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45. Time table generator algorithm843853 Oct 30, 2006 10:02 AM (in response to 843853)thanx for the suggestion prometheuzz.
i too am trying for the same.,i asked the code so that i can get some references from that.
Anyway,can anybody help in giving idea as to how to allocate timetable automatically for the faculties in acollege given faulties,courses,departments,subjects....
conditions would be lik:
"No lecturers should have the classes at the same time in two diffrent sections or semestres."
"No lectureres should have continuous two or three classes and each should be given a break of atleat one hour"
"Each faculties should have maximum of 5 classes a day"
my mailid is firstname.lastname@example.com
46. Re: Time table generator algorithm800282 Oct 30, 2006 10:35 AM (in response to 843853)> thanx for the suggestion prometheuzz.
i too am trying for the same.,i asked the code so
that i can get some references from that.
marlin314 should be the one you're thanking; he contributed the most valuable posts in this thread. Read them if you're really interested in creating a time table generator.
> Anyway,can anybody help in giving idea as to
Again: there are a lot of valuable posts in this thread already. Is there something in particular you don't understand about them?
> my mailid is email@example.com
Sorry, but this is a public forum. I don't think anyone is interested in personally e-mailing you about your assignment.
47. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Oct 31, 2006 10:00 AM (in response to 843853)Thanx merlin..
Actually,i am trying to mak it as simple as possible..
To avoid more complexities,i am designing it only by taking faculties,departments,subjects,because,we hav no idea to release dat in the market,just as an assignment dats al..!!
I have already designed front end for the proj,whch vl tak Subjects,faculties,new courses and departments and store those in respective databases.
I am now tryng to allocate timetable faculties by myself manully and store it in a database.
then,retrieving al those,details from the database which were stored, along with the time(pre stored database) in which they vl teach.
I am facing difficulties in this part actually..!!
"No faculty should hav the classes at diff semesters at the same time"
"Every faculty should hav atleast some break period after each class"
"Not max of 5 clsses to a faculty per day"
48. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Oct 31, 2006 8:36 PM (in response to 843853)Build a roster, a large array something like this
Mtg[iRoom][iDay][iTime] roster;
Every single course will have some number of meetings and each mtg must be assigned to the roster. The roster will have nulls that represent at time and a day when a given room is empty. You can just put all your meeting for all your classes into the roster in any random order at all and you now have a solution that complies with the constraints that each class has the right number of meetings and there is no overlap.
You do as little or as much modeling of real concerns as pleases you. For example in the real schools that I know, you do not put a Chem lab of 20 people into a lecture hall that seats 300. Rooms have capacities and facilities and they should be properly matched.
Once you have all mtgs in the roster, you have a potential solution. That solution may be quite bad - a class that was supposed to meet 5 days a week has all 5 of those meetings on Monday - you may have professors double booked for their time - you may have all 5 meetings for a single class correctly done on different days, but they are all in different rooms and at different times.
So you also need a notion of score, how bad a solution really is. You could rip through all the meetings once you have them assigned and give a penalty for anything that you don't like.
Once you have a score functions, the important thing to note is that you can swap any two elements in the roster and get another possible solution. You can do these swaps semi-intellegently if you wish. What I mean is that while you are calculating your score, you may note that a particular mtg does not match the room requirement, or it leads to a professor being double booked or something. That room should be swapped out. Furthermore you may know better places for that thing (if you are dealing with capacity, and you have a course of 200, you don't waste time trying to swap that mtg into a small room, you restrict your swap sites to rooms that match the constraints)
In any case the observation is that you have a roster, which represents a solution, you have a score, which grovels over your roster and checks for every violated constraint and assignes a penalty for that violation (some things are bad and others are REALLY bad) and you can swap roster elements to generate a new potential solution.
Now you have something toward which you can apply a genetic algorithm or a simulated anealing to do the groveling about looking for solutions.
I will describe simulated anealing because it is fairly straight forward. You have a working copy of your roster and its score and you also have a saved copy of the roster which is the best that you have yet seen. You perform a swap (intelligent or random) in your working copy and score the results. If what you have is better than your best so far, you save it. Otherwise you make another swap. You count how many swaps you make and at some point, your swap limit, you decide you have made too many random changes and so you reload your working copy from your saved - best so far - copy. What you are doing is taking random walks away from your best solution and seeing if you can't find a series of swaps that improves it.
The anealing comes from one other thing that you do. It is observed that in the early stages when your solutions are bad that you may need to take large random walks to get an improvement. As your solutions become more refined, you want to do more short searches right around the best so far. So you start with a large swap limit (before you reload) and over time you decrease the swap limit.
The primary chunk of work that you need to do is to build your data structures and score function. I can not tell you how to grovel over your data structures in an efficient manner so that you can determine that you have a double booked professor. I don't know what data structures you have and I don't know what constraints you are trying to match. A partial list of a few constraints is not a design.
In all optimization problems you must:
1) Define the buckets that hold the fixed data. That design should allow you easily get from one required chunk of information to another.
2) You must render all constraints into a score function that measures whether a constraint is being met by a potential solution. Ideally that score function is quick to compute (otherwise - you won't be able to grovel of millions of potential solutions).
3) You define some buckets to hold the proto-solution. Ideally this data structure is defined in such a way that it forces as many constraints to be satisfied as is possible. Generally you choose something like the hardest constraint to measure or the hardest one to meet. Assigning rooms to classes at certain times of the day with no overlap strikes me as the hardest problem and is thus the reason for building the roster structure that I suggested.
Then using your favorite optimization technique, linear programming, simulated anealing, genetic algorithms, etc. you grovel over as many feasible solutions as you can as quickly as you can looking for the one with the best score. In the fastest methods, you will be able to take incremental steps (like doing a swap in the roster) you will be able to computer incremental scores (so computation after a single step is potentially fast) and if possible you can see some gradients (meaning that sometimes you can even know which direction to take a step to improve a score - like knowing that a swap will improve a match.)
You will note that my roster design does nothing to assign professors to classes. This is the reason that I keep re-iterating that there is NO time table code. Are professors already assigned to classes? Then you must move classes around to prevent double booking them. Are the classes already assigned rooms and you are moving professors around to prevent double booking them? Can any professor teach any class? Do you have extra contraints that a professor only teaches classes for which he is qualified? Does your system model assigning teachers to classes or not? Do your teachers have seniority and class preferences? If you need to do this, then you need to do this, but I can't help in the design of a system when the goals of that system are not defined.
In fact, you should note that there is nothing magic about my roster data structure. It is there becasue I assumed that one of the assignements that you are trying to do is get all classes into rooms without having two classes in the same room at the same time. I just assumed that this is the major constraint. But of course I have no reason to make that assumption because there is NO problem that has actually been defined anywhere in this thread by any writer.
Defining you data model and your constraints IS the definition of your problem. Once you have that, right or wrong it will be possible for others to comment on it and refine it and improve it. But without that ...
49. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Nov 2, 2006 2:00 PM (in response to 843853)hi i am doing a project almost same of urs. if u find out the solutions until now pls send it to me also
my mail is : email@example.com
thank u very much
50. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm800282 Nov 2, 2006 2:02 PM (in response to 843853)> hi i am doing a project almost same of urs.
Who is urs, or better yet: who is yours?
51. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Nov 3, 2006 6:43 PM (in response to 800282)I also need this code very badly. I am not a student and this is not a homework assignemt, but I've been telling people for months that I can help them write this code and I've been waiting and waiting but no one posts anything I can use so I still don't have any code yet. If you could please post it here, I can claim that I did it.
Thanks ever so much!
52. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Nov 6, 2006 1:31 PM (in response to 843853)Hi,
Please sene me the optimized time table generator algorithm.
53. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Nov 6, 2006 1:35 PM (in response to 843853)ya i am in need for an algorithm or code for school time table generation
it is required as
time table for teacher
54. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm800282 Nov 6, 2006 1:36 PM (in response to 843853)
Hi,I�ve sent it to you. Have fun with it.
Please sene me the optimized time table generator
55. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm800282 Nov 6, 2006 1:39 PM (in response to 843853)
ya i am in need for an algorithm or code for schoolI�ve just sent it to DileepBellamkonda and removed my local copy of it. Ask him for the code.
time table generation
it is required as
time table for teacher
56. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Nov 11, 2006 4:42 AM (in response to 843853)time table algorithms
57. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Nov 15, 2006 6:36 AM (in response to 843853)guys i've seen all the postings ... we are currently devoloping the same project using DB2 ... the algo given by u people use the standard arrays ... can u people please guide me as to what is to be done using this database... and how to link the front end and backe end
58. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm800282 Nov 15, 2006 9:11 AM (in response to 843853)
can u people please guide me as to what is to be done usingI doubt you will get help here on implementing this with DB2. This is the algorithms forum, and DB2 has little to do with Java.
this database... and how to link the front end and
backe end
I suggest going to: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/db2_forums.jsp
Of course, someone may be willing to help you here, but I doubt it.
59. Re: Optimized Time table generator algorithm843853 Nov 27, 2006 12:33 PM (in response to 843853)Hi marlin,
first of al,thanx for everything..
I have done with the timetable generation algorithm......
But, the only thing is i dint made it automated completely..
At first, actually,i dint got the correct idea and i started blindly.,that resulted in the Unautomated algorithm.
I wrote the algorithm in which we have to assign the timings and days for the faculties. I know this is not the automated generation but, initially
i got only this idea.. and its working fine too.
Now am trying to make it completely Automated, that is without assigning times and days for the lecturers..
One more thing i have considered only theory classes and nothing else....! i know this is not right, but to start from the stage of beginner it will be very difficult. thats y i started it like that.
Now i got the confidence that i can do that....
and i am considering all the constraints like sections, class rooms, labs etc....... but, i am finding bit complexity in that..
So, can u help me with respect to that..??!!


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Our usual dining foursome, which really enjoyed this farm-to-table restaurant when it opened last year, returned to Table earlier this week. When it opened, Table featured a casual bistro level, and a more traditional restaurant level, with complementary, but not identical, menus. We ate in the restaurant, and as noted in my review at the time, found presentations and flavors excellent. In the interim, the format has changed to uniform seating and menu: not as interesting, perhaps, but in itself no reason for concern. However, the food has become more middle-of-the-road as well, with overly-large portions and unfulfilled expectations. For aps, we ordered fried calamari with spicy tomato sauce: adequate, but nothing special; beet salads, in which large chunks of beets were served with a fairly bland "blue vinaigrette"; and crab cakes. As to the latter, they featured mostly crab, with an oddly oily finish, and "cilantro aioli" without mucy cilantro flavor.
It was the entrees that really let us down. Beer-battered haddock was well prepared, but HUGE in portion: too much, even for a hearty eater, along with mashed potatoes and sauteed greens (almost everything this night came with sauteed bok choy that had little crunch left). Lobster-mac-and-cheese, which has become a Maine restaurant staple, was rich and tasty, but the lobster pieces were chunky, not well-matched to the orichette pasta. A beef tornedos came with a mushroom and bacon confit, which might have been tasty, but the dish as a whole was declared by Ellieeggplant as "just a hunk of meat with a lot of stuff around it." This was clearly a missed opportunity: why not a variation on tornedos Oscar, since there's crab everywhere in Maine at this time of year, with a different green to replace asparagus? The biggest disappointment was a dish called "roulade of pork with New England kim chi and kidney bean hoisin," which I had seen on the online menu and which seemed wonderfully unusual. Whatever it was, it wasn't a roulade. Instead, a slightly flattened piece of pork was sauteed and then plopped on top of, and covered by, the kim chi, local carrots, and additional cabbage: once again, a piece of meat with a lot of stuff.
Service was adequate, given the usual challenges of summer staffing in a tourist town. Wines are reasonably priced, with some good less-expensive selections. But for us, the original promise of Table, which is a sister to the excellent Cleonice in near-by Ellsworth, has been lost somewhere along the line. We'll probably look elsewhere next year. Too bad.
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The city's first 'on again, off again' Fiesta begins on Thursday, 1200 WOAI's Stephanie Narvaez reports.
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But Melleky says Fiesta won't stop for Holy Weekend. He says the decision was made not to stage, for example, the Battle of Flowers Parade on Good Friday, but there will still be appropriate activities on Easter Weekend.
"Fiesta is a fusion of arts, heritage and culture," he said. "With that in mind, Easter is big here, as a big cultural event."
So Fiesta formally begins on Thursday with Fiesta Fiesta and the Carnival, and continues this weekend with the traditional 'first weekend' events like the Taste of New Orleans and the St. Mary's Oyster Bake starting on Friday and running through Sunday.
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"Grape growing will hardly be possible in this climate, where the hot season is also that of the rains. The same bunch will contain ripe, half ripe, and unripe berries which merely make good vinegar," wrote the Victorian explorer Captain Richard Burton, when he visited the region in 1867.
But almost 150 years on, the region is producing not only grapes - in irrigated fields - but even has a small output of reasonable quality wine.
A few drops of rain are enough for a transformation - in two or three days the plants are green once more and ready to provide food for men and animals alike.
Technology can do the same. With an efficient irrigation system towns lying in the middle of this semi-desert have turned into major fruit exporting districts, contrasting starkly with the poverty around them.
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When it comes to tropical fruits, the success of the irrigation methods applied here since the 1960s is clear.
"This region produces coconut, guava, lemon, mangoes, grapes and bananas, where once there was only dry land," said Luis Bassoi, an agronomist from Embrapa, the Brazilian Agriculture Research Centre.
The most successful city in the Brazilian Caatinga is Petrolina, in the state of Pernambuco.
"Petrolina has been a very successful experience, but on the other hand it represents a concentration, in just one place, of wealth that should be better distributed", reads a study by the Commission for the Development of the Sao Francisco Valley (Codevasf).
"There is still quite a lot of soil suitable for irrigation within the reach of the São Francisco river, just waiting for water," Mr Bassoi conceded.
Native plants
Where irrigation is not possible - or not economically viable - one solution being tried is to borrow native plants' abilities to survive in the region's hostile environment.
"We are grafting other plants onto umbu tree roots and they are developing marvellously, despite the limited rains."
Mr Porto added that this was a possible solution for large parts of the Caatinga that cannot be irrigated due to the shallowness of the soil.
"In places where there is not much soil over the rocks, irrigating would just bring up salt and destroy the crops," he said.
However, where there is no irrigation and no finance for crops, many poor peasants are instead making a living through local drug barons by secretly growing marijuana on their lands.
Close to Petrolina, in an area where there is no irrigation, no research, no funding - but plenty of poverty - crime is thriving.
"These peasants are not actual criminals, but poor people who have no other options," said Captain Jose Mario, chief of police in the town of Cabrobro, at the heart of the Marijuana Polygon.
"Of course we arrest these growers when we catch them, but the solution will take much more than police work.
"This is a problem caused by poverty and wealth distribution.
Mr Mario added that as a result of the drug trade, the Marijuana Polygon has become a dangerous place to be.
"In the long run these are the issues that have to be tackled," he said.
"There are robberies to pay for the marijuana crops, organised crime killings, child prostitution and a large number of guns in circulation."
Paulo Cabral travelled to north-eastern Brazil for the BBC, keeping an online journal along the way. His three-part series, Blogging in Brazil, concludes on BBC World Service, on 20th August.


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This is my second baby and I'm feeling like a horrible mom. I haven't gained weight, I haven't changed pants size, and didn't have any of the signs I had with my first. ( I found out at 6 weeks because I was so sick) although I don't drink or do drugs or smoke, I still can't help but feel awful.
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Maron delivers walk off single to beat Miracle, 5-4
Mets run win streak to four
By St. Lucie Mets | April 12, 2014 10:17 PM ET
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (April 12, 2014) - For the second time in as many nights, Cam Maron delivered the go-ahead hit for the St. Lucie Mets against the Fort Myers Miracle.
Maron provided a dramatic 5-4 victory for the Mets with a walk off single in the bottom of the 10th. He belted a pitch from Tim Shibuya into right field that allowed Brandon Nimmo to score from second. Adam Brett Walker's throw home from right was up the line and skipped away from catch Tyler Grimes.
On Friday, Maron broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth with a single and the Mets won 6-3.
The Mets have now won four in row after losing four straight, and they are above .500 with a 5-4 record. They are one game back of the Miracle and Palm Beach Cardinals for first place in the Florida State League South Division.
Saturday's game was tightly contested with four lead changes and two ties. Michael Gonzales launched solo home run for the Miracle in the second. The Mets were able to tie it in the fifth on a ground ball out by Phillip Evans.
Maron gave the Mets the lead in the sixth. He smashed a 3-1 pitch from Jose Berrios over Walkers' head in right field for a triple that plated T.J. Rivera. Maron scored moments later on a wild pitch to put the Mets up 3-1.
The lead looked like it would hold but Beck Wheeler could not escape the eighth. Wheeler retired the first two hitters but walked Jorge Polanco on a full count and gave up a single to Dalton Hicks. That brought up the go-ahead run in Adam Brett Walker, who drove a three-run homer over the left field wall to put the Miracle ahead 4-3.
The Mets quickly answered in their half of the eighth. Dilson Herrera and Nimmo singled off of Steven Gruver, who was removed from the game. Herrera and Nimmo both moved up a base when Brian Gilbert came in and threw a wild pitch. After Rivera struck out, Aderlin Rodriguez brought home Herrera on a ground out to tie the game.
The 4-4 score held until the 10th when Maron came through in the clutch for the second night in a row.
Mets starter Michael Fulmer was impressive in a no decision. The righty held the Miracle to just Gonzales' solo homer over seven innings. He struck out five.
Berrios also received a no decision. He gave up three runs in six innings.
Paul Sewald worked out of jams in the ninth and 10th to earn the win.
The Mets (5-4) will go for the sweep of the Miracle (6-3) on Sunday afternoon at Tradition Field. First pitch is at 1 p.m. with the gates opening for a $15 brunch at 11:30 a.m.
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U.M.A British Open 'No Gi' Grappling Championships 4th December 2010: Results
U.M.A British Open 'No Gi' Grappling Championships 4th December 2010: Results
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well done to all the lads today Team Pure FTW......
"If you talk to God you're religious. If God talks to you, you're psychotic
Awesome day thanks guys, gareth sbg
was a good day, really enjoyed it. was happy to win the U85's and then had a good laugh having four bouts against the over 95's, even though i lost 3 of them to smothers, it really is hard getting those guys off you
All the Pure MMA guys that competed did the team proud and i'm sure we'll be there in strong numbers at all future UMA events
Was there only one advanced division fight?
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The U.M.A. would like to thank everyone who attended our annual British Open 'No Gi' Grappling Championships yesterday, Athletes and Supporters alike.
Although the weather was atrocious and poor state of roads etc, everyone made the effort to get to the Championships to represent, for that we thank you all for putting on a fun, friendly and professional day of exciting and skillful grappling.
Also, thanks to the following U.M.A. Officials, as without them our Championships would not be possible for us and the Athletes each and every year:
Carl Fisher-UMA Area Referee
Steve Houchin-UMA Mat Referee
Sue McSherry-UMA Registration Officer
Connie Woolley-UMA Registration Admin Officer
Jenny Houchin-UMA Score Recorder and Score Keeper
Mickey Costa-UMA Score Recorder and Score Keeper
Ben Smedley-UMA Score Recorder and Score Keeper
Michael Stephenson-UMA Score Recorder and Score Keeper
Tony Wood, UMA Senior Officer-Equipment Transportation and Logistics
Colin at Trent Trophies-the UMA's Medal and Trophy Suppliers
www.Empirefightshop.com UMA Sponsors and Supplier of the Winners Prizes for this Event.
Stoke City Council, Fenton Manor Sports Complex and Venue Staff for a fantastic venue and support.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all the UMA Supporters.
We look forward to seeing you all again at our future Championship Events in 2011.
For and behalf of everyone here at the UMA.
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Would have liked to seen Stu Barrs v Tony Bebbington. I know Stu aint huge just think it would have been a good fight! Is Stu still recovering from his training for his fight last weekend?
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Potential for restructuring
By SHABBIR H. KAZMI
Oct 05 - 11, 1996
Total installed capacity expected to reach 400,000 tonnes per annum by 1997
Supply will outstrip demaand by almost 100,000 tonnes
Surplus can be utilized by the country's large spinning base
Local industry requires protection against dumping
The polyester staple fibre (PSF) industry in Pakistan, which started as an import substitution industry, after reaching the stage of fully meeting the local demand is heading towards surplus capacity. However, while looking at the local yarn spinning capacity it may be said that increase in supply over demand by 1997 can be avoided by major restructuring not only in the sector itself but also in yarn spinning.
To minimize the impact of globally declining prices, the government has already imposed regulatory duty on import of PSF. Commencement of commercial production by Dhan Fibres and Ibrahim Fibres has been delayed and the consumption of PSF has registered constant increase. Manufacturers are trying to control cost of production to arrest downward trend in profitability.
The last decade has registered a constant and massive increase in the demand for PSF not only in Pakistan but an equally fierce one on worldwide basis. Locally, the demand for man-made fibres has been propelled by uncertainties in the production of cotton. It has been said that successive shortfalls in the cotton crop were the main reason for greater use of synthetic fibres and the price surges have coerced the local spinners to switchover to more economical production of blended yarn(a mix between polyester and cotton). However, it is equally true that over the years there has been a gradual shift in consumer preference from 100% cotton fabric to blended fabric.
The gradual shift in consumer preference alongwith unprecedented increase in cotton prices has made production of blended fabric lucrative. The demand was further complemented by the declining prices of PSF globally during the last couple of years. Besides, blended yarn fetching higher price and better margins there are less stringent quota restrictions on it.
The growth of PSF industry in Pakistan has been parallel to the growth of cotton yarn manufacturing. The cotton yarn manufacturing capacity which took a quantum jump after the1991-92 bumper cotton crop, the installed number of spindles and rotors has increased. While the number of spindles increased from 5.569 million in 1990-91 to 8.7 million in 1994-95 the number of rotors also registered an increase from 75,000 to 135,000 in the corresponding period.
The country's first PSF manufacturing plant, National Fibres was established in 1982 as a public sector unit. Since then a cluster of similar projects have sprung to quench the demand for PSF through import substitution. The total consumption of PSF in Pakistan which was 18,000 tonnes in 1981 exceeded 149,000 tonnes in 1992 and touched nearly 200,00 tonnes in 1995.
Currently there are five manufacturing units in the country which will increase to seven with the advent of commercial production by Dhan Fibres and Ibrahim Fibres - the combined capacity of both these plants is 163,000 tonnes per annum. Dhan started trial production in the middle of 1996 - almost 12 months behind schedule, but the quality of fibre produced by the company was said to be much lower than the industry benchmark and Dhan is currently busy in making certain alterations in the plant. Ibrahim Fibres may also start its trial production by the middle of 1997. ICI Pakistan's expansion project is expected to commence production in November this year.
All the key players, Dewan Salman, ICI, Pakistan Synthetics, Rupali and National Fibres have been working above installed capacity. In 1994 collectively these units produced 133,171 tonnes of PSF as against an installed capacity of 110,500 tonnes. In spite of 1995 being a difficult year, increase in the price of PTA and MEG - two important and basic raw materials for PSF manufacturing - these units worked above installed capacity.
Dewan Salman and Pakistan Synthetics have already expanded their production capacities and ICI expansion project would be ready shortly. All these companies have undertaken major expansion programmes not only to increase the production capacity but also to achieve economies of scale - variables that will govern future success of these units as the competition is expected to get fiercer in the coming years.
While 1995 operations were characterised by increasing cost of PTA and MEG and declining trend in PSF prices globally, the government provided protection to the local manufacturers of PSF by imposing 30% regulatory duty on its import. The current year, 1996 is witnessing a massive decline in the prices of PTA and MEG which have been responsible for further fall in PSF prices. The prices of these two ingredients have gone down by more than 50% as compared to the prices prevailing in 1995.
International suppliers of PSF have correspondingly slashed their selling prices to around US$ one per kg forcing the local manufacturers to reduce their prices also. Fibre selling prices have declined from a high of Rs. 105 to Rs. 76 per kg. The local manufacturers are accusing the foreign suppliers of dumping. The situation demands serious efforts by the manufacturers to optimize the cost of production and thorough probe by the government to establish the fact of dumping.
The current fiscal and monetary policies of the government and anomalies are seriously impairing the profitability of local manufacturers. These include imposition of GST and non-withdrawal of 5% excise duty charged from the local manufacturers of PSF.
The PSF industry reaching near surplus capacity, facing globally declining prices and suspecting dumping by foreign suppliers, all the local manufacturers have been forced to join hands, in spite of being competitors. A 'fibre cartel' has emerged to combat the difficult conditions and decisions to adjust PSF prices, as and when required, are made collectively. It is expected that after due diligence the cartel may once again announce price reduction and the new price may be fixed around Rs. 60/kg. The manufacturers, as a group, are also demanding of the government to withdraw 5% excise duty on locally manufactured PSF and enhance regulatory duty on the import of polyester staple fibre.
The first evidence that PSF industry in Pakistan faces real difficult time came with Dewan Salman's half year 1995-96 results indicating nearly 73% decline in after tax profit which plunged to Rs. 113 million as compared to Rs. 419.97 million in the corresponding six months of 1994-95. Then came ICI Pakistan's operating loss of Rs. 23.8 million for its fibre division for the first half of 1996. Pakistan Synthetics, an erstwhile fibre manufacturer, announced a loss of Rs. 53.34 million for the six months' operation in 1996 confirming the apprehensions about the industry.
Dewan Salman, strategically located in the tax-exempted area of Hattar, which started PSF production with an installed capacity of 52,500 tonnes/annum has enhanced the total capacity to 108,500 tonnes/annum. Although unit 2 had commenced commercial production, reports indicate that neither unit 1 nor unit 2 are utilising the installed capacity fully evident from the decline in sales of the company.
Dewan group had announced plans for establishment a PTA plant in the country but reportedly the sponsors have decided not to go ahead with the project.
Dewan Salman has the advantage of sales tax exemption and a substantial in-house consumption of PSF but so far has not been able to redefine its sales strategy in the fast changing scenario.
According to Mustafa Mohsin, analyst at Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co., Dewan Salman's sales tax exemption has put the company at a worrisome disadvantage. The recent budget has removed excise duty on yarn but levied 10% sales tax also payable on inputs. The customer, however, can partially offset the liability by presenting to the relevant tax authority an invoice of purchase which will qualify him for input credit. Since Dewan Salman does not pay sales tax on its PSF, its customers may not avail of any input credit. It is feared that the customers may switchover to other suppliers enabling them to obtain the input credit and thereby trim their costs.
It is also important to note that because of better documentation and transparency, export-oriented spinners are likely to receive the tax credit advantage as compared to locally-oriented spinners who are more prone to inefficient documentation.
With dwindling sales the company faces a dilemma but the options available are limited. Either it can reduce the selling price or forgo its sale tax exemptions - either way its profitability is bound to decline substantially. In the presence of cartel it is unlikely that the company can slash its prices without the rest doing the same. While relinquishing its sales tax exemption may be a bold step to maintain its current market share of PSF sales, surrendering its competitive edge may reverse its entire feasibility. It is feared that by doing so the company may post huge losses. The losses would not have been there had the prices of raw materials not fallen to the current level.
ICI Pakistan with present installed capacity of 19,000 tonnes/annum of PSF has undertaken a massive expansion project which will add another 63,000 tonnes/annum to its existing capacity. ICI's PTA plant at Port Qasim and polyester fibre plant will provide support to each other - PTA plant will ensure prompt and regular supply to fibre plant and PSF plant by consuming a bigger chunk of PTA produced in Pakistan. Global marketing network, existing brand loyalty in Pakistan and diversified product range give edge to ICI over all other players in the PSF industry.
Pakistan Synthetics having an installed capacity of to produce 15,000 tonnes of PSF has added 8,000 tonnes to enhance the total capacity to 23,000 tonnes per annum. The expansion project has already completed trial production but, considering the grim industry conditions, management has postponed commercial production of the additional capacity. The capacity underutilization of its initial installed plant during first half of 1996 was evident from over 16.6% decline in net sales. The plant worked at only 86% capacity. The decline in sale coupled with 26% increase in cost of goods sold resulted in massive reduction of gross margin which came down from over 31% for the last year to 3.4% during the period under review.
The other two plants namely Rupali and National Fibres each having a capacity to produce only 12,000 tonnes/annum of PSF have to remain contended with the residual sales. In the days to come both of them along with Pakistan Synthetics are expected to face very tough competition.
The two units about to enter the arena, Dhan and Ibrahim have a huge capacity of 163,000 tonnes to add to the existing total capacity of 237,000 tonnes per annum (after taking into account expanded capacity of Pakistan Synthetics and ICI Pakistan). Therefore, the total capacity for PSF will be 400,000 tonnes per annum. Both the companies have an advantage of in-house consumption amounting to over 40% of their production.
The word 'Dhan' denotes wealth. This is precisely what numerous anxious investors have lost. The share price after touching a high of Rs. 18.5 (September'94) has pared to current disconcerting Rs. 3.5 level - shares were floated at premium. This is not all, the trial production was not satisfactory either. Yet people clasp their investment with the hope that this scrip will race to unprecedented heights.
The sponsors can rightly boast to have the second largest plant after Dewan Salman. Located in Hattar, it enjoys 5-year sales tax exemption from its set-up date. Turnkey contractors for designing and implementation of the plant was Tolaram of Singapore while a host of other European suppliers have supplied the equipment. Kohap of South Korea and Sabic of Saudi Arabia are the suppliers for PTA and MEG respectively.
Besides being a 100% equity-based company it has a lower per tonne capital cost as compared to Ibrahim Fibres. Dhan was launched at a time when the other fibre manufacturers were recording stellar financial performance, demand for PSF was surging at a compounded rate touching almost 24% with supply lagging far behind and cotton crop failure were regular. But before Dhan could come into operation the scenario has changed altogether. Expansion by existing fibre plants, announcement of Ibrahim Fibre, improvement in cotton supply and decline in PSF prices hang the future of company in balance.
Ibrahim Fibres yet another 100% equity-based PSF project has been sponsored by a group having major interest in textiles. The plant having a capacity to produce 70,000 fibre per annum has the advantage of versatile production. It is designed to allow two assembly lines capable of producing two different types of PSF. The project implies nominal financial charges and a good in-house demand for the product but by the time it commence commercial production there will be surplus PSF manufacturing capacity in the country. Market sources suspect that commencement of commercial production is being delayed but can the delay ensure better prospects? Maybe not. However, investors' frustration is evident from selling pressure and price decline of its shares quoted at stock exchanges.
Inconsistent and non-coherent government policies, delay in decision-making, presence of pressure groups and political clout has already made the future of textile, sugar and cement industries bleak and PSF industry faces the same situation. The industry reaching near self-sufficiency and surplus production by 1997 needs prudent thinking and coherent and long-term polices to revitalize it.
The local manufacturers are justified in demanding of the government to make two prompt decisions: withdrawal of 5% excise duty on the locally produced PSF as there is no such corresponding duty on its import and enhancement of regulatory duty rate as dumping is suspected. The increase in regulatory duty should be for an interim period of one year during which efforts should be made to establish the fact of dumping by the foreign suppliers. Even under new WTO rules, the countries have a right to impose anti-dumping duties provided it is established, with substantial proof, that low prices fall under the purview of dumping. The imposition of regulatory duty would automatically make the imported PSF unattractive and will provide an opportunity to the local manufacturers for better capacity utilization.
At the level of manufacturing, companies must also optimize their cost of production by achieving economies of scale and cutting down expenses. In a scenario where the selling prices are determined by market forces, cost optimization is the only way to remain competitive.
On the marketing front, strategies for generating additional sales should be evolved by establishing closer liaison with local yarn manufacturers. As such Pakistan has over 8.7 million spindles and 135,000 rotors installed in over 500 spinning units and percentage of working spindles and rotors is less than 80%. If efforts are made to persuade the spinners to increase production of blended yarn, wherever possible, this can not only generate additional sales for the PSF manufacturers but also improve percentage of working spindles and rotors as well as ensure better returns for the spinners.
Production of polycotton yarn
Year Quantity(in 000 Kgs)
1985-86 24,883
1986-87 25,935
1987-88 40,332
1988-89 67,863
1989-90 90,941
1990-91 109,850
1991-92 109,973
1992-93 81,621
1993-94 120,107
1994-95 135,314
Source: Office of Textile Commissioner
While looking at spinning sector it is evident that production of blended yarn has increased manifold over the years. The country produced 24.883 million kgs of ploycotton yarn in 1985-86 which increased to 135.314 million kgs in 1994-95. It also leads to the conclusion that since the number of spinning mills has risen from 160 to 446 during this period the newer mills are capable of producing blended yarn.
Production of blended fabric
Year Quantity(in 000 sq. meters)
1985-86 31,870
1986-87 54,028
1987-88 61,136
1988-89 49,185
1989-90 47,223
1990-91 57,534
1991-92 66,256
1992-93 67,344
1993-94 59,835
1994-95 51,907
Source: Office of Textile Commissioner
Similarly, the data on weaving sector indicates that production of polycotton fabric which was less than 5 million sq. meters in 1977-78 touched a level of 67.344 million sq. meters in 1992-93 but declined in the subsequent years. One of the reasons for this reduction is attributed to increased demand of polycotton yarn by the knitting sector.
It may not be out of context to mention here that while the local manufacturers were complaining against the increase in PTA and MEG prices, the real impact on cost of production was much lower. Since most of the manufacturers have long-term contracts with suppliers the difference in spot and contract price had little relevance. However, a factor to watch will be the price of crude oil in the global markets. Since both PTA and MEG are crude-based products, the crude oil price movement in either direction is bound to reflect in the prices of these products.
In the prevailing circumstances the government has to step in to protect the billion dollar investment in the sector by removing excise duty as there is no similar duty on imported PSF. It is also demanded that the rate of regulatory duty should be enhanced till such time as dumping investigations are completed. But the manufacturers should also have to work hard to optimize cost of production, diversify product range and persuade the spinners to take the advantage of low cost PSF and produce more of blended yarn.


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AN ALERT was triggered after a householder returned his home near Corston to find two men in his shed.
The pair, discovered at 9.15 on Wednesday night, fled towards the village in a white van, thought to be an Insignia model. One of the men was wearing a pink top and a baseball cap.
PC Mike Tripp from Malmesbury Police said: "It is clear that we still have people visiting the area to target sheds and outbuildings so please keep vigilant and secure your property the best you can."
Anyone with information is urged to call Wiltshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


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A Court in China Gives Citizens Metaphorical Warning
July 16, 2013Jing GaoOne Comment
Recently, a bizzarre poster in the city of Manzhouli, China, has surprised netizens there. The poster was put out by People's Court in Manzhouli, warning people to obey the law, other wise they could turn from "a fresh daisy" to "a shriveled sunflower".
To give you a bit of context here, "daisy" and "chrysanthemum" in Chinese internet language are slangs for anus, for Chinese online masses do believe the two flower species look similar to the human anatomical part. With that in mind, if you look back at this poster, you would probably associate the shriveled sunflower with some physical damages done to it.
Many internet users on Renren, the Chinese version of Facebook, caught the obscure implication of this poster: prisoner sexual abuse. Many were shocked by the straightforwardness of the message. Others commented that this poster was so effective and vivid that no one should dare to break the law anymore. Some believed that this kind of public education was too teasing, not serious.
However, compared to the prevalent dogmatic patrotic education elsewhere (shown below), which is basically educating citizens to become responsible for their action for the sake of social harmony, the poster in Manzhouli simply shows the "modern" and humorous character of the court.
Contributed by Zheyan Ni
Zheyan Ni, a student from Wesleyan University (Connecticut), is currently an intern at LinkAsia, a TV program of KCETLink Media.


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This quiz is published every Friday - but you can find it at any stage of the week on the Magazine index.
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Tonight's scheduled Tucson Padres game against Salt Lake has been canceled after a monsoon hit Kino Stadium in the middle of the afternoon.
The ballpark's dugouts are flooded, and the stadium was without power as of 4 p.m. The Bees' play-by-play man, Steve Klauke, posted this photo earlier today; check out the Star's Monsoon Blog for more on the storm.
The Padres will make up the game as part of a doubleheader Sunday; the first pitch for Game 1 is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday's game will start at 7 p.m. as scheduled.
The Padres' weekend series with Salt Lake is one of the biggest of their season. The club trails the Las Vegas by 2 1/2 games and Sacramento by 1 game in the Pacific Coast League's Pacific South Division.
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In "Telling it like it isn't" (Forum, May 16), Sandy Thackeray laments that "the news media take the responsibility of making our decisions for us" and only "tell us one side of the story." She asks, "Does the truth even matter any more?"
In order to get legitimate sources of unbiased and truthful media reporting, Thackeray needs to quit reading, viewing and listening to the ultra-liberal, lamestream media and start tuning in the legitimate sources of unbiased and truthful media reporting, for example, Fox News in all its permutations, Rush Limbaugh and his acolytes and Matt Drudge and his acolytes.
Yes, Sandy, the truth is out there.
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Sharing the on-set pics is producer Jerry Bruckheimer who also announces that the production for the film has started in Hawaii.
Jerry Bruckheimer has taken it to his Twitter to inform that the principal photography for "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" has been kicked off on Thursday, June 17 in Hawaii. Along with the announcement, the producer has posted several on-set pics.
One of the photos features director Rob Marshall who arrived on the filming location at the "secluded beach" by jet ski. The other two shots capture the chairs for the crew and cast members, with one of shots revealing the possible logo of the movie.
Johnny Depp, who is set to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow, has not been spotted on the set. In this fourth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise, he will share screen with new cast members such as Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Sam Claflin and Stephen Graham.
The story will follow the eccentric pirate as he tries to find the fountain of youth. Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott provide the script while Walt Disney Pictures has set May 20, 2011 as the day when this action comedy flick will be distributed in the U.S.


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When Puppets and Dolls Attack!
Cuddly can be deadly! In this whacked-out compilation of terror-ific movie puppet and doll attacks, nobody is safe. You'll witness some memorable kills and plenty of mischief from these sawed-off ghouls. Stars include William Hickey, Richard Lynch, Ian Abercrombie, Tim Thomerson, Tracy Scoggins, Debra Mayor and Nicholas Worth. Directors include Charles Band, David Schmoeller, Dave Allen, Jeff Burr and Peter Manoogian.


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A WOMAN charged with lying about being raped and blaming her ex-boyfriend for the attack gave evidence yesterday and denied making up the incident.
Mother-of-one Lisa Yapp, aged 24, told Worcester Crown Court that she was attacked in an alleyway as she made her way home to Liverpool Road, Worcester, on July 31, 2011, and said she thought the man responsible was her exboyfriend, Gavin Hockey.
Describing the attack, she said she could only remember parts of it.
"I felt someone punch the back of my head and my eyesight went all blurry, and I was feeling dizzy anyway," she said.
"The next thing I knew someone's grabbed my hair and pushed me forward, and I just blanked completely.
"My eyesight started to come back while I was down on the floor, with my trousers round my ankles, while some bloke was running off and said, 'I told you I'd get you for it'.
"I was in shock and the first thought I had was, 'Gav' – because of the accent, and because of an e-mail I'd had a few months back."
However, the court also heard how Yapp had previously made complaints against Mr Hockey, a month after they broke up in 2010, claiming he had forced himself on her dozens of times in their short relationship.
The investigation was dropped by police just weeks before she made the second allegation.
In reality, Worcester Crown Court was told she had taken part in a drunken threesome with two older men – Matthew Stevens and Terry Lippett – which ended with her having sex with Mr Stevens.
But yesterday, Yapp denied any sexual activity with either man, or even being at Mr Stevens' house, saying she had "no explanation" for how his DNA was found inside her.
The court heard that Yapp – described as a user of cocaine, cannabis, ketamine and amphetamine – had also previously made an allegation of sex abuse against her step-father when she was just 13 – later admitting she had lied in a bid to get more affection from her family.
When she was arrested, the court heard, she changed her original story and revealed in police interview that she suffered from regular "blank-outs", as well as other medical conditions, including schizophrenia.
When asked how she had given officers such detailed descriptions of the attack, despite later claiming she couldn't remember, she told interviewing officers she had "randomly guessed" what had happened.
Mr Hockey was soon cleared of being responsible, as he had been in Hereford with friends on the night of the attack, and had even been seen on CCTV.
On Monday, the court heard evidence from another of Yapp's ex boyfriends, 26-year-old Darren Edwards.
Mr Edwards, who was at a friend's wedding in Oregon, USA, at the time of the alleged rape, told the court she would often tell lies ranging from "little fibby ones to major ones".
After their first relationship broke down "due to her lies", he said, they got back together when she led him to believe her son was his – a DNA test later proved this was not the case.
"She was pretty adamant that it was Gav who attacked her," Mr Edwards said.
Yapp denies one charge of perverting the course of justice.
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Wow, where to begin on trying to explain how good this book is, how much I love it?
Let me start with this statement: This is the most creative, thrilling hilarious novel I have read in more than five years. Keep in mind I read on average a book a week so that means this is one of the best of about 300 books I have read in five years.
That this is an author's first novel makes this wild tour-de-force even more astonishing. The novel reminded me of two books – also both by first-time authors – that similarly stunned and amused me, namely
Frank Portman's King Dork and Lisa Lutz's Spellman Files books.
Perhaps then it is appropriate that Lisa Lutz has this blurb for the book:
"I didn't want to like it. I mean, a doctor writing a novel is kind of obnoxious. What, you don't have enough to do already? But maybe that's me. Anyway, I didn't want to like Beat the Reaper, but I did; I loved it. It is completely original, an utter page-turner, bold, shocking, hilarious, complex, and even educational. It's that book you wish you had with you when you were trapped in an airport during a three-hour flight delay. My only complaint is that I've already read it.
Let me just make one cautionary note – the book is for mature audiences so if you are bothered by cuss words or casual references to sex this may not be the book for you. Or put another way, this is not a book I'd suggest reading with your children.
I mention this because I was so excited during the book's first 50 pages that I made plans to buy copies of it for every family member but, well, let's just say I am glad I did not buy it for my mom or she would still be blushing.
That said, this book is a stunner. It's understandable why there was a bidding war between publishers vying for the rights to publish it.
The dark comedy is about a young doctor, Pietro Brown, who was a hitman for the mafia in New Jersey before entering a witness relocation program. His already crazy life gets more crazy when he has a patient who recognizes him and calls the mafia.
Tthe book begin with him observing a fight between a bird and a rat and then getting, well, he was going to get mugged except he kicked the potential mugger's butt. You have to admit that's a clever premise and great opening and while there were 1 million ways the book could have gone wrong (too dark, too comic) the book comes up with the perfect balance.
Unless you are under 18 or a prude buy this book - you can thank me later.
I spoke with the author last week via email.
What was it like to be the focus of a two-day bidding war over your book?
Somewhere between being the focus of a one-day bidding war and being the focus of a three-day bidding war, I imagine. But seriously, it was a great surprise, gratifying and humbling. And very exciting to have people enthusiastic about the book, because it felt like the book therefore had a chance to find a lot of readers.
Scott: Where did the idea for this book come from?
I was looking to explore the process of changing identities. I think my own medical training and some of the fears I had about what it would do to me had something to do with that. And once you have someone turning into a doctor, it seems reasonable to have them start out from the opposite position, of being a killer. I also thought that was a hard sell, which made it an interesting challenge.
Tell me about the warning in this book – how important was it to include that? It's my favorite book warning I have ever encountered.
Thanks. It was important to me as a physician, and Reagan Arthur, my editor, also liked that it ended up doing double duty by being an opportunity to (partially) explain the epigraph. But the publishers didn't demand such a thing, since the book already had the usual "characters and events in this book are fictitious" line.
"All parts of this book except this paragraph, the acknowledgements, and the dedication are fiction. Even the epigraph is fiction.
Believing otherwise, particularly regarding medical information, would
be a bad idea."
Now does that second sentence mean the information is inaccurate or just that it'd be ill advised if someone did the kind of dastardly deeds that occur or are alluded to in the book.
The majority of the information is as accurate as I could make it, but in addition to whatever I'm just wrong about, some facts were changed to speed things up or to avoid imparting information that could be used to harm people.
Do you expect to run into people like me who worry that you are too knowledgeable about some of this stuff for it not to be true?
No. I imagine that anyone who decides I have an actual past as a contract killer will take it upon themselves to not run into me at all.
What do you think the reception will be like at the hospital after your book came out? If I were a colleague – let alone a patient – I'd be worried about you.
I don't worry about this, but people ask me about it, so maybe I should. I have trouble imagining people would decline medical care because their provider was also a crime novelist. Obviously the main character engages in some pretty sordid behavior, like the drug use, but I'm guessing people will see this for what it is – a fictional description of a desperate, marginal character, and a standard noir trope.
What medicine shows do you think do the best job of capturing real life as doctors?
I don't tend to watch medicine shows, both because I get enough of that kind of thing at work and because it's often hard to suspend disbelief when people aren't pronouncing things correctly and so on. However, in the past year I've seen a couple of amazing documentaries about surgery teams in Iraq that capture the sense of mission and pride even in the face of frustration with larger realities.
How is the second novel coming ? Is it about the same character? Can you tell a bit about it?
The second book is about the same character. It's an exercise in making something that conforms to the definition of a sequel have the same sense of freshness as the original. I don't know how it's working yet, but it's a lot of fun.


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Colpocleisis is a procedure involving closure of the vagina.
It is used to treat vaginal prolapse.[1][2]
In older women who are no longer sexually active a simple procedure for reducing prolapse is a partial colpocleisis. The procedure was described by 'Le Fort'[citation needed] and involves the removal of strip of anterior and posterior vaginal wall, with closure of the margins of the anterior and posterior wall to each other. This procedure may be performed whether or not the uterus and cervix are present. When it is completed, a small vaginal canal exists on either side of the septum, produced by the suturing of the lateral margins of the excision.
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Comprehensive Gynecology (4th ed.). Stenchever-Droegermueller. pp. 580–581.
- ^ Abbasy S, Kenton K (March 2010). "Obliterative procedures for pelvic organ prolapse". Clin Obstet Gynecol. 53 (1): 86–98. PMID 20142646. doi:10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181cd4252.
- ^ Koski ME, Chow D, Bedestani A, Togami JM, Chesson RR, Winters JC (September 2012). "Colpocleisis for advanced pelvic organ prolapse". Urology. 80: 542–6. PMID 22925232. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2012.06.009.
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WASHINGTON – A Georgetown University School of Medicine professor's online anatomy dissector designed to assist medical students in learning gross anatomy is described as a "superb learning tool" in a review published in the February 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The Online Guided Gross Anatomy Dissector (published by Sinauer Associates, Inc.) was developed by Carlos Suárez-Quian, Ph.D., professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology at Georgetown. He created the dissector to help students master the fundamentals of human dissection and gross anatomy, the course that Suárez-Quian teaches at the medical school. Writing in the "Books and Media Reviews" section of JAMA, Russell J. Nauta, M.D., of Harvard Medical School, underscores the importance of gross anatomy knowledge throughout one's medical career. "…Clinicians in virtually all specialties, especially surgical disciplines, perform invasive procedures or at least make diagnoses grounded in knowledge of gross anatomy," he says. Nauta describes the dissector as "an easily accessible, well-indexed, user-friendly guide to gross anatomy applicable to a wide range of potential uses, from first-year medical student to specialty clinician." The dissector can be accessed on any electronic device with web functions, including student favorites such as the iPad and iPhone. It includes more than six hours of short cadaver dissection videos and interactive step-by-step instructions of actual cadaveric dissection images. With each set of dissection instructions, users click through the sequence of images that show exactly what they should reveal in their own dissection, gradually progressing until every region of the body is thoroughly dissected. Users can then test themselves and reinforce their knowledge with more than 300 interactive flash cards . "The beauty of the Online Guided Gross Anatomy Dissector is in its indexing and presentation of Information," says Nauta in his review. "The online dissector makes it less likely that the medical student will damage key anatomical features during cadaveric dissection, but if key structures are affected, the online tool provides 'rescue' in the form of a compelling visual alternative," he explains. As a guided tutorial that enables the user to progress from novice to mastery of human anatomy, it is also suitable for undergraduates and students preparing to enter medical school who do not have access to a laboratory. "Little had changed since I was a graduate student in the seventies, lugging around a textbook, atlas, and a 200-page dissection manual," Suárez-Quian recalls. After seeing his own students struggle with the amount of material and its traditional presentation, he set out to harness the power of digital technology and the internet to make learning more student-friendly, without compromising knowledge or proficiency. "There is no getting around the fact that gross anatomy requires mastering a large new vocabulary, thousands of images, interdependencies and processes, but it doesn't need to be a bewildering or inflexible experience," says Suárez-Quian. Georgetown University provides on campus and remote access enabling students to review before, during, and after their lab dissections. "The dissector won't replace what students learn in the laboratory, but serves as a lab tutorial, allowing students to reinforce their dissection experience through self-directed learning," Suárez-Quian explains. Nauta concludes his review declaring, "… there is no reason to use only a printed guide when a convenient and well-presented online source such as this is available." About Georgetown University Medical Center Georgetown University Medical Center is an internationally recognized academic medical center with a three-part mission of research, teaching and patient care (through MedStar Health). GUMC's mission is carried out with a strong emphasis on public service and a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principle of cura personalis -- or "care of the whole person." The Medical Center includes the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing & Health Studies, both nationally ranked; Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute; and the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO), which accounts for the majority of externally funded research at GUMC including a Clinical Translation and Science Award from the National Institutes of Health. In fiscal year 2010-11, GUMC accounted for 85 percent of the university's sponsored research funding.


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Beavers win OT squeaker over Trojans
Roberto Nelson scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed a career-high tying eight rebounds, leading Oregon State to a clutch 76-75 victory over USC on Thursday night at Gill Coliseum.
Oregon State (12-8, 4-4 Pac-12) held the lead late in the overtime period, but after a steal and foul with time left on the clock, Pe'Shon Howard was sent to the line for two shots with just .09 left to play.
The electric crowd of 3,774 was on its feet, as Howard converted on his first free throw and showed an obvious relief as it went through the net. His second shot was a different story, as the fans and atmosphere were too much to zone out and he missed the second attempt. Oregon State came up with the rebound and held on to win in the nail-biting overtime period.
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After losing 155 pounds on "The Biggest Loser" (going from 260 to 105), 24-year-old winner Rachael Frederickson insists she is "very, very healthy;" yet the controversy over her weight loss continues. Did she lose too much weight? In too short amount of time?
In the new issue of People Magazine, she says she maintained a 1600 calorie diet and worked out 6 hours a day leading up to the finale. "Maybe I was a little too enthusiastic in my training to get to the finale," she stated.
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"A Cultural Crossroads: Fort Spokane Teacher's Guide" is available in print form from the park. To order a copy please contact the park's education specialist by email.
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One little gem for gamers at WWDC today is a new Game Center for OSX that will allow players to play with friends on iOS when games are available on both platforms. Combined with pixel-for-pixel mirroring that was also announced for the new version of Mountain Lion, this is going to be pretty sweet. The WWDC demo showed CSR Racing playing on an iPad against a MacBook.
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Yet another big announcement from WWDC today is a whole bunch of new apps for OSX Mountain Lion that are synced over iCloud to their counterparts on iOS. They include Messages (with iMessage support), Reminders, Notes, and a new app called Documents to the Cloud. There's a developer SDK that will allow third parties to similarly tie their mobile apps to their desktop versions.
Among many other new features announced today for OS X Mountain Lion was Twitter integration, built right into many of the core Mac apps.
Apple released a developer preview for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion today, and it finally makes the Mac an equal iCloud citizen, alongside the iPhone and iPad. Previously, iCloud could be enabled as a sync tool for OS X, and a way to re-download iTunes content, but versions of apps like iWork for Mac weren't updated to take advantage of Documents in the cloud.
If you have been waiting for Apple to release a version of iMessage for Mac then that day has just become a lot closer. After the release of the beta of OS X Mountain Lion earlier today, Apple has followed it up with the release of a beta version of its new Mac Messages app. Messages, which will replace the current iChat app, brings all of the great features of iMessage to your Mac while keeping many that made iChat great as well.
In less than a day, WWDC 2011 has completely sold out.
Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference was announced earlier today, and is to take place from June 6th till June 10th at Moscone West.
Tickets went on sale for developers to go and see the future of iOS and OSX. In around 12 hours, all the tickets had completely sold out, which, compared with WWDC 2010 which took 8 days to sell out, is the fastest sell out time ever.
What are we going to see at this years WWDC? Any Developers lucky enough to get a ticket?
Careful observation of one of Apple's presentation slides taken during last week's iPhone SDK event reveals a possible firmware 2.0 feature; SPOTLIGHT!In one slide depicting the Contacts list, a small search icon appears at the very top of the screen. Could this be Spotlight for iPhone? We'll see. It so, I know of many iPhone users who will dance through lawn sprinklers with glee, myself included.
Months ago Apple made a promise to developers, committing to one day release an SDK and open the iPhone for platform development. Today it made good on its promise, and reaffirmed that old adage "good things come to those who wait".
Angry verbs and adjectives are flying from iRate iPhone users brewing over the revelation that a site claiming to have a leaked SDK and working in partnership with Apple, was in fact a hoax intended to generate traffic and a some laughs. It's getting lots of the former, but very little of the latter. The person behind the hoax site, Tiny Code, perpetrated this caper by posting what he alleged to be "leaked" information, then later pulled down the information, at the request (so he claimed) of Apple's attorneys, and even redirected the site domain to point to Apple's server.
In a forum post on MacRumors he confesses to his crime and then blames the blogosphere for picking up the story in the first place...
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As expected, Jobsy took center stage at San Francisco's Mascone Center, pouring glasses of Kool-Aid to a thirsty yet doe eyed audience. MacWorld, for those of you unfamiliar, is Apple's annual conference and keynote that is part State of the Union address, part infomercial, and part Renaissance Festival (minus the period costumes and jousting) all rolled into one. Jobs gave his usual PT Barnum performance with product announcements and demos to wow the crowd. This is MacWorld after all, so iPhone took a backseat to a major new product added the portable line, MacBook Air. More on that later.


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In an unusually detailed response to recent criticism from the Irish government, the Vatican insisted today that it did not subvert efforts by the Irish bishops to report sexually abusive priests to the police, saying that claims to the contrary by Ireland's Prime Minister are "unfounded."
The Vatican had earlier recalled its ambassador to Ireland after Prime Minister Enda Kenny on July 20 denounced what he described as "the dysfunction, disconnection, elitism … the narcissism that dominates the culture of the Vatican to this day" in the wake of a critical government report on the rural Colyne diocese, which found that abuse allegations had been mishandled as recently as 2009.
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Town of CaryHome Menu
Project PHOENIX
Promoting Healthy Occupancy through Education, Networking, and Information Exchange
In Cary, we believe community safety is directly tied to how involved citizens are with helping keep it safe. Project PHOENIX is designed to help residents, owners and rental property managers keep drugs and other illegal activity off their property.
This initiative brings Cary police and apartment managers together to share information, review crime trends and develop strategies for solving problems and reducing the fear of crime in and near multifamily housing developments. Team officers will partner with residents and management staff to become involved in community affairs and tailor services to the unique characteristics and needs of the participating properties.
In this video, Project Phoenix community managers, residents and supporters talk about how the program has impacted their communities.
- A stable, satisfied tenant base
- Reputation for active management
- Lower maintenance costs
- Increased property value
- Improved personal safety for residents and manager/staff.
To be considered an active partner in Project PHOENIX, the apartment manager and their property must meet and maintain certain requirements.
- The lease must include a Drug and Crime-Free Housing section or addendum
- The property manager must attend the one-day Property Management Workshop
- The property manager must host at least one social event each year
- The property must meet and maintain several Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) requirements, where applicable. For example:
- Solid core front door
- Deadbolt with a minimum one-inch throw
- Anti-slide and anti-lift devices for sliding glass doors
- Wide-angle eye-viewers (peepholes)
- Tree canopies trimmed up to six feetBushes and shrubs trimmed down to three feet
- Adequate lighting
- Adequate signage
PHOENIX officers will conduct an initial assessment of the property and provide the property manager with a detailed report outlining which requirements they do and do not meet. Officers will conduct periodic followups and annual assessments to ensure requirements are continually being met.
Apartment communities that meet these criteria will have a Project PHOENIX liaison officer assigned to their property. Property managers will receive individualized incident cards informing them of any crimes or events that occurred on or near their property in a timely manner. The properties will be listed on this website as an active and participating member. In addition, signs can be placed on their property identifying them as an active member.
Participating Communities
The following apartment communities have volunteered to partner with the Project PHOENIX team and are currently working toward meeting the above mentioned criteria.
Amberton at Stonewater
Arbors at Cary
Amberwood at Lochmere
Ashton Woods
Bell Preston Reserve
Bennington Woods
Bexley at Carpenter Village
Bexley at Panther Creek
Bexley at Triangle Park
Boundary Village
Brook Arbor
Cary Pines
Cary Reserve at Weston
Century Tryon Place
Chancery Village
Chatham Forest
Crescent Arbors
Franklin at Crossroads
Harrison Grande
Hawthorne at the Parkway
Hermitage at Beechtree
Hyde Park
Gregory North
Gregory South
The Grove at Cary Park
Legacy Crossroads
The Lodge
Lofts at Weston Lakeside
Cary Pines Townhomes
Maynard Summit
Meadows at Kildaire
Meridian at Harrison Pointe
Woodlyn on the Green
Oxford Square
Park at Crossroads
Parkside Place
Phillips Chatham Pointe
Pine Ridge
The Marq at Weston
The Reserve at Cary Park
The Reserve at Magnolia Ridge
Tradition at Stonewater
Waterford Forest
Weston Lakeside
Westwood Park
Williamsburg Manor
Windsor at Tryon Village
The Project PHOENIX team
The Project PHOENIX Team is made up of one captain, one sergeant and five officers.
Capt. John Szymeczek (Team Commander)
Sgt. Robin Edwards
Officer Brian Austin
Officer Kevin Bern
Officer Lekisha Branch
Officer (transfer pending)
Officer (transfer pending)
For questions about Project PHOENIX, at email the team or contact:
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