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Camelot Information Systems Forms Joint Venture with Wuhan Iron and Steel Engineering Technology Group
Jul 09, 2012, 08:00 ET
BEIJING, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Camelot Information Systems Inc. ("Camelot" or the "Company") (NYSE: CIS), a leading domestic provider of enterprise application services and financial industry information technology services in China, today announced that on June 28, the Company signed a definitive agreement with Wuhan Iron and Steel Engineering Technologies Group Co., Ltd., the technology subsidiary of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, to create a joint venture named Wuhan Steel Camelot Information Systems Co., Ltd. (the "Joint Venture").
The Joint Venture, in which each party plans to invest RMB 11 million (U.S. $1.7 million) for a 50% interest, is designed to create a platform upon which to develop and grow the IT application business for the iron and steel industry. The Joint Venture will bring together the strengths of both companies: Camelot's brand, talent, technology, and management expertise, alongside Wuhan Iron and Steel's industry expertise and market knowledge. By leveraging these valuable assets, the Joint Venture will create the premier platform for high-end software development, related product R&D, and the development of outsourcing and other customized solutions for the iron and steel industry.
"The Wuhan Iron and Steel Joint Venture will bring together our strengths with those of a leading steel company. I am looking forward to seeing the development of end-to-end software applications that will help the steel industry run more efficiently," said Mr. Simon Ma, Camelot's Chairman and CEO. "We believe that this Joint Venture will enable Camelot to establish a leadership position in the steel industry."
"We are delighted to partner with Camelot and look forward to combining resources to realize operational efficiencies in several steel plants' Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), including those already in place and those to be built that can benefit from leading-edge Enterprise Resource Planning applications," said Mr. Song Shi-Wei, CEO of Wuhan Iron and Steel Engineering & Technology (WISET) Group.
Wuhan Iron and Steel Engineering Technologies Group Co., Ltd., founded in 2002, is the high-tech industry arm of Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. The company, with total assets of RMB 2.2 billion, is primarily engaged in information and automation, metallurgical engineering and technical services, new energy, environmental protection and energy conservation, electronics and other high-tech industries.
Camelot is a leading domestic provider of enterprise application services and financial industry information technology ("IT") services in China, focusing on the high end of the IT value chain. The Company is the largest domestic provider of SAP-based Enterprise Resource Planning services in China, as measured by its 2010 revenues and the number of SAP consultants as of December 31, 2010, according to International Data Corporation ("IDC"). IDC also ranked Camelot the number-one service provider in the banking testing market in 2010. Camelot also operates in other areas of the Asia Pacific region, including Taiwan and Japan. The Company provides services to a wide range of industries, including financial services, resources and energy, manufacturing and automobiles, technology, as well as telecommunications, media and education.
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And they say its not gonna waste "paper" and thats crazy! The game is VIRTUAL! Its not like they cut down "trees" to make "paper"! i like the old one BETTERReplyDelete
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The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail extends from Illinois to Oregon; it passes through public and private lands. The waterways, trails, and stories of the Lewis and Clark Expedition are preserved by hundreds of organizations and thousands of people.
As a result, there is ample opportunity to support the trail's mission: to preserve the remnants of the historic route of the 1804-1806 Corps of Discovery Expedition located along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and to provide for comprehensive interpretation of its history, including the American Indian perspective, to allow for better visitor understanding and appreciation of its significance.
Time is valuable. You may have the time and talent to give to one of the organizations along the trail. Perhaps your skill is in inventorying or monitoring current resources or invasive species which threaten our resources; maybe you are a reinactor and would like to show school children the life ways of the expedition members. Whatever your skill or interest, please visit our volunteer page to find out where volunteer opportunities exist that may help you achieve your goals.
Partner Contributions
Another way to ensure the legacy of Lewis and Clark, the integrity of the land and water, and the untold stories of our American heritage is to partner with the trail.
Partnerships have led to the creation of great exhibits, much needed research, interactive websites, innovative programs and valuable education lesson plans. They have helped to increase an understanding between cultures and have prohibited resource degradation. The possibilities to support the trail are numerous, many of which have not yet been discovered.
Riverfront Books at Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail headquarters in Omaha, NE is one of dozens of bookstores that carry items unique to the Lewis and Clark story. Our bookstore is a Western National bookstore, one that directly supports programming and operations at Lewis and Clark National Histori Trail headquarters from the purchases made. Western National entered a cooperating agreement with the National Park Service to do so.
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Radio bloopers have been around for as long as radio itself. Also known as blunders, boners, screwups, goofs, flubs, slip-ups and gaffs.... they are an endearing and humanizing element to a media that we have long felt a close relationship with having been around as long as microphones and transmitters. DJs, hosts, presenters and radio personalities have always, and will always, make mistakes. The fun part is catching them on a recording.
A blooper is defined as an embarrassing public blunder, but as long as it's someone else's mistake, most of us are quite capable of getting past the embarrassment to enjoy the humor. The word blooper, which first showed up between 1925 and 1930, has an interesting origin. In the early days of radio, a receiver that wasn't finely tuned could generate signals that interfered with other nearby receivers. Based on what someone in those days thought they sounded like, these high-pitched sounds came to be called bloops, and the offending receiver was called a blooper.
One of the earliest alleged bloopers is attributed to 1930s radio broadcaster Harry Von Zell, who allegedly referred to then US President Herbert Hoover as "Hoobert Heever" during an introduction. To this day, this alleged occurrence remains in dispute as to its authenticity.
The immediacy of live-to-air radio is part of its strength, but also very exposing. If there's a slip of the tongue, it's broadcast into the ether moments later, especially in the early days of broadcast radio when almost everything was done live on the air. There have been some celebrated 'bloopers' over the years - from 'colorful' language, to laughing fits, technical glitches to amusing mispronunciations.
Here are but a few "bloopers"
A recent Lawrence Welk show began, And now you will hear Lawrence Welk and his shampoo music.
Ralph Edwards: And here is one of radios most charming and lovely young sinners.
In a commercial for Ivory Snow. The announcer was supposed to ask the question, "Ladies, do you have a particular washable such as a housecoat or slip?" Here was what the announcer said: "Ladies, do you have a particular washable such as a housecat or slip?"
Our local weatherman, after a cold rainy day a couple of weeks ago, said "It was a great day to pee inside!" He meant to say "be inside" but it didn't come out that way. Either way, he was correct!
"Don't forget, tonight at nine, our special guest... because it is.. .will be.. I forgot."
"Today, thousands cheered today as Pope Pius the 12th stood at his bedroom window in St. Peters Square and exposed himself."
"Hurry up folks and deposit your letters now. We'll be waiting for your droppings in the box..."
"Reigers furniture store features the finest, most durable furniture available. Shop at Reigers, where we have been servicing the housewife for twenty-six years."
Police dispatcher to all cars "suspect has blue hair and blonde eyes".
"In Beirut today, 158 people were killed to death, some seriously."
Let's face it: not everyone's cut out for live broadcasting. Some simply crash and burn.
Impromptu, profoundly uncomfortable, awkward and totally unpredictable hilarious situations
President Sadat
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New book -Diet or Die
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America's Top Runners
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These were from last week. I'm back to playing with styles. So, I started with cute. I did three this week.
Bert came out pretty cute. For some reason I left a mouth out. It felt right.
Ernie's came out pretty cute too.
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Lubricating Shell's supply chain in Singapore
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Shell has awarded Panalpina a new warehouse management and distribution contract that will transform Shell's supply chain in and out of Singapore into a full end-to-end operation. The new agreement with Shell goes in hand with Panalpina's push for the further development of operations in Singapore and Asia-Pacific.
Quintessential | Why and how we fly perishables, to begin with
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More and more consumers across the world seek fresh, high-quality products, and local producers are stepping in to meet the rising international appetite. In the first entry of his Quintessential blog series, Quint Wilken, Panalpina's global head of Air Freight perishables, speaks of how Panalpina's growing perishables business reflects global demand.
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Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh, is now home to Panalpina's latest venture in Asia. The new office became operational in August, providing global and local customers with air freight and ocean freight services, customer brokerage, in-land transportation, cross-border trucking (with Vietnam and Thailand), Container Freight Station consolidation, and warehousing and storage services.
E-commerce has never been more enticing
Blog posts • Jun 13, 2016 08:25 GMT
Tying in with a exclusive article in Lloyd's Loading List about Panalpina's new e-commerce platform, Peter Szabados elaborates on who can benefit from the company's new global end-to-end e-commerce solution. Offered in partnership with Intershop, a leading German provider of omni-channel e-commerce services for B2C and B2B, the solution is highly scalable, flexible and modular.
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It made the headlines earlier this year. For the first time ever, a standard farmed Norwegian salmon was worth more than a barrel of oil. While there is just one type of salmon exported from Norway, it comes in several sizes for different markets. In Taipei they normally make chops out of the salmon, so they order the bigger fish. The U.S. prefers the fillet as opposed to the whole fish.
Panalpina expands exclusive LCL ocean freight offering
Press Releases • Apr 18, 2016 10:00 GMT
Less than Container Load (LCL) services are an important tool for shippers to optimize their international supply chains. Expanding and improving the global LCL network therefore remains a key priority for Panalpina and it now offers four sailings per week from Shanghai to Singapore, an industry first, and two new exclusive services from Egypt to Singapore and from India to Switzerland via Italy.


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Outpouring of sympathy crosses the divide
March 27, 2017
The death of former deputy First Minister, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness on Tuesday prompted a wave of sympathy and despondency across the district and from both sides of the community.
Rarely has the passing of a political figure been so keenly felt in every community and parish, and indeed throughout the country and beyond.
Martin McGuinness's contribution to the political roadmap in the north and its pathway to peace has been immeasurable, and with his affable personality, he endeared himself to many. A regular visitor to this area, he often praised the volume of support and resolve generated by party activists, many of whom were close friends.
Crossmaglen councillor Terry Hearty said the respect and support shown for Martin and his family "has been overwhelming", adding that several hundred people from across the Newry and Armagh constituency attended the funeral in Derry on Thursday.
"Buses packed to capacity and a fleet of cars with young and old made their way to Derry to pay their respects to our friend and comrade," Councillor Hearty said.
"Many hundreds of local people were there to witness a deeply poignant and historic occasion. Many more have visited the various civic offices and Sinn Féin centres to sign the Books of Condolences.
"The respect and support for the late Martin and his wife Bernie and the McGuinness family has been overwhelming," he added.
SDLP MLA Justin McNulty offered his condolences to the bereaved family and said, that despite political differences, Martin McGuinness must be commended for playing his part in the peace process.
"Martin will be remembered by so many across Ireland as a fierce advocate, determined to advance the peace process and work in partnership to help the people he represented," he said. "History will undoubtedly record his life as a journey, one which traced the development of our fledgling peace process from the fire of terrible conflict to a fragile but enduring peace."
Slieve Gullion SDLP Councillor Pete Byrne said his thoughts are with his fellow councillors in Newry, Mourne and Down Council at this difficult time.
"Having met Martin on a number of occasions over the years, I always found him to be warm and personable. His character, coupled with his undeniable leadership and the willingness to reach across the divide, contributed immensely to the lasting peace we enjoy today," he said.
Council Chairperson, Gillian Fitzpatrick extended her condolences, adding that she wished "to acknowledge Martin's committment to political processes both locally and globally and particularly to his role as Deputy First Minister for Northern Ireland, where he made a very significant and positive contribution".
A special sitting of the Assembly was convened on Wednesday to allow members the opportunity to record their sympathy.
Martin McGuinness was laid to rest in Derry city cemetery on Thursday, following Requiem Mass in St. Columba's church, Long Tower. Thousands of mourners lined the city streets while high profile statesmen, dignataries and politicians from across Ireland, the UK and the USA joined with friends and supporters to pay their respects and recognise the contribution that he made for peace and reconciliation.


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Scott Fitzgerald famously observed that "There are no second acts in American lives."
Many have proved that aphorism wrong, though few have had more fun doing it than Jim Tune. A Seattle lawyer at the top of his game — managing partner for two distinguished law firms, and voted a "Super Lawyer" for the past seven years — Tune tossed his legal career aside to take a completely new direction. In January, he succeeded Peter Donnelly as president and CEO of ArtsFund, a Seattle-based united fund for the arts that required a whole new skill set. Or so it would seem. Actually, Tune's existing skills have served him and the agency extremely well in the eight months of his new "second act." And to those who know him, Tune's turnaround was not exactly unexpected: "I always figured I would do something else than law. This was my opportunity to convert my avocation into a vocation."
Tune and his wife, Kathy, are surrounded by art — paintings, glass, all kinds of media — as they sit down to chat in an airy room off the kitchen of their Madison Park home. They bought the first house they looked at in 1974, when they moved to Seattle, and they've filled it with carefully chosen pieces that they love. For them, art isn't an investment; it's something they can't live without. Tune likes to quip that "Kathy would sell me before she'd sell that Sam Francis" (the American abstract expressionist painter, 1923-1994).
At ArtsFund, Peter Donnelly left some pretty big shoes to fill. He completely revamped the fund, then called the Corporate Council for the Arts, when he took over in 1989, adjusting its focus, changing its name, building a remarkably probing allocations system for grants, and working to create endowment funds that would provide income year after year. Donnelly also built ArtsFund into a communitywide resource and a clearinghouse of arts know-how. With an old theater director's savvy, he rounded up more than 1,000 arts workers, politicians, donors and artists into an annual luncheon, which proved such a landmark on the arts calendar that everyone has kept coming every year.
Star material
Donnelly thinks his successor is doing just fine.
"He has a real passion for the theater, and he was star material from the moment he got on the Seattle Rep's board," he says.
"I was delighted when he declared himself a candidate (for the ArtsFund presidency), but the real question I had was 'Why?' He had a very successful law career; he was highly respected. Why leave?"
Donnelly says it was the right time for Tune and his family, when he could "afford to take this kind of leap." But leaping isn't normally part of the Tune strategy: "He's much more organized and methodical than I am. I'm better at free-falling and landing on my feet; he uses a road map. But with that road map, he really knows the community. People know him and trust him already. With his great track record, everyone just fell in behind him. He knows where all the bodies are buried — and who buried them."
Grounded in visual arts
A Navy ROTC student, Tune also spent two years on a destroyer, and participated in the invasion of the Dominican Republic. He was the officer in charge of a Swift Boat in Vietnam, though he didn't know his fellow Swift Boater John Kerry, because the two were on different segments of the coast.
Tune's tour of duty concluded in Washington, D.C., where he met his wife. He had intended to work on a Ph.D. in political science, with Woodrow Wilson and Danforth Fellowships held in abeyance during his military service. Kathy, however, wanted to study in a linguistics program at Stanford.
"Why, that's west of the Alleghenies!" her startled husband replied.
They ended up at Stanford.
"This is the secret to our 37-year marriage: obedience!" Tune teases.
Tune switched to the law school at Stanford, and afterward the couple moved to Seattle. Kathy Tune had been working as a teacher in several grade levels (preschool through sixth grade).
Friends suggested they move to the Northwest, and the Tunes arrived during one of the nicest Seattle summers on record, in 1973.
"We explored the state, climbed The Brothers, walked in the rain forest, checked out Spokane. Seattle had a more settled feeling, more like an East Coast city than California, and the people were not so transient. I liked the change of seasons."
He joined the now-defunct firm of Bogle & Gates, where he stayed for 25 years (and was managing partner from 1986 to 1993). After that, he went to Dorsey & Whitney for a couple of years, then to Stoel Rives the past five years (three of those as managing partner).
During those years, Tune saw great change in the legal profession, including increased specialization that reflects the greater complexity of today's world. His focus was wide: litigation, banking, commercial and tax law ("I'm still dangerous in the tax area"). The pressure was intense, with a focus on more billable hours, personal productivity and bringing in new clients.
Still, Tune says he found "an enormous amount of personal satisfaction in doing my job well as a lawyer. Putting together a good contract is like a craftsperson looking at what he created and thinking, 'Hot damn, that worked.' There were times when what I did in six or seven hours was worth several million dollars to the client."
A persuasive advocate
But the Super Lawyer always had a hankering for the arts. Even in their starving-student days, when the Tunes relied on a corner grocery that sold 10 pounds of hamburger for $6.90, they eked out enough money to buy a painting here and there (starting with their honeymoon).
Those 32 years as a Seattle Rep season ticket holders weren't enough; the Tunes didn't get to the opera, symphony, ballet or other theater nearly as often as they would like. Meanwhile, Donnelly arm-wrestled Tune onto the Rep board, where he did the legal work to set up the Rep Foundation and helped put together the Leo K. Theatre.
"That was the first time I discovered I could ask people for money," Tune observes.
That ability has come in handy. Now Tune is a very persuasive advocate of not only corporate support, but also individual workplace giving for the arts — often right alongside workplace giving campaigns for United Way.
"People should support both," says Tune, who also is a former chair of the United Way board. He quotes philanthropist Millard H. Pryor Jr., who says: "Giving to social-purpose organizations supports a community's needs. Giving to arts and heritage organizations supports its assets. Great communities do both."
In Seattle, ArtsFund's workplace giving programs netted $400,000 this year, but Tune notes that a similar program in Cincinnati brought in $7 million, with $6 million in Milwaukee and Charlotte. Such programs, he feels, are "good for the ecology of the arts."
"Stepping up the game"
Tune has more plans for ArtsFund, including "stepping up the game" in Pierce County (ArtsFund serves both King and Pierce Counties, but the former gets the lion's share), and investigating possible expansion to Snohomish County.
He'd also like to expand ArtsFund's grants to the smaller arts groups, who "sail close to the wind" and need more support. Tune also has his eye on Olympia, where the "Building for the Arts" program — originated by an ArtsFund and Boeing — has channeled more than $42 million into the region's capital arts facilities since 1991.
Taking a hands-on approach, Tune is working his way through all 70 of the arts groups his agency funds, giving them feedback about how they're doing and how they can improve. According to attorney and ArtsFund executive committee member Mark Paben, Tune also is an excellent communicator with his board and staff: "His weekly e-mail reports to the board, called 'Board Talks,' work wonderfully to keep us informed, engaged and entertained. He energizes the board, business and arts communities alike with his focus, intellect, arts savoir-faire, wit and business acumen. He's made an exceptional entrance into the arts administration arena, leading with distinctive style and flair."
All the serious stuff aside, the Tunes are having the time of their lives, now that their two children are educated and launched, and the legal career has been set aside. They're out to arts events three nights a week, sampling everything from niche theater to chamber music and even the complete Wagnerian "Ring" (last summer), which was "a revelation."
Is Tune happy with his own "second act"? You bet.
"I've finally found a job," he says, "that "gets me up in the morning with my tail wagging."
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Even better, for more deals, walk just across the street at the Beverly Connection, where you'll find discount shopping options at Nordstrom Rack, TJ Maxx, and the newly opened Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th.
The 8-story structure that makes up The Beverly Center falls between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood and the mall begins on the 5th floor.
Food choices include PF Chang's, California Pizza Kitchen, and Chipotle. If you want a healthy, vegan option, I suggest walking or driving down the street to Real Food Daily (see the Real Food Daily article).
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Early in 1915, the British Government began to feel the financial pressure of the war and indicated to the Australian Government that it would be better if Australia could finance her own share of the war effort. After deducting the war loans already received or promised by Britain, the Australian Government concluded the war was going to be more of a financial burden to the country than first realised in 1914.
The Government decided to raise loans from the public and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia was entrusted with the job of managing the operation on behalf of the Commonwealth Government. On the 1st July 1915, the first of seven war loans was launched with the Government hoping to raise 5 million pounds. Public enthusiasm for the war effort was so great; that the sum received at the close of the first loan was 13,389,440 pounds.
The excellent result of the first loan was achieved by a general newspaper appeal but with the second loan launched on December 1st that same year, the Treasurer decided, in addition to newspaper appeals, a circular letter would be posted to every resident in Australia who had an income of 300 pounds or more a year urging their support. The public response was excellent for the second time. So much so that the financial newspapers in London said, ' It was a great financial achievement to float two loans in such a short space of time and it was evidence of Australia's undiminished determination to remain in the war and also demonstrated Australia possessed very real resources of her own'.
The third loan began on June 1st 1916, with the usual newspaper appeals but the Government decided a more vigorous appeal was needed to encourage small investors. A plan was formulated for employees to make applications through their employers to purchase war loans on instalment payments over a 10-month period. The idea was successful and almost four times the number of people subscribed to the third loan than they had for the second loan.
By now, the Treasurer began to wonder how long Australia could keep up her war loan contributions but the war need money so loan number four was opened on December 23rd only six months after the third loan appeal. This caused problems for people who still had not paid off their previous instalments on loan number three. The Government wisely left it up to the individual subscriber to pay by 10 monthly instalments. The Australian public surprised the doubters by over subscribing the loan by three and a half million pounds. The generosity and patriotism for the war loans had been overwhelming considering Australia's small population, but how long could it last?
War loan number five started on September 6th, 1917 and number six on February 17th, 1918. The Government, in both cases still got more than they required but not by much. War had galvanised into activity the vast latent resources and financial potential of the Australian people and so far, the public had given more than generously for war purposes. However, the closeness of what monies were required for the fifth and sixth war loans and the amount given by the public caused consternation in Government circles. If the war was going to continue into the foreseeable future, the Government was worried that should they attempt another loan, the citizens might not be as generous as they had been in the past. Unfortunately the war was soaking up money like a sponge therefore the Government had no choice but to launch war loan number seven with the hope of raising 40,000,000 pounds.
Number seven-war loan was opened on August 1st 1918 and also would be the last as the war ended in November. To ensure this loan reached the required amount, the Treasurer announced on the 25th September that it was the Governments intention to place before Parliament, legislation called 'The War Loan Subscription Bill 'compelling everyone to contribute to war loans in proportion to their means. He felt the patriotic spirit of people to give voluntarily, had, in the past, been most generous, but could not be relied upon in the future. Australians did not need to be forced to support their fighting forces. Mrs Bruce was just one of many who supported the cause. Her son, Robert Bruce was an Ambulance driver who was wounded in action near Pozieres in August 1916 and was sent home for discharge in July 1917. Although her son was safely home she still wanted to do her part to help win the war. On the 24th October, Mrs Bruce purchased a war loan from the local State Savings Bank branch in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, and along with thousands of like minded citizens, helped to give the Government war chest more than 4 million pounds over the amount required.
The Governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia [1912-1923] Sir Denison Miller summed up Australia's efforts in connection with the various war loans during the Great War as a stupendous achievement but apart from national generosity, other factors helped to make the loans a success. Throughout the country, newspapers daily urged people to purchase loans. The British War Office had used a new war machine called a 'tank' to help promote their war loans and sent one to help in Australia's promotional efforts. The arrival of the tank in July 1918 caused tremendous interest. So much so that three replicas were built to go on public relations tours raising money for the war loan. A mock up of a destroyer was erected in Moore Street [now Martin Place] in Sydney, manned and guarded by sailors while VIP's made stirring speeches about the virtues of the seventh war loan from the deck. Aeroplanes flew over the city dropping leaflets commending the same loan. Anywhere large crowds gathered, midday addresses appealed to the patriotism and purse of the crowd. The launching of the loans throughout the towns and cities of Australia was carried out with almost as much effort as that which was used to attract recruits into military service.
The Commonwealth Bank carried out its allocated task with dedication and with remarkable organizational ability with the full cooperation of the great trading banks, government savings banks, friendly societies, insurance companies and the stock exchanges. The War Loan Subscription Bill was quietly scrapped, as it did not apply to peacetime although it's possible that many investors were influenced by the threat of compulsory war loan subscription. This might explain the extra money in comparison with the previous two loans. In the final analyses, it was the openhearted generosity and the staunch belief in the cause that Mr, Miss and Mrs Australia had made the seven war loans so successful.
[The author is indebted to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for permission to use material from their archives.]
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The Official History of Australia During the War of 1914-1918 vol XI.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia by CC Faulkner 1923.
The Australian War Memorial Archives.
The Commonwealth Bank Archives Sydney.
Personal Papers in Authors collection.
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I will be participating with amazing collaborators on a new piece Submission in Five Acts with flutist/curator Sarah Cargill, conductor Melissa Panlasigui, and performer Indira Allegra in a performance festival at San Francisco venue, SOMArts on May 4-6. The festival also features the second performance of my piece for performer, bass flute, and video – The trauma you keep safe is the pain you pass along.
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How do we undo corporeal memory that keeps us bound to old pain, narratives, and power struggles? How do we use craft to relate differently to one another? [Submission in Five Acts] seeks to unravel the power structures that are replicated and imbedded in ensembles [and classically-based performance practices].
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But Tell Me What It Feels Like features new and developing works by queer of color composers, performance artists, dancers, musicians and sound healers. The festival grounds itself in the theoretical framework articulated by black lesbian feminist poet and activist Audre Lorde in her essay, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power. While the erotic can and does allude to queer sexualities, sensuality and touch, it is also a point of reference through which artists and audiences alike are invited to locate a well of deep-seated bodily wisdom. "By accessing the erotic, we witness a radical transformation of the mundane, where daily actions and decisions come to reflect one's capacity for feeling, connection, desire, and unwavering pursuit of fully present embodiment. It is through this commitment to the erotic that we allow space for our bodies — our lives — to be animated by nothing less than joy," Cargill notes in reference to the inspiration behind her curatorial debut.


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Citation: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 100, no. 1-4, pp. 117-140, 2010
Authors: Skowron, Andrzej | Stepaniuk, Jarosław | Swiniarski, Roman
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Abstract: We discuss some generalizations of the approximation space definition introduced in 1994 [24, 25]. These generalizations are motivated by real-life applications. Rough set based strategies for extension of such generalized approximation spaces from samples of objects onto their extensions are discussed. This enables us to present the uniform foundations for inducing approximations of different kinds of granules such as concepts, classifications, or functions. In particular, we emphasize the fundamental role of approximation …spaces for inducing diverse kinds of classifiers used in machine learning or data mining. Show more
Keywords: rough sets, granular computing, approximation space, extension of approximation space, concept approximation, function approximation
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Citation: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 100, no. 1-4, pp. 159-180, 2010
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The Rhode Fire is ¼ acre, located near Colonial Campground. A helicopter dropped 4 loads of water on it Saturday, due to its proximity to the campground and Highway 20.
The Flush Fire and Tank Fire are both small fires discovered Aug 1 near the Crapper Fire, just south of Newhalem. Several water drops from a helicopter were made on each fire, due to their proximity to the infrastructure around Newhalem.
The Thornton Fire was 1/10 acre. Discovered Saturday afternoon, it was suppressed by 4 firefighters, due to the possible threat to Highway 20 and adjacent power lines.
The following new fires are being managed by Fire Personnel
The Elija Fire is 10 acres, located about 4 miles above Highway 20, on the east side of Panther Creek.
The Cascade Fire is 1/10 acre, located southwest of, and below, Boston Basin, above the Cascade River Road.
The Bouck Fire is 1/10 acre, located near Bouck Lake.
The Fourth of July Fire is ½ acre, located in Panther Creek.
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Should journalists interview people as they are being tortured?
I would think probably not, but the editor of The Atlantic apparently thinks that's ok:
Ibrahim al-Halabi was confused by my questions. He could neither tell me how he landed himself in a makeshift prison cell nor respond to even simple queries, like what job he held. The 27-year-old had been picked up at a routine checkpoint in the city of Aleppo by rebels from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighting the Syrian regime. When he could not provide identification papers, they arrested him.
My broken Egyptian Arabic was probably not to blame for the troubled communication, because another inmate offered logical responses to the same routine questions. But with Ibrahim, they only elicited a bewildered gaze.
On the rare occasion when he did speak, Ibrahim provided contradictory responses. At times he said he worked in a textile factory. Other times he said he was unemployed. Once he even admitted that he had worked for the regime's paramilitary, known as the shabiha, albeit for only two days. Ibrahim was clearly scared. His left hand never stopped shaking. Red spots on his forehead and nose covered the marks where his captors had beaten him. When Ibrahim refused to speak, a fighter yelled at him "Liar! Shabih! Dog!" before intensifying his pain with several slaps to the face.
It'd be one thing if the journalist had witnessed the torture. But he appears to have been given the interview opportunity by the man's detainees and the guards are helping him get answers out. The comments thread is on fire in the article.
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Greg Messel's 'Fog City Strangler' is an suspenseful tale of intrigue and murder that satisfies as a stand-alone novel and follows Sam Slater, the protagonist of three other mysteries set in 1950s San Francisco.
Private Eye Sam Slater has a lot to worry about. For one, a murderer is stalking San Francisco's streets, preying upon young blonde women. For another, Slater's wife Amelia is a stunning blonde who works as a stewardess and also happens to be the face of TWA's new ad campaign. With her face on billboards all over the city, Slater's wife Amelia's new, high profile status is poorly timed. As the "Fog City Strangler" taunts both the cities' inhabitants and the authorities by sending a scrap of each victim's clothing with a note to the local newspapers, Slater feels his wife's high profile could turn her into a prize target.
Slater's plate seems plenty full when he and Amelia are hired to find a missing woman, the sole
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investigating the crime are baffled. As Slater and Amelia delve deeper into the mystery they discover that nothing is as it seems; worse, there may be someone lurking in the shadows who will stop at nothing to keep them from learning the truth.
Greg Messel's Fog City Strangler is a riveting tale that perfectly balances the menace of a serial killer terrorizing a city with the mystery of a lost woman whose family desperately wants to bring her back home. The fourth book in the Sam Slater Mystery Series, Fog City Strangler is preceded by Last of the Seals, Deadly Plunge, and San Francisco Secrets.
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|Even with full mudguards and a big mudflap you still get
gunk thrown up on the bottom bracket area
|Side view of the inside face of the chaincase shows
how far the salt spray and road gunk gets flicked up
|A lot of the white marks are dried salt churned up by the rear wheel
|I think this was salt that dripped off the
inside of the pannier, note how dirty the
rear wheel is.
|The chainring is original and probably hasn't been ever cleaned
since 1978 when it was made. The Shimano Nexus
chain on there came with a silver finish...
|The chain rollers are super clean, as well as the outside
links, barely a speck of grit or grime
It's not a surprise that the chain is spotless, you can clearly see a lack of black gunk that you typically accumulate on a bike without any chaincase. Even just looking at the chaincase you can see how much dirty grime was stopped from being sprayed into the drivetrain. I haven't had any real issues with the chaincase at all, I haven't had any flats yet out in the field and I don't find it all that hard to remove the rear wheel anyway. This just goes to show how effective a chaincase is in reducing drivetrain wear and maintenance.


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The concept of ramuan (meaning a "mix of ingredients" in Malay) is ingrained in the Malaysian mentality. Referring to the herbal mixtures that Malaysians regularly imbibe to promote health, beauty and balance in their daily lives, it can also refer to the mix of cultures that comprise modern-day Malaysia.
It is this rich knowledge and culturally diverse system that the book covers in depth. It postulates that these ancient secrets, healing wisdoms, age-old recipes and health-giving practices, culled from 100 percent natural sources, are more relevant today than ever before. Indigenous, Malay, Chinese and Indian traditions that have adapted in Malaysia's diverse rain forest environment are all showcased in depth, with a particular emphasis placed on women's health. Assembled for the first time in one single collection and drawing on years of work by a team of Malaysian and international scholars, traditional healthcare practitioners and scientists. The book contains a plethora of new insights into natural ways to maintain health, vigour and radiance.
In addition to historical and sociological assessments of the practices, there is also a long chapter on where to go to experience some of these age-old formulae. Increasingly finding their way into spas in Malaysia - be it a Malay-style spa, a Traditional Chinese Medicine practice, an Ayurvedic retreat or an establishment offering some or more or the above. it is an industry to watch out for. The book outlines what to expect in these spas what to look out for, where to go, what is special on the menu.
Furthermore, the "box copy" that is liberally interspersed throughout the book will intrigue readers. Taking the form of individual explanations of key botanicals, historical anecdotes and stories, in-depth analyses of plant science, first-person accounts and more, they add colour and variety to what is already a rich and detailed book. Up-to-date statistics and what to expect in the future form the conclusion.
The overall aim of any of Malaysia's ramuan is the optimisation of mind, body and spirit: whether the experience is geared towards fitness, beauty, rejuvenation, longevity, relaxation and stress reduction or a combination thereof is irrelevant. It is thought that anybody interested in alternative health, natural products, spa treatments, the environment and ancient healing will benefit from the book. It is truly a treasure trove of valuable information and the time is right to share this with the world.
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Coors Light, the major sponsor for the 2014 American Samoa Flag Day Fautasi Race is pleased to present the 10 long boats that will compete on April 16. They are: Fua'o (Vatia), Paepae O Ulupo'o (Aua), Aeto (Pago Pago), Fealofani Samoa (Fagasa), Iseula (Fagatogo), Fetu Ole Afiafi (Faga'alu), Manulele Tausala I/II (Nu'uuli), Fa'asaulala (Vailoa), Matasaua (Manu'a).
"Our Reserves are available for $500 per rower", Va'amua offers
The Pago Pago village is not used to being beaten twice in tu'uga va'a in the same year. Not when it has the means, and the know-how to defend against any opposition. After all Pago possesses perhaps the best and one of the most expensive fautasi ever built.
Pago Pago went to great lengths and spent over $300,000 in the construction of what the residents and supporters believed to be an unconquerable fautasi that they had hoped would reign supreme on the waters of American Samoa for a very long time.
The Aeto is always favored to win every race it enters because of its superior high tech design and well-known history. But when something unthinkable like this happened twice in a row and in the same year to the Aeto, die hard fans and fautasi aficionado noticed and began to wonder.
However, captain Va'amua Henry Sesepasara explains in not so many words, why such a near impossible feat was achieved against the Aeto, the most storied fautasi in the history of tu'uga va'a in American Samoa.
"We're not used to racing from inside the harbor. That was a disadvantage to us in both races.
Last year, the Fua'o, a $30,000 fautasi from the village of Vatia that was skippered by the Senate president, Ga'ote'ote Pala'ie Tofao ruled the battleground as they fought and won two tu'uga va'a: the Flag Day (April), and the DOC (November). The Aeto came second in both faigamea ile tai.
"Pago Harbor is our battlefield," the Pago Aeto captain once told this correspondent. "We've fought many wars there and won."
The Fua'o may not be as celebrated a bird as the Aeto but for now it is the defending champion, holds boasting rights and owns the combat zone.
The two 2013 races started from Pago Pago heading toward the open seas. The fautasi then turned around about two miles out of Pago Harbor and headed back to the finish line across ASCO Motors.
This year, the new chairman of the Flag Day fautasi race, Faoa Lualemana has announced that the faigamea ile tai will start from five to seven miles out in the open ocean.
"We're comfortable with this year's race course," the Aeto captain says. In fact, Pago's fautasi rarely loses from that distance.
In this year's Flag Day regatta, skipper Va'amua, his committee, and the Aeto crew are focused on their main goal of regaining the #1 position.
"I believe we have the strongest crew of all the ten boats competing. We've been training for more than six weeks and I have every confidence in the strength of our auva'a. We are ready for this year's race and are set to bring back the honor and glory to our village of Pago Pago."
Aeto's captain is also conscious of the challenges that will come from new fautasi like the Paepae o Ulupo'o from Aua, Nu'uuli's Manulele Tausala and of course, the 2013 Flag Day race champion, the Fua'o from Vatia.
"All fautasi captains want to come first in any tu'uga va'a and I'm very much aware of the heavy preparations each village has put into this year's race. Still, I insist that the Aeto crew is the strongest because we are committed and dedicated to our cause."
Va'amua is so self-assured of the success of the Aeto that he is propositioning the captains of other sa to loan them his reserves for a price.
"When we make the final selection on who will be in our first string auva'a, our reserve rowers will then be available for rent and we're offering all eight of them to any village that wants help with their fautasi for $500 per rower."
Va'amua says there were many potential auva'a that turned up when their trainings began. "We started off with 68 rowers, then some dropped out leaving the current 44 man group that has gone through rigorous road trainings and rowing practices for more than two months.
"Every rower knows his responsibility and is fighting for that chance to make the final 36 man elite squad. Each and everyone of them is required to pass our fitness test that will be administered soon to determine who will represent our village on the Flag Day race," Va'amua explains.
"We regret not having all 44 rowers on our boat as any one of the eight substitutes is capable of stepping in and taking over should one of our selected auva'a not be able to perform, because of sickness or other circumstances."
There are 12 new young au va'a in the squad with ages ranging from 17 to 20. The oldest rower is Kolio, who is 53. The Pago crew uses Mageo's guesthouse as its headquarters and for sleeping arrangements.
Pago Pago has a full committee that overseas the everyday affairs of its fautasi camp. Leader of the aumaga, Utaife'au, Bill Kalasa is the chairman. Others are: Wallie Taufa'asau, Simi Sausi, Junior Poutoa, Eddie Hussein, Sam and Poia Samuelu, Alofa Etelani, Ailao Tualaulelei, and Sunny Lefaoseu.
Lefaoseu has been involved in the Aeto campaign for many years and his company, Pacific Printing, has supplied uniforms and provided other services for a long time.
Va'amua says a fautasi campaign is a very expensive endeavor.
"We buy cases of water bottles for the crew everyday, and will start feeding them three meals a day when we begin our 24-hour camp soon. On top of that we provide them with different uniforms every day for training."
Va'amua, who is also the faipule from Pago Pago in the Fono, says he is grateful for the support from many businesses as well as the tama fanau in Pago Pago and off-island for their support and the generosity they show every year.
"We have a saying, 'e lele le Aeto ae iloa mai a Pago Pago' (wherever Pago Pago's true flesh and blood are, they know where their roots originate from).
"I wish to thank the leaders of our village, heads of different religions, families, and friends for your endless support and prayers as we prepare everyday for the ultimate goal of representing Pago Pago in this year's Flag Day race. Every village wants the mua, but the Aeto auva'a is more than ready to fight for that honor as well.
"I hope we will have good weather on the day of the race and I request that all captains obey the rules and that the committee enforces what it preaches," Va'amua advises.


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Hi Kevin,
That was fast. received it today. It looks good. Actually I know it will be good because I have already seen the wrong certificate couriered to me before of Shefan. So I have a rough idea. But I never seen Trinity certificate before. It looks rather plain but I guess that is the certificate structure. But it does not matter.
Thanks for the months of work we had together Kevin!