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Looking forward to meeting other members of the Cuban cycling holiday group. I will be travelling with my friend Susie from Scotland and we will be driving from Frome, Somerset to Gatwick for our departure. We are staying on in Havana for a few nights at the end of the trip. So I will be able to offer a lift for one to Gatwick from Frome.
It's the "leisurely" bit of the cycling description that I am savouring.
My wife Sarah & I are also on this trip & will be travelling down from North Lincolnshire the day before. I'm currently trying to get to grips with finding clothes & stuff to pack, in case I find need to buy anything else.
One thing I was slightly puzzled about in the trip notes is under the heading "Recommended Cycling Clothing" where it says "Padded cycling shorts (with loose 'over-shorts' where recommended)...", but there's no further mention of occasions / places where loose 'over-shorts' might be required. I'm planning to wear normal lycra cycling shorts when on the bike & can have other clothing to hand in the support vehicle in case it's needed, which I hope will be OK. If anyone can offer any further information/advice, please let me know.
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Located in the heart of Bangkok, this family-friendly hotel is within walking distance of Patpong Night Market, Snake Farm, and Thaniya Plaza. Also nearby are Silom Complex Shopping Mall and Lumpini Park.
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This 3-star property offers access to a business center, audiovisual equipment, and a meeting/conference room. Event facilities include a ballroom, exhibit space, and banquet facilities. This family-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Onsite parking is complimentary.
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The Tawana - This restaurant serves breakfast and lunch.
Bon Viviang - This poolside buffet restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Closed Monday.
The Side Walk - This coffee shop overlooks the city. Afternoon tea is offered.
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- Breakfast fee: THB 499 per person (approximately)
- Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in limited public areas: THB 200 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in business center: THB 70 (for 60 minutes, rates may vary)
- Rollaway bed fee: THB 1000 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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I graduated from Los Angeles County High School For The Arts, then went onto receiving a BFA from the School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago. I've worked as a digital retouch artist for some of the top pro-photography labs in Los Angeles before turning freelance. Samples of my work can be found on my website (NaomiRobbins.com).
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Ergonomically Speaking: Safety tips for back injury prevention
By Joan Littel, Senior Technical Editor, Workplace Safety Specialists
Keeping employees safe and healthy is every employer's top priority. Although the recently proposed ergonomics legislation did not pass, back safety remains a key concern in aircraft maintenance shops. Over 80 percent of this country's workforce will require medical attention for back problems at some point in their lives and 90 percent of those sufferers experience recurring problems. Roughly one-quarter of all non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring time away from work are due to back pain.
Planning for safety
A well-planned safety program that includes attention to ergonomics can reduce the number and severity of back disorders, reduce absenteeism, and increase productivity. When employers and employees work as a team, the benefits extend to the company's bottom line through fewer workers' compensation cases. Although the average cost of a workers' compensation claim is $4,000, the cost associated with a low back problem case is around $8,000. Since approximately 30 million workers in the United States work in occupations in which back stress is a real possibility, the costs associated with back problems are staggering.
Workers whose jobs require them to perform lifting tasks or remain in awkward postures (when working in tight spaces on aircraft, for example) are at a high risk level for sprains, strains, tears, and other problems associated with the back. The majority of back injuries can be prevented. The solutions to maintaining a healthy back are simple, but require management and employee cooperation.
Hazard identification
Management must first acknowledge and accept responsibility to protect employees through hazard identification.
A safety program that incorporates back injury prevention can then be developed and implemented.
Encouraging employees to report persistent pain, aching, numbness, or burning can keep a simple problem from escalating into a more serious one. The signs may be constant or may occur after certain activities, including non-work activities. Employees who participate in back injury prevention are less likely to become injured in the first place.
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It is important to note that sports, driving, posture habits, and even sleeping positions or a too-soft mattress can contribute to back pain. A health care professional should be consulted for evaluation of off-the-job factors as well as on-the-job practices. Early medical intervention is the key to preventing the need for lengthy rehabilitation or surgery and can bring about necessary changes in the workplace to avoid similar injuries.
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on employees to take any action. Engineering controls have been determined by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to be the most effective method to control or eliminate workplace hazards. The shop's hazard assessment will describe recommended modifications. Modifications that are considered engineering controls are easy to check because they are visible manipulations to the work area.
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It was the 37th straight win in the Carrier Dome for the Orange (20-3, 8-2 Big East), extending the nation's longest active home streak in Division I. The win also gave coach Jim Boeheim his 35th season with 20 or more victories. Boeheim holds the NCAA record in that category.
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Twenty-year-old Indagare member Ritchey Howe is on a gap year before starting at Harvard in the fall. After spending three months in Paris she is currently in India and writes in about her impressions.
"India seems to be at a cultural crossroads. The country is emerging as an economical force, a manufacturing competitor with China, while simultaneously holding onto traditional social and religious values. When I flew into Delhi, I didn't immediately feel as though I was in India. I was surrounded by other Western tourists, I drove by a McDonald's, and saw advertisements for familiar brands such as Jockey and Subway. The larger cities within India have grasped, or have possibly been grasped by, Western influences.
"Varanasi, or Benares, is different. It is a true Indian city where the Hindu and Muslim religions simultaneously flourish. Every morning along the ghats (steps that lead down to a river) I see Hindus of all ages washing in the murky, polluted, yet extremely holy Ganga River. There are depictions of various Hindu gods grafittied on city walls, and almost every weekend there is some sort of religious festival that entails blasting music throughout the night and dancing in the streets. Within the Muslim neighborhoods of Varanasi the call to prayer from the muezzin can be heard at various times throughout the day and night, and women stroll the fabric markets donned in black burkas despite the city's heat.
"While there are not many museums or sights to see within Varanasi, walking along the ghats of the Ganga River continues to excite me. Hindus travel for miles to receive the benefits of submerging within the divine water, or to cremate their deceased love ones on the banks. However, this hallowed river is infested with sewage, trash, and other mysterious substances. One morning, I decided to walk in silence and contemplate the spiritual power of the burning ghat, where the cremations occur. There were enormous piles of wood, and ashes still smoldering from the night before, and everywhere I looked there were various pieces of trash (including lots of Coca Cola bottles). It appeared more like a landfill than a holy place of death rituals. I desperately tried to see something spiritual rather than the daily mess of an Indian city. Varanasi remains the holy city of India yet it cannot help but face the consequences of globalization.
"As a New Yorker, I felt confident that I could meander through the streets of Varanasi. However, there is very little that can prepare one for the ever-present large cows and bulls, sleeping dogs, whizzing motorcycles, and honking auto-rickshaws. While dodging these various obstacles, I cannot help but smile. This is real India! There are few tourist groups and even fewer Westerners here, only two coffee shops, and no souvenir shops.
"Varanasi is not a city for those who want to experience a romantic India. It is a real Indian city where one can witness true Indian lifestyles, which can include throwing trash into the river or hitting cows to get them to move out of the street. But we travel so that we can be exposed to new customs and learn. For my desires, Varanasi is perfect. Spending time in a city that is so different from my own is enriching. It is the true, dirty, bustling, somewhat confused, traditional, and ever-beautiful India."
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Stunning, in-city beach front hide away. This three bedroom home is one of a kind, quiet, and rare to find this close to the city. Come relax and take in the breath taking views of the Puget Sound.
The home features 3 bedrooms with queen sized beds, plush bedding and beach decor. The spacious great room has walls of windows to take in the view. Full kitchen is stocked with utensils and kitchen wares for entertaining up to 12+ guests. Enjoy use of gas BBQ on the upper deck off the dining area. Bulk head on the beach has fire pit for beach bonfires.
We're approximately three and a half miles to downtown Seattle. Easy walk to downtown and sculpture park on beautiful Elliott Bay. South exposure take in all of the Elliott Bay marina, Seattle high rises, Mount Rainer, Alki Point, the ship canal gateway to Seattle from the Pacific, the islands and Olympic Mountains. Beach walks two miles around Magnolia to the North and West during low tide... Walk all the way to Discovery Park light house, walk to Elliott Bay marina with acclaimed Palisades restaurant and Maggie Bluff's Beach Cafe. This home is the ideal Seattle get-away and a fun hotel alternative.
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hmm .. and Who did define that formula? I can need to know author and its paper. I can't find. Please help me to know its writer and its paper where he defined the formula. Thanks
Hi;Here is how I see it:If n is the total number of observations, and k is the number of bins, then mi is the number in each bin or frequency.
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Turns out he was not a penniless orphan, but was heir to his grandfather's title and property. He had been placed under Uncle Trenton's direct guardianship, but he was always set to inherit upon grandpa's death. Juliana is now in London as well, as paid companion to a daughter of the minor country gentry making her come-out. Juliana comes face-to-face with the newly minted earl, who not only recognizes her, but also dances with her and then continues to show her favor by calling on her at her employer's home and taking her for a drive in the park, unescorted.
This is exceptionally displeasing to Juliana's employer, and the beautiful and jealous girl to whom she is a companion. She is dismissed from their employ, but is fortunate to have a friend who is happy to take her in until she secures employment again. Before she even has a chance to look for another placement, Nicholas has come to resolve her dilemma by insisting that they marry. Not one to be bossed around, Juliana isn't sure she wants this passionless marriage-of-convenience he is offering. Sure, she's 27, penniless, and essentially without family or prospects, but that doesn't make her a charity case. She's an independent woman; she will make her own decisions.
And that decision? Within 24 hours, a mere18 pages, Juliana says "yes," and they're off to Lychwood Hall to marry and face down Aunt Lilith and her wretched son Crandall, who now runs the property and is livid about being displaced, although they must have always known that this day was coming, and that Nicholas was the heir, and not he.
Oh well, this is just one of those inconsistencies that niggle at your brain with this type of book – a book that is essentially well written and pleasant enough while you are reading it (minus the little niggles, of course), but is imminently forgettable the moment you put it down. There is a bit of a diverting mystery to be solved while Nicholas and Juliana work their way into sharing a bed. It is not a particularly compelling mystery, although it has a richly interesting conclusion. But with the mystery, as with the love story, you have a sense of moseying along, going with the flow, following the current. It's not an unpleasant trip, but one that is several components short of being deeply satisfying.
The major missing component is depth in the main characters. Nicholas, in particular, is quite the cipher, one we know no better at the conclusion of the story than at the beginning. In fact, while we know throughout the tale that Juliana has always loved Nicholas and long fantasized about his return, we know neither how Nicholas felt in the past nor how he feels in the present. It isn't clear by word or deed that he loves her, until he is afraid that she's about to be murdered. Juliana is not particularly well drawn, either. In fact, it is not at all clear from whence the book title is gleaned; why is she labeled "an independent woman?" She's only independent insofar as she is unmarried – she's not a woman of means by any stretch of the imagination. She is actually just a working stiff, a companion, a glorified member of "the help," circumstances she willingly changes when offered an alternative.
By the conclusion of the book, all seems fine, the language is articulate and correct (minus the occasional "sleep with" euphemism), the settings are lush and well articulated, but in the end it's just ho-hum, a pick-it-up-or-put-it-down experience. And when I begin to wonder if I should just put-it-down and appease my guilty conscience by cleaning out the refrigerator, I know that I'm in three-heart territory – an acceptable read if you have no other options.
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I've been a lurker here since the days of Sam Vincent, but I'm finally going to come out of hiding to make my first post. Like the title of this thread says I am going to abstain from fapping until the Bobcats win 2 straight road games. I'm afraid that going out on a limb like this and risking the tranquility of my beloved testicles may backfire, but I'm willing to take that risk hoping that somehow putting my balls on the line like this causes us to improve our stupidly dumb road play.
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Omaha Man Sentenced to 17½ Years for Producing Child Pornography
United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Douglas Suing, age 50 of Omaha, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for producing child pornography. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Suing to 210 months, (17 ½ years), in prison. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from the United States Bureau of Prisons Suing will be on supervised release for the rest of his life and will be required to register as a sex offender.
Suing was arrested in Navajo County, Arizona, on January 12, 2011, as he was driving back to Nebraska. The search of a hard drive found in his vehicle revealed over 9,000 videos of child pornography.
The FBI Omaha Cyber Crimes Task Force obtained a search warrant for Suing's apartment in Omaha. The warrant was served on January 25, 2011. When reviewing the child pornography recovered from the computer in his apartment, Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol observed a series of short videos and images produced by Suing's camera. They identified the child engaged in sexually explicit conduct as a 12 year old living in Omaha. Investigators were able to confirm the age and identity of the victim. In addition to the images of the 12 year old produced by Suing, there were over 200 other videos of child pornography to include infants and prepubescent children engaged in acts of sexual penetration and bondage.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorney's Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
This matter was investigated by the Omaha FBI=s Cyber Crime Task Force (CCTF), of which the Nebraska State Patrol, is a partner. The Omaha CCTF is a multi-jurisdictional task force consisting of eleven federal, state and local law enforcement agencies from Nebraska and Iowa. The mission of the Omaha CCTF is to investigate and apprehend high technology criminals and to protect our communities by preventing high technology crime and national security threats involving computers and computer networks. The Omaha CCTF was established on the premise that the capabilities of law enforcement agencies to investigate computer and high technology related crimes are enhanced in a task force setting involving the sharing of resources and expertise.


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I contacted adafruit about this, they suggested to post on the forums.
I own that machine since the end of june and I got started with it pretty quickly. Learning curve was really quick, with some little help of the previous owner.
I got nice & immediate results with 0603 and QFN / TQFP however I felt like there were some hidden issues in the calibration and I'm kind of obsessed about knowing "why", not just doing some dirty hacks to "get it to work" cause it will never be done correctly.
So I started to "bug" MDC almost daily with questions, a few bug submissions that were correct very fast (big *thumbs up* to MDC) and they were not banned on sharing knowledge with me, as well as endless patience. Those were high end questions, and fine details in the software or about certain vision techniques (good idea I took those image processing class at the EE school).
In exchange of all this positive energy and knowledge, I proposed to rewrite the user's manual and add all the things I learned, even obvious things, to help future newcomers.
first of all I wanted to present this project, get some feedback and as the permission to "redo" the wiki tutorials (some of them) as well as using pics, while adding of course due credits to freakslab and adafruit. I'll probably redo the feeder setup tutorial pictures but I'd like to reuse pictures of compressors purchased by adafruit or others, this sort of things.
The goal is really to make a handbook, with the right starting point (like learning ins and outs of teaching mode before getting into feeder programming for instance ) and adding contents (way more) than just naming what a button does.
I also have some questions 7722 user's might be able to answer (?) and again, I'd like to add this to the manual.
The manual might be integrated to the wiki too, I can provide the source files for this. However, I want to make a real "document" that can be printed, cause that really what I needed in hands while getting started with the machine, so I'll make a PDF.
thoughts ???
(I'll post my other questions in another topic)
oh, how many 77xx users do we have here ? please chime in and share your experience here, the troubles you have, what works well, your impressions !!!!
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Enjoy !
Disclaimer : this manual was written with a limited experience (now 1.5 month). There are still some typo I'm sure as I haven't totally rephrased some of the parts of the former MDC manual and I kept writing the manual during the proof reading by my friend.
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Traipsing across the globe would have been the dream vacation this summer, but with no airline ticket, I was out of luck. What I did have, however, was a cozy robe, a pair of slippers, and before me, a city with one of the highest concentration of resort spas in the world. This was my ticket to the ultimate world travel itinerary.
First stop was Indonesia—actually, 17th-century Java. Found within the chocolate suede walls of The Spa at Trump is a respite set in the Far East. While I sat in the relaxation room, I engaged in conversation with another guest. She had finished her service earlier that morning, but was still embracing every blissful moment. "I don't even feel like we're in Las Vegas," she says. "I just closed my eyes during the ritual, and it took me [to another place]." By then I, too, was ready to be transported to a time when regal brides-to-be received the traditional Royal Lurlur Ritual. My therapist explained how the bride's closest friends and family members would perform this treatment for 40 consecutive days before the wedding, during which time they would offer advice.
The aromatic fusion of jasmine and frangipani tingled my olfactory system and prepared me for what would come next—a full body scrub using indigenous ingredients comprised of warm turmeric, rice, and exotic spices. This preceded a lavish application of warm yogurt. Then, I was wrapped in a cocoon as my own body heat intensified the effectiveness of this royal ritual. What followed were a warm rain-like shower and a long soak in a floral-scented tub in which I sank deeper into relaxation. The Lurlur concluded with a full body massage and moisturizing treatment, infused with sweet and spicy florals for a lasting effect.
I then traveled to Japan, where I visited the origin of Zen Shiatsu, a form of bodywork administered by pressure, which is said to release blockages along the body's meridians. Next up was a hybrid series of gentle movements and stretches under water in a small, waist-deep pool called Watsu, which emerged during the 1980s from a small town in California. Surrounded by contemplative Zen-like walls that reminded me of raked sand in a Kyoto garden, it was hard to believe that I was inside Spa Bellagio.
Alice, my therapist, recommended I allow my body to move freely during the session. "I will not be speaking to you," she whispered. My eyes were closed as I glided across the water on my back. She drew me over the water and gently manipulated my body to move in ways it does not on land. I drifted lightly, like delicate cherry blossom petals whirling in the gentlest breeze. At any given moment I was cradled in her arms like a child and then set free at arm's length. After 70 minutes of sheer weightlessness, I felt harmony.
Water may be life's ultimate elixir, but I discovered that the arid desert of the Middle East has a cleansing ritual like no other. Within the sprawling 134,000-square-foot Canyon Ranch SpaClub is a treatment like something out of "Arabian Nights" called the Rasul Ceremony. This mud-purifying ritual can be sequestered solo or with a partner, so I enlisted my husband for this leg of the tour. The Rasul was a ritual for women of the harem and often used as a prenuptial ceremony. Our Rasul took place within an enchanting ceremonial chamber, adorned with mosaic and gilded tiles. In the center were five bowls of colorful detoxifying mud, each meant to be applied to different parts of the body. After the mud application we sat in our thrones, facing each other, as warm, herb-infused steam filled the chamber for 35 minutes. Then, from the starry ceiling, an invigorating rain shower washed the mud away and took all our cares with it.
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Up until just a few months ago, Donald Lovette, like many other Liberty County residents, was missing large chunks of information about his family history. Since he's passionate about history, especially Liberty County history, it bothered him that he didn't know anything about his relatives who preceded his grandfather.
After six years as president for the local Association of the United States Army, Luis Carreras handed the reins to Chess Merritt during a ceremony Wednesday that also celebrated the chapter's 50th anniversary.
The Long County Board of Education and Commission are participating in a summer meals program that provides free breakfasts and lunches for children younger than 18.
As the sun set on Fort Stewart's 4th of July celebration, providing relief from the heat, soldiers and their families flocked to the stage on Donovan Field where two national music acts rocked the crowd well into the evening.
Alissa Aguirre, 5, stood patiently in line as Anna-mime the Clown twisted and turned balloons into her favorite animal.
Fifteen students and scientists from New York spent June in the sweltering Georgia outback with one purpose: To dig. And dig. And dig.
Long County recently commemorated the nation's birthday with the 2009 Miss Independence Day Pageant in the Long County High School cafeteria.
Thomas Nathaniel Terry was born to Theresa and Michal Terry at 3:18 p.m. on May 30. Born at Liberty Regional Medical Center, baby Thomas weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 19 inches.
The second annual "Larger Than Life" pageant was held May 23 at Long County High School. The contestants were presented to a panel of judges who scored them on appearance, poise and confidence.
Capitol Records recording artist the Dukes of Da'Ville recently surprised and delighted children at the St. James summer camp when they dropped in for an unexpected visit.
Despite a two-hour weather delay, Colt Ford put on a great show June 18 at the Clubhouse in Rye Patch in Long County for the fans who braved the rain.
The former Dorchester Consolidated School in Midway recently got a new tin roof and interior upgrades - the first steps in a restoration planned for the structure, which is now the Dorchester Civic Center.
Steven Laboy sat next to his wife Sarah with one leg folded under the other on a double-stuffed couch at the Ronald McDonald house in Savannah on Friday night.
A Back to School Rally and Community Cookout was recently held at Holmestown Community Park.
The Jubilee choir, the senior group of First Baptist Church, presented the July program for Goldenheirs. Directed by Elaine Walker, the choir sang patriotic and traditional numbers. The Goldenheirs meet at noon on the first Tuesday of each month at First Baptist Church in Hinesville. All seniors are invited.
Elizabeth Walker Quarterman wrote in her book, "The Home at the Bluff," about one of the outstanding guests at their family home on the bluff in McIntosh County when she was a child, before she married and moved to Liberty County.
The Wiregrass Festival Committee is accepting applications for vendors for its arts-and-crafts show and for food.
A group of Long County citizens on Tuesday held a meeting at Calvary Baptist Church in Ludowici to begin the process of planning a communitywide day of prayer.
The adrenaline-fueled crime caper "2 Guns," is now in theaters and starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. Did the movie shoot to kill? Let's find out.
The Hinesville Military Affairs Committee is sponsoring a family day with entertainment on Saturday, Nov. 16, following the Veterans Day Parade. Proceeds will go to the Veterans Memorial Walk at Bryant Commons.
Dubois Square in downtown Pembroke was a popular place to be Saturday evening as the city hosted its annual National Night Out.
Scores of soldiers assigned to Fort Stewart' Wounded Warriors Battalion are being treated to a free fishing event at Stewart's Pond No. 1, also called Pineview Lake. According to retired Command Sgt. Maj. Adna Chaffee of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 789, local veterans' organizations will sponsor a catch-and-release fishing outing from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 23.
Hinesville Downtown Partners, a loose coalition of downtown businesses and city and county leaders, met Friday morning to discuss plans for upcoming public events.
July 23 to Aug. 22: A shift in workplace management could be helpful for talented leos and leonas who have been waiting to have their accomplishments rewarded by receptive leadership.
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Hamilton has lost $100 million in research funding in one year.
The loss of more than 15 per cent of research dollars at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences comes at the same time drug companies are pulling research dollars out of Canada.
Both rely heavily on pharmaceutical dollars with industry providing 80 to 90 per cent of research funding for HHS, the corporation that runs the bulk of the city's hospitals.
"We've had one of our worst years financially," said Dr. Salim Yusuf, vice-president of research at HHS and director of the Population Health Research Institute, which is Hamilton's most prominent research group.
"The pharmaceutical industry is hurting," he said. "The last two years have been really tough."
McMaster was the only university in the top six national research earners to lose funding, revealed the report by Re$earch Infosource Inc, which tracks research and development dollars in Canada. Four of the five top hospitals lost money, but HHS was hit hardest by far.
"It's worrisome," said Ron Freedman, CEO of Re$earch Infosource.
Part of the reason is that three Hamilton-led drug studies worth roughly $100 million each have been unexpectedly shut down in the past two years over safety concerns. One was Rosiglitazone for diabetes, another was Aliskiren for blood pressure and the last was Dronedarone for heart arrhythmias.
"Those are huge hits," said Yusuf. "I've never had this happen to me to the extent it has happened. Often we find things work or are neutral, but to have three drugs in a row where you are concerned about safety is just very bad luck."
An expert in the drug approval process agreed it's "just the luck of the draw."
"It's unusual," said Joel Lexchin, professor of health policy and management at York University. "It's not unexpected."
Lexchin says pharmaceutical companies have halved the dollars going to research and development in Canada to about six per cent of sales in roughly the past two years.
At McMaster, that has translated into a nearly 18 per cent drop to $325 million in research funding, holding it at sixth on the Re$earch Inforsource list.
HHS went down 15.5 per cent to about $153 million, dropping it to fourth place from second. It's the second year in a row HHS has seen losses. In 2010, it dropped nearly 6 per cent to $180 million compared to $191 million in 2009.
Only St. Joseph's Healthcare saw its funding go up nearly 2 per cent to $30.6 million, putting it in 19th place nationally. However, very little of its funding comes from drug companies. It relies mostly on government and charities.
The city likely saw little impact from the plummeting research dollars.
Every one dollar in research funding generally creates about $3.50 worth of economic activity. But it takes sustained losses over many years before it's felt, said Marvin Ryder, assistant professor of marketing at McMaster and the former board chair of HHS. He compared the economic impact of one year worth of losses to the closing of a Walmart.
"Clearly, if this were to be a longer-term trend over two to four years, then yes, it would have an impact," said Ryder.
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In October 2005, after Hurricane Katrina pounded Louisiana, the price of natural gas had spiked to $14 per thousand cubic feet. Supplies were scarce even before the storm, and Dow Chemical had temporarily shut down one of its biggest petrochemical plants.
"We say it unequivocally - the U.S. is in a natural gas crisis," Dow Chemical chief executive Andrew Liveris said in Senate testimony at the time. "The hurricanes have dramatically underscored the problem, but they did not cause it." Natural gas prices, once $2 per thousand cubic feet, had soared sevenfold. Gas accounted for half of Dow's costs, he said.
"We simply cannot compete with the rest of the world at these prices," Liveris added. "We and others are now investing in China and the Middle East, where energy is much cheaper, to our incredulity. Our industry will continue to grow. It's simply a question of where we will grow."
Among the deals it made: one with Kuwait and a $20 billion joint venture with Saudi Aramco to build facilities in Saudi Arabia using cheap gas found along with oil there.
Today, Dow Chemical is drawing up plans to construct a plant in Freeport, Tex., and is restarting a plant in St. Charles, La. And year-end nationwide chemical-industry employment has edged up for the first time in a decade, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.
Methanex chief executive Bruce Aitken said natural gas prices made moving operations to Louisiana attractive.
"The proliferation of shale gas in North America has resulted in a structurally low natural gas price environment, which underpins the very attractive economics for this project," he told investors in a July 26 conference call.
He said moving the methanol plant from Chile to Louisiana will pay off in less than four years if gas prices stay around $4 per thousand cubic feet. He said the company was considering moving a second plant from Chile to Geismar, La.
CF Industries was also lured by the price and proximity of natural gas in Ascension Parish. Gas makes up about 70 percent of manufacturing costs at its ammonia and urea units. The company said the site is served by five pipelines at prices set at the nearby Henry Hub, which is the nationwide benchmark for spot gas prices.
Foreign companies are also eyeing U.S. natural gas.
In September, a large Egyptian construction company announced that it would build a new nitrogen fertilizer production plant in southeast Iowa to supply customers in the U.S. Corn Belt. Cairo-based Orascom Construction Industries, one of the world's largest fertilizer makers, said the $1.4 billion plant would be "the first world scale natural gas-based fertilizer plant built in the United States in nearly 25 years" and would reduce U.S. dependence on imported fertilizers.
After years of losing manufacturing jobs, most American communities are vying to lure industries.
Orascom chose Wever, Iowa, over Illinois because part of its investment will be funded by a tax-exempt bond. The Iowa Economic Development Authority approved an incentive package that is expected to provide tax relief "in the order of $100 million," the company said.
Royal Dutch Shell has unveiled plans for a $2 billion petrochemical plant northwest of Pittsburgh, where it can use natural gas supplies from the state's enormous Marcellus shale formation. It chose Pennsylvania despite being wooed by Ohio and West Virginia.
The economic growth from natural gas abundance extends to companies providing supplies to the drilling boom.
On Oct. 1, Honeywell announced that it paid $525 million for a 70 percent stake in Thomas Russell, a privately held provider of technology and equipment for natural gas processing and treatment. With the acquisition, Honeywell will offer technologies and products that allow producers of shale and conventional natural gas to remove contaminants from natural gas and recover high-value natural gas liquids used for petrochemicals and fuel.
Another example: U.S. Steel. The company is churning out new pipe for natural gas drilling rigs, wells and pipelines. And as a big consumer of power, it has seen costs drop.
Surma, U.S. Steel's chief executive, said in a speech recently that the company used 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2011, "so just a few dollars' difference in the price . . . allows us to realize important and significant cost savings." For every dollar change in the price of a thousand cubic feet, the company saves $100 million.
Surma said the company was also improving its North American blast furnaces to allow for increased injection of natural gas to decrease its consumption of coke, a fuel derived from coal. The reduction could cut blast furnace fuel costs by $15 per ton of hot metal produced - and U.S. Steel can produce more than 20 million tons of steel a year.
"In addition to these kinds of cost savings opportunities, natural gas should provide North American steelmakers with another operating advantage over our foreign competitors," Surma said.
Once some of these basic industries come home, companies further down the value chain could return, too.
"If you make plastics in the United States, there are a bunch of things produced in China that might tip back to being produced in the U.S.," said Harold L. Sirkin, a senior partner at the Boston Consulting Group.
"You could think about toys," he said. "We talked to a few companies thinking, 'Does this mean I can re-shore some toy production to the U.S.?' The energy cost in plastic toys is reasonably high. And the labor content is relatively low because we're talking about automated injection molding facilities."
Chinese exporting factories could be vulnerable, especially given the risks of intellectual property theft, transportation costs and long supply chains.
"All of a sudden, the equations start changing about where you produce things," Sirkin said. "Even in industries where the cost structure includes only 1 or 2 percent electricity, that could make the difference."


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