ship can transport them. Peter Schiff explains: "Even though median incomes in Puerto Rico are just over half that of the poorest U.S. state, thanks to the Jones Act, the cost of living is actually higher than the average state." The Jones Act would be a great issue to bring up when Congress deliberates on Puerto Rican accession. Abolishing it would benefit everyone, most of all Puerto Rico.
All of this may be incidental to the issue most likely to trouble Americans: How the hell are we going to shoehorn another star onto our flag? If we admitted Puerto Rico it would completely screw up the Stars & Stripes. Check out what the new mutant flag would look like:
As you can see, this hideous abomination is utterly unrecognizable. Fortunately, I've devised a way we can admit Puerto Rico without having to go out and buy a 51-star devil flag.
At this point in our history I think we can all agree that Florida is a freak state. When it's not too busy irresponsibly losing its emus, it's violating the Geneva convention with silly driving laws. I'm not opposed to taking away their electoral votes and giving it to someone more responsible, such as Canada, or possibly my improv team. They certainly don't deserve to have a star. So we could take Florida's star away and give it to Puerto Rico. I spent all night running that scenario through complicated graphic algorithms and came up with this model:
This week's vote was a non-binding resolution, but the island will hold another vote in October. If Puerto Rico petitions Congress to join the Union, limited government proponents could rightly point out that federal programs operating in Rhode Island have disastrous effects on the island of Puerto Rico. Surviving Goldwater acolytes advocate a federal government that concerns itself primarily with issues the states cannot handle in aggregate, such as international diplomacy, the military, whatever "covfefe" is, and cranking out commemorative quarters. Whereas liberals tend to feel that state governments are run by corrupt yokels, so we should increasingly defer to the enlightened technocrats of Washington instead.
It's too much to ask that liberals infer from Puerto Rico that socialist policies held back growth and prosperity. But it's feasible that in exchange for redefining the collection of states that comprise the Union, fiscal conservatives could advocate for more variance between its participants and scale back federal overreach.
Fifty-one different states might come up with 51 different solutions for killing chupacabras. The federal government would probably just wind up subsidizing them.
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Whoa. Who painted that mural of Crusty?
It's supposed to be "Chupacabra", but it is REALLY an image of Fed-Guv!!! (WE are the goat).
That's the Pope iv Rome violating the individual rights of pregnant boricua womanhood.
Boricua, barracuda, they all smell like FISH to me! "Welfare mothers, make better lovers", Neil Young told us... I in my wisdom would add, "If it smells like fish, eat it!"
Great article. Although, I would say keep Florida and bid California adieu.
Off topic. This is the president's morning game of six dimensional hungry, hungry hippos via tweet: "I'm Under Investigation For Firing Comey By The Man Who Told Me To Fire Comey"
What is the opposite of working the refs?
What is the opposite of working the refs?
Knighting the refs?
Giving the refs an unemployment check?
That is actually very clever. AG can't rule against Trump without incriminating himself.
Thanks for off topic warning, more comments should include those before they go off the rails and try to turn the discussion into yet another Trump flame fest. Cheers. It lets me know to stop reading.
So funny I forgot to laugh...
Yeah, the way to scale back federal overreach is to add two permanent Democratic seats to the Senate
It's obvious, really. And now we like us some american imperialism.
I gots a question about federal subsidies / minimum wage / welfare / etc. When they adjust these for cost of living, some of them vary by state, on the grounds that different states have different costs.
What allowance, if any, do these adjustments make for urban / suburban / rural difference? For instance, California and New York, where San Francisco and NYC especially are so far out of proportion that they may as well be different planets. The $15 minimum wage won't do squat in those cities, while it exceeds average pay out in the boonies.
I wonder about this for franchise chains too. Why are prices the same for McD in San Francisco and NYC, and in the boonies? Does the extra traffic and lack of parking lot actually make up for the increased property and labor costs?
The prices aren't the same.
Excellent article. 5 stars. Would read again.
Although, on further consideration, how about we split up the Republic of West Florida from Communist South Florida, add Puerto Rico, and see if there is some reasonable layout for 52 stars?
Puerto Rico sounds like it would get along with Illinois, so why don't we just merge them together. Florida can still get kicked out and Jefferson can split from California. Then we've still got 50 stars.
The Dominion of West Fla. would like a word w you: http://www.dbwf.net
then what will we do when Northern Calif and Southern Oregon form the new State of Jefferson? We'll need 53 stars then. Unless Calif want to leave the union and relinquish their star to Jefferson......
It's always easier to make a grid out of an even numbers. We could split up Texas and California as well.
If Puerto Rico came into the Union, they'd give Democrats a definitive advantage in both the Senate and the electoral college--and that means progressives.
Fuck that.
It's the same thing with statehood for D.C. We'll talk about bringing Puerto Rico and D.C. into the union just as soon as they split California in two, split Nevada in two, and then maybe we can split Kansas or Alabama. Give Republicans six more senators and maybe the Democrats can have four more.
"It's too much to ask that liberals infer from Puerto Rico that socialist policies held back growth and prosperity. But it's feasible that in exchange for redefining the collection of states that comprise the Union, fiscal conservatives could advocate for more variance between its participants and scale back federal overreach."
That's not about to happen. Democrats will call Republicans a bunch of racists for opposing a state that's Spanish speaking--never mind that Puerto Ricans are already U.S. citizens and can travel back and forth between Puerto Rico and the mainland at will.
P.S. The reason the vote in Puerto Rico was so high for statehood is because the remain as is and Puerto Rican independence campaigns boycotted the vote.
DC should just merge with Maryland. It's win-win. They get to vote for Congress. Everyone else gets to stop hearing them whine about not being represented. Neither party gets a significant advantage.
DC can join Maryland, but they have to take Occupied Northern Virginia with them. Everything east of Front Royal and north of Fredericksburg might as well be Maryland anyway.
Now hold on there, I avoid MD (and DC) whenever possible. You can't force me to join a People's Republic.
If you live in the area i described then you're already part of one. Sorry to break it to you.
Baloney. We don't pay MD tax rates and we sure as hell don't have MD gun laws.
Though I will grant that that's probably going to change in the next decade. We need a border wall on this side of the Potomac.
It's not a win for Maryland. Last thing they need is another crime-ridden city. And of course the Baltimore pols ruling the roost in the state legislature don't want that to change.
Not sure about the process of merging DC with MD though. The Constitution says that combining parts of states to make new states requires approval of the state legislatures, but this wouldn't fit that scenario as DC isn't part of a state. The Constitution doesn't say anything about a process for forcing states to accept additional territory.
Ah yes, the Last American Hero "DC Lateran Treaty Plan". It worked in Italy, let's give it a go here. Under my plan, the only ones not getting a vote would be the President and his family.
No DC shouldn't merge with Maryland. It was a great idea to not put our national capital into a snake den like any one state. That's just a stupid idea, they were right to partition out the District of Columbia. Any other suggestion needs to get shot down immediately.
Honestly - you partisan hack D's and R's are the problem. Completely fucking brain dead and incapable of seeing anything beyond your shit-smeared rosy glasses.
Split California in two, east and west of the mountains.
That would be dumb, if anything it should be split between North and South to reflect the politics in the region.
In 2011 religious fanatics in the Puerto Rican Senate banned abortion. It's a lucky thing Herbert Hoover taught us a healthy disrespect for idiotic laws, but until some of those politicians become shark shit, statehood looks like an increasingly attractive option. What is the procedure for becoming a Canadian province?
You can't be a coward in politics. Admitting a state shouldn't be based on politics and who gets what advantage, that's just fucking stupid. That said, we shouldn't admit PR until they get their economic shit together.
Can't Puerto Rico continue to stand as a warning about the failures of socialism, federal government overreach, etc., without becoming a state?
Of course not. In fact, its *imperative* that PR become a state now so the covering up of failed Federal policies and meddling can begin in earnest.
All of this may be incidental to the issue most likely to trouble Americans: How the hell are we going to shoehorn another star onto our flag?
Damn skippy! All of my curtains, bed sheets and clothing are made out of American flags and I'm not about to change for no foreigners. Just combine the Dakotas. It will be just as easy for Americans to not give a shit about them as one state as it is separately.
And Puerto Rico as a state name isn't going to fly. They'll have to rename themselves South South Bronx or Port Robby.
They'll have to rename themselves South South Bronx
Not so fast! Puerto Rico was in the same Prohibition District as New York last I checked. When the Great Depression resulting from prohibition and tax forfeiture could not be ignored, Herbert Hoover's Republicans redrew the Prohibition districts to make them closely match the Federal Reserve districts. New York and Puerto Rico were in the same prohibition district by the inscrutable logic of government control over trade and production.
*its 'damn skippy home slice '
And I think 'Richport' actually works well. All our states should aspire to be named so ironically.
Threatening to change the name back to Porto Rico--what ianquis called it for many decades--would revive the independencia movement in a big hurry.
I like to be in America!
O.K. by me in America!
Ev'rything free in America
For a small fee in America!
I hope Heaton doesn't think he can continue to slack off on the alt text because of his sartorial excellence.
While waiting for a red eye the other night, I saw a show on CNN about Puerto Rico. Said host claimed P.R. had already gained its independence from Spain before the Spanish American war and that the U.S. took it over as a war trophy. I say the U.S.should give them their independence to "apologize" for McKinley's colonialism irrespective of the wishes of the Puerto Ricans.
I would like us to do that will *all* our territories and possessions without distinction.
Maybe Jarvis Island and Palmyra Atoll, but not any place that would give a military advantage to our adversaries if they took it over. PRC would give their last chopstick to have a base in Puerto Rico.
51 is 3x17. Could we have three concentric circles of 16/17/18 stars (or 15/17/19 or whatever works out best)?
All we need in one Big Red Star.
Well at least we'd get to drop the m16 and use ak's.
That would be cultural appropriation
So the country would be known as "Texaco"?
All we need in one Big Red Star.
The problem with that is that you'd be unable to make it out against the red background.
The article may overstate the election "victory" a bit.
Food for thought:
Very nice. That's Borinken in the center, I can tell!
The push for Puerto Rico becoming a state is to get more Democrat voters in place.
Solution: annex Alberta to balance things out.
Indeed, we should have invaded Alberta instead of Iraq. There's plenty of oil, they all speak English, and the Albertans would be genuinely grateful for being liberated.
yeah, those Albertans never did take well to that froggish bit......
They learned how to mess w people for a while with alcohol prohib'n. They learned how to abolish slavery. They learned how to turn R on a red light.
Don't forget Kansas, their shit is all fucked up too. It's not just Democratic states.
Fedgov ruined Puerto Rico, as opposed to all those other thriving Caribbean and Latin American countries?
Clears the way for me to be mayor of San Juan...daily pressers from Coqui Beach
If PR was smart they would leave the US legalize all drugs and become a banking haven.
Shhhh! That and getting rid of the 1st Wesley Livsey Jones law are the whole point. Didn't you sign the NDA?
Really? Florida is the freak? Not say, Oregon? Heres a simple solution. Combine NH and VT. /thread
There is more elegant solution to the Starry Banner iv Freedom posted at libertariantranslator. In the wrong language you can see it at faloingles.com This "lone star" solution is politically apropos because I was born there. It also allows, say, Cuban voters a way to escape from communism and Papal christianofascist abortion bans by cheaply adding another estrellita to the left (naturally) of Puerto Rico. I personally would prefer independence, but if papist chupacabras in the banana-republicano Senate keep trying to ban abortion, the island will have to apply for statehood or British protection--like Bimini, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Trinidad and many other jurisdictions in which women possess individual rights.
Woops, scratch Trinidad. Too close to Venezuela to be free.
You're talking to yourself again, Hank.
Hmmmm.. an amusing observation: you seem to be rather fixated on the issue of the killing of the not-yey-born, and blame it on the papal "christianofascists", I wonder on what basis one person has the authority to take the life of another innocent with not even a hint of due process. And its not just the roman catholics who oppose such slaughter. It also seems you consider that a woman (or anyone else) not being allowed to kill an unborn person somehow does not possess "individual rights". I've always wondered by what rhetoric such folk justify the absolute and final removal of the "individual right" of those unborn..... the half of the "customers" who never leave the abortuary alive.
Just wondering the value set that leads to such conclusions......
Puerto Rico ruined itself, just like the rest of the world is ruining itself extorting taxes from willing populations scared about freedom and self-reliance to prop-up various forms of self-serving and unstoppable collectivism. The American federal beast, which Americans refuse to let it starve to literal death, will not stop being what it is, nor should it be expected to do so. Furthermore, Puerto Rico has had five plebiscites and, with the exception of the last one which is clearly non-representative of the will of the people, Puerto Ricans have never overwhelmingly supported statehood and, thus, favor the status quo. This is all a distraction as what Puerto Rico needs is the same thing America and the world needs: laissez faire capitalism... and that ain't happening. We are doomed. Just bend over and take it real good...
"This is all a distraction as what Puerto Rico needs is the same thing America and the world needs: laissez faire capitalism"
I agree JAQO. I used to live in PR.
Heaton overestimate the effect of the minimum wage, Jones Act and other federal government actions which mostly benefit PR (he misses Social Security benefits, welfare, rum subsidies, the former 936 tax exemption, etc) and is why the island has supported the status quo. The real reason PR is so bankrupt is because of government corruption, lack of free markets, and a labor force where there are 3 private sector workers for every 1 government employee, vs. about 16 to 1 in the US. Many government jobs are handed out to relatives, friends, and campaign contributors for kickbacks. Welfare fraud is rampant. As is police corruption and crime. All the doors and windows there have burglar bars for good reason (look in Google street view). Taxes are high and the standard of living is low.
The government lives far beyond it's means and never really intended to pay back stateside creditors, believed they'd be bailed out and are desperately trying to avoid giving haircuts to all the government pensioners, government employees and welfare queens who should be the ones who get a haircut in bankruptcy.
I suggest this flag instead.
Take that first suggested fifty one star flag above, and invert the entire field. The shorter line at the bottom, longer one at top, gives an unnatural "weight" to the whole thing.... flip it and it will settle right down and be more tolerable.
A more sane choice than making Puerto Rico a state is making it a borough of New York.
The slumping job market is worsened by the fact that federal programs like food stamps, Social Security benefits, education grants, and disability payments aren't pegged to local cost of living.
Peter Schiff explains: "Even though median incomes in Puerto Rico are just over half that of the poorest U.S. state, thanks to the Jones Act, the cost of living is actually higher than the average state."
The second seems to undermine the first.
Can someone please help me understand just why the writers for this (supposedly) libertarian site are such idiots? Does this guy REALLY think that only Puerto Rico need exemption from the minimum wage law. The law should be abolished for all the States. We should all be "pro choice" on wages.
Having lived on the island, Heaton's article really lacking. The feds didn't ruin PR, the island politicians/voters did. Heaton's comes close with the feds "sprinkled cocaine and cronuts over the bonds", but drug addicts are the ones responsible for their addiction, not their dealers. But Heaton is otherwise accurate.
Consider, 1/4 of employees on the island are paid by government, vs. about 1/16 here in the US. That's socialism on steroids. And with that many government employees, few are actually working. The island is also a cesspool of crime and corruption (just google puerto rico corruption). PR natives consider cheating mainlanders an OK thing.
The PR politicians want to renege on loans made on the full faith and credit of PR, so they don't have to renege on promises to PR government pensioners and welfare recipients. They're willing to become a state for a bailout, rather than actually contributing something like Texas did when they gave up a huge chunk of land to become a state. I say make them an independent nation, or make them pay up first. Letting the government employee pensioners take their haircut would be a good step, because it then creates an incentive for government employees to actually ensure the island is well governed, rather than setup to steal from mainlanders.
And just look at google street view anywhere in San Juan. You'll see burglar bars over all the doors/windows of practically every home - for a good reason.


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The final numbers are part of the state's annual financial report released Tuesday that covers the year ending June 30, 2016. The report says $88.5 million of the surplus went into the state's general fund, while about $70 million went into the Rainy Day fund, giving it a much higher balance than normal.
Business taxes performed roughly 23 percent better than expected. The tax on rooms and meals also came in ahead of projections.
Now in the budget's second year, the state is projecting a shortfall in the health department. The budget ends June 30. Gov. Chris Sununu will present his plan for the next two-year budget next week.


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Estes Park welcomes Girls Fight Back to the public performance stage on Saturday June 6th! Come on out for a FREE, open to the public women's safety and self-defense seminar. Our presentations combine cutting-edge safety tips, empowerment and a healthy dose of humor. We'll help you see that fighting like a girl is a very good thing…then we'll show you how! Learn more at http://girlsfightback.com. After the seminar, stick around for lunch, shopping, elk sightings and sunshine in gorgeous Estes Park, Colorado!
Click here to download an event flyer. Please post and spread the word! Here are the details…
FREE 90-minute GFB seminar!
Sat. June 6, 2009
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
@ the outdoor Performance Park Stage
417 W. Elkhorn Ave
Estes Park, CO 80517
Open to all ages!
FREE Admission!
FREE parking on-site!
FREE giveaways, live music and more!
This event is being sponsored by the Estes Valley Victim Advocates, and we encourage attendees to donate to this wonderful organization. *In the event of bad weather, the event will be moved to Estes Park High School. Please check out our Twitter page for any weather-related announcements the day of the event.
One last thing – EVVA is also looking for sponsors for this event. Is your business or family interested in backing this great day with a sponsorship of $25, $50 or $100? If so, please contact Annette at 970.577.9781.
Hope to see you there!


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That got your attention didn't it! Not that sort of naughty though, but putting the fun into architecture, the wicked into observations.
Hence – naughty guides… from Tudor trunks to Norman nobbly bits…
Alas, the only bottoms you'll be seeing are church apses – though I have had to mention a few actual body parts in the text sometimes to avoid falling foul trade description act.
I've put up my series A Day Out with Elspeth in… [insert name of usually British town here]. Some of my posts are more observations than tours. I always intend to share what it feels to be here, not just list the usual pictures and places. I'll assume you want to know what's it's actually like, not just a repeat of the obvious sights and most famous hotels and teashops. Browsing shops and websites, I got frustrated with how hard it is to go beyond that, especially if you're planning on moving, or just really want to know a place.
I began writing on travel in 2002 and started this series, originally for the Churches Conservation Trust, in 2008. It's now separate and has become its own thing, but I wanted to give a little plug for CCT (not the camera sort).
Pictures are mine – please don't use them or my text without permission. (I don't count printing off for your delectation or scrapbook). Hence I often have marks on them to make them less nickable and I don't always put my best pictures up here – I often sell those, somewhere else.


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This category links to companies actively involved in research and development of their potential therapeutic products, derived from biological rather than chemical synthesis.
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Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Receptor-based drug discovery in the fields of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular, sleep disorders, neurodegeneration, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety. Profile of company in San Diego, California. (Nasdaq: ARNA)
BioSphings AG.
Development and marketing of products to treat viral infections, cancer and autoimmune diseases. Features product pipeline and company details. Frankfurt, Germany.
Can Fite BioPharma Ltd.
Developer of anti-arthritis drug CF101 presents its management, technology, and research pipeline. Includes a list of publications and patents.
Curis, Inc
Developing small molecule and peptide drugs in regulatory signaling and regenerative pathways. Introduces technical background, product pipeline, collaborations, investment data and careers headquartered from Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Nasdaq: CVGP)
Cyano Biotech GmbH.
Identifies and characterises structural variants of polyketides and non-ribosomal cyclic heptapeptides from cyanobacteria, and optimises pharmacological activity using biocombinatorial techniques. Profile, collaborators and contacts in Germany.
Genentech, Inc.
Development, production, and marketing of human therapeutics. Includes research history, product pipeline, global corporate and career information. San Francisco, California.
Researching nuclear receptors and gene deregulation for treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic and inflammatory diseases. Includes information about genomic research headquartered in Loos, France.
Imclone Systems Inc.
Researches and develops growth factor blockers and anti-cancer vaccines. Includes clinical programs, investor details and overview of company in New York City. (Nasdaq: IMCL)
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.
Developing novel drugs against targets inside nerve cells to treat CNS disorders. Includes therapeutic projects, target biochemistry, corporate data and contacts for headquarters in New York City.
MannKind Corp.
Developing a pulmonary insulin delivery system, and immunotherapy of cancer, by identifying tumor-related antigens, DNA and peptide-based drugs evoking cell-mediated responses. Located in Valencia, California.
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Discovers and develops therapeutics for treatment of diseases and disorders of the central nervous and immune systems, including anxiety, depression, alzheimer's disease, obesity, stroke and multiple sclerosis. (Nasdaq: NBIX).
Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp.
Researches and develops neurological diagnostics and pharmaceuticals for the aging population with emphasis on Alzheimer's disease. Profile of company with bases in Maywood, New Jersey and Saint Laurent, Quebec. (Nasdaq: NYMX)
Optimer Pharmaceuticals
Develops late-stage anti-infective and preclinical antibiotics by carbohydrate technology.
Sequenom, Inc.
Researches and develops high definition dna analysis tools for industrial biomedical and life science applications. (Nasdaq: SQNM).
Sierra Sciences Inc.
Developing drugs and therapies to reverse the effects of human aging by focusing on preserving the length of telomeres, to keep them more resilient. Careers in Reno, Nevada.
SIGA Technologies Inc.
Develops and commercializes vaccines, and novel antiviral therapeutics for category A pathogens, infectious diseases, and potential bio-defense. Laboratories in Corvallis, Oregon, headquartered in New York City. (Nasdaq: SIGA)
Trophogen, Inc
Development of superactive hormones and growth factors for therapeutic applications. Based in Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Xencor, Inc.
Technology for MHC epitope removal, glycosylation to optimize pharmacokinetics, masking immune recognition sites and engineering monoclonal antibodies. Includes discovery programs, partnering opportunities in Monrovia, California. ImmunoPDA Technology Product Sheet Caltech spin-off developing proteomic technologies to accelerate drug discovery.
Development and manufacture of recombinant proteins and peptides, in partnership with big pharmas. Includes licensing of technology derived from the host-defense protein BPI, monoclonal antibodies to treat chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia, and to target cancer. Based in Berkeley, California.
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The demand for mobility is increasing – both in the US and worldwide. Transporting people and goods to all corners of the earth presents challenges for the infrastructure of national economies. This applies, in particular, to the transport and logistics facilities of cities: Will cities be able to solve the problems caused by increasing road traffic? Can public transportation help them avoid total gridlock? How can railway operators increase the efficiency and safety of their systems? How can rail and road traffic be integrated? How can logistics supply chains be further optimized as freight volumes continue to increase steadily?
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The portfolio of the Mobility Division includes
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