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Easy to install. Even comes with a tube of waterproof grease.
Pivot Works Shock Bearing Kit
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Pivot Works began operations in 1999 as the first company in the world to manufacture and market complete bearing and seal kits to the power sports market. The original supplier of chassis and suspension rebuild components for dirt bike and ATVs.
- Pivot Works Shock Bearing Kit includes everything needed to rebuild both ends of your motorcycle shock absorber in one package.
- All of these kits are passed through the Pivot Works demanding quality control and are trusted by racers and casual riders alike to deliver reliable performance to your motorcycle parts.
- The Pivot Works Shock Bearing Kit includes: Two Teflon spherical bearings (cup bearings when needed), four seals, and additional components if necessary.
- Pivot works also goes through great lengths to make their shock bearing kits are durable, while easy to install.
- Includes Chevron Starplex EP lubricating grease to ease installation.
- Backed by a lifetime replacement offer!
- Note: Some shock absorbers on Kawasaki and Honda models use a clevis to connect the shock to the linkage. The bearings, collars and seals which are pressed into the linkage arm are included in the Pivot Works Shock kits.
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These last as long as any other, we have used them all. As with most Pivot works kits, they are complete and have everything you need. In certain fork kits (air forks) there may be some missing O-rings.
The correct parts!
Went with Pivot Works instead of trying to buy all the separate OEM parts, which could take more time to get a hold of. Kit had everything to rebuild the bearings on both ends of the shock. Felt good as new!
Bearings fit great and have a industry leading "Lifetime Replacement" offer direct from Pivot Works.
Anyone doing maintenance knows or should....that bearings are an important item to check regularly...Pivot Works makes bearing kits for all your bike needs. Never had a problem with any of their kits!
I installed these on my 2009 KTM 250SX. The bearing that installed on the bottom of the shock fit ok, but the top bearing did not fit well at all. The top bearing just slid in. It supposed to be a pressed fit. Then the supplied bushings and spacers that are supposed to install in the bearing itself would not go in. I ended up damaging them trying to make them fit. I had to reuse the old bushings and spacers. I was not happy at all with this purchase. I will be going back to OEM when these wear out.
These wore out pretty quickly on my bike, however my bike has a history of wearing these out quickly. I couldn't ask for much more than I got out of them.
***2006 YZ450F**** When ordering this product I wasn't sure if the kit would come with everything..... It does. All seals rings bearings and bushings came and every oem piece is replaced. The only thing that it does not contain is grease. The needle bearing comes relatively dry so I applied grease upon assembly. Just keep this in mind. Also a good press is required.
top notch bearings.great fit.
This kit is exactly lie the original bearings, easy install just like OEM.
This bearing kit is a great kit for replacing your bearings. it has everything you need in it and the install is incredbly simple
These don't fit the 2002 CR250R as stated. the bevel on the edge of the inner bearing is too small and you can't get them all the way in... went with the all balls kit instead... and they are great.
Best bearings out there.
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I started ploughing through my collection of photos today. I have hundreds of models I've worked with that never see the light of day. That's because they often don't catch the light or ambiance I'm after. As I take dozens of each pose just slightly different, that amounts to a lot of unused photos. I decided this pose of Julie would work pretty well. I wanted to try some ideas I had on color temperature. Overall, I like the way it came out. Some things I think warrant changing but I think that I may do a larger piece of this same pose. Any thoughts?
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Fall Color Planning
Many photographers have planned their fall color trips already but after Irene, you might wanna rethink them. I know I am at least. One of my favorite regions in VT was hit hard, that's Killington. I don't know how many falls we've spent there, it's where the world famous Jenny Farm is located seen here. Great fall color is a combination of spring water and fall temps (breaking it down into easy to find on web ingredients). At the same time, not having leaves damaged prior to fall color but things like summer heat waves, fall freezes or hurricane winds also makes a difference. But my biggest concern for my fall color plans is simple navigation. I spent yesterday just checking roads and 95% of the locations I want to go in VT, I can't. The roads are gone! Yikes!
Now two marvelous regions that did have lots of water this spring, a very mild summer and huge leaf production are the Rockies and the Sierra. This shot taken from Conway Summit in the Eastern Sierra is just a sample of what I think you'll see in those regions this fall. It's only a couple of months away and plans are often very hard to change, I know, I'm scrambling to change some shoots for myself. If you're planning to hit the east, VT, NH or ME, check the region you have plans on visiting for access and wind damage. There is nothing worse then being stuck in a lodge or photographing sticks in the fall, I know, I've done it!


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2013 21st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE) (2012)
Chicago, IL, USA USA
Sept. 24, 2012 to Sept. 28, 2012
Additional reviewers (Abstract)
pp. viii
Enhancing candidate link generation for requirements tracing: The cluster hypothesis revisited (Abstract)
Anas Mahmoud , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA
pp. 81-90
G. Antoniol , École Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec, Canada
pp. 71-80
Martin Glinz , Departement of Informatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland
pp. 61-70
Inge van de Weerd , Department of Information, Logistics and Innovation, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
pp. 51-60
Xavier Franch , Software Engineering for Information Systems Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (GESSI-UPC), Barcelona, Spain
pp. 41-50
StakeCloud: Stakeholder requirements communication and resource identification in the cloud (Abstract)
Irina Todoran , Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
pp. 353-356
Norman Riegel , Fraunhofer IESE, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
pp. 349-352
On the usage of context for requirements elicitation: End-user involvement in IT ecosystems (Abstract)
Alessia Knauss , SEGAL, Dept of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada
pp. 345-348
A Pattern-based approach for analysing requirements in socio-technical systems engineering (Abstract)
Axel Hoffmann , Research Center for Information System Design, Kassel University, Pfannkuchstr. 1, 34121 Kassel, Germany
pp. 341-344
Business requirements analysis and development for legacy system replacement projects in government organizations (Abstract)
Assia Alexandrova , Department of Computing, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
pp. 337-340
Daniel Amyot , EECS, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
pp. 335-336
Lawrence Chung , Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
pp. 333-334
Paolo Giorgini , Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science - University of Trento, Via Sommarive, 14 - Trento, Italy - 38123
pp. 331-332
Nelly Bencomo , INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt, France
pp. 329-330
Nan Niu , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA
pp. 327-328
pp. 325-326
Martin Glinz , University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
pp. 323-324
Tomasz Straszak , Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
pp. 321-322
Olga Dekhtyar , Department of Statistics, CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
pp. 31-40
Concern-driven development with jUCMNav (Abstract)
Jorg Kienzle , SCS, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
pp. 319-320
pp. 317-318
pp. 315-316
Requirements reuse at Danfoss (Abstract)
Juha Savolainen , Danfoss Power Electronics A/S, Global Research and Development, Gråsten, Denmark
pp. 309-314
Rodrigo Saad , Performance Engineering & Testing Practice, Dell Inc, Porto Alegre, Brazil
pp. 297-302
Defects in natural language requirement specifications at Mercedes-Benz: An investigation using a combination of legacy data and expert opinion (Abstract)
Daniel Ott , Research and Development, Daimler AG, P.O. Box 2360, 89013 Ulm, Germany
pp. 291-296
Helmut Naughton , Chair for Applied Software Engineering, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
pp. 285-290
Beatrice Hwong , Siemens Corporate Research Inc., 755 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540
pp. 279-284
Requirements Composition Table explained (Abstract)
Yuri Chernak , Valley Forge Consulting, Inc., USA
pp. 273-278
Greg Richards , School of EECS and Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
pp. 267-272
pp. 261-266
Jane Cleland-Huang , DePaul University Chicago, USA
pp. 251-260
Characterization of functional software requirements space: The law of requirements taxonomic growth (Abstract)
Arbi Ghazarian , Department of Engineering, Arizona State University
pp. 241-250
Breaking the big-bang practice of traceability: Pushing timely trace recommendations to project stakeholders (Abstract)
Sorawit Amornborvornwong , School of Computing, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 60604, USA
pp. 231-240
Jorge Aranda , Dept. of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
pp. 221-230
S. Ramesh , Global General Motors R&D, India Science Lab, Bangalore, India
pp. 21-30
Eric R. Henderson , Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
pp. 211-220
Axel van Lamsweerde , Département d'Ingénierie Informatique, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
pp. 201-210
Jennifer Horkoff , University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
pp. 1-10
Stefania Gnesi , ISTI-CNR Pisa, Italy
pp. 191-200
The impact of domain knowledge on the effectiveness of requirements idea generation during requirements elicitation (Abstract)
Daniel M. Berry , Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
pp. 181-190
Joerg Doerr , Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern, Germany
pp. 171-180
Patrick Heymans , PReCISE Research Center, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Namur, Belgium
pp. 161-170
Shige Wang , General Motors Global R & D, 30500 Mound Road, Warren, MI 48090, USA
pp. 151-160
pp. 141-150
Bashar Nuseibeh , The Open University, UK
pp. 131-140
Wenyun Zhao , School of Computer Science, Fudan University, China
pp. 121-130
Speculative requirements: Automatic detection of uncertainty in natural language requirements (Abstract)
Bashar Nuseibeh , Department of Computing, The Open University, UK
pp. 11-20
Bashar Nuseibeh , Lero- Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, Limerick, Ireland
pp. 111-120
Peter Swire , Moritz School of Law, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
pp. 101-110
Conference committees (Abstract)
pp. v-vii
Message from the chairs (Abstract)
pp. iii-iv
Table of contents (Abstract)
pp. 1-4
[Title page] (Abstract)
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Digital Marker ColouringUpdated On January 19, 2016 | Category: Home » Architecture Tutorials » Adobe Photoshop
Markers are a great tool to enhance one's sketches, professionals use markers to create quick and yet impressive sketches. They are faster and more convenient that any other medium, they dry quickly and work well on almost any surface.
Having said that marker produces quick and impressive sketches. There are many books that teaches the reader on how to colour using marker, for example Colour Drawing by Michael E. Doyle (book cover shown below) and also Marker Magic by Richard McGarry & Greg Madsen.
I'm not going to show you how to use marker pen to colour your sketches using the conventional way, its going to be the digitally done using Photoshop instead, the image below is an example of digitally coloured sketch using Photoshop, the best part is you are able to undo you mistakes.
1) Scan your sketch into the comp; in this case, you can use the sketch below as a step by step tutorial. Right click and save it into your comp.
2) Load the sketches into your Photoshop, it should be your background layer and then click on the "create new layer" button to create another new layer. Make sure the new layer is above the background layer.
3) Now go to the "tool" panel and select the "brush tool" function.
4) After selecting the "brush tool" function, move the mouse cursor to the sketch file, then right click the mouse. Adjust the desire settings, I would recommend using the "Oil Paste Large" brush style; you can always use different brush size depending on the size of your drawings. In my case I choose the diameter of brush size to be 22.
p.s. To determine the brush style, simple point your mouse at the desire layer and wait for a few second, a yellow box will pop-up to indicate the name of the brush style. I'm using Photoshop CS2 and the default brush size for the "Oil Paste Large" is 63.
5) Select the desire green colour then colour it using the brush style selected. Please make sure that you are colouring the "new layer" you've created from step two, and not on the background layer.
6) When you're done and happy with your work. Select the "new layer" (based on the image below, its called layer 4) that you've colour on it just now and blend it with the background by selecting the "multiply" blending options from the drop down list in the layer panel.
7) The overall colouring should look like the image below after blending it using "multiply" effect, where the green colour blends with the background.
8) Now, select the "new layer" (it's called layer 4 in my setting, yours would be layer 2 I assume), go to "filters" then choose "brush stroke" and then "spatter". A new window dialog box will appear, select the desire settings (preferably to leave it default) then click "ok" button.
9) By using the "spatter" effect, the brush stroke now has uneven edges and gaps in between. This give a more natural effect.
10) Repeat step 2 to 9 for a second time by using different green colour. Note that two green colour would be more than enough as for when you choose the "multiply", both the layers overlaps each other and just like a normal marker colouring, it produce different tonnage.
There you go; it's a simple step by step tutorial on colouring digitally. Colouring manually is always a better option as for you are able to control the stroke of the marker, where else colouring digitally require using the mouse as the brush, thus lack the artistic brush stroke. If your budget is tight and don't want to waste so much money buying up a whole set of marker pens, then try colouring it digitally. Its cheap and best of all, you are able to undo your mistakes.
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this is too cool but we need more effects of this
nice tutorial, but the base image is not loaded at all…
the tutorials link's page isnt show in firefox, and bad showed in g. chrome….
can do it in photoshop not that so impressive
its more easy and better…more natural with piranesi… always you use your wacom
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When we open our newspapers on Monday, will we be reading about the chants that shamed a sport, or columns in praise of the way in which supporters put aside deep-rooted differences to respectfully pay tribute to 96 football fans who lost their lives?
A lot hinges on how the United fans conduct themselves at the weekend.
It is fair to say the last team Liverpool would want to be coming to Anfield for the first game after the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel's devastating report is Manchester United, but they are.
It should be an afternoon for sombre reflection about one of the great injustices in British society, a day when Liverpool have a rightful need to pay their respects to the victims and salute the families who kept the fight for justice alive despite a vicious smear campaign orchestrated by the authorities. But there are legitimate fears that the occasion will be spoiled.
We already know that a minority of Manchester United fans chose to mark last weekend's match against Wigan with chants of 'Always the victim, it's never your fault'.
Though some attempted to claim they were referencing the Suarez-Evra case from last season, those words had an unambiguous, shameful meaning coming just days after Liverpool supporters were completely exonerated of any blame in the HIP report.
Commendably, United were quick to condemn those supporters who partook in the chant, taking the unusual step of releasing a statement critical of their own fans. Sir Alex Ferguson has also asked those representing the club in the Anfield stands to be respectful on Sunday and not bring shame on United.
As if to reinforce the point, captain Nemanja Vidic made his own plea this morning, saying: "I am aware of the sensitivity of the day. Everybody is. There is a lot of talk in the papers and the media. I think our fans will respond well.
"The whole country is on test in this one. All over the world they will be watching this game. It is probably the biggest derby in the world and we have to show we are capable of keeping a good atmosphere and being a good example to the kids.
"There is a lot of history with these two clubs. I think we should respect each other because we are big clubs and clubs that are respected in the world. We have to be on top of the bad situation and behave well and, I would say, be an example.
"I've been here for seven years and I think our fans always behave well and I think they will do it again. It is difficult to control all the fans but I think most of them are aware of the responsibility. On the pitch we have to take responsibility and play football. After this game everyone should be talking about the football and that's all. I hope that will be the case."
Vidic and his opposite number Steven Gerrard will release 96 balloons prior to kick-off in a united show of respect that all concerned hopes will translate to the stands. What a show of solidarity it would be for United supporters to observe the day impeccably, to pay their respects to the dead.
Early Doors is not arguing for a hippie singalong involving both sets of fans - a little hatred is what helps make this one of the best football fixtures in the world, and no one is expecting a love-in. But some things are bigger than rivalry, and Hillsborough is indisputably one of them.
It could quite easily have been Manchester United playing that FA Cup semi-final in a ground without a valid safety certificate, their fans corralled by a police force that had lost control of the situation and their dead and dying lying unattended while a stream of ambulances remained parked outside.
It could have been 96 United fans who never returned from a day at the football, their names blackened by police propaganda and their families suffering indignity after indignity as officials dodged blame at every turn. It could have been United fans accused of urinating on police and pickpocketing the dead under the headline 'The Truth', the stigma taking 23 years to fully dissipate.
But it was Liverpool who were the victims of Britain's worst post-war disaster and what has been described as the biggest cover-up in the country's history. And on an emotionally fraught afternoon, anyone who tries to apportion blame where there is none or make light of the 23 years of suffering the club has gone through needs their head checked.
Liverpool fans have a role to play too here. Deciding to boo Patrice Evra for having the temerity to be racially abused by Luis Suarez, as they lamentably did last season, has the potential to be an incendiary act and provocation for any response that could follow from the United end.
If the occasion does descend into rancour then it will be pretty depressing for all concerned. But if United supporters conduct themselves impeccably and Liverpool get the occasion they are hoping for, then we can all feel a bit more positive about the culture of football in this country.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I think (UEFA will act if the accusations are proven). UEFA is very active on this kind of situation and our overall objective is to kick racism out of football. I can't point the finger at anyone in any way shape or form because I didn't hear anything. It's for the authorities to follow up in any kind of investigation." - Andre Villas-Boas is confident UEFA will take action after Lazio fans were heard making monkey chants at three Tottenham players on Thursday evening. ED is confident that Lazio will be able to afford the paltry fine coming their way.
FOREIGN VIEW: Jose Mourinho is taking legal action against a journalist, it was revealed yesterday. Mourinho acted through lawyers against sports daily Marca's editor-in-chief Roberto Palomar following an article he wrote that was published on Monday. "Palomar ... referred to our client as 'the type of person who would flee after knocking someone down'," said an extract of a letter from Mourinho's lawyers published in Thursday's Marca. "In our eyes this phrase is ... degrading and was used in a manner which was completely unnecessary in the critique." The newspaper said that Mourinho has demanded the article be rectified and 15,000 euros ($19,600) in damages which he will donate to the local football team his son plays for.
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Harry's-The Pub
A nice place to spend a relaxed evening, the Harry's Pub at the hotel serves an excellent selection of a wide range of beverages. They are ever stocked with the best of liquor and other soft beverages. Scrumptious snacks are also served to make for good accompaniments. A large screen projector is there to screen things for special events that can be organized here.


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do biotechnology field has great job opportunities after M Sc compared to the other foreign countries because people say that the opportunities are more over there
do biotechnology field has great job opportunities after M Sc compared to the other foreign countries because people say that the opportunities are more over there
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You want to know about the Topic of " Job opportunities after M.Sc in Biotechnology".....................
Dear friend,here are some informations for you
Government Sector Jobs after M.Sc in Biotechnology:
Aspirants who hold an M.Sc in Biotechnology degree have a lot of career opportunities in the Public sector. They are enjoying a wide variety of job profiles in this sector where they are offered good salary packages. To get into these promising firms they have to clear several exams conducted by PSC, SSC and also UPSC. They can also enjoy several other perks apart from the attractive salary packages. Some of the areas suitable for them in this sector include the following.
Aquaculture Industries
Pharmaceutical Companies
Research Laboratories
Chemical Industries
Colleges and Universities
Some of the top firms recruiting these graduates include the following
All India Biotech Association (AIBA)
Biotech Consortium India Limited
Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology (RGCB)
WITH REGARDS FROM chandreyeeghosh
You want to know about the Topic of "Job opportunities after M.Sc in Biotechnology?".....................
Dear friend,here are some informations for you
Job opportunities after a master's degree in biotechnology in INDIA?
The German biotechnology sector is growing. Altogether, around 27,000 people have jobs in the field of biotechnology. Biotechnology has become the basis and driving factor behind many applications in medicine, the food and feed industry and chemical industry. It is, for example, used in the production of medical drugs, for new diagnosis and therapy concepts, the production of fine chemicals, wastewater treatment processes or energy production from biomass. Different fields of application have different colours.
White or industrial biotechnology deals with the production of chemical base materials and end products. Biotechnology processes in medical applications, such as the development of new medical drugs, are called red biotechnology.
Green or plant biotechnology is used to produce plants that are better nutrient producers or renewable resources. Black biotechnology is already being discussed. It uses microorganisms as energy suppliers. Black symbolizes the still predominant energy sources of oil and coal.
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The German biotechnology sector is growing - with almost 550 biotechnology companies, many research institutions and excellent universitary research facilities Germany is today European leader.
An interdisciplinary subject biotechnology encompasses diverse areas of study, be it molecular biology, tissue culture, agricultural engineering, fisheries, genetics or even medicine, Biotechnological procedures apply themselves to a very wide variety of spheres more so because of a clearer understanding of DNA and Genesis. Hence students from a wide range of academic backgrounds can do post graduate studies in this very specialized field.
WITH REGARDS FROM chandreyeeghosh
Hello Friend;
M.Sc in Biotechnology is a Post Graduate Course of 2 years duration which can be done by the aspirants who have completed their Bachelor's Degree in this field. Several sectors throughout our country and abroad offer them a wide variety of job opportunities where they can work in flexible job profiles. They can also go for various certification courses after completing this course which improves their overall career scope and it also reflects in the increment of their salary packages.
***Private Sector Jobs after M.Sc in Biotechnology:
Private Sector provides a lot of employment opportunities for the aspirants in this field. You can enjoy good salary packages as well. They offer a broad variety of job profiles for aspirants in this field. Some for the areas fit for these graduates include the following;
**Some of the Private Companies Recruiting there Graduates are as follows:
- Agricultural Industry
- Agro Based Industry
- Environmental Specialist
- Food Processing Industries
- Science Writer
- Aquaculture Industries
- Chemical Industries
- Colleges and Universities
- Pharmaceutical Companies
- Research Fields, etc
***Government Sector Jobs after M.Sc in Biotechnology:
- Albany Molecular Research Center Pvt Ltd
- GVK Biosciences Pvt Ltd
- Mithros Chemicals
- Nektar Therapeutics India
- Helvetica Industries Pvt Ltd
- Indigene Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- Anshul Biotechnologies Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
- Biomax Life Sciences BioGenex
- EPR Pharmaceuticals
- Laurus Laboratories Ltd, etc
Aspirants who hold an M.Sc in Biotechnology degree have a lot of career opportunities in Public Sector. To get into these promising firms you have to qualify several exams conducted by PSC, SSC and also UPSC. They can also enjoy several other perks apart from the attractive salary package. Some of the suitable areas in this sector include;
**Some of the top firms in this sector include:
- Aquaculture Industries
- Pharmaceutical Companies
- Research Laboratories
- Chemical Industries
- Colleges and Universities, etc
- All India Biotech Association
- Biotech Consortium India Limited
- Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, etc
fields where you can try
1.one can try for job positions available in government departments in Environmental Protection, Conservation, etc.
2. National Botanical Research Institute, Botanical Survey of India, etc are certain reputed firms where you can find opportunities.
3.Teaching is another good option for M.Sc Botany graduates.
4.SET qualified candidates can work as Faculty in HSC classes where as NET qualification will help to work under similar profile in government colleges. Other than this,
5.you can find career avenues in Banks,
good luck
Hi Guest,
After competing M. Sc in Biotechnology you can go for the following:
You can choose following Jobs:
- Chemical and textile industries
- Agricultural sectors
- Pharmaceutical firms
- Manufacturing industries
- Teaching jobs in universities and colleges
- Research laboratories
- Food processing
- Agro based industries
- Pharmaceutical farms
- Aquaculture
Your Job Profile may be:
- Lab Technician
- Research Scientist
- Teacher/Professor
- Research Associate
- Science Writer
- Biotechnologist
- Sales Representative
- Quality Control Officer
In following companies you can apply:
- Thapar Group
- Hindustan Lever
- Biocon India Ltd.
- Hindustan Antibiotics
- Indo American Hybrid Seeds
Thank you,
All the best.
is training given for this?
Job opportunities after M.Sc Biotechnology :
Agriculture Industries
Agro Based Industries
Environmental Specialist
Food Processing Industries
Aquaculture Industries
Chemical Industries
Colleges & Universities
Pharmaceutical Companies
Research Laboratories
Albany Molecular Research Centre Pvt Ltd
GVK Biosciences Pvt Ltd
Mithros Chemicals
Nektar Therapeutics India
Biomax Life Sciences BioGenex
EPR Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Laurus Laboratories Ltd


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Synonyms of relief in English:
1 it was such a relief to share my secret worries with her I found relief in desperately scribbling poetry
reassurance, consolation, comfort, solace, calmness, relaxation, repose, ease
2 the relief of pain
alleviation, alleviating, relieving, mitigation, mitigating, assuagement, assuaging, palliation, allaying, appeasement, soothing, easing, dulling, lessening, reduction, abatement
[Antonyms] intensification
3 she just needed relief from her burden of bags
freedom, release, liberation, deliverance, exemption, discharge
4 how she needed a little light relief!
respite, remission, lightening, brightening;
amusement, diversion, entertainment, jollity, jollification, recreation;
interruption, break
informal let-up
[Antonyms] seriousness, solemnity
5 the coming of the rains brought no physical relief to the besieged
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This thread at Ask MetaFilter contains several examples of English words and phrases that sound current but actually aren't.
"Fly" mentioned above is one of my favorites (though it's considered dated by youngsters today -- they'll basically only use it ironically), but one not mentioned so is "crib" (also a bit dated) which has meant something like "house" or "home" since 1600. OED: "A small habitation, cabin, hovel; a narrow room; fig. a confined space. In N.Z. now esp. a small house at the seaside or at a holiday resort."
I particularly liked this early example of the maternal insult from Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus:
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All six done!
I took Woodi's advice...and knit the six face cloths using different pattern stitches...
2 each in Garter Stitch, Box Stitch, and Honeycomb Stitch.
I saw
Box Stitch
somewhere, and was curious...
it's really double moss stitch! lol But I like the sound of BOX STITCH!
So here they are, and right now they're all folded up on my shelf in my bathroom! Yay! I used these little suckers all the time! Regular terry bath cloths are just too darn big for face!
The center cloths are the "Honeycomb" stitch...specifically "
Slipped Stitch Honeycomb
" stitch.
It's a 4-row repeat, and very easy if you pay attention. That's an oxymoron, isn't it?!
The slipped stitch honeycomb is:
CO odd number
RS Rows 1 & 3: Knit
WS Row 2: K1 *slip 1 YB, K1, repeat from * til end
WS Row 4: K2 *slip 1 YB, K1, repeat frpom *til end, but end with an additional K1
YB= with yarn held in back
I personally slipped "purlwise"
(not knitwise as if to knit). The pattern stitch didn't say.
FYI: I used a US7 on the garter and box stitch cloths. I had to upgrade to a US9 for the Honeycomb.
It knits up considerably narrower per inch than other two.
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Henry W. Chappell Jr., University of South Carolina economist and an authority on the Federal Open Market Committee, told the New York Times that Obama would likely pick an economist who favors continued robust government intervention in the financial markets to combat unemployment.
If those are the main required policy considerations, and considering we are in near unprecedented financial times, perhaps the administration should be thinking out of the box, perhaps no further than the Times' own Nobel Laureate, blogger and columnist. Krugman, after all, is an ardent supporter of Keynesian economics and keeping interest rates low.
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WALNUT CREEK -- Assistant City Manager Lorie Tinfow is leaving, likely to become city manager in Pacifica.
The Pacifica City Council will vote Monday on Tinfow's hiring.
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"This is an exciting opportunity for me and I'm honored to have been selected -- even so, this news is bittersweet to deliver," she said in the e-mail. "I really love Walnut Creek and I feel lucky to have worked in an organization with such accomplished, caring and dedicated employees."
Tinfow has been the assistant city manager since 2006, but had served Walnut Creek earlier as an assistant to city managers from 1996 to 2001. She also worked for the cities of Saratoga and Pleasanton.
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Nándor Zsolt(12 May 1887 — 24 June 1936)
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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Palm Springs/South Coast Field Office, Palm Springs, California, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) considering proposed amendments to the Blythe Solar Power Project (BSPP) right-of-way (ROW) grant (CACA-048811). The amendments include a change in technology, reduced project footprint, and operation by a different project owner. By this notice, the BLM is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues for the EIS.
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The BSPP was originally permitted and approved on October 22, 2010, as a 1,000 megawatt (MW) solar thermal generating plant located on 6,831 acres of BLM-administered public land in the Palm Springs Field Office (CACA-048811). The Project area is located 8 miles west of Blythe, California, and 3 miles north of Interstate 10 (I-10).
The ROW grant was originally issued to Palo Verde Solar I, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solar Millennium, which filed for Bankruptcy in April 2012. In mid-October 2012, NextEra Blythe Solar Energy Center, LLC (NBSEC), purchased the un-built BSPP as part of the bankruptcy process. The BLM approved the assignment of the ROW grant from the Palo Verde Solar I, LLC, to NBSEC on August 22, 2012. NBSEC now proposes to modify the solar technology and reduce the size of the project within the previously approved BSPP footprint. The NBSEC is proposing to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission the BSPP using solar photovoltaic (PV) technology with a capacity of 485 MWs on 4,138 acres of BLM-administered public land, as opposed to the originally approved 1,000 MWs on 6,831 acres. The NBSEC has submitted an amendment to the existing ROW grant (CACA 048811) to reduce the overall acreage of the project, change the authorized technology from concentrating solar trough to solar PV, adjust other aspects of the project layout related to the technology change, and reduce the BSPP's authorized capacity from 1,000 MW to 485 MW (the "Modified Project"). In connection with its development of the Modified Project, NBSEC filed a partial relinquishment of the existing ROW grant with the BLM on March 7, 2013.
The BLM has determined that the requested amendment for the Modified Project is not within the range of alternatives analyzed in the EIS prepared in connection with the original 2010 decision for the project; therefore, the BLM must undertake additional NEPA analysis to evaluate the proposed amendment.
The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant issues that will influence the scope of this environmental analysis, including alternatives, and to guide the process for developing the Draft EIS. The BLM has identified the following preliminary issues: Noise, visual resources, wildlife, vegetation, hydrology, air quality, and cumulative effects along with other areas with high potential for renewable energy development. The BLM published the Final EIS for the existing project on August 20, 2010. The BLM will incorporate the analysis of that Project by reference to the extent appropriate, and also seeks comments on whether new issues or information have arisen since the publication of that Final EIS. Although the proposed amendment would be entirely within the project footprint analyzed in the 2010 Final EIS, the BLM has determined that a new EIS would assist in planning and decision-making on whether to approve NBSEC's proposed amendment.
The BLM, in consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), and consulting parties pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(b)(2), are phasing final identification and evaluation of historic properties for the project pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(b)(2) because the alternatives under consideration consist of large land areas. In accordance with the requirements of 36 CFR 800.4(b)(2), the BLM executed a Programmatic Agreement (PA) in connection with its prior approval of the BSPP. The PA sets forth the process for completing phased compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA and also addresses subsequent modifications to the Project.
The BLM previously notified and invited federally recognized tribes to participate in the development of the PA. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the Colorado River Indian Tribes signed the PA as Concurring Parties. Tribes expressed their views and concerns about the importance and sensitivity of specific cultural resources to which they attach religious and cultural significance. The BLM will continue to consult with the tribes throughout the implementation of the PA regarding the adverse effects to historic properties to which they attach religious and cultural significance. The BLM will carry out its responsibilities to consult with tribes on a government-to-government basis and other members of the public pursuant to Section 106, Executive Order 13175, and other laws and policies to the extent applicable to its consideration of NBSEC's proposed amendment to the BSPP ROW grant. Tribal concerns, including impacts on Indian trust assets and potential impacts to cultural resources, will be given due consideration as part of that process.
Federal, State, and local agencies, along with tribes and other stakeholders that may be interested in or affected by the BLM's decision on the proposed project and amendment of the existing ROW authorization, are invited to participate in the scoping process and, if eligible, may request or be requested by the BLM to participate in the development of the environmental analysis as a cooperating agency.
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40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2, 2091.3-1(e), and 2804.25(e).
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director, California.
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The New England alliance of health is teaming up with Dartmouth Hitchcock to help process lab work for three hospitals in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Mike Harhen is the administrative director of pathology & laboratory services at Dartmouth Hitchcock. He says centralizing laboratory services will improve testing in a number of ways.
"We believe we can improve patient value, improve standardization, improve test utilization and as well as reduce laboratory costs of services."
The hospitals participating in the program are the New London hospital, Valley regional hospital and Ascutney hospital .Harhen says they expect to begin the program early this summer.


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Thank you to the janitor, Roger Olson, and St. Paul Lutheran Church for having the bloodmobile on January 22.
They were very happy with a total of 107 pints (only six short of our goal!)
Thanks to all the helpers, also to the ladies of St. Paul for the awesome soup supper."
Also, thanks to Casey's, Carl's Bakery, Hardee's, Ecnomart and Dairy Queen for the snacks for the canteen.
No gallon goals were reported.
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Category:Walter, Johann
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
Johann Walter(1496 — 25 March 1570)
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Fringe 2007 Reviews (33)
Not in My Name! The Trial
of Niccolo Machiavelli
Michael McEvoy returns to the Fringe with his fourth biographical one-man show. In this case he has chosen to take a sobering look into the life of the much maligned Florentine writer and philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli. Woken from his death bed, Machiavelli is confronted with the audience and after reasoning that he is there to defend himself, he proceeds to tell the long and strange story of his life in finely crafted detail; aware that in some way this telling is important to his salvation.
McEvoy plays the piece with comfortable ease, as he is evidently well versed in the material and his portrayal of the man who wrote The Prince is that of an everyman and a scholar upon hard times. Recounting everything from the rise and fall of the Republic and the return of the Medici to making war plans with Leonardo Da Vinci, the play fits an enormous amount of detail and information into its short running time, such that it remains always fresh and fascinating without feeling like a history lesson.
This fascinating story is interspaced with moments of introspection and asides to the audience as the reality of his situation hits home. It is here that the work falters; as beyond the conceit that somehow Machiavelli has been resurrected to give his side of events, it serves little other than to break the narrative flow, and to provide a heated finale and a harsh critique of modern superpowers. This moment feels clumsy and out of keeping with the character we have been shown up until this point and his reactions to the world. The final moments do regain their previous charm, and the play ends on a good note, but the anti-globalising sentiment leaves a sour taste that could so easily have been avoided.
Graeme Strachan
Almost Haunted
I've tried to avoid reality TV in my daily routine, but sadly some of it has still crept in. One of the more offensive programmes is the subject of ridicule in Big Village Theatre's Fringe show Almost Haunted. Should you be lucky enough not to have spotted the titular gag, I envy you.
I didn't expect much from such a premise, but I was amazed to see that even I could be surprised by how rotten an experience I had gotten myself into.
The plot was cumbersome, with too many characters, subplots that went nowhere and a general sense that the story had been thought-out as far as the beginning and the close and the rest was just a way of filling time.
Graeme Strachan
Beowulf and Beer
The Vikings certainly believed that there was nothing so good as a fine tale taken with a drink. Taking this idea literally, KSU Tellers have chosen to perform an adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, and have thrown in a free beer to add to the experience. Amidst this atmosphere of cavorting, quaffing and laughter there is actually a fine play being performed, with an enthusiastic and energetic young cast literally flinging themselves into the story.
Using masks and helms the cast breathe hot life into the story of Beowulf's heroisms against Grendel and his mother, with gleeful scenes of drinking and orations in between; which draw the audience into the thick of the action, and make them feel as welcomed guests.
The play stands as a brilliant piece of physical theatre, if not the most accurate re-telling of the myth, but lubricated by the freely given ale, and hearty for more songs of great renown and adventure, I can say there's no show where I've felt more at home and welcome. It was a great pity to me when it all had to end, as I could happily have stayed and watched, and drank, all night. Praise enough I feel, considering the show began before midday.
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ACOMP is an annual international forum for the exchange of ideas,
techniques, and state-of-the-art applications in the field of advanced
computing among scientists, engineers, and practitioners. For ACOMP2013,
we will provide a friendly environment where researchers can discuss current
and future trends in research areas such as Security and Information Systems,
Software Engineering, Embedded Systems and VLSI Design, High Performance
Computing, Image Processing and Visualization, Scientific Computing and
other interesting topics.
ACOMP 2013 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) from October 23-25, 2013.
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Dr. Abdelkader Hameurlain
(Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France)
Large-scale Data Management Approaches: Evolution and Challenges
Prof. Dr. Josef Küng
(Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
Data Anonymity
Prof. Dr. Koichiro Ishibashi
(University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
A Challenge to Perpetuum Computing using SOTB Technology
Prof. Dr. Hamamoto Kazuhiko
(Tokai University, Japan)
Development of Virtual Palpation System using Ultrasonic Elastography
Prof. Dr. Nabendu Pal
(University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States)
Inferences Under the Curse of Dimensionality, Part-I: Hypothesis Testing for One Population
Invited Talks
Austin Cherian
(Sr. Applications Engineer, Developer Relations Division at Intel)
Enabling HPC Applications to Scale on Future Intel Architectures
Important Dates
Paper submission deadline
July 05, 2013 July 15, 2013
Notification of acceptance
August 15, 2013 August 18, 2013
August 25, 2013
Registration deadline (Authors)
August 30, 2013
Registration deadline (Participants)
October 01, 2013
Sponsors (To be updated)
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNUHCM
Vietnam National University - HCMC
Office of Naval Research – Global (ONRG)
Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development (AOARD)
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
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ECB Could Spell More Trouble for Euro
Mario Draghi may have spent the last two days reassuring financial markets that the European Central Bank stands ready to act again if needed.
But what the ECB president hasn't said is that the Bank could have to act again as early as next week.
And for the euro this can only spell trouble.
Pressure on the ECB to cut interest rates again has been building, not only because of the rise in borrowing costs that has taken place for the region's major debtors but because the major tool that the central bank has used to keep markets calm over the last few months–the threat of Outright Market Transactions–might be starting to lose credibility.
The sharp rise in borrowing costs has taken place for countries such as Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece because fears of a decline in global liquidity have prompted many international investors to move into safe havens.
Although some of these higher borrowing costs have backed down from the highs reached over the last few days, a sustained rise in borrowing costs will undermine confidence in the ability of these countries to meet their funding commitments.
In the case of Italy, these concerns have been made worse by reports that the country could lose billions of euros on derivatives restructured at the height of the financial crisis, even though this was already known.
But perhaps even more of a problem for the euro is the possible loss of credibility of OMTs.
In his speech on Tuesday, Draghi underscored the importance of the ECB's pledge to buy the bonds of troubled countries if needed. He described OMTs as "even more essential now" in this period of global uncertainty.
The trouble is that OMTs have never been tried and tested and some analysts fear that an upcoming German constitutional court decision on the transactions might reduce their effectiveness even more.
At Standard Bank, Steven Barrow warns that there is now "a danger that the ECB's bark is worse than its bite when it comes to the OMT."
Hans Redeker, head of global foreign exchange strategy at Morgan Stanley, reckons that rather than resorting to non-standard measures such as OMTs, the Bank "might now have to return to broad-brush measures such as cutting interest rates."
Even hopes that European Union leaders would be able to push ahead with plans for greater banking union across the region and ease some of the tensions in euro-zone markets have proved disappointing.
Although the latest round of discussions among finance ministers is still going on, chances are that Germany will oppose any deal that exposes its taxpayers to more liabilities before the country holds its next elections in September.
With the euro now being pushed well under $1.31, it looks like only a matter of time before it falls under the $1.30 level where it was at the start of this month.


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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea will launch "merciless" strikes if South Korea goes through with planned live-fire drills Monday in a disputed front-line area near their disputed sea border, a North Korean officer warned in an interview with The Associated Press.
North Korea doesn't want a war but its people are always ready to "dedicate their blood to defend their inviolable territory," officer Sin Chol Ung from the North"s Korean People's Security Forces told AP on Sunday as South Korean troops prepared to hold the drills in an area that was the target of a deadly artillery attack in 2010.
South Korea is scheduled to stage regular one-day artillery drills Monday from front-line islands in waters off the western coast that North Korea claims as its territory. South Korea informed Pyongyang of the training plan on Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Seoul.
Soon after, Pyongyang's military called the drills a "premeditated military provocation" and warned the South it would retaliate for an attack on its territory. North Korea urged civilians living or working on the islands to evacuate before the drills begin, the western military command said in a statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.
The threat of an artillery attack like the one that killed four South Koreans in November 2010 after a similar exchange between the two Koreas comes two months after the death of leader Kim Jong Il and as his son Kim Jong Un takes the helm of the nation of 24 million.
Early Monday, the powerful Political Bureau of the Central Committee of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party announced it would convene a special political conference in mid-April to "glorify" the late leader and to rally around his son.
The last time such a conference was held was in September 2010, when Kim Jong Un was named to a high-ranking party military post in the first public confirmation that he was being groomed to succeed his father.
Kim Jong Un has been declared "supreme leader" of North Korea's people, party and military, but was expected to gain new top titles and positions as part of the process to solidify his role as the third-generation Kim to lead North Korea. His grandfather, Kim Il Sung, remains "eternal president," while Kim Jong Il ruled as chairman of the National Defense Commission.
The tension on the Korean peninsula, which has remained in a technical state of war since the three-year Korean War ended in a truce in 1953, comes as North Korea prepares to celebrate a major milestone in its history: the 100th anniversary of the birth of late President Kim Il Sung, the nation's founder.
"We are now facing honorable tasks to build a thriving socialist nation by firmly defending the revolutionary ideas and line and undying revolutionary feats of the President and Kim Jong Il and successfully materializing them without an inch of deflection under the leadership of Kim Jong Un," the Politburo said in a statement obtained by AP.
Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack Dec. 17 at age 69. South Korea has barred all but two private delegations from visiting Pyongyang to pay their respects to Kim — a decision that infuriated North Korea's leadership.
South Korea's military is ready to repel any North Korean provocation, an official from the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Seoul, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with department rules.
In Pyongyang, Sin told AP: "We are monitoring every movement by the South Korean warmongers. If they provoke us, there will be only merciless retaliatory strikes."
South Korea also plans joint anti-submarine drills with the United States this week, but the training site is further south, the South Korean military official said. About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as what U.S. and South Korean officials call deterrence against North Korean aggression.
"The Lee Myung-bak group of traitors should not forget the lesson taught by the Yeonpyeong Island shelling case," the North's statement said, referring to the South Korean president.
The North's warning also came four days before U.S. and North Korean officials are to meet in Beijing for talks on the country's nuclear weapons program. The discussions will be the first such bilateral contact since Kim's Dec. 17 death.


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What not to do at Walgreens, and other bizarre crimesWalgreens: Where not to pass out drunkA Walgreens sign. (Wikimedia Commons)An intoxicated Pennsylvania man fell asleep on the floor of a Walgreens, then proceeded to resist arrest and be Tasered, according to court documents. Police were sent to the store around 4 a.m. early Sunday morning, where an employee told them that the man had walked in and said he was waiting for a taxi because he had too much to drink. He proceeded to fall asleep on the floor, ...View "What not to do at Walgreens, and other bizarre crimes" on Spundge


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Sino-Forest May Go Private as Martin Seeks Way Out of 'Morass'
Sino-Forest Corp., the Chinese timber company that plunged 74 percent this year after fraud allegations, said going private is among the options under consideration as it attempts to restore its finances and reputation.
The company may also raise additional funds, bring in a strategic investor or seek a merger, Chief Executive Officer Judson Martin said in an interview.
"It is going to be real tough to get back to where we were," he said in Hong Kong. "We are up for the challenge, but we are also up for looking for all options for our stakeholders."
Sino-Forest tumbled in June after Carson Block, a short seller, said the company exaggerated its timber holdings. The shares were suspended from the Toronto Stock Exchange in August as Canada's main securities regulator began an investigation. Canadian police also started a probe.
A committee of independent directors set up to investigate the allegations said Nov. 15 in an interim report that they rejected the claim by Block's Muddy Waters LLC research firm that Sino-Forest is a "Ponzi scheme." The committee said it confirmed the company's timber assets, book value and cash balance. Still, the interim report also disclosed missing records, a lack of cooperation by some executives and an absence of an internal audit. The committee's final report is due by the year-end.
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Martin, 55, a former chief financial officer of Canadian entertainment company Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., took over as CEO from Sino-Forest founder Allen Chan in August. Martin's priority after emerging from what he describes as "this morass" is to seek approval for Sino-Forest's shares to resume trading when the Ontario Securities Commission meets Jan. 25, he said in a Nov. 23 interview.
"I am very much a free-market individual and I believe that once information is in the market place, be it good or bad, whatever the circumstance, it should be up to the market to decide," he said.
The next clue to Sino-Forest's prospects may come Dec. 15 when the Hong Kong- and Mississauga, Ontario-based company is due to publish its third-quarter results. Sino-Forest delayed announcing the earnings last month while it verified information about the company's relationships with its so-called authorized intermediaries, who sell its timber into the Chinese market.
12 Rounds
"There's still a persistent gray cloud over Sino-Forest," said John Goldsmith, a Toronto-based vice president of Canadian equities at Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc., which oversees C$5 billion ($4.9 billion).
"You can only come up with a viable solution once you have all the facts, which I'd argue we don't have," said Goldsmith, who sold his Sino-Forest holdings for a loss on June 9, seven days after Muddy Waters published its report on the company.
Sino-Forest's 6.25 percent bonds, which mature in 2017, dropped 1 cent on the dollar to 35 cents on Dec. 6, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Simon Murray, a Sino-Forest director who's also chairman of Glencore International Plc, the world's biggest commodity trader, compared Sino-Forest's task with a boxer rising from the canvas.
"It is like doing 12 rounds and being knocked flat on your back in round 10," Murray, 71, said in a separate interview in Hong Kong. "You have got a lot of work to do in the last two rounds. But I think we will get there."
Chandler Stake
The slump in Sino-Forest's shares has cost investors about C$3.3 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The stock, which closed at C$18.21 the day before the Muddy Waters report, fell to C$4.81 on its last day of trading on Aug. 25.
The biggest loser to date has been New York-based hedge-fund firm Paulson & Co., formerly Sino-Forest's biggest shareholder, which sold its entire 12.5 percent stake in June, booking a C$462 million loss.
Other investors have bet Muddy Waters is wrong. Billionaire Richard Chandler, who's based in Singapore, has become the biggest shareholder via his Richard Chandler Corp. with a 19.5 percent stake, while Boston-based Wellington Management Co. raised its holding to 11.5 percent. Davis Selected Advisers LP, which is based in Tucson, Arizona, owns 12.6 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
'Well Respected'
Chandler said last month, following the independent committee's interim report, that Sino-Forest "represents an excellent deep-value investment opportunity." Chandler had nothing further to say, said Richard Barton, a spokesman.
Sara Sherman, a Boston-based spokeswoman for Wellington, Laura Berger, a spokeswoman for Davis, and Armel Leslie, a spokesman for Paulson, all declined to comment.
Martin said the timber company's other big investors are also supportive.
"They are some of the most well-respected investors in the world who do the best work and have the most knowledge and perhaps that's why they stayed," he said.
Greenheart Group Ltd., a Hong Kong-listed timber company with forests in Suriname and New Zealand that's almost two-thirds owned by Sino-Forest, has jumped 52 percent since the independent committee's interim report was released, although it remains 69 percent below its June 2 price.
"I think it is a good proxy," Martin said.
'Pretty Perilous'
Still, the specter of Muddy Waters haunts Sino-Forest. Block said he stood by his allegations, after the release of the independent report. While the investigations continue, Sino-Forest's cash position is weakening, according to Annisa Lee, a credit analyst at Nomura Holdings Inc. in Hong Kong.
Its cash balance fell to $571.1 million on Nov. 4 from $835.8 million on June 30, according to data released by the company on Nov. 15. Of that balance, only $205.8 million was in unrestricted offshore accounts, Lee said in a Nov. 16 report.
"The cash flow looks pretty perilous into the next couple of quarters," Owen Gallimore, Singapore-based head of credit strategy in Asia for Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., said Dec. 1.
"We have got strong liquidity -- almost $600 million in the bank -- and we have got no major obligations coming up till August 2013," Martin said, referring to $345 million of convertible bonds which mature on that date. "That's really our first big issue. We have a long runway and a lot can happen between now and then."
'We Need Allen'
Martin said he hopes Chan is soon reinstated in a senior role in the company. Chan, 59, a Hong Kong-born sociologist turned entrepreneur, resigned as chairman and CEO and three other executives stood down after the OSC began its probe.
"Going forward, we need Allen," Martin said. "We need his relationships, his mind, we need his strategy. It has been his company."
Martin said the internal investigation has shown Sino-Forest needs to change its systems and improve its staffing.
"We were relying on too few people for a company that has 800,000 hectares of forest estate and $2 billion of revenue," he said.
Chief Financial Officer Dave Horsley may be on the move from the company's Canadian base in Mississauga, Ontario, to its other main office in Hong Kong, he said.
"Finance structures are too far away from China," Martin said. "The senior financial officer has to be sitting beside the senior operating officer and the senior executive officer here in Hong Kong."


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Students educated on French relations in U.S.
November 9, 2010 8:14 PM
Dozens of students and faculty crammed the Kurt Liedtke graduate reading room in the humanities building to speak to Romain Serman, consul general for the Consulate General of France in San Francisco.
The department of foreign languages and literatures, along with assistant professor Marie-Paule Laden, helped organize the Nov. 9 event.
Laden wanted to educate her students about the consulate's endeavors in San Francisco and field questions regarding relations between France and the U.S.
"Now we are in the context of the international week and my class is a culture class," Laden said. "I thought it would be very interesting for them to be exposed to what a consulate does."
Serman, previously the foreign affairs advisor to the Consulate, was appointed to the position in June and replaced Pierre-François Mourier.
"The relationship with the U.S. is really excellent at the moment," said Serman, 38. "The two presidents have done a lot of things to get that relationship to be really good."
According to the French Embassy's website, the CGFSF is one of 10 throughout the U.S. The purpose of different consulates is to complement the French Embassy in Washington D.C. by appointing consular officials who are responsible for protecting the interests of French nationals abroad.
"We try to do our best to support the French policy in the Northwest states in America, " said Jaques de Noray, deputy consul and public information officer for the consulate. "Most of the time it's more just to support the French citizens living here in the U.S."
According to Javier Palacios, a 22-year-old junior comparative literature major, Serman did a good job relating to students and getting them to open up.
"He's really funny," Palacios said. "He is really witty and kind of nonchalant. He's very French and very diplomatic."
Some feel that San Francisco is the right city to house the consulate.
"This used to be the biggest city on the west coast," said Anna Van Saint, a 28-year-old senior studying international relations and history. "And this where they signed the foundation treaty for the U.N, so it's very diverse. There's also a huge Francophone community here."
The term "francophone" was coined to refer to those who fully appreciate and endorse French culture. According to a 2010 Gallup poll, 63 percent of Americans view France favorably, up from 34 percent in 2003.
In March of this year, French President Nicolas Sarkozy praised the U.S. and the current relationship between the two countries during a press conference with President Barack Obama.
"Seldom in the history of our two countries have the shared values between the United States of America and France been so aligned," Sarkozy said.
Serman said he wants students to know that like the U.S., there will always be a place for international students in French schools.
"All American students are always welcome in France," Serman said. "Just like we feel comfortable being here."
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