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Oran Hall | Preference shares becoming attractive sources of income
Preference shares still do not hold a preferred position as investment instruments in the Jamaican securities market, but a look at issues in the last decade shows that much is being done to make them appealing to the market.
Whereas they were primarily fixed-rate long term instruments in the past, they are now better described as medium-term instruments due to their shorter term to maturity - often less than 10 years. Beyond that, several new features have been incorporated into the more recent issues.
Newer issues have been made as Jamaican-dollar securities but some have been US-dollar securities although they have generally been directed only to investors who are resident in Jamaica. Even so, Jamaican investors are protected against the decline in the value of the Jamaican currency if they invest in preference shares denominated in the US dollar.
Some recent issues have been fixed-rate issues but there have been variable rate issues as well, thereby offering greater protection to the value of the shares in the secondary market, which may be affected by medium to long term interest rate changes.
The frequency of dividend payments has also changed. At an earlier time, dividends tended to be paid twice yearly. Today, they are paid quarterly. More than that, some issues pay interest monthly. This is a godsend for investors who need a regular and known stream of income at reasonable rates.
One issuer has found it worthwhile to offer a higher rate to its own clients than to other investors - a kind of reward, no doubt, for supporting the business of the issuer.
For those listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market and Junior Market, there is some liquidity although trading in preference shares is not yet vibrant locally.
Investors may still invest as individuals but may also do so jointly, thereby addressing estate-planning issues up front.
Although this has no effect on the trading of these securities, issues are not only confined to shares with a face value as some no par value shares have been issued in recent times.
The redeemable and cumulative features add to their attractiveness. Being redeemable means that they have a limited life span which is known; the investor has reasonable reason for expecting a return of principal at maturity/redemption. The cumulative feature protects the income of the investor who is thus comforted that interest not paid now will accumulate to be paid in the future.
Preference shareholders have a prior claim to dividends over ordinary shareholders and to principal in the event of liquidation although they rank behind holders of the issuer's debt instruments.
Additionally, they tend not to have voting rights - that being reserved for special situations which are pre-determined such as the non-payment of preference dividends for a specified period such as one year.
The current approach to preference shares in the market is ensuring that there is scope to satisfy a wide range of investment objectives. Although the scope for capital appreciation is limited, there is great scope for a regular flow of income, on the other hand.
The regular payment of dividends and limited downside risk with regard to the price of the securities make the preference shares now on market a strong alternative to debt instruments.
The low price at which the new shares come to the market also makes them quite attractive to investors: institutional investors, high net worth individuals and particularly individuals aspiring to be high net worth persons one day.
Current investors are protected by, for example, a requirement that any change in the terms of an issue has to be approved by a set substantial percentage of the preference shareholders. From another angle, to the extent that interest rates do not rise significantly, investors can expect that the capital value of their investment will be protected as the price of the shares tends not to fall much in such cases.
To their issuers, preference shares are useful sources of funding as they have been used to raise capital in the local market to re-finance existing debt, to support diversification and expansion and to fund the expansion of credit facilities to the clients of the issuers.
I find it interesting that it is the financial institutions which seem to be more inclined to use the preference share facility as an option for raising capital thereby giving investors another option for earning interest income.
- Oran A. Hall, principal author of 'The Handbook of Personal Financial Planning', offers personal financial planning advice and counsel. Email email@example.com


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Unfortunate news this morning:
"Female bombers struck Kurdish political protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad on Monday morning, leaving at least 48 people dead and 249 wounded in one of the bloodiest sequences of attacks in Iraq this year."
Which simply means that the terrorists know they're losing, and are desperate.
It doesn't have to change anything--as long as Americans keep their nerve.

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I can't seem to ever write a short blog post, but I'm going to try, because I just don't have much time these days.....
I food shop less than ever, and I haven't been to the farmers market in weeks, if not a couple of months because I have an infinite number of food choices at any given time with few fresh ingredients and few pantry items....I can't seem to eat everything I have. I realize that I don't have a family to cook for, but when I cook, I cook "family size", that's why my freezer is always packed with food at the ready.....I still have fresh summer tomato soup and zucchini soup made with corn stock.....good Lord, even a Cherimoya from my trip to Santa Barbara last May!
I rarely, if ever, use recipes, because I think the best foods are the simplest of foods and if I read a recipe with more than 4-6 ingredients I pass on it. For instance, I'm going to be making a large pork roast this afternoon, and I come across many recipes (I still like reading them, lol) for all kinds of marinades, rubs, brines, blah, blah, blah, and although most of that stuff is super tasty, and fun to try, by reading the ingredients I already know what it's going to taste like, do I really need to take the extra time to measure out marinade ingredients, or shop for special fresh herbs I don't already have in my fridge, when I always have salt and pepper....you don't need anything else for a good peice of meat, after salt and pepper anything is a bonus! And if I have other stuff, I'll use it, but I don't have the time or energy most times for an extra effort that won't make my food taste "better", just different.
Ok, I will be roasting pork this afternoon with simple salt and pepper, I could rub it down with some olive oil and garlic too, and I might, because I always have those ingredients too, but I started to think of what else I could serve with it. What's the simplest? Mashed potatoes are easy (again, if you want to make them fancy, add garlic cloves in the water along with the potatoes for garlic mashed, or toss some parmesean, and/or fresh herbs at the end, OR add carrots for carrot, potaoto mash, OR turnips, rutabaga, parsnip......good Lord who needs a freakin' recipe, LOL!), but roasted veggies with, again, oil, salt and pepper, will be my choice, because the oven is already going to be on, and who wants to dirty an extra pot?
I want to write more about the infinite food choices we have, but I've got to get to my 7:15am yoga class, so more to come.....maybe I can write more when my roast is in the oven, lol!
PS ingredients like.......olive oil, garlic, onion, carrot, celery, stock / broth, cream, butter, lemon / vinegars, don't count in my 4-6 ingredients "rule" as these things are always on hand, and should be a "given" as the start and end to 99% of all recipes.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Infinite Food Choices
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For the vast majority of Americans, the 4th of July is a time of fireworks, hot dogs (kosher?), and celebration. For myself and my family, every 4th of July brings another year since 2000 when the finest man I know, Jack Henry Downey (my dad), received the greatest Independence Day ever because he stepped into eternity and heard the words many long to hear, "Well done, thou, good and faithful servant."
I still remember almost every detail of that horrible first 4th of July. I remember the phone call at 3:48 a.m. I remember how some dear friends helped me to get to the airport in NYC and on my way to mama in Oklahoma. I remember my sister and I finding his sermon Bible and finding a list of names, including my sister and myself, and realizing that until the day he died he prayed for everyone he had ever prayed with to receive Jesus as Messiah. I remember the fireworks that lit up the Oklahoma sky and holding my mom's hand because as much as I hurt, she hurt all the more. I miss him daily and there are times when I long to have another hug from my Daddy Henry; however, I am glad he is in heaven with Messiah Jesus and away from the mess we have made of this world.
Within the Jewish world, there are two items which occur on the anniversary of a loved one's death — Kaddish and the lighting of the Yarzheit candle. Kaddish is the mourner's prayer that glorifies God and the candle is to always remember the light that was extinguished from this world. I have lit my candle and will remember the joy I had in simply calling him daddy. I will not say the Kaddish because I seek to honor my father in a different way … by living out the missional life he lived and taught others to live as well.
For my dad had a true missionary's heart. He wanted to go to Australia as a missionary but was told he was too old. He shared the love of Jesus with anyone and everyone who would listen … and even a few who didn't want to hear it. He lived long enough to see me surrender my life to missionary service and knew of the work of Jewish missions I was doing in New York City.
I will continue to do the work of Jewish evangelism not to honor my earthly father but because I am commanded to do so by my Heavenly Father. God called me to this work of Jewish evangelism in 1998 and I continue to this day because there are millions of Jewish people who need to know Jesus as I do … because Jack Henry Downey told me.
I perhaps have not uttered the Kaddish for my dad but I think he would like it better if I lived it every day of the year.


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Technique for identifying and searching based on situation context metadata for conversation system
Publication Date: 2013-Oct-30
Publishing Venue
The IP.com Prior Art Database
Below mentioned technique describes how we can identify situational context metadata using external sources and use them to annotate the conversation. Later the same could be used to search and effectively retrieving the relevant results from the converstation.
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Technique for identifying and searching based on situation context metadata for conversation system
Searching within one's personal communication archive currently has several limitations. You can initiate a keyword based search within the
body of an email message, or use particular fields of meta-information as filters, for example the 'from' and 'to' fields within an email message. However, these options are often insufficient to retrieve the correct entry. Our memory of the items we are searching for may be spotty, remembering the department/company our interlocutor works at but not their name, or remembering the place where we were when the conversation took place, or the general gist of the conversation but no keywords that actually appear in the message.
The problem stems from the fact that these communication events do not take place in a bubble. They are not self-contained information units. They take place within a particular external context, such as a meeting, conference, etc, and within a particular task context, such as a work team working toward accomplishing a particular task, and that external context is bundled together in our memory. The conceptual information from that external context is implicitly present in communication events which take place in that context, although it may not be explicitly expressed in the body of the communication itself. These related elements from the extra-linguistic situational context must be paired with the information already in a personal communication transaction to create a more powerful search / information retrieval capability.
To address this need, an approach is proposed for enriching personal communication channel entries with additional information, to be used in search and retrieval.
Scenario I
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Description: Here is a transcript which happened between Amit and IT company network manager. Both are discussing on an issue related to slow bandwidth of internet and the discussion started based on a mail which the company network manager sent him. If you see this transcripts, nothing is mentioned about the slow bandwidth, but we can identify the context variable from the integrated tool in this case company mailing tool and tag the discussion with "Slow Bandwidth", which is the way our brain remember it.
Scenario II
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Description: I went to a conference in Austin and had some discussion on JavaScript frameworks with different people (like Person X, Person Y etc) over internet messenger. Now, I am back in India. But the way I remember it is "I discussed this with Person X when I was in Austin". But this location information is not stored in conversation at all. Similarly the gist, content, time of the conversation will not be store anywhere. There s...


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POLL DANCERS: Job Bridge
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For a wider cover: meeting climate goals
Context--The following article discuss thatIndia made a Bonn Challenge commitment to place into restoration 13 million hectares (Mha) of degraded land by 2020 and an additional 8 Mha by 2030.
Introduction-. India's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) have also pledged to sequester 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent additionally by 2030 through enhanced tree cover.
Initial government estimates suggest that to achieve this, India will need to extend tree cover on at least 28-34 million hectares, outside of the existing forest cover.
Action Taken By various State Government-As different States work to achieve these commitments, it appears that there is an over-reliance on plantations.
Examples are M.P. and U.P.where record plantation is done and it is expected that Other States are also expected to follow suit.
Misunderstanding related to the Bonn Challenge and NDC-1.Neither the Bonn Challenge nor the NDCs are about large-scale plantations alone.
2.The Bonn Challenge, for instance, lays emphasis on landscape approaches — a model aimed at improving the ecology of a landscape as a whole in order to benefit local livelihoods and conserve biodiversity.
3.The NDC lays emphasis not only on carbon sequestration but also adaptation to climate change through a strengthened flow of benefits to local communities that are dependent on forests and agriculture for sustenance.
4.This also reflects the spirit of India's policy framework on forests which lays emphasis on a landscape approach to manage forest and tree cover, so that the flow of multiple ecosystem services — including food security, climate mitigation and adaptation, conservation of biological diversity and water supplies — is secured.
5.Therefore, large-scale plantation drives, which often do not lay stress on species selection, the quality of planting materials or survival rates, nor recognise tenure and resource rights to ensure that the benefit flows to communities, do not really achieve the goals.
Plantations do have their space, but as one among a larger suite of interventions.
What should be correct approach?-
1.To operationalise a landscape approach, we must protect healthy forest areas from deforestation, degradation and fragmentation.
2.we must creatively integrate trees into different land uses.
3.India has numerous models that are suited for different regions and farm household sizes to draw upon, and must not rely on plantation drives alone to secure environmental and developmental outcomes.
4. The various agroforestry models, that combine different trees that provide timber, fruits, fodder, fuel and fertilizers with food crops, diversifies income from farming, and improves land productivity.
5.Farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) systems where farmers protect and manage the growth of trees and shrubs that regenerate naturally in their fields from root stock or from seeds dispersed through animal manure can also deliver several economic and ecosystem benefits.
Examples-The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development's (NABARD's) 'Wadi' model and the Foundation for Ecological Security's re-greening of village commons project.
Other Proactive measures-1.It is also important to have in place a performance monitoring system to quantify tree survival rates and the benefits to communities. This can be achieved through a combination of remote sensing, crowd sourced, ground-level monitoring with support from communities and civil society organisations.
2. It is also critical to use scientific evidence-based methodology with a participatory approach to determine the right type of tree-based interventions most suitable to a certain land use. A tool called the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) is being used in 40 countries.
Conclusion-India has the policy framework, the political will and financing to endorse landscape restoration. What we really need now is innovation and imagination to build replicable and scalable models with a participatory approach to achieve the country's climate goals through landscape restoration.
It takes a village(GS ,Governance-Accounatbility)
Context-The article talks about why teachers only are not accountable in school education.
Introduction- In the recent times,The idea mooted to fix education by holding teachers accountable for student test scores.
But in the present context,The problem is-i)whether test scores are the only way to assess how well education systems are performing;
ii)whether teachers are the only ones to blame for low-performing systems;
iii)and whether 'blame' itself is the right approach at all.
What does UNESCO report says?-
i)UNESCO's new Global Education Monitoring Report 2017/18 is a comprehensive and nuanced look at the role of accountability in global education systems in the effort to achieve the vision of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4: to ensure inclusive and quality education for all, and to promote lifelong learning.
ii)The report points out that providing universal quality education depends not on the performance of teachers alone, but is the shared responsibility of several stakeholders: governments, schools, teachers, parents, the media and civil society, international organisations, and the private sector.
It does indeed take an entire village.
Why should teacher not blamed alone?
Conclusion- Punish teachers is a bad idea for many reasons, including the risk that it might result in teachers simply teaching 'to the test'. Teaching to the test is never a good way forward for any education system.
Examination scores by themselves are an inadequate way of assessing the complex process of teaching and learning.
It is time to talk of accountability with a constructive focus on the role of each stakeholder in the education system.
The risk of rising crude oil prices(GS 3,Economy,Infrastructure-Energy)
Context-The article talks about rising price of crude oil on India.
How India has benefited from Crude oil?
- As a large importer of crude oil, India benefited significantly from lower prices.
-It helped contain inflation and had a favourable impact on both the fiscal and current account deficits.
Rising Price of crude oil- Oil prices touched a two-year high earlier this week and have gone up by about 14% over the last one month.
Reason for price rise-i)Drawdown in inventories, especially in the US,
ii)better compliance with the voluntary production cut by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec),
iii)slower pickup in US shale oil and continued geopolitical risk in West Asia.
iv)According to Bloomberg data, Opec members reduced production more than they had initially agreed to.
Further, the internal power struggle in Saudi Arabia has added to the uncertainty.
v)According to the International Monetary Fund, Saudi Arabia will need oil prices to be at $70 per barrel for fiscal break-even in 2018.
vi) Members of Opec will meet later this month and it is likely that they will work to push oil prices to around the $70 per barrel mark in the coming year.
Present situation of India and likely Impact- i)Even though India is in a relatively strong macroeconomic position, a higher level of oil prices could still pose challenges for policymakers.
ii)India witnessed a significant positive terms of trade shock when oil prices fell by over 50% between 2014 and 2015 has shown that the windfall for the government was to the tune of 0.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of lower subsidy outgo and higher tax collection, which helped boost public investments. Households and firms also benefited.
iii)Higher oil prices could have the opposite effect and impede economic recovery in the coming quarters.
iv)They could have implications for growth, inflation, currency, current account deficit and fiscal deficit.
Every $10 increase in oil price increases consumer price inflation by 0.6-0.7 percentage point. It also estimates that a similar rise worsens India's current account balance by 0.4% of the GDP.
v) Given India's macroeconomic position, the impact of higher oil prices on individual indicators may not look worrying as of now, but put together with added uncertainty related to revenue and economic activity due to teething problems with the goods and services tax, could worsen the outlook for India.
vi) The Indian crude basket was at $62.4 per barrel on 8 November.
-Expectation of higher inflation will reduce the chance of a potential rate cut and could affect market sentiment.
- Bond yields have gone up in recent weeks.
vii) Higher oil prices will also affect corporate India's profit margins and could delay the much awaited earnings revival. viii)A relatively less favourable macro outlook and a decline in profit margins would affect the equity market where stocks are richly valued.
Conclusion- i)The situation is not alarming for India at the moment, but policymakers would do well to remain watchful.
ii)It is likely that the RBI's monetary policy committee will mull over the possible fallout in its next meeting in December.
Iii)Meanwhile, the government would be well advised to avoid reducing duty if prices remain at higher levels.
iv) It would need higher revenue to push capital expenditure and move forward with fiscal consolidation. It will be extremely important to keep fiscal deficit in control in order to protect hard-won macroeconomic stability.
Swachh Corporate Abhiyaan: 10 key recommendations of Kotak panel to Sebi (GS 2,Governance,Government Policies and interventions)
Background-With the view of improving corporate governance standards of listed companies in India, the panel under the chairmanship of Uday Kotak submitted its report to the Sebi, suggesting a host of changes for bringing in transparency at companies' boards.
Significance-The panel's report gains significance in the backdrop of recent boardroom battles at some of the biggest Indian corporate houses, including Tata Group and Infosys.
Markets regulator Sebi had formed the 24-member group in June that consisted of representatives of Corporate India, stock exchanges, professional bodies, investor groups, chambers of commerce, law firms, academicians and research professionals and Sebi officials.
Here are the some of the key suggestions of the panel
1. Panel suggested that it was the the right time to split chairman, MD-CEO role of listed companies
2. Panel suggested it should be mandatory for top 500 companies by market capitalization to undertake D&O insurance for its independent directors. D&O Insurance stands for Directors and Officers insurance
3. Panel suggests minimum of 6 directors to be on board of listed entities; every listed entity to have at least 1 independent woman director
4. Panel suggested more transparency on appointment of independent directors; wants them to play a more active role on ..
5. Panel suggested maximum number of listed entity directorship to be reduced to 8. At least half of every listed entities board to have independent directors
6. Panel suggested Audit Committee must review use of loans/adv/ investment by holding co in arm over Rs 100 crore
7. Panel suggested application to fill a casual vacancy of office of any Independent Director must be okayed by holders; minimum number of Audit Committee meetings be increased to five every year .
8. Panel suggested no person to be appointed as alternate director for an independent director of a listed company
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10. Panel suggested BoD to be updated on regulatory & compliance changes at least once a year; as well as an interaction between NEDs & senior management
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· Researchers at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad have recently used the gene silencing technique to keep groundnuts free of aflatoxin contamination.
· Aflatoxin is a toxin produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.
· Researchers deployed two strategies to prevent groundnuts being infected by the fungus.
· One is inserting two alfalfa (flowering plant of pea family) genes to enhance immunity against fungal infection and growth.
· Another is preventing aflatoxin production even in case of any infection through a plant-induced gene silencing technique.
Gene Silencing Technique
· Gene silencing is a technique that aims to reduce or eliminate the production of a protein from its corresponding gene.
· It generally describe the "switching off" of a gene by a mechanism other than genetic modification
· It occurs when RNA is unable to make a protein during translation (gene expression).
· In the groundnut case, the researchers designed two small RNA molecules that silence the fungal genes which produce aflatoxin.
· When the fungus and plant come in contact with each other the small RNA molecules from the plant enter the fungus and prevent it from producing aflatoxin (protein) by its corresponding gene.
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GLOUCESTER — William Harry King, 60, died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at Riverside Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. In 1998, he retired from the Naval Weapons Station as an equipment mechanic. Prior to that, William Harry was a waterman, having worked the York River and Chesapeake Bay. Mr. King was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his father, Woodland King.
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Backgrounds must be moved behind the model, but they usually won't budge unless you put the background on before any clothing or hair. So put the background on before the clothing and hair selection, then click on the background and a box will appear. Click "backward" on the box until the background moves completely behind the model.
Advanced Techniques:
- Add the background first (don't move it back yet)
- Add your earrings (don't move them yet)
- Add all your wigs and other accessories (don't move them yet)
- Now you should be able to click on every accessory and move them forward or backward without trouble (you may have to zoom in to click on the earrings)! Move the background behind the model first, then follow with the other accessories. If your earrings become hidden by a wig, click the wig forward first, then back again and the earrings will show up
- Now go put on your clothing, select your hairstyle, and do your makeup
- Add the first pair of earrings first
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Last month, a friend and I attended an artist's solo art exhibition in La Jolla (San Diego), California. I received the opportunity to meet Yim Choon Lee, a South Korean contemporary artist still gaining exposure to the world today. In the short time I spent walking around gazing at the artwork and admiring the mind of the artist, I was surprised more than once or twice. I visited art galleries in the past, but never attended a special artist reception with the artist present. This was a first.
[Disclaimer: I do not have a professional background in art. I am only the lay viewer of art that on rare occasion peruses a gallery with fairly complex art designs and themes.]
As I entered the Salazaar Contemporary Gallery, the location of the exhibition in La Jolla, I found myself walking into a small crowd of art lovers, photographers, and gallery owners. It was a classy event with wine readily available to sip on to enhance your viewing experience. I was immediately drawn to the left where I saw a blue piece of art. The piece had an open space with large sections along the side and one in the center full of intricate designs behind what appeared to be twisted pieces on the canvas. Upon closer viewing, I found painted Chinese characters and other unique designs along the twists.
|Small section of the art piece. Notice the twists and detailed paint.
What I observed was the result of the Yim Choon Lee's process, "Tearing Art." He paints both sides of a canvas. On one side, Korean traditional papers are placed on the surface and painted over, creating a total of three surfaces. Then, the linen on one side is cut to reveal the backside. The pieces are torn and folded to create an elaborate, beautiful piece of art.
His information page and website as quoted says:
"Three surfaces of the painting represent the past (traditional paper surface), present (back of canvas linen), and future (front of canvas linen). In tearing art, one painting glues together past, present and future in three dimension."
I continued to move around the room thinking about my own past and present glued to and molding my future, as I admired each of the pieces of art. The art was amazing in all of its three-dimensional forms. This is art I could observe with multiple senses. I stepped back to see the piece and feel the presence of the work as I soaked in the colors and design. Later, I moved in closer while I envisioned (no, I did not touch) following the twisted pieces with my finger. I imagined hearing the artist tearing and folding the pieces of linen in a studio in his home. I was enamored by the simple yet complex works - some happened to be only black and white. [You can see them on the website. Photo not posted here.] Moving towards the back of the room, I viewed more complex pieces with very vibrant shades of color.
|Viewed from a different perspective. The colors move from lighter to darker on the far end.
Eventually, I met Katherine Kim, Yim Choon Lee's agent. She was busy making her rounds meeting other important people. Despite being busy with potential buyers and viewers, she still stopped to speak with me. I was greeted with her bubbly nature, a gentle touch and lots of enthusiasm. She began to take me to some of his bigger works and answer a few of my questions. Eager to meet the artist himself, she brought me to Yim Choon Lee, where he also warmly welcomed me with a large grin as he showed off some of his art. I greeted him in Korean, though he was shy to reply and speak in English. Our brief communication was powerful nonetheless. I immediately felt comfortable and close to Yim Choon Lee and his agent, Katherine Kim. While looking at one piece, Yim approached me with his large grin and what felt like the innocence of a proud child, motioning me to follow him. He pointed to the detailed twists of his blue painting saying, "these Chinese characters. Painted." It made me smile. The artist certainly has a lot to be proud of.
|Surface details.
As I viewed the art and spoke with Katherine, I was even more surprised to learn that the artist is a police officer by day. By night, he uncovers the artist within. He has a college education and studied in Taiwan during his younger years. Katherine proudly mentions his many talents. Does Yim ever sleep?
Where did this brilliant man get the time and inspiration to do his work? Yim Choon Lee, born in 1965 on Geoje Island where he still lives today, comes from several generations of Korean traditional bamboo and paper artists. As a child, he traveled with his father throughout the beautiful countryside collecting bamboo for his father's art. Katherine shared that his experience learning the bamboo techniques and viewing the beautiful country as a child were a large inspiration and influence for his artwork today. Observing the colors and twists, I can see many elements of bamboo and nature forming images in my head.
My mind was baffled by his work.
I looked around some more and returned to the artist, asking him to name his favorite piece. He likes them all, but points to the Black Hole piece and names the Black Hole series [four paintings] his favorite. As seen on the artist statement of "Destruction and Creation," Yim creates new art by destroying the canvas. New social norms are created by changing the old social idioms. He beautifully bridges the gap from traditional to more contemporary art.
"Black Hole series portrays the human heart's desire to express itself independently from societal references. As a policeman in Korea, I have seen life and death circumstances which could have evolved differently. If these victims were allowed to express their feelings of frustration and overwhelming circumstances, they would not need to end their precious life."- from the Artist Statement Page.
|Black Hole (1 in the series of four pieces)
Many people can identify with this art. The human heart in all its complexity desires to be known and expressed in some form. Take a peek at the art yourself and enjoy the "awe" moment as you let the art help you dive deep into your own soul. What feelings and emotions stir in you? As I think about my internship year in San Diego soon drawing to a close, I begin to process the past and present as I prepare for the future.
So, what if you decide you want to see the art? Where can you catch some of Yim Choon Lee's work? You can view his art at his coming exhibition in Seoul, South Korea in September. After observation, I presume you will be interested in meeting the artist and seeing it up close yourself. Yim is still a newer artist and has only held exhibitions in Istanbul, Florida, and South Korea. Feel free to spread the word about his work and check out his next exhibition. You won't regret it.
You will find the exhibit in the Insadong region of Seoul. Insadong is known for its cute shops, art, craftsmen, traditional goods, and souvenirs. It has a traditional feel enjoyed by both native Koreans and foreigners. The art lover is sure to find him or herself in Insadong on trip to Seoul. Subway stations near Insadong are Jonggak Station (Line 1), Jongno 3-ga Station (Line 1, Line 3, Line 5), and Anguk Station also serviced by Line 3.
You also have a few weeks left to view it in San Diego. The exhibition gained so much attention and interest that the gallery extended the exhibition through August. If you're in San Diego or La Jolla, please stop by and take a look. You can see it at:
Salazar Fine-Art Gallery
1162 Prospect
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 551 - 8453
Here are the friendly faces!
|The artist: Yim Choon Lee, The Business Manger/Agent: Katherine Kim
Thank you for sharing your art and introducing yourself to us, Yim. Katherine, thank you for playing a large part in sharing Yim's "Tearing Art" with the world. You have opened my eyes to a new world of art.
Site: http://yimchoonlee.com/
including the Artist's Statement
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/yimchoon.lee
Lee's Agent: Katherine Kim.


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I'm still away at the moment and praying that my battery will hold out - so another very short post!
Today it's challenge #7 at CAS Colours & Sketches - take a look
I have another day ahead of me of house clearing today - it's a huge job and very tiring. I've already filled one skip and will probably need another 6!!
Hope to be back home soon and back to normal blogging - please bear with me - Jacqueline xx
Thursday, 10 January 2013
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Labels: CAS Blog, Challs, Sketch Challenges, Stampin Up
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oh yummy-the cupcakes look so good and I love the way you have angled the candles. The colour combo I would never have thought of it but it looks great.ReplyDelete
So Karen has made the coffee, you have made the cakes-time for us all to take a break!
Love this, Jacqueline! Great use of colours and I adore your cupcakes! xxReplyDelete
A lovely cupcake card Jacqueline and I like the angled candles too. Vicky xReplyDelete
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Robert Zemeckis' animated digital 3-D epic "Beowulf" howled its way to a strong soph sesh at the international box office, nabbing an impressive $26 million from 5,400 runs in 43 markets.
Combined with its domestic haul of $56.6 million, the Ray Winstone-Angelina Jolie-Anthony Hopkins starrer grossed $105 million worldwide in its first 10 days of release.
The Paramount/Shangri-La Entertainment film is being distributed by Warner Bros. overseas, where there are a limited number of 3-D screens, meaning "Beowulf" is playing on primarily 2-D screens at foreign locales.
Coming in No. 2 internationally over the Nov. 23-25 frame was Universal's gritty mob-cop drama "American Gangster," directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Film grossed $10.8 million from 1,569 playdates in 16 territories.
DreamWorks-Paramount's Ben Stiller laffer "The Heartbreak Kid" took No. 3 at the international box office, grossing $7.8 million from 2,006 runs in 43 markets. "Kid" has hit $62 million overseas, nearly $26 million more than it made in North America.
Enchanting international auds on its day-and-date debut was Disney's modern-day princess yarn "Enchanted," toplining Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden. Film posted a respectable foreign opening, grossing $7.7 million from 1,000 runs in only eight markets. That represents a glowing per-location average of $7,345.
"Enchanted," unspooling over the extended Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., opened at $50 million domestically.
Coming in No. 5 overseas for the weekend of Nov. 23-25 was Mandate Intl.'s horror pic "Saw IV," which grossed $4.8 million in 29 markets, led by its French launch. Film, which is in the middle of its foreign run, has grossed $42.5 million overseas.
Fox continued to see only moderate results for Tom Cruise-Meryl Streep-Robert Redford starrer "Lions for Lambs," which grossed $4.3 million from 2,500 playdates in its third frame. Political drama's international cume is a so-so $26 million.
It was nothing but smiles for Disney-Pixar's "Ratatouille," a runaway international hit that crossed the $400 million mark at the international box office over the weekend. Toon, set in Paris, grossed $4.2 million, for an international cume of $402.6 million. It's the fifth pic this year to cross the $400 million mark after "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "Spider-Man 3," "Shrek the Third" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
With that quintet of films racking up $2.6 billion in foreign grosses, the six leading Hollywood studios have already broken last year's mark of $8.6 billion with more than a month left in 2007.
The triple threat of "Beowulf," "Gangster" and "Enchanted" buoyed the otherwise lethargic box office in much of Europe.
"Gangster" defended its turf against "Beowulf" in the U.K. and Germany, while "Enchanted" cast a spell in Spain.
In Spain, one of the only two major territories in which Hollywood had head-to-head battles — between bows of "Enchanted" and "Beowulf" — Disney's big Christmas bet edged out Zemeckis' epic based on the classic ninth-century poem. "Enchanted" grossed $3.3 million off 366 runs, while "Beowulf" grossed $3.1 million from 443 runs.
"Both results are O.K.," notes one exhibition exec, "though Disney hasn't got a huge Christmas hit on in its hands in Spain, and 'Beowulf,' as its U.S. bow suggested, isn't a '300.' "
Russia, however, gave the win to "Beowulf."
"Beowulf's" bow also bettered first frame returns in Germany and Italy a week ago, and confirmed the prospect of improved returns at Spanish digital screens for animated action fare. According to Fernando Evole, deputy general manager at Yelmo Cineplex, the pic's B.O. split in Jerez, where Yelmo Cineplex played it on a digital 3-D screen and a normal screen, was 80%-20% in favor of the digital site.
"American Gangster" retained its grip on the top spot at the U.K. box office in its sophomore frame, bringing in $3.7 million. The Ridley Scott-helmed crime epic has grossed $11.8 million so far. "Beowulf" had to be content with second spot for the second week in a row in Blighty, adding $3 million to its coffers, which have so far swelled to $9.3 million in the U.K.
The biggest surprise at U.K. wickets was the failure of Paramount's Jude Law-Michael Caine starrer "Sleuth" to break into the top 10. The Harold Pinter-penned remake of the 1972 psychological thriller, which also starred Caine, bowed in only 11th place, bringing in $340,000 off 146 playdates.
"Obviously we're disappointed," says Par international prexy Andrew Cripps. "Jude Law, Michael Caine and Ken Branagh all did a great job publicizing the film, but we have to face the fact that the film was geared toward an older audience who don't necessarily rush to see a film in the cinema on its opening weekend. We're hoping the film will stay around and get good word of mouth."
A lack of new heavy hitters in Germany allowed "American Gangster" to remain at the top of the charts with $2 million toward its $5.8 million cume, dropping only 28% in its second frame. "Beowulf" dropped 34.6% to $1.4 million on its way to a $4.1 million total.
In Italy, local pics continued to rule the roost, with lusty laffer "Wedding at the Bahamas" holding on to the top spot in its second frame, followed by Mafia actioner "Milano-Palermo: The Return," which bowed at No. 2. "Bahamas," driven by popular comic Massimo Boldi, slid just 24%, for a balmy $3.5 million from 461, for a $9.2 million cume via Medusa.
"Milano-Palermo: The Return," toplining Giancarlo Giannini, did killer Italian biz, opening at $2 million off 246, via Buena Vista Intl., which also co-produced. The weekend saw five Italo pics in the top 10, confirming the ongoing momentum for homegrown fare.
Still, it was Stephen King adaptation "1408," starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, which scored the frame's highest screen average in Italy, scaring up $8,760 per engagement, for $1.9 million off 224 via Lucky Red.
While the 10-day transit shutdowns in France didn't have much box office impact, not all distribs are happy with recent results. A first-five-day take of $2.3 million on 197 for "Saw IV" was enough to give Metropolitan the top weekly spot. But this reps a bow almost 35% lower than last year's third installment in the gorefest franchise over the same period.
Off 40% in its second frame, "American Gangster" has proved a winner in Gaul, cuming $6.4 million on 364. Local romantic comedy "Ce soir, je dors chez toi" toplining Jean-Paul Rouve and Melanie Doutey looks fine for StudioCanal when compared with a host of French-made flops in the genre of late. Its first five days earned $2 million on 273.
"Beowulf" appears unlikely to match its success in other overseas markets in France. Making Warners $1.9 million on 481 after five days, some crix dissed the CGI-heavy epic as too gimmicky.
Adam Dawtrey and Ali Jaafar in the U.K., John Hopewell in Spain, Nick Vivarelli in Italy and David Hayhurst in France contributed to this report.


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XPO Logistics, Inc., a leading global provider of transportation and logistics solutions, recently announced the expected November launch of interactive last mile technology designed to help consumers manage retail home deliveries with advanced, online tools. The company's latest innovation has been developed for the unique requirements of heavy goods purchased through e-commerce and bricks-and-mortar stores.
XPO's next-generation, web-based, last mile technology is designed to give consumers personal visibility and control over the delivery of appliances, furniture and other heavy goods. Unlike package shipments, most heavy goods require that someone be available to take delivery inside the home. Consumers can manage orders in real time, reschedule delivery times electronically, integrate their calendars and opt to receive weather and traffic alerts. The technology provides the flexibility to set preferences such as notifications by email, text message or voice.
XPO is the largest provider of last mile logistics for heavy goods in North America, facilitating approximately 13 million carrier-based deliveries and installations a year. The company's latest technology expands on capabilities that already generate industry-leading consumer satisfaction ratings for XPO's last mile customers, including online visibility of order details, a consumer preparation checklist, real-time order tracking and ETA status updates. XPO expects to provide optional private-label branding of the consumer experience on request.
Troy Cooper, chief operating officer of XPO Logistics, said, "We have repeatedly been ahead of the curve with last mile technology that drives up consumer satisfaction in retail and e-commerce. The launch of our new, interactive delivery management tools will build brand loyalty for our customers and provide a next-generation platform for further omnichannel development. Once our North American roll-out is complete, we plan to adapt this technology to our growing last mile business in Europe."
About XPO Logistics, Inc.
XPO Logistics, Inc. is a top ten global logistics provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. The company operates as a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets in 31 countries, with over 90,000 employees and 1,435 locations. XPO uses its network to help more than 50,000 customers manage their goods more efficiently throughout their supply chains. The company has two reporting segments: transportation and logistics, and within these segments, its business is well diversified by geographies, verticals and types of service. XPO's corporate headquarters is in Greenwich, Conn., USA, and its European headquarters is in Lyon, France. For more information, visit www.xpo.com.
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What is tongue thrusting?
Tongue thrusting, also called reverse swallow or immature swallow, is the name given to a human behaviour pattern in which the tongue protrudes through the front teeth during swallowing, speech and while the tongue is at rest.
Tongue thrusting occurs in a significant number of school-age children. All babies tongue thrust at birth however as children grow they usually switch to the normal swallowing pattern with the tongue pressed to the roof of the mouth. Not changing to a more mature swallowing pattern can adversely affect the teeth and mouth.
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You have probably heard that it takes fewer muscles when smiling than when frowning, so why not smile? Although the exact amount of muscles needed to smile or frown is not quite agreed upon, there are many reasons to smile each day. Here are some reasons to turn that frown upside down as well as some facts you might not know about this common facial expression.
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Many children and teens (and some adults) don't know how to floss with braces. Or they think they can't floss at all if they have braces but that's not the case. In fact, daily flossing is especially important during the time that you wear braces because you're more likely to have food particles trapped in the braces, bands and wires, which could increase your risk of a cavity if the food contains carbohydrates (sugars).
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These lemon, coconut and tahini bliss balls are the perfect pick-me-up. They're packed with goodness and are guarenteed to beat the 3pm slump, so get motivated and fix yourself (and treat yourself to) a batch of these delectable snacks.
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- 23:40 Did nothing tonight but hang out with the husband and catch up on shows I missed while I was in LA. Tomorrow? More of the same. #
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NAZRAN, 7 March. /TASS/. Suspects in the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov have been detained in the Russian Caucasian republic of Ingushetia, head of the republic's Security Council, Albert Barakhayev, told TASS on Saturday.
Barakhayev has said that one of the detainees, Anzor Gubashev, was detained while driving from the town of Malgobek to the local village Voznesenovskaya where his mother resides and the other suspect was detained in the city of Magas.
Besides, another brother of Gubashev had been detained, he said.
Members of the suspects' families originated from Chechnya but moved to the village of Voznesenovskaya in 1960s.
Barakhayev said Gubashev and Dadayev had housing in the Chechen capital Grozny and were living there.
Dadayev had served in the Sever (North) Chechen police battalion for ten years.
Earlier in the day, Russian Investigative Committee's spokesman Vladimir Markin told TASS the Committee continued to identify persons involved in Nemtsov's murder.
"Activities to expose persons involved in the crime, to whatever degree continues," Markin said.
"Within the probe into Nemtsov's murder investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee alongside officers of the Federal Security Service /FSB/ and the Interior Ministry detained suspects Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev," he said.
"According to the investigation, the detained are involved in masterminding and execution of the murder," Markin said.
At the same time, FSB head Alexander Bortnikov told reporters that two persons suspected of murdering Nemtsov were detained on Saturday.
"As a result of the work done, we have detained today two people suspected of committing this crime - those are Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, natives of the Caucasian region," he said. "We continue necessary operative and investigative work."
Nemtsov, a co-leader of the RPR-Parnas party, was gunned down on a bridge in central Moscow at a blank-point range several hundred meters away from the Kremlin late on Friday night, February 27. The law enforcement agencies launched a criminal inquiry into the murder on charges of "murder" and "illegal circulation of firearms." The investigators are pursuing several lines of inquiry, including a contract killing. On March 3, Nemtsov was buried at Moscow's Troyekurovskoye cemetery.


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These bright orange and yellow tulips are just posing for YOU. Each petal of the flowers are edged in heavier paint giving them a 3-D look. This painting is cheerful and bring a smile to any onlooker.
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I have only two things that could properly be considered sports collectibles: my football autographed by every member of the Superbowl-winning, Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers, and my far-more-valuable photo of me standing in front of Doug Flutie's empty locker in Buffalo.
I bet that latter one is priceless.
But I've had my hands on some other sports memorabilia. I had an autograph from former Packer Brent Fullwood. And I got Bo Ryan and Barry Alvarez to autograph some junk for my father-in-law.
All in all, though, kind of a sad collection, given how much I love sports.
I was thinking about that tonight because I was browsing around "Authentic Sports Collectibles.com," a site that sells... authentic sports collectibles. I browsed over there in the first place because The Boy's birthday is coming up, and if anything, he's more of a sports nut than I am, and I thought maybe getting him some autographed stuff might be kind of cool -- we checked out a store once when we were on vacation, and he seemed to like it.
This site, the Authentic Sports Collectibles.com, seemed to be even better than a store at a mall. It's easier to find stuff, for one thing. The Boy likes football best, and they've got tons of autographed football stuff -- so much that I got lost in nostalgia browsing around. I went looking for maybe an autographed jersey and got all distracted by the classic autographs they have: Mean Joe Greene, Joe Namath, Bart Starr -- I was just clicking on all of them, until I noticed that they had a Ben Roethlisberger autographed jersey. He's The Boy's favorite, and it's on sale now-- most of their stuff is on sale.
They offer free shipping on any order over $100, and it's easy, even FUN, to click around and find all kinds of things. Now I've just got to go wake Sweetie up and explain to her why this is not only a good present, but a good INVESTMENT, too. Just like my comic books.


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I haven't posted lately, just too blah around here. But in two weeks the Lucifer Hummingbirds will be showing up and I got my new scanner today, so I'm gradually waking up from hibernation.
Gonna go to CMO tomorrow and try to hook up my scanner and catch a dragonfly to practice on. If there are any dragonflies to be found. Occasionally on nice winter days I see a Variegated Meadowhawk, so that would be a good place to start. Stay tuned....
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If life is a door, imagination is the key.
Today I have been doubting myself and the way I've been dealing with my stories until now. I have a lot of good ideas and a lot of motivation to work on them (even if it comes and goes by moments), but I don't think I'm investing myself enough in writing them. Or at least I don't think I've been investing myself the right way.
I have so many ideas, so many projects I want to work on and a different way to proceed with each. My problem is that I want to be able to get to the end of each one of them and I want to be able to do that right now. I have trouble being patient for things or working little by little, I'm either going all the way or not at all. And with my stories, with writing in general, that's not how it works and that's not how I'm supposed to do it.
The right way is the slow and steady way, right often, a lot and little by little the story builds itself. Piece by piece you can see it take form before your eyes. But I have difficulty working like that, I either write so many words in one go that I don't want to touch my keyboard for the next few days or I don't write at all for weeks. I'm currently trying to write five hundred words a day every day, but the only time I've managed to do it was three days in a row two weeks ago.
Since then I've written quite a lot, about two thousand words, but in a single afternoon. And I've spent the rest of the other days not writing at all. I do think about the stories and their plots however, almost all the time, I play the scenes in my head and try to imagine what could happen between the important moments in the plots. But while I do that I don't write much, een if I have a lot to write about.
I feel this is a bit like a curse, I have the ideas and the way of writing that could make something great but I don't have the motivation (not always at least) nor the discipline to apply this each day. I try to do it, but trying is not enough. I have to do it. Because as a great Jedi master once said, 'Do or do not, there is no try'.
Today I've had new ideas for yet another story and for one that I have been thinking about for some time now but that I still haven't got around to write yet. I'm really excited about them but I'm also a but depressed because I know that I won't be able to write them as I want to write them soon. I know it's just a matter of willpower but even if I have a lot more control over myself nowadays than I had before, I still have trouble following a writing discipline.
Procrastination is my curse. I often dream that I have a machine that would translate my thoughts and ideas for my stories directly into words, or even better, into images, so that I could share them immediately and exactly as I want them to be. Unfortunately I don't have anything of the sort and I have to get myself motivated and disciplined enough to be able to finish my stories one day.
Anyway, today I was a bit depressed by that but, after a long moment spent thinking about it, I know what I have to do. I have to stop whining, stop pitying myself and sop procrastinating. The only way I'm going to succeed as a writer is by working hard to make it work. I have to discipline myself. It might require some trials and errors but I will get there one day and I will share that with you, dear readers!
Well, that's it for today. No other posts once again though I assure you I am working one the next chapter of Stanley (yes, after all this time) and one a few other things that you should see online soon!
C U around! :P


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At 7,000 troops, the Peace Mission 2014 military exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was not large militarily. But its geopolitical importance was considerable: It was the biggest exercise to date for a budding anti-democratic alliance that includes two nuclear powers and could soon gain three more.
Annual "Peace Mission" military exercises usually have highlighted increasing SCO counter-terrorism cooperation. But Peace Mission 2014 in late August allowed host China to display two decades of investment in joint-force mechanized warfare more appropriate for invasion. This was likely encouraged by the exercise scenario of "a separatist organization, supported by an international terrorist organization, plotting terrorist incidents and hatching a coup plot to divide the country," according to China's Xinhua newspaper.
Peace Mission 2014 included 5,000 troops from China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), 900 from Russia, 500 from Kyrgyzstan, 300 from Kazakhstan and 200 from Tajikistan. Russia brought the largest force: 13 T-72 tanks, 40 BMP-2 armored personnel carriers (APC), four Su-25 attack aircraft, eight Mi-8 helicopters and two Il-76 transports. Kazakhstan sent Su-27 fighters and a small airborne troop unit to jump with a PLA airborne group.
But it was China that "won" the power display, first by using its premier army unit, the 38th Group Army (GA) of the Beijing Military Region, and by hosting Peace Mission 2014 at one of its most modern mechanized training and simulation bases in Zhurihe, Inner Mongolia. China contributed 50 aircraft and 440 other ground force weapons in the exercise and set up two digital joint command centers and a separate intelligence information-sharing center.
Perhaps most noteworthy was China's display of a modern mechanized armor formation supported by army aviation and the PLA air force (Plaaf). For the first time, China displayed its T‑99A tank, or T-99A3, the latest third-generation of the T-99 series, armed with a stabilized, missile-firing 125-mm gun and featuring improved armor and targeting systems. These were supported by the new 100-mm gun-armed ZBD‑04A tracked infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) and the 30‑mm cannon-armed ZBD-09 8 X 8 IFV.
Artillery support came from the PLA's new 155-mm self-propelled PZG‑05 and from 122-mm artillery rockets. Also used publicly for the first time was the tracked PGZ-07 twin 35-mm anti-aircraft artillery system, which uses a Chinese version of the Oerlikon Advanced Hit Efficiency and Destruction (Ahead) airburst shell.
Also new to the exercise were two PLA dedicated attack helicopters, the 7-ton Z-10 and 4.5-ton Z-19. Both fired unguided rockets but can be armed with the Hellfire-equivalent HJ-10 guided antitank missile. The Plaaf used Su-27SK and Chengdu J-10 multirole fighters and Xian JH-7A attack fighters. The JH-7A employed the 500-kg (1,100-lb.) LT-2 laser-guided bomb. The Plaaf publicly deployed for the first time the Chengdu/Guizhou Pterodactyl, a Predator-1-size unmanned combat aerial vehicle to destroy fixed targets. A turboprop-powered KJ-200 airborne-warning-and-control system aircraft supported operations for the first time in a Peace Mission exercise.
Read More:China Deploys A Mechanized 'Peace Mission' | Defense content from Aviation Week.


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INVIDSCS - Receive Error When Querying New Category Set 'Contained Item and Container Item'
Last updated on AUGUST 21, 2016
Applies to:Oracle Inventory Management - Version 11.5.1 and later
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Reported in Oracle Inventory 11.5.3
INVIDSCS - Define Category Set
Category set Contained Item and Container Item created after applying patchset OM E
Received errors when querying the new category set
APP-FND-01016 routine FDFRKS unknown structure id 50167 for flexfield code MCAT with application id 401
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