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The first half was heartening on the defensive end. The second half was a soul-crushing reminder that this team has a long, long way to go on both sides of the ball. The Celts beat the Sixers by 31 and it felt much worse than that.
Here's a look at the rotations tonight, if you can pull anything meaningful from them you're a better man than I (click to enlarge):
Actually, there were two things I really liked about the rotations tonight: (1) Jrue was the first guard off the bench and got his feet wet a little bit, even if he never shared the floor with more than 2 startes. (2) I liked the idea of the big lineup, if not the personnel exactly. In the third and for a couple minutes in the fourth Jordan ran with Iguodala at the one and Carney at the two. I'd like to see more of that. I'd also like to see more of Carney in general. At some point it has to become blatantly obvious that Willie Green should never set foot on the floor.
Tonight was Royal Ivey's turn on the wheel of DNPCD Jordan spins every night. I didn't really miss him. If you want to point your finger at something, the perimeter defense is the obvious choice. Boston shot 14/20 from three (70%), and Ray Allen didn't hit a single one. Honestly, Iguodala basically spat in Allen's eye and made him a non-factor. Unfortunately, Boston didn't need him to win by 30+, so I don't think they cared much.
None of our bigs seem too interested in defending any big who will venture out past the foul line. None of our guards seem to understand how to stop penetration. Our starting small forward continues to regress on the defensive end, which I don't understand. Overall, it was just a poor performance, outside of the solid defense for the majority of the first half. Sam Dalembert actually played a marvelous 15:07 in the first half. He did everything you could ask of him and only made maybe one or two mistakes. Jordan sent him to the bench with 3:02 left in the third (with the Sixers down by 14) and let him rot there for the rest of the night.
It's a funny contrast, this time last season the team was so intent on feeding the ball to Elton Brand in the post that they eschewed every other viable option on offense in the half court. This season, they essentially play four on five, with Brand as the odd man out. Tonight, the only time I can remember Brand getting the ball in the post was when a loose ball basically bounced to his feet, he picked it up, went to the rim and got fouled. I'd say about 95% of his offensive touches came way out beyond the three-point line, where he's a threat to only pass it to a guard. Brand only attempted 6 shots, making 2, in over 27 minutes of action.
I'd like to thank Jrue Holiday for pushing the Sixers over the 70-point mark with the first three-pointer of his career. He also stopped the Sixers from being shut out from deep, they finished the game 1/16 from three.
If you're looking for something positive, I don't have something...sort of. Here's an update Lou Williams posted on Twitter after the game:
@TeamLou23: Honestly. i didnt really contribute at all tonight. kinda was just out there. Going to eat and get ready for the next day...
At least there's a healthy dose of reality in that statement. I was growing tired of the relentless positivity in the face of poor performances on the floor. Time to regroup and get ready for the Nets on Friday.
Player of The Game: Jrue Holiday (for making the only three of the game)
Team Record: 2-2
Up Next: NJN, on Friday at the Wach
Perspective: 2-2 is exactly where any reasonable human being would've predicted the Sixers would be at this point. It could be worse and you couldn't have honestly expected it to be better. Just need to keep winning the ones you should win until things start to "click." Whatever that means.
One last thing, I'm watching the Suns/Heat right now and Lou Amundson would be a perfect 4th big man for this team right now. He's a guy who does everything Reggie Evans was supposed to do, but never really did for the Sixers. Too bad they can't get guys like that on the roster...oh, nevermind.
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a $12.3 million contract to begin full rate production of High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Control Section Modification (HCSM) upgrade units. Raytheon received the award as the result of a down-select competition.
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"Leveraging several years of experience with HARM, Raytheon's HCSM will provide the Air Force with enhanced capability and accuracy, while simultaneously reducing collateral damage or risk of fratricide," said Chuck Pinney, HARM program director for Raytheon Missile Systems. "HCSM will fill a critical capability need for the warfighter."
Raytheon is scheduled to begin modification of existing HARMs early this year with delivery of HCSM units beginning in the fourth quarter of 2013. Raytheon has teamed with Honeywell, Rockwell Collins and others for the HCSM program.
The contract was awarded in Raytheon's fourth quarter of 2012.
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State Sen. Aaron Osmond's recent Senate site blog most certainly does not provide a practical argument for ending compulsory education in Utah ("Utah educators question pitch to end compulsory school attendance," Tribune, July 17). Instead, it provides a case study in questionable cause and unwarranted conclusion.
Osmond's objectives for re-evaluating the public education system have little if anything to do with whether a child's education is compulsory. By the end of the blog, one is left feeling suspicious about Osmond's real reason for wanting to end compulsory education, and whether the more he argues for repeal, the more we ought to do the opposite.
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 22.0156 Thursday, 14 July 2011
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My doctorate (awarded last year, readers included Barbara Hodgdon) includes a chapter discussing performance of Romeo and Juliet on stage and film, including Baz Luhrmann and Zeffirelli's movies, and an RSC production directed by Nancy Meckler. It might be helpful for students. I'd be happy to send you a copy of the chapter, as yet unpublished.
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|Episode 1210
|Production code
|ITV transmission date
|21st August 1972 (Monday)
|Stories by
| Harry Driver
Esther Rose
John Temple
|Malcolm Lynch
|Ed Buziak
|Joe Boyer
|Executive Producer
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|Eric Prytherch
|Previous episode
|16th August 1972
|Next episode
|23rd August 1972
Lucille spreads the word that Rita's engagement to Benny is over. Alf's wife is taken into hospital. Nellie Harvey tells Annie that the national president of the LVA, Ethne Willoughby, is to call on her. Annie insists that the regulars wear ties in the Rovers for when she is due to call. A travelling salesman offers to take Maggie to the Rovers but it's only to discuss business. Len insists that Rita give Benny his ring back. Maggie is depressed at being on her own. Ethne arrives at the Rovers with Nellie and gets on well with Annie. She shows an interest in the Preston Guild and Nellie promises to get her a ticket. The residents get the wrong idea and think that Len is marrying Rita. Norma puts an advert in the Gazette's personal column for Maggie without telling her.
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- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Norma Ford - Diana Davies
- Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
- Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
Guest castEdit
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug, hallway and back room
- Corner Shop and back room
- Rita Littlewood's flat
- TV Times synopsis: Maggie gets depressed - Annie impressed.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 5,915,000 homes (4th place).
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DENHAM SPRINGS- Dozens of crashes occurred after a curfew was lifted for Livingston Parish residents Wednesday morning.
On Highway 16, there was a section near South Point Drive covered in ice that caused at least five drivers to go into a ditch.
"I was just really bored at home," James Wetzel said. "They told us not to drive on the roads, but for some reason, I felt like I had to be on the road for some reason."
As crews cleared the crash, the state brought in a truck and sprinkled sand over the slippery pavement. Parish President Layton Ricks said the unnecessary amount of people on the roads caused big problems.
"This really stresses to the max the Sheriff's Department, tow truck service companies, medical services everyone who has to respond to these issues and that's why it's so critical to stay off roads."
Tommy Guitreau had to brave the weather to fix a flat tire. He is ready for the cold snap to pass.
"I'm going to miss two days of work because of it," Guitreau said.
Others like Dan had to go out and about because he needed provisions. He's stuck at a hotel until the interstates reopen. He's trying to get home to Houston.
"I needed to come out since I'm staying in a hotel," Dan said. "There were some things I needed. But it was just right around the corner and I took my time."
As people begin to get stir crazy in their homes, Wetzel wants others to learn from his mistake. With more freezing temps predicted tonight, it's a good idea to stay indoors.
When asked if it was worth it, Wetzel responded, "Absolutely not. As you can see my car is in a ditch over there. I live a mile from here and didn't go anywhere."
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For the love of God (literally), will you please just shut up?
Prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and the works of mercy wouldn't hurt either.
Mark Shea's Blog: So That No Thought of Mine, No Matter How Stupid, Should Ever Go Unpublished Again!
For the love of God (literally), will you please just shut up?
Prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and the works of mercy wouldn't hurt either.
This case is even worse than being persecuted for righteousness's sake. In this case, all the facts we know at this point suggest a very grave wrong was done and done repeatedly while those in authority covered it up and played blame the victim. The guilty need to be justly punished and Donohue needs to retire; he's an embarrassment.
Doesn't the Catholic League have a board of directors? Yikes….
This is the poster child for why active homosexuals, violating their own vow of celibacy, should no more be priests than active heterosexuals with mistresses that supposedly nobody knows about.
I am glad that a lot of people are finally starting to wake up to the fact this guy has always been more trouble than he is worth. now just to find a bishop to tell him to stop using "Catholic League" so long as he is their spokesman. I don't care if its some liberal modernist bishop to do it. All the better. Sane Catholics are saved the embarassment of Donohue, and all his minions can take out their rage on a liberal bishop who outside of that one act isn't terribly useful anyways.
Ever-since his over-the-top saber-rattling got a rude Wal-Mart employee (a Napoleon Dynamite with a mean streak) fired, I've been wishing Bill Donohue would just go away. He is the Pat Robertson of Catholicism.
The employee basically told the customer the silly mythology that Christmas was pagan, said shopper runs to the CL all horrified and craven, and their complaints got the guy fired around Christmastime (or just before). No demand that the guy's job be spared in the spirit of forgiveness. Real classy. A true victory against the non-believers for Christ and Church. A Wal-Mart employee.
We don't need the CL. Christ warned that his followers would be persecuted. All Christians should cowboy up and take it–fight it when appropriate, and show mercy and charity when possible.
Not get socially awkward losers fired from Wal-Mart. That was a lost opportunity to show Christ's love, harming and embittering someone who may have needed it most.
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You could actually tell travel stories in real time, and I was really fascinated by this.
Indeed, the Internet allows us curious observers to view the creation of conspiracy theories in real time.
Read here for yourself a roundup of how his statement was playing in real time on September 13, 2012.
Wuhayshi answered questions from the participants, indicating that he was participating in real time.
So I am now going to embark on a bitcoin spending spree, while writing about it in real time.
I've got the runabout, and after that we'll bathe and have a real time.
Probably it did not last for more than two or three seconds of real time.
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In a word, his real time of relief being that evening at sunset, his mate came lounging in, within a quarter of an hour.
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As for movies, I watch a ton of them. I subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and have every cable movie channel. I just want all the movies... is that too much to ask? My favorites are undoubtedly the films of Wes Anderson, I guess I'm just kind of corny in that way. I love Michel Gondry, the Cohen Bros. (unabashed Lebowski fan here), Charlie Kaufman, Stanley Kubrik, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. I don't like anime, but I *love* good anime, if you get what I'm saying. I liked Scott Pilgrim vs. The World a little more than I feel comfortable admitting, and I consider Blade Runner required viewing.
TV shows... Favorite of all time would have to be the Adventures of Pete and Pete, though Adventure Time has been making a go at unseating it lately. As for non-children's fare, I like a lot of the usual critically acclaimed zeitgeisty fare on the tube, your Homelands and Breaking Bads and the like. Have you watched Eastbound & Down? You should.
Music! I tend to find bands I like and then affix myself to them in an obsessive manner. Lately that means I've been listening to a lot of Pulp, and I've been rediscovering Radiohead all over again. When asked for my favorite band of all time, when I'm feeling practical I'd say Yo La Tengo, pretentious, I'd say the Fiery Furnaces, or just plain old honest, the Flaming Lips. Favorite British Invasion band would be the Kinks.
My kitten: I'd be remiss in not mentioning my faithful cat-panion O.G. Nug Funnie. He's an awesome little dude, even if he sometimes claws the crap out of me.
My friends: Left to my own devices, I'm a little too prone to simply veg out at home. My friends make sure I don't become a full fledged hermit.
My laptop: Smart phones are great and all, but I love to write, and to write, you need a keyboard.
Oxygen, food, water, shelter, etc.: Dying of exposure is for chumps.
Facebook: Long time addict. I tweet occasionally, but I'm not particularly twit-savy. 140 characters can't contain my madness.


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Porphyrins are a group of heterocyclic macrocycle organic compounds, composed of four modified pyrrole subunits interconnected at their α carbon atoms via methine bridges (=CH−). The parent porphyrin is porphine, and substituted porphines are called porphyrins. The porphyrin macrocycle has 26 (delocalized) pi electrons in total, therefore by Hückel's rule it is aromatic, possessing 4n+2 π electrons (n=4, for the shortest cyclic path). Thus porphyrin macrocycles are highly conjugated systems and consequently they typically have very intense absorption bands in the visible region and may be deeply colored; the name "porphyrin" comes from a Greek word for purple.
Many porphyrins are naturally occurring; one of the best-known porphyrins is heme, the pigment in red blood cells, a cofactor of the protein hemoglobin. (The specific porphyrin in heme B (see Figure) is called protoporphyrin IX and has 4 methyl, two vinyl, and two propionic acid substituents at the indicated positions.)
- 1 Complexes of porphyrins and related molecules
- 2 Natural formation
- 3 Synthesis
- 3.1 Biosynthesis
- 3.2 Laboratory synthesis
- 4 Applications
- 4.1 Medicine
- 4.2 Molecular electronics
- 4.3 Supramolecular chemistry
- 4.4 Organic geochemistry
- 5 See also
- 6 Gallery
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Complexes of porphyrins and related molecules
Porphyrins are the conjugate acids of ligands that bind metals to form complexes. The metal ion usually has a charge of 2+ or 3+. A schematic equation for these syntheses is shown:
- H2porphyrin + [MLn]2+ → M(porphyrinate)Ln−4 + 4 L + 2 H+ where M = metal ion and L = a ligand
A porphyrin without a metal-ion in its cavity is a free base. Some iron-containing porphyrins are called hemes. Heme-containing proteins, or hemoproteins, are found extensively in nature. Hemoglobin and myoglobin are two O2-binding proteins that contain iron porphyrins. Various cytochromes are also hemoproteins.
Several other heterocycles are related to porphyrins. These include corrins, chlorins, bacteriochlorophylls, and corphins. Chlorins (2,3-dihydroporphyrin) are more reduced, contain more hydrogen than porphyrins, and feature a pyrroline subunit. This structure occurs in a chlorophyll molecule. Replacement of two of the four pyrrolic subunits with pyrrolinic subunits results in either a bacteriochlorin (as found in some photosynthetic bacteria) or an isobacteriochlorin, depending on the relative positions of the reduced rings. Some porphyrin derivatives follow Hückel's rule, but most do not.
Natural formation
A geoporphyrin, also known as a petroporphyrin, is a porphyrin of geologic origin.[1] They can occur in crude oil, oil shale, coal, or sedimentary rocks.[1][2] Abelsonite is possibly the only geoporphyrin mineral, as it is rare for porphyrins to occur in isolation and form crystals.[3]
The committed step for porphyrin biosynthesis is the formation of δ-aminolevulinic acid (δ-ALA, 5-ALA or dALA) by the reaction of the amino acid glycine with succinyl-CoA from the citric acid cycle. Two molecules of dALA combine to give porphobilinogen (PBG), which contains a pyrrole ring. Four PBGs are then combined through deamination into hydroxymethyl bilane (HMB), which is hydrolysed to form the circular tetrapyrrole uroporphyrinogen III. This molecule undergoes a number of further modifications. Intermediates are used in different species to form particular substances, but, in humans, the main end-product protoporphyrin IX is combined with iron to form heme. Bile pigments are the breakdown products of heme.
The following scheme summarizes the biosynthesis of porphyrins, with references by EC number and the OMIM database. The porphyria associated with the deficiency of each enzyme is also shown:
|ALA synthase
|Glycine, succinyl CoA
|δ-Aminolevulinic acid
|ALA dehydratase
|δ-Aminolevulinic acid
|ALA-Dehydratase deficiency
|PBG deaminase
|Hydroxymethyl bilane
|acute intermittent porphyria
|Uroporphyrinogen III synthase
|Hydroxymethyl bilane
|Uroporphyrinogen III
|congenital erythropoietic porphyria
|Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase
|Uroporphyrinogen III
|Coproporphyrinogen III
|porphyria cutanea tarda
|Coproporphyrinogen III oxidase
|Coproporphyrinogen III
|Protoporphyrinogen IX
|Protoporphyrinogen oxidase
|Protoporphyrinogen IX
|Protoporphyrin IX
|variegate porphyria
|Protoporphyrin IX
|erythropoietic protoporphyria
Laboratory synthesis
One of the more common syntheses for porphyrins is based on work by Paul Rothemund.[4][5] His techniques underpin more modern syntheses such as those described by Adler and Longo.[6] The synthesis of simple porphyrins such as meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP) is also commonly done in university teaching labs.[7]
The Rothemund synthesis is a condensation and oxidation starting with pyrrole and an aldehyde. In solution-phase synthesis, acidic conditions are essential;[citation needed] formic acid, acetic acid, and propionic acid are typical reaction solvents, or p-toluenesulfonic acid or various Lewis acids can be used with a non-acidic solvent. A large amount of side-product is formed and is removed, usually by recrystallization or chromatography.
Green chemistry variants have been developed in which the reaction is performed with microwave irradiation using reactants adsorbed on acidic silica gel[8] or at high temperature in the gas phase.[9] In these cases, no additional acid is required.
The main role of porphyrins is their support of aerobic life. Complexes of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin, e.g., the iron(III) chloride complex (TPPFeCl), catalyze a variety of reactions of potential interest in organic synthesis.
Porphyrins have been evaluated in the context of photodynamic therapy since they strongly absorb light, which is then converted to energy and heat in the illuminated areas. This has been applied in macular degeneration using verteporfin.[10]
Molecular electronics
Porphyrin-based compounds are of interest in molecular electronics and supramolecular building blocks. Phthalocyanines, which are structurally related to porphyrins, are used in commerce as dyes and catalysts. Synthetic porphyrin dyes that are incorporated in the design of solar cells are the subject of ongoing research. Recent applications of porphyrin dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells have shown solar conversion efficiencies approaching silicon based photovoltaic devices.[11][12]
Supramolecular chemistry
Porphyrins are often used to construct structures in supramolecular chemistry. These systems take advantage of the Lewis acidity of the metal, typically zinc. An example of a host-guest complex that was constructed from a macrocycle composed of four porphyrins.[13] A guest-free base porphyrin is bound to the center by coordination with its four-pyridine substituents.
Organic geochemistry
The field of organic geochemistry, the study of the impacts and processes that organisms have had on the Earth, had its origins in the isolation of porphyrins from petroleum. This finding helped establish the biological origins of petroleum. Petroleum is sometimes "fingerprinted" by analysis of trace amounts of nickel and vanadyl porphyrins.
Chlorophyll is a magnesium porphyrin, and heme is an iron porphyrin, but neither porphyrin is present in petroleum.[citation needed] On the other hand, nickel and vanadyl porphyrins could be related to catalytic molecules from bacteria that feed primordial hydrocarbons.
See also
- A porphyrin-related disease: porphyria
- Porphyrin coordinated to iron: heme
- A heme-containing group of enzymes: Cytochrome P450
- Porphyrin coordinated to magnesium: chlorophyll
- The one-carbon-shorter analogues: corroles, including vitamin B12, which is coordinated to a cobalt
- Corphins, the highly reduced porphyrin coordinated to nickel that binds the Cofactor F430 active site in methyl coenzyme M reductase (MCR)
- Nitrogen-substituted porphyrins: phthalocyanine
Lewis structure for meso-tetraphenylporphyrin
UV-vis readout for meso-tetraphenylporphyrin
Light-activated porphyrin. Monatomic oxygen. Cellular aging
- ^ a b Karl M. Kadish (ed.). The Porphyrin Handbook. Elsevier. p. 381. ISBN 9780123932006.
- ^ Zhang, Bo; Lash, Timothy D. (September 2003). "Total synthesis of the porphyrin mineral abelsonite and related petroporphyrins with five-membered exocyclic rings". Tetrahedron Letters 44 (39): 7253. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.08.007.
- ^ Mason, G. M.; Trudell, L. G.; Branthaver, J. F. (1989). "Review of the stratigraphic distribution and diagenetic history of abelsonite". Organic Geochemistry 14 (6): 585. doi:10.1016/0146-6380(89)90038-7.
- ^ P. Rothemund (1936). "A New Porphyrin Synthesis. The Synthesis of Porphin". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 58 (4): 625–627. doi:10.1021/ja01295a027.
- ^ P. Rothemund (1935). "Formation of Porphyrins from Pyrrole and Aldehydes". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 57 (10): 2010–2011. doi:10.1021/ja01313a510.
- ^ A. D. Adler, F. R. Longo, J. D. Finarelli, J. Goldmacher, J. Assour and L. Korsakoff (1967). "A simplified synthesis for meso-tetraphenylporphine". J. Org. Chem. 32 (2): 476–476. doi:10.1021/jo01288a053.
- ^ Falvo, RaeAnne E.; Mink, Larry M.; Marsh, Diane F. (1999). "Microscale Synthesis and 1H NMR Analysis of Tetraphenylporphyrins". J. Chem. Educ. 1999 (76): 237–239. doi:10.1021/ed076p237.
- ^ Petit, A.; Loupy, A.; Maiuard, P.; Momenteau, M. (1992). "Microwave Irradiation in Dry Media: A New and Easy Method for Synthesis of Tetrapyrrolic Compounds". Synth. Commun. 22 (8): 1137–1142. doi:10.1080/00397919208021097.
- ^ Drain, C. M.; Gong, X. (1997). "Synthesis of meso substituted porphyrins in air without solvents or catalysts". Chem. Commun. (21): 2117–2118. doi:10.1039/A704600F.
- ^ Wormald R, Evans J, Smeeth L, Henshaw K (2007). "Photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (3): CD002030. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002030.pub3. PMID 17636693.
- ^ Michael G. Walter, Alexander B. Rudine, Carl C. Wamser (2010). "Porphyrins and phthalocyanines in solar photovoltaic cells". Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 14 (9): 759–792. doi:10.1142/S1088424610002689. http://www.worldscinet.com/jpp/14/1409/S1088424610002689.html
- ^ Aswani Yella, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Hoi Nok Tsao, Chenyi Yi, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Md.Khaja Nazeeruddin, Eric Wei-Guang Diau, Chen-Yu Yeh, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Michael Grätzel (2011). "Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt (II/III)–Based Redox Electrolyte Exceed 12 Percent Efficiency". Science 334 (6056): 629–634. Bibcode:2011Sci...334..629Y. doi:10.1126/science.1209688. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/334/6056/629.abstract
- ^ a b Sally Anderson, Harry L. Anderson, Alan Bashall, Mary McPartlin, Jeremy K. M. Sanders (1995). "Assembly and Crystal Structure of a Photoactive Array of Five Porphyrins". Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 34 (10): 1096–1099. doi:10.1002/anie.199510961.
External links
- Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
- Handbook of Porphyrin Science
- Porphynet – an informative site about porphyrins and related structures
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We hope you'll join us on Sunday morning, October 6, 2013 for the Tommy Fund Family Day held at Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven. Family Day will feature the annual Tommy Fund 5 K Run, 2 Mile Stroll and a .3 Mile Kids Fun Run. Bring the family - there will be fun for all including a moon walk, kids activities, a cookout and DJ, plus a whole lot more. Also, the first 800 to register will receive a free T-shirt. Don't miss this year's Firefighter Relay! For the second year in a row firefighters from New Britain and surrounding towns will be raising money for the Tommy Fund. On October 6, 2013 they will run over 40 miles (from New Britain to New Haven) to deliver the money raised to the Connecticut Tennis Center to kick off the Tommy Fund Family Day. Come see these local heroes! The Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to provide emotional, education, recreational and medical support to children with cancer and their families. Since its inception, the Tommy Fund has donated over $3.5 million for pediatric oncology programs and services at Yale-New Have Children's Hospital.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has announced a two-year pay freeze for federal employees, saying the step is necessary to help bring the federal deficit under control.
The freeze would apply to all civilian federal employees but would exclude military personnel.
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The White House says the freeze would save $5 billion over two years. By delaying wage increases, the freeze would save $28 billion over the next five years, the White House says.
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USF baseball season wraps with loss
Down 10-1 after 6 1/2 innings, the University of Saint Francis scored six times in the seventh, but fell short, losing 13-9 to Marian University on May 6. MU (23-19) moved into the Mid-Central College Conference Tournament Championship Round against Huntington University. Taylor Futterknecht closed out his career at USF with his 35th career home run in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, but USF could get no closer.
Head baseball coach Greg Roberts thanked all of the 2011 Cougars for some very special memories, and especially the seniors, who two years ago were part of the most successful season (32-21 in 2009) in the now 48-year history of the program. Futterknecht, Zwiebel, Peffley and Hank Vores helped USF to 95 wins in the last four seasons and three 20-plus wins seasons.
"I've been coaching a long time, but I don't know if I've ever had a team that never quit, always believed they could win no matter what the odds, more than you, and I thank you" It was the final game for seniors Futterknecht, Tristen Peffley, Mickey Owens, Collin Zwiebel, Hank Vores and Jarrod Roberts.


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Chevrolet Camaro COPO Concept Goes Testing [Video]
Chevy gave everyone a pleasant surprise at the 2011 SEMA Show, unveiling a new-generation Camaro COPO Concept, ready to take on the NHRA Eliminator drag racing class. The engineers involved with the COPO Concept project took their new baby out to Bradenton Motorsports Park out near Tampa, Florida for some test runs and it's looking very promising.
Unfortunately no actual times were mentioned in the video as the Camaro did some shakedown runs down the quarter mile. But the behind the scenes look throughout the video shows off what the team is working on as they'll surely make the Camaro a competitive 9-second drag car. It's worth mentioning that the team is testing multiple different engine setups in order to find what's best.
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|Golden AK-47
|Magazine Size
|Maximum Ammunition
|Not available at weapon shop.
|The Far Cry 2 Weapons
| Machete
(Homemade Machete · Primitive Machete)
|Star .45 · Makarov · Silent Makarov 6P9 · Uzi · Eagle .50 · MAC-10 · M79 · IED · Flare Pistol · Craftsman Shotgun
|G3KA4 · AK-47 (Golden) · FAL · AR-16 · MP5 · Homeland 37 · SPAS-12 · USAS-12 · Silenced Shotgun · M1903 · SVD Dragunov · AS50 · MGL-140
|PKM · M249 · RPG-7 · Carl Gustav · Dart Rifle · LPO-50 Flamethrower · Type 63 Mortar · Crossbow
|Mounted Guns
|M2 .50 cal · M249 · Mk 19
|M67 Grenade · Molotov
Golden AK-47s are AK-47 assault rifle variants in Far Cry 2.
Characteristics Edit
Golden AK-47s are AK-47 variants which are even more reliable. They are just like the regular AK-47, but these have a golden coating, have their stock cut off, and are even less prone to corrosion. It can fire around 3,000 rounds before it breaks.
Tip: There is a trick to "renew" the Golden AK-47. Go to your local weapon shop and buy the normal AK-47 (if you do not already have it). Then change your golden one for a normal AK-47. Switch back to your golden version and it should be as good as new!
Locations Edit
In total there are eight Golden AK-47s. Four are in the Northern District of the game-world (Leboa-Sako), the other four are in the south (Bowa Seko). It is wise to put one in a weapon crate.
Leboa-Sako Edit
- The first Golden AK-47 can be found south-west from Cattle Xing and east of North Railyard.
- The second is located south of the lake by Scrap Salvage, just barely south-west of the green-spot on the map between the two enemy patrol points. You will see that there is a weapon shop far south-west of the Golden AK-47's location if you are in the right area. Or you can just follow the mountains until you're due south of the crashed plane, once you're there it's impossible to miss.
- The third Golden AK-47 is at the weapon shop north of Oasis, to the east of that weapon shop right at the end of the road to the east of the rock that is between the road and the weapon shop.
- And the final Golden AK-47 in Leboa-Sako is north-west of Oasis, near the enemy patrol point.
Bowa Seko Edit
- The first one is between Dogon Village and Mosate Selao right where the river splits into two.
- The second one is just east of TaeMoCo Mine, on the road west of the two mountainous strips on the map.
- The third one in Bowa Seko is north of the Rail Xing, across from the enemy patrol point of the river.
- And the last Golden AK-47 is just a little down the river of the Heart of Darkness.
Appearances Edit
Golden AK-47s only appear in Far Cry 2.
- Although there are no stocks present for the Golden AK-47s scattered around the game, there is little recoil.


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In The Hobbit, Bilbo uses the words attercop, lazy lob, crazy cob, and old tomnodd as insults he's attacked by giant spiders in Mirkwood. I guessed that they are alternative names for spiders, but I thought I'd check.
Attercop is a word for spider from the Old English átorcoppe, from átor/attor (poison) and coppe, from cop (top, summit, round head), or copp (cup, vessel). It is apparently still used in North Yorkshire, though is considered old fashioned. It can also mean a peevish or ill-natured person. Possibly related words include the Norwegian edderkopp(er) (spider) and the Danish edderkop(per).
Lob is another extinct word for spider from the Old English lobbe/loppe, of unknown origin.
Cob is another extinct word for spider that features in cobweb, and is probably cognate with the Flemish cobbe/coppe (spider) and Westphalian cobbe (spider).
I can't find any information about tomnodd. Do you know where it might come from?
Other Old English words for spider include gangewifre ('a weaver as he goes') spíðra, wæfergange, gongelwæfre and spigt.
Source: OED, Word Wide Words, Wiktionary, Old English Tranlsator


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Beijing (AFP) Sep 21, 2006
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has finalized a deal worth 8.5 billion dollars to supply the nation's southeast with 2.6 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually over 25 years, state press said Thursday. CNOOC inked the deal on Wednesday to source the LNG from Indonesia's Tangguh gas fields that are being developed by British Petroleum, the China Daily reported.
Xinhua news agency said the deal was worth 8.5 billion dollars.
The two sides originally agreed the deal in 2002, with deliveries to begin in 2007, but after Wednesday's finalization, delivery will now begin in 2009, the reports said.
The accord will allow CNOOC to deliver LNG to power suppliers in five cities of southeast China's Fujian province beginning in 2009, the China Daily said.
"The deal is Indonesia's first long-term LNG supply project for China, which has far-reaching significance for both countries," said Eddy Purwanto, an official with BP MIGAS, a government body overseeing oil and gas production in Indonesia.
Energy security is becoming an urgent priority for fast-growing China, already the world's second-largest consumer of oil, and it is struggling to find new energy sources to keep up with demand.
Tangguh draws its natural gas supplies from six fields with proven reserves of 14.4 trillion cubic feet in the Bintuni area of Papua.
The deal comes after CNOOC reportedly wrapped up an agreement with Malaysia's Petronas that could set a pricing benchmark for natural gas in Asia.
China's largest offshore energy group concluded an accord with state-owned Petronas to supply LNG to a terminal in Shanghai, the Financial Times said Monday, citing chairman and chief executive of CNOOC Fu Chengyu.
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Best Of :: People & Places
We all know how excruciating modern urban life can be. We work like dogs, drive like animals, and shove fast food down our throats between dentist appointments and birthday parties. And in a city of cars, there's hardly an escape from the constant drone of engines flying by on bustling streets. But we stress "hardly" because we've found one of the best escape pods in the Valley.
The permanent installation by James Turrell at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art has provided a Zen space for the Valley for the past seven years. As it's tucked away behind the museum's patio, it's no surprise that visitors often cruise right by, missing their opportunity to put on the brakes and chill. This simple, elliptical room is made of slate-gray concrete with a block bench lining the curvature of the walls. Look up to its tall ceiling and you'll see our crystal blue heavens through its oval skylight. The walls block out the noise, the skylight makes the room glow, and the rounded enclosure feels like a warm embrace. Frantic thoughts and everyday anxieties disappear like magic and you are left to just be. Even in the dead of summer, we've spent chunks of time in the room, hardly noticing the heat. And if you happen to visit at night, a subtle glow achieved by expertly placed lighting will make you feel like you just popped a Vicodin.
If you've ever felt the overwhelming need to be the center of attention (and the gaping stares of other people don't bother you), then visit Easley's Fun Shop. The Valley's most renowned costume store is a veritable freak factory, with hundreds of crazy getups within its yellow walls, not to mention the wacky wigs, madcap masks, and other outrageous accessories. Want to shock your friends on Halloween? Rent the "evil clown" ensemble. Got a gonzo costume party to go to? Slip on a pimp costume and also grab a John F. Kennedy mask for some wry political satire. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination, bub, because sometimes it's more fun being a freak show than seeing a freak show.
Considering the way our city has expanded over the past few decades, with people relocating from other states, sometimes it's hard to tell who was born here from those who've moved here. We've figured out a surefire way of determining who's a native and who's a Johnny-come-lately: Ask them about Legend City. Only true OG's born and raised in the PHX will remember going to the Valley's version of Disneyland, which was located near 56th and Washington streets on the border of Phoenix and Tempe from 1963 until it was felled by a wrecking ball in the early '80s. The joyous joint was filled with themed areas devoted to Arizona's Wild West history and culture, like Indian Country and Boom Town.
We've got childhood memories of bombing around the park, lining up for the spookiness of the Lost Dutchman Mine ride, floating down the River of Legends, or spinning around on the Krazy Kups until we were green in the face. Our first chance to meet Wallace and Ladmo also came at Legend City, as the hosts of the renowned local children's show were regular visitors, holding a live stage show weekly and handing out their coveted and candy-filled Ladmo Bags. Thankfully, the park lives on through Web sites (www.legend-city.com) and even its own MySpace page (www.myspace.com/legendcity), where former patrons leave loving devotions, like the one from a dude who wrote, "Legend City is truly legendary." Word.
Technically, Laurie Notaro moved away from Phoenix years ago. Yet she keeps coming back, usually in the form of her essays and fiction, now found in seven books — with more to come. In her latest, Flaming Tantrum of Death, Notaro proves you can judge a book by its cover (we always love her covers) particularly if you read the subtitle: "Reflections on revenge, germophobia, and laser hair removal." That's quite a trapeze act, we think. And obviously Notaro thought the same, given her cover art.
Fuzzy hair, bulbous nose, comically pompous, attorney Dennis Wilenchik had all the makings of a clown even before he pulled out ethical stops and went after New Times. As Sheriff Joe Arpaio's well-paid attorney on the taxpayers' dime, Wilenchik had learned from the harlequin-supreme. Nobody sports a bulbous red nose and a potbelly, while acting the fool, better than ol' Joke.
Even before Wilenchik put his big clown shoe in his own mouth in the New Times case and a judge put her stiletto up his ass, it was as if Joe were conducting clown college and Dennis was star student. Wilenchik went after Joe foe Dan Saban with the vengeance of Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight, trying to get him fired from his job, bringing up Arpaio's smear campaign against Saban to practically anybody who'd listen. (It was right out of Arpaio's playbook.) Denny was all about extra-legal activities only tangentially related to his defense against a slander lawsuit Saban filed against the sheriff because of the bogus smear. That Wilenchik won that suit on technicalities must have emboldened him to take up his buffoonish mentor's cause against the alternative newspaper-thorn in the sheriff's backside.
We can just imagine him popping his suspenders with glee when ringmaster Andy Thomas asked him to enter the bit tent and attempt to tame New Times. The problem here was that County Attorney Thomas was asking Wilenchik to go into the lion's cage with whip and chair, and he was but a pitiful clown, prone to clown-like antics — such as trying to influence the presiding judge over the New Times case and ordering the arrests of the paper's owners for writing a story a story about abusive grand jury subpoenas he'd issued from a grand jury that didn't actually exist.
The capper was that the subpoenas demanded not only NT journalists' notes and communications regarding Arpaio, but the Internet-viewing habits of readers who'd clicked on the paper's coverage of the withered law-clown. All perfectly fine in the funny-haired world in which he and Arpaio reside, but unwise when handling big cats. He was reprimanded by the judge, and fired as special prosecutor by his beloved ringmaster — after public opinion took a big bite out of both their bozo asses. Raar! The result is that Wilenchik and Thomas are under investigation by the Arizona Bar Association, and we hope that these scary scaramouches get a good legal whacking. Now that would be funny.
If any of your candy-ass, 'fraidy-cat friends are too terrified by the Desert Storm's towering appearance to consider riding the 90-foot-high roller coaster (the biggest in the state), tell 'em the ride lasts only about a minute and a half, from start to finish. A mere 90 seconds. About as much time as it takes to nuke a microwave burrito. Although you may wanna skip over the part about how there probably won't be any time to be scared, as they'll likely be too busy screaming their lungs out in terror while zooming along 2,000 feet of steel track (including the initial drop of 85 feet) and blasting through two vertical loopty-loops at around 50 miles per hour. With that whole "nothing to fear but fear itself" thing going on, the less they know, the better. Besides, once they've busted their cherry and ridden it at least once, we're sure they'll be hopping back in line to go again.


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To challenge Attorney General Eric Holder's assertion that as a nation we're cowards as it pertains to discussion of matters of race, I thought as someone with a direct connection to the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement in Philadelphia, I might shed a different light on the matter.
In September 1965, as an 8-year-old boy from South Jersey, I was deposited into Girard College, a private boarding school located in North Philadelphia founded in 1848 by Stephen Girard for "poor, white, male orphans."
In short, Girard College was a hard place to get used to. The abuse from other boys and those paid to care for us was often severe and unrelenting. Over time, I learned to bob and weave while blending into the woodwork. But even those tactics didn't always work. In time I had toughened up enough to develop a love/hate relationship for the place I will always refer to as my childhood home.
In 1965, however, things were not peaceful on the other side of the Wall, a 10-foot-high structure surrounding the school's impressive 42-acre campus. While Girard's will had been unsuccessfully challenged many times before, with the changes going on throughout the country black leaders and citizens in Philadelphia would find a way to "break" it once and for all.
So it was in 1968, after one death, years of picketing, a visit from Martin Luther King, small riots, sharp and heavy objects hurled over the wall from the streets onto our playgrounds, and strict limitations on our comings and goings, when the U.S. Supreme Court found the way to alter the course of history for Girard College. In spite of its private funding, Girard's money had been managed by a city entity. This connection alone would be enough.
Although we didn't realize it at the time, the Class of 1974 — of which I was a member — would become a part of racial history. Because on June 8, 1974, along with 27 of his Girard brothers, Charles W. Hicks would be the first black boy to graduate from a school whose graduating classes had been white for its previous 126 years.
Diminutive and quiet, Charlie found his place in our class in much the same manner we all did. Disagreements were commonplace and often resulted in name-calling and fights followed by making up and moving forward. Our yearbook ("The Corinthian") bears out that Charlie at least appeared to assimilate well as he participated in sports; Boy Scouting; a member of the Society of Outstanding American High School Students; and recipient of the Union League of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award among other accolades. He even signed my book as his "'G' bro, Charlie." Oh, and his nickname was "Brew" (an offshoot of the word "Bro," a name Charlie himself included on his page in the 1974 yearbook).
On graduation day we were greeted by all manner of media from newspaper reporters to cameras from CBS's "60 Minutes." This was indeed a big deal for Philadelphia, and for Charlie.
Still, memories have a way of changing even in spite of evidence such as memorialized in my yearbook. A few short years ago Charlie was quoted as saying that Girard was very racially charged for all of his six years, he had few friends, and that a member of his class threatened to kill him nightly prior to going to sleep.
One thing is for certain: There is no way I could imagine what it was like for Charlie being the only black student among a class of white faces, especially considering that he was admonished to do nothing to give the school a reason to get rid of him. After all, he was special — he had to succeed. To be fair, nearly all of us were threatened with bodily injury or death from those who hated us. And in all the time I was at Girard, no black student ever threatened me in this fashion; but the white upper-classmen took their shots.
I suppose Charlie has reasons for his memories. I won't challenge them. However, after conferring with other 1974 graduates, our perception of Charlie's life with us at the Hum reveals that he was treated no better and certainly no worse than anyone else during his six years as our "brother."
I ran into Charlie at Girard about five years ago. He didn't have much to say as he was busy signing autographs for the myriad current Girardians in awe of this historical figure. While Girard College still admits children from financially challenged households, there are no longer limitations based upon race or gender. Some of the older alumni have a hard time with these changes, but not those of us who graduated with Charles W. Hicks, aka "Brew." I didn't really understand it nearly 38 years ago, but it is an honor and privilege to be a part of that history and to have Charlie as one of my "'G' bro's." Perhaps in time he'll feel the same way again; or maybe he never really felt that way at all. But at least I'm talking about it now.
As a postscript: Today Girard College offers full scholarships which include tuition, clothing, food, healthcare and virtually anything and everything necessary to prepare its students to become happy, well-adjusted and contributing members of society. In addition, the majority are black and female.
Nearly all graduates are accepted to good colleges and universities around the country. Missing from these statistics however, are the numbers indicating how many of them actually finish their advanced education. There are also other data requested by the alumni and others that would give a better picture of what is really happening within the confines of the Wall.
Jerry Kinderman is a retired 20-year Lodi resident, computer software developer and writer. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hot beer?
Imagine walking up to the corner tavern on a cold winter night and ordering a piping-hot, steaming mug of ... beer.
Seem like the kind of drink you could find in Brew City, right?
Wrong. I asked five of the most veteran bartenders I know if they've ever heard of a hot beer recipe, and each shook his head in confusion. They asked their colleagues, and not one was familiar with any such a recipe.
"As far as hot beer goes, I'm at a loss," says Palomino's Bill Rouleau. "I don't even like it cold. Hot mulled wine, however, is the jam."
Yeah, we all know about mulled wine, Irish coffees and Hot Toddies.
But hot beer? Apparently not in Milwaukee – though please tell us if you've found it somewhere.
Hot beer does exist internationally, however. In Japan, Kirin test-marketed a hot beer that's consumed in a steaming cup like coffee. It uses a stout, served with sugar cubes and a stick of cinnamon, and the heating apparently brings out new flavors and a coffee-like aroma of beer. The company recommends making your own by microwaving a cup of it and pouring it over vanilla ice cream.
In Poland, folks add an egg to a heated (but not boiled) lager or dark beer, and garnish with cinnamon, clove, ginger, oranges, brown sugar and honey. Apparently, almost every bar in Poland serves the stuff.
Intrigued? I am, and we found two recipes on how to make hot beer yourself. Give it a try, if you dare, then report back. Could this be Brew City's next big winter drink?
From Wikihow.com:
Mulled Beer
12-16 oz. decent-quality beer (the contents of your average bottle or can of beer)
2 tsp (10 grams) sugar
1 pinch ground ginger, or 1 slice (sometimes called "coins") of ginger 1/4" long
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1-2 pinch(es) cinnamon, or 1" section of a cinnamon stick
1 pinch ground cloves or 2-5 whole cloves
1 tablespoon (15 mL) honey
1 egg
Put beer in a small saucepan and add spices. Heat beer and spices in a small saucepan on low to medium-low heat. If the beer begins to boil, turn down the heat. The beer will begin to foam, but should subside after a minute or two.
Separate the egg white from the egg yolk and put in a small bowl. This recipe only uses the egg yolk. Add two teaspoons of sugar to the egg yolk. Beat the sugar and yolk with a whisk or fork until it becomes nearly white (it's the hardest part!).
Optional but recommended: Temper the yolk mixture. To prevent "scrambling" the egg yolk mixture by the heat of the beer, you can temper the mixture by adding 1-2 tablespoon(s) of the hot beer to the yolk mixture very slowly and mixing thoroughly.
Add the yolk mixture slowly to the warm beer and continue to heat for 5 minutes. Stir gently. Add honey to taste. This likely will not have happened if you tempered the yolk mixture before adding it to the beer.
From epicurious.com:
Hot Spiced Beer
Yield: Makes 12 servings.
12 small apples
12 teaspoons brown sugar
1 cup superfine sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1 1/2 cups cranberry juice
2 quarts beer or ale
Core the apples and fill each with a teaspoon of brown sugar. Place in a baking pan and cover the bottom with 1/8 inch water. Bake in a 350°F oven for 30 minutes, or until tender. Combine the sugar and spices in a 4-quart saucepan. Add the juices and beer and heat the mixture for 15 minutes without letting it come to a boil. Pour the mixture into a metal punch bowl and float the baked apples on top. Serve in 8-ounce mugs.
phoner | Dec. 13, 2011 at 4:06 p.m. (report)
boiling alone will never remove more than 4% of the alcohol, about the same as most light beers. bet your mom never knew azeotrope chemistry :)
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psychobilly | Dec. 13, 2011 at 7:41 a.m. (report)
Sounds gross and point less. If you heat up the beer the alcohol is going to evaporate.
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Qantas reported a 7.8 per cent increase in passengers in August from the prior year and said its yield improved for domestic and international operations. Due to hedging, the airline has 85 per cent participation in falling oil prices for the remainder of the year, and 82 per cent participation in favourable exchange rate movements. Andrew Cleary
Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund has named Emma Stein as a non executive director. At present Ms Stein sits on the boards of engineering and construction outfit Clough, utility investor DUET Group and staffing, maintenance and facilities management group Programmed Maintenance Group. Jackie Range
Asciano has renewed a 10-year contract with Centennial Coal worth $450 million in revenues. The deal will see Asciano's rail freight group, Pacific National, haul 4.5 million tonnes of coal from Centennial's mines in the Southern and Western Coalfields of NSW regions.
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Japan's Mitsubishi Development has reaffirmed its commitment to the $4.4 billion Oakajee port development and an associated iron ore mine, both joint ventures with Murchison Metals in Western Australia. In a statement, Mitsubishi said recent rumours about the company's withdrawal from the joint ventures were "completely groundless". Luke Forrestal
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The following are some comments from our alumni, Board of Trustees, and industry professionals.
"One of the fundamental philosophies that provided a foundation for PDI was its focus on education. The future of the industry rests on the shoulders of the next person who walks in the door, so we stressed the need to embrace and develop new talent. Cogswell's vision shares many of the same values. Besides, we are in the same city."
Richard Chuang, CEO of PIC2, Cogswell Board of Trustees
"If not for Cogswell, and particularly some key faculty members and alumni, I would not have this job or this career. The courses at Cogswell College gave me the foundation in fine arts and digital media to be able to step into my position here at Double Fine and immediately begin working."
Raymond Crook, Cogswell alumnus (2001) - BA Computer and Video Imaging
"Cogswell helped me turn my dream of animating for a living into a reality by giving me a working knowledge of 3D, providing connections in the industry and the interpersonal skills to get ahead."
Allen Stetson, Cogswell alumnus (1999) - BA Computer and Video Imaging
"One of the things that makes Cogswell special is that the program is more about people. The classes are small which facilitates student/faculty interaction. The faculty gets to know each student and really cares about his or her success."
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SMEs urged to go north
Small and medium-sized enterprises should adjust their mentality when breaking into the mainland consumer market, according to the Hong Kong Productivity Council.
Ricky Leung, the council's principal consultant on mainland and business management, said the European debt crisis was expected to dampen demand in the next few years, which meant a timely need to diversify into the competitive but robust consumer market across the border.
He cited the findings of a council survey of 215 SMEs in April and November last year that showed respondents were largely original equipment manufacturers and many were newcomers to the market.
The central government made spurring domestic consumption a priority in its latest five-year plan. It also wants to reduce reliance on exports and boost living standards. That presents a crossroads of sorts for tens of thousands of Hong Kong exporters in the Pearl River Delta. They face having to upgrade their value chain and technology or relocate to inner parts of the nation, or branch into the mainland market.
As part of the plan to boost spending power, Beijing has stipulated an average 13 per cent increase in minimum wages annually between 2010 and 2015.
'Buy an air ticket, go to a city in the east coastal region and get a feel for the market,' Leung advised smaller companies. 'Even better, get a high-speed train to reach out to second-tier cities.'
Leung said Hong Kong exporters should develop their own brands and designs and set up separate teams of staff dominated by mainland personnel.
The survey showed almost 90 per cent of those polled had plans to diversify into the mainland market within the next five years.
'Dealing with a container of goods for export is totally different from marketing them on the mainland,' Leung said. 'Exporters need to change their mentality of doing business and take action promptly.'
The survey found exporters' biggest concerns in breaking into the mainland market were how to build distribution channels, design products and establish brands.
Geographically, the survey showed Shanghai was the top destination of entry, followed by Hangzhou, Suzhou and Nanjing in eastern and northern China. The preferred cities can be reached by high-speed trains.
A large number of the respondents indicated that they would develop online sales platforms as an alternative to store openings,.
Leung said that retailer Chow Tai Fook Jewellery set up its domestic sales team in 2009 while marketing jewellery through online shops and social networking websites.
Consumer spending on the mainland, as a share of GDP, fell to this proportion, from 45 per cent, in the last decade
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