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Maputo — Mozambique's dependence on foreign aid fell sharply in 2012 – but largely because aid donors did not honour their promises.
Cited in Friday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais", Finance Minister Manuel Chang said that the 2012 state budget envisaged that 41.4 per cent of expenditure would be financed by foreign grants and loans. But in the event, much of this promised aid did not turn up – the figures are now in, and they show that foreign aid covered just 27 per cent of public expenditure.
It is widely believed that among the key factors in the contraction of foreign aid is the international financial crisis, and the sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone.
Some of this shortfall was compensated for by the state raising more taxes than forecast – nonetheless the end result of broken donor promises was that total expenditure in 2012 was 137.9 billion meticais (about 4.6 billion US dollars, at current exchange rates), rather than the 163 billion meticais planned.
The government was thus forced to save money – and one of the areas cut was debt servicing. According to Chang, speaking on Thursday at a seminar on public expenditure in the southern city of Matola, debt servicing was only 89.2 per cent of what had initially been programmed.
Nonetheless, this was still a real growth of 16.8 per cent in debt payments when compared with 2011.
Chang warned that "although the public debt remains within the parameters of sustainability, we should strengthen our capacity to monitor indebtedness and increase our rigour in contracting new debts".
The National Director of the Treasury, Maria Isaltina Lucas, spokesperson for the meeting, said there remain serious problems in obtaining full data on the foreign aid component of budgetary execution.
"Some projects are written into the budget while they are still under discussion with donors", she said, "and the money is disbursed, not in the amounts envisaged, or not in the same financial year".
Chang also called for a review of the way wages are paid and controlled in the state apparatus. He said he was particularly concerned about overtime payments, and the way in which new workers are recruited for the state.
He added that the state faces a major challenge to increase the provision for key sectors such as education, health, security and public order.


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"Snowpiercer," a revolutionary international sci-fi thriller, is the kind of movie that infiltrates your mind and stays there -- to mull over, marvel at its technique, admire its style and ponder the big picture it forces us to confront.
A bracing piece of entertainment with a conscience, "Snowpiercer" takes place after global warming has resulted in another ice age, making life on earth extinct except for the survivors on a train that symbolizes the biblical ark.
It's 2031, and for the past 17 years, the Haves live in luxury in the front while the Have-Nots live in squalor in the rear, an allegory about class warfare.
Insurgents are about to make their move, led by reluctant hero Curtis (Chris Evans), with Edgar (Jamie Bell) his wing man and Gilliam (John Hurt) the wise old man offering sage advice.
Peril escalates as each gate is opened to the next car, and the bloody battles thin the ranks. But hope is not lost, and ultimately, the human race's survival is at stake.
Chris Evans broke through as Captain America, but he proves he is not a one-trick pony, remarkably portraying a tormented man who can't get past his past. He must rise to the occasion to lead the rebels. The actor is mesmerizing, as he straps the film to his back and carries us through a world of hurt.
Tilda Swinton, Oscar winner for 'Michael Clayton," fiercely plays another eccentric bureaucrat with no soul, demonstrating why she's one of the best character actresses around. Another Oscar winner, Octavia Spencer ("The Help"), brings heart and heat as a distraught mother laying it all on the line.
Both Jamie Bell and John Hurt display the grit needed to withstand the slum conditions.
Koreans Song Kang-ho and Ko Ah-sung are convincing in their American debuts, with the petite young actress memorable as a wide-eyed innocent, a "train baby" who has never experienced life on earth outside the moving locomotive.
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Inspired art direction, set design and cinematography will be singled out come awards season, but besides the film's innovative look, there is a bold and brave story to tell.
Director Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the script, has subtly crafted this tale in such a way that snippets of dialogue and objects just glanced at will become significant as more story elements are revealed.
Although it does conjure up earlier works about how awful the post-apocalypse will be, Joon-ho presents a different look to a bleak dystopian future. And he has framed some dazzling action sequences as well.
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Adapted from a 1982 graphic novel, "Snowpiercer," is intense about the hellish conditions, and therefore, this isn't everyone's cup of tea. Much brute force is shown, and images are gory, cruel and blood-saturated. Be prepared to hear many squishy "ewwww" sounds.
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With all the praise heaped on it, expectations are high and, therefore, the film is deceptive. You think you have seen this before when it starts, but by midway, you will realize you really haven't.
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After reading Larry's "Eliminate Variables" End Rant from last issue, I was compelled to write a response. Don't get me wrong, I agree completely with everything he said; so before you read any further, revisit the back page of issue #92.
I understand the need to keep a session on track, with surprises at a minimum, as he described; but I feel that part of the engineer/producer's role is to also recognize - and maybe even help create - mistakes when working in the studio. We need this now more than ever, with tools like computer editing, pitch correction, and plug-in presets making it all too easy for recordings to be just a bit too perfect, a bit too sterile.
So, like Larry's tips for eliminating variables, here are few thoughts on putting some chaos back into a session:
Try at least one piece of gear you've never used before on each new session or, if that's not feasible, implement an older piece of gear in a unique way. Maybe place a mic over the drums that you haven't utilized there before. Use the compressor you always put on bass and try it on the piano. Record guitar with the weird $37 mic you bought on eBay. These tricks can help change up a session while keeping everyone involved, excited, and creative. Just keep in mind that a little bit goes a long way; it's probably best to stick with what you know on the lead vocal.
Use a different instrument for a part than the one you initially planned on. Play your electric bass lines on a synth. Transpose a guitar part to mallet instruments, or a string section. You can always use samples to test it out and see if it works before going to the trouble of finding the proper musicians or instruments. Having extra instruments around the studio can really help with this. For example, I bought a cheap acoustic guitar for my studio and strung it up with a "Nashville tuning." It gets quite a bit of use, and really helps change the sound of a track it's used on.
Rather than moaning about how DAWs make tracks too perfect with over-ambitious editing, embrace the fact that they also let you keep mistakes in alternate playlists instead of erasing an otherwise brilliant performance (the way we used to on tape). Rather than waste time discussing a take you're not sure of, keep it and do another; then edit in (or out) the brilliant (or terrible) mistake.
Be alert to new sounds asking to be in the mix. Once I was mixing a track that someone else had recorded at my studio, and our fairly loud gas heater had been left on during some, but not all, of the lead vocal track. It was just loud enough, and frustratingly intermittent, during the first part of the song. I was stumped on how to deal with it. I also felt the track lacked a bit of a build going into the same section. I ended up making a loop of the heater noise and turning it up even more than it had been in the track. Then, as the second verse developed, I ramped up the volume until it was quite loud in the mix and then abruptly muted it out at a key moment. The sudden lack of noise focused your ears on what was left: a section of the vocal track that didn't have any of the heater noise.
You get the point; but if you still want a few more ideas, I'll steer you towards some folks who gave this subject a fair bit of thought: Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno [Tape Op #85] came up with a brilliant set of "suggestions" for the recording studio, and presented them as a set of cards known as Oblique Strategies. (Curiously, it's subtitled Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas.) You can easily find these aphorisms online or in apps for your phone, pad or tricorder devices.
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If a person has a DAW with "unlimited" everything (tracks, eq, plug horsepower, etc), why can't they intentionally do a production that is a digital simulation of an 8-track tape production? Eight tracks, man, you could really make a record on that!
Don't underestimate the effect of a team on a production. A one-man production will be greatly limited: you just can't do everything yourself, and even if you could, should you? Get some co-conspirators other than the musicians featured. It'll be fun.
Pick a studio from a time period (1969 Vancouver Washington Bob Gibson Productions, where they recorded "Where there walks a logger, there walks a man" on RIPCORD Records mono). Don't use any gear more fancy than they had (a couple of 2-tracks, a limiter, and a couple of mono decks?). Don't lament that you don't have a tube console, Fairchild mastering eq, and a closet of U-47's, just get to work. You have access to acceptable microphones just like they did, so find a singing logger or howling banshee and record it.
Take some pictures for the sleeve to answer: "what made that sound?".
I really like many of these ideas. I love the other comment in looking for limitations. I did a session a few years back with the idea of the 40's and 50's in mind. I placed everyone around a stereo mic and messed with positioning. It was very fulfilling to do this and the band loved it too. They also hated it because it showed some weaknesses in some playing. Nothing to hide it or multitrack edit it away. They just had to play.
Later they came back and it was like another band. They really hit the woodshed and nailed what they wanted with this same technique.
Messing around with audio is extremely fun and can lead to opening up to new ideas and sometimes it is just what is needed to end up not in a music factory churning the same stuff out day after day.


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DALLAS—After seeing Shen Yun for the first time at its final sold-out show on Jan. 3 at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Mr. Tye and Mrs. Lynette Williams were thoroughly impressed. "Just all the costumes, the athleticism of the dances–it's wonderful," said Mrs. Williams.
Mr. Williams, a certified financial planner, is head of Tye Williams Financial Services, a full scale financial planning firm. His business offers wealth management programs aimed at helping his clients achieve their financial goals and dreams, according to his company website.
Although the couple had seen many American classics at the theater, Shen Yun was a refreshing experience for them. "It's interesting to see a different part of the world perform a little bit differently," Mr. Williams said, "especially the way they view society as a whole."
"You always act out on stage the way that you live your life, so it's interesting to see how they live their life right there on the stage in Dallas, Texas."
The Shen Yun production aims to bring to life 5,000 years of divinely inspired Chinese culture with stories and messages portrayed through traditional Chinese dance and music. "Every dance embodies traditional Chinese values," the Shen Yun website notes.
Along with the visual spectacle, Shen Yun features solo singers who use the bel canto vocal technique. Lyrics are original compositions "brimming with philosophical reflection about human life and deep layers of meaning," according to the company website.
"I thought their voices were very clear, they're very talented," said Mrs. Williams, who sings in the choir at her church. "I love hearing the soprano and the tenor."
Mr. Williams said the pair decided to come to the show after his wife discovered Shen Yun Performing Arts from the newspaper.
"My wife knows how to pick out all the good stuff," he said with a smile.
Reporting by NTD Television and Ruth Li.
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. Shen Yun's International Company will be performing at Atlanta's Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Jan. 5-6, and at Fox Theatre from Jan. 8-9. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
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Are you my family? I need to know who you are and where you are. Because one day I will be going home and before I can do so, I will have to be identified, and as you know
I have been gone for a very long time and the only way I can be identified is going to be through DNA. So in order for them to know I am me, they will need to have some of my relatives to supply their DNA in order to have a match. Then I can go home where I belong with my family.
My name will be among a list of names that Aline has added and if you recognize me you can follow Aline's instructions on who to contact. I am very grateful for another
Veteran of the Korean War Mister Harold Davis who has been working on trying to locate our relatives ,it is because of him that Aline has created this webpage in order to help try and bring me and my buddies home one day. She also has other people trying to find you .So if you do know me ,if you are related or if you know some of my relatives, please let Aline or Mister David know? In the meantime I will wait a while longer.
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But speak not of the Korean Veteran as you hear him coming through
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In the year of Nineteen Fifty the communist had a plan
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Yes John Q there was Korea
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12. Tom Brady and Gisele BundchenTom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are living proof that symmetry occurs everywhere in nature.
It seems almost too appropriate, too perfect that the highest-paid player in the NFL winds up with the highest-paid model in the world. That's why it's relieving to hear that not everything comes so easy to the couple.
Expectations were once set relatively low for the Patriots' star quarterback. "I was never the best player on any team," he told Men's Health. "That taught me how to work harder. I learned all about mental toughness on the practice field. Whenever I got an opportunity, I was always prepared. There are a lot of guys who are all talk. They say they want to work harder and be the best, but they never pay the price. I love paying the price."
Brady uses a rigorous circuit-training program to build strength for the season, and has been known to get his cardio from off-season boxing lessons. Gisele, to her credit, isn't afraid to mix it up, either—even during her pregnancy.
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Regardless of one's preference for digital or traditional photography, the fundamentals of photography are best learned in the darkroom.
Yes, one can learn how to make photographs using only digital means but the purpose of an educational institution is to increase the students' KNOWLEDGE of a subject. To truly gain knowledge of how to use an manipulate light to make an image, one needs to actually work directly with light to make images.
If a learning institution simply wants to have a "photography" course for the student's recreational benefit, a course in digital photography is all right but, if they want to teach the art and science of photography, they are not serving their students well by having only digital.
The college where I work has moved on to teaching, predominantly, digital photography but they still maintain a darkroom and the prerequisite for entry into the digital classes is one course in traditional, black and white photography.
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Amidst pushing water and pumping water off the field, South Pontotoc head baseball coach Bryan Buckner says his team's MHSAA Class 3A semifinals Game 3 against Mooreville High is still on for tonight at 7 p.m. at South Pontotoc High School.
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Worcester, Mas. - The Holy Cross Men's Basketball team will face St. Joseph's in the Second Round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 21. The game will be played at St. Joseph's.
St. Joseph's (21-11) defeated Hofstra in opening round play, by a score of 53-44, and beat Buffalo, 55-50, to earn its way into the second round.
Ticket prices are $20 for adults and $5 for students. The Holy Cross Ticket Office will be accepting credit card orders (Visa or Mastercard) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Your tickets will then be available to be picked up at will call that night.
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TAB Worldmedia'sAugmented Media Experience Centre has opened its doors three weeks ago and already more then 30 companies visited the center. The Augmented Media Experience is a unique location in Citymall Almere that is only open until the end of March, where companies and consumers are welcome to experience and learn about the most impactful media of today using augmented reality.
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Remco Vroom, Augmented Realtiy Director of TAB Worldmedia: "We are very proud that we're part of the front runners group in the AR industry when it comes to content creation. Contrary to most AR agencies we completely focus on creating content from a consumer perspective and not from a technological point of view. We do not create AR browsers but immersive content and that's what makes us unique. We make use of the best mobile augmented reality browsers out there likeLayar, Junaio & Wikitude. We've created The Augmented Media Experience because we want to show companies and consumers that media that make use of augmented reality, we call this Augmented Media, have a huge impact on people who come in contact with it. Over the course of 6 intense weeks, we'll be at the centre talking to consumers and companies about this new media phenomenon."
Introducing Augmented Media
In the course of our many many talks with marketeers and consumers we have found that the term Augmented Reality causes a lot of confusion. Because different people associated with different and narrow fields of application (e.g. webcam and marker based campaigns vs mobile, location based applications). Or it doesn't ring a bell at all and the term is just conceived as something from a specific scientific or even science fiction area.
In order to break through this confusion and to make clear that this is all about media interacting with it's environment we came up with the term Augmented Media. In short: all kinds of media which adapts itself to local conditions, by using image recognition, location or both.
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Because "Augmented Media" goes beyond mobile augmented reality, TAB Worldmedia decided to show the whole media spectrum. When entering the Centre you walk across a huge interactive floor. You immediately feel the real and digital word colliding and melting into a very intuitive playground. Johannes la Poutre, Augmented Realtiy Director of TAB Worldmedia explains:"This interactive floor by Vision2Watch is one of the eye-catchers of Augmented Media. You immediately get what this new media phenomenon is about."
When you look to your right you see one of the icons in Augmented Media Kiosks:the digital Lego box by Metaio. When you hold the Lego box in front of the webcam the interactive 3 dimensional Lego world is showing up on the box. La Poutre: "I was showing this to a family who walked in and the little girl said to her mother: 'Look mom, the computer sees what's in the Lego box!'. That's natural consumer insights that we're looking for."
The Augmented Media Experience Centre is filled with iconic examples that most people know from Youtube or AR blogs. From the Adidas shoe that turns into anaugmented game controller to JC Penny's virtual dressingroom to Be yond Reality's augmented collecting cards for the WWF and TAB Worldmedia's Augmented Outdoor campaign for Walt Disney's Prince of Persia. Visitors also get the chance to view numerous examples of mobile augmented reality services like Junaio's augmented Lego boxes, Galileo augmented TV programmes and the amazing Wikitude Drive video showing how augmented reality integrates with our car navigation system right on your smartphone!
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A dye laser comprising a solid styate laser medium and a pumping energy sce, the laser medium comprising a lasing concentration of a water or alcohol soluble organic dye which is incorporated into a hydrolyzed silicon organometallic solution, and forming a gel which is dried to form a transparent silicate glass which is doped with the organic dye.
1. A dye laser comprising a laser dye gel and a pumping energy source operably coupled therewith and capable of producing stimulated emission of the dye gel, the dye gel comprising a lasing concentration of an organic dye soluble in water or alcohol in a transparent silica gel, wherein the organic dye has the formula: ##STR4## wherein, R is H or CH3 ;
Ar is selected from the group consisting of ##STR5## wherein R' is --H, or an alkyl from 1 to 10 carbon atoms,
X is an anion; and,
Ar' is selected from the group consisting of ##STR6##
2. The dye laser of claim 1 wherein the organic dye is 2-(4-pyridyl)-5-(4-phenyl) oxazole.
3. The dye laser of claim 1 wherein the organic dye is a quaternary salt of 2-(4-pyridyl)5-(4-methoxy phenyl) oxazole.
4. The dye laser of claim 1 wherein said laser dye gel is made by the following steps:
(a) making a sol by adding about 4 to 16 moles of water to about 1 mole of a silicon organometallic selected from the group consisting of TMOS and TEOS;
(b) making a solution of an oxazole dye in alcohol at a concentration ranging from 10-5 to about 10-3 moles per liter;
(c) adding 4 moles of alcohol, containing the dye, to the water and silicon organometallic solution;
(d) mixing the resulting sol at room temperature for at least 30 minutes;
(e) placing the sol in a mold or on a substrate;
(f) drying the sol at room temperature for at least 2 weeks to form a gel; and
(g) drying the gel at about 60� C. for at least 1 week.
5. The dye laser of claim 4 wherein the fabrication further comprises the step of adding an acidic catalyst to the sol before mixing.
6. The dye laser of claim 5 wherein said acid catalyst is added in the amount of about 0.01 moles to about 0.3 moles.
7. The dye laser of claim 6 wherein said acid catalyst is HCl.
8. The dye laser of claim 1 wherein said silicon organometallic is selected from the group consisting of TMOS and TEOS.
Organic laser dyes have found wide use in different fields of science and technology including spectroscopy, optics, and laser. These and other applications are discussed by T. W. Hansch in "Applications of Dye Lasers," chapter 5 of Dye Lasers, F. P. Schafer, ed. (Springer-Verlag, New York & Heidelberg, Berlin 1973). The lasing media based on organic dyes may be in the form of solids, liquids or gas. This lasing media causes spectral shifts of both absorption and emission and it affects photochemical stability. It also alters the distribution between processes that the excited states may undergo. For example, intersystem crossing where a molecule excited to the first excited singlet state may enter the system of triplet states and relax to the lowest level. Although polymers are the earliest and the most common solid state host for organic laser dyes, they are limited in their low photostability and low thermal stability. For example, incorporation of Rhodamine 6G in the mixture of MMA (methyl methacrylate) and PMMA showed a laser efficiency of 36%, but it was photounstable. Because of the poor thermal stability of the laser dyes, solid state dye lasers had been restricted to the polymeric hosts. Embedding organic dyes into a silicate glass would have significant advantages over the other types of matrices. Silicate glasses are photochemically inert and can enhance the thermal stability of most organic dyes. Sol-gel methods, with their low processing temperature, would make it possible to incorporate a dye into a transparent inorganic matrix.
There are many new water soluble, low threshold, fluorophoric laser dyes with good lasing characteristics, broad tuning ranges and superior photochemical stability. Therefore, it would be particularly desirable to incorporate organic laser dyes into a silicate glass host.
Accordingly, one object of this invention is to provide novel solid state dye lasers which use a silicate glass as the host.
Another object of this invention is to provide dye lasers which use dyes having good photochemical stability.
A further object of this invention is to provide dye lasers which can be tuned over a relatively broad range of emission spectra.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a method of producing a solid state laser medium which incorporates an organic laser dye in a silicate glass host.
These and other objects of this invention are achieved by providing: a water or alcohol soluble organic dye which is incorporated into a hydrolyzed silicon organometallic, solution, and forming a gel which is dried to form a silicate glass which is doped with the organic dye. These dried gels are used as the lasing material to construct a pumped laser.
A sol comprising a silicon organometallic, water, and an alcohol, is doped with an organic laser dye. This sol undergoes an irreversible sol-gel transition to a rigid transparent gel. Solvent is then removed with ordinary evaporation.
The silicon organometallic can be any one or a mixture of precursors for forming silica based glass, such as boro silicates, alumino silicates, phospho silicates. Two preferred silicon organometallics are tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and tetramethytlorthosilicate (TMOS). The water is present from 1 to 20 moles per mole of silicon organometallic, preferably 4 moles for making a film and 16 moles for making a monolith. The alcohol is present from 1 to 6 moles per mole of silicon organometallic, preferably about 4 to about 5 moles. The alcohol used is partially dependent upon the dye used, preferably ethanol or methanol.
The laser dye used can be any water or alcohol soluble, organic laser dye and salts thereof. A preferred class of dyes can be represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein, R is H or CH3 ;
Ar is selected from ##STR2## wherein R' is --H, or an alkyl from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, preferably --CH3,
X is an anion, preferably p--CH3 C6 H4 SO3 ; and,
Ar' is ##STR3## The dye is added to the sol of water, silicon organometallic and alcohol, preferably dissolved in the water or the alcohol in a concentration of about 10-5 to 10-3 moles of dye per liter of alcohol.
The gel formation can be catalyzed by the addition of about 0.01 to 0.3 moles of an acid such as: HCl, HNO3 HF, or acetic acid, preferably about 0.01 moles.
In preferred practice of the sol-gel method of this invention, the silicon organometallic, water, and alcohol containing the dye, are combined to form the sol. The acid catalyst, if any, is added to the sol, and the sol is then mixed for at least 30 minutes at room temperature. The sol is then placed on a substrate as a film or in a mold to form a monolith, and dried at room temperature for a minimum of 4 weeks, preferably at least 4 to 6 weeks. The now formed gel is further dried in an oven at about 60� C. for about one week. The resulting gel is a transparent silica glass doped with the organic dye.
Detailed synthesis of a number of oxazole dyes can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,506,368. A sample synthesis of 2-(4-pyridyl)5-(4-methoxy phenyl) oxazole is as follows:
Isonicotinic acid (24.93 g., 0.0938 mole) and thionyl chloride (50 ml) is refluxed for 1 hour. The crude acid chloride which remains after removal of excess thionyl chloride at diminished pressure is dissolved in dry pyridine (200 ml) and p-methoxy phenacylammonium chloride (19.00 g, 0.938 mole) is added portion wise to the stirred solution. The addition is exothermic.. After the addition is completed, the reaction mixture is heated and stirred on a boiling water bath for 2 hours and then poured into ice-water to precipitate the product. The solid is collected and dried under reduced pressure to give α-isonicotinamido-p-methoxyacetophenone m.p. 227�-230� C. (with decomposition). α-isonicotinamido-p-methoxyacetophenone (11.5 g., 0.043 mole) is added portion-wise to a stirred solution of 200 ml of acetic anhydride and 15 ml of 90% phosphoric acid; the addition is exothermic. After the addition is complete the reaction mixture is stirred and refluxed for 2 hours. After cooling, the supernatant liquid is decanted from the viscous precipitate, which is crystallized by titration with 350 ml of 1% aqueous sodium hydroxide. The yellow solid is filtered, washed with distilled water (200 ml), and dried in vacuo yielding 2-(4-pyridyl)-5-p-methoxyphenyloxazole, m.p. 105�-107� C.
Conventional techniques are used to convert the 4PyMPO to its quaternary salts.
A number of dried gels were made using 2-(4-pyridyl)-5-(4-phenyl) oxazole (4PyPO) and the n-methyl tosylate salt of 2-(4-pyridyl)5-(4-methoxy phenyl) oxazole as the dye. Three solutions of each dye in alcohol were made at concentrations of 10-3, 10-4, and 10-5 moles per liter. The 4PyPO was dissolved in methanol and the (4PyMPO-MePTS) was dissolved in ethanol. 5.06 ml of TEOS or 3.7 ml of TMOS was added to 1.8 ml of H2 O. To this was added 4.7 ml of methanol with 4PyPO or 6.82 ml of ethanol with 4PyMPO-MePTS. To this sol, 0.5 ml of HCl (0.01N) was added. The mixtures were stirred for about 30 minutes at room temperature. The gels were allowed to dry for 2 to 6 weeks at room temperature and further dried at 60� C. for about one week.
Thermal analysis of dyes incorporated in silica host were performed using a TA 2000 system. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA, TA 2950) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC, TA 2910) were performed from room temperature to 600� C. at 5� C./min. and 15� C./min. heating rate, respectively. The thermogravimetric analysis showed that all three of the dye-silica samples lost weight when heated to 600� C. (FIG. 2). This corresponds to a 20 to 25% weight loss. Approximately 5% of the weight loss between 110� C. and 120� C. was due to removal of physically adsorbed solvent molecules. The 15 to 20% weight loss between 500� C.-600� C. was due to the decomposition of residual organics and removal of chemically bonded water molecules. FIG. 3 shows the DSC curves for the silica xerogels with and without the presence of dyes (the insertion is the DSC curve for 4PyMPO-MePTS itself. It indicates that the xerogels with dyes have a much broader exothermic peak between 250�-350� C. than silica itself, indicating that organic molecules are being oxidized. It also shows that silica gel has a much narrow endothermic peak at 150 C. In contrast, the silica samples which have the incorporated organic dye have much broader endothermic peaks. This can be attributed to a combination of dye decomposition and silica dehydration.
Fluorescence spectra of dried gels prepared in example 2 using TMOS and dye solutions in alcohol at concentrations of 10-4 moles per liter. These spectra were obtained using the harmonic output of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 355 nm for both 4PyPO and 4PyMPO-MePTS. The data was collected using a Monochromator, a photomultiplier, a boxcar averager, and stored on a digital oscilloscope (Nicolet 4094). Fluorescence life time was measured using the same setup except the boxcar averager was bypassed. Absorption spectra of the dried gels were measured on a Cary 2390 spectrophotometer with V-block sample holder.
Table 1 summarizes the absorption and emission spectra of dyes in silica gel and solution.
TABLE 1__________________________________________________________________________Emission and excitation characteristics of 4PyPO and 4PyMPO--MePTS insilica gel. IN SOL-GEL SILICA MATRIX IN SOLUTION Fluorescence Absorption Fluorescence Fluorescence AbsorptionDYE maximum Maximum lifetime (ns) maximum Maximum__________________________________________________________________________4PyPO 493 -- 12.5 380 in 325 in toluene [13] Et(OH) [13]4PyMPO--MePTS 568 408 10 562 in 397 inMePTS Et(OH)/H2 O Et(OH)/H2 O__________________________________________________________________________
Obviously numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
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Can you believe that today is the 10-year anniversary of when The Notebook hit theaters? We can't either. To celebrate, do your best "Say I'm a bird!" impersonation and scroll through these amazing engagement photos taken in 2010 that went viral again for the occasion. Shot by Chelsea Gray and Roberto Ugarte of Blushing Bride Studio, Canadian couple Cindy Gauthier (who looks just like Rachel McAdams) and Jean-Nicola Barile wanted to channel their best Allie and Noah in their engagement pics.
"Cindy and Jean-Nicola are going to have quite the traditional wedding this September," Chelsea wrote on the site four years ago. "So I asked them if they'd like to go a little crazy on their engagement shoot." Cindy suggested The Notebook theme, since it's her favorite movie.
The couple was seriously dedicated to the shoot (held in Quebec), even getting hosed down for the now-iconic kissing-in-the-rain picture.
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Despite numerous hours of talks over the past two months, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered layoff notices to start going out Tuesday because no deal has been reached between his administration and the state employee unions.
Malloy had been warning workers about potential layoffs since he unveiled his budget on February 16 - although it seemed like a remote and faraway possibility at the time. He and his staff said repeatedly that he wanted to avoid layoffs -- which he said could number 4,000 or more -- as the discussions continued with the unions that represent about 45,000 state employees.
O'Connor said as of Tuesday morning, more talks were scheduled later in the day between the union coatlition and the administration. O'Connor said the leaders of individual bargaining units in the coalition were being briefed Tuesday morning on the talks by coalition leaders involved, to bring everyone up to date about what has happened and what may be expected now.
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Some of the largest layoffs would come at the state's vocational-technical high schools, where parents say that many children are receiving a solid education that suits their needs better than traditional community high schools.
Some insiders said for weeks that the two sides were never really close to a deal, while others expressed more optimism that an agreement could be struck.
It was clearly a somber day in state government, and it seemed relatively quiet in the hallways of the state Capitol.
"We held off on any layoff notifications while we tried to complete a deal over the weekend and on Monday night,'' Malloy said in a statement Tuesday morning. "Unfortunately, absent an agreement and in order to comply with contractual notice requirements and the provisions of the budget agreement signed last week, we need to begin those notifications today. Therefore, I have directed OPM to begin issuing layoff notices in an orderly fashion to the first 4,742 state employees.''
Malloy had been trying to reach $1 billion in savings and concessions per year that would have included a variety of givebacks by the workers. The issues under discussion included a two-year wage freeze, additional unpaid furlough days, pension and healthcare changes, and allowing the creation of a 401 (k) program for all new state employees who were hired after July 1. Currently, all state employees are eligible for a traditional pension plan as long as they meet the age and service requirements.
For months, Malloy had said that reaching $1 billion was achievable because the state could save $300 million through wage freezes and another $100 million by switching to a health plan similar to the one used by federal workers. The unions, however, said the proposed givebacks amounted to an average of more than $20,000 per worker. No workers, however, would have seen their salary cut by that amount.
The layoffs mark a 180-degree turnaround in Malloy's relationship with organized labor.
Only last year, the layoffs would have been unthinkable as Malloy enjoyed a very close relationship with the unions during the gubernatorial election campaign - as the unions helped provide the margin of victory in a close election with Republican Tom Foley. Malloy won by one-half of 1 percentage point, and he actually lost the race in a solid majority of the towns in Connecticut. But a large turnout in cities like Bridgeport helped push Malloy over the top and into the governor's office.
Despite the layoffs, the state employee coalition, known as SEBAC, says it will continue to meet with Malloy's chief negotiator for "at least one more day'' in an attempt to reach a last-minute deal.
"The discussions have been extraordinarily complex and demand our continued efforts to find mutual resolution,'' the unions said in a statement.
"Our discussions with the administration cannot be separated from the broader struggle for a fair economy based on shared sacrifice. Middle-class workers, whether public or private, did not cause Connecticut's economic problems and should not be asked to bear an unfair burden in their resolution,'' the unions said as the layoff notices were going out. "This is especially true when Wall Street and the super-rich who have profited at our expense during the economic downturn have been asked to sacrifice so little.''
Sticking to a confidentiality agreement that they had made at the start of the talks, the negotiators were largely successful in refusing to discuss the substance of the talks. Even two of the legislature's biggest supporters of unions - House Speaker Chris Donovan of Meriden and state Sen. Edith Prague of Columbia - both say they have had no details on the talks.
"The Governor's Plan B proposal paints a bleak picture for Connecticut,'' Donovan said Tuesday in a very brief statement. "I ask Governor Malloy and the leadership of the state employee unions to stay at the negotiating table and get the job done."
Under the law passed as part of the two-year, $40.2 billion budget, the cuts that will be necessary in addition to the layoffs would require approval by the Democratic-controlled legislature before the end of the legislative session on June 8.
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On May 12, 14 students majoring in social work at Eastern were inducted into Phi Alpha, the national social work honor society, The society builds relationships among students of social work and promotes humanitarian goals and ideals. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites members who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement.
Inductees included Belisa Adorno, a senior from East Haven; Megan Berube, a senior from Columbia; Courtney Ann Doherty, a senior from Ardsley, NY; Namgyal Gyalnor, a senior from Greenwich; Kayla Lauretti, a senior from Middlefield; Daniel Lombardi, a junior from Woodstock; Hannah Ojard, a senior from Vernon Rockville; Emily Royce, a senior from Newington; Katelyn Vaughan, a senior from Hamden; Matthew Vezina, a senior from East Lyme; Stephanie Weiner, a senior from West Hartford; Delia Welge, a senior from Ledyard; Ashley Williams, a senior from Torrington; and Jasmine Williams, a senior from Willimantic.


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Executive Director Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group and former National Chairman, Coalition for Accountability and Transparency in Extractive Industries, Forestry and Fisheries in Nigeria, Mr. George-Hill Anthony, spoke with Abimbola Akosile on 2013 budget and fiscal responsibility, among other issues. Excerpts:
What is your view on the 2013 budget of N4.9 trillion?
Speaking realistically, it is very difficult to trust the Federal Government on matters relating to budget. The whole scenario about the national budget implementation appears deceptive. You may be aware that some years back, some Nigerians (including the current Coordinating Minister of the economy) foresaw what was coming ahead in terms of fiscal rascality; hence there was need to give the people a fiscal responsibility law.
I am at a loss how the current Minister of Finance, who played an active role in the enactment of that Law, could now preside over an economy dominated by violations of the same fiscal safeguards she played a key role to get for Nigeria.
For example, the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), which the Fiscal Responsibility Act clearly outlined in Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16, is today being violated. That situation is compounded by the National Assembly, which treats the matter like child play, against the collective national interest.
If you look at the above and even Part 1 of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (Establishment, e.t.c.) Act of 2011, you can then measure the fiscal management objective of government and the politics that surround the national budget, and you can then connect that to interest of the poor and the sincerity of the government. Therefore, the 2013 budget does not hold much hope for Nigerians but for a few who take home about 70 per cent of the recurrent vote.
To your informed mind, is the budget people-friendly?
In Nigeria, we throw up figures just for the sake of it. How can a serious country project about N150 billion for Works Ministry when the entire road network has collapsed? In a situation where ordinary men and women on the streets don't feed well, is it realistic for government to want to privatise roads? The entire budget does not pass integrity test, as far as its friendliness with the people is concerned.
The President has promised better living conditions and jobs creation for Nigerians in 2013; how best could government do that?
Any budget of 70/30 ratio on recurrent and capital expenditure cannot give much hope. And the argument to retrench does not hold water. I agree that many agencies of the government have duplicated functions and could possibly merge. Even then, government needs to look inward and adopt an overhead expenditure tracker to reduce unnecessary waste.
If the government can give Nigerians good roads, power and a national identity (NIN) database that can stand integrity test, then other growths can follow. With a credible NIN, Nigerians can use that to access credit. By this, so many young Nigerians could become entrepreneurs and generate jobs.
There is no way government can improve living conditions if the East-West Road or the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, which is killing people are not fixed. The agony, which people go through daily on these roads, is unimaginable.
Is the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) the lasting and final solution to the problems in the country's murky oil industry?
The PIB is like the judgment day catching up with the people that have been running away from it. Nigerians need to revisit their history and connect it with the restlessness of some people about the PIB. Nationally, we must be cautious for the PIB not to fling the country back to aggravated days of militancy in the Niger Delta.
The PIB must therefore be looked at fairly with a measurably level of economic justice for all Nigerians. It should not be a gambling tool for the 'three political wise men' of Nigeria, towards cementing decades of oppression and injustice. The argument that oil producing areas have too many interventionist bodies with nothing to show for it is relevant, but that is a different matter all together, which would be addressed with fiscal responsibility and discipline.
Therefore, the PIB should be structured in a way that funds must go directly to the oil producing areas, be it in Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Sokoto, Anambra, Ogun or anywhere, provided we are ready to have the political will in fighting corruption. I pray the Governors clamouring to have control over the Host Communities Fund realise they would not be Governors forever. The PIB should therefore be seen as a salvaging instrument for the survival of Nigeria.
The issue of poverty won't go away in Nigeria...what can be done to tackle this mounting problem?
A meaningful poverty reduction strategy must be dynamic towards uplifting the lot of suffering people. It is better to concretise blueprints for poverty reduction than throw a huge chunk of the national budget at tackling security.
There is a link between an accumulation of years in poverty and insecurity to some extent. I am not talking about political insecurity. The solution lies in how Nigeria structures the national budget and so many other underlining elements.
However, the YouWin initiative seems commendable, even though it is a surface route. Seriously, if the government is serious, they can plug so much wastage on over-head expenditure and plough it back to get at least one million youths as beneficiaries of YouWin every year, which can add up to lifting five million young people out of poverty in five years.
How best can the corruption in the public sector be curbed, with a positive ripple effect on the populace?
If Nigeria introduces capital punishment against corruption as is done in China and perhaps Singapore, then corruption would disappear, even overnight. So many hypotheses on how to fight the scourge have failed. Don't forget, hypocrisy in itself is corruption.
Which sectors should be prioritised in government's focus to make 2013 a better year?
If government can meaningfully address works, power, security, other things would queue behind. But without fighting corruption, all efforts would end up like dropping salt in the ocean.
What gaps can you identify in the 2013 budget, which can truncate the drive for transparency?
How sincere is the government on the performance indicators of the budget, which could help to meaningfully benchmark and measure transparency? It is not about figures flying here and there, in which within the bureaucratic chain of official secrecy, some people know they are feeding Nigerians with falsehood.
Now, for example, how much have been budgeted for works alone for the past five years and if the billions were actually spent, why is the entire national road network collapsing? Why do we have so many projects in the budget with an MTEF regime that is difficult to track? That is why the country is sinking. The bureaucracy seems to be overwhelmed by the underground intrigues surrounding budget implementation in Nigeria. That is the truth.
Until the Federal Government publishes quarterly allocations of the MDAs, with the MDAs also publishing the cash back-up they have received and the specific capital projects they have tied it to, then the country may not overcome complications of budgetary processes. It may be expensive to do so, but it is a pittance compared to what is stolen.
As the deadline year for the realisation of the MDGs approaches, what can Nigeria do to help speedier realisation of the goals for the collective good?
The MDGs in itself is a unique global concept. Pragmatically, only the Federal Government seems a bit concerned for the achievement of MDGs. There is a wider gap from the States and Local Governments. Sadly, the federal government alone cannot single-handedly achieve the MDGs; it is left for the communities, the States and Local Governments to work out and agree on sustainability plans for such projects, without which bridging the gap would continue to be a problem.
Another aspect government should be interested in, should be on how they can synergise more with the civil society post 2015. The UN system is already working on this and our government must learn from that.
There is talk of Nigeria's crude reserves running out in roughly 30 years....what can be done to avert the looming sharp drop in the revenue generation process of the country?
I think Nigeria is not facing any threat regarding reserves. Gas exploration should now be factored into Nigeria's economic blueprint rather than just wasting it. The major issue is about alternative energy sources, which countries that hitherto depended on Nigeria's oil are now shifting attention to. It is a development Nigeria's oil and gas experts should brainstorm on and come up with the practical way forward, rather than on the Vision 20:2020, which to me is bunkum.


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Dr. Margaret Bolton has joined the CSAC team and is here on Mondays and Thursdays. She lives in Addison County and has lived "all over New England" since 1968. She did her psychiatry training at UVM and completed her residency at Fletcher Allen in Burlington, VT. Dr. Bolton worked in public mental health, UVM Student Health, and at the Veteran's Administration before coming here.
Dr. Bolton is also a Forensic Psychiatrist; her Forensic Psychiatric Fellowship was done at the University of Massachusetts. Presently she is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UVM and President of the VT Psychiatric Association.
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Manistique Farmers' Market 6.11.14
Hard to believe that we are already heading into the 5th week of the 2014 Farmers' Market Season here in Manistique. We are having a fabulous season, with more and more shoppers joining us each week and more fresh, locally grown produce. Expected at this week's Market: 4-6pm Wednesday, June 11th at Little Bear West Arena. You'll find us under the colorful canopies.


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2nd Conference of Architects Union of Korea Held
| Pyongyang, September 3 (KCNA) -- The Second Conference of the Architects Union of Korea took place at the Central Youth Hall on Wednesday.
Present there were O Su Yong, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Choe Yong Gon, vice-premier of the Cabinet, officials concerned and delegates chosen at provincial conferences.
The conference decided as agenda items "On the review of the work of the C.C., Architects Union of Korea", "On the amendment of rules of the Architects Union of Korea" and "On the election of the guiding organ of the C.C., Architects Union of Korea".
Sim Yong Hak, vice-chairman of the C.C., Architects Union of Korea, made a report on the first agenda item.
The reporter recalled leader Kim Jong Il attached great importance to the role of the union in the building of a thriving nation and paid a deep attention to the work for developing the union.
The past decade covered by the union in its history is associated with the wise leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un, another master of architecture and genius of creation and construction, he said, and went on:
Kim Jong Un learned in detail about the union's work several times and clarified the issues to be solved by the union to perform its responsibility and role as a social organization of architects and construction experts.
The work of the union has been steadily strengthened and the role of its members been increased. As a result, the union has made a positive contribution to implementing the grandiose plan of the party for building a highly civilized socialist nation.
All the successes are a brilliant fruition of the wise guidance of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un.
All the officials and members of the union should bring about a fresh surge and innovations in creating the Juche-oriented architecture, remaining loyal to the idea and leadership of Kim Jong Un, and make a tangible contribution to winning the final victory in the drive for building a thriving nation.
Speeches on the first agenda item were made by Pang Se Yong, section chief of the C.C., Architects Union of Korea; Ri Ki Chol, secretary general of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the Union; Jong Hui Chol, vice department director of the State Design Guidance Bureau; Paek Nam Hyok, rector of College of Land and Environment Protection under Pyongyang University of Architecture; and others.
A decision on the first agenda item was adopted.
Discussions were made on the second and third agenda items.
Amended rules of the union were adopted and the new guidance organ of the C.C., Architects Union of Korea was elected at the conference.
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I wrote a negative review of this restaurant the other day. I apologize and want to change my evaluation. I dined there tonight and enjoyed my meal a lot. The restaurant is still a bit pricey; but the food was delicious, the service was just fine, and my friends enjoyed their dinners and the booth. They were nice enough to substitute what we wanted.
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My husband and I eat there about once a month and we've never been refused a booth, even when it's busy. The grilled chicken is wonderful...have it with a greek salad and you're good to go!
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Don't get me wrong, the service here is always great. The atmosphere is just fine... but the food is always so bland, and for the price, I would expect the food to taste much better. I've been there about five times now... and each time I go, I try something else and try to give the place a chance. Maybe I'm alone on this because other people seem to enjoy the place more than I ever do. Unfortunately, I keep having a bland experience there.


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If you are looking for awesome vintage, you've come to the right spot. Quite The Stir Bungalow is spilling over with 1930's and 1940s nostalgia and charm. There are 7 pristine rooms to enjoy during your stay in this great guest house, and that's not mentioning the large front screened porch with cafe tables, and the smaller screened rear porch. The back yard is a rare treat for in-town lodging, shrubs, fountain, croquet, seating and dining beneath a large pergola is the best! Team Travel didn't want to vacate this sweet spot any too soon. Maybe best of all, Quite The Stir is located one block from the historic Gettysburg Battlefield and four blocks from the square. Oh yep, there's a parking space just for the guests and that's el primo in this town!
Added perk? Quite The Stir Bungalow offers all the amenities of a bed and breakfast. Why not stop by the Bungalow for an overnight or two, take in some lemonade on a warm summer's evening… and let the charm flow through your heart!
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This is one of my favorite songs. The lyrics seemed appropriate for Blog Action Day.
I have been stunned by the amount of terrific content gong out today on Poverty for Blog Action Day. For a quick Yellow Pages of the best I've found today, read on.
- Amy encourages us to get off our kiesters.
- Sean talks about Daddy Destitution.
- Matthew Dryden will rock your world with a tale of true poverty.
- Namas Daisy speaks from her heart about the tragic silent famine.
- James talks about how recession is good for entrepreneurs.
- Oktober Five blogs about his personal form of poverty.
- Mary blogs about affirmations and poverty.
- Dave Navarro hits us where it hurts with "The Poverty Snowball What is Your Life Worth?"
- Wendi Kelly inspires to get involved with Do It Anyway.
If you have a Blog Action Day post, please leave a link below. I'd love to stop by and give it a read.
Thanks to everyone above for participating and contributing to such a worthwhile cause.


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LOS ANGELES (January 25, 2007) — Eva Longoria and Tony Parker are hoping the number seven brings them a lifetime of good luck.
The "Desperate" diva and her NBA beau will tie the knot on July 7, 2007, according to Us Weekly. The couple, who got engaged in November 2006, will reportedly wed at Chateau de Chantilly in Tony's native France.
?Tony is extremely superstitious and thinks 07-07-07 is the day most lucky to get married on,? a source told Us Weekly.
In addition, designer Monique Lhuillier will create Longoria's dress for the big day, Us Weekly reports.
Eva, 31, and Tony, 24, a point guard for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, met in November 2004 in the team's locker room following a game, after Eva told a local news reporter that Tony was her favorite player on the team.
The meeting was caught on tape and aired on an episode of "NBA Access With Ahmad Rashad."
The pair briefly split in September 2006, when a rep for Eva told
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Aegean transformed a pre-tax loss of €12.6 million ($17.3 million) in 2012 into a €70.9 million profit in 2013, but its financial performance was dragged down by the acquisition of Greek rival Olympic Air late last year.
Aegean's revenues jumped to €682.6 million in 2013 compared to €562.8 million in 2012 while passenger traffic increased 12% to 6.8 million passengers.
International volumes grew 14% to 4 million passengers which the Athens-based carrier put down to "the maturing of routes entered in previous years and also by favourable demand conditions for upcoming leisure traffic".
Athens and Aegean's six regional Greek bases all registered positive passenger growth, it says.
Load factors increased from 74% to 79% and were up 10 percentage points on two years which the company said was the "main contributor" to its increased profitability.
Aegean was cleared by European regulators to acquire Olympic Air in October 2013. It generated €167.4 million in revenues in 2013 and carried 2 million passengers. But it incurred a pre-tax loss of €12.7 million which dragged down Aegean's result to €70.9 million on a pro-forma basis, which would otherwise have reached €83.6 million.
Aegean managing director Dimitris Gerogiannis says the combined company is already experiencing the benefits of a number of synergies but says consolidation would need to continue in 2014 as market conditions remained challenging.
"Local consumer demand continues to be weak, however apparently stabilising at lower levels. Following a particularly strong 2013, incoming leisure demand outlook for 2014 continues to develop positively for Greece while competitive capacity to the country is also substantially increased," he says. "Our strategy of expanding both from Athens as well as our regional airport bases will be continued for 2014."


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Gears of War: Exile was rumored to be an on rails shooter that would primarily use the Kinect. However, Epic Games has confirmed that the game will never see the light of day.
"Let's just bury the hatchet now," said Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski. "Gears of War: Exile was an unannounced game that I can't give any details about that has since been canceled."
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