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Despite season-ending surgery, Colby Lewis could still have an impact on Rangers' pennant race
Rangers right-handed pitcher Colby Lewis, whose season ended in mid-June because of an elbow injury that required surgery, will accompany the club on the trip that begins on Tuesday at the Angels.
The Rangers want Lewis with the club so that the pitchers can take advantage of his experience and knowledge.
Lewis, who had thrown 200 or more innings in each of the previous two seasons, was 6-6 with a 3.43 ERA this year before his injury. He has a 2.34 ERA in eight career postseason starts.
BRIEFLY: Playoff preparations are underway. The New York Yankees have assigned two scouts to shadow the Rangers for the remainder of the regular season. … The Rangers will face Los Angeles Angels right-handers Jered Wever and Zack Greinke a total of four times in a span of 13 days. Weaver will start Tuesday's series opener and on Sept. 28 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Greinke will start on Wednesday and on Sept. 30. Weaver and Greinke are a combined 3-1 with a 1.49 ERA for five starts in September.
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Coordinated or not, central bankers worldwide have the same thing in mind: more of the same.
More monetary stimulus to stave off the global economy's recent softening and to prevent the latest flare-up of the euro-zone crisis from making things worse is being lined up almost everywhere.
Because it's worked so well so far.
Investors are primed for some positive news from the Federal Reserve this week. This will probably be limited to extending its forecast of how long policy will remain ultra accommodative, although there's a pretty good chance it will also boost Operation Twist.
There might be some sterilized quantitative easing on offer, essentially a variation of Operation Twist, and a remoter possibility of unsterilized QE, although the Fed will probably want to hold the last option in reserve against the chance of a euro-triggered financial-markets meltdown.
The Bank of England is also likely to do more quantitative easing in July, when it next meets. The latest policy committee minutes suggest it only narrowly avoided adding at least £25 million of QE earlier this month.
The European Central Bank is less easy to read.
By Ilona Billington and Ainsley Thomson
The latest official U.K. data releases this week have confirmed the glum news that the economy returned to recession in the first quarter of this year.
In fact the recession may be even deeper than thought.
But the official figures stand in stark contrast to the far more upbeat indications from unofficial business surveys published in recent months.
That raises the question of just how reliable official figures are compared with other surveys and why the markets — and economists — should follow anything other than the government numbers.
So far this year the Office for National Statistics has consistently reported a weaker picture than that shown in other surveys, in particular the closely-watched monthly purchasing managers indexes produced by Markit.
In its preliminary estimate of first-quarter U.K. gross domestic product, the ONS reported a 0.2% quarterly contraction, which meant the U.K. returned to recession after a 0.3% drop in the final quarter of last year.
Official data released Friday showed the construction sector slumped a staggering 4.8% in the first quarter — considerably more than 3.0% fall the ONS had initially estimated. That greater-than-expected fall in construction output will wipe an extra 0.1 percentage points off GDP, the ONS said, suggesting the economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year.
This is much weaker than the 0.2% to 0.5% first-quarter expansion indicated by the all-sector PMI.
The Bank of England — which closely monitors and discusses all economic data in order to reach the best policy decision each month — said last month that in light of more upbeat business surveys, the economy may be in better health than official figures show.
So, given the recent divergence, which set of figures is more credible?
[Read more over the jump]
As investors look for a safe place for their money while the euro crisis rumbles on, U.K. government bonds have attracted unprecedented demand, along with U.S. Treasurys and German Bunds. As a result, yields on long-dated gilts, as they're known, haven't been as low as they are now since records on the subject began back in 1703.
That's not a typo. 1703.
Ironically, the mere fact that there are records of this sort of thing going back that long is part of the reason why those yields are so minuscule.
The records speak to an administrative base that has been politically stable for a very, very long time, on a path of 'evolution rather than revolution' no other major country has ever managed to walk.
Since 1688, when Britain effectively became a constitutional monarchy, France has had five republics, three monarchies and two empires. Germany has been welded together, and then bounced, twice, between empire and republic. It has also been split asunder by ideology, as the physical embodiment of the Cold War, then welded together once again. Russia has seen revolution, communism, oligarchy and the return of capitalism.
The United States has gone from colonial outpost to, well, the United States. Even though the first default of the United States was on its first issuance of debt: the currency issued by the Continental Congress of 1775.
All the while, the River Thames has flown muddily past the Houses of Parliament, where Crown, Lords and Commons come together. To be sure, all three have changed, changed utterly, but they've moved with the flow of history rather than being overwhelmed by it. They're all still here.
[Read more over the jump]
Mervyn King may not get what he wants–at least as far as sterling is concerned.
On Thursday, the Bank of England governor was keen to point out that a weak pound had brought export benefits to the U.K. economy since 2008.
Now he faces a double dilemma.
[More over the jump]
The U.K. is struggling with the same problem confronting the euro zone.
It has a very wealthy, productive core and a poor unproductive hinterland. Up until the financial crisis, the disparity was masked by government spending and inflated government wages relative to local productivity. The regions received an additional boost from debt-fueled consumption, supported by rising house prices.
But following the financial crisis, the government can no longer be as generous as it once was and the taps have been turned off the credit pipe.
The result is that within the U.K.'s single-currency region, the periphery is having to deflate while the core–the South East–will suffer relative inflation.
By the end of 2008, the public sector represented 20% of all U.K. employment. In the South East, it was 17%. By contrast, those proportions were 29% in Northern Ireland, 24% in Wales and 23% in North East England.
Public spending per head in 2011 in the North East was 107% of the U.K. average; it was 111% of the average in Wales, 115% of the average in Scotland and a whopping 121% of the average in Northern Ireland, compared to 85% in the South East.
London, by the way, complicates these data.
[Find out more over the jump]
Notwithstanding its own economic problems, the U.K. is a beacon for the euro zone's mass of unemployed youth. This presents both an opportunity and an enormous risk for British policymakers.
Richard Lambert, the former director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, highlighted the basic point in a recent Financial Times editorial: in the three months to December, the number of Britons in work fell by 166,000 while during the same period the number of non-U.K. nationals finding work rose by… (drum roll)… exactly 166,000.
Looking at youth unemployment for the third quarter of last year for reasons of comparison, in Greece it stood at 46%, in Spain at 48%, in Ireland and Portugal at 30%. In the U.K. it was 22%, about the European Union average. And in Germany, for the record, it was 8.6%.
Those rates, by the way, have gone up everywhere except in Germany, where they've fallen.
Under such circumstances, it would make sense for Spanish, Irish, Portuguese and Italian youth to travel to Germany to find work. But…
[More over the jump]
How long do you have to keep fiscal stimulus going?
Keynesian economists have been vociferous during and since the financial crisis, arguing that government stimulus is necessary to lift economies out of recession. The duration of the downturn and the anemic nature of the recovery have been blamed on too little stimulus.
But more than three years after the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy, can economic doldrums really be blamed on insufficient fiscal stimulus, especially when major developed countries are running the biggest deficits ever outside of the Second World War?
The economist Scott Sumner points out that if deficit spending was sufficient to lift an economy the U.K.'s should be a world beater. The U.K.'s deficit has consistently been near the top of the major country rankings for deficits as a percentage of GDP during the past four years, only routinely beaten by the U.S. and Japan.
And yet despite this heroic scale of fiscal stimulus, the U.K.'s economy was again contracting by the last quarter of last year and could well be facing a fresh, if shallow, recession. Mr. Sumner's conclusion is that fiscal policy is an insufficient driver of the economy.
Despite intense pressure from Europe's most influential politicians led by French and German leaders, the generally pro-European Czech prime minister has decided to walk a fine line and has firmly rejected the European Union's fiscal pact, saying it would be absurd to surrender sovereign rights while gaining nothing in return.
The Czechs join Europe's perennial euroskeptics of the United Kingdom in saying 'no' to the plan. Now the two nations stand alone, with their politicians refusing to give up their mandate as elected officials to unelected European bureaucrats.
Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, insists an acceleration of integration is just what's needed to restore market confidence and create a rosier future. Yet economists, analysts and those removed from the Brussels negotiating tables say the fiscal pact will lead to a drawn-out cycle of austerity, weak economic growth and further instability.
The British are opposed chiefly for fear the pact, like the much debated financial transaction tax, would hurt the nation's interests and its finance sector.
And with 25 of the EU's 27 states on board and 12 ratifications by euro-zone members needed to become valid, the pact looks like a done deal.
[Read more over the jump]
For the moment, credit rating agencies are holding true and the U.K.'s triple-A rating isn't under threat. But, as Moody's warned late Tuesday, the economy is at risk from domestic problems as well as the crisis in the euro zone.
And on Wednesday the minutes of the latest Bank of England policy meeting showed that the central bank is poised to introduce more quantitative easing given the deterioration that has taken place in the economy since last month.
There is certainly little sign of improvement with the latest consumer confidence survey from Gfk showing a decline to the lowest levels in nearly three years.
With inflation remaining high and unemployment still rising, any near-term recovery in confidence is hardly likely.
[Read more over the jump]
You're better off being French than British, economically speaking.
That's the latest slur to come from a French official after similar comments denigrating the British economy whipped up a furious response in the U.K. press.
"We don't have any lessons to give, but we don't have any lessons to take either. […] It's true that the economic situation of the U.K. is still very worrying and one prefers to be French than British on an economic level," French finance minister Francois Baroin said in a radio interview.
Though officially both sides stress the cordial nature of their relationship, it was already hard to imagine French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron sitting down for a relaxed drink with each other after the U.K.'s veto of treaty changes in Brussels last week.
Now things are much more perfidious.
[Read more over the jump]
The Journal's Euro Crisis blog provides real-time updates and new takes on important developments as governments and financial institutions deal with Europe's continuing debt crisis.

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|C-type natriuretic peptide relaxes human coronary artery bypass grafts preconstricted by endothelin-1.
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|PMID: 16181867 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Endothelin is implicated in graft spasm after coronary artery bypass grafting. We assessed reversal by the endothelium-derived vasodilator C-type natriuretic peptide of prior contraction of radial artery and other vessels commonly used for coronary artery bypass surgery. METHODS: Segments of human radial artery, saphenous vein, and internal mammary artery were mounted in organ baths after removal from patients undergoing cardiac surgery (n = 34; 64 +/- 2 years). Effects of increasing concentrations of C-type natriuretic peptide (with or without aprotinin, 1,000 U/mL) on endothelin-induced contraction were compared with acetylcholine, sodium nitroprusside, and papaverine. RESULTS: C-type natriuretic peptide relaxed endothelin precontraction in all vessels (F = 17.8, 36.3, and 48.4, respectively; p < 0.001), with maximum relaxations of 44%, 54%, and 66% in saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, and radial artery, respectively. Aprotinin did not affect relaxation to C-type natriuretic peptide. Acetylcholine relaxed the saphenous vein weakly, with maximal relaxation of 9% at 10(-6) M. However, the radial artery and internal mammary artery relaxed strongly to acetylcholine. The highest concentration of papaverine completely relaxed all vessels, but responses were less sensitive than to sodium nitroprusside or acetylcholine. CONCLUSIONS: C-type natriuretic peptide reverses endothelin-induced constriction in arterial and venous conduits used for coronary artery bypass, particularly the radial artery. Proteolytic breakdown of C-type natriuretic peptide by local vascular enzymes appears of little importance in vitro. This signals the therapeutic potential of using C-type natriuretic peptide as an antagonist of graft vasospasm after coronary artery bypass surgery.
|Christopher J Kelsall; Adrian H Chester; Mohammed Amrani; Donald R J Singer
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|Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery Volume: 80 ISSN: 1552-6259 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Thorac. Surg. Publication Date: 2005 Oct
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|Created Date: 2005-09-26 Completed Date: 2006-09-19 Revised Date: 2006-11-15
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Coronary Artery Bypass*
Coronary Vasospasm / prevention & control*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Endothelin-1 / antagonists & inhibitors*
Mammary Arteries / drug effects
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Natriuretic Agents / pharmacology*
Natriuretic Peptide, C-Type / pharmacology*
Papaverine / pharmacology
Radial Artery / drug effects
Saphenous Vein / drug effects
Treatment Outcome
Vasoconstriction / drug effects
Vasodilator Agents / pharmacology
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York City Council tackled a number of hot button issues during its committee work session Wednesday night.
While the council does not vote on the passage of any agenda items during committee work sessions, residents and city business owners still packed council chambers for the nearly four-hour meeting and voiced concerns about the Gamewell system, booting and street food vendor licenses.
Here's a look at what was discussed:
--- Nearly $737,000 in upgrades are needed to keep the city's Gamewell fire box system in service, councilman Henry Nixon said. The system, which dates to the 1880s, has a number of drawbacks, said David Michaels, York Fire/Rescue Services' acting chief.
The boxes necessitate significant manpower. A firefighter must manually disengage the Gamewell box during the servicing of alarm systems, and the boxes also must be reset using a crank in the box after three alarm cycles, he said.
Councilman Michael Helfrich raised questions about the speed of the Gamewell system and said he was told firefighters are notified more quickly through the use of a fire box than through the 911 dispatch system.
The council will vote on whether to remove the requirement for commercial businesses to connect to the boxes at its next scheduled meeting, Oct. 1.
If the requirement were dropped, it would be the first step in phasing the system out, Michaels said.
--- York City Police Chief Wes Kahley introduced a booting ordinance that he said would mirror the city ordinance that prohibits predatory towing.
Included in the ordinance was a 15-minute wait period before a vehicle can be booted, a cap on the fee that can be charged for the release of the vehicle and the stipulation that lots have proper signage indicating the consequences of parking there without authorization.
A representative of Parking Lot Services, which is currently the city's only booting operation, said the set fee and the 15-minute wait period were unfair regulations.
Several owners of city tow companies asked that if booting companies do not have to comply with the 15-minute wait period, then that clause also be removed from the predatory towing ordinance.
Council voted to hold the booting ordinance in committee.
--- Councilman Henry Nixon introduced an amendment that would increase the number of sidewalk food vendor licenses on Continental Square from one to 12.
While Nixon advocated for an increase in licenses, he said the actual number could be a point of discussion. He also said he thought council should consider striking the clause that keeps food carts from operating within 100 feet of a restaurant.
Council will consider the proposed changes to the sidewalk food vendor ordinance again during its next work session.
If you go
York City Council will hold its next legislative session at 6:30 p.m. Oct 1 at City Hall, 101 S. George St. During that meeting, council will vote on whether to stop requiring commercial businesses to connect to the Gamewell fire box system.
The council will continue discussions about a proposed booting ordinance and on changes to the sidewalk food vendor license ordinance at its next committee work session at 6 p.m. Oct 23 at City Hall.


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An online journal about visual art, the urban landscape and design. Mary Louise Schumacher, the Journal Sentinel's art and architecture critic, leads the discussion and a community of writers contribute to the dialogue.
Opening and closing this week
Here is my weekly rundown of art events opening and closing throughout the state this week:
Gifts from Helen Weber and Family at the Milwaukee Art Museum on Tues.
Marina Bychova at the Villa Terrace on Wed.
"Abstract for the Soul" at the Wild Apple Gallery (Menasha) on Thurs.
Biennial Faculty Exhibit at UW-Oshkosh, Allen Pribe Art Gallery on Thurs.
"Beauty, Myth, and the Human Connection" at Gallery 2622 on Fri.
"Foundations" at UWM Union Art Gallery on Fri.
"Senior Graduate Exhibit" in Art and Cultures Gallery at Alverno College on Fri.
"Myth and Magic and Telling Stories out of school" at the Bergstrom Mahler Museum on Sat.
"Artfully Artificial: Welcome Back to the Dollhouse" at the Bay View Book Arts Gallery on Sat.
"ARTspace Spring Show" at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center on Sun.
"Membership Exhibition" at Lakeland College, Bradley Gallery at the Wisconsin Visual Arts (Plymouth) on Thurs
"Senior Thesis Art Exhibition" at Carroll University on Thurs.
"Art Students Union Spring Exhibition" at Carroll University on Thurs.
David Sear at Danceworks on Thurs.
"Women in Contemporary Pop Art" at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center on Fri.
"The Medium is the Message" at the LUMA Gallery on Fri.
Bill Reid and Jan Serr at the Tory Folliard Gallery on Sat.
"Original Lithographs" by Marc Chagall at the David Barnett Gallery on Sat.
The Colleen & Dennis Bindley Collection at the Dane County Regional Airport (Madison) on Sun.
"Something Wicked" at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on Sun.
"It's Alive" at the Rahr West Art Museum (Manitowoc) on Sun.
"Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities" at the Chazen Museum of Art (Madison) on Sun.
Manuel Donada (Madrid) at the Paper Boat on Sun.
"Hot Stuff from the Hothouse" at the Racine Art Museum on Sun.
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2011 we moved and he started at Winwood and he had Miss Karissa.
2012 he started preschool with Miss Diane and Mrs. V. He also had Ms. Kaarin in the summer
2013 marked our last First Day. He had Miss Angela and Miss Patel.
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Even if legitimized, Jon would have to turn his back on his vow to the Watch to take the throne, though, so that's another complicating factor.
Robb made someone his heir and put it in writing, but it wasn't revealed who he ended up naming.
IIRC, Stannis offered Jon Winterfell, so I guess there's a way to turn back on the vow and not being beheaded for it. Anyway, bastards can be legitimized by kings - the example was Bolton's bastard who was legitimized following the Red Wedding.
I don't think there were many possibilities for Robb - he thought his younger brothers are dead and he has no idea what's going on with his sisters. His father is dead, his uncle is missing beyond the Wall and he basically has no other possible candidates besides Jon. As far as he knew - he and Jon were the only male Starks left alive.
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If Hillary really doesn't run for president in 2016, it is so hard for the Washington Post to "imagine the presidential field without a woman contender" that the paper has decided to look at who might replace her. And the paper has arrived at… Janet Napolitano?
But with its touting of the Homeland Security Secretary, the Post insists "there is reason to take her seriously."
The Post notes that Napolitano was once a "highly regarded and very popular governor in Arizona." And yet goes on to say she dropped the ball on illegal immigration during her tenure in the Governor's mansion (2003-2009).
But her role at Homeland has given her a chance to "change that image," we are told.
"This week, for instance, finds her on a high-profile tour of the southwest border, where she will highlight the stepped-up resources that the Obama administration has been devoting to reducing the flow of illegal entrants to this country," the Post says.
Even though few Americans pay much attention to the Department of Homeland Security, the Post thinks Napolitano can rise above that limitation.
"Napolitano is a sharp and savvy politician, and her decision to remain in the Obama administration for a second term is a telling one. Immigration overhaul may well be an opportunity to put herself at the forefront of an issue–and a constituency–that represent the future of the Democratic party. Particularly if Clinton doesn't run, it's a decent bet that she will be on the debate stage in 2016."
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if it is 35mm c41 ... send your film to kerry's warwick 1hr photo.
she's here: http://kerryswarwickphoto.com/ ...
she is the last lab in my area, and she is great !
if it is larger, or slide film, get a cheap scanner, scan it and adjust the levels yourself
in a 50$ version of photoshop ... it is pretty easy .. scan with no auto adjustment
then after it is scanned go to levels, bring the left + right sliders to the hump ( or when YOU think it looks good )
and adjust the contrast ( center slider ) till it looks good to you ...
then upload it to kerry, and ask her to look at it, so it looks good to her too ...
there should really be a rudimentary scanning and adjustment form here on apug, seeing 90% of
the labs are all hybrid, collect film files via email &c ... even a 50$ version of editing software
can do HUGE things to save people the annoyance of dealing with a lab that has someone who doesn't care
behind the wheel ... and it will help people upload to the apug gallery, seeing that can be the weak link.
it isn't rocket science, it isn't trickery, it isn't like people are making HDR prints here, or whatever ...
good luck !


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Address by Minister Baird to Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
June 8, 2013 - Toronto, Ontario
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I'm delighted to be here tonight.
I'm also delighted that our High Commissioner to India, Stewart Beck, could join us this evening. Stewart has done a spectacular job of promoting Canada's interests in India. He is close to my office, and we appreciate his leadership in South Asia.
I'm also glad that my Parliamentary Secretary, Deepak Obhrai, could join me.
You know, Deepak was the Prime Minister's first choice for Parliamentary Secretary. I'm the Prime Minister's fifth foreign minister. So that tells you who really matters!
In all seriousness, Deepak has played a crucial role in expanding Canada's friendship with India.
It's a friendship built on shared values of democracy, pluralism, federalism and respect for human rights.
It's a friendship that one million Canadians of Indian descent have strengthened.
And it's a friendship that has grown, in no small measure, because of the ICCC's efforts to connect businesses in our two countries.
But the Canada-India friendship is also one of unrealized potential. It has the ingredients to be one of the greatest partnerships for both our countries.
Today, I want to talk about what our government is doing to deepen this relationship... where we see opportunities for growth... and how the historic ties between our two countries shine a bright light on our collective future.
Let's start by looking at what our government has done—and is doing—to grow trade between Canada and India.
As you know, our government's number one priority is jobs, growth and economic prosperity.
Our ambitious pro-trade agenda is opening new markets and creating opportunities for Canadian businesses. But to truly open new markets, we need to forge closer ties with India.
Canada and India have so much to offer the world.
We have so much to offer each other.
And if the last year is a sign of things to come, we have such a bright future ahead of us.
Six months ago, Prime Minister [Stephen] Harper paid his second visit to India. As a sign of just how much India matters to Canada, the Prime Minister spent more time in India than anywhere else. Indeed, it was his longest official visit since assuming office. It was also his most productive.
Which makes perfect sense. We have what India needs to fuel its rapid growth: energy, agriculture, infrastructure and higher education.
Under the Prime Minister's leadership, we're starting to deliver in these areas.
Take a look at the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. As the Prime Minister announced agreement on the Administrative Arrangements, he buried close to 40 years of troubled nuclear history. More importantly, this agreement expands nuclear commerce between our two countries. With Canada emerging as an energy superpower, we value Indian investment in natural resources and energy.
On this same visit, Prime Ministers Harper and [Manmohan] Singh tasked officials with developing an action plan to do three things: promote research, facilitate academic and industrial exchanges, and accelerate the commercialization of technology. I'll come back to this a bit later.
This action plan also complements a memorandum of understanding that establishes business partnerships in the IT sector.
The two prime ministers also finalized the Canada-India Social Security Agreement. This agreement will ensure that those who have lived or worked in both our countries receive the benefits they have earned.
To top it all off, the Prime Minister announced the upgrade of our trade office in Bangalore to a consulate. With eight offices in the country, Canada's trade network in India is our third largest globally. It's the second-largest foreign network in India.
All of that—and I haven't even begun to talk about the $2.5 billion worth of commercial deals that Canadian and Indian companies signed last year.
Deals that will open more doors for our exporters...
Deals that will encourage economic growth...
Deals that will create jobs in both our countries...
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a bright future ahead.
But as I said at the outset, there is room to grow. There is room to expand trade, to cooperate on security issues and to position Canada as the global leader in international education.
Prime Ministers Harper and Singh have tasked our officials with tripling bilateral trade to $15 billion by 2015. So far, we're on track. The growth in the number of Canadian companies actively working in India has jumped from 250 to more than 600. While trade is now at $5.2 billion, we cannot—we will not—rest on our laurels.
We have two agreements in the works that will take our trade relationship to a whole new level.
We're negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, or CEPA. We look forward to greater momentum in these talks and plan to conclude a high-quality agreement by the end of this year. A CEPA could boost Canada's and India's economies by at least $6 billion each.
Indeed, we need a completed trade agreement for two-way trade to blossom. We're eager to finalize the foreign investment promotion and protection agreement, which would make it easier and more predictable for Canadian companies to do business in India. It will unlock the full potential of our trade relationship. And it will benefit both countries' businesses, workers and families.
As we negotiate these economic agreements, we're keenly aware that without a more secure regional and global environment, we cannot fully realize our economic potential.
And while our defence relations with India have traditionally been modest, we're now working to boost cooperation on this front.
That means we need to collaborate more robustly on regional security challenges. Challenges like governance and counterterrorism in Afghanistan... or emergency preparedness and the ending of civil wars in Burma... challenges that threaten the stability needed by our businesses and civil society to contribute fully.
We are not frozen in the 1980s. We grieve for victims of terrorism in India and know where it spawns from: those who cling to the paranoia of the past. India's future is based on the shared prosperity we can achieve in peace and freedom.
And as Iran inches ever closer to nuclear weapons capability, Canada and India will work together on combatting the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
In fact, Iran could learn a thing or two from the Canada-India experience. The Nuclear Cooperation Agreement assures civilian and peaceful use of nuclear material, equipment and technology from Canada. We're always willing to work with peaceful, freedom-loving nations.
Along with potential opportunities for investment in energy, we see immense opportunities in education.
Last year, more than 30,000 Indian students studied in Canada. India is the second-largest source of international students in Canada. It's a number that keeps growing because of Canada's world-class education and our safe multicultural communities.
But consider this: to fully take advantage of its knowledge potential, India needs to educate 550 million citizens under the age of 25.
That's a daunting task.
To get there, India will need an additional 800 universities and 45,000 colleges. India simply cannot do it alone. It will need the help of Canada's universities and colleges, which are among the best in the world.
Canadian academic institutions and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges are actively working to skill the one million young Indians who enter the workforce every month.
This young generation—the demographic dividend that could easily become a demographic disaster—is the generation that will bring great change to India. And Canada has a vision to become the 21st-century leader in international education. We will play a part in helping India's next generation prosper... to be part of India's evolution into an economic powerhouse.
This is why we have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote student and faculty exchanges and build bridges between the future leadership communities of both countries.
Of course, this deepened engagement could not have happened without Canada's Indo-Canadian community. You are leading doctors, nurses, teachers, lawyers, business owners and public servants. You have prospered as proud Canadians.
The sons and daughters of India contribute to all aspects of Canadian culture and society.
And I'm not even talking about Deepak! I'm talking about Russell Peters, Deepa Mehta, Manny Malhotra and others.
Many of you here tonight are shining examples of the achievements of Indo-Canadians, who are making Canada stronger and more innovative—leading the way in strengthening our bonds with India.
Our recent history has been one of determination. When faced with a global economic downturn that originated beyond our respective borders, Canada and India held their ground while other nations slid.
Our financial systems did not fail us.
Our fiscal prudence served us well.
Our commitment to global trade never wavered.
Now we are both determined to become stronger trade partners. This is a relationship that has clearly benefited both our nations in ways that were once unimaginable.
And we're going to count on you to help us realize the full potential of this deepening friendship.
Thank you very much.
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Tips For Winter Fire Safety
The recent cooler temperatures and high cost of home utilities have forced many West Tennessee area residents to seek alternate home heating sources. The use of wood burning stoves, gas logs, and portable space heaters is expected to increase throughout the next few months. All these methods of heating may be acceptable, however, they are a major contributing factor of residential fires in our area. The Madison County Fire
Department would like to offer the following heating safety tips.
Space heaters
• Keep space heaters at least 3 feet away from anything that can burn-including furniture, blankets, curtains, and paper products.
• Choose space heaters that turn off automatically if they tip over.
• Never use a space heater to dry clothing.
• Turn off space heaters before you go to bed.
• In a kerosene heater, use only the proper fuel.
• Refuel a heater outside, after it has cooled.
Fireplaces and wood stoves
• Have a service person inspect and clean your chimney or wood stove each year.
• Use a metal or glass fireplace screen to keep sparks from hitting nearby carpets or
• Keep air inlets on wood stoves open.
• Keep kindling, paper, and décor away from fireplaces and wood stoves.
• Never use gas or lighter fluid to start a fireplace or wood stove.
• Burn only seasoned hardwood. Burning soft, moist wood causes a lot of creosote
build-up and can cause a chimney fire.
• Don't burn cardboard boxes, newspaper, or trash. They burn too hot and can cause a chimney fire.
• Be sure vent pipes extend at least 3 feet above the roof.
• Install stovepipe thermometers to check flue temperatures.
• Follow manufacturer's instructions for installing and maintaining fireplaces and wood stoves.
Electric Wall Heaters
• Temperature control units may automatically turn themselves on when the temperature drops below the thermostat setting.
• Because they do not operate in summer months these units are often forgot about and may have furniture and other combustible items located within close proximity.
• Electric wall heaters should be checked to ensure no combustible materials are located within at least a 3 feet radius.
• The units should be inspected prior to the onset of cold weather.
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Lake Louise State Park
Lake Louise lures hikers, horseback riders, skiers, and snowmobilers to its trails, which wind through open landscapes and lush hardwoods. The confluence of the Little Iowa and Upper Iowa Rivers that occurs in the park provides water recreation. In addition, visitors swim, boat, or fish in Lake Louise. Hiking and horseback riding are also popular sports at this park. The lakeside picnic grounds and beach area draws visitors in the summer.
Tell me more about this park's wildlife, history, geology and landscape.
Park Notes
Be fascinated. Check out the naturalist programs and other activities scheduled at the park.
Virtual Tour:
Take a virtual tour. It's a great tool to help you plan your next trip to the park!
Bike Trail:
The twenty mile Shooting Star State Trail winds through the park and is available for use in the spring through late fall.
Seasonal Information:
Lake Louise State Park is staffed on a seasonal basis. Camping at the park opens Memorial weekend and remains available through Labor Day.
Gift Cards:
Purchase a Minnesota State Parks Gift Card.
Don't move firewood!
Burning non-local firewood can spread invasive species, and it's against Minnesota state law. Learn more. Always buy your firewood at the park, or from an approved local vendor. Find firewood vendors for Lake Louise State Park.
Bird Checklist at Lake Louise State Park.
Park Highlights
For information on this park, call Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park at 507-352-5111. The park is open every day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
c/o Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park:
21071 County 118 Preston, MN 55965
tel: c/o Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park: 507-352-5111
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Getting There
Approximately 1.5 miles north of LeRoy on County Road 14.


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Wed Nov 28 2012On course for champs
The fairways are looking good.
The greens are smooth and in good order.
Now all Craig Parata and his team want is some good weather.
Click here for full golf story and golf news source On course for champs
To read the new Golf Industry Central online magazine look below and click on it to enjoy it in full size.


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CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for July delivery was unchanged at $5.8525 a bushel; July corn was 2 cents higher at $4.46 a bushel; July oats were unchanged at $3.4450 a bushel; while July soybeans gained 3.25 cents to $14.1850 a bushel.
Beef mixed and pork higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Aug live cattle was .20 cent higher at $1.4525 a pound; Aug feeder cattle was .15 cent lower at 2.0570 a pound; July lean hogs gained .93 cent to $1.2685 a pound.


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Oxidation of tricyclic antidepressant drugs with chloramine-T in acidic solutions: kinetic, mechanistic and thermodynamic studies
Department of Post-Graduate Studies in Chemistry, Bangalore University, Central College Campus, Bangalore, 560 001, India
SpringerPlus 2013, 2:30 doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-30Published: 30 January 2013
The kinetics of the oxidation of two tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) namely, imipramine (IMP) and clomipramine (CLM) with sodium N-chloro-p-toluenesulfonamide or chloramine-T (CAT) in HClO4 medium was studied at 300 K. The two reactions followed identical kinetics with a first-order dependence of rate on [CAT]o and fractional order dependence on [TCA]o. The reaction is catalyzed by H+ ions with a fractional order dependence. The reaction was studied at different temperatures and activation parameters were evaluated. The reaction constants involved in the mechanism were computed. The solvent isotope effect was studied using D2O. Addition of p-toluenesulfonamide retards the reaction rate. The rate increased with decreasing dielectric constant of the medium. Variation of ionic strength of the medium and addition of halide ions (Cl- or Br-) showed no effect on the rate. The stoichiometry of the reaction was found to be 1:1 and the oxidation products were identified as imipramine-5-N-oxide and clomipramine-5-N-oxide. The rate of oxidation of IMP is faster than CLM. The observed results have been explained in terms of a mechanism and a relevant rate law has been deduced.


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Fancy learning WordPress, how to write a short story, the first step you need to create a robot army or the best way to stuff a bird?
We've got a brilliant line up this Autumn:
WordPress co-founder Mike Little will be leading two-day beginners', intermediate and advanced courses.
Dr Sam Bail will be teaching coding newbies how to get to grips with Python.
Laura H Drane is back leading not one, but two Bid Writing sessions.
Award-winning short story publisher Comma Press will be hosting a six-part writing course, led by Anneliese Mackintosh.
We'll be stuffing birds with Shannon Harmon in a two day taxidermy course.
Want to build a robot army? Then your first port of call should be to sign-up to the Arduino & Physical Computing course led by MadLab's Dave Mee.
Kimchi & Chip's Elliot Woods will be back at MadLab to run two VVVV courses.
For more info, and to sign up – visit omniversity.vintage.madlab.org.uk


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POSTED: 1:30 a.m. HST, Oct 17, 2010
LAST UPDATED: 9:24 p.m. HST, Oct 21, 2010
Hawaii voters are being asked whether to switch from an elected Board of Education to one appointed by the governor at a time of immense reform efforts for public schools.
It is the third time in four decades that the question has been put on the ballot, this time prompted by the angst and anger over teacher furloughs last year that left Hawaii students with the shortest instructional calendar in the nation and gave Hawaii's education system a black eye.
If approved, the ballot measure would bring Hawaii in line with most other states in the way statewide school board members are chosen (though most local boards remain elected), according the Education Commission of the States, a nonprofit organization.
Hawaii voters will answer the appointed-board question while also deciding whom to elect to six of the BOE's 14 seats.
Supporters say an appointed board would be a major step forward in reforming Hawaii's public education system.
"The community is calling to have someone accountable for public education," said Randy Baldemor, chairman of Hawaii's Children First, an advocacy group. "Even though this has come up in the past, we're now at the point where we've seen enough."
Opponents, meanwhile, call the ballot question a knee-jerk and ill-advised reaction to a difficult budget-driven decision -- the furloughs -- that could have been worse if an appointed board had been in place.
Wil Okabe, president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association, argues that an appointed board wouldn't be a step toward reform, but would mean the loss of an independent advocate for education.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTOn Nov. 2, voters will be asked:
"Shall the Board of Education be changed to a board appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, as provided by law?"
Blank or spoiled votes will be counted as "no" votes.
Hawaii's public schools are in the midst of sweeping reform efforts. Initiatives are under way, and tens of millions of dollars are being spent, to turn around low-performing campuses, track and improve teacher effectiveness, and boost student achievement.
The state Board of Education hires Hawaii's schools superintendent and sets policy for the ninth-largest school district in the nation, with a $1.7 billion budget and 22,000 full-time employees, including 13,000 teachers, serving 171,000 students.
HAWAII HAD an appointed school board until 1966, and has twice taken up the question of whether to get rid of an elected BOE, in 1970 and 1994.
Though residents twice rejected proposals to return to an appointed board, other changes have been approved: The number of board members was increased to 14 from 11, the BOE election was changed from partisan to nonpartisan, and candidates face off in the primary election before moving to the general -- a change made to narrow the big field of candidates for BOE seats.
According to the Education Commission of the States, at least 32 states have governor-appointed state school boards, which oversee big-picture education policy, and which in 12 states hire a state schools chief.
Most local school boards, meanwhile, are wholly or partially elected, the commission said. An analysis by the group showed 30 states have local school boards -- which oversee school districts -- that are elected. The rest have local school boards that have all or some appointed members.
The school board situation in Hawaii is unique in the nation because the state Board of Education is also the local governing body.
But Kathy Christie, chief of staff for the Education Commission of the States, said Hawaii isn't the only place to consider a switch from an elected to an appointed school board -- or vice versa.
Over the last decade, several cities and counties have changed how they select their school board members.
Others are, like Hawaii, weighing the pros and cons of doing so.
Across the nation, Christie added, the models for choosing local school board members vary widely, from appointed to elected to a mix of the two.
Residents of San Diego are expected to take up a ballot measure next year that would expand the board for the school district, the 17th-largest in the nation, adding four appointed seats and retaining five elected ones.
The mayor would choose the school board appointees from a short list compiled by a nominating committee.
Paula Cordeiro, dean of the School of Leadership Education Science at the University of San Diego, said the proposal to add appointed members to the board is aimed at improving the body's transparency and accountability and moving forward on large-scale reform.
San Diego's all-elected school board has been around since 1931.
"This is now 2010. We have quadrupled (in size) and yet our format for governance is the same," she said.
Virginia school boards have seen a different type of change in recent years.
In the 1990s, Virginia law was changed to allow for elected school boards.
Today, Virginia's statewide Board of Education is appointed, but voters have opted in most school districts to switch to elected local boards.
Charles Pyle spokesman for the Virginia Department of Education, said that since switching to elected boards, voters have switched back to appointed boards in a few cases.
But most remain elected.
In Hawaii, the debate over the BOE ballot question has heated up in recent weeks. Several forums on the issue have taken place statewide, and new television commercials are urging voters to support or oppose the change.
Hawaii's Children First, a ballot question committee that supports an appointed board, has run TV commercials featuring former teachers, principals, BOE member Donna Ikeda and former University of Hawaii President Fujio Matsuda. The Hawaii State Teachers Association, which wants to keep an elected board, has aired commercials featuring teachers and a parent.
SUPPORTERS of the ballot question, including former Department of Education Superintendent Pat Hamamoto, say governor-appointed BOE members would be more accountable for their decisions and more responsive to concerns.
In effect, they say, a debacle such as teacher furloughs -- in which Hawaii students lost 17 instructional days -- wouldn't happen again.
Appointed board proponents also point to a history of low voter turnout in the BOE elections, and raise concerns about the qualifications of board members.
Pat Pedersen, former longtime principal at Waipahu High School, said a governor-appointed board would be more diverse and more experienced.
She also said the board would work more closely with the governor.
"The school system we have has so many bosses," she said. "There's just too much confusion."
But those in favor of keeping an elected board say the answer to what ails Hawaii schools isn't giving up the vote for BOE members, but increasing education about candidates and holding them to their campaign pledges.
They also argue that a governor-appointed board could quickly become mired in partisan politics or its members could become the governor's puppets. And they point out that the elected board was able to help reduce the number of teacher furlough days last school year. The governor's original proposal included 36 furlough days.
Roger Takabayashi, a candidate for an Oahu at-large BOE seat and former HSTA president, said an appointed BOE could stifle Hawaii schools, not help them.
"Naturally, (the governor's) appointees would basically support the governor," he said. "There should always be a balance of power."


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THE BANDITS PRE-GAME PARTY RETURNS TO HSBC ARENANews | 1/17/2011 4:21:13 PM | Bandits.com
Fans will once again have the opportunity to get geared up for every Buffalo Bandits home games this season with the Bandits Pre-Game Party in the 100 Level Harbour Club at HSBC Arena. It all gets started for the 2011 home opener this Saturday against the Toronto Rock. Game time is 7:30 p.m.


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Sep 17, 2013
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Kuwait was preparing to launch its first survey ofoffshore energy.
Sep 15, 2013
ANKARA [MENL] -- Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, fearing a coup against hisIslamist regime, has intensified surveillance of Turkey's economic sector.
Aug 28, 2013
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey's defense-aligned conglomerate has reported a profitincrease in 2013.
Aug 08, 2013
ANKARA [MENL] -- Prime Minister Recep Erdogan could retaliate against aleading Turkish defense supplier linked to anti-government unrest.


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Associated Press= HARLEYVILLE, S.C. (AP) â South Carolina's governor says the heavy rains that have drenched the Southeast this summer are a disaster for agriculture across the state.
Gov. Nikki Haley visited a farm in Dorchester County on Monday, where she looked at fields that are still soggy from recent rains.
She has asked for federal disaster aid, which would entitle affected farmers to low-interest loans to help them recover.
State agriculture commissioner Hugh Weathers toured with Haley. Weathers says the problems are not short-term. He says some farms have had a hard time harvesting hay. That could mean beef and dairy cattle could run low on feed next winter.
About two dozen farmers joined Haley during Monday's tour. Officials say it could be three months before they know if the disaster assistance will be approved, though Weathers expects a decision sooner.


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There are several odd and troubling aspects of State Rep. Michael Schraa's choice for his first major piece of legislation to sponsor since taking office in January, not the least of which is his admission that "I'm not a huge gun guy."
Which begs the question of why the first term Assemblyman best known for dishing delicious custard is serving up gun legislation.
Schraa says the measure will protect Wisconsin gun owners from "unconstitutional" measures on the federal level and prevent local and state law enforcement officers from enforcing any new federal gun and ammunition restrictions, bans or weapon registration requirements.
Odder yet is the bill's failure to convey a basic respect for the separation of powers in government or understanding of the concept of judicial review of the constitutionality of legislation established by Marbury vs. Madison in 1803.
The constitutionality of laws passed by Congress is ultimately settled by the U.S. Supreme Court, not by preemptive bills in the Wisconsin State Legislature for federal laws that may or may not be passed at a future date.
The bill also takes a long and rambling journey into the doctor's office by barring physicians from requiring that patients disclose whether they own firearms. And almost as if to cap the troika of constitutional catastrophes, the legislation exempts Wisconsin gun manufacturers from interstate commerce regulation. Federal regulation of interstate commerce is another well-settled matter by the Supreme Court.
Which leads us to a troubling conclusion that either Schraa failed a basic civics course or was handed the bill by Republican leaders who have a penchant for taking stock legislation from advocacy groups and stamping "Made in Wisconsin" on top. Similar bills are being considered in 30 states and eight have already been enacted, including Texas, Kansas and Montana.
Schraa's campaign for the 53rd District seat last fall was punctuated by his experience as a successful small businessman who had the right recipe for making Madison taste the full implications of taxing and regulations on growing jobs in Wisconsin. Given the continued anemic job growth in our state, it would seem likely that Schraa's first piece of legislation would focus on jobs and development.
Instead he's dishing out constitutionally dubious legislation that leaves a bad taste in the mouths of anyone who respects the separation of powers in government or expects their elected representative to serve a dish made in Wisconsin.
One parting word advice for the first year Assemblyman: If someone asks you to sponsor a resolution to have Wisconsin secede from the Union, pass.
The Final Thought: Rep. Michael Scraa's proposed gun legislation leaves a bad taste.