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Robinson appeared yesterday in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from the Hudson County jail, where he was formerly read the charges and bail was set at $50,000 cash or bond.
Robinson, driving a green 1997 Honda Civic, led police on a chase across the Greenville neighborhood, reports said. During the chase, the Honda's front left tire blew out and the car crashed into several cars, including at least two police cruisers on Mallory Avenue, freelance news photographer Joe Shine said.
Robinson then fled on foot into an Ege Avenue home, where was apprehended following a 45-minute standoff, Shine said. Inside a cat litter box in the home police found $8,775 that is believed to be from "criminal activity," reports said.
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"Buy a raincoat."
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Do you still remember what you did the day you passed your driving test? I think it's defo an important milestone in your life, I remember being so excited to go and pick my mates up and go cruising
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so maybe the day you passed your driving test wasn't such a memorable occasion for everyone else. I can remeber exactly where I went and who was in the car!
Can't remember much about it at all.
I vaguely recall the waiting area, the car I was driving and some of the journey home but that's it. Can't recall what I did before or after.
Went shopping to buy my instructor a gift.
I remember passing mine, the bloody car had failed its MOT the day before so I had to wait for it to be fixed before I could drive it!
Once it was sorted, the insurance had agreed to cover me from 8.30 the following morning. That was a frustrating evening before, and I didn't sleep much the night before. I sat there waiting and watching the clock, and went out in it as soon as I could!
I had school that day, but I skipped most of my classes to go out and drive with my 2 best mates in the car.
I won't be forgetting that day any time soon
Went home. Was home alone. Texted my dad to let him know I passed as he kept hounding me before my test to make sure I pass .....put on the tv and turned the channel to MTV where Avril Lavigne's song was playing and was rather pleased with myself. Good day it was, indeed
I went to school after. I didn't really think much of it at the time but looking back failing it would have been really annoying.
Went straight out to buy Autotrader!
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Do you still remember what you did the day you passed your driving test? I think it's defo an important milestone in your life, I remember being so excited to go and pick my mates up and go cruising
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so maybe the day you passed your driving test wasn't such a memorable occasion for everyone else. I can remeber exactly where I went and who was in the car!
Told my mum I passed, she didn't believe me. Went to college and my gf bought chocolates for the whole class
I remember my hands shaking. Shaking a lot. I don't know why I was so stunned I had passed.
I went home and organised the insurance for my car! Not very exciting.
It's been a year and a half and I still can't get insured :s
When i passed i was so happy that i told my instructor to keep the change (about £6). Spent the whole day checking insurance quotes
My mum was more nervous about my driving test then I was. I remember phoning home and speaking to my dad, he told mum I'd passed and then replied 'your mother has just swallowed her cigarette'
I got stopped by the police who said I was showing up as a provisional driver on their database. Had to go down the station and show my pass certificate (driving license took about a week to get delivered to me).
Got stopped again about week later saying that no insurance was showing up on their database... I was near home so told them I'd show them all the paperwork and they could ring up the insurance company to ask (I had insurance).
After the examiner told me I passed, I told him that I was going to buy shoes.
I still don't understand why...
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Made a few phone calls. thanked my instructor, rang family. ripped off my L plates
posted on fb i passed drove to the next town ( bruce spingsteen playing ) to complete paperwork and send in for my licence. I think i went shopping and treated myself. also had to run some errands. came home giddy as hell I pass was on a high for about a week
I also rang my insurance company and they brought down the price for me !
When I rang my mother she sounded like she expected me to fail which i wasn't pleased about it took her a few seconds to register then she screamed so much my ear felt sore. My brother and my instructor on the otherhand knew i could do it and had confidence in me
I still await this day...
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December 14, 2009, 02:41 AM
i'm lookin at my first reloading setup...i'm lookin primarily at the lee challenger breech lock single stage kit...any opinions/experience with this press..i can get the kit here in town for 89.98
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December 14, 2009, 05:19 AM
Great starter kit! Still use mine after 25yrs of reloading. I updated the handle after breaking the aluminum link on some 300 Win Mag cases that didn't have enough lube, but that was my fault. The cast turret would be my first choice today, pull the indexing rod and its a single stage, plus you can turn out some quick pistol ammo on the turret if needed.
December 14, 2009, 03:21 PM
I have one and love it. I think it is a great value for a single stage press. I've loaded .38 spl, .357 mag, and 7mm rem mag on it, all with good results.
I believe there are two kits. The main difference is one comes with the hand primer and the other is set up for priming on the press. I prefer the hand primer for the single stage set up, but YMMV.
December 14, 2009, 05:35 PM
"i'm lookin at my first reloading setup...i'm lookin primarily at the lee challenger breech lock single stage kit..."
As a LOOONG time reloader, that kind of press has no appeal to me. The idea of using quick-mount dies (Lee or Hornady) is more of an illusion than a fact, it only takes me maybe 20 seconds to swap dies and that need not be done more than once of twice in typical loading session. The breech sleeves aren't expensive tho - at least not at first! But, I have some fourty sets of dies, some of them three or four die sets, so it would cost me a bundle, and for no real benefit at that.
But, Lee's presses are quite good. Maybe you should look at the Classic Cast? It's all cast steel (not alum alloy like the Breechlock) and much stronger but at nearly the same basic cost.
Kits, of any brand, are okay for some newbies simply because it removes all doubts about what to get, you are stuck with one color no matter what might be better choices. In this case, the scale choice would be MUCH better if it was a beam like the RCBS 505 or Redding.
December 14, 2009, 06:04 PM
Go with one of the Challenger kits.. After you get comfortable and decide if you like reloading or not, you can decide on what to buy then. Learn the basics before you sink a ton of money into a high dollar press that you may not want or need. By then you will know if you need a high dollar progressive press like the Lee Loadmaster, or a more simple turret press like the Lee Classic Cast turret press. If you are just reloading small amounts of ammo, the Lee cast turret press will work just fine. I can reload anything I want on mine.
December 14, 2009, 09:36 PM
I love mine, works great and the bushings make die swaps a breeze.
The single stage is great for lower volume higher precision ammunition.
The turret is fantastic for mid volume shooting like pistol or AR. It is possible, but more difficult, to make very accurate ammo on a turret. One of the high dollar Reddings or Lymans are likely just as good as a single stage when used as such. The Lee turret, which I use for all of my pistol loading, will create variances of a few thousandths from cartridge to cartridge when used for rifle ammo. This isn't good for very high precision stuff.
The progressive is best for high volume shooters, 1000+ a month, IMHO.
I recommend starting slowly with a single stage press, and be very meticulous with everything.
December 14, 2009, 10:07 PM
The main problem that I had with my Classic turret press when i first got it was that my OAL was all over the place. I finally figured out that it was because of the small amount of up and down play that has to be in the turret so it can spin freely. When you set up your dies, you must follow the directions plus dial out the play and then a bit more. So if you have to touch the shell holder, you have to touch and then turn it down further until you dial out the play. Then your OAL and bullet depth will be very consistent. I dont understand why Lee fails to mention this in their manual.
December 14, 2009, 11:18 PM
The Breechlock Challenger is a very nice press, and the Kit is nice and complete. There is a tad (a micro tad) of slop in the ram, at least on mine, but not enough to affect your reloads. I do like the quick-change die adaptors but, as someone said, screwing in and out the dies isn;t really that big of a deal.
Also, like someone said, I got the kit with the hand primer, which I like much better than priming on the press. Much better sensitivity when seating the primers - faster too.
With that said, Lee's Classic Cast single stage press cannot be topped. I know KempfsGunShop and Cabela's both put together a Kit for the Classic Turret, and they may have one for the Classic Cast, though I can;t say for sure. I do know this: Kempf is so good to deal with, I'm sure he'd put together a Kit for you at a reasonable price.
Top of the top of the line, these Classic series are.
December 15, 2009, 08:19 AM
depends on where you shoot, and how clean you keep things. mine is about 3 years old, and the housing is wearing pretty bad. the ram is getting sloppy. granted, where i shoot, is ALL sand, and occasionally, i deprime a case that has sand in it. when this happens, the sand goes down the primer hole, and right between the ram and the housing, which, of course, gouges the nice soft aluminum housing, and causes wear. but, in al honesty, no matter what, any dirt or debris (even just the spent powder and primer junk) will end up in the bearing surfaces and cause wear. personally, i would look for something that does not dump the dirt onto the bearing surfaces. the lee classic cast iron press would be much better. when i bought mine, i did not realize how much i was going to use it. my press probably has somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 rounds through it. when i replace it (soon) i will probably look into something other than a single stage press. i will then use this press strictly for depriming.
December 15, 2009, 02:36 PM
well i'm just lookin for an affordable single stage kit to get me started to see if i even like reloading...after i'm done with college if i'm still reloading i'd like to get a progressive press anyways...but i dont wanna drop alot of money right now
December 15, 2009, 04:26 PM
Then I would pick up one of the Challenger kits. It will work fine for what you need right now. You will need a die set for the caliber(s) you plan to reload, and for rifle shells, a case trimmer and a pin gauge for each rifle caliber. Be sure you get the Lee reloading manual and read it many times :)
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December 15, 2009, 07:34 PM
I bought the Lee Challenger kit. I've loaded over 3500 rounds so far. 380 acp, 9mm, 38 Special & 45 acp. Works well.
You will need a few other tools.
Calipers $22.00, electronic grain scale $30.00, vibrator case cleaner $64.00all "Frankford Armory" brand & a good load book like Lees $15.00.
I bought everything from Midway USA on the web.
You also need something to hold your brass shells in during loading. Old ammo box holders or Frankfords reloading trays $6.00 each.
The electronic scale is needed because Lees scale is hard to use/fickle. The powder dispenser no better but works well once it is set.
December 16, 2009, 09:35 AM
I bought the Lee Challenger breech lock kit too. Again, it's a very good press, but the lure of the Classic Cast got me. You'll do well starting with that Kit. I do recommend, however, that you get the Kit that comes with the hand primer - much more sensitive and faster than priming on the press (for me anyway).
I weigh each and every charge but, as Patrick said, doing each on the scale is painstaking. So a low-priced digital scale checks each charge thrown from the powder dispenser. If it's not dead-on, the pan goes back to the Lee scale where an RCBS trickler brings it up to weight.
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a ring pop around his, er, Giudice. Thanks for the visual, Teresa.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's return to the start of the show. We pick up in mid-scrimmage, just where we left off: Teresa Giudice professing that family is the most important thing to her, and Melissa Gorga essentially saying bull. They start arguing about why the fight happened at the christening, with Teresa saying Joe Gorga started it, and Melissa says he was angry because Teresa was putting on a "one big happy family" act for the cameras. Things devolve, to say the least. Who doesn't have a mental list of grudges against certain relatives? But reeling them off one by one does not make for compelling television. Punctuate each one with table flip, now you're talking. Anyway, Melissa scores a point when Teresa mentions that a plumber told Joe Giudice that Joe Gorga owes him money, and Melissa responds, "Do you really think that you are in any position to talk about money now? Because I would not go there."
We're both at fault, Teresa says. We've both done things. We're not here to rehash. We both need to meet halfway. Reasonable, right? "I treated you like a sister," Teresa then rehashes. "I didn't push you away." Melissa: "You gave me no choice but to run away." More rehashing: Something about Melissa taking her daughter Antonia to get her portrait taken by the very same photographer Teresa used – the nerve! Melissa tries to bring up Kathy Wakile, but no dice. Teresa gives Melissa a hug and vows to make a clean start. They argue a teeny bit more over who has to show whom the love. Jacqueline Laurita pops in with cookies, and Teresa asks her to invite Melissa and Joe to her holiday cocktail party. Way to put her on the spot, Tre.
Jacqueline and Chris are packing up for their trip to Teresa's place in the Catskills. Jacqueline brings what appears to be a 10-gallon bottle of wine; Chris decides he wants to shoot and starts unloading his clown car of a gun cabinet. Alcohol and guns: Two great tastes that taste great together.
Jacqueline says that Teresa's been through a lot, so it's good for her to get away with her family and friends. Everyone needs a vacation to take their mind off their money troubles. Why doesn't Obama work on that? Weekend getaways for everyone who declares bankruptcy! Massage treatments with every foreclosure! Are these people really that tone deaf?
Teresa, Joe, Jacqueline and Chris arrive at the Cabin Giudice, chock full of deer heads and taxidermy and many Giudice relatives. (It's owned by Joe's father, Frank.) There's Frank, Demetri, Joe's uncle, Duma, his brother-in-law, and later Joe's mother Filomena shows up with Maria, Joe's sister. I'm just thrilled there's no one else named Joe. It's very late already, but they sit down to pasta with red sauce and wild turkey – yum! – and break into the wine. The editing makes it seem like Jacqueline says Joe's homemade wine smells like rotten eggs and old dog fart, but later on "Watch What Happens," she insists she was talking about the tap water.
Everyone is getting drunk, but even so, I was a bit surprised when Teresa tells Jacqueline that Joe doesn't think she's as good a "blower" as her. First, I honestly thought she was talking about glass blowing at first, and second, how does Joe know? If you've just eaten, you might want to skip to the next paragraph. There is talk about Teresa licking … I can't even bring myself to write it. Moving on. We also find out that Joe likes to call Teresa a dirty slut in bed. Teresa doesn't like that, and she also doesn't like Joe denigrating her sexual skills. "Ain't I the best?" she says. "Tre, I tell the truth. I cannot lie," Joe says. "While you're doing it I tell you you're good, but I lie."
Then there's a pizza-making contest. Though Teresa is the bestselling cookbook author, Jacqueline appears to trump her with a Nutella calzone.
The next day, Demetri is prepping a pig on a spit while the guys are shooting their guns off the back porch. Caroline , Chris, and Albie Manzo and Caroline's friend Dolores are driving up in their SUV. Caroline lays down the law – no guns, no quads, which I later realize means an all-terrain vehicle. She seems very uncomfortable with the whole country vibe. Teresa thinks Caroline should loosen up on the apron strings. While the men go target shooting – Chris at one point asks Joe whether he's put Teresa on a budget, and he says, "She's working. You gonna tell her not to spend money?" Um, yeah! – and later go off-roading ("My mom says no quads," Chris says, "but Al drives like a bitch, so she had nothing to worry about"), while the ladies head into the quaint town of Hudson for some shopping.
Later that night, they head to a local bar. They all but play the banjo theme to "Deliverance" as the gang enters. "There were some freaks in there," Chris says, as the camera pans to Teresa gyrating with her father-in-law.
The next day, someone hands Teresa a gun. She shoots and squeals. "I just want to go home," Caroline moans. But wait – everyone has to pay a visit to the chapel that Teresa's father-in-law built on the property. Jacqueline and Caroline crack themselves up over the juxtaposition of guns and God. Teresa closes the weekend with a prayer of thanks for a good, safe time.
Back in New Jersey, Melissa tells us that her daughter Antonia has been taking ballroom dancing classes and she's going to do a special dance at the studio's Christmas ball. Melissa's mother-in-law Antonia Gorga will be there. Melissa gossips to her sister Lysa that Mama Gorga is basically Teresa's nanny because Teresa can't afford to pay anyone to watch her kids. (Indeed we see Teresa leaving her baby with her mother-in-law as she gets ready to leave for the Catskills.) Melissa also complains to Lysa about her talk with Teresa, how someone who really cares about her family would have called her on her 30th birthday. Oy already.
Melissa and Joe are getting ready for Antonia's recital – she's wearing a tight red dress and Joe practically sticks his hand up her butt – and they talk on the way to the studio about their family problems. Melissa brings up her late father again, and Joe tells her, "Your father brought me to you. I'm your father and your husband and your friend." Raise your hand if you wish Joe wouldn't cast himself as his wife's father within seconds (for us, at least) of groping her.
Kathy and Rich show up at the recital. Kathy is a little worried because the last time she saw Antonia Gorga, her aunt, Antonia was berating her for telling Teresa she's a bad mom. But Antonia greets her with a kiss. Melissa marvels over the lack of tension when Teresa's not around. The dance recital is bizarre. First there's a couple of fit young guys hauling a heavy-set woman around, then there's an older flapper chick, and then finally little Antonia comes out and basically gets lifted and thrown about by an adult dancer. Kathy pronounces her a star. Melissa is so happy about the family coming together that she decides she's through being petty and won't let Teresa get to her anymore. Start the countdown.
Kathy decides she needs her own plot, er, wants to start a dessert catering business. Rich is not only on board, he wants her to think bigger. Open a restaurant! Open a catering hall – and he doesn't mean just "piggies in a blanket." Rich is confident about his wife's abilities. "If you're got the ambition and the passion, it's a home run." That's why so many restaurants last.
Best quote: "Some of these people are looking at us like they've never even been to Bloomingdale's." -- Teresa Giudice, after making an entrance (in Wookie boots, mind you) at a bar in upstate New York.


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"Warning: Cigarettes cause cancer." This familiar message will now go with something new: a picture of a rotting, cancerous, human mouth.
Other pictures will show colorful corpses with toe tags and autopsy scars, or people on oxygen masks or crying children.
And the pictures will be accompanied by messages such as, "Cigarettes are addictive," "Tobacco smoke can harm your children," and just "Smoking can kill you."
One of 36 pictures will soon cover the top half of every pack of cigarettes. But whether it makes a difference with smokers remains to be seen.
They are part of a new "tobacco control strategy" unveiled Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The pictures are also to be included on advertisements, but HHS did not specify a size.
The campaign comes as part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, signed into law last year. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, said the program — paid for by the tobacco companies at an undetermined price — is to decrease the 443,000 deaths attributed to smoking every year, and to reduce the number of teens, about 4,000, who puff for the first time each day.
About 46.6 million adults smoke, or roughly 20 percent of those in the country. New Jersey has the 11th lowest smoking rate among the states, at 15.8 percent of adults. The Garden State's use of smokeless tobacco such as snuff and chew is 10th lowest. But an estimated 11,200 New Jerseyans die each year from their own smoking, according to the state's Department of Health and Senior Services.
|Graphic cigarette packaging campaign aims to discourage smoking
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) said, "These labels eliminate any glamour that may still be associated with smoking, and place the dangerous health effects of cigarettes front and center.".
But many New Jersey smokers seem ambivalent about the ads — or even oppose them.
"I'll probably just take them off the box — so I don't have to look at them," said Gwen Turner, a longtime smoker from Newark, during a cigarette break at work.
"That's a bit much," said David Sanchez, of Rahway, as he looked at the picture of a suffering cancer patient. "I don't think that anyone that smokes doesn't know."
News of the ads has already made an impression.
"It scared me a little, because I've never seen anything like that," said Mahidiah Caraway, a 14-year-old from Irvington who said she never plans to try a cigarette anyway.
"We don't really think that's cool … especially in (this) day and age," said Danielle McNair, 14, her friend from Newark.
The public can weigh in on the 36 proposed new images until Jan. 9. The Food and Drug Administration will decide by June 2011 on the final images, which will start appearing in October 2012.
R.J. Reynolds has filed a federal lawsuit opposing last year's law creating the program. But Phillip Morris, the nation's largest cigarette maker, said in a short statement it supports the FDA initiatives.


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BSE:524494 | NSE:IPCALABEQ | 58888:ipca | IND:Pharmaceuticals | ISIN code:INE571A01020 | SECT:Pharmaceuticals and health care
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The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 65th Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March, 2015.
(Rs. crores) For the year ended For the year ended 31.3.2015 31.3.2014
Sales and other Income (net of Excise duty) 3120.91 3256.25
Profit before financial cost, depreciation & Foreign Exchange translations (Gain) / Loss 556.27 826.66
Less : Finance cost 25.62 24.58
Depreciation and Amortisation 177.17 100.89
(Gain) / Loss on foreign exchange translations/transactions (4.25) 72.10
Profit before tax 357.73 629.09
Less : Provision for taxation
Current Tax 74.50 135.00
Deferred Tax 27.12 16.72
Net Profit 256.11 477.37
Surplus in Profit & Loss Account as per last Balance Sheet 627.48 373.93
Net Profit for the year 256.11 477.37
Transfer to General Reserve 42.50 150.00
Interim dividend - 31.55
Tax on Interim dividend - 5.36
Proposed dividend / final dividend 12.62 31.55
Tax on Proposed Dividend 2.57 5.36
Balance as at year end 825.90 627.48
The Company proposes to transfer Rs. 42.50 crores to the general reserve out of the amount available for appropriation and an amount of Rs. 825.90 crores is proposed to be retained in the statement of profit and loss.
In accordance with Accounting Standard AS-21, the audited consolidated financial statements are provided in the Annual Report.
No material changes or commitments affecting the financial position of the Company have occurred between the end of the financial year to which financial statements in this report relate and the date of this report. SHARE CAPITAL
The paid-up equity share capital of the Company as at 31st March, 2015 is Rs. 25.24 crores. The Company currently has no outstanding shares issued with differential rights, sweat equity or ESOS.
During the financial year under report, M/s. Krebs Biochemicals and Industries Ltd. became an associate company. No other company has become / ceased to be subsidiary or joint venture or associate company during the financial year.
During the year, as a part of group re-construction, Ipca Laboratories (UK) Ltd. acquired the entire issued share capital of Onyx Scientific Ltd., UK from its wholly owned subsidiary Onyx Research Chemicals Ltd., U.K. on 25th March, 2015 in lieu of capital dividend declared by the said company. Consequent to this, Onyx Scientific Ltd., UK has become wholly owned subsidiary of Ipca Laboratories (UK) Ltd. from the said date. From the said date, Onyx Research Chemicals Ltd. UK has ceased to trade and is in the process of being dissolved.
The wholly owned subsidiary company, Ipca Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Ltd., incorporated in the Peoples Republic of China, is in the process of being voluntarily closed down.
There has been no material change in the nature of the business of the subsidiaries. The Company has no subsidiary which can be considered as material within the meaning of Clause 49 (V) (E) of Listing Agreement.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 136(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the following have been placed on the website of the Company www.ipca.com:
a) Annual Report of the Company, containing therein its standalone and the consolidated financial statements; and
b) audited annual accounts of each of the subsidiary companies.
As required, the financial data of the subsidiaries, joint venture and associate companies is furnished in the prescribed Form AOC-1 as an Annexure to the consolidated financial statements.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the consolidated financial statements of the Company are attached.
The Company has always considered Research and Development (R&D) as crucial for the sustained growth of the Company. The Company has stepped-up investments in R&D to keep pace with the changing domestic and global scenario.
The Company has R&D centers at Mumbai, Ratlam, Athal and Indore, duly recognized by the Government of India, Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR). These R&D centers are also approved by the prescribed authority under Section 35 (2AB) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for availing weighted tax benefit on the R&D expenditure.
The Company has set up new R&D Centres at Kandivli, Mumbai for Biotech Research and at Village Ranu (District-Vadodara), Gujarat for Chemicals Research. Both these R&D Centres have commenced their operations in financial year under report.
The Company has stepped up its R&D expenditure from Rs. 123.24 crores (3.87% of the turnover) in the previous year to Rs. 157.19 crores (5.16% of the turnover) in the year under report.
With qualified and experienced research scientists and engineers manning the research and development activities, the Company has focused its thrust on new and innovative process and product development for the manufacture of APIs with non-infringing processes. Apart from development of new dosage forms and drug delivery systems, improvement in processes and yield as well as cost reduction are also focus areas.
Your Directors had not declared any interim equity dividend for the financial year under report. Your directors are now pleased to recommend a equity dividend of Rs. 1/- per share (50%) for the financial year under report as against 250% paid in the previous financial year. The dividend will be tax free in the hands of the shareholders.
The dividend amounting to Rs. 12.62 crores and dividend tax amounting to Rs. 2.57 crores, if approved at the ensuing Annual General Meeting, will be appropriated out of the profits for the year.
During the year under report, Mr. Madhukar R. Chandurkar and Dr. V. V. Subba Rao resigned as Directors of the Company on 29th May, 2014 due to their other pre-occupations. The Board place on record its sincere appreciation for the services rendered to the Company by Mr. M. R. Chandurkar and Dr. V. V. Subba Rao during their tenure as Directors of the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr. Babulal Jain, Mr. Anand Kusre, Mr. Dev Parkash Yadava and Dr. Ramakanta Panda have been appointed as Independent Directors for a period of five years till 31st March, 2019 at the annual general meeting held on 31st July, 2014.
At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on 21st September, 2014, Dr. (Mrs.) Manisha Premnath was appointed as an Additional/Independent Director of the Company. She holds the office of directorship till the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. Being eligible, she has offered herself for appointment as an Independent Director of the Company.
Mr. Prashant Godha and Mr. Premchand Godha, retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
Mr. Babulal Jain, Mr. Anand Kusre, Mr. Dev Parkash Yadava, Dr. Ramakanta Panda and Dr. (Mrs.) Manisha Premnath, who are independent directors, have submitted a declaration that each of them meets the criteria ofindependence as provided in Section149(6) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and there has been no change in the circumstances which may affect their status as independent director during the year. In the opinion of the Board, the independent directors possess appropriate balance of skills, experience and knowledge, as required. A brief note on Directors retiring by rotation and eligible for re-appointment as well as Independent Director being appointed is furnished in the Report on Corporate Governance.
During the year under report, the Company has appointed following persons as Key Managerial Personnel:
Mr. Premchand Godha - Chairman & Managing Director/CEO
Mr. Ajit Kumar Jain - Joint Managing Director / CFO
Mr. Harish P. Kamath - Corporate Counsel & Company Secretary
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has laid down the criteria for Directors'' appointment and remuneration including criteria for determining qualification, positive attributes and independence of a Director. The following attributes/criteria for selection have been laid by the Board on the recommendation of the Committee:
- the candidate should posses the positive attributes such as Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Business Advisor or such other attributes which in the opinion of the Committee are in the interest of the Company;
- the candidate should be free from any disqualifications as provided under Sections 164 and 167 of the Companies Act, 2013;
- the candidate should meet the conditions of being independent as stipulated under the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Agreement entered into with Stock Exchanges, in case of appointment of an independent director; and
- the candidate should posses appropriate educational qualification, skills, experience and knowledge in one or more fields of finance, law, management, sales, marketing, administration, research, corporate governance, technical operations, infrastructure, medical, social service, professional teaching or such other areas or disciplines which are relevant for the Company''s business.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee lays down the criteria for performance evaluation of independent directors, Board of Directors and Committees of the Board. The criteria for performance evaluation is based on the various parameters like attendance and participation at meetings of the Board and Committees thereof, contribution to strategic decision making, review of risk assessment and risk mitigation, review of financial statements, business performance and contribution to the enhancement of brand image of the Company.
The Board has carried out evaluation of its own performance as well as that of the Committees of the Board and all the Directors.
The annual evaluation was carried out in the following manner:
Sr. Performance evaluation of Performance evaluation performed by
1. Board and individual direc Board after seeking inputs from all tors directors
2. Board Committees Board seeking inputs from all committee members
3. Individual Directors Nomination and Remuneration committee
4. Non-independent directors, Separate meeting of independent board as a whole and the directors after taking views Chairman from executive directors
5. Board, its Committees and At the board meeting held after the individual Directors meeting of the independent directors based on evaluation carried out as above.
The objective and broad framework of the Company''s Remuneration Policy is to consider and determine the remuneration based on the fundamental principles of payment for performance, for potential and for growth. The Remuneration Policy reflects on certain guiding principles of the Company such as aligning remuneration with the longer term interests of the Company and its shareholders, promoting a culture of meritocracy and creating a linkage to corporate and individual performance and emphasising on line expertise and market competitiveness so as to attract the best talent. It also ensures the effective recognition of performance and encourages a focus on achieving superior operational results. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee recommends the remuneration of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel which is approved by the Board of Directors, subject to the approval of shareholders, where necessary. The level and composition of remuneration shall be reasonable and sufficient to attract, retain and motivate the directors, key managerial personnel and other employees of the quality required to run the Company successfully. The relationship of remuneration to performance should be clear and meet appropriate performance benchmarks. The remuneration to directors, key managerial personnel and senior management personnel should also involve a balance between fixed and incentive pay reflecting short and long term performance objectives appropriate to the working of the Company and its goals. The Remuneration Policy is placed on the Company''s website www.ipca.com.
Information about elements of remuneration package of individual directors is provided in the extract of the Annual Return as provided under Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 which is enclosed.
Details of the familiarization program of independent directors is disclosed on the website of the Company www.ipca.com. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND COMMITTEES THEREOF
This information has been furnished under Report on Corporate Governance, which is annexed.
Your Directors confirm:
i) that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed alongwith proper explanation relating to material departures;
ii) that your Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year March 31,2015 and of the profit of the Company for the financial year;
iii) that your Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv) that your Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
v) that your Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
vi) that your Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
As per the requirement of listing agreement with the Stock Exchanges, the Company has complied with the requirements of Corporate Governance in all material aspects.
A report on Corporate Governance (Annexure 1) together with a certificate of its compliance from a Practising Company Secretary, forms part of this report.
During the year under review, the Company has not accepted any fixed deposits and as such no amount of principal or interest on deposits from public was outstanding as on the date of the balance sheet.
Details of the Audit Committee along with its constitution and other details are provided in the Report on Corporate Governance. AUDITORS, AUDIT REPORT AND AUDITED ACCOUNTS
M/s Natvarlal Vepari & Co. (Firm Registration No. 106971W), Chartered Accountants, retire as auditors and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
The Auditors'' Report read with the notes to the accounts referred to therein are self-explanatory and, therefore, do not call for any further comments. There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Auditors.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, M/s. ABK & Associates, Cost Accountants (Firm Registration No. 000036) were appointed as the Cost Auditors to conduct audit of cost records for Bulk Drugs and Formulations activities of the Company for the financial year 2014-15.
The Cost Audit Report for the financial year 2013-14, which was due to be filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs by 27th September, 2014 was filed on 25th September, 2014.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013, M/s. Parikh & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries were appointed as the Secretarial Auditor for auditing the secretarial records of the Company for the financial year 2014-15.
The Secretarial Auditors'' Report is annexed hereto. There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Secretarial Auditors.
The Company is committed to good corporate citizenship. As a part of its corporate social responsibility, the Company continues to undertake a range of activities including healthcare and education to improve living conditions of the needy people. The CSR policy of the Company is placed on the website of the Company www.ipca.com (weblink - http://www.ipca.com/pdf/corporate_policy/ Corporate_Social_Resposibility_Policy.pdf).
During the year under report, the Company has also supported healthcare and educational projects undertaken by charitable institutions and organizations.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, an abstract on Company''s CSR activities is furnished as Annexure 2 to this report.
The Company considers safety, environment and health as the management responsibility. Regular employee training programmes are carried out in the manufacturing facilities on safety, environment and health.
The Company has not given any loans or guarantees or made investments in contravention of the provisions of the Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013. The details of the loans and guarantees given and investments made by the Company are provided in the notes to the financial statements.
All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on arm''s length basis and were in the ordinary course of Company''s business. The Company has not entered into any contract, arrangement or transaction with any related party which could be considered as material within the meaning of clause 49 of the listing agreement.
The Board has approved a policy for related party transactions which has been uploaded on the website of the Company (http://www. ipca.com/pdf/corporate_policy/ Related_Party_Transactions.pdf).
All the related party transactions are placed before the Audit Committee as well as the Board for approval on a quarterly basis. Omnibus approval was also obtained from the Audit Committee and the Board on an annual basis for repetitive transactions.
Related party transactions under Accounting Standard - AS18 are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. Prescribed Form No. AOC-2 pursuant to clause (h) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Act and Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is furnished as Annexure 3 to this report.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, a statement showing the names and other particulars of the employees drawing remuneration and other details as set out in the said Rules is furnished as Annexure 4 to this report.
The Board has laid down a code of conduct for board members and senior management personnel of the Company.The code incorporates the duties of independent directors as laid down in the Companies Act, 2013. The said code of conduct is posted on Company''s website www.ipca.com. The Board members and senior management personnel have affirmed compliance with the said code of conduct. A declaration signed by the Chairman & Managing Director / CEO is given at the end of the Corporate Governance Report. WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY / VIGIL MECHANISM
There is a Whistle Blower Policy in the Company and that no personnel has been denied access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The policy provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of persons who use vigil mechanism. The Whistle Blower Policy is posted on the website of the Company www.ipca.com.
The Company has also adopted a code of conduct for prevention of insider trading. All the Directors, senior management employees and other employees who have access to the unpublished price sensitive information of the Company are governed by this code. During the year under Report, there has been due compliance with the said code of conduct for prevention of insider trading.
The Board at its meeting held on 30th May 2015 has adopted a revised Code of Prevention of Insider Trading based on the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015. The same has been placed on the website of the Company www.ipca.com. BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company has constituted a Risk Management Committee. The details of the Committee and its terms of reference are provided in the Report on Corporate Governance, which is annexed. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS
There are no significant or material orders passed by any regulator, tribunal or court that would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
In accordance with the requirements of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, statement showing particulars with respect to conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo is furnished as Annexure 5 to this report. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
In accordance with the requirements of Section 92 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and rule 12 (1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, an extract of Annual Return in Form MGT-9 is furnished as Annexure 6 to this report.
Your Directors place on record their appreciation for the continued co-operation and support extended to the Company by the bankers and financial institutions. Your Directors also thank the medical profession, the trade and consumers for their patronage of the Company''s products. Your Directors also place on record their profound admiration and sincere appreciation of the continued hard work put in by employees at all levels.
For and on behalf of the Board
Mumbai Premchand Godha 30th May, 2015 Chairman & Managing Director
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Preclinical studies of stem cell therapies are critical for FDA approval to begin clinical trials, but there currently are no guidelines that address this important area of preclinical research. Here are some tips to consider when designing translational cell therapy research:
Strategic program planning and design for these unique cellular therapies lead to successful preclinical programs and ultimately, successful therapies.
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Universal Service Fund
Prior to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Universal Service Fund (USF) operated as a mechanism by which interstate long distance carriers were assessed to subsidize telephone service to low-income households and high-cost areas. The Communications Act of 1934 stated that all people in the United States shall have access to rapid, efficient, nationwide communications service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 expanded the traditional definition of universal service - affordable, nationwide telephone service to include among other things rural health care providers and eligible schools and libraries. Today, FCC provides universal service support through four mechanisms:
Schools and Libraries - Background
Generally, any school that meets the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965s definition of schools is eligible to participate, as are libraries that can receive assistance from a states library administrative agency under the Library Services and Technology Act.
The FCC has defined the support mechanism by which eligible schools and libraries will receive support from the universal service program. Specifically, schools and libraries do not receive direct funding from the program. Instead, they receive discounts on the costs of services provided by vendors. The amount of discount each school or library can receive under the program ranges from 20 to 90 percent and is determined using a matrix designed by FCC, with schools and libraries located in rural and low-income areas receiving the highest discounts from the fund. The USF compensates the schools and libraries vendors for the amount of the discount.
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) was appointed by the FCC to administer the program, although FCC retains responsibility for overseeing the programs operations and ensuring compliance with its rules. USACs Schools and Libraries Division is responsible for carrying out the programs day-to-day operations.
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Oversight of the Schools and Libraries Program has increased because of complaints the OIG has received alleging improprieties within the program. The alleged improprieties include the submission of false claims, failure to comply with appropriate procurement regulations and laws, conflict of interest, forgery and securities related offenses. In order to maintain program integrity, the OIG is working with local and federal law enforcement entities to investigate the complaints and follow-up with prosecution were appropriate. Furthermore, the OIG has developed the USF Strategic Audit Plan to provide overall goals and implementation strategies for oversight of this program.
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Election, Sandy, and California Joe on freezers and generatorsThursday, November 8th, 2012
Can we all get back to normal now, after that amazingly anticlimactic election?
But speaking of things not being back to normal, some folks are still reeling after
Hurricane Superstorm Sandy. Even one frequent commenter here at the blog still hasn't been heard from, and while that could be just because he's not talking to us, he and his family were near "ground zero" New Jersey — where some folks are still reportedly without power, reliable food supplies, or running water, 10 days after the storm hit.
So much for the old "three-day" supply recommendations.
Maddeningly, many government sources are still feeding us the three-day pabulum, even though Katrina, and now her sister (or is it brother?) Sandy have shown how painfully inadequate those recommendations are.
Even when government finally does show up to "help" … well, here's an example and and here's another of just how helpful government agents might be. (H/T Wendy for the first example)
Well, you already know that. Before Sandy we were talking about generators and keeping food safe in power outages (talk about good timing). A reader from Germany had some things to add to that discussion and I wanted to post them here.
This is from "California Joe," whose mini-bio is below.
Freezers and blackouts: A good freezer (top loading) can bridge a three-day blackout, when full. When half-full, less. Low energy consumption per cubic foot and year equals good freezer. It's even cheaper to buy a highly efficient freezer than a standard freezer and a generator. A good freezer will not only keep the electricity bill down, it will even take care of your precious grass fed beef when blackout occurs during your absence (weekend trip out of state to haul in more meat).
Used high quality freezers: 8 years ago I bought a (then 10-15 years old) used 12-cubic-foot freezer. It had been sold in the early nineties with the claim of 198 kWh/year. It still uses about 10% less than that. Talk about aging in grace. It's an AEG machine, maybe one of the best ever built. They sometimes used it in early solar electric systems back when those systems were ridiculously expensive. The freezer cost me 10 €.
Starting a freezer on an electric generator/alternator: In the first few seconds of starting to run, a freezer (as any compressor engine) can use up to 12 times the running wattage. So my 75-W-freezer will need a 900-W-generator minimum simply to start. Look up the wattage of your freezer though, it may be waaay higher. I remember Ragnar Benson using 400-W-freezers :-/
If a generator is too big, it wastes a lot of fuel. Especially petrol engines don't run efficiently when almost idling. My running freezer will use 75 Watts, so a 2500-W-generator would be bored as hell.
2000i Honda generators are top notch. Therefore the price – they are worth it. I decided to use a cheap china built generator with Briggs & Stratton instead. Good enough for infrequent use. In an RV or an off-grid homestead I would use the Honda (or diesel).
Long term storage of petrol fuel: even stabilized ethanol free petrol stores best in metal containers like military surplus jerry cans. Why this? Petrol contains some highly volatile stuff which over times permeates through plastic. This is the reason plastic petrol cans get "hollow cheeks" over time. Wrapping them in contractors grade aluminium foil helps. When the highly volatile stuff is gone, the remaining fuel is low quality and will make problems when starting an engine. A running generator engine will usually have no problems consuming a mix of new fuel and "hollow cheek" stuff. Don't try this with your Ferrari. ;-)
"California Joe" (the handle is a nod to the old U.S. sniper; he has never been to California) is "an engineer, anarchist and do-it-yourself junkie. I work in solar energy research and live in a rural southern Germany. Life-changing moment: During college, I bumped into the 1995 Loompanics Catalog (in a headshop, actually). Biggest project: Turn old farmhouse to energy-efficient dreamhouse."
"Joe" also emailed a fair bit of information about solar power systems and batteries, which might be a topic for another day or something I'll mail to friends who have to deal with it. Me, I'm not "doing" solar again until I can buy a complete solar kit-in-a-box, with EZ instructions, guaranteed to power full-size houses on the Pacific NorthWET coast. On, and for under $5,000.


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Diversity: Doing the right thing
Peggy M. Pound
The Picus Group
Las Vegas, Nevada
Member, APWA Diversity Committee
"If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity." - John F. Kennedy
The world was created and God decided to make both men and women, and diversity has since been a part of our daily lives. This is not a new concept!
Race, creed, culture, religion—these are all parts of diversity in our workplace. With the recent growth in immigration we are faced with new rules of workplace acceptability.
"Until you can learn to see with your heart, you will be blind to the beauty and unity that surrounds you." - Peggy Pound
From tattoos to piercing to symbols of religion, employers are faced with our new, diverse workforce. Veterans and Baby Boomers are struggling to make this a part of their "acceptable" workplace, and yes, you can do this!
Which employee can wear a veil? Can you accept a nose piercing? A tattoo? What decisions will you have to make? What falls under religious freedom and which under personal freedoms? What are cultural "needs"? Which can you rule against, for? The questions I am asked are numerous and simple answers are not always available to us.
Questions I would ask you are: Do you have published employee manuals/rules? Have you asked your legal representative what is acceptable language? A clear-cut policy which addresses dress, appearance and work hours is critical to diversity success. Do you encourage the hiring of women and minorities? Take a look at your job postings, but more importantly, look around at your workplace. Are women/minorities represented on the management level? Are you seen as fair and equitable? Do you conduct exit interviews? If so, is there evidence that employees are leaving for "better opportunities"? And if they are, why? Answers to these questions can point you in the right direction. If you can honestly answer yes to the above questions, then build on that strength and use it to your advantage in future hires.
"How can I form teams that get along?"
Generational mixes as well as cultural mixes can be successful. Form teams based on educational/technical expertise, rather than trying to "mix it up" culturally. Place Boomers with Nexers, Veterans with GenX'ers for a higher degree of success. Cultural issues will be addressed amongst the team members and the work will be completed, professionally and ably.
Mixed teams will be quicker and more creative in successfully dealing with workplace issues, which in turn will have a financial impact on your bottom line/budgets.
Success will come from the sharing of different ideas and understanding of the issues presented in the day-to-day operations. These teams are able to work better and faster in our rapidly changing internal and external world.
These teams will give your organization a much more diverse range of opinions and viewpoints, give you the best talent in a highly competitive environment and help you to do the right thing in your employees' eyes. We are faced with addressing not only internal issues but external challenges. Your workplace can be an example where your clients ask you to help them to achieve your success! Use it to your advantage.
An example of this customer challenge was given to me at a recent APWA Spring Conference. A public works director stated that he was at the front counter and a woman wearing a veil came in. He greeted her and she immediately moved to the side of the room and faced away from him. Her husband entered the room a few minutes later and spoke to him. The woman was a member of the Muslim faith and could not speak to a man who was not related to her.
Are your employees aware of this and other cultural issues? The development of your Diversity Tool Box will overcome many of these challenges. Included in this would be:
An important element in your Tool Box should be the appointment of a Diversity Manager to ensure:
Can your employees say this?
If they can, then you are "doing the right thing."
APWA National has a variety of excellent tools to assist; just a few of those are listed on the APWA website www.apwa.net:
Peggy Pound is a member of the Diversity Committee, a former member of the Membership Committee and Water Resources Management Committee, the current Alternate Delegate for the Nevada Chapter, and a Past President of the chapter. She was recently asked by the Missouri Chapter to present an educational session at their Spring Conference on diversity in the workplace. This article was adapted from her presentation. She can be reached at (702) 336-1205 or email@example.com.
May 14, 2007
Dear APWA Reporter editor,
After reading "Public Works Engineering: Diversity a cure for shortage?" in your May issue, as a retired civil engineer, I felt I could add some ideas to the discussion. I agree with the author about the factual lack of recent entrants into the C.E. field from minority races (except Asians) and the feminine gender. However, it is informative to find that the same lack of minority entrants cannot be said among physicians and particularly lawyers. In fact it has been reported that women make up the majority of law degree recipients currently.
It should be pointed out that both the medical and legal fields have been glamorized for some time in many television programs and also motion pictures. I believe I can count on two fingers the prime-time TV programs that have glamorized any engineering fields during the duration of my 44-year career. Students are thus attracted to the fields of medicine and law instead of engineering.
Following World War II, I believe many GIs, having seen the works of our military construction battalions, came home and went to college under the G.I. bill, pursuing engineering in the 1950s. The following two decades, numerous satellite launches and manned moon landings occurred, greatly interesting students in engineering. However, during at least the last two decades, there has been no "gee whiz" nationwide engineering glamour promoted in this country. In fact, environmental activism and "Not in my back yard" protests have gotten more of the media's attention, making the TV evening news and newspaper front page. Consequently, the "soft sciences" have gotten the public's attention and many students' interest rather than the "hard sciences" including engineering. It has recently been reported that the median age of aerospace engineers is 57.5 years. That industry is going to be in a bind in this next decade!
In addition to career glitz, students can also be attracted by money. When we look at earnings, medicine and law also are considerably above civil engineering. According to the latest comprehensive data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://stats.bls.gov) for year 2000 published in February 2002, of the 427 different occupation categories, physicians had the highest average annual earnings at $133,100. Lawyers came in number seven at $79,900. (Pilots and professors of various fields filled the intervening slots, with engineering professors at #6 at $81,100.) Practicing engineers of various fields were found between #11 and #54. Petroleum engineers were #11 at $76,500, while chemical engineers were #13 at $75,900. Aerospace engineers were #21 at $69,500. However, civil engineers were #52 at $57,300 and mechanical engineers were #54 at $57,300. Civil engineers' pay was well below that of the doctors and lawyers.
There are many civil engineers working in both the public sector (at all levels of government) and for consultants in the private sector. Therefore consultants that are short of engineers can readily lure away "the best and the brightest" by offering higher pay and more generous and flexible benefits than government can due to its straight-jacketed civil service controls. The field of civil engineering is going to have to excite young students with "gee whiz" glamour, higher pay or both in order to attract them away from medicine, law, etc. What else is there to offer? Our expanding population, more demanding pollution controls and replacement of aging/deteriorating infrastructure require the services of many new engineers. When governments relearn that the laws of supply and demand are not avoidable, they will be able to solve both the engineering diversity and the engineering shortage problems.
I retired two years ago after enjoying a 44-year career in civil engineering, with 18 years at all levels of government and 26 years in private practice. Quite a number of engineers I have known have retired by age 55, which contributes to the engineer shortage. Since I enjoy engineering design so much, I continued practicing until age 65, at times changing jobs in order to enjoy interest and challenge.
Roger A. Baumann, P.E.
Tucson, AZ


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Abstract: A sensitive, specific, reproducible, robust, and cost-effective customized cDNA array system based on established nylon membrane technology has been developed for convenient multisample expression profiling for several hundred genes of choice. The genes represented are easily adjusted (depending on the availability of corresponding cDNAs) and the method is accordingly readily applicable to a wide variety of systems. Here we have focused on the expression profiles for interferon-alpha2a, the most widely used interferon for the treatment of viral hepatitis and malignancies, in primary cells (peripheral blood mononuclear cells, T cells, and dendritic cells) and cell lines (Kit255, HT1080, HepG2, and HuH7). Of 150 genes studied, only six were consistently induced in all cell types and donors, whereas 74 genes were induced in at least one cell type. IRF-7 was identified as the only gene exclusively induced in the hematopoietic cells. No gene was exclusively induced in the nonhematopoietic cell lines. In T cells 12, and in dendritic cells, 25 genes were induced in all donors whereas 45 and 42 genes, respectively, were induced in at least one donor. The data suggest that signaling through IFN-alpha2 can be substantially modulated to yield significant cell-type and donor-specific qualitative and quantitative differences in gene expression in response to this cytokine under highly standardized conditions.
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