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Chandler, Ohio Monday, August 2, 2010
I couldn't find a pencil that hadn't been chewed on. So what if the existing ones all bore my own teeth marks? Sometimes a girl just needed fresh wood.
I'd already seen four patients that day, had worked at the soup kitchen during lunchmy turn to wash dishes and book club was that night and I hadn't finished the book, in spite of being up half the night trying.
And right then, critical on my list was that none of my desk drawers had unused, which for me meant unchewed, pencils. Okay, so the habit was somewhat disgusting. I acknowledged it. At least I faced my issues.
"Deb?" I punched the phone intercom system a system that had come with the office and had been around, I suspected, since before color television.
"Yeah?" Deb Brown, my assistant wasn't the most professional employee around. But she was loyal and compassionate, which made up for any lack in her office etiquette.
"Have we got any pencils out there?"
"No, but you've got a call on line one. I was just going to buzz you when you buzzed me."
"Go get some new pencils, would you?"
"Now? I'm in the middle of billing."
"Now. Please. If you don't mind."
"Heck, I don't mind. It's eighty degrees and sunny outside."
"But make sure you only walk as far as your car," I told her. The one store in town that carried office supplies was three miles away and Deb had been known to make that hike.
"Okay," Deb said, and clicked off.
Why the store was closer to the highway seven miles outside town instead of downtown where people worked was beyond me. The only businesses out by the interstate, besides farmland, were an economy hotel, a truck stop and a family diner. If you considered a greasy spoon filled with truckers a "family" diner.
Picking up a pen, pulling one of four or five notepads toward me, I took my call on line one.
"Dr. Chapman?" The caller was female. Sounded older than a teen. At a guess, in her early thirties.
"My name is Lori Winston. The counselor at Chandler High School referred me to you."
Jim Lockhart had sent several troubled teens to me over the past five years.
"You have a son or daughter in high school? " I asked, mentally reviewing my assessment of her age.
"A daughter. Just starting high school this month. But I can't pay you," the woman continued. "I barely got enough money to pay lot rent and utilities."
Jim knew that when it came to kids, I'd work pro bono anytime.
Insecure, I jotted down about Lori Winston, because I always made notes about whatever popped immediately to mind when dealing with my clients. Or pretty much anyone I talked to.
First impressions were sometimes vital.
"You and your daughter live alone?"
Independent, I added, thinking of the thirteen- or fourteen-year-old I had yet to meet.
"For how long?"
"Since she was born. Took me three years to save up for this trailer and it's not much. Two bedrooms. And a hole in the bathroom floor. But we do okay most of the time. It's just comin' up with extra that's hard.
"And before you ask, I had her when I was sixteen. Had to quit school 'cause I couldn't afford a babysitter without working full-time. Seems everyone wants to turn up their noses at us, and if you're one of 'em, then fine, we don't need your help."
"No, wait." I frowned, quickly put pen to paper. Defensive home environment. "I'm happy to helpat no charge." I said what I figured would mean the most so I could keep the needy mother on the line. "And I'm not judging your situation," I added. "My mother also quit high school to have me."
Right here in Chandler.
"And you turned into a doctor?"
Well, a doctor of psychology, anyhow. "Yes," I said.
"You'll understand Maggie, then. Lots of folks don't. They look at me and figure she's white trash, too, without bothering to learn what she's about. Not that I'm trash or nothin'I'm not. But I know what people say about me. I hear them."
"Maggie's your daughter?"
"Yeah. She's fourteen."
Maggie. Cute name. Weary mother.
"How's she doing in school?"
"Straight A's so far."
"What about sports?" Seemed like every kid in the county played something. There wasn't a whole lot else for themor their parentsto do. Some of the people in Fort County seemed to put more emphasis on games and practice and working out than they did on homework and attending class.
"She was a cheerleader in junior high and made the junior varsity team at Chandler, but she quit when practices started. Said she was bored with it. They have to pay to play now that the tax levy failed, so we couldn't afford the extra, anyway."
I looked at my notes. Nothing stood out. So I asked the obvious question. "Why do you think your daughter needs a counselor?"
"I think something's going on with a guy. An older guy."
"Can you explain that?"
"Used to be she said she was going to graduate from college before she got serious with a guy. Said she wasn't going to let anyone slow her down, or stop her from bein' whatever she wants to be, which is fine by me. She thinks guys in high school're dumb, anyway. But now she's talking like 'having a partner could make life so much better' kind of stuff." The mother mocked the daughter's tone.
"What did she mean by that?"
"Hell if I know."
"Did you ask her?"
"Yeah. She said, 'It's obvious.'" More of the mocking tone. "And there's no guy in high school who's gonna be talking that way. Not puttin' thoughts like that into her head."
I wasn't as sure of that.
"Then last week I found a condom in her purse," Lori Winston continued. "She said they gave 'em away free at school last year and she keeps it for safety purposes. 'Like what?' I asked. Like if she gets raped, she's going to pull it out?"
"Do you think she's sexually active?"
"God, I hope not. She's only fourteen and I know that's not the way to go. I've told her. Over and over. And used to be she listened. But I don't know about her anymore. That's why I'm calling you. Other than this, Mags is the greatest kid ever."
"Has she ever had a boyfriend, that you know of?"
"No. She's always said boys are dumb. Now she's saying boys aren't worth talkin' to till they're grown-up and past some hormone something-or-otherand that's what scares me the most. She's dressing different. Paying more attention to her looks. When I ask her if she's seein' someone, she says, 'Course not.' But I don't believe her. There's a man in my daughter's life. A man. Not a boy. A mother knows these things."
I wished I could believe the woman was wrong. But at this point, I couldn't disagree with her that a liaison with an older man was possible.
"Has she ever been in trouble with the police?" I thought of my high school friend, Samantha Jones, who was now a Fort County deputy. She might know if Maggie Winston was hanging out with a bad crowd.
"Of course not. Like I said, she's a good girl, Dr. Chapman. She's never given me a bit of worry until now, except for maybe that she's too sweet. People use her, always asking for help and she never says no. She'd be real easy for some guy to take advantage of, if you know what I mean."
"I'll be happy to see her if you think she'll talk to me."
"She will if I tell her to. When?"
"Any day this week. I can stay late if I need to."
We set a time for the next afternoon. And I hung up. A psychologist's life is often difficult, but never more so than when you're dealing with a child.
The man inside the elegant whitewashed home was armed and dangerous. He'd already killed his wife. Sa-mantha had been the one to find her body on the back porch. The dead woman still had a cell phone clutched in her hand, her call to 9-1-1 showing on the screen.
Now, crouched against the cement foundation, Sam held her department-issue cell phone to her ear while three other deputies surrounded the house. They'd secured the area. And called for the county's hostage team, such as it was. But out here, what they had was pretty much what they had. Ben Chase and Todd Williams had a little more training than the rest of them; that was it.
And Williams, the dickhead, was on his honeymoon. Who'd have thought her old partner would've gone and got married right when she needed him most?
"Answer, dammit," she whispered through gritted teeth, listening to the monotony of ringing that she'd been hearing on and off for the past five minutes.
She almost dropped her phone. "Mr. Holmes?"
"Get them guys outta my yard or I'll blow my head off."
"We're here to help you, Mr. Holmes. We've seen your wife. She's hurt. We have to get her to a hospital." Was lying to a hostage against the rules? Samantha couldn't remember. "We need you to put down your gun and come out, and we'll do everything we can to help you."
It was so dark out here, she couldn't be sure if there was some animal moving in the brusha cat, maybe or if she was just seeing shadows.
"You got money to pay my mortgage?" Holmes shouted in her ear, following the question with obscenities. "You gonna get my truck back for me?"
"There are programs to help you with all that, Mr. Holmes. But we can't do anything if you stay inside with that gun."
"You can't do anything, anyway." The man's voice had dropped so low she could hardly hear him. "I killed my wife. You think I don't know that? I killed her."
When she heard the distinctive and unmistakable sound of a .410, followed by breaking glass falling on pavement, she prayed that her fellow officers hadn't been anywhere within range.
"Mr. Holmes? Are you okay? Mr. Holmes!"
"I told you to get those guys outta here."
"Mr. Holmes." Samantha put every bit of nurturing she could find into those two words. "Please put the gun down now, so we can help you."
Another shot sounded, and Samantha didn't need a phone to her ear to know the man had just blown off his own head.
Kyle Evans liked the country.
Sitting outside at night, unwinding from a long day of farming, communing with the stars and the air that told him what the next day would bring, was heaven compared to living in a city where he'd be surrounded by people even if he lived alone.
Not that he lived alone. Or had ever lived in a city. Or even a small town.
No, Kyle was a farm boy from his head to his toes. Chandler, with all its busybodies and people milling around, the traffic, the fast-food placesthat were now staying open twenty-four hours, for godsaketore at his nerves.
Late on the first Monday night in August he was sitting out back, a few cold beers for company. He sat in a pine rocker he'd built himself across from the other pine rocker he'd built himself, under the hundred-year-old maple tree. His grandpa had set him in the lower branches of that tree before he could walk.
He'd been climbing it by the time he was four. Shimmying up it, hugging the bark so tight with his arms and knees that he'd damned near skinned them. But a few scrapes and bark burns were worth the view from the top. He could see the entire farm from there. Could see his daddy fifty acres away, if there were no leaves on the trees and his old man was on the big tractor.
He could see the cows in the farthest pasture.
He'd once saved a foal from up in that tree. He'd seen a fox coming over the hill toward the horse pasture and had hollered for his grandpa, who took Kyle and the .22 out in the truck, shooting the fox from thirty yards away, right before it lit into the new foal.
The carcass had hung in his father's office until after Kyle graduated from high school. It was in the barn someplace now.
He'd downed his second beer, was considering whether to go into the house for a third or just call it a night, when he saw lights in his drive. Since it was a long drive, he had plenty of notice when someone came to visit. At night, anyway.
His decision made because he recognized his visitor, Kyle went in for the beer. He took a moment to make sure his grandfather was still tucked into bed, asleep, which was how the confused ninety-two-year-old spent most of his time. Then he brought out the rest of the six-pack. There was only one person who'd have the audacity to interrupt his peace this late at night.
And only one person who drove up the gravel drive like a bat out of hell. An officer of the law ought to know better.
It's private propertyI'm allowed to drive fast, Sam always said when he bothered to call her on it.
One look at her face tonight as she stepped out of her reconditioned '77 Mustang, and Kyle knew he wasn't going to call her on anything.
Normally he hated the sight of her in the manly beige slacks, shirt and tie that made up her Fort County deputy uniform.
Not because of the manliness, but because of what they represented. The job. The danger. Her obsession.
Tonight, he hardly noticed her apparel.
Beer first and then talk, he'd learned when she had that wild look in those familiar blue eyes. The look that asked him if she was insane. Or the world was.
The look that told him she'd been seeing something really ugly while he was staring at the stars.
She grabbed the beer he handed her and sat down without a hello. Lying back in the handmade pine chair she used so much he thought of it as hers, she downed half the beer.
"How's Grandpa?" she finally asked.
"Better today. The swelling in his legs went down and he made it to the table for all three meals. Bitched at me for burning the toast, too." He grinned.
"Did he know who you were?"
"I'm not sure. I was either me or my dad. He knew he was with family. I'm good with that." It was when the grandfather he'd grown up with as a second parent thought Kyle was a stranger that he struggled.
"Where's Zodiac?"
"In the barn. Lillie's ready to foal." And the German shepherd would alert him if there was a problem that required his attention before morning.
"You need to hire yourself a hand."
He held up the two he had, beer bottle included. "I've got all I need."
"Your father had two men, plus you and your grandpa, helping him."
"He had twice the land to work and the money to pay wages. I've got help coming for harvest. I can do the rest myself."


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|Fast Break: Balanced Celtics effort stops the Magic
|11.11.13 at 9:52 pm ET
Seven Celtics scored in double figures as they shot 60 percent as a team and stopped the Magic, 120-105.
Avery Bradley led the way with 24 points; Jeff Green, Jordan Crawford and Kelly Olynyk each netted 16; Courtney Lee dropped 12 and Brandon Bass contributed 10 in a balanced effort that improved the C's record to .500 (4-4) for the first time in the Brad Stevens era.
The Steez knees: Believe it or not, Crawford actually looked like a point guard. Submitting by far his best half of basketball in a Celtics uniform, he reached triple-double watch by halftime: 12 points (5-7 FG), six assists and four rebounds. More importantly, he entered the break with zero turnovers in 17 first-half minutes and owned the C's best plus/minus number (+13) in staking them to a 59-50 advantage.
On the range: Bradley's jumper from 15-19 feet has steadily improved since his rookie season, rising from to 26 percent in 2010-11 to 41 percent in his sophomore season and 44 percent last year. After knocking down his first three attempts from that range against the Magic — and finishing 7-of-9 on long 2's — he's started 13-of-24 (54 percent) from that range this season. Avery Bradley is officially a shooting guard.
Kelly O'Sully: By replacing Vitor Faverani in the starting lineup, Brad Stevens broke up the unselfishly entertaining Olynyk-Sullinger frontcourt combination that had helped produce 105.1 points per 100 possessions through the first seven games. And the two talented young bigs responded by providing consistent production throughout a thorough dismantling of the Magic, totaling 30 points on remarkable 14-of-18 shooting to go along with 12 rebounds, eight assists, three blocks and three steals as Jelly Sullynyk.
|Stat Man: Brad Stevens' post-timeout brilliance
|at 1:48 pm ET
It was quite a week for Brad Stevens. Seven days ago, his Celtics dropped to 0-4 and rose to the top of ESPN's Tank Rank. Now, his C's are riding a three-game win streak punctuated by a pair of plays in the span of 3.6 seconds against the two-time defending NBA champions that emphatically announced the coach's arrival.
In the final moments of Saturday's Heat upset, Stevens concocted a pair of post-timeout plays that offered the first NBA glimpse of the brilliance that everyone who knew him at Butler has raved about for the past four months.
The first: Since Shane Battier had previously fronted Gerald Wallace in the post, Stevens called for Jeff Green to lob an entry pass to Wallace under the basket for a layup that cut a four-point deficit in half with one second left.
And second: Weighing the risk of throwing crosscourt against the reward of potentially freeing up a shooter where LeBron James might sag defensively, Stevens called for Wallace to return the favor, lobbing an entry pass to Green in the far corner for a 3-pointer that beat the buzzer. Both seemingly made more brilliant by the fact Dwyane Wade made the youth basketball mistake of missing the rim entirely on a free throw attempt between them.
During his tenure in Boston, Doc Rivers was rightfully praised for his post-timeout play calls, but he also had Paul Pierce to help him look good despite so often calling the same isolation elbow jumper. Stevens doesn't have that luxury and requires a bit more creativity in engineering scoring opportunities for a team without a playmaker.
In the aftermath of the two most remarkable play calls during Stevens' brief NBA coaching career, now seems as good a time as any to examine the Celtics coach's success in post-timeout situations.
|Irish Coffee: The Kris Humphries Minutes Watch
|11.08.13 at 12:59 pm ET
The Kris Humphries Minutes Watch is one of the more interesting subplots of this Celtics season.
By sticking him on the end of the bench early this season, the C's benefit twofold, accelerating the development of rookies Kelly Olynyk and Vitor Faverani while improving the team's lottery chances.
On the flip side, the Celtics might also benefit from increasing Humphries' playing time. He's a 10-year NBA veteran who's averaged a double-double per 36 minutes over his career, so there's little doubt he gives Brad Stevens a better chance to stay afloat until Rajon Rondo returns than Faverani. Meanwhile, showcasing him might actually increase his expiring contract's trade value in the coming months.
In other words, the Kris Humphries Minutes Watch might just be the best tanking barometer we have. And, unlike at least one of his Celtics teammates, Humphries doesn't seem all that bothered by either situation.
'I don't look at it like that,' he told the Boston Herald's Steve Bulpett. 'I look at it like I've got to prepare myself to help my team whatever way I can. I can't read into all that stuff. If you're a professional, you've got to do your job. That's preparing yourself to play, whether you're playing or not playing. We're all trying to do that.'
The fact his name was on the tip of just about everybody's tongue when the Knicks lost Tyson Chandler for 4-6 weeks is a good sign for his trade market. Considering each team's financial situation, such a deal seems far from likely, since the Celtics would almost certainly have to absorb the $23.3 million left on Andrea Bargnani's contract through 2015 in return. Still, any number of contending teams might need frontcourt help by February.
It's a good thing Humphries has enough Patron, wine and craft beer to get him through the season (see video).
|Rajon Rondo seen on a basketball court near you
|11.07.13 at 3:33 pm ET
Injured Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo made a huge impact on the Garden floor last night. He just did so prior to the game. Rondo and C's co-owner Stephen Pagliuca surprised high school students Aylin Garcia Soto and Melvin Harrison with a couple $5,000 scholarships in coordination with Sun Life Financial, which also awarded a pair of $50,000 grants to Boston-based non-profit organizations Bottom Line and Brookview House.
|Gordon Hayward, Brad Stevens: A mutual admiration
|at 2:02 am ET
As the Celtics watched film of Gordon Hayward prior to hosting the Jazz, Brad Stevens couldn't contain his praise for the best player he ever coached at the collegiate level.
"You could kind of see," said Celtics guard Phil Pressey as a knowing smile came to his face. "He talked about every single player, but as soon as he brought up Hayward, he kind of gave a couple more details about him."
And Stevens' first NBA win was no different from so many at Butler: Hayward was the best player on the floor.
"He's a lot better than when I coached him, and man was he good when I coached him," said Stevens after watching the Jazz guard drop 28 points, nine rebounds and five assists on his Celtics. "I thought he was the best player in college at the time, and man has he improved. I'm proud of him.
"I can't tell you what that feels like, because I was there when he was a puppy '¦ and nobody was recruiting him. And it was like, 'You think we should offer that guy a scholarship? Nobody's looking at him. Nobody's even in the building.' It was probably a good decision, in retrospect. He's awfully good."
Let's just say the feeling is mutual.
After starting his NBA coaching career 0-4, Brad Stevens stepped up to the podium Wednesday night after a 97-87 win and asked Celtics longtime public relations director Jeff Twiss if he should make an opening statement. Without missing a beat, Stevens showed his dry sense of humor and his ability to understate the obvious.
'Winning's more fun than losing," Stevens said. "But at the same time, I think we played two pretty good games back to back, so that's the most positive thing moving forward. And hopefully we feel better about ourselves as we move forward.'
Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck marked the occasion of Stevens' first NBA win by getting the basketball at the end of the game and presenting it to Stevens in front of the team.
'Wyc was nice enough to grab the ball for me, so that was really nice," Stevens said. "You know, I'm going to celebrate for a whole 12 minutes and then I'm going to start watching Orlando and trying to figure them out. Obviously they've had a great start to their season, and they've got good young talent. And we've got a couple more road games ' I feel like we've already toured half the NBA this week ' so just a couple of more road games this week.'
The Celtics started in a 16-3 hole but all of that seemed to change when Stevens went to his bench and brought in the likes of Jared Sullinger, Phil Pressey, Gerald Wallace and rookie Kelly Olynyk.
'I told Gerald this today: I thought the Sully/Kelly ' with their ability to pass and stretch the floor, would open up some driving lanes for him," Stevens said. "And some plays for him. Those three guys complement each other pretty well. So, I kind of made up my mind [Tuesday] night that we were going to go with Gerald off the bench, and then went from there. And then I thought Phil gave us a spark. To me, the best teams I've been a part of have had sparks off the bench. The energy level has actually gone up, or at least in a really good night, stayed the same. And I think that that's what happened.'
|Gerald Wallace: Seventh Man of the Year?
|at 1:00 am ET
Asked if anyone in the Celtics organization ever explained the history of the Sixth Man in Boston — a Red Auerbach creation that brought NBA Hall of Famers Frank Ramsey, John Havlicek, Kevin McHale and Bill Walton off the bench — Gerald Wallace had no idea what all that fuss was about.
"I'm like the seventh man, though," said Wallace, who came off the bench for the first time to contribute nine points and nine rebounds in 23 minutes. "Sully [Jared Sullinger] was the first one off the bench. I'm the seventh man."
Celtics coach Brad Stevens told Wallace he'd be joining Sullinger and Kelly Olynyk in the second unit frontcourt, and while he thought the timing could have been better, the 31-year-old couldn't argue with the results.
"I wouldn't say not happy," said Wallace after his team's first win of the season, a 97-87 victory against the winless Jazz. "I'd say kind of confused. It's the first time since I was actually traded to Portland and came off the bench two or three games for them. I'm trying to figure it out. It's a new experience for me. We're still trying to figure it out as a team. It's something different, but it worked, so maybe it's something we can go with."
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MOSQUITOES are guilty of causing widespread loss of life and suffering through
the ages – from Tutankhamun and Mother Teresa to Didier Drogba and Cheryl
Cole, no one is immune.
However, Malaria No More UK's current campaign 'Nowhere To Hide' shows the
balance of power is shifting as global efforts to fight malaria are already
saving over 485 children's lives every day.
The campaign features a wily malaria-carrying anopheles mosquito hiding behind
a series of seasonal disguises, we had Mozzy Santa for Christmas and now
there's Mozzy Bunny, right on time for the build up to Valentines Day and
Easter. There will be a third and final Mozzy Classic Disguise for World
Malaria Day on 25 April.
There's also a 30-second animation featuring the complete collection of
disguises and a swatting great finale!
Nowhere To Hide has been created on a shoestring of goodwill thanks to the
generous time and talent provided at low or no cost from creative agency
Kindred, award-winning wildlife photographer David Maitland and the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Maitland, a well seasoned insect photographer says: "I've travelled in many
tropical climates, been bitten by mosquitoes and seen the impact of malaria.
It's a truly awful disease and I'm proud to do my bit to help support such
an important cause".
Kindred's Creative Directors for the campaign, Anton Ezer and Ben Friend,
created a mosquito backing track for the animation playing kazoos while
Senior Art Director John Merrimen, volunteered his left arm as blood bait
for two hours to facilitate the shoot.
Anton Ezer says: "It is very exciting for Kindred to be part of the Nowhere To
Hide campaign. Malaria No More UK works tirelessly to help eliminate this
terrible disease and we hope the humorous approach we adopted for the
campaign will inform a wider audience about the charity and just how much
progress they have made."
Roz Hunt, Malaria No More UK's Media and Communications Manager adds: "The aim
of these ads is to prompt people to look twice, start thinking about one of
the world's oldest diseases in a new light and to get involved in our work
to save lives.
"We bring a refreshing and positive message and hope people will be
inspired to support the campaign and our ultimate goal to end deaths from
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Nahan, Jan 21 (UNI) The Himachal Pradesh unit of the Akali Dal and a Muslim organisation today urged the state BJP Govenrment to introduce Punjabi and Urdu in government schools at the earliest.
State Akali Dal secretary Paramjit Singh said since the Centre had already released funds for the salaries of Punjabi and Urdu teachers in the state, these two langugaes should be introduced in the primary schools of the state at the earliest.
It was unfortunate that the previous state Congress Government did nothing in this regard even after promising to introduce Punjabi and Urdu in the primary schools of the state, he said.
HP Muslim Welfare Society president Nasim Mohammad Diddan said Urdu language should be introduced in the 100 primary schools, identified by the previous government, of the state.
Despite providing training to several Udru teachers, the scheme was never implemented in the state, he rued.
Mr Diddan urged the state government to inititate steps to introduce the language in the identified primary schools at the earliest.


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Posted by Richard Fichera on April 14, 2011
Egenera, arguably THE pioneer in what the industry is now calling converged infrastructure, has had a hard life. Early to market in 2000 with a solution that was approximately a decade ahead of its time, it offered an elegant abstraction of physical servers into what chief architect Maxim Smith described as "fungible and anonymous" resources connected by software defined virtual networks. Its interface was easy to use, allowing the definition of virtualized networks, NICs, servers with optional failover and pools of spare resources with a fluidity that has taken the rest of the industry almost 10 years to catch up to. Unfortunately this elegant presentation was chained to a completely proprietary hardware architecture, which encumbered the economics of x86 servers with an obsolete network fabric, expensive system controller and physical architecture (but it was the first vendor to include blue lights on its servers). The power of the PanManager software was enough to keep the company alive, but not enough to overcome the economics of the solution and put them on a fast revenue path, especially as emerging competitors began to offer partial equivalents at lower costs. The company is privately held and does not disclose revenues, but Forrester estimates it is still less than $100 M in annual revenues.
In approximately 2006, Egenera began the process of converting its product to a pure software offering capable of running on commodity server hardware and standard Ethernet switches. In subsequent years they have announced distribution arrangements with Fujitsu (an existing partner for their earlier products) and an OEM partnership with Dell, which apparently was not successful, since Dell subsequently purchased Scalent, an emerging software competitor. Despite this, Egenera claims that its software business is growing and has been a factor in the company's first full year of profitability.
Posted by Richard Fichera on April 5, 2011
Bigger, Better, Faster Xeon CPUs
Intel today publicly announced its anticipated "Westmere EX" high end Westmere architecture server CPU as the E7, now part of a new family nomenclature encompassing entry (E3), midrange (E5), and high-end server CPUs (E7), and at first glance it certainly looks like it delivers on the promise of the Westmere architecture with enhancements that will appeal to buyers of high-end x86 systems.
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Tonight in PA, Donald Trump displayed his frustration with what he calls is a rigged system and called for Senator Ted Cruz and Gov John Kasich to drop out (see video).
Over 10,000 people filled the arena to maximum capacity Monday evening to hear Republican front-runner Donald Trump, on the eve of the Pennsylvania GOP primary election. Trump spoke with powerful passion about making America a great, prosperous and respected nation again.
Thanks to Ray, a Trump supporter who attended the event and sent in this photo of 10,000 voters for Trump!
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Barnard News
Prof. Mark Carnes' unique pedagogical approach, Reacting to the Past, was recently highlighted by Process, a blog co-produced by the Organization of American Historians, the Journal of American History, and The American Historian.
New ratings system commends Barnard for efforts to strengthen outcomes for students
Internationally-recognized political science professor discusses her research with domestic and foreign outlets
The White House today announced acclaimed philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein '74 and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri '89 were named among ten distinguished recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal. President Barack Obama will confer the medal in a Sept. 10 ceremony in the East Room of The White House.
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and alumnae celebrated the start of the 2015–16 school year Thursday, September 10, at a spirited convocation ceremony in the historic Riverside Church.
Sarah Batchu '16 recently published an article in The Huffington Post entitled, Lean In, Fall Flat: Why Young Women Still Stumble at Work.
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The Government sale of stakes in state owned power companies is able to proceed after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal lodged by the Maori Council.
There were four state owned power companies the Government intended to sell up to 49 per cent of, starting with Mighty River Power in the first half of this year.
The Government was forced to delay this float after the Waitangi Tribunal said proceeding would be a breach of the Crown's treaty obligations.
The challenge was taken by the Maori Council and some iwi.
In today's ruling, heard before a packed courtroom, Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias said the court was unanimous on all issues.
She said the sale of a stake in Mighty River Power would not be in breach of Tainui Waikato settlement.
She had earlier stated that the court was "prepared to accept that privatisation may limit the scope to provide some forms of redress which are currently at least theoretically possible".
"But in assessing whether this amounts to "material impairment", regard must be had to (a) the assurances given by the Crown, (b) the extent to which such options are substantially in prospect, (c) the capacity of the Crown to provide equivalent and meaningful redress, and (d) the proven willingness and ability of the Crown to provide such redress."
The Court was not persuaded that a material impairment arose from the proposed sale of shares.
In the ruling, Dame Sian said the court had dismissed the appeal and decided there should be no order as to costs.
"While the appellants have failed as to the ultimate result, they nonetheless succeeded on an important point of principle, namely that the Crown was bound to comply with the principles of the Treaty before deciding to sell the shares."
Earlier today, Finance Minister Bill English said the Government had done as much as "reasonably possible" in terms of consulting with Maori.
"When it comes to how we have dealt with Maori we have been able to say the Crown dealt with them with transparency and has met all its obligations and are confident we have done all we could."
The action was brought to the Supreme Court after High Court Judge Ronald Young rejected a bid by the council and other Maori groups.
The appeal of that ruling bypassed the Court of Appeal and went to New Zealand's highest court, so as to fit within the Crown's timetable for the sales.
The Government initially hoped to raise between $5 billion and $7 billion from the sale of SOE shares, including Air New Zealand, but has since been forced to put the Air New Zealand and Solid Energy floats on ice.
Maori Council lawyer Felix Geiringer said the decision came with significant concessions from the Crown.
During the Supreme Court hearing, Crown lawyer David Goddard had told the court that the Government was negotiating with Maori over rights which represented nothing short of ownership.
Geiringer said the court had taken this into account in making its decision, which agreed that the sales would impair the Crown's ability to address water issues, only not to a material extent.
''There has been significant ground gained in relation to resolving all of the underlying issues and that's very pleasing,'' Geiringer said outside the Supreme Court.
''The Crown came into this saying they didn't even need to act consistently with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and what's more that the sale was not in any way impairing their ability to do so.
''What we've got at the end of it is the court has found that in everything they do in relation to the MOM companies they've got to act consistently with the principles of the Treaty, and in fact the court's found that the sales will impair the Crown's ability to resolve water issues.''
The asset sales programme did not make economic or fiscal sense despite the Supreme Court giving it the go ahead on "narrow Treaty grounds", Green Party co-leader Russel Norman said.
"The people of New Zealand are deeply opposed to it. The Government should not proceed with the asset sales programme even though they did have a win today in the Supreme Court."
Norman said he was disappointed with the result.
NZ First leader Winston Peters said the asset sales were a "flimsy way" of trying to get some economic recovery.
"They'll carry on cause Mr Key is obsessed with trying to prove that he is some sort of economic manager despite all the evidence now."
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Finally, there was only band and the brief meeting to be endured, and then she would be free. Free for another evening of lounging in front of the television, surfing the internet, resting her tired feet – oh, and homework, the cloud to every silver lining.
The music rooms weren't as full as they were for Junior ensembles. Sophie was glad to have left behind the beginner violinists (oh, those screeching strings!) and incompetent clarinettists (the sound they made gave her the shivers), but this was Show Band and it was hard. You had to be invited to join, and the standard was high.
Of course, she'd got there on merit; as the only piccolo player in the school it had not been hard to convince the teacher that she deserved her place. That didn't mean that she could play the fiendishly hard music, or understand what all the Italian terms meant when they were jumbled together so randomly on the page. Still, by the time half past four came it was starting to make sense, and the band was sounding pretty good. Sophie left for her meeting in high spirits.
When she exited the office some of her optimism had faded, as the deputy head hadn't really seemed as enthusiastic as she had hoped, but there was enough clinging to the surface of her school uniform to put a little spring in her step as she made her way to the bus stop, headphones planted firmly in ears. If somebody wanted to talk to her they would come in front of her face and look her in the eyes, Sophie reasoned. There would be no need to hear them address her.
As she boarded the bus and sat down, another girl took the seat beside her. This was not something Sophie liked. Actually, it was something she strongly disliked, and she gave the unwitting teenager a death-bringing stare. The other girl did nothing, trying unsuccessfully to zip her bag, which seemed to be rather too full. Eventually she stopped, pulled out a few pairs of shoes and tried to rearrange everything. That gave everybody nearby a chance to survey the contents.
The most prominent, and overwhelmingly numerous, objects were dance shoes. Or, to be a little more precise, ballet shoes. There were two pairs of pink canvas 'flats', two worn-out-looking pairs of satin pointe shoes, one sparkling new pointe shoe and three other black leather shoes of indeterminable age and purpose. Most people know what ballet shoes look like, but Sophie had never seen anything like the others.
Seeing her companion look at her with some interest, the dance turned to Sophie and said, "You dance at all?"
"No, never," she replied. "Not done a step in my life. Are you into it, then? You seem to have a lot of shoes."
The dancer laughed. "You have to. These shoes," and she gestured to the worn-out pointes, "are almost worn through, but these," and she indicated the new pair, "are brand new, so they're not yet broken in. I'll be wearing both tonight."
"What about those?" The subjects of the question were the three pairs of black leather shoes. Two looked quite soft, a little like ballet shoes. Upon closer inspection, Sophie could see that they were in fact different. Both had criss-crossing black laces, but one had a higher front and lace holes, while the other had loops along the side. The final pair looked a little like tap shoes, but the tips weren't metal.


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The Talk of Sundance; The Winners and Notable Losers at Sundance
Published: February 1, 1993
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Mr. Redford, one of the few millionaire movie stars who have actually paid back the industry by nurturing new film makers, told the packed crowd in a converted basketball gym in this ski resort town: "Nobody can understand the blood, the sweat, the dedication it takes to make these films. Nobody can understand that except the film maker."
He said the festival stands for "innovation, for the avant-garde." But other film makers and executives say it was virtually unavoidable for Sundance to turn, unwittingly, into a hunting ground for Hollywood. In many ways, Hollywood is less interested in the films shown here -- which often flounder at the box office -- than in new film makers with commercial potential.
"It really is a festival of agents," said Jonathan Dana, the president of Triton Pictures, an independent film company, who has been visiting the festival for several years. "It's a barter economy. Everyone's trading information. But it's a tricky conversion from the narrow world of independent films to the market place."
Mr. Dana speaks from personal experience. Last year, Triton bought two of the big prize-winners at Sundance: the comedy, "In the Soup," whose star, Seymour Cassel, was master of ceremonies at this year's awards, and the documentary "A Brief History of Time."
Mr. Dana, standing outside a movie theater in Park City, said simply, "One worked; one didn't."
Like another big favorite last year, "The Waterdance," "In the Soup" failed at the box office. But "A Brief History" succeeded. Mr. Dana shrugged and voiced the oft-heard Hollywood complaint: "Who knows what works?" 'Orlando' and 'Helena'
Curiously, the two pictures that were most widely discussed at Sundance went unmentioned last night.
One of them, "Orlando," an adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel by an English film maker, Sally Potter, had its United States premiere at the festival but was not in competition for prizes. (The festival divides films into two major categories, those in competition and those having premieres.) By virtual consensus, "Orlando" was the most dazzling film at the festival.
And then there was "Boxing Helena."
No film at the festival provoked as much rage, hisses, applause and debate as this one. The film was directed and written by Jennifer Chambers Lynch, the daughter of David Lynch. Even before it was shown here, the movie created an unusual amount of talk because of the last-minute withdrawals of Madonna and then Kim Basinger from the lead role. Helena is now played by Sherilyn Fenn.
The film deals with a lunatic surgeon (Julian Sands) obsessed by an elusive, beautiful woman named Helena. To keep her, he transforms her into his own Venus de Milo by cutting off her arms and legs and placing her on a pedestal. Hard to believe, but the film is a comedy, albeit very dark.
Ms. Lynch, like many of the twentysomething directors here, is a very confident, assured film maker, without a hint of self-doubt.
Sipping coffee and chain-smoking the other morning in a hotel dining room, Ms. Lynch said she was startled by the almost violent reaction to her film. The film has been called anti-feminist, anti-male and exploitative.
"People want the film abolished," she said. "They scream at us. I wish they would talk to me. I want to hear them. They don't want to have a discussion. They just get up and leave."
Ms. Lynch, who never went to college, grew up in Los Angeles and attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Mich. Upon graduation, she said, she went on a "fairly extensive hike with my boyfriend," lived in Baltimore for several months, and then moved to Los Angeles at 19 to work for her father and write the movie. She's now 24. The movie is awaiting a distributor in the United States
"My whole intent was to parody and to show seriously what we do to each other in relationships," she said. "It's about how we try to change each other. We are equally vulnerable to self-hatred, to obsession, and we try and change each other. It's about how we try to break each other down and control each other -- the thievery that goes on in obsessive relationships."
Although other film makers here find it hard to believe, Ms. Lynch said being her father's daughter was not a blessing.
"Believe me, people wanted nothing to do with me," she said. "I was 19; it was a risky script; I was some big director's daughter and female. There's something about being a daughter. You would think it gives you some credibility. It doesn't."
At least, Ms. Lynch had no trouble getting through the doors of agents and executives. A Long Island Story
At the other end of the spectrum is Rob Weiss, 26, whose father, Carl, runs a touring business for gamblers in Cedarhurst, L.I. To raise money for his son's film, "Amongst Friends," which turned out to be one of the strongest at the festival, Mr. Weiss sent out letters to his customers.
Rob Weiss, who wears his cap backwards and speaks with an unmistakable New York accent, said: "My dad's friends are pretty much high rollers. The letter wasn't done in a schlock manner. It was classy. It said, like: 'Hey, if you're going to bet on ball games your entire life, if you're going to bet on horses, do something good with the money for a change. Bet it on the kid."
The bet on the kid seems to be paying off.
The movie is a gritty exploration of a group of wealthy high-school graduates, most of them Jewish or Italian, from the Five Towns of Long Island who drift into boredom, drugs, petty crime and tragedy. The director, who grew up on Long Island and attended the Parsons School of Design for about a year, said this was the world in which he grew up. Mr. Weiss said he owed a great deal to the works of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone. He said he had seen Phillip Kaufman's "Wanderers," about 40 times. (Mr. Kaufman was honored at this year's Sundance Film Festival.)
Mr. Weiss now has an agent, a lawyer, a manager and a publicity agent. Studios are beckoning. But he's not going Hollywood, he insisted. "You've got to know where you came from," he said. "I live in South-Central L.A., by U.S.C., with my girlfriend. The neighborhood is predominantly African-American and Mexican. It's reality. That's what I want. That's what I need. Nothing's going to change."
Photos: Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn in "Boxing Helena," which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. (Ruth Leitman) (pg. C15); Joseph Lindsey in "Amongst Friends," which turned out to be one of the strongest films at the Sundance festival. (Chris Lamb) (pg. C18)


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Hotel Ibersol Alay features 2 outdoor swimming pools and an outdoor tennis court. The hotel offers a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
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Alan clenched his fists and stepped back from the car, taking a deep breath to forestall the change that gave him his name. Weighing in at nearly three hundred pounds of flesh was bad enough. When he made the transformation to his metal form... the car wouldn't stand a chance against his wrath. And that would do nothing but increase their already exorbitant insurance premiums.
Alan sighed. "I guess I'll be right back." he turned, dejectedly back towards the elevator, his shoulders slumped.
"Umm..." Emma fretted.
"What now?" Alan asked, trying to keep the frustration from showing.
"You're going to leave me alone down here?" Emma asked, the faintest tinge of pleading touching her voice.
Alan rolled his eyes. "Jesus, Em." He said, raising his hands. "We both know you can whip the tar out of any five minions with your eyes shut. Hell, you took out two of Zero's lackeys--"
"Three." Emma corrected.
"Three of Zero's lackeys like they were nothing." Alan looked her in the eye, saw her lips tremble slightly. "What are you so afraid of?"
Emma had her own hands out, and she glanced down at her black and purple clad body, and said in a small voice "What if someone sees me?"
Alan stepped closer for a moment, exasperation warring with something else. "Tell them you're on a stakeout." He paused for a moment, then cocked his head to one side. "Wait, did you hear that?"
Raven lifted her head. "What?"
"The next level up. Sounded like a scuffed heel. Might be foulness afoot. Check it out, will you? I'll get the key."
Emma raised an eyebrow.
"Go on." Alan said, willing the shift to his monstrous metal form. "I'll be right behind you. It might only be a homeless junkie, but it might be car-jackers, too!"
Emma straightened her shoulders and turned her back, walking with care up the ramp towards the next level.
Metallicus turned furtively and pushed one stubby finger against the car-lock, willing the tendrils of his metal-flesh to extend into the tiny lock. It took precision and care, to make sure the filaments that he extended into the lock weren't too tough. They had to mold to the tumblers inside the lock without snapping them. Should he fail, the repair-bill would just about do them in.
At once, Metallicus sensed the click of the tumblers as his improvised key fit the lock. He turned his finger and heard the satisfying clunk of the electronic locks in the car release. He withdrew his finger, grinning. "God-damn." he said, proudly.
"Al--Metallicus" Raven's voice came from a distance.
"Raven!" Metallicus called out, "I've got the key. Never mind how. Let's get ready to roll!"
"Um, Honey." Raven called out. "There's some folks here to see us..."
Metallicus stomped up the ramp of the parkade until he could see the five men in black riot gear spread out around Raven. They had shiny silver rifles and black masks that covered their lips and noses. They looked like they might actually know what they were doing.
Metallicus frowned. The one directly in front of Raven was bigger than the others--he wasn't a minion; he was a Henchman.
"What do they want?" Metallicus called out.
The Henchman's eyes didn't leave Raven. This was bad.


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Global internet search engine giant Google will train two million new Android developers in the next three years, its chief executive Sundar Pichai said here on Thursday.
Pichai is on a three-day visit to India.
Speaking at the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), the Indian-origin CEO said: "As per the new plan (by Google), we will train two million Android developers in partnership with 30 universities. This will be done over the time period of next three years."
"For me, getting many developers in the workforce are going to solve many new things."
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Air India on Thursday de-rostered the pilot and co-pilot of an aircraft whose live engine sucked in a maintenance engineer leading to his horrific death, official sources said here.
The pilot and co-pilot have been taken off flying duties pending the inquiry being conducted by the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) into the shocking incident of Wednesday.
The grounding of pilots is a standard procedure after any such incident and does not constitute any form of action against them, officials said.
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The distance between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is not long enough for HSR to be a decidedly superior alternative for travellers. It may be very difficult to hit 40,000 daily travellers by 2023. If so, forget profits, even the revenue will not cover hedging costs
An agreement to build High Speed Rail (HSR) from Mumbai to Ahmedabad has recently been signed. A trail blazing project of this kind generally falls into a high risk, high reward category. It would be interesting to critically examine such projects. Let us first look at the project from the financial angle. The primary funding source (80%) will be a yen denominated loan at 0.1%. While this might look like easy money, there is foreign exchange (FX) risk involved. If the FX Rate moves favourably then a project can look like pure genius. On the other hand, if the FX rate moves adversely, even the most sound project can look like a financial disaster. The standard way to look at the cost of funds is to look at the cost of hedging that is take FX risk out of the equation and look at this as a rupee loan. The present cost of such a conversion is about 6% per annum (p.a.). This interest rate is lower than prevalent interest rates in India, but is nowhere as small as the headline 0.1%.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) report estimates that 40,000 passengers will use the HSR daily in 2023. With an average revenue per user around the Rs3,000 mark, total revenue will be Rs4,000 crore in the first year of operations. Considering a project cost of Rs1 lakh crore, the interest/ hedging amounts to about Rs6,000 crore per year. Including operational costs will add to expenses. So in pure financial terms, this project is not viable over the medium-term. Longer-term inflation and increasing passenger numbers should help in getting to the breakeven point.
However, projects of this nature are seldom profitable. There are other indirect economic benefits that accrue due to infrastructure projects.
The quantification of these benefits is more of an art than science. A small change in assumptions will lead to a large variation in these benefits. A key metric to look for economic benefits would be the number of passengers utilising HSR, so we will scrutinise this number further.
At present, about 6,000 passengers travel daily in the AC chair car category on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor. This number does not include overnight passengers traveling in AC classes. Fare from Mumbai to Ahmedabad in AC Chair car is Rs660. Fare for Shatabdi Express, which includes a surcharge and catering charges, is Rs955. While it is difficult to predict what fares will be eight years down the line, at present the fares are a fraction of the expected HSR fare for this sector. Thus, it will be a challenge to convert these passengers to HSR consistently.
About 7,000 air passengers also travel on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad/Vadodara route daily. These will be key passengers for HSR. However, even here, a significant number of these passengers are transit passengers who use Mumbai as a transit point for onward travel - both domestic and international. This sub category of air passengers will probably continue flying as it will make their transit in Mumbai easier affecting the number that can be moved to HSR.
There is another unique factor, which needs to be looked at closely. The Mumbai suburb of Borivali in particular and the Western suburbs in general have a high concentration of Gujaratis. Thus, residents of these localities will be important customers for an HSR that connects main cities of Gujarat with Mumbai. The planned HSR route however starts from Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and continues to Thane and Virar and misses Borivali completely. A passenger, say from Vadodara will have a choice of taking a normal train and reach Borivali in four to five hours. Alternately, she can take the HSR from Vadodara that will take two hours to reach Virar and take an additional hour to transfer and travel to Borivali on a Mumbai suburban local. Many passengers will take the former option. This option is compelling with little difference in travel times for all stations along the HSR except maybe Ahmedabad.
The same situation though to a lesser extent applies to Mumbai Central and BKC. While BKC has grown significantly in a short period, South Mumbai continues to be a major commercial destination and Mumbai Central - the current end point for trains seems to be more conveniently located. Thus, the patronage of customers will be divided.
While overall passenger numbers will rise with time, the possibility of this number to be anywhere near 40,000 daily by 2023 looks difficult. Getting to these numbers will be a key challenge for the project.
A successful implementation of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR will open up the possibility of HSRs on other sectors, somewhat similar to what Delhi Metro did to Metros around the country. Conversely, an HSR service looking for passengers will have a negative effect on other HSR projects in the country.
Please note that in absence of concrete data, some of the numbers are qualified guesses.
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What a tragedy that the author of this article is basically an Engineer but his article is all about financial paper acrobatics derived out of his later grooming as an MBA ! This kind of building a "paper railway" goes on and on before and after the physical railway is built by engineers like E.Shreedharan of Konkan Railway fame ! I am sure whwn the Gritish built the Mumbai-Pune rail route there was no such "paper railway" built ? See how many decades the Mumbai-Pune railway has been running and where is that "network of Paper Trail" post martem of fodder of financial jugglers with their myriad calculations of DCF / NPV et al ?
Arvind Agarwal
1 year ago
The 20% funding from Indian government can come from rebates on taxes and share of land holdings. Some Rs 55,000 Cr will be spent on basic infra, which is India-based spending. This money will boost the economy and Government will get its share. I expect the 20% will be easily covered. Also it will give employment - & a boost to GDP - at no extra cost to GOI.
The yen loan is over 35 years and repayment of roughly 2.8% of loan or Rs 2,240 Cr. Whilst rupee depreciates against the yen, it also loses value due to inflation. As rupee inflation is higher than rupee depreciation vs yen (hedged), the net effect is a NEGATIVE REAL INTEREST RATE.
PS. Use last 10 years as a reference. Rs: Yen depreciation was 3.5%. Hedged is 4%. Rs inflation was 6-7%. If future inflation is 4%, then Rs will also be much stronger. A case of Make in India built into the scheme also helps.
The Indian Railways makes a loss on passenger service, because of very low fares, and because it runs uneconomical routes and does populist schemes. Here the route is a profitable one and the operations are more profit-orientated (more Delhi Metro than IR).
The fares will be 5-8 times higher. Whilst there is higher maintenance and better services, the system is more man-power efficient. It doesnt even require drivers and there is less crowd control issues. Also there is scope to add premium freight. The operating surplus could be as high as 50% (excluding the lease payments for traction equipment?).
The net requirement for revenue to cover repayments would be Rs 4480 Cr. This is in line with projections made by writer.
Of course profit surpluses in the first few years can be retained for operational use or used to payback GOI equity.
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1 year ago
The 20% funding from Indian government can come from rebates on taxes and share of land holdings. Some Rs 55,000 Cr will be spent on basic infra, which is India-based spending. This money will boost the economy and Government will get its share. I expect the 20% will be easily covered. Also it will give employment - & a boost to GDP - at no extra cost to GOI.
The yen loan is over 35 years and repayment of roughly 2.8% of loan or Rs 2,240 Cr. Whilst rupee depreciates against the yen, it also loses value due to inflation. As rupee inflation is higher than rupee depreciation vs yen (hedged), the net effect is a NEGATIVE REAL INTEREST RATE.
PS. Use last 10 years as a reference. Rs: Yen depreciation was 3.5%. Hedged is 4%. Rs inflation was 6-7%. If future inflation is 4%, then Rs will also be much stronger. A case of Make in India built into the scheme also helps.
The Indian Railways makes a loss on passenger service, because of very low fares, and because it runs uneconomical routes and does populist schemes. Here the route is a profitable one and the operations are more profit-orientated (more Delhi Metro than IR).
The fares will be 5-8 times higher. Whilst there is higher maintenance and better services, the system is more man-power efficient. It doesnt even require drivers and there is less crowd control issues. Also there is scope to add premium freight. The operating surplus could be as high as 50% (excluding the lease payments for traction equipment?).
The net requirement for revenue to cover repayments would be Rs 4480 Cr. This is in line with projections made by writer.
Of course profit surpluses in the first few years can be retained for operational use or used to payback GOI equity.
Harsh Modi
1 year ago
If they can create a stop somewhere between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, and monetize using real estate, that would be terrific. They could create some daily passengers who would treat this like a daily long distance travel.
Deepak Mehta
1 year ago
I did not understand.
a) There is a 15-year moratorium. How does hedging start before that?
b) If there is a 50-year repayment, why does the entire amount have to be hedged every year?
Deepak K Mehta
1 year ago
Then what made Modi go in for the route ? Obviously , to make Mumbai a satellite town of Gujarat ? Is this a precursor to what Modi would be planning for the development of Gujarat as a @remote control" C.M. of Gujarat? Will such actions of Modi increase the fear of Shiv Sena ?
Bapoo Malcolm
1 year ago
A close friend visited Japan some years ago. He travelled on the high speed train. The train keeps precise time. If it's late, you get a refund. It is compensation for missing a connection.
This train was a few minutes late. My friend went to the counter to collect his money. He soon walked away, embarrassed. The only two people in the queue were Indians!
My friend also had this to say. He met an old man on the train. The person was stitching a torn seat. It turned out that it was not a railway employee but a passenger. The man explained that he always carried a needle and thread and would repair any seat that needed it. After all, he had so much time on his hands.
Do we have that culture?
In fact, in the olden days, the green rexine seat covers had the following seal embossed on them; "STOLEN FROM I R".
Sad, but true.
1 year ago
Where is the need to move people at high speed in Internet age when video conferencing and data transfer will suffice.The High speed trains are meant for passenger transportation.What India needs is dedicated freight corridor with 140 KMPH goods train service.HSR and Express highways are not required.I thnink cost benefit and supporting local technology and manufacturing are more important.People should use RTI to question the Government about its authority to just like commit the country and the future generations with mounting debt.We have to spend our limited resources to improve irrigation and water shed management.
Mohan Krishnan
1 year ago
I am an Engineer who had worked both in China (2yrs) and Japan (8 yrs). I can tell you confidently that India is not Technologically as well as Culturally prepared to absorb this high tech train technology. It will require Japanese Management to run/maintain these trains. Although the plan fits nicely into Japanese efforts to beat deflation it will be foolhardy for India to fall into this trap.
Narendra Doshi
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1 year ago
Dear Mr. Mohan,
Do you feel assured that Japanese Management can run/maintain, IN INDIAN CONDITIONS? What about additional costs for this?
Why do you think Indians will NOT be able to run/maintain? Please give 2/3 important reasons you visualize.
Mohan Krishnan
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1 year ago
Let me tell you that I am a B Tech from IIT Kharagpur. I have offered consultancy in my field as a freelance to Engg firms all over the World. During my long stint of 8 years in Japan, I had the opportunity to interact from shop floor workers to higher Management. Based on my experience I can list the following key differences between our 2 systems.
1. Mindset: Japs are traditionally trained from childhood to perform tasks to perfection. Indians "as long as chalta hai quick fixes". Further loyalty of Japs is still very fierce both for their Employer as well as to their Country. Dispute resolution from family to Industry is mostly mutual and amicable.
2. Many times Senior Mgt.used to say privately that Indian labour laws, land laws and extreme red tape, corruption are preventing them to invest aggressively. So they are mostly resorting to CKD and using India just do screw driver technology. They also said if there was a real political will like in China, Singapore then foreign investment will automatically flow. Till then they see India as consuming market.
3. As far as Shinkansen is concerned the Technology is constantly being upgraded and large number of subcontractors are involved. From rails to electrical/control systems and even daily external washing requires army like discipline to maintain highest quality. I think India is way behind.
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1 year ago
So what if u are an IITian, the esteemed renowned Shri E Sreedharan is more knowledgeable and qualified, experienced than urs. He never uttered that introducing HSR is beyond India's capacity due to its peoples mind set. He even advised the Kerala Govt to have HSR from Thiruvananthapuram to Mangalore. Every technology is new and initially will take time and also will be costly. People like u are only responsible for our countries plight and demoralizing any mega project of the nature of HSR. Even I know once upon time the introduction of metro rail was also criticized by many people. However, the esteemed Shri. E Sreedharan showed how the project could be completed in time even before time and also function in profit from the day of its operation. Now lacs of people are using the same transportation mode daily not only in Delhi but in other cities of India also. Though I respect being calling urself as IIT qualified. However, qualifying from any premier institute does not make u an expert in analysing or coming into conclusion that particular project is wastage of money or beyond the viability in Indian context etc. etc. Though HSR Bullet trains are need of the hour in our Country India and it must be implemented and everyone should cooperate for implementation of such project. SO my request is that either contribute in speedy implementing such project by selflessly serving the nation by using the your qualifications and knowledge and experience rather than criticizing any such move by the Government.
1 year ago
The article is based on deep financial analysis. No doubt the financial analysis concentrates only on the monetary part of project viability. However, there are other serious considerations involved in this case. One such project could boost the confidence in people, improve skill sets, it can act as readily available prototype to be deployed elsewhere in the country. Why should we always assume numbers based on historic travel patterns? The very fact of traveling in this train could boost tourism. It supports lot of ancillary industries and services. One would agree that a thorough social cost benefit analysis is required besides technical and financial analysis.
Deepak Mahulkar
1 year ago
I think it would be inappropriate to make cost-benefit analysis to such highly technically complex project. Do we carry out the same analysis when we develop long range missiles or sending satellite to Mars? What is the probability of using them? We have to train our engineers to build such projects. No developed country will allow our engineers to participate in their building programme. Mumbai-Ahmedabad project could be beginning. Once we are successful, government may plan to extend it beyond Ahmedabad with marginally extra cost. May be we can acquire expertise to develop similar infrastructure in other developing countries at much lower cost.
Prasanna Rane
1 year ago
Bullet train only for gujaratis. Narendra modi is only PM of Gujarat.will not let this happen. Jai Maharashtra
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1 year ago
You should first check your own comment. You say "Jai Maharashtra", not "Jai Hind". How do people like you have to audacity to make such comments. And by the way, for the record, the train is from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and Mumbai is part of your "Jai Maharashtra". It is narrow minded mentality like this because of which our country is in the dumps. Appalling mentality.
Kumar Swamy
1 year ago
Why so negative? Why should government hedge? Have some confidence in future of India. Who knows if present policies continue, Rupee may be more valuable than Yen. Have you con sidered the possibility of NEGATIVE interest rate payment (in effect Japan giving more money to India for using its Yen?!!!!)?
1 year ago
every one knows what is the performance of rail. now and than we heard derailment or accident at unmaned level crossing .before dreaming of bullet traing pl tell our leader to travel in a locla train or sl or general compartment of train
Sudhir Jatar
1 year ago
I am sure feasibility and detailed project reports would be prepared. That will give a better idea of the NPV and economic and financial rates of return.
Public transportation rarely is in profit unless the SPV has other sources of income.
In such cases there are other intangible factors to be taken into account such as the pride that the citizens would feel and the prestige that India will get.
I was with an American when a US citizen landed on the Moon. I could see the sense of pride bordering on superiority complex that he was displaying in the conversation.
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- create a special spiceworks service for TCP ports 9675-9676
- create a service group for spiceworks and added to that group https and spiceworks service that you just setup
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I allowed from the CS wan ip address. you want to allow it to only access the machine thats running spiceworks. to the spiceworks service group, So that the sonicwall only allows access from my head office network.
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Tatiana Norkina, FBS analyst
The currency pair has again failed to break through the resistance of the four-hour Ichimoku cloud upper border. Within the week, consolidation under Senkou Span B led to the prices exit under the cloud, and, apparently, the bears have thoroughly consolidated under this resistance level.
Given the formation of a dead cross and strengthening of the cloud's downward character, we can assume that in the near future we will see depreciation of the currency pair rate to the last week's lows.
However oscillators are yet "silent", moving around the middle marks. It is possible that the bulls will make another attempt to break the cloud upwards.
Technical levels: support – 117.00; resistance – 118.00, 118.30.
Trade recommendations:
1. Sell— 118.00; SL — 118.20; TP1 — 117.00; TP2 — 116.40.