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Net profit of Jindal Drilling & Industries declined 3.66% to Rs 9.48 crore in the quarter ended June 2016 as against Rs 9.84 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2015. Sales rose 11.24% to Rs 92.66 crore in the quarter ended June 2016 as against Rs 83.30 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2015.
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CSIR has come out with a n++Game changing technologyn++ for enabling the Indian leather sector achieve the set target of USD 27 billion by 2020 by making leather processing environmentally sustainable. This n++Waterless chrome tanning technologyn++ is a first of its kind technology to reduce chromium pollution load.
The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences and Vice President CSIR, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, informed. The Minister highlighted the strategic role of CSIR in the exemplary growth of the Indian Leather industry.
Tracing the history of Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) of CSIR, established in 1948, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that this was a unique institute which from the very start had a strong academic and industrial linkage. A tripartite arrangement of industry-academy-research is a first of its kind, which is a role model for other sectors to emulate. The Institute represents the leather sector in all its planning and policy development. Over the years, the Institute is the global hub for transformation of a tradition bound industry into an innovation driven one. Technologies for bio-processing of leather, zero waste water discharge, value added materials from leather and indigenous chemicals for processing, are some of the highlighting features of this institute. CSIR-CLRI is a recognised Centre for testing of restricted substances, finished leather certification. CSIR-CLRI in association with other world bodies develops protocols for testing of restricted chemicals.
The Minister was proud to inform that CSIR Researchers today also adorn the position of Chairman of the BIS committees on leather, tanning materials etc. and footwear and also provide inputs to other committees as members. CSIR researchers are also members/chairmen for the relevant committees in International Standards Organization (ISO).
Through the Institute, Indian leather sector strives to achieve economic and environmental sustainability, leading to more than doubling of the annual turnover from the present in about 4 years. CSIR has been hand holding the industry since its establishment and has taken the export turnover of Rs.40 crores in 1960s to Rs.40,000 crores in 2015 through technological interventions, training and service. The re-enabling of the tanneries in Tamil Nadu in 1996 stands a strong testimony to the contributions of this organisation.
The Minister further elaborated that Chromium is the most sought after tanning agent with about 2.0 billion sq. ft. of leather being made in India. About 20 thousand tons of chrome tanning agent is discharged in the wastewater. CSIRs n++Waterless tanning technologyn++ has now found PAN INDIA acceptance, with tanners in all clusters enrolling for its adoption. Significance of this technology is that a) it completely eliminates two processes before and after tanning, b) eliminates the use of water in tanning, c) reduces the total dissolved solids in wastewater from this process by 20% and also d) brings down the usage of chromium by 15-20%, resulting in material saving. Efforts are now on to translate this technology both nationally and globally. Several countries including Ethiopia, South Africa, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Vietnam and Brazil have evinced interest in this CSIR technology.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, then highlighted that such technological interventions in the leather industry will realise the vision of Make-in-India, in terms of development of first of its kind leather chemicals, environmental friendly leather processing, global fashion forecasting for colours, designs thus leading to increased trade and exports.
Growth of any industry strongly depends on the availability of associated skill as well. CSIR has a strong mandate to develop, train and re-train the required manpower for this sector. The Minister highlighted that Prime Ministers Skill India dream is realised through training programs of CSIR-CLRI. About 60% of the skilled manpower in leather industry is from CSIR-CLRI. Training comes at all levels, be it the technical degrees or vocational programs, the Institute has tailor made programs to suit the needs of the industry, from time to time including reaching the unreached and under-privileged sections of the society.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan informed that CSIR has prepared and submitted to the Government, a Technology Mission plan for Leather sector at a cost of approximately Rs.2400 crores. This initiative is a inter-ministerial project with M/o Small and Medium Enterprises, M/o Skill Development, M/o Environment and Forest, M/o Water Resources. Through this plan, it is envisioned to provide proactive measures to upgrade and expand the technologies and thus the capacity of CETPs, along with skill development required. The envisioned modules include
a. Systematic collection of raw hides/skins
b. Technologies for capacity utilization of tanneries
c. Enhanced environmental management
d. Framework for quality benchmarking and certification
Over the years, CSIR is the global hub for transformation of a tradition bound leather industry into an innovation driven one. CSIR-CLRIs role in R&D consultancy has the paved way for other sectors like metal, food, pharma and chemicals for similar interventions and positioning themselves globally.
The mission of CSIR through CLRI is to meet the requirements of global leather sector, relevant regulatory and statutory bodies and other stake holders with continual improvement in its services, while aligning itself to the National agenda through technology innovation led solutions for the sector.
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NMDC with effect from 03rd November 2016 has fixed the prices of Lump Ore and Fines at Rs 2,100 and Rs 1,760 WMT excluding Royalty, DMF, NMET, Cess, Forest Permit Fee etc.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in September 2016 showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 6.1% year-on-year. This was the fastest pace of growth since the disruption caused by the US West Coast seaports strike in February 2015.
Freight capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometers (AFTKs), increased 4.7% over the same period. Load factors remained historically low, keeping yields under pressure.
Septembers positive performance coincided with an apparent turnaround in new export orders in recent months. Some unique factors also may have contributed, such as the rush replacement of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices during the month, as well as the early impacts of the collapse of the Hanjin marine shipping line at the end of August.
Demand for air cargo strengthened in September. Although with growth in world trade virtually at a standstill, the air cargo sector still faces some major hurdles. We did have some encouraging news. The conclusion of the EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement is good news for the economies involved and for air cargo. Growth is the way to overcome the worlds current economic challenges. The EU-Canada agreement is a welcome respite from the current protectionist rhetoric and positive results should soon be evident. Governments everywhere should take note and move in the same direction, said Alexandre de Juniac, IATAs Director General and CEO.
Regional Performance
Airlines in all regions except Latin America reported an increase in year-on-year demand in September. However results continued to vary considerably.
Asia-Pacific airlines saw freight volumes increase by 5.5% in September 2016 compared to the same period last year. Capacity in the region expanded 3.4%.The positive Asia-Pacific performance corresponds with signs of an increase in export orders in China and Japan over the last few months. Seasonally-adjusted freight results for Asia-Pacific carriers are now trending upwards.
European airlines experienced a 12.6% increase in freight volumes in September 2016. Capacity increased 6.4%. The strong European performance corresponds with an increase in reported new export orders in Germany over the last few months.
North American carriers saw freight volumes expand 4.5% in September 2016 year-on-year, as capacity increased 2.6%. International freight volumes grew by 6.2% - their fastest pace since the US seaports disruption boosted demand in February 2015. However, in seasonally-adjusted terms volumes are still just below the level seen in January 2015. The strength of the US dollar continues to keep the US export market under pressure.
Middle Eastern carriers saw demand growth slow for the third consecutive month to 1.2% year-on-year in September 2016 - the slowest pace since July 2009. Capacity increased by 6.2%. Seasonally-adjusted freight growth, which had been trending upwards until the past year or so year, has now halted. This turnaround in performance is partly due to weaker conditions in the Middle East-to-Asia and Middle East-to-North America markets.
Latin American airlinesreported a decline in demand of 4.5% and a drop in capacity of 4.7% in September 2016, compared to the same period in 2015. The within South America market has been the weakest performing market so far this year with volumes contracting 14% year-on-year in August, the most recent month for which route specific data are available. The comparative strength of the US economy has helped boost volumes between North and South America with US imports by air from Colombia and Brazil increasing by 5% and 13% year-on-year respectively.
African carriers saw freight demand increase by 12.7% in September 2016 compared to the same month last year - the fastest rate in nearly two years. Capacity surged year-on-year by 34% on the back of long-haul expansion in particular by Ethiopian Airlines and North African carriers.
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Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services has allotted 1, 48,099 equity shares of the face value of Re 1 each to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries upon exercise of stock options under Employees Stock Option Plan 2010 (Tranch II, Tranch III and Tranch IV).
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A solid and accelerated upturn in incoming new business placed with Indian service providers led companies to scale up activity during October. Survey data indicated that this placed pressure on firms capacity as backlogs of work rose further, but employment levels were unchanged over the month. Input costs increased again, although at a marginal rate that was softer than in September. As for output prices, these were broadly unchanged.
At 54.5 in October, the seasonally adjusted Nikkei Services Business Activity Index recorded above the no-change mark of 50.0 for the sixteenth straight month, highlighting ongoing growth in the sector. Rising from 52.0 in September, the latest figure was consistent with an accelerated rate of expansion that was marked overall.
Manufacturing production also increased at a quicker rate, one that was the fastest in 46 months. Subsequently, the seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Composite PMI Output Index rose from 52.4 in September to 55.4 in October. This pointed to a marked pace of expansion in private sector activity that was the quickest in nearly four years.
Boosting growth of services output was a pick-up in new orders, which expanded at a solid pace that was faster than in September. According to panellists, the upturn was supported by greater client requests and improved demand conditions. Manufacturing order books also rose at a quicker pace, with growth climbing to a 22-month high.
October data highlighted ongoing pressures on Indian service providers capacity, as unfinished business volumes rose for the fifth consecutive month. Little-changed since September, the overall rate of backlog accumulation was solid. A similar trend was seen among manufacturers, where outstanding business rose solidly.
Service sector employment was unchanged over the month, with almost all survey participants reporting the same payroll numbers as in September. Likewise, manufacturing staffing levels stagnated in October.
Higher prices paid for petrol resulted in a further increase in average input prices facing services firms. That said, October saw cost inflation ease to a marginal pace that was much lower than the long-run series average. In fact, less than 2% of monitored firms reported rising cost burdens. Within manufacturing, purchase price inflation reached a 26-month peak.
Softer inflationary pressures assisted service providers with their pricing strategies. Amid reports of efforts to attract new customers, selling prices were left unchanged by around 98% of firms. Overall, a fractional reduction was recorded as the respective index recorded only just below the no-change mark of 50.0. Conversely, factory gate charges rose again, and at the quickest pace since April.
Indian services companies remained upbeat towards the 12-month outlook for activity, but the overall level of sentiment was at a four-month low. Those firms anticipating growth indicated that improved market conditions and aggressive marketing campaigns are expected to boost activity. Nevertheless, worries regarding fierce competition for new work restricted confidence.
Commenting on the Indian Services PMI survey data, Pollyanna De Lima, economist at IHS Markit, and author of the report, said:
The service sector joined its manufacturing counterpart in offering a more upbeat level of performance this month, providing reassurance in the sustainability of the upturn of Indias economy. Incoming new work was the main driver of output growth, with survey respondents highlighting strong demand and improved market conditions.
One underlying concern is the sustained stagnant trend in workforces, with both manufacturers and service providers showing some reluctance to hire. Hopefully, the added pressure on capacity shown in the PMI surveys will translate into job creation as we move towards the end of 2016.
Nonetheless, a healthy level of overall positive sentiment regarding future business opportunities was seen and, with competitive pressures offering just a minor bump in the road of confidence, the services economy looks set to maintain its strong performance in the near term.
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The result was announced during market hours today, 3 November 2016.
Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 119.93 points or 0.44% at 27,407.29.
On BSE, so far 6.89 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 1.60 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock was volatile. The stock rose as much as 1.78% at the days high of Rs 244.90 so far during the day. The stock lost as much as 2.09% at the days low of Rs 235.55 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 282 on 31 August 2016. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 185 on 29 February 2016. The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 2 November 2016, sliding 4.83% compared with 1.22% fall in the Sensex. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, declining 8.85% as against Sensexs 1.62% fall.
The companys bottom line during the quarter was boosted by surge in non-operational income. Other income jumped 98.87% to Rs 144.86 crore in Q3 September 2016 over Q3 September 2015.
The current quarter (Q3 September 2016) results include results of ACC and are not comparable with results of corresponding previous quarter. Ambuja had recently acquired 50.05% shareholding in ACC pursuant to a scheme of amalgamation.
In its outlook, Ambuja Cements said the medium to long term outlook for cement demand remains positive considering good monsoon this year and governments focus on housing and infrastructure development. Ambuja Cements said it continues to focus on improving operational efficiencies.
Ambuja Cements is engaged in manufacturing and marketing cement and clinker for both domestic and exports. The company sells cement under the Ambuja Cement brand.
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu have also rolled out the National Food Security Act (NFSA). With this, now the Act has been implemented in all the States and Union Territories. As a result, now 81.34 crore persons will get wheat at Rs. 2/ kg and rice at Rs. 3/ kg. This was announced by Union Minister of Consumer Affair, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan. Being an important initiative for ensuring food security of the people, the Government of India actively pursued with all the States/UTs for its early implementation.
Shri Paswan said now the Center will focus on further reforms in PDS, which will include end to end computerization of the system for which States/UTs are being technically and financially assisted. He said this is important for bringing in transparency in the functioning of the public distribution system (PDS), which is vital feature of NFSA, in order to check leakages and diversion of foodgrains.
Highlighting other initiatives taken by the Centre to make the PDS leakage proof, Shri Paswan said that the beneficiarys data base has been digitized in all the 36 States/UTs, wherein, information is available right upto beneficiary level and is in the public domain. Online allocation of foodgrains in being done in 28 States/UTs, and the entire foodgrain supply chain has been computerized in 18 States/UTs. 100 percent linkage of Ration Cards with Addhar, which is 71% at the moment, will be achieved. Foodgrains losses of FCI have been brought down to 0.04 percent and major FCI depots have been made online.
. In another significant step towards better targeting and leakage-free distribution of foodgrains, direct benefit transfer is being carried out in two different modes. In the first mode, food subsidy is being transferred in cash into the bank account of beneficiaries, who then have the choice to buy foodgrains from the open market. This has been started in UTs of Chandigarh, Puducherry and urban areas of Dadra & Nagar Haveli. The second mode involves automation of fair price shops, for distribution of foodgrains through an electronic point of sale (e-PoS) device which authenticates beneficiaries at the time of distribution and also electronically captures the quantum of foodgrains distributed to the family. As of 31.10.2016, e-PoS devices are operational in 1,61,854 fair price shops.
For smooth functioning of PDS, State Governments are also being provided Central assistance for meeting expenditure of intra-State transportation & handling of foodgrains and fair price shop dealers margin. The assistance for fair price shops dealers margin also contains a component of assistance for installation and operation of Pos devices at fair price shops. So far, Rs. 1874 crore has been released to State Governments by the Government of India in 2016-17.
At this current coverage, monthly allocation of foodgrains to States/UTs under the Act is about 45.5 lakh tons, with subsidy implication of about Rs. 11,726 core per month or about Rs. 1,40, 700 crore per year.
Regarding Sugarcane arrears, Shri Paswan said 2014-15 arrears which were Rs.21,000 at the peak have now come down Rs 205 crore. Prices of pulses except Chana have come down. Regarding wheat prices he said that Government has decided to release additional 10 lakh ton wheat for sale in domestic Market under FCI OMS scheme.
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The result was announced during market hours today, 3 November 2016.
Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 22.80 points or 0.08% at 27,504.42.
On BSE, so far 3.01 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 56,179 shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 362.75 so far during the day, which is a 52-week high for the counter. The stock hit a low of Rs 311.75 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 144.80 on 26 February 2016. The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 2 November 2016, advancing 35.72% compared with 1.22% fall in the Sensex. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, gaining 60.44% as against Sensexs 1.62% fall.
The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 21.85 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
Shares of Century Enka had witnessed a pre-result rally. The stock had surged 13.65% in prior four trading sessions to settle at Rs 355.05 yesterday, 2 November 2016, from its close of Rs 312.40 on 27 October 2016.
Century Enka manufactures polyester filament yarn, nylon filament yarn, polyester partially oriented yarn, polyester and nylon chips of industrial and fabric grade and nylon industrial yarn and nylon tyre cord fabrics.
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Dhunseri Investments has appointed Ramesh Chandak as an Additional Director designated as an Independent Director at the companys board meeting held on 03rd November 2016.
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Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 15.63 points, or 0.06%, to 27,511.59.
On BSE, so far 13.53 lakh shares were traded in the counter, compared with average daily volume of 3.27 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 40.20 so far during the day, which is also a 52-week high for the counter. The stock hit a low of Rs 37.80 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 15.60 on 9 November 2015. The stock had outperformed the market over the past 30 days till 2 November 2016, rising 59.28% compared with the 2.85% decline in the Sensex. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 67.11% as against Sensexs 0.68% decline.
The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 20 crore. Face value per share is Re 1.
Shares of Ujaas Energy have risen 52.10% in five trading sessions from a recent closing low of Rs 25.05 on 27 October 2016.
On 1 November 2016, Ujaas Energy announced receiving an order for design, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of rooftop grid connected solar PV system of 158 Kwp from Airports Authority of India VSI Airport, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar. Monetary details of the deal were not disclosed. On that day, the stock jumped 11.82% to end at Rs 34.05.
On a special Mahurat trading session on 30 October 2016, the stock surged 21.56% to Rs 30.45 after the company said its net profit surged 196% to Rs 9.71 crore on 129.9% rise in net sales to Rs 121.15 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015. The result was announced after market hours on Friday, 28 October 2016.
Ujaas Energy is engaged in design of various products and solutions for producing clean energy.
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Multi Commodity Exchange of India has approved the exercise of options equivalent to 12,295 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) by the eligible employees. Accordingly, the MCX ESOP Trust has transferred12,295 equity shares of MCX to the respective eligible employees.
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Net profit of Whirlpool of India rose 64.44% to Rs 58.72 crore in the quarter ended September 2016 as against Rs 35.71 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2015. Sales rose 17.99% to Rs 787.74 crore in the quarter ended September 2016 as against Rs 667.63 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2015.
ParticularsQuarter Endedn++Sep. 2016Sep. 2015% Var. Sales787.74667.63 18 OPM %11.388.89 - PBDT106.7371.92 48 PBT86.0654.46 58 NP58.7235.71 64
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Sai Television reported no net profit/loss in the quarter ended September 2016 as against net loss of Rs 0.01 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2015. There were no Sales reported in the quarter ended September 2016 and during the previous quarter ended September 2015.
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Net profit of Teesta Agro Industries rose 14.29% to Rs 0.24 crore in the quarter ended September 2016 as against Rs 0.21 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2015. Sales rose 17.00% to Rs 16.86 crore in the quarter ended September 2016 as against Rs 14.41 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2015.
ParticularsQuarter Endedn++Sep. 2016Sep. 2015% Var. Sales16.8614.41 17 OPM %2.972.57 - PBDT0.580.46 26 PBT0.350.31 13 NP0.240.21 14
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Net profit of Thangamayil Jewellery declined 3.77% to Rs 3.57 crore in the quarter ended September 2016 as against Rs 3.71 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2015. Sales declined 22.94% to Rs 313.97 crore in the quarter ended September 2016 as against Rs 407.46 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2015.
ParticularsQuarter Endedn++Sep. 2016Sep. 2015% Var. Sales313.97407.46 -23 OPM %4.033.25 - PBDT7.137.61 -6 PBT4.825.37 -10 NP3.573.71 -4
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PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION, BY AND THROUGH JOSEPH STRAKA, PETITIONERSv.PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, RESPONDENT
Appealed From No. PF-C-95-114-E. State Agency, Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board.
Before: Honorable Doris A. Smith, Judge, Honorable Rochelle S. Friedman, Judge, Honorable Charles P. Mirarchi, Jr., Senior Judge. Opinion BY Judge Friedman.
FILED: June 20, 1997
Plainfield Township Policemen's Association (Association), by and through Joseph Straka, appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) which sustained the exceptions of Plainfield Township (Township) to the Proposed Decision and Order (PDO) of a PLRB Hearing Examiner and concluded that the Township did not engage in unfair labor practices contrary to sections 6(1)(a) and (e) of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act (PLRA), *fn1 as read in pari materia with what is commonly called the Collective Bargaining by Policemen or Firemen Act (Act 111). *fn2
In 1981, the Township enacted a police pension ordinance pursuant to the Police Pension Fund Act (Act 600). *fn3 The ordinance, as originally enacted, required 25 years of service for pension eligibility; however, in July 1985, the Township amended the police pension ordinance to reduce the service requirement to 20 years.
Several years later, the Association, as designated bargaining representative for the Township's police officers, negotiated a collective bargaining agreement with the Township, which was effective from January 1, 1988 through December 31, 1990. That agreement, however, did not address the subject of police pensions. Provisions regarding police pensions were also absent from successive collective bargaining agreements between the parties, including the agreement which was in effect during calendar year 1995.
On or about August 30, 1993, the Township received an audit report from the Department of the Auditor General, which stated that the Township's police pension ordinance did not conform to Act 600 because it provided an annuity after only 20 years of service and recommended that the Township amend its police pension ordinance. Subsequently, by ordinance enacted on April 12, 1995, the Township amended the police pension ordinance to require 25 years of service for receipt of a pension.
In response to the Township's modification of the police pension ordinance, the Association filed an unfair labor practice charge with the PLRB, alleging that the Township had made unilateral changes in the pension plan without prior collective bargaining with the Association. After hearings upon the matter, the Hearing Examiner issued a PDO, stating that, because pensions are subject to bargaining, the Township had a duty to bargain with the Association over any changes in the police pension ordinance. Although the Township argued that implementation of the 25-year service requirement was necessary for compliance with Act 600, the Hearing Examiner determined that such a change could not be imposed unilaterally and, accordingly, concluded that the Township had engaged in unfair labor practices contrary to sections 6(1)(a) and (e) of the PLRA. *fn4
The Township filed timely exceptions to the Hearing Examiner's PDO which the PLRB sustained, concluding that the Township had not engaged in unfair labor practices contrary to sections 6(1)(a) and (e) of the PLRA and Act 111 by amending the police pension ordinance to require 25 years of service for pension eligibility.
On appeal to this court, *fn5 the Association argues that the PLRB erred as a matter of law in sustaining the Township's exceptions. Specifically, the Association argues that, even though the terms of the pension benefits were illegal under Act 600 and had never been submitted to collective bargaining, the Township could not unilaterally change the terms of the pre-existing pension benefits. According to the Association, the Township was required to submit any changes in the pension plan to collective bargaining because pension benefits are a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. *fn6 We disagree.
The only issue before us is whether the change in the police pension ordinance, necessitated by the need to comply with Act 600, constituted a unilateral change in the collective bargaining agreement in violation of the PLRA. *fn7 We hold that it did not.
Initially, we point out that we are unpersuaded by the Association's assertion that the amendment to the pension ordinance was a "unilateral change." Because the term "unilateral change" is a controlling term of art in labor law specifically referring to changes to collective bargaining agreements, it is irrelevant for determining the propriety of a legislative enactment such as the ordinance in question. In fact, enactment of an ordinance, by its very nature, is a unilateral action taken by a legislative body; thus, amendment of an ordinance is not equivalent to a unilateral change in a collectively bargained agreement.
In arguing that the Township's amendment of the legitimately-enacted ordinance was, in fact, a "unilateral change" to the collective bargaining agreements between the parties, the Association seeks to retroactively incorporate the pre-existing ordinance into the negotiated collectively bargained agreements. *fn8 This it cannot do. Although the Association had both the right and the opportunity under section 1 of Act 111 to bargain collectively with the Township in negotiating pension benefits in its collective bargaining agreements, and, therefore, could have incorporated the ordinance's provisions into the collective bargaining agreements, the Association did not do so. Having failed to do so, the Association cannot complain, but must suffer the consequences of its failure to exercise its right to bargain pension terms for its members. *fn9
Accordingly, we affirm.
AND NOW, this 20th day of June, 1997, the final order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, dated June 11, 1996, at case no. PF-C-95-114-E, is affirmed.
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United States District Court, Seventh Circuit
August 19, 2013
METLIFE HOME LOANS, a Division of Metlife Bank, N.A., Plaintiff,v.SHAMIKA COLEMAN a/k/a SHAMIKA MARIE COLEMAN a/k/a SHAMIKA M. COLEMAN a/k/a SHAMIKA M. LIDDELL, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.
DAVID R. HERNDON, Chief District Judge.
On May 8, 2012, the plaintiff filed its Complaint for Foreclosure in St. Clair County Circuit Court. On May 8, 2012, the Unites States of America was served with Summons and a copy of the Complaint (Doc. 27). On May 11, 2012, Shamika Coleman was served with Summons and a copy of the Complaint (Doc. 26). On June 1, 2012, the United States of America filed a Notice of Removal removing the matter to Federal Court (Doc. 3).
On July 13, 2012, the United States of America filed an Answer to the plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. 9). Subsequently, the plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Judgment as to the United States of America's Answer (Doc. 20).
The defendant, Shamika Coleman, did not move, answer, or otherwise plead in response to the plaintiff's Complaint. Based on this failure, the plaintiff secured the Clerk's entry of default on February 28, 2013 (Doc. 31). The plaintiff also secured a Clerk's entry of default as to Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants on February 28, 2013 (Doc. 31). On February 28, 2013, the plaintiff filed its Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 32)
The plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED (Doc. 20). The plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment is GRANTED as to Shamika Coleman, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants (Doc. 32). The Court additionally APPOINTS the Judicial Sales Corporation as the special commissioner for the purpose of sale at public auction of the property. Regarding the sale of the property, the Court hereby FINDS as follows:
1. The Court has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter, and service of process has been properly made.
2. The last owner of redemption was served on May 11, 2012.
3. The statutory right to reinstate, pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1602, expired on August 11, 2012.
4. As to Shamika Coleman, her statutory right of redemption, pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1603, shall expire on November 11, 2013; however, only the United States shall have the right to redeem pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410.
5. The prescribed Affidavit has been filed setting forth that the defendant is not in the Military service (Doc. 39).
6. This judgment is fully dispositive of the interest of all defendants. All the material allegations of the Complaint filed pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1504 (including those required by statute), are true and proven. By entry of this Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale, the Mortgage and Note which is the subject matter of these proceedings is extinguished and replaced by Judgment. By virtue of the Mortgage and the evidence of the indebtedness secured by it, of the date and execution of the plaintiff's supporting judgment affidavit, there is due and owing to plaintiff the following amounts which shall continue to be a valid and subsisting lien upon the subject property described hereinafter.
7. Any advance made in order to protect the lien of the judgment and preserve the real estate shall become so much additional indebtedness secured by the judgment lien. Such advances include, but are not limited to payment for property inspections, real estate taxes or assessments, property maintenance, and insurance premiums incurred by the plaintiff and not included in this Judgment, but paid prior to the Judicial sale. Such advances shall bear interest from date of the advance at the Judgment rate of interest, except in the case of Redemption or Payoff, in which case the note rate of interest shall apply pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1603(d).
8. Under the provisions of the Mortgage, the costs of foreclosure and reasonable attorneys' fees are an additional indebtedness for which the plaintiff should be reimbursed; such expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees are hereby allowed to the plaintiff.
9. On September 25, 2009, Shamika Coleman borrowed from MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, NA the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($183, 300.00) and on said date did execute and deliver to said MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, NA her certain Note wherein she promised to pay to the order of MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, NA the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($183, 300.00) together with interest as stipulated in said Note payments, until the Note is fully paid, all of which will more fully appear by said copy of the Note herein admitted into evidence.
10. To secure the payment of said Note, Shamika Coleman did, on September 25, 2009, make, execute, deliver and acknowledge to M.E.R.S., Inc. as Nominee for MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, NA her certain mortgage wherein she mortgaged the subject property.
11. The Mortgage described in the Complaint and hereby foreclosed appears of record in the Office of the St. Clair County Recorder of Deeds as Document No. A02182279, and the subject property encumbered by said Mortgage and directed to be sold is legally described as follows:
Lot 157 of Final Plat for Willow Walk Subdivision, Phase 1, being a subdivision in part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 5 and the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 1 North, Range 8 West of the 3rd P.M., St. Clair County, Illinois reference being had to the plat thereof recorded in the Recorder's Office of St. Clair County, Illinois as Document No. A01990157; and as Amended by Surveyor's Affidavit, Dated August 17, 2006 and Recorded August 18, 2006, as Document A01996211, except the coal, oil, gas and other minerals underlying said premises and the right to mine and remove the same situated in St. Clair County, Illinois.
Commonly known as: 1708 Ashton Court, Swansea, Illinois 62226.
12. The rights and interests of all the other parties to this cause in the subject property are inferior and subordinate to the lien of the plaintiff.
13. Copies of the Note and the Mortgage as are attached to the plaintiff's Complaint have been offered in evidence.
14. The plaintiff has been compelled to employ and retain attorneys to prepare and file the Complaint and to represent and advise the plaintiff in the foreclosure of the Mortgage. The defendant is liable for the usual, reasonable and customary fees incurred by the plaintiff.
15. The plaintiff has been compelled and may be compelled after entry of this Judgment, to advance, various sums of money in payment of costs, fees, expenses and disbursements incurred in connection with the foreclosure. These sums may include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, filing fees, service of process fees, copying charges, stenographer's fees, witness fees, cost of publication, costs of procuring and preparing documentary evidence and costs of procuring abstracts of title, foreclosure minutes and a title insurance policy, costs of sale, etc. Under the terms of the Mortgage, all such advances, costs, attorneys' fees, and other fees, expenses and disbursements are made a lien upon the mortgaged real estate. The plaintiff is entitled to recover all such advances, costs, attorneys' fees, expenses and disbursements, together with interest on all advances at the Judgment rate of interest, from the date on which such advances are made, except in the case of Redemption or Payoff in which case the note rate of interest shall apply pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1603(d).
16. In order to protect the lien of the mortgage, it may, or has become necessary for the plaintiff to pay taxes and assessments which have been or may be levied upon the mortgaged real estate. In order to protect and preserve the mortgaged real estate, it has or may also become necessary for the plaintiff to make other payments, including but not limited to, fire and other hazard insurance premiums on the real estate, or payments for such repairs to the real estate as may reasonably be deemed necessary for the proper preservation thereof. Under the terms of the mortgage, any money so paid or expended has or will become an additional indebtedness secured by the Mortgage and will bear interest from the date such monies are advanced at the judgment rate of interest except in the case of Redemption or Payoff in which case the note rate of interest shall apply pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1603(d).
17. The allegations of the plaintiff's Complaint are true substantially as set forth, and the equities favor the plaintiff. The plaintiff is entitled to the relief prayed for in the Complaint, including foreclosure of the Mortgage upon the real estate described therein for the Total Judgment Amount as found above, and additional advances, expenses, reasonable Attorneys' fees and court costs, including, but not limited to, publication costs and expenses of sale.
18. Said real estate is free and clear of all liens and encumbrances that have been named herein, or of any claims that are subject to a recorded notice of foreclosure, subject to any rights of redemption available to a defendant, pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1603(a).
19. The plaintiff's Mortgage is prior and superior to all other mortgages, claims of interests and liens upon said real estate that have been named herein, or any claims that are subject to a recorded notice of foreclosure.
20. The United States of America has a valid and subordinate second lien on the real estate herein described.
21. The sum of attorneys' fees allowed herein as stated above is the fair, reasonable, and proper fee to be allowed to the plaintiff as attorneys' fees in this proceeding through the date of this Judgment, in accordance with the terms of the note and Mortgage given by said defendants. That sum should be added to and become a part of the indebtedness due to the plaintiff.
1. REQUEST FOR FORECLOSURE: A Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale is entered pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1506 against the subject property and against all the defendants not previously dismissed. Under the direction of the Court, an accounting has been taken of the amounts due and owing to the plaintiff herein.
a. In the event the defendants do not pay to the plaintiff the amounts required pursuant to the Illinois Mortgage foreclosure Law before expiration of any redemption period, together with attorneys' fees, costs, advances, and expenses of the proceedings (to the extent provided in the Mortgage or by law), the mortgaged real estate shall be sold as directed by the Court. The proceeds of such sale will be used to satisfy the amount due to the plaintiff as set forth in this Judgment at the statutory judgment rate from the date of the Judgment.
b. In the event the plaintiff is a purchaser of the mortgaged real estate at such sale, the plaintiff may offset against the purchase price of such real estate the amount due under the Judgment for Foreclosure and Order Confirming the Sale.
c. If no redemption is made prior to such sale, such a sale shall forever bar and foreclose the defendants made parties to the foreclosure and all persons claiming by, through or under them, and each and any and all of them from any right, title, interest, claim, lien or right to redeem in and to the mortgaged real estate.
d. If no redemption is made prior to such sale, a deed shall be issued to the purchaser at sale according to law and such purchaser shall be allowed possession of the mortgaged real estate in accordance with statutory provisions relative thereto.
2. SALE: The subject real estate is ordered to be sold pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1507.
a. The subject real estate shall be sold pursuant to statute at the expiration of the redemption period. The premises hereinabove described, covered by the security foreclosed in this action, shall be sold at public venue by The Judicial Sales Corporation appointed by this Court, hereinafter referred to as "Sale Officer."
b. The Judicial Sale to be conducted pursuant to this Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale shall be by public auction. The opening bid shall be a verbal bid provided to the Sale Officer by the plaintiff and conducted by the Sale Officer and shall be conducted in full compliance with the statutory requirements contained in 735 ILCS 5/15-1507. In the event the plaintiff fails to notify the Sale Officer of its initial bid, then the Sale Officer shall continue the sale to a date as agreed upon by the Sale Officer and the plaintiff's counsel and in compliance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(4). If the sale is erroneously held without the plaintiff having notified the Sale Officer of the plaintiff's initial bid, the plaintiff shall have the option to have the sale vacated and held for naught.
c. The real estate shall be sold for cash in the form of a cashier's check, certified funds, at public venue, to the highest bidder for cash in hand.
d. Any purchase at the Judicial Sale takes subject to any and all liens, encumbrances, or existing defects in title. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title. The plaintiff shall not be responsible for any damages resulting from existing liens, encumbrances or title defects, nor does the plaintiff make any warranties as to the condition of title, either express or implied, by virtue of the Judicial Sale.
a. In a foreclosure under Article 15, the mortgagee, its Attorney, the Sale Officer, or such other party designated by the Court shall give public notice of the Sale pursuant to statute. The Notice of Sale shall include all information as required by 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) parts (A)-(H) where such information is available to the plaintiff or counsel for the plaintiff. Immaterial errors in the information shall not invalidate the legal effect of the notice. The plaintiff shall include any information regarding improvements to the property where such information is available to the plaintiff; provided, however, that the plaintiff is not obligated to make a determination as to such improvements where such a determination would cause the incurrence of additional cost to the plaintiff unless otherwise ordered by the Court. The Notice of Sale shall contain at least the following information:
i. The name, address and telephone of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate.
ii. The common address and other common description (other than legal description), if any, of the real estate.
iii. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty.
iv. A description of the improvements on the real estate.
v. The times specified in the Judgment or separate order, if any, when the real estate may be inspected prior to sale.
vi. The time and place of the sale.
vii. The terms of the sale.
viii. The title, case number and the court in which the foreclosure was filed.
ix. In the case of a condominium unit, to which Subsection (g) of Section 9 of the Condominium Act applies, the statement required by subsection (g)(5) of the Condominium Property Act.
x. Any other information required herein or by separate order.
b. The notice of sale shall be published once each week for three (3) successive weeks, the first such notice to be published not more than 45 days prior to the sale and the last notice to be published not less than 7 days prior to the sale, in a newspaper published in a newspaper circulated to the general public in the county in which the real estate is located, in the section of that newspaper where legal notices are commonly placed. In addition, except in counties with a population in excess of 3, 000, 000, publication shall include a separate advertisement in the section of such newspaper which real estate other than real estate being sold as part of legal proceedings is commonly advertised to the general public. Such a separate advertisement in the real estate section need not include a legal description. However, where both advertisements could be published in the same newspaper that that newspaper does not have separate legal notices and real estate advertisement sections, a single advertisement with the legal description shall be sufficient, and that no other publications shall be required unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
c. The party who gives notice of public sale shall also give notice of public sale to all parties in the action who have appeared and have not heretofore been found by the Court to be in default for failure to plead. Such notice shall be given in the manner provided in the applicable rules of court for service of papers other than process and complaint, not more than 45 days nor less than 7 days prior to the day of sale. After notice is given as required by statute, a copy thereof shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of this Court together with a certificate of counsel or other proof of that notice has been served in compliance with this Section.
d. The party who gives notice of public sale shall again give notice of any adjourned sale; provided, however, that if the adjourned sale is to occur less than 60 days after the last scheduled sale, notice of any adjourned sale need not be given.
e. Notice of the sale may be given prior to the expiration of any reinstatement period or redemption period. No other notice by publication or posting shall be necessary.
f. The person named in the notice of sale to be contacted of information about the real estate may, but shall not be required to, provide additional information other than that set forth in the notice of sale.
a. In the event that the plaintiff is the purchaser of the mortgaged real estate at such sale, the plaintiff may offset against the purchase price of such real estate the amounts due under the Judgment of Foreclosure together with interest at the statutory interest rate from the date of Judgment through the date of sale, plus any fees, costs and advances made after the entry of this Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1505 and 15-1603.
b. The proceeds of the sale shall be distributed in the following order pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512:
i. The reasonable expenses of sale.
ii. The reasonable expenses of securing possession before sale, holding, maintaining, and preparing the real estate for sale, including payment of taxes and other governmental charges, premiums on hazard and liability insurance, management fees, and, to the extent provided for in the Mortgage or other recorded agreement and not prohibited by law, reasonable attorneys' fees, payments made pursuant to Section 15-1505, and other legal expenses incurred by the mortgagee.
iii. Satisfaction of all claims in the order of priority as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. If the issue of priorities was reserved pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1506(h), the proceeds will be distributed as set forth in the order confirming sale.
iv. Any balance of proceeds due after the above distribution shall be held by the Sales Officer conducting the sale until further order of the Court.
Upon and at the sale of the mortgaged real estate, the Sale Officer shall give to the purchaser a receipt of sale. The receipt shall describe the real estate purchased and shall show the amount paid or to be paid for the real estate. An additional receipt shall be given at the time of each subsequent payment. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the Sale Officer shall issue, in duplicate, and give to the purchaser, a Certificate of Sale in recordable form, which describes the real estate purchased and states the amount paid. The Certificate of Sale shall be freely assignable.
The Sale Officer shall promptly make a report to the Court. The Report of Sale may be prepared by the plaintiff to be reviewed and executed by the Sale Officer. The Sale Officer shall submit the report, or cause it to be submitted, for review by the Court at the times of Confirmation of sale. The report shall include a copy of all receipts of sale.
Upon motion and notice in accordance with court rules applicable to motions generally, the Court shall conduct a hearing to confirm the sale pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1508. The Mortgagee, its Attorney, the Sales Officer or such other party designated by the Court, shall send notice of such hearing.
a. Unless the Court finds that a notice required in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) was not given, that the terms of the sale were unconscionable, that the sale was conducted fraudulently, or that justice was otherwise not done, the Court shall then enter an Order Confirming the Sale.
b. The Order Confirming the Sale may include an Order for Possession. In the alternative, the Order for Possession may be by separate order.
c. If the proceeds of the sale are not sufficient to satisfy those sums due the plaintiff, the Court shall enter a Personal Deficiency Judgment pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1508(e), but only if the Court finds that it has personal jurisdiction over the parties personally liable on the note and that said liability has not been discharged in bankruptcy. If the Court does not have personal jurisdiction over those parties liable on the note, or if there is no personal liability based on other findings by the Court, the Court shall enter an In Rem Deficiency Judgment.
a. If the subject real estate has been found to be residential as defined by statute, and if the purchaser at the judicial sale was a mortgagee who was a party to the foreclosure or its nominee, and the sale price is less than the amount specified in 735 ILCS 5/15-1603(d), then an owner of redemption as set forth in Section 15-1603(a) shall have a special right to redeem, for a period ending by paying the mortgagee the sale price plus all additional costs and expenses incurred by the mortgagee set forth in the report of sale and confirmation by the Court. The period for such a special right to redeem ends 30 days after the date the sale is confirmed. Any real property so redeemed shall be subject to a lien for any deficiency remaining with the same lien priority as the underlying mortgage foreclosed herein, without any rights of homestead.
b. If the United States is a party to this action by virtue of a lien of the Internal Revenue Service, the United States shall have redemption rights pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410.
a. In the event of such sale and the failure of the person entitled thereto to redeem prior to such sale pursuant to statutory provisions, the defendants made parties to the foreclosure in accordance with the statutory provisions, all parties notified by a recorded notice of foreclosure, and all persons claiming by, through or under them, and for each and any and all of them, shall be forever barred and foreclosed of any right, title, interest, claim, lien or right to redeem in and to the mortgaged real estate.
b. This Judgment and all Orders entered pursuant to said Judgment are valid as stated above. The inadvertent failure to name a subordinate record claimant will not invalidate this Judgment. The plaintiff may amend the complaint for foreclosure to name such a party if it is made aware of the claim prior to the judicial sale without affecting the validity of the Judgment as to the other parties defendant. If a property has gone to sale or a sale has been confirmed, the plaintiff may vacate the sale and/or confirmation of sale and then proceed to amend its complaint as noted above in this subparagraph (b).
After the expiration of the mortgagor's reinstatement and redemption rights, payment of the purchase price by the successful bidder and confirmation of the sale, the Sale Officer shall promptly execute and issue a deed to the owner and holder of the Certificate of Sale pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1509. Delivery of the deed shall be sufficient to pass title and will bar all claims of parties to the foreclosure and parties having notice by virtue of a recorded notice of foreclosure.
The Court retains jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter of this cause for the purpose of enforcing this Judgment or vacating said Judgment if a reinstatement is made as set forth in this Judgment.
The successful bidder at sale shall, upon confirmation of the sale, take its interest in the property subject to all bona fide leases or tenancies existing as of the date of initiation of this action for foreclosure, pursuant to and as defined by the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, 12 U.S.C. § 5201 et seq.
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Whether you like it or not, Tecno got something big to offer you this season.
Though we've been anticipating the release of the much talked about Droid device coming with Remix OS but Tecno has decided to make it official.
Launching any moment from now. It is a mixture of the Windows OS and the Android OS; you get the characteristics of Windows on a mobile OS.
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Creationists versus Darwinists, "intelligent design" versus random selection, the controversy is as heated as ever. The pope is studying the issue with a team of experts. Keep reading to find the truth he wants to reassert. And the confusion he wants to clear up
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ROMA, August 11, 2006 – All those who are expected to attend Benedict XVI's private seminar with his former theology students at Castel Gandolfo in early September will come with the necessary documents tucked away in their briefcases.
Among the papers, an article published by "L'Osservatore Romano" on January 16, 2006, stands out. It is signed Fiorenzo Facchini, who is both priest and scientist, and teaches anthropology at the University of Bologna. He has written extensively on the question of evolution.
The importance of this article – which appears in its entirety below – is confirmed in the latest issue of "La Civiltà Cattolica", a Jesuit journal published in Rome under the control and with the authorization of Vatican authorities.
In the August 5-19 issue of "La Civiltà Cattolica", Jesuit Giuseppe De Rosa reserves ten pages to evolution and its workings, from Lamarck and Darwin up to today. He signs off his piece with a reference to Facchini's "L'Osservatore Romano" article which he considers the most up-to-date synthesis of the position of the Catholic Church in the matter.
In his article, Father De Rosa sums up where the scientific controversy now stands point. He writes:
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Banana and Nut Cookies
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ServingsServes 1 - 12 Cookies
These soft and succulent cookies have a consistency half way between cake and cookies. The banana gives each cookie a moist and fruity flavor. Soy/soya flour (available from health food shops) allows for a lot of healthy goodness to be hidden in each cookie.
- 4 ripe bananas
- 170g soy/soya flour
- 60g wholemeal flour
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 25g cashew nuts30g raisins
- Mash all 4 bananas in a small bowl using a fork, then transfer to a larger cooking bowl. If you want to have less washing up you can mash the bananas in the large bowl but you will find it a lot harder work.
- Slowly mix the soy and wholemeal flour into the bananas causing the mixture to thicken.
- Mix in the eggs and olive oil to form form a smooth paste.
- Add the cashew nuts and raisins and gently mix them in.
- Line two baking trays with baking parchment and lightly grease the surface with a little butter. Using two spoons transfer six large scoops of the mixture onto each baking tray. Cook for 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 190°C/380°F/Gas Mark 5.
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Ghosts of the Titanic: An Archaeological Odysseyby Charles R. Pellegrino, James Cameron
In 1996, Charles Pellegrino published Her Name, Titanic, a riveting account of the most famous disaster in American history. The book became a New York Times bestseller, garnering superb praise from both readers and the pres. Now Pellegrino, expert oceanographer and a member of the original team that discovered the wreck two-and-one-half miles below the surface of the sea, has written the ultimate book on the sinking of the Titanic. Using the latest technology to penetrate the ship's watery gravewhere low oxygen levels and a water temperature only two degrees above freezing have kept many of the ship's artifacts from even mild decayGhosts of the Titanic recreates those last, horrifying moments on board the doomed ship, and uncovers fascinating secrets about ocean life. Filled with new discoveries about the ship's fate and history, it reveals:
- The surprising fate of the Grand Stairway
- Why the lookout never saw the iceberg before it was too late, and why the Titanic was much closer to the iceberg than previously thought
- Who was looting cabins as the ship went down
- Diaries and letters from passengers, perfectly preserved at the bottom of the ocean
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Dr. Charles Pellegrino's seven books include Unearthing Atlantis and Her Name, Titanic. He lives in Long Beach, NY.
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Chapter One
Thoughts for a Countdown
If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day. John Archibald Wheeler
And You May ask me, why do I not believe in psychic events?
How can I not believe? you may ask, given what I have seen, what I have learned.
And it occurs to me that I cannot provide an adequate answer, because I do not believe the proper words exist for me to explain my agnosticism. You cannot know, therefore, and neither, it seems, can I.
What I do know is that odd coincidence, or synchronicity call it what you will has always surrounded the Titanic. And it has surrounded me, too, ever since the Titanic.
In the summer of 1985, I was a space scientist and paleontologist (or, as paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould once put it, "an astronomer who occasionally looks down"). At that time, no one in the world could have seemed farther from the Titanic. In fact, most of my work was out of this world way out of it, way past Mars. I had, with my childhood friend and fellow astrobiologist Jesse Stoff, proposed models for ice world interiors that were leading to the discovery of new oceans beneath the crusts of Jupiter's moons Ganymede and Europa, and Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus. The Voyager II spacecraft was supporting our models, and was flying on past Titan and Enceladus toward an encounter with the cryovolcanoes of Triton, but it saddened me that Jesse could not be with me at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. About three years earlier, he hadabandoned our ice world studies, literally in midstride, so that he could fly away to London and try to figure out how the human immune system evolved. Along the way, he focused attention on a rare genetic disorder. By coincidence, I was tracing this same genetic marker back through the origins of all the modern human races, following a trail of aberrant DNA as if it were a trail of footprints (and all the genetic roads were leading back to Africa, about 120,000 years ago). By coincidence, this same genetic trail the entire gene complex had turned up in my own blood, and was waiting to hatch out. And by sheer coincidence, Jesse had discovered treatments for this same genetic condition, even as I bemoaned his departure from the space program and into medicine, and said as much in the preface to a report titled, "Extraterrestrial Life: New Hope in our Own Solar System."
The words ankylosing spondylitis describe a condition in which the immune system becomes overly active, attacking cells that belong to "self" with as much vigor as those that belong to "non-self " It is similar in its effects to the graft-versus-host disease commonly seen as a result of bone marrow transplants, and when kept under control (or even when deliberately induced, and controlled via the emerging technology of immunogenetics), the disease becomes a powerful ally against other diseases, particularly cancer. When out of control, however, it can trigger a biological chain reaction that maims, and occasionally kills.
In July 1985, the disease aimed to kill me. My doctor in New York told me I should put my affairs in order. To judge from the rate of deterioration he was witnessing, he predicted that I would have "a short autumn."
Then Jesse showed up at my door the only person I know of who, at that time, just happened to have a magic bullet sitting in his lab.
I got better.
My doctor died.
And then I received a call from Bob Ballard. By coincidence, he had been reading a book by Jesse and me in which we discussed the possibility of oceans inside ice worlds, and described the sorts of robots that might one day be sent to probe them. By yet another emerging coincidence, Bob had been building deep-ocean robots directly ancestral to the ones Jesse and I had described. One of them had just found the Titanic, and Bob had his next expedition already in mind. He wanted to know if I would be interested in joining him."
Oooh, this can't be happening," my father said, when I told him of the call. It was just as I had said it would be, two months earlier, when I was so sick and dog tired that I lived what I was coming tocall "koala bear days" twenty-hour naps, almost comatose. And during those koala days I did a very strange thing, when Dad and I look back upon it now and come to consider that in July 1985 I had never even read the Walter Lord classic, A Night to Remember. During my few waking hours I somehow managed to construct a little white model of the Titanic, properly ballasted with some of its watertight compartments built in. I shut off the filter and pumps in my parents' swimming pool and sprinkled the water with the same red dust I had used in the laboratory to reveal patterns of circulation around the siphons of clams and octopi.
Each time I sank the ship, I watched very carefully the slipstream of dust that trailed behind it. After the model came to a sudden stop on the bottom, the dust spread out over a radius at least as large as the ship's length, in great cauliflower billows.
"Downblast," I had called it.
"Why are you doing this?" my father had asked. Of the very few hours I could remain awake, I spent an inordinate number sinking a toy boat in a swimming pool, and the water at one end was beginning to resemble blood. It was inexplicable to Dad and I was scaring the neighbors."Why this?" he demanded.
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'Ghosts of the Titanic' is a great read, evoking the feelings and emotions of that April night in 1912 while simultaneously examining what Titanic means to the present and could mean to the future. Mr. Pelligrino has done his research and this book is a must-have for real Titanic buffs.