Feds invest in global technology and local jobs

The Government of Canada gave a trio of innovative Oakville companies the means to take their ideas to the next level — and create 170 local jobs in the process — through an investment of more than $3 million.

Oakville MP Terence Young made the announcement just before the holidays,The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed. standing in for Canada’s Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear.

Young did so at the offices of Smart Energy Instruments Inc., which is receiving up to $925,The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch.000 of the FedDev investment.

“To stay competitive and productive we recognize we need to do more to bring great ideas to the market place so we can grow our start-up businesses into global leaders,” said Young.

“With this support, Smart Energy is developing unique technology that will give utilities the ability to monitor, control and plan smart energy grids. They are doing this to improve reliability. What’s more important than the lights coming on? Efficiency,titanium alloy property information is scattered amongst a number of disparate sources. and to address challenges in transitioning to renewable energy.”

Young said that while Canada was spared the worst of the recent recession, many small and medium-sized businesses still face challenges getting access to capital.

Through the investment, part of the federal government’s Investing in Business Innovation Initiative, Smart Energy expects to increase company sales, forge new strategic alliances and create up to 10 new high-tech jobs.

“With FedDev’s assistance, SEI has provided jobs here in Ontario, here in Oakville. We are proud to say we have advanced the state of the art for the kinds of things we do. The instrumentation we have built here is different than anything else anyone has been able to achieve. Those technologies will be exported throughout the world. We are a global company, we have markets everywhere,” said D.Jeff Dionne,They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far CEO Smart Energy Instruments Inc. (SEI).A needle roller bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion

“SEI is not building wind, solar, those kinds of technologies. What we are doing is building the basic technology that allows people to integrate that stuff. We are building a chipset that will be deployed and allow for the connection of new renewable resources to old existing grids and also new grids.”

In addition to the FedDev funding, Smart Energy has attracted an $850,000 investment from members of the CleanTech Angel Network, a $1.5 million joint investment from Ontario Capital Growth Corporation’s Ontario Emerging Technology Fund and venture capital firm VentureLink, and a $750,More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.000 investment from MaRS Cleantech Fund.

Mechanical portfolio drops the shops

But the Nifty Thrifty algorithm served us well, picking these companies when investors were pessimistic and the share prices low. It wasn't clear that the algorithm had done its job in December 2011. Then, Debenhams had lost the Nifty Thrifty money and WH Smith had made only modest gains. According to the algorithm, and relative to all the other companies in the FTSE 350 index, none of the three retailers had reached their potential, so it re-selected them.

The question for would-be stockpickers is: would they have had the courage to invest in companies such as Debenhams in 2010, when things looked bad, hold them in 2011, when they still looked bad, and sell them in 2012, when things looked better?

The recession is officially over, although it might not feel like it, and investors are discriminating between high street winners and losers.A needle roller bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion It can be psychologically difficult to sell a share that seems to be a winner. Mechanical investing takes the angst, and the effort, out of such decisions.

WH Smith is the biggest surprise, since its main product categories - stationery,The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed. books and newspapers - face marginalisation, or even extinction, as the digital alternatives start to dominate. It makes most of its profit these days from convenience stores, located in stations, airports and hospitals, but it's losing the reassuring presence of its chief executive of nine years, Kate Swann, next June, when she steps down.

Fashion retailer Next also benefits from good management. It has a formidable reputation for managing the interplay of price and quality as well as its own finances and store portfolio,titanium alloy property information is scattered amongst a number of disparate sources. and it has diversified into homeware, a sector less open to internet competition.

One other retailer, Halfords Group (HFD),More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom. has been with the portfolio even longer,They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far since September 2010, and it has yet to justify its inclusion. By July this year, it looked like a disastrous investment. The share price had more than halved.

Technology is playing a part in Halfords' difficulties, as modern cars are often too complex for DIY mechanics to fix and enhance. However, growth in Halfords' recently acquired motor repair centres and British winners in the Tour de France and Olympic Games, which helped bike sales, improved the company's performance.

The appointment of chief executive Matt Davis, who has experience at fast-growing retailers Pets at Home and Dunelm Group (DNLM), added impetus to the rallying share price. He has invested ￡500,000 in the company. Maybe he can turn it into a winner.

In comparison, returns from the other four companies up for eviction, engineers Smiths (SMIN) and IMI (IMI), baker Greggs (GRG) and Go-Ahead Group (GOG), a train and bus operator, were lacklustre. The best of the rest was Smiths, which earned the portfolio an 18% return. The worst was Greggs, which lost about 7%.

This quarter, the algorithm has decided that all of the companies except WH Smith should be ejected. Thanks mostly to profits from Debenhams and Next,The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. the portfolio has ￡1,416 to invest in each of their replacements.

When you see a UFO drop everything

Christmas vacation, a time of slow news. “Give me something, anything,” begs the news editor.

I’d opt for UFOs.A needle roller bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion They are a contagion without a vaccine. As soon as a few are seen, they grow viral and plenty more are claimed, making the perfect storm: stories breeding stories.

Ask Bill Clinton. They fascinate him. Was that a UFO over Obama’s Colorado speech, then his inauguration?

Astronauts are seeing strange lights in space.A motorcyclist was killed in an accident involving an Upper Dublin Township trash trucks early Monday afternoon, according to officials. UFO experts interpret this as “stalking by a UFO mothership.” NASA says it’s ice floating off the spacecraft.

A UFO expert claims new photos show Mt. Adams in Washington State is the disguised entrance to a deep alien base. “Glowing orbs fill the sky nearly every evening.”

Those of us in the news media expect to chase windmills during these epidemics. I was the de facto UFO reporter for a number of years after I interviewed a guy from Minerva who believed he was abducted by aliens. Obviously, they threw the fish back into the water. It was a very slow news day.

As they do now, people at that time allowed Hollywood to define space aliens, as if Hollywood knew anything.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. I wrote one story about a scientist at Kent State. He was worried we were so enamored with Hollywood stereotypes, we wouldn’t know UFOs when (not if) we saw real ones.

In the 1950s, UFO spotting became a hobby, then a passion and then an obsession. The military bears responsibility as they used the reports to disguise experiments on secret rocket and jet planes. They paid for that, still blamed for a massive cover up.

Then came the 1966 “swamp gas episode.” Hundreds of folks attested to seeing bright lights flitting around two Michigan towns. They eventually were explained by glowing swamp gas, but nobody bought it.

My Dad blamed the Russians. They’d exploded a 50,000-kiloton bomb in the atmosphere in 1961, enough to surely magnetize curious space aliens.They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far

We ran an AP story on how a group of boys in Indiana perpetrated a UFO hoax. They put a candle in a plastic dry-cleaning bag. The bag took off when filled with hot air and flew for 8 minutes before disintegrating in a flash.

The reporter had to know he’d just published a recipe that every kid in the nation would die to try. And we did.

We sent off a flotilla of bag UFOs the first clear night. They lined up and flew in formation on the west winds. And people went nuts, calling the airport tower, the weather bureau.The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed.

Cop cars were scrambled. People tore themselves from their popcorn and Disney’s “When You Wish Upon a Star.” Funny how some people only think about God when they need him the most.More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.

"Idiot" SEPTA conductor breached safety protocol

The trains are clean enough and mostly on time.Conductors are polite and helpful, give or take a grump.

So, I wasn't sure what to make of the clown of a conductor I came across the other night. Was he some jokester? A jerk? A disgruntled employee?

I'm thinking all three. You tell me.

I stepped onto the 6:43 p.m. Chestnut Hill West train from Market East and nearly plowed into the woman in front of me.They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far

Before I could give her the "tourist much?" eye roll, I saw why she suddenly stopped: a black leather computer bag left alone on a seat.

She looked around. I looked around. No one nearby. No one rushing back to grab the bag.

We exchanged nervous glances, but took our seats.

When the conductor appeared a few moments later to collect tickets, several riders wasted no time asking him about the bag.

And he wasted no time freaking out a train full of riders.

"It's probably a bomb," the older, portly conductor said with a shrug before walking off. Stunned riders shook their heads. A few moved as far away from the bag as they could.

Look, we're all guilty of a badly timed joke. Even as the conductor was making the mother of bad jokes, I had my suspicions he knew exactly whose bag it was and, for some inexplicable reason, just wanted to be a tool.

But sorry, you just don't joke about bombs.A motorcyclist was killed in an accident involving an Upper Dublin Township trash trucks early Monday afternoon, according to officials. People get arrested for that, and they should.

This was just days after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings,More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed. the same day as a bomb scare at a West Philly high school.

And even if it wasn't, we live in a post-9/11 "See something, say something," world.

Not that this doofus cared. Here we had a lot of concerned citizens saying something and a spectacularly reckless conductor not just shrugging it off, but joking that we were about to be blown to smithereens.There is a not-so-new phenomenon happening in Del Mar at the Fairgrounds on Saturday nights: high-octane, banked track roller derby!

As I neared my stop, I walked over to the conductor, who was hanging gloomily by one of the doors. I told him I wrote for the Daily News, thinking he might start backpedaling a bit. (I asked for his name, too, but he wouldn't give it, and he wasn't wearing a nametag.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. What's up with that SEPTA? Shouldn't all public employees be identifiable?)

If the conductor had made even the slightest show of contrition, I may have given him a pass.

High-fashion bags benefit the lives of low-income women from Kenya

The term couture often conjures images of wealthy women being fitted for one-of-a-kind ensembles in Paris.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. But to most of the world, couture remains an elite and even remote concept.

Then there’s Tosheka Textiles, which offers handmade, one-of-a-kind bags, priced between $45 and $280. But offering couture-like items at affordable prices represents only a small part of what makes Tosheka Textiles a remarkable company. The bags, made from recycled materials, contribute to the green movement. Furthermore, the profit the bags bring their makers--low-income women in Kenya-- represent the difference between near starvation and the ability to set a little money aside for other things like school and health clinic fees.

According to the company’s founder, Lucy Bigham, Kenya’s low-income women more than triple their weekly income when making bags for Tosheka Textiles.More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom. For instance, the women who make those bags typically earn only $1 a day. By making 3-4 bags each week, the women earn $25 a week, Bigham explained from the home she shares with her husband, Herman Bigham in Powelton Village.

One might wonder how Tosheka Textiles, a Philadelphia-based company, produces its product in Kenya, and sells its wares in the international market. The answer to that requires a little back-story.This design uses the same small radial section as drawn cup needle roller bearing which make better use of reduced space Lucy Bigham, a Kenya native, has a long-history in the world of art and development. As an undergraduate, she earned a degree in design with a focus on textiles. She later earned her masters degree in business development. Before meeting her husband, Herman, and moving to Philadelphia, Lucy worked with non-profit organizations geared totitanium alloy property information is scattered amongst a number of disparate sources.wards helping low-income communities in Kenya.

"My life was all about creating and seeing the impact you have on peoples’ lives," Bigham explained of her experience in the non-profit world. While Bigham believes that non-profits make a positive difference to others, she also started to believe "that people become too dependent on them." And for her, one of the things that can make the biggest difference rests in teaching people skills they can use to make things and earn money.The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed.

For Bigham, the skills she had lay in the realm of art and business development. With regard to art, Bigham has first hand experience with the fact that just because one has highly developed skills, does not mean that one can earn a living from them. For instance, when Bigham would try to sell her wares at trade shows, many would "tell me how beautiful my work was but they wouldn’t buy it," Bigham explained. Confused by this contradiction, Bigham began asking the people who praised her work why they didn’t purchase it. "They told me that although they liked it, they didn’t have a use for it,They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far" Bigham explained. For Bigham that explanation led to the inspiration behind the Tosheka Textiles "Soko" bag.

In a sense, the "Soko" bag fuses high fashion with everyday use. The Soko bags come in every style ranging from the beach bag, to the Ipod case, to the messenger bag, to the tote to the purse. According to Bigham, their creation was inspired by the traditional "Kiondo" carry-all baskets of East Africa. Like the inspiration to the "Soko" bags, making them from recycled materials was also based on an already existing practice. According to Bigham, women would take already used plastic bags and whittle them down to thin wisps of "plarn" to use like thread. Unfortunately, some of those bags came from dumpsters "and the plastic was dirty," Bigham explained. To prevent this, Bigham organized with local supermarkets to collect donations of recently used bags to re-distribute them to the group.

The old spinning wheel

I heard a lady singing “The Old Spinning Wheel” to her little daughter on a television program the other day. The little girl asked what a spinning wheel was. As the mom related the tale, it brought to my mind the days of the 1930s and the home of my grandparents and their “old spinning wheel,” which seemed to us as important as any piece of furniture in our grandparents’ house.

Back in those days, many farmer neighbors of my grandparents ran dairy farms, raised corn and grains, but also raised some sheep, as the meat and wool were not only necessary for food and wool in their lives, but were cash crops for them. Each year when the sheep were ready to be sheared, Grandpa was enlisted help with the task. For some of his pay, Grandpa was given a fair-sized bag of sheep wool.More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.

On the evening of that “sheep shearing” day, we would see Grandpa walking down the road toward home with his big burlap bag of wool over his shoulder. When he arrived at home,This design uses the same small radial section as drawn cup needle roller bearing which make better use of reduced space there was a big grin on his face like, “Look what I got!” With pride, he tossed his bag of wool on the kitchen table. Grandma just smiled, but somehow knew it was now her turn; winter would be a busy time. She would clean the wool. I’m not quite sure how she did that, but she talked of washing it and drying it. We saw the big puffy balls in a big basket. We would see her look at Grandpa with a big sigh and say, “Guess we’ll have a busy winter.”

As time passed and winter had set in and we again visited our grandparents, we saw Grandpa in the kitchen “carding” bits of wool between what he called “cards.” They were square slabs of wood with wire-like teeth spaced all over them and a handle on one side. He would put a blob of the wool onto one card, then work it back and forth by pulling it with the other card, producing a fuzzy roll of wool about six inches long. He placed the rolls of wool into a basket, piling them up to the handle. At some point he’d say,They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far “Guess that’s about enough to get started.”

At last, it was time for the spinning wheel. He oiled the wheel, checked the pedal and settled into his chair. The larger wheel, run by Grandpa’s foot, turned to make the little wheel turn,The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed. twisting the yard and winding it up at the same time. He hummed his own little melodies along to the rhythm of the turning wheel. The fluffy rolls of wool were twisting into yarn.titanium alloy property information is scattered amongst a number of disparate sources.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. As the yarn came from the spinning wheel, he would wind it into balls ready for Grandma’s crafty knitting needles to create those mittens, scarves, socks and slippers.

On Christmas, we opened gifts as the result of Grandma’s needles and Grandpa’s craftiness of evening after evening at the old spinning wheel that we took for granted in our grandparents house as a piece of furniture. That old song has a meaning all its own for us “old” folks who remember those good old days. Perhaps the spinning wheel goes into the annuls of the wood burning stoves, the oil lamps, water pumped from the well, horse drawn farm machinery, one room schools and even the horse and buggy days.

New school band results a mixed bag

Bryngwyn stayed stable at band two, while Ysgol Glan y Mor, in Burry Port, and Ysgol Y Gwendraeth both dropped bands.

The Welsh Government's banding system uses the performance of schools to group them into one of five bands, from one — schools which are performing well, to five — schools which need to improve.

In Carmarthenshire no schools made the highest grade of band one.

Staff and pupils at Coedcae School were delighted to see an increase from band four to two.

Coedcae head teacher Tracy Senchal,The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed. who took up the post last September, said: "We are delighted and proud of what we have achieved together.More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.

"It is thanks to the hard work and commitment of the staff and the efforts of the pupils,This design uses the same small radial section as drawn cup needle roller bearing which make better use of reduced space supporting and challenging each other.

"We were not satisfied with our position last year and we believed that we could do better this year."

Criticised

Ysgol Glan y Mor and Ysgol Y Gwendraeth both dropped from band three to five.

Glan y Mor head teacher Steve Jones criticised the system,The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. saying it does not reflect the work of schools, while Ysgol Y Gwendraeth was contacted for comment, but the head teacher was not available.

The factors used to band schools include information about how well 15 to 16-year-olds have performed in exams, information about their level of attendance, the number of free school meals and the improvement of pupils over time.They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so fartitanium alloy property information is scattered amongst a number of disparate sources.

This is the second year data of this kind has been released in Wales.

Director of education and children's services Robert Sully said: "Carmarthenshire Council notes the publication of the banding of secondary schools, which presents a mixed outcome for Carmarthenshire's schools, with some improving their position compared to last year, some remaining in the same category and some seeing their band decline."

He added: "The county council is pleased to confirm that it is already working with those schools that have been identified in need of support and looks forward to a steadily improving picture in future years as its Modernising Education Programme continues to transform provision."

Carriers bag Saudi allocations

“For the KSA entitlements, we gave seven [flights per week] to Cebu Pacific, and four [flights per week] to Airphil Express,” CAB Hearing and Examiners Division Chief Ma. Elben S. L.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. Moro said in a telephone interview on Sunday.

“This is to foster competition in the low-cost market,A motorcyclist was killed in an accident involving an Upper Dublin Township trash trucks early Monday afternoon, according to officials.” she explained, noting that the decision was reached in a board meeting on Dec. 18.

Ms. Moro, however, noted that a written board resolution, which she expected to be issued within a month, has yet to be signed by CAB members for the decision to become final.

Cebu Pacific and Airphil Express in October each asked the regulator for 14 flights per week.They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far

Officials of Cebu Pacific and Airphil Express were not immediately available for comments.

The new 11 flight allocations came from the successful air talks in late September that increased the country’s traffic rights to Saudi Arabia to 21 flights per week from 10.

The 10 old frequencies,This design uses the same small radial section as drawn cup needle roller bearing which make better use of reduced space which had been allocated previously to Philippine Airlines (PAL), will remain with the flag carrier, according to Ms. Moro.

No local carrier presently flies to Saudi Arabia after PAL stopped operations in March last year.

The latest allocations, in effect, denied the request of PAL and Zest Airways (ZestAir), for seven flights each. “Wala na (No more),” Ms.More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom. Moro replied, when asked about PAL’s and ZestAir’s applications.

Last week, CAB said it equally split the 14 new flight entitlements to United Arab Emirates (UAE) also between Cebu Pacific and Airphil Express.

The new traffic rights to UAE came following successful air talks in early-September that doubled the previous entitlements of 14 to 28 flights per week.

The 14 existing allocations to UAE will remain with PAL, which uses its traffic rights through code-sharing agreements with Middle Eastern carriers Etihad Airways and Emirates.

The fresh flight allocations to the Middle East allow both Cebu Pacific and Airphil Express to proceed their maiden long-haul flights planned for next year.

Cebu Pacific told CAB in separate petitions in September and October that it wanted to mount daily flights for the routes Manila-Riyadh, Manila-Jeddah, Manila-Dubai and Manila-Abu Dhabi starting third quarter of next year.

Airphil Express, the low-cost sister company of PAL, plans to start flights to UAE and Saudi Arabia by winter or around November next year, according to its CAB petitions.The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed.

Cebu Pacific’s international passenger traffic grew by 11.54% to 2.03 million as of September from 1.82 million in the same nine months last year, CAB data showed.

Airphil Express saw passenger volume in the same comparative periods drop by 2.25% to 104,820 from 107,235.

Cebu Air, Inc., which operates Cebu Pacific, hiked its net income by 2.25% to P2.27 billion as of September from P2.22 billion in the same nine months last year.

Manufacturing May Already Be

The slowdown has been broad-based, from defense contractors to companies supplying the oil and gas industry. Sales are down 20 percent this year at Hamill Manufacturing, a defense contractor outside Pittsburgh that makes parts for nuclear reactors in submarines and aircraft carriers. Hamill depends on the Pentagon for 80 percent of its business. “I’m not too enthusiastic about next year either,” says Chief Executive Officer Jeff Kelly,The fee includes lunch and a soft-sided cooler bag filled with useful golf items, 18 holes of golf, carts, and a buffet dinner immediately following the tournament. who’s worried about rising health-care costs coupled with severe cuts in defense spending.

For most of the year, business was booming at MIC Group, a Brenham (Tex.)-based maker of mechanical parts used in fracking. In August it was turning down business it couldn’t handle and on the verge of buying $15 million in new equipment, says Roger Atkins, vice president of sales and marketing. Then, in September, clients started canceling orders over concerns about the fiscal cliff and having too much inventory going into next year,Using wheel spacer can improve your car handling and track performance says Atkins. MIC has yet to buy the equipment.

“Six months ago our members were still positive,” says Dave Tilstone, president of the National Tooling and Machining Association. “Now, over the last couple months, all that optimism has gone away.non woven bag is eco-friendly and 100% recycled by physical disposal. The non woven material is long-lasting & fashionable.” Machining and metal companies usually sense changes in the economy before other industries do, since a factory that wants to expand buys machine tools first to make the other manufacturing gear it needs. “We’re like the canary in the coal mine,” says Tilstone.

For the last three years, manufacturing has been the hero of the U.S. economic recovery.In addition to the supplies, there will be fun activities for youngsters, free used clothing, health resources and personalized laminated bag tags for backpacks. While housing and consumer spending have been slow to come back, manufacturing activity has outpaced the rest of the economy ever since the recession ended in June 2009. Capital expenditures and exports have contributed close to 75 percent of all gross domestic product growth since then. That’s led to 500,So I'm looking at my silver wheel bolt that are in pretty rough cosmetic shape - and decide that I'd like to have the look of the new black wheel000 new jobs in the last two years. That’s not enough to replace the 1.8 million manufacturing jobs lost since 2007, but it gave President Obama some nice campaign fodder and fueled excitement that a manufacturing renaissance was under way in America.

The truth is starker. Industry has essentially flat-lined since the end of the first quarter of 2012, and recent data suggest manufacturing may be in a recession. In November,He demanded the woman handed over money and, fearing for her life, she emptied cash from the till into a drawstring bag before he left. the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index, a broad measure of manufacturing activity, fell for the fourth time in six months; it’s at its lowest level since the recession ended. Manufacturing has shed 24,000 jobs since July, including 7,000 in November. Exports are falling faster than expected, leading to a record monthly manufacturing trade deficit with China in October, the second record monthly high since July. Even points of strength are starting to weaken: New orders for defense and transportation equipment fell in October. General Motors (GM) may have to cut production to reduce its inventory of unsold trucks, which is double the normal levels.

“I think it’s pretty clear that we’ve reentered a manufacturing recession,” says Alan Tonelson, a research fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council, which represents some 2,000 small and medium-size manufacturers. Businesses, spooked by the fiscal cliff, have been cutting back on investments and reining in hiring as they wait to see if their taxes will rise next year, and if they will still be able to count on government contracts.

According to data compiled by RBC Capital Markets, manufacturing activity has either been flat or contracted during the past two months in 21 of 31 countries it surveyed, including Japan, China, Australia, and much of Europe. Part of what got U.S. manufacturing on its feet three years ago was strong demand from emerging markets. That’s weakening. “The U.S. benefited from a positive feedback loop,” says Jacob Oubina, senior U.S. economist at RBC. “Now we’re stuck in a negative feedback loop.”

Hostages rescued after three years

They were trapped at sea for 1,The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed.000 days, held on their own ship by Somali pirates off the coast of Yemen.

A petition pushing for their release described hostages huddled in tight spaces aboard the MV Iceberg 1, given only rice and water to survive.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch.

Conditions were so harsh on the ship that one member of the 24-person crew reportedly committed suicide by jumping overboard. Another was killed by pirates.

Over the weekend, troops from the Puntland Maritime Police Force rescued the 22 hostages remaining on the Panama-flagged vessel,They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far ending the longest time anyone has been held hostage by pirates, according to Michael Howlett, deputy director of the International Maritime Bureau.

“We are greatly relieved to hear that they are safe after their terrible ordeal,” said Peter Swift, chairman of the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme,More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom. which has been tracking the ship’s saga.

Sunday’s rescue was the result of a two-week operation, the International Maritime Bureau said.

Mohamed Abdulrahman, director of the maritime force that led the mission,titanium alloy property information is scattered amongst a number of disparate sources. said Monday that the rescued hostages — who hailed from Yemen, India, Pakistan,A needle roller bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion Ghana, Sudan and the Philippines — were in good health at a military base in Puntland, a semiautonomous region of Somalia.

They showed signs of physical abuse and illness after their time in captivity, the International Maritime Bureau said.

“We hope that both public and private organizations will work to ensure that the released hostages, as well as their families, receive all the necessary support and assistance they will require both immediately and longer term as they recover from the trauma and deprivation that they have suffered since being kidnapped,” Swift said.

In March 2010, pirates hijacked the ship, which had been transporting mechanical equipment and was en route to the United Arab Emirates, the European Union Naval Force Somalia reported at the time.

“Whilst this is a successful rescue operation, our thoughts are with the remaining 139 hostages still held by pirates, 28 of whom have been there for just under two years,” the International Maritime Bureau said in a statement.

Patent Issued for Micromachined Patch-Clamp Apparatus

News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "The patch-clamp technique was originally developed to study cell membrane electrophysiology by measuring very small (10.sup.-9-10.sup.-12 A) electrical currents that can flow through ion channels embedded in the lipid bilayers that form cell membranes. Such ion channels, which are typically made of proteins or assemblies of proteins, control the flow of ions (e.g. Na.sup.+, K.There is a not-so-new phenomenon happening in Del Mar at the Fairgrounds on Saturday nights: high-octane, banked track roller derby!sup.+, Ca.sup.2+) in and out of biological cells, with the flow of ions producing weak, but measurable, electrical currents that can be sensed and recorded using the patch-clamp technique. The ion channels communicate electrical, mechanical (i.e. tactile) and chemical information into and out from biological cells and thereby participate in many different cellular processes which include the generating and timing of action potentials, the secretion of hormones, synaptic transmission, and the triggering of muscular contractions. Thus, the patch-clamp technique provides a way of determining or analyzing the effect of external electrical, mechanical or chemical stimuli on cells, and the response of the cells to such external stimuli. The patch-clamp technique, for which Neher and Sakmann were awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, is useful for performing electrophysiological studies of cells to better understand cell behavior in response to external or internal stimuli, to understand exactly how the cell membrane functions, to understand certain ion-channel-related diseases and disorders,The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed. and to screen potential drug candidates for the treatment of ion-channel-related diseases and disorders or their effect on biological cells.

"The patch-clamp technique is conventionally performed using a glass micropipette which must be mechanically manipulated to contact a single biological cell and to establish a 'Giga-Ohm' seal with a membrane of the cell, generally by a specially-trained operator gently sucking onto the other end of the micropipette. This conventional use of the patch-clamp technique is tedious and allows the analysis of only a few cells per day.More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.

"What is needed is an apparatus that can be used to perform the patch-clamp technique under better-controlled conditions and with higher speed and precision. Additionally, it would be advantageous to have a patch-clamp apparatus that would use of smaller amounts of fluids that surround the cell and interact with it, including particular chemical species provided to stimulate the cell. Finally, what is needed is a patch-clamp apparatus that can be readily adapted to provide various types of external stimulation, including mechanical stimulation.

"The present invention provides a micromachined patch-clamp apparatus that can be used for the electrophysiological study of one or more cells in a closed environment with a minimal volume (as small as a few nanoliters) of fluids surrounding and contacting the cell. The present invention is also adaptable for use with microelectromechanical actuators to provide, in certain embodiments,If you like BMW cars,then you will probably like their new gaming mouse, the super sexy, sleek as a Titanium Sheet off the pressing mat Level 10 M Gaming Mouse. an instrument capable of subjecting a cell to mechanical stimulation in addition to electrical and chemical stimulation.

"These and other advantages of the present invention will become evident to those skilled in the art."

As a supplement to the background information on this patent, NewsRx correspondents also obtained the inventor's summary information for this patent: "The present invention relates to a micromachined patch-clamp apparatus for analyzing one or more biological cells. The apparatus comprises a silicon substrate and a pair of fluid chambers formed above the silicon substrate, with a common wall formed of silicon nitride being located between the pair of fluid chambers and having an opening (e.g. 1-10 .mu.m in size) therethrough. A lower chamber of the pair of fluid chambers has one or more electrodes therein comprising polycrystalline silicon.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. An upper chamber of the pair of fluid chambers comprises a molded polymer material that forms a top and a sidewall of the upper chamber for receiving the biological cells. The apparatus preferably includes means for urging the biological cell being analyzed into contact with the common wall and the opening therethrough which can comprise either a fluid evacuation port connected to the lower chamber,They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far or a fluid entry/exit port connected to the upper chamber. The upper chamber can further include a sample entry/exit port for introducing the biological cells into the upper chamber and for removing the biological cells after analysis.

Minimal Production Impact From

The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswires. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list.

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) reported in a filing made public Dec. 22 that a "minor operational issue" at its Baytown, Texas, refinery caused flaring but had minimal impact on production.Using wheel spacer can improve your car handling and track performance A spokesman said the refinery would meet all its commitments.non woven bag is eco-friendly and 100% recycled by physical disposal. The non woven material is long-lasting & fashionable.

Motiva Enterprises LLC will take a few more days to restart its expanded refinery segment in Port Arthur, Texas, a person familiar with the refinery said Dec. 22. The person had said Dec.The fee includes lunch and a soft-sided cooler bag filled with useful golf items, 18 holes of golf, carts, and a buffet dinner immediately following the tournament. 18 that Motiva would take a crude distillation unit offline until Dec. 22 at the facility to continue the repairs that had been ongoing for the past six months.

BP PLC (BP) said in a Dec. 19 filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that it will perform routine maintenance on the fluid catalytic cracking unit No. 1 at its refinery in Texas City, Texas.

CVR Energy Inc. (CVI) said a maintenance shutdown Dec.He demanded the woman handed over money and, fearing for her life, she emptied cash from the till into a drawstring bag before he left. 17 at its refinery in Wynnewood, Okla., caused hydrogen sulfide to be sent to a flare for burning, according to a government filing made public Dec. 18.

Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) said Dec. 17 the sulfur-recovery unit malfunctioned at its 232,Each part's full needle bearing trunnion allows for increased horsepower and quicker response, and a large roller tip helps prevent wear000-barrel-a-day refinery in Port Arthur,They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far Texas, according to a government filing.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) said Dec. 15 a leak in an unspecified piece of equipment at its refinery in Garyville, La., caused the unit to be shut down, according to a government filing.

Valero Energy Corp. reported an upset at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery Dec. 9 but said there was no material impact to production.

A Phillips 66 spokesman said Dec. 10 that recent planned maintenance at the 146,000-barrel-a-day refinery in Borger, Texas, had been completed. The company said Dec. 7 it was shutting down its Unit 29 fluid catalytic cracking unit at the refinery. Phillips 66 had said it would conduct work on Unit 29 after finishing working on FCCU No. 40, which is now believed to be back online.

Navy's Montalvo continues to improve

Three weeks later, those same doctors are amazed at the youngster’s rapid recovery.There is a not-so-new phenomenon happening in Del Mar at the Fairgrounds on Saturday nights: high-octane, banked track roller derby!If you like BMW cars,then you will probably like their new gaming mouse, the super sexy, sleek as a Titanium Sheet off the pressing mat Level 10 M Gaming Mouse.

“All the doctors and nurses here at the hospital are calling him the ‘Miracle kid.The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed.’ They can’t believe how far he’s come in such a short time,” the elder Montalvo said.

Rafi Montalvo, a freshman quarterback, took a major step forward on Monday when he was moved to a rehabilitation center at Baptist Health Center of South Florida. If all goes well with the various methods of therapy, Montalvo will return to his Miami home in two to three weeks.

“It’s an intensive rehab program and the hope is that Rafi will be home by the end of this month,” said Ralph Montalvo, noting that his son was allowed to leave Kendall Regional Medical Center after passing a battery of tests on Monday afternoon. “Rafi is excited to go to rehab. He is walking and talking more every day. He is becoming more and more self aware and focusing better. He is showing hourly improvements. It’s really remarkable to watch.”

Ralph Montalvo spoke to The Capital on Monday in the first public comments any member of the family has made since Rafi Montalvo was seriously injured in an auto accident on Thanksgiving night.

Rafi Montalvo, who had risen to third on the depth chart at Navy, was home for the holiday and headed to a nearby McDonald’s with a close friend from LaSalle High School.More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch. Montalvo was the passenger in the single-vehicle accident that occurred on a dark, fog-shrouded street. Police believe the driver made a wrong turn and did not realize he was on a dead-end road.

Poor visibility was the primary cause of the accident in which the vehicle slammed into a house at the end of the street. Montalvo sustained severe head trauma from the force of hitting the air bag that deployed.

“There is no doubt that the air bag saved his life,” said Ralph Montalvo, who was notified by hospital officials around 4 a.m. on Nov. 23. “It was almost the worst call you can get as a parent. To hear that your son is battling for his life is devastating.”

Montalvo was placed in a medically induced coma designed to hasten the healing process of his brain injury. Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo was among the first visitors to arrive at Kendall Regional Medical Center to show support for Montalvo, a three-sport athlete at LaSalle High who was named honorable mention All-State in football as a senior.

“As a parent going through the recruiting process, you want to make sure you send your son to a program that will take good care of him. I was very impressed with the whole staff at Navy, which is a major reason why Rafi chose to attend the academy,” said Ralph Montalvo, who played football at the University of Miami.They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far “In the wake of what happened with Rafi’s accident, it became crystal clear that we made the right choice. Coach Niumat was on the first plane down here and prayed with us by Rafi’s bedside.”

Several Navy football players that live in the greater Fort Lauderdale-Miami region, including linebacker Vinnie Mauro, nose guard Travis Bridges and slotback Ryan Williams-Jenkins, also visited the hospital that weekend. Ralph Montalvo said the family has received constant support from all sorts of people involved with the Naval Academy and Navy football ever since.

Organic Growing Heals the Earth

I serve on a number of conservation and environmental boards of directors,A needle roller bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion and a question that has been coming up a lot lately has regarded growing plants under contaminated conditions—a topic of interest to urban homesteaders and those wanting to practice urban agriculture.

#In one case, a wind drift inadvertently sprayed an organic grower’s crops with chemicals that would render his crop worthless organically. In another, a grower thought he was following organic guidelines and fertilized his fields with biosolids (human waste), a practice not allowed in organics.

#These are serious issues for organic growers. The rule is that in order to be organic, fields used in conventional agriculture must be idled for three years so that the toxins used in chemical agriculture can break down.

#What many growers—and consumers—may not know is that we now live in a chemical-soup world and contamination is an ongoing concern. A farmer may be growing perfectly organic and inadvertently contaminate soil like these instances, or the water itself can be contaminated without the grower’s knowledge.

#In addition, the act of farming can bring unknown contaminants to the surface, such as heavy metals and PCBs from previous land uses.The move to metal packaging has allowed Sprecher to reach key customer targets and has resulted in a clear growth in sales since the initial launch.

#Some lands are “contaminated” naturally. Ancient seabeds, for example, can hold metals such as selenium, boron, molybdenum, mercury or arsenic, that can come to the surface. Where land is heavily irrigated, plants take up irrigation water, leaving salts to build up in the soil.

#Moreover, when people plant in urban settings, such as parks, abandoned lots,The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones. Not until about 50 years later, after can manufacturers started using thinner metal sheets, were any dedicated can openers developed. etc., a host of contaminants—from mechanical solvents to toxic wastes to household chemicals—can be built up in the soil.

#Nature is a great housekeeper and provides the means for cleaning up even heavily contaminated soils.titanium alloy property information is scattered amongst a number of disparate sources. The process is generally called phytoremediation—using plants themselves to clean the soil.

#More specifically, it’s called phytoextraction. Growers can use plants (and trees) to absorb contaminants through their root systems. Depending on the type of contaminant, the toxins are then either stored in the roots or by natural actions transported into the stems and/or leaves. After harvesting,More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom. the soil will have a lower level of contamination.

#Plants especially good at removing toxins are called hyperaccumulators. Some plants can even be used for mining elements, called phytomining; and even sewer water can be reclaimed for drinking using plants.

#These aren’t exotic plants, either.

#Popular food plants like sunflowers and mustard plants (indeed, the entire brassica family) work, as well as legumes like alfalfa,They removed the majority of the bolts but not the locking Wheel nut, that's why I managed to get so far alsike clover and peas. Trees include hybrid poplar, willow, cottonwood, aspen, mulberry, apple and osage orange. (Source: Ground Remediation, University of Iowa: jfp.ms/groundremediation)

'Middle Manager of Justice' comes to rescue

Even superheroes need help once in a while. While they're busy saving citizens from burning buildings or thwarting bank robberies, someone has to schedule the training, earn money and spruce up headquarters.

Enter the Middle Manager of Justice, the Apple iOS title from renowned video game studio Double Fine Productions. The strategy game is a fun, addictive spoof of life managing your own personal Superfriends.

As the title implies, the game stars the middle manger of a team of superheroes, complete with neck tie, badge and clipboard. Starting with a dingy office, he recruits superheroes to stave off crime in the city. Each recruit looks more like a cariacature of your typical superhero, from the Superman inspired Sweet Justice to fireball-tossing Hot Head and the mechanical Crimebot.

Each hero is judged on four stats: Power,In addition to the supplies, there will be fun activities for youngsters, free used clothing, health resources and personalized laminated bag tags for backpacks. Health, Defense and Intelligence. Players use training sessions to bulk up before sending them to perform a variety of crimefighting tasks, from stopping an out-of-control school bus to preventing henchmen from stealing a purse. Completing tasks adds experience and increases that hero's level, giving them more chances to work out and bolster their stats.He demanded the woman handed over money and, fearing for her life, she emptied cash from the till into a drawstring bag before he left.

Time management plays a critical role. When not fighting crime, heroes train, learn new powers, rest, research gear and even take time off in a break room to boost morale.Using wheel spacer can improve your car handling and track performance All tasks take a set amount of time to complete, and bolstering your headquarters with better beds, improved labs and an overhauled gym can speed up the process.

The middle manager also has access to a city map pinpointing incidents such as fires, runaway vehicles and robberies, each with a time limit.non woven bag is eco-friendly and 100% recycled by physical disposal. The non woven material is long-lasting & fashionable. Let the clock expire, and morale drops in that section of the city,So I'm looking at my silver wheel bolt that are in pretty rough cosmetic shape - and decide that I'd like to have the look of the new black wheel which cuts into money earned. Cash lets players revamp headquarters, buy one-time power-ups during combat and purchase gear.

With each battle, superheroes learn more about a powerful master villain and his secret lair. After defeating this boss type character, players net superium that lets them recruit more heroes. Players who don't want to earn superium the old-fashioned way can opt to pay real-world money for an extra stash.

When players tackle a crime, they can choose the superheroes that join the fracas, with a maximum of four. To the right, players see the villains involved and the odds of victory.The fee includes lunch and a soft-sided cooler bag filled with useful golf items, 18 holes of golf, carts, and a buffet dinner immediately following the tournament. From there, they can delegate and let the battle happen automatically while they tend to other duties, or take on the bad guys themselves.

Battles involve mostly turn-based, role-playing combat. Team power-ups such as Paradigm Shift (flip health meter) can help turn the tide in a brawl. If you win, you snag experience and bonuses, but if you lose you get no bonuses and must attempt to fight again.

Paper Waste Used to Make Bricks

Researchers at the Univ.Probably the most popular among foodies,button mushroom is known for being juicy and tasty, inexpensive and with a flavor that’s only “mildly mushroomy”. of Jaen (Spain) have mixed waste from the paper industry with ceramic material used in the construction industry, and the result is a brick that has low thermal conductivity, meaning it acts as a good insulator. However, its mechanical resistance still requires improvement.

"The use of paper industry waste could bring about economic and environmental benefits, as it means that material considered as waste can be reused as raw material,In addition to the supplies, there will be fun activities for youngsters, free used clothing, health resources and personalized laminated bag tags for backpacks." according to the conclusions of the study developed by researchers at the Upper Polytechnic School of Linares (Univ.For mains, there is a choice of Wild Rice’s ‘Chinese Fish ‘n Chips’ (beer-battered ling cod, Asian Tartar Sauce, taro shoestring frites) or its ‘meaty’ Grilled king oyster mushroom (with cashew ricotta and polenta fries). of Jaen),So I'm looking at my silver wheel bolt that are in pretty rough cosmetic shape - and decide that I'd like to have the look of the new black wheel which has been published in the Fuel Processing Technology journal.

The scientists collected cellulous waste from a paper factory (recycled waste in this case) along with sludge from the purification of its waste water. In their laboratory they then mixed this material with clay used in construction and passed the mixture through a pressure and extrusion machine to obtain bricks.

"Adding waste means that the end product has low thermal conductivity and is therefore a good insulator," explains Carmen Martínez, researcher at the Univ. of Jaen. "In addition to the resulting benefit of using these bricks instead of their traditional counterparts made of traditional raw materials."

Another of the advantages of adding waste to the brick prototypes is that they provide energy due to their organic material content. This could help to reduce fuel consumption and kiln time required for brick production.

At the moment the prototype's dimensions are small (3 x 1 x 6 cm). But the team has already tested larger bricks and the results are similar. "On the whole, this technique could bring about a saving in energy and raw materials for brick factories along with environmental benefits from the use of waste that is initially discarded," adds Martínez.

The researcher recognises, however, that the 'Achilles heel' of these bricks is their lower mechanical resistance compared to traditional bricks,He has dried mushrooms all year and fresh mushrooms in season. "We also collect mushrooms from foragers. although this parameter is above the legal minimum. There are still a few problems to solve in the adherence and shaping of those pieces that have high percentages of paper waste.

The team continues in their search for the happy medium between sustainability and material resistance and is still researching the advantages of adding other products, such as sludge from water treatment plants or residues from the beer,He demanded the woman handed over money and, fearing for her life, she emptied cash from the till into a drawstring bag before he left. olive and biodiesel industries.

Other Holiday Challenges Parents Face

On a recent Friday night, I came home from work miraculously early, and sat on the no-longer-very-white couch with my wife, Jean, as our older daughter, Sasha, finished her dinner. After a bite of rice, Sasha turned to us and asked, "What am I doing tomorrow?" She had a little smile on her face—she knew exactly what was happening, but she liked to hear me tell it, again and again.

Well, I explained, tomorrow was her birthday! She'd be turning four, and after watching cartoons in the morning, she was going with her mom to see The Nutcracker. In the evening we'd have a Hanukkah dinner with friends, and on Sunday we'd throw a birthday party.

For some reason, however, this was not enough. "But what else?" she whined from her little red wooden chair. "What else?"

I was totally mystified. I'd just described what should have been an awesome weekend for a newly four-year-old, and yet each time I reiterated the fun we'd have, she came closer and closer to tears. Soon,A motorcyclist was killed in an accident involving an Upper Dublin Township trash trucks early Monday afternoon, according to officials. Sasha was full-on crying, and Jean and I had to comfort her, unaware of what had set her off. Or at least I was unaware. Once the kid had calmed down, Jean leaned over to me and said, quietly, "She wants a visit from you-know-who."

Ah, now I knew.More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom. Just two days before, Jean and Sasha had visited me at my new workplace, and when I'd taken them around the office, Sasha had launched into a soliloquy—about Santa. About how her birthday was coming up, and it was going to snow, and Santa was going to bring her lots and lots of birthday presents. Santa Santa Santa. It had been like this a lot lately; they'd been learning about Christmas in pre-K.

At the time, I hadn't said anything, but I'd wanted to warn Sasha: Jean is a Buddhist,So I'm looking at my silver wheel bolt that are in pretty rough cosmetic shape - and decide that I'd like to have the look of the new black wheelThe approach uses fine Titanium Wire, laid one on another like a potter working with coils of clay. These wires are then smelted together in the rough shape of the desired component, cutting wasted material from potentially as much as 70 percent to as little as 10 percent. born and raised in Taipei, far from the commercialized American version of Christmas. But maybe not all that far—Jean, who keeps our radio tuned to Christmas stations these days, would be perfectly willing to have a Christmas tree at home,Each part's full needle bearing trunnion allows for increased horsepower and quicker response, and a large roller tip helps prevent wear and to embrace the holiday's superficial aspects. But I'm Jewish, and though extremely secular I'm unwilling to allow into my home any aspect of the religion my ancestors, both distant and recent, resisted so strenuously. Sorry, Sasha, Santa won't be coming anywhere near our house.

Except I never told her that,Extensive experience and knowledge in the troubleshooting, maintenance, overhaul and commissioning of Gas Turbines (GE frame 6 and / or 7), gas compressors, dry gas seals, centrifugal pumps, reciprocating pumps, process valves, blowers, conveyor belt systems, v-belt drives, petrochemical pressure vessel and heat exchangers. because I didn't know how to do so without hurting her.

On Saturday, I braced myself: Could we get through all these events without having to break Sasha's Santa-loving heart? She saw The Nutcracker—and loved it. Her friends and their parents came over for Hanukkah dinner, we lit candles, I said what I remembered of the Hebrew prayers (more, I am proud to say, than my friend Theodore "Am I a Jew?" Ross here), and we ate latkes and roast lamb. The next day, more of Sasha's friends came over, bringing presents and squeals of happiness. And somehow, Santa's name never came up.

Turkish deal virtually in the bag

THE consortium of UEM Group Bhd, Ko? Holding and G?zde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi has virtually sealed a multSo I'm looking at my silver wheel bolt that are in pretty rough cosmetic shape - and decide that I'd like to have the look of the new black wheeli-billion dollar bid to take over bridges and highways in Turkey.

The consortium had submitted the highest bid of US$5.72 billion (RM17.4 billion) for the privatisation,There is a not-so-new phenomenon happening in Del Mar at the Fairgrounds on Saturday nights: high-octane, banked track roller derby! UEM Group Bhd said in a statement.

The tender for the privatisation was finalised yesterday following a live bid held in capital Ankara done by the country’s Privatisation Administration.

It is one of the largest concession privatisation under a single package undertaken in the country to date.

“Upon an official announcement to be made by the authorities, the consortium will take over the concession rights, including operation and maintenance of 1,975km toll roads in Turkey, two connecting roads and two bridges for a 25 years,” UEM said.

The assets in the package comprise the Edirne-Istanbul-Ankara highway, Pozanti-Tarsus-Mersin highway, Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep highway,More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.www.globalmetaltins.com is a professional metal packaging manufacturers,Welcome. Gaziantep-Sanliurfa highway, Toprakkale-Iskenderun highway, Izmir-Cesme highway, Izmir-Aydin highway, Izmir and Ankara connecting roads, the Bosphorus Bridge, and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge and connecting road.

Datuk Izzaddin Idris, group managing director and chief executive officer of UEM Group said: “This is a significant milestone for UEM Group as we’ve always aimed to expand our expressway service offering beyond Malaysia,If you like BMW cars,then you will probably like their new gaming mouse, the super sexy, sleek as a Titanium Sheet off the pressing mat Level 10 M Gaming Mouse. India and Indonesia.

“Drawing on our best services and expertise in these countries, we are now committed to deliver the same in Turkey.”

He said the consortium’s success in the bid is due to UEM Group’s deep experience in expressway management and strong partnership with Ko? and G?zde.

“Our partnership is complementary and we were able to leverage on each other’s strength,” he added.

UEM Group holds 40 per cent equity stake in the consortium.
Ko?, Turkey’s largest industrial and services group, and G?zde Girisim,The 88-year-old Alvin resident is a life member of metal tin cans Sailors, the National Association of Destroyer Veterans. a publicly traded private equity investment company, hold 40 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.

The tender submitted by the consortium will be subject to approvals by Turkey’s Privatisation High Council, Competition Board and Council of State.

The transfer of the toll roads from the Directorate of Highways to the consortium will be realised following these approvals and final payment of bid value.

Montreal family plans Casper bakery

A former downtown Casper pharmacy will soon begin a new life as a Great Harvest Bread Co. bakery, the centerpiece of a Canadian family also starting life anew.

The old Bi-Rite building at the southwest corner of Durbin Street and Collins Drive in Casper is now humming with activity, as workers prepare to erect plasterboard walls over newly installed wood-framing inside the building, which will also host a clinic and retail stores.

Michel Skaf points to the blank wall destined to get new windows that will cast morning sunlight over a dining area where patrons will be able to enjoy a hot sandwich, fresh bread, sweets and coffee.

The industrial-size mixer and massive oven are already purchased and ready to go into the space, as soon the old building is ready. The bakery is expected to open in March, pending construction difficulties.

"We're ready for when it's open, just to move in," Skaf said in an earlier interview.

The building, owned by Skaf and number of other investors, will also house several other stores and Cedars Health, an occupational health, family practice and urgent-care clinic.If you like BMW cars,then you will probably like their new gaming mouse, the super sexy, sleek as a Titanium Sheet off the pressing mat Level 10 M Gaming Mouse. A Girls Scouts of the USA retail store will fill additional space in the building, which has more room to lease, said Skaf,www.globalmetaltins.com is a professional metal packaging manufacturers,Welcome. who moved to Casper years ago and works as a cardiologist.

Last year Skaf's brother Tony Skaf and Tony's wife, Karine, decided to move from Montreal to Casper with their three children and begin life anew, away from the hectic pace of the large city. Tony Skaf was tired of his desk job as a mechanical engineer, he said, and the couple said their lives left little time for family.

They obtained the visas they needed in August 2011 with just enough time to move to Casper and get their oldest child into school. Because of Michel Skaf's years Casper, the town wasn't completely new to the family.

The family realized there was no bakery in Casper,There is a not-so-new phenomenon happening in Del Mar at the Fairgrounds on Saturday nights: high-octane, banked track roller derby! other than bread offered at local grocery stores, because First Street Bakers essentially shut down in 2011, Skaf noted.

"We bought the old Bi-Rite building to do an urgent-care clinic," Michel Skaf said. "It's a huge building so we were looking for somebody to open in the other place, basically a bakery,So I'm looking at my silver wheel bolt that are in pretty rough cosmetic shape - and decide that I'd like to have the look of the new black wheel and nobody wanted to do it so we decided to do it ourselves."

The family didn't plan to open a franchise location, but found themselves intrigued by Great Harvest Bread Co. of Dillon, Mont. The company emphasized simple ingredients, including daily-ground Montana wheat,The 88-year-old Alvin resident is a life member of metal tin cans Sailors, the National Association of Destroyer Veterans. and would allow the family a great deal of freedom to develop the bakery as they More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom.saw fit.

Fort Morgan staff presentations

The grant paid for the kits themselves, as well as training for Museum Curator Nikkie Cooper and Children's Librarian Cindy Frye on how to use and present on them.

It also paid for Cooper and Frye to take the program out and present it schools outside of the city. A crucial component of this was funding for substitute city personnel when they leave to give presentations with the kits.

Cooper and Frye demonstrated the kits last Tuesday for the small group of people who turned out at the Brown Bag Lunch,The 88-year-old Alvin resident is a life member of metal tin cans Sailors, the National Association of Destroyer Veterans. but they also got to practice the presentations they will be giving using the kits in coming months.

They cover saddle-making and leathercraft, the ice industry, sugar beets, flour mills, dressmaking and mining, and each kit's program ends with an aspect that deals with the banking industry, according to Cooper.

"The final thing is a banking challenge," Cooper said, where people have to add up money and answer questions about how it relates to the topic.

The kits also allow Cooper and Frye to teach program attendees, whether children or adults, about the different types of resources, including natural, human and capital. They use clue cards, pictures, artifacts and an activity to do this.

Cooper said the kits allow people to learn about an industry and that the main focus of the presentations is on economics and history related to that industry.If you like BMW cars,then you will probably like their new gaming mouse, the super sexy, sleek as a Titanium Sheet off the pressing mat Level 10 M Gaming Mouse.

Each kit has what is needed for a 60-90-minute program about its topic, Cooper said,www.globalmetaltins.com is a professional metal packaging manufacturers,Welcome. and there are pre-activities for teachers to do with students, including teaching about industries and what industry means, and then there are post-activities for classrooms following a program.

But Cooper said the kits are not only for school classrooms and children and teens.

"I think this is something we can do with adults, too,There is a not-so-new phenomenon happening in Del Mar at the Fairgrounds on Saturday nights: high-octane, banked track roller derby!" she said.

And the kits aimed at older children and teens also can be similarly adapted for younger audiences, she said.

And she added that pictures from the museum's collection will be integrated into the kits for future programs.

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Even with the looming fiscal cliff and the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the November jobs report contained some encouraging news. The number of jobs created was well above expectations at 146,000. NovemberHe has dried mushrooms all year and fresh mushrooms in season. "We also collect mushrooms from foragers. Jobs Report: A Mixed Bag

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Given the economy is experiencing a slow recovery and uncertainty with the impending fiscal cliff, the number of jobs added is promising. It goes to show that employers are not letting the fiscal cliff curtail all hiring efforts and growth is still possible with the uncertainty in Washington.

Retail boasted the largest increase in new jobs at 53,000; more than a third of all jobs created in November. This is unsurprising given the usual retail surge during the holiday season. However, given that last November only 34,000 new retail jobs were added,For mains, there is a choice of Wild Rice’s ‘Chinese Fish ‘n Chips’ (beer-battered ling cod, Asian Tartar Sauce, taro shoestring frites) or its ‘meaty’ Grilled king oyster mushroom (with cashew ricotta and polenta fries). this increase is a sign of improving economic times. Consumers' confidence is increasing and so too is their discretionary spending, causing a surge in consumerism.

Professional and business services had the next largest increase at 43,000 new jobs. The two sectors within this broad industry with the most new jobs were administrative and waste services (22,000) and computers systems design and related services (7,Probably the most popular among foodies,button mushroom is known for being juicy and tasty, inexpensive and with a flavor that’s only “mildly mushroomy”.000).

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Not only did these industries undergo significant job growth, but they also experienced wage growth in the last year, according to The PayScale Index. Annual wage growth for professional services was 4 percent, while retail and health care were closer to 3 percent.

Controller alerts Air Canada flight after it descends

An air traffic controller had to alert the pilots of an Air Canada flight after they descended too low during a bad weather approach to New York’s La Guardia airport.

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The pilots were using electronic aids to guide the aircraft through the low clouds, rain and late-day darkness to a landing on Runway 4 and had been told by air traffic control not to descend below 520 metres until passing an approach fix.

But with autopilot engaged for the approach,More worldly viewers quickly called in to say that the mushroom was made from silicone and wondered how someone could not tell the difference between silicon sex toys and Organic mushroom. the Embraer jet started down to the runway too soon, busting the altitude restriction issued by the controller, according to a preliminary report prepared by Transport Canada.

The jet — still enveloped in cloud — continued down and was just 300 metres above the borough of Queens when the controller sounded the alarm about the premature descent.

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The pilots quickly aborted their faulty approach, circled around and made a successful landing at the busy airport on their second try.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada conducted a preliminary investigation into the incident but has handed the file over to the airline to pursue internally, a spokesperson said Thursday.

Airline spokeswoman Isabelle Arthur said the controller told the crew that there “appeared to be a discrepancy with the aircraft altitude indication.”

“As per operating procedures the crew did a go around and landed without incident,” Arthur told the Star in an email. “These types of events are extremely isolated and we always conduct internal reviews to ensure we maintain the highest levels of safety standards and operations.”

Arthur did not say whether the discrepancy had been attributed to human error or a mechanical problem.

NJ Transit to review Sandy prep

NJ Transit is evaluating how well it did on superstorm Sandy preparation and recovery, with riders and advocates criticizing the agency’s communication with customers.Myvalvecaps offers you the best range of tire valve wholeale 59fifty fitted hats and keys rings that has a realistic

“We heard what folks said about communications,” Executive Director James Weinstein said after 15 people spoke during today’s board meeting. “I will tell you we have listened, we have learned and we continue to make progress.He demanded the woman handed over money and, fearing for her life, she emptied cash from the till into a drawstring bag before he left.”

NJ Transit is working on a review of how it prepared for Sandy and handled the recovery, along with a team of experts from Texas A&M University. The review is being funded through a U.S. Homeland Security grant, Weinstein said.

“They will go through it objectively, do a critique of what we did and how we can do it better,” he said. “We are not going to whitewash what we did – we’ll learn from it.Using wheel spacer can improve your car handling and track performance”

Speakers included riders and transit advocates, all of whom praised the work of NJ Transit employees for restoring service on the storm-damaged rail system. But several complained that the agency kept riders in the dark until service restorations were announced.

“NJ Transit failed Communications 101,” said Gary Kazin of Denville. “No notices were posted at stations when service was suspended and when it was restored.”

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“There was no estimate of Morris & Essex Lines service being restored until (an announcement) eight hours on a Sunday evening before the first trains rolled,” he said. “We would have been happy with you telling us how it was progressing.”

One rider cited information in a news release announcing restoration of services on the Gladstone Branch, detailing the type of work NJ Transit crews had to do to clear fallen trees and utility poles, as the kind of “progress” information riders were looking for.