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Kathryn Terdiman came home from work one day in the Berwick area carrying a flyer she thought would be of interest to her son.
Little did she know the monster she was creating, or the sense of pride she would one day experience since her curiosity ultimately led her son, Jayson, to represent the United States in the Olympics as a luger.
As the world gathers for opening ceremonies today in Sochi, Russia, the Terdiman family - which has deep Altoona roots - is basking in the Olympic thrill and how the journey began.
"I asked him if he wanted to try a sport called luge," said Terdiman, a project manager for Verizon, "and he said 'Mom, what's luge?'''
Kathryn wasn't totally sure, but she said once he tried it, Jayson "looked like he was having a blast."
Jayson Terdiman's ties to the area run through his father, Jay, who graduated from Altoona Area High School and lived here until 1985. A number of the Olympian's relatives still live in the area, and his godfather was his uncle, Rob, better known to many as Steve Kelsey, the longtime radio personality at Froggy 98.
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"My sport is extremely mental and keeping my mind on what I'm doing is a huge priority for me," Jayson Terdiman said. "I don't carry anything extra with me that may help my imagination to wander, but I know that he will be with me on the sled. And hopefully he can give us a little extra push for a little more speed."
Terdiman's interest in luge, a sport in which competitors can achieve speeds of up to 87 mph by using either their calves or shoulders to help steer a sled that weighs anywhere from 55 to 66 pounds, blossomed quickly.
He will compete in the men's doubles event in Sochi on Wednesday and possibly the following day.
His parents joined him in Russia, and his extended family will be glued to the TV.
"He loves anything that's fast," said his grandmother, Sharon Terdiman, who lives in Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of Altoona. "And this is fast."
Thrill-seeking ways didn't always run through Terdiman's veins.
It was a trip to HersheyPark that hooked him on adrenaline rushes, his mother said.
"I'm a big roller coaster person," she said. "And he wouldn't even go near them. I said 'I'd pay you $5 if you go on the Comet with me.' So he went on, and then we couldn't keep him off the roller coasters after his first time. He likes the speed and the thrill. He's a thrill seeker."
And so, about four or five years later, Terdiman was introduced to luge. The family initially traveled to Schenectady, N.Y., with about 600 to 800 other kids attempting the sport for the first time, but Terdiman didn't make the cut.
He tried again the next year in Philadelphia, first becoming one of about 75 kids who tried the sport on ice, then ultimately being named to one of 15 spots on the development team.
His mom realized immediately he was hooked.
"He went about a quarter-mile, and he has this grin from ear to ear, and I knew his adrenaline, junkie self was in love with it," she said.
Terdiman knew it, too.
"I've always been a fan of speed and adrenaline," he said. "Luge gives you both of those in the same package. Reaching speeds up to 90 mph, just a foot off the ice in nothing more than a helmet and a skin tight suit, is a rush every time."
Pursuing that rush initiated frequent trips to Lake Placid, N.Y., where Terdiman trained and currently lives. Terdiman, who was 11 when he first started the sport, traveled the 360-plus miles from his hometown of Berwick to Lake Placid for three training camp sessions lasting two or three weeks at a time.
"We'd take one day off from work, we'd leave early in the morning. We'd drive him up. We'd stay there maybe 30 minutes, then we'd turn around and drive home," his mom said. "That was our sacrifice."
While in Lake Placid, tutors there worked in conjunction with the Berwick Area School District to ensure Terdiman remained up to speed academically, including a mandatory and daily two-hour study session.
Terdiman gradually spent more and more time in Lake Placid training, and he ultimately qualified for the Olympics with his partner, Christian Niccum, after winning a race-off between U.S. teammates Jake Hyrns and Andrew Sherk.
"It was unbelievable," Terdiman's father said. "The only part I missed was being able to call my brother. He had passed away three weeks before this happened. It was tough. Mixed emotions, because I'd call him for every major event in my life. I miss doing that. But the sense of pride is still off the charts. We're over the moon for him."


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Deputies: Man shot in foot in south Sacramento
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UPDATED 3:49 PM PDT Oct 08, 2013
Multiple shots were fired into a south Sacramento home that was occupied by a family, including a toddler, Tuesday afternoon.
A man driving a dark SUV exited the vehicle and walked up to a home in the 4700 block of 50th Avenue. He then fired at least eight rounds into the home, Sacramento County deputies said.
An adult male, who was shot in the foot, was the only person injured in the shooting.
Deputies said the victim has refused medical attention.
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Weaver holds a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Alabama, a J.D. from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University and an L.L.M. degree in taxation from The University of Alabama School of Law. He has been admitted to the Alabama Bar and to practice before the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Claims Court, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Weaver has served as a trustee (chairman and vice chairman positions) of The Northwest District of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church for over thirty years; as a trustee of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church, and as chairman of the Staff-Parrish Committee, the Board of Stewards, and the Administrative Board of the First United Methodist Church in Decatur. He is a member of the Decatur Rotary Club, serving on the board of directors for the Rotary Club Foundation, and is a Paul Harris Fellow. He is also a founding member of the Morgan County Treasure Forest Association where he serves as treasurer.
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OSHA News Release – Region 7
U.S. Department of Labor
Region 7 News Release: OSHA/05-868-KAN
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Contact: Norma J. Conrad
Phone: 816-426-5481
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Pittsburg State University have signed an alliance to provide the university's students and business partners safety and health information, guidance and access to training resources.
OSHA alliances are part of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao's ongoing efforts to improve the health and safety of workers. OSHA has created more than 300 alliances with organizations committed to fostering safety and health in the workplace.
"This cooperative effort is designed to achieve three goals that include training and education, outreach and communication, and promoting the national agenda of raising public awareness of workplace safety and health," said OSHA Regional Administrator Charles E. Adkins, CIH.
During the two-year alliance, OSHA and Pittsburg State will work jointly to develop construction and general industry training and education programs that emphasize recognition and prevention of workplace hazards. A workplace safety and health curricula will be designed and available through the university covering such topics as hazard awareness and recognition, benefits of effective safety and health programs, and OSHA recordkeeping.
Outreach efforts to employees and employers will include safety and health conferences, seminars, workshops, and Web site information for the local community. Additionally, OSHA and Pittsburg State will provide shadowing and internship opportunities for students interested in a career in safety.
Employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees. OSHA's role is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
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Finally another terrific defensive tackle prospect. He's 6-3 and a nephew of Haloti Ngata. Powerful and disruptive, Ratu Mafileo of Moanalua High School in Hawaii had 8 sacks and 39 tackles for loss as a senior. He benches 345 and squats 565.
Justin Hopkins of Duck Territory reported that new UO linebacker coach Erik Chinander visited him this Thursday.
If his grades check out, Oregon is likely to offer the the Moanalua strongman. Former teammate Scott Pagano, a freshman linebacker at Clemson, told Dirk Knudsen of West Coast Preps, "This kid is the real deal. He is 6'2"- 310 pounds and played next to me the last couple of years. His technique and strength are right there with the best. He is an awesome guy and will make a great collegiate linemen for any school."
In his highlight film Mafileo impresses with both power and agility. He's well coached, utilizing a spin move, a swim move, the bullrush, keeping his feet moving as he reads the play. He's a good tackler and moves extremely well for a big interior lineman, driving off the line.
He looks comfortable in a three-point stance and uses his strength and leverage, works hard, runs hard, and sheds blocks. At times he makes offensive linemen look a little helpless. Reading and reacting, he plays with his head up and gets to the ball, very smart defending screens, draws, misdirection, displaying a lot of pride and urgency, playing to the whistle.
He also wrestles and plays basketball, both of which have made him more of a force in the middle. Hudl senior highlight film HERE.
If the Ducks close with Trey Lealaimatafao, Courtney Garnett and Mafileo, or at least two of them, it adds some much-needed beef and balance to the 2014 recruiting class.


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There are still many unanswered questions surrounding the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus over an alleged extra-marital affair.
New details suggest a friend of Petraeus' family sparked the FBI investigation that revealed the affair and lead to his stepping down last Friday.
But congressional leaders say there are even more pressing questions in this case, like what the White House knew and when.
Is the timing of Petraeus's resignation connected to his scheduled testimony on the Consulate attack in Benghazi? CBN News Terrorism Analyst Erick Stakelbeck has more, following Jennifer Wishon's report.
"We received no advanced notice. It was like a lightning bolt," California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said.
Lawmakers are also skeptical of the timing of Petraeus' resignation, which came just as the CIA director was scheduled to testify about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
"It seems this [the investigation] has been going on for several months and yet now it appears they're saying the FBI didn't realize until Election Day that General Petraeus was involved. It just doesn't add up," Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said.
"At the end of the day, the one thing that has to happen, in my view, is we've got to get to the bottom of Benghazi," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told CBS's "Face the Nation."
"I don't see how in the world you can find out what happened in Benghazi before, during, and after the attack if General Petraeus doesn't testify," he said.
Friends said the alleged affair began a week before Petraeus became CIA director and ended four months ago.
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The final two couples vying for the $250,000 jackpot were fan favorite Rachel Trueheart and her partner Nick Peterson, and season villain Chris Bukowski and his partner Sarah Newlon.
Who took home the cash? Read on for spoilers.
This season's eliminated housemates chose the winning couple by popular vote, which ended up 13-3 in favor of Trueheart and Peterson. But then those two each had to decide if they would share the prize or try keep it for themselves, at the risk of losing everything.
For the first time in Bachelor Pad history, one person made off with the whole pot. Peterson, an underdog all season, chose to keep the $250,000 for himself. Trueheart voted to share the prize, meaning she went home empty-handed.
"I don't feel like I owe $125,000 to someone I just got slapped together with at the very end of the show," Peterson told PEOPLE. "It sucks a little bit [for Rachel], but I have to remember that this is a game, and this was the best way to play it."
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If you only do one thing this weekend . . . try a little Tender Napalmness
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Tender is this night: One of my Fringe highlights this year was All Hell Lay Beneath, a preposterously ambitious show that transformed several floors above and below a Dublin pub into the hall of mirrors from Steppenwolf. The fledgling company behind that undertaking, Sugarglass, has just opened its new show at the Project Arts Centre – and it's a belter.
Tender Napalm focuses on two people, stranded on a desert island, trapped in a ravaged paradise of their own creation. It's a clever, intricate and, yes, ambitious show, with just two actors, Aaron Heffernan and Erica Murray, carrying a fairly action-fraught 70 minutes on their young shoulders. The play is by London writer Philip Ridley, and here it becomes a muscular heft of storytelling that contrasts sharply with the devised theatre approach that seems to be the default setting for current young Irish theatre.
With smartly effective stage design by Colm McNally and taut direction by Marc Atkinson, this show is definitely one to catch, and enhances Sugarglass's reputation as a theatrical company to watch. More of this sort of thing please.
Southern accents: It's that magical time of year when a small church in the Kerry town of Dingle becomes Ireland's musical capital for the packed weekend of Other Voices. Is there a better way to spend a weekend than trying to get tickets for tiny gigs, while the warm welcomes in every nook and cranny of Dingle melt away the effects of the freezing winds blasting in from the Atlantic? On the roster this year are Villagers, Soak, Aaron Dessner, Local Natives, Kodaline and more. If you haven't got a ticket, there's sometimes a few to be had if you hang around the church of St James's, like old, smoking men dodging a Sunday sermon. This is one special festival and it's well worth the trip to soak up the atmosphere in Benner's alone, while the small and perfectly formed gigs are broadcast on screens in the bars and pubs around the town.
Fox it to me: Another special voice worth catching this weekend is that of Lauren Kinsella, who fronts jazz act Thought Fox. The band features Colm O'Hara on trombone, Tm Gibbs on piano, Mick Coady on bass and Simon Roth on drums, and they are launching their debut a;bum at Dublin's Grand Social on Saturday night. Challenging music to get your teeth into.
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International Poplar Commission
Working Party on Harvesting and Utilization of Poplar and Willow Wood
Logging of poplar
Utilization of poplar
Officers of the Working Party are:
- Joris Van Acker (Belgium), Chairperson, firstname.lastname@example.com
- Yukun Hua (China), Vice-Chairperson, firstname.lastname@example.com
- Ahmed Koubba (Canada), Vice-Chairperson, email@example.com
- Raúl Osvaldo Suárez (Argentina), Vice-Chairperson, firstname.lastname@example.com
Lieven De Boever (Belgium), Technical Secretary, firstname.lastname@example.com
Proceedings of the 'Conference on engineered wood Products Based on Poplar/Willow Wood', Nanjing 2008
Report from 47th Session, Executive Committee
Report from 23rd Session
During the 23rd session, the Working Party held two technical meetings.
Constraints identified for the Working Party to be more effective, included:
- Current IPC member countries and National Poplar Commissions have limited knowledge and commitment to actions of the Working Party;
- The voluntary nature of contributions can limit the time and inputs that Working Party members can make; and
- The Poplar and Willow forest grower/supplier – wood industries processing – end user chains can be complex and vary markedly between member country contexts
The programme of action for the next four years included:
- The Working Party Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and the Technical Secretaries will be redefined to strengthen regional networking for China, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa and Europe;
- Better use be made of the IPC Working Party website to inform members of the action plans, needs and results; update the Harvesting and Utilization Section of the Global Directory of Poplar and Willow Experts;
- Organize a dedicated workshop/conference on technical aspects of producing Poplar and Willow wood products, including topics on harvesting and utilization, to be organized back-to-back with other conferences (e.g. International Poplar Symposium, Italy, September 2010);
- Preparation of a database of publications related to harvesting, utilization and forest products properties;
- Examine current research and initiate new priority research collaborative projects to advance the utilization of Poplars and Willows (e.g. comparison of biomass for energy with other forest products options);
- Set up a support systems for young scientists and students (PhD and post graduate) with grants for short-term scientific missions, conference participation, etc.;
- Set up a database on Poplar and Willow harvesting, utilization industries and wood technology in IPC member countries and those countries with significant Poplar and Willow utilization, in a similar way as COST E44 of the European Union (Wood Processing Strategy);
- Contribute to the Chapter on Poplar and Willow Properties and Utilization in the book "Poplars and Willows in the World"; and
Support, with Harvesting and Utilization inputs, to the proposal/justification for a new Working Party on Socio-economic Issues of Poplar and Willow Development (sustainable land-use and livelihoods, climate change mitigation and adaptation and bioenergy/biofuel).
Report from 22nd Session
During the 22nd of the IPC, the Working Party held one technical meeting during which three scientific/technical papers were presented and several harvesting and utilization posters displayed at the poster sessions.
The mandate of the Working Party was to facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical information about the harvesting and utilization of Poplars and Willows, particularly through collaborative research programmes.
During the period 2000-2004, the Working Party prepared information for the Harvesting and Utilization portal on the IPC website.
At the business meeting, it was agreed to change the name of the Working Party from "Logging and Utilization of Poplar and Willow Wood" to "Harvesting and Utilization of Poplar and Willow Wood".
The results of a SWOT analysis of the current situation included:
The agreed programme of work 2005-2008 included:
- Revitalize the Working Party, with particular focus on serving developing countries, by December 2004 - Responsibility of the Chair, three Vice Chairs, Technical Secretary and the Past-Chair;
- Update the Working Party portal on the IPC website, by April 2005 - Responsibility of Joris Van Acker and the Secretary, IPC;
- Embark on a membership and participant drive for the Working Party through National Poplar Commissions, by April 2005 - Responsibility for coordination, Joris Van Acker;
- Coordinate the Utilization Chapter of the Poplar and Willow book by December 2005 - Responsibility John Balatinecz;
- Liaise with other Working Parties to derive collaborative initiatives (e.g. breeding for desirable wood traits, or use of biotechnology to improve durability), by January 2006 - to be coordinated by Joris Van Acker and Patrick Mertens;
- Conduct a scientific and technical conference on Poplar and Willow Utilization to coincide with the 23rd Session, IPC, 2008 - Responsibility of the Working Party Executive;
- Disseminate new scientific and technical information through periodic meetings and posting publications from member countries on the IPC website.
In the future the Working Party will strive to address topical issues such as:
- Uses and their geographic distribution around the world;
- Characteristics of wood products to meet industrial uses;
- Definition of the production process of different forest products from different industries;
- Complete a price table of wood products and transport costs and destination country; and
- Issues related to forests products and processes.
- The Working Party on Poplar and Willow Harvesting and Utilization made the following recommendations:
- Encourage Governments to promote sustainable Poplar and Willow forest production systems to contribute to programmes on alleviating poverty in rural populations;
- Encourage Governments to report separate Poplar and Willow statistics in production and utilization data, taking into account their ecological and socio-economic impacts; and
- Strengthen the integration of production, harvesting and utilization systems by improving the communications between the producers and users of forest products and byproducts.
Reports from previous Sessions
This is the oldest working party of IPC, whose establishment dates from the early 1950s. It brings together all experts interested in the question of logging and utilization of poplar and willow wood.
The working party has drawn up a standard form for technical trials which is intended to describe and qualify the wood of the cultivars used by member countries. The working party has also dealt with felling and harvesting practices and with developing new possibilities for wood utilization. Economic data have periodically been gathered and submitted to IPC sessions, thus making it possible to monitor the evolution of volumes utilized, operating costs and prices.
Harvesting of poplar (Photo: Washington State University)The working party has indicated that the trend in harvesting is now to use all-tree harvesters in plantations, and specially constructed machinery for short rotation biomass plantations. This has confirmed that the outputs of research are filtering down to the operator. Trends in wood products have been influenced by the need to reduce waste. Traditional uses have remained important but high value products will likely to be more actively marketed in the future and research will, therefore, be important in the coming decade. A summary of recent developments and trends in the utilization of poplar wood is Achievements in the utilization of poplar wood-guideposts for the future by J. Balatinecz, A. Leclerq and D.E. Kretschmann.
With regard to the aims of poplar breeding, it has been the opinion of some in this working party that breeders should aim at producing trees with high density and straight form, apart from resistance to pests and diseases. Others maintain that breeders should endeavour to produce trees that would satisfy a variety of industrial requirements.
Recent working party discussions have included the effect of management regimes, large-scale industrial projects, and the benefits of combinations with agricultural crops or grazing - although this topic is now included in the responsibilities of the Working Party on Production Systems and Environmental Applications for Poplars and Willows. In this context, the role of poplar growing on "set aside" farmland in the European Economic Community (EEC) has been discussed, together with the uses of computer modelling in such situations - see for example "Using bio-economic modelling for the design and evaluation of characteristic agroforestry systems" by T.H.Thomas and R.W. Willis, presented at a meeting of the working party in 1996 (reference FO:CIP:BS/96/10). Member countries have been invited to pay more attention to the environmental aspects of poplar and willow growing, as well as to the recycling of products. The need for greater coordination between the growers and those who use the wood of poplar and willow has been stressed.
The working party recommended from an early stage that joint sessions should be held between the different working parties of IPC, in order to achieve greater coordination of research and development and the transfer of technology. It has proposed that mechanisms should be developed for the greater involvement of the private sector in its future activities, and has recommended that the Executive Committee should investigate ways of promoting student exchanges and participation in meetings of the working parties.
Three research priorities were identified in 1996:
- wetwood
- tensionwood
- biodeterioration and its prevention.
The working party also identified the subject matter for three technical leaflets to be prepared by its members and passed to the secretariat: economics and the modelling of poplar production; production, technical characteristics and the utilization of willows; and production, technical characteristics and the utilization of poplars.
Transverse section of poplar
Transverse section of willow
The following priorities were identified by the working party at the twenty-first session of the IPC and were recommended for research both within and outside the working party:
- stain (its incidence, causes and impacts on value) in poplar wood;
- the potential application of biotechnology to enhance wood quality and natural durability of poplar wood;
- economic analyses;
- the development of flexible, high-value conversion technologies.


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Andritz AG (Andritz) is an international technology group company. It undertakes the supply of plants, systems, and services to pulp and paper, metal industries, and solid and liquid separation in industrial and municipal sectors. The company offers a wide range of products such as gasification plants for power generation, production equipment for biofuel, biomass torrefaction equipment, plastic films, dissolving pulp and plants for the production of nonwovens, among others. Andritz also offers a wide range of services to enhance the high plant availability and equipment performance. Its service portfolio includes spare and wear parts, service and maintenance, modernization, rebuilds, machine transfer and second-hand equipment. The company also offers its products and services to other specialized industries such as automation, animal feed, chemicals, energy and environment, food, metals, mining and minerals, and panelboard, among others. It has its operational presence with 250 sites across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Andritz is headquartered in Graz, Austria.
The company focuses on achieving the global market leadership by expanding its position in Europe and North America and utilize the opportunities in South America and Asia. In line with this the company acquires Herr-Voss Stamco Inc., to increase its service and product offerings for North American customers in the metals sector.
Andritz AG Key Recent Developments
Mar 16, 2015: Gamesa Electric will deliver three 28 MW Direct Drive electric generators for Hydropower Generation
Mar 05, 2015: ANDRITZ reports favorable 2014 business year
Jan 22, 2015: ANDRITZ to deliver woodyard equipment to new Enviva biomass pellet plants, USA
Dec 06, 2013: ANDRITZ to supply circulating fluidized bed boiler for Zofiówka combined heat and power plant, Poland
Dec 03, 2013: ANDRITZ to supply submersible motor pumps to China for offshore drilling platforms
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Section 1 - About the Company
Andritz AG - Key Facts
Andritz AG - Key Employees
Andritz AG - Key Employee Biographies
Andritz AG - Major Products and Services
Andritz AG - History
Andritz AG - Company Statement
Andritz AG - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Section 2 - Company Analysis
Andritz AG - Business Description
Business Description - Hydro
Hydro - Overview
Hydro - Financials
Hydro - Capital Expenditure
Business Description - Metal
Metal - Overview
Metal - Financials
Metal - Capital Expenditure
Business Description - Pulp and Paper
Pulp and Paper - Overview
Pulp and Paper - Financials
Pulp and Paper - Capital Expenditure
Business Description - Separation
Separation - Overview
Separation - Financials
Separation - Capital Expenditure
Andritz AG - Corporate Strategy
Andritz AG - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Andritz AG - Strengths
Strength - Strong Research and Development Activities
Strength - Enhanced Performance of Andritz Metal
Strength - Strong Operational Base
Andritz AG - Weaknesses
Weakness - Hostile Work Environment Issues
Weakness - Working Capital Concerns
Andritz AG - Opportunities
Opportunity - Growing Demand for Renewable Electricity
Opportunity - New Business Contracts
Opportunity - Herr-Voss Stamco Inc. Acquisition
Andritz AG - Threats
Threat - Cost Overruns
Threat - Intense Competition
Threat - Stringent Government Regulations
Andritz AG - Key Competitors
Section 3 - Company Financial Ratios
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
Section 4 - Company's, Power, Lifesciences Financial Deals and Alliances
Andritz AG, Power, Deals By Year, 2009 to YTD 2015
Andritz AG, Power, Deals By Type, 2009 to YTD 2015
Andritz AG, Recent Deals Summary
Section 5 - Company's Recent Developments
Mar 16, 2015: Gamesa Electric will deliver three 28 MW Direct Drive electric generators for Hydropower Generation
Mar 05, 2015: ANDRITZ reports favorable 2014 business year
Jan 22, 2015: ANDRITZ to deliver woodyard equipment to new Enviva biomass pellet plants, USA
Nov 06, 2014: ANDRITZ GROUP: solid business development in the third quarter of 2014
Oct 16, 2014: ANDRITZ to supply new waste-to-energy power plant to Riikinvoima Oy, Finland
Oct 06, 2014: Dims project civil works and equipment are awarded for $257m
Oct 03, 2014: ANDRITZ to supply equipment for two coal-fired boilers in Oklahoma, USA
Aug 28, 2014: ANDRITZ AG: Changes in the Executive Board
Aug 07, 2014: ANDRITZ GROUP: solid business development in the first half of 2014
Jun 03, 2014: ANDRITZ to supply new flue gas cleaning equipment and to modernize boiler for Jyväskylä Energy Group, Finland
Section 6 - Appendix
Ratio Definitions
About Us
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List of Tables
Andritz AG, Key Facts
Andritz AG, Key Employees
Andritz AG, Key Employee Biographies
Andritz AG, Major Products and Services
Andritz AG, History
Andritz AG, Subsidiaries
Andritz AG, Key Competitors
Andritz AG, Ratios based on current share price
Andritz AG, Annual Ratios
Andritz AG, Interim Ratios
Andritz AG, Power, Deals By Year, 2009 to YTD 2015
Andritz AG, Power, Deals By Type, 2009 to YTD 2015
Andritz AG, Recent Deals Summary
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios
List of Figures
Andritz AG, Performance Chart (2010 - 2014)
Andritz AG, Ratio Charts
Andritz AG, Power, Deals By Year, 2009 to YTD 2015
Andritz AG, Power, Deals by Type, 2009 to YTD 2015
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The foregoing does not purport to be a complete description of the warrant amendments and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the warrant amendments, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.15 and 4.16 and are incorporated herein by reference.
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If chapman goes to the rotation...
than I wouldn't mind this set up
Long Man:
-Alfredo Simon
-Sam Lecure
7th Inning Man:
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8th Inning Man:
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-J.J Hoover
JJ Hoover had a really solid year last year.
1-0, with a 2.05 ERA, and a 0.97 WHIP. Only 24 years old, and when closing last year had a real sense of "poise" and fearlessness in him. Think he could do a mighty find job next year if Chapman is heading to the rotation...
If not though...how do you set up the bullpen staff?
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If light has particle properties, does matter have light properties? Used both Planck and Einstein's equations. Greater mass, smaller wavelength.
Uncertainty principle, because of dual nature of electrons, both location and momentum cannot be known.
Developed the wave theory of the atom. Highly mathematical equations describe properties of electrons in atoms. Replaced Bohr model with orbitals.
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HOUSTON (AP) - Texas Southern University has received $1.4 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repair the school's library after it was damaged by floods from Tropical Storm Allison.
At first, TSU officials said that June's torrential rains caused minor damage to three buildings. But on Thursday, they said 21 buildings sustained a total damage of $7.3 million.
J.T. Glover, TSU assistant vice president for maintenance and operations, said the FEMA funds received Thursday will only be used to repair the Robert Terry Library, which sustained $1.9 million in damage.
The library, which is open, lost some irreplaceable documents, including some personal papers of the late U.S. Rep. Mickey Leland, he said.
Glover said the university anticipates that FEMA will pay for 75 percent of the total repairs to the university, or about $5.5 million.
The remainder of the money will come from various sources, including insurance and university funds.
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Bryant Museum Publishing Brings UA History to Life
A few years ago Ken Gaddy, director of the Paul W. Bryant Museum, received an intriguing suggestion. What about a book of stories focusing on UA football players who served in World War II?
The blend of football and history seemed a perfect fit for the museum, Gaddy said. Acclaimed journalist Delbert Reed was enlisted as writer for the book that became "When Winning Was Everything: Alabama Football Players in World War II."
The book is divided into sections, by service. Each chapter contains a brief biography of the featured player, including his football career and in some cases, a look at life post-war. One chapter, "The Highest Price" is reserved for those who died serving their country.
After the success of "When Winning was Everything" the idea came up for a second book, one that gave a broader view of the Capstone's contributions to the war effort.
"The second book, 'All of Us Fought the War,' was a logical follow-up of the first one, 'When Winning Was Everything,' as it focused on the University's role and the role of many other men and women who took part in the war effort," Reed said. "It pulls together a variety of historic sources, and I think provides a good summary of the University and its men and women during World War II, just as the title implies.
"The books together provide a number of personal histories of individuals with University of Alabama ties during World War II, and in doing so, provides a fairly thorough overall history of the war, since they were in so many historic battles from start to finish of the war," Reed said.
"All of Us Fought the War" features first-person accounts of the World War II experiences of more than 100 former University of Alabama students as well as facts regarding the University's far-reaching institutional role in the war effort.
"The book also provides a first-hand history lesson on the war because the men and women featured in the book were in all the theaters of war and in every major battle of the war, starting at Pearl Harbor, continuing with 1939 University graduate Tom Griffin's participation in the daring Doolittle Raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942, and ending with 1940 graduate James B. Johnson's acceptance of the last official Japanese surrender on April 30, 1951," Reed added.
In addition to front-line soldiers relating their combat experiences in battles around the world, the book features women who served in the military as airplane mechanics, ferry pilots and other roles.
Many returning service members did not want to discuss with their families what they saw and experienced in battle. Whether on a ship in the Pacific fighting kamikazes, or liberating the death camps in Europe, or landing at Normandy on D-Day, the memories were often difficult to share. Now, this generation is elderly and quickly passing away, Gaddy noted. "We as a nation and a University need to record those stories and honor the people who served while there is still time to talk with them."
Reed has been the writer in residence at the Bryant Museum since 2009. When asked what it was like for him to write this story he replied, "I considered it an honor to be chosen for such an historic work. The men and women I interviewed were inspiring not only for their wartime efforts, but for their lifetime achievements and modesty as well. These men and women made history and preserved the free world; their stories should be recorded to any extent possible, and I am proud to have met so many of them."
Reed has spent the last three years interviewing World War II veterans and writing the two books, and he said it has been the most rewarding time of his professional career as a writer. Both books are available at the Paul W. Bryant Museum. Buyers can receive a 20 percent discount with an ACT card.
The museum has collaborated with The University of Alabama Press on another book, and has a couple of manuscript ideas in the works, Gaddy said. The museum is not, however, interested in becoming a major publishing house. Only manuscripts that support the museum's mission of preserving and highlighting University history, especially its sports connections, will be published through the museum.
"We are very selective in the book projects we undertake," Gaddy said. "We are neither seeking nor accepting unsolicited submissions, queries from literary agents, and the like. The books we work on are those we determine support the museum's mission, and we are very proud of them and even prouder of the people whose stories they tell."


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Yay! glad it went well. Next time he can cook for you :)
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Yay! glad it went well. Next time he can cook for you :)
[QUOTE=valmason01;1066683]Woohoo! Glad to hear :)[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=NZ primal Gwamma;1066687]Yay Jammies - I would call that a huge success....
let the games begin................[/QUOTE]
Thanks much!
[QUOTE=jammies;1066680]I'd call the evening a success since he just left about an hour ago :o[/QUOTE]
awww yeah haha ;)
[QUOTE=jammies;1066688]On a slightly more serious note, I just want to point out that 2.5 years ago when I started eating primal, there was no hope in my life at all for romance. I was sick every day, my joints were swollen to the point where I could barely walk, and my body just felt ugly and like it had betrayed me. Being able to really enjoy physical closeness with another person is a pretty amazing gift the primal eating has given me.[/QUOTE]
L-O-V-E this a million times over. Yay jammies!!
(And a wee huzzah for Mark)
Mega Ditto!
That is great Jammies. If he doesn't come back there is really something wrong with the dude. Sounds like a great night.
[QUOTE=Crabbcakes;1066825]L-O-V-E this a million times over. Yay jammies!!
(And a wee huzzah for Mark)[/QUOTE]
LOL - I should thank Mark, but I don't think Hallmark makes a card for that!
Aw that is so great :D
how was dessert?
[QUOTE=jammies;1067909]LOL - I should thank Mark, but I don't think Hallmark makes a card for that![/QUOTE]
I did. Thank Mark, that is. I sent him a short email, also stating that I wasn't expecting any response, because I was only into thanking him, which was the honest truth. And I got a personal email back. Saved that one, I did!
Ooooh! How about "THANK YOU" written in block-style using strips of bacon... Or, for extra credit, use the raw ones and curve them into cursive...


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Red Bulls forward Juan Agudelo will undergo surgery today to repair a torn medial meniscus in his left knee. The procedure will be performed by surgeon Riley Williams at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, the Red Bulls said in a statement released today.
The team expects recovery time to span up to six weeks.
Agudelo suffered the injury last Thursday while he was with the United States Under-23 during the first half of a 6-0 victory over Cuba in Nashville as part of CONCACAF Olympic qualifying.
The 19-year-old Agudelo, a former Red Bulls Academy product, is in his third MLS season. He made one start this year, playing the full 90 minutes against FC Dallas in a 2-1 loss in the season-opener March 11, before departing for international duty.
He did not play in Saturday's 2-0 loss to Canada, a result that puts Olympic qualification in danger. The U.S. must beat El Salvador tonight to reach the semifinals. A loss or a tie will keep the Americans out of the Olympics.
Only the two CONCACAF finalists quality for the Olympics.
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The Red Bulls also disseminated news about another one of their forwards today. Thierry Henry was voted by the North American Soccer Reporters the MLS Player of the Week.
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Bucs Adrian Clayborn,"Everybody's Buying Into The System"
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Adrian Clayborn shed some light on where the Bucs are as a defense Monday afternoon after training camp.
"Everybody has bought into the system," Clayborn said.
Does this mean that there were player last season that didn't buy into the system? Did head coach Greg Schiano have to bring in players that he could work with and cut players that didn't buy in.
"It's 10, 20 times better than last year. A lot better than last year," Clayborn said.
It's good to see players are buying into the system if you're a Bucs fan.
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(On whether or not the defense is ahead of the offense at this point)
?I have no idea. I think it?s going back and forth. [The offense] gets us some drills, we get them some drills, and we?re just out here working.?
(On what has impressed him the most thus far)
?Just how everybody has really bought into the system. It?s ten times, twenty times better than last year and I only played three games. Just everybody working with the system and playing together, it?s a lot better than last year.?
(On if he?s feeling stronger right now than previously)
?I feel good man, I feel good. My knee is 100 [percent] finally and I?m just trying to play hard every play.?
(On if he?s aggravated that he can?t hit a quarterback yet)
?We need [quarterback] Josh [Freeman] so I?m not too worried about it. I?ll get my chance.?
(On day-to-day improvement of pass defense)
?Yeah, definitely. We have [pass rush specialist] Bryan Cox in the room full-time now helping us out with our techniques and stuff. It?s really helping us out and it?s showing, it?s showing.?
(On the best advice Bryan Cox has given him)
?For me personally, just get back to my old self and don?t try to be fancy. Just [play] hard-nosed and get after the quarterback.?
(On if he ever watches film of Bryan Cox playing)
?I haven?t, but if he?s watching this [interview], I have.?
(On if he feels a strong secondary playing behind him)
?You could just feel the presence. You can hear [safety] Dashon [Goldson] back there talking to them and getting them organized and you can just feel the linebackers stepping up. I don?t know, you can just feel it all.?
(On the expectations for him and fellow defensive end Da?Quan Bowers)
?You don?t really have to talk about what?s understood. We need to get after the quarterback, we need to show that we are the draft picks they drafted and get after the quarterback and provide for the defense.?
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The last one is mine ! he shines like a new penny
The number 2 image rocks me Who is this studman ?
Well, just leaves #1 for me and all I can say is YUM!!
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If you find a material coding error on your FY2012-13 Trustees Financial Summary (TFS), you may submit a revision to Steve Hamel in the School Finance Division. As provided in 10.10.504(6), Administrative Rules of Montana, changes to the FY2011-12 Trustees Financial Summary are limited to:
- Coding revisions between revenue and expenditure line items provided no change occurs in the fund balance of the budgeted funds, and…
- Revisions in the balance sheet accounts provided no change occurs in the fund balance of the budgeted funds.
The Office of Public Instruction cannot process TFS changes that affect the fund balance in a budgeted fund because fund balance is carried forward to the FY2013-14 budget, and a change in fund balance may impact the number of mills already levied in the fund.
Revisions should be submitted to Steve Hamel by following these procedures:
- Photocopy the original page of the Trustees Financial summary with amounts to be revised crossed out and the correct amount written above or beside it.
- When sending balance sheet account revisions, please also send any expenditure and revenue line item changes that correlate with such changes. The fund balance on the balance sheet should equal the ending fund balance shown on the statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balance report after the revisions are made.
- Change any sub-totals and totals that will be affected.
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Note that immaterial line item coding changes that affect fund balance in the budgeted funds for FY2012-13 must be reported as a prior period adjustment on the Trustees Financial Summary for the current year (FY2013-14). The district may need to adopt a budget amendment for the current year to record a prior period expenditure adjustment in a budgeted fund.
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Introduction: Caring for the Seriously Ill: Cost and Public Policy
Thaddeus Mason Pope
Hamline University - School of Law; Queensland University of Technology - Australian Health Law Research Center; Saint Georges University; Alden March Bioethics Institute
Amber E. Barnato
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Bob Arnold
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January 1, 2011
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 39, No. 2, p. 111-113, 2011
The cost of end-of-life health care is currently the subject of enormous political, academic, and social debate. Sure, this was big news back in the early 1980s, when both Alan Greenspan and Governor Richard Lamm famously articulated the need to limit medical care of the elderly. But three decades later, in 2011, the cost of end-of-life health care has an exponentially bigger profile. The articles in this edition of The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics address main issues of caring for the seriously ill (including technology, cost, and compassion), possible problem-solving solutions (including deliberation, education, and research), and flawed solutions (including hope and hospice). Americans are engaged in an earnest and profound debate about how to consider costs in caring for the seriously ill. This symposium not only advances the ongoing debate but also offers a number of fresh ideas on the subject.
Keywords: Ill, elderly, treatment, advance directives, dying, death, POLST, health care, NICU, MICU, end-of-life
JEL Classification: K32
Date posted: February 27, 2012
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