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"We need stories in our lives. And that is the key to our product," declares Bob Boundary (Brian Meegan), managing director of publishing house Info Digest. As The Illustrated Family Doctor begins, he's addressing a very glum-looking staff gathering. Anyone familiar with Ricky Gervais' David Brent in The Office will immediately recognise the social type that Bob represents. He's the excruciatingly unctuous, totally amoral bully boy whose place in the bureaucratic hierarchy is all that stands between his insecurities and the psychiatric ward.
As the boss of a company in the business of condensing books, Bob is one of numerous satirical targets in Kriv Stenders' feature debut. When he talks about stories, it's all corporate-speak, a parade of cliches in the form of an industry rationale. But through what Bob says, Stenders also introduces one of the film's central concerns: that the way we use the stories in our lives determines the directions we take.
This is certainly true for the film's young protagonist, played in an increasing state of haggardness by Samuel Johnson. A junior member of the Info Digest staff, Gary identifies so closely with his work that he takes on the afflictions listed in the medical compendium he's currently cutting down to size (and which shares its title with the film). His skin gradually assumes the appearance of the horrendous illustrations in the book until he looks like death warmed up. There seems to be nothing he can do to call a halt to his breakdown and none of his colleagues, not even his world-weary mentor Ray (Colin Friels), a specialist in fiction, seems to notice.
Gary is among those to whom Bob is casting his pearls at the start, until a mobile message from his sister Carol (Sacha Horler) informs him of his father's death and summons him to the morgue. In the bleakly comic events that follow, Gary's horror at the way his father's body has been treated finds him heaving it over his shoulder, desperately fleeing the building and driving off. It's a startling sequence, made even more so when, during the escape, his father (Bill Zappa) awakes from the dead. Then we're abruptly yanked back to reality along with Gary as Carol interrupts his reverie and it's revealed as his attempt to repress what's happened.
Based on David Snell's 1997 novel of the same name, The Illustrated Family Doctor is set in a world of enclosed spaces, an oppressive artificial environment that is like a prison for all who inhabit it. The stark settings evoke the familiar atmosphere of office spaces and apartment interiors at the same time as they suggest something is amiss. It's as if the everyday has spilled over into the realm of science-fiction, as if something's taken over the minds of the characters.
The pacing is measured, the visual style unsettling. The characters all seem to have been drained of life by these hidden forces. We wait for them to wake up from their living deaths, to take control of their stories, to make them their own. We wait for Gary to pull himself together; for Carol to break free of the cycle of the constant calls from work; for Ray to escape his cell-like office; and for Ray's daughter (Jessica Napier) to emerge from the alcoholic haze that encloses her.
The target of the film's satire is the ailing modern world, which it invites us to see through new eyes. Undoubtedly inspired by Reader's Digest (where Snell spent time working as an editor), Info Digest not only represents the ills afflicting the contemporary workplace but also the demeaning, quick-grab mentality that afflicts modern storytelling. And while The Illustrated Family Doctor is more intriguing than completely satisfying, it's nonetheless a distinctive debut for a promising new Australian filmmaker.
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Budgeted at $3.8 million, The Illustrated Family Doctor has gathered a strong Australian cast: some are familiar faces, others relative newcomers from whom much more will be heard in the future. Colin Friels (Tom White, BlackJack, Malcolm, Monkey Grip), Sacha Horler (Travelling Light, Walk the Talk, Soft Fruit, Praise) and the UK-born Bill Zappa (one of the country's finest stage actors who's also played secondary roles in films such as Bootmen and The Monkey's Mask) need no introduction.
Lead actor Samuel Johnson is best known for his TV work, most notably in After the Deluge and The Secret Life of Us (for which he won the 2001 AFI award), although he's also starred in Crackerjack (2002) and Strange Fits of Passion (1999). He'd also been cast in the ill-fated Eucalyptus.
In addition to her time as a regular on Wildside, McLeod's Daughters and The Alice, New Zealand-born Jessica Napier has previously starred in Angst (2000). She also has a small part in the British film The Lawless Heart currently screening at the Nova.
Kestie Morassi made her impressive big-screen debut in Dirty Deeds (2002) and her subsequent credits include Travelling Light (2003), Strange Bedfellows and Thunderstruck (both 2004).


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A December Associated Press story described how California's overpopulation has inevitably led the state into societal breakdowns.
California, with nearly 39 million residents has one-eighth of the nation's population, but also one-third of its welfare recipients. More than 1.5 million Californians depend on monthly welfare grants. Accordingly, California's caseload far outnumbers the rest of the country, with 3.8 percent of the state's 2010 population receiving welfare benefits. As a result, California will spend $6 billion this fiscal year on its welfare programs, about 7 percent of its general fund budget that's unfortunately shrunk by $17.5 billion since 2008.
The story chronicled the hard times that millions of Californians have fallen upon since the Great Recession (the Great Depression, Part II?) began nearly five years ago. In a nutshell, most of those affected have limited skills and educations. Over the years, they have grown dependent on various welfare programs. Today, they fear for their future.
This year Cal-Works, the welfare-to-work program that is the state's main support system, was cut by $1 billion. Other Cal-Works changes included shortening the duration an individual can stay on welfare and reducing his monthly check by at least 8 percent.
These cutbacks are a real quandary for legislators because while the state can no longer afford to fund so many generous programs, it also has the nation's second highest unemployment rate, 11.3 percent. In other words, the vulnerable have no place to turn.
With no jobs in sight and reduced welfare benefits now a fact of life, many of the poorest Californians face, at best, life in a shelter or, at worst, on the street. Because of California's growing income disparity, homelessness has been on the rise for a decade. Every major city and most rural areas have significant homeless populations.
While birth rates in California and immigration into the state have trended slightly downward in recent years, the level at which they peaked was so unsustainably high that few positive effects have been realized. More troubling, when declines in immigration and new births are recession-related, as these are, historically they are temporary.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, California's 2010 "natural" population (births minus deaths) increased by 283,799 while "net migration" (legal and illegal immigrants minus residents who left California to live either abroad or in other states) hit 66,375.
An important factor in "net migration" is that because of California's reduced quality of life, more leave than arrive from other states. Since many who move away have jobs and pay state taxes, their departure adds to California's revenue shortfall.
The solution for which I have advocated since I first began to write columns in 1988 is two-fold. First, prospective parents should adopt sensible family planning goals by limiting themselves to two or fewer children (replacement level). Financially challenged couples should consider that a childless marriage may be the right choice for them, at least until they are better established.
Second, the federal government needs to include serious discussions of the connection between immigration policy and ever-increasing population. To ignore population when promoting liberalized federal immigration laws is to eventually doom the other 49 states to the same fate as California.
California is in advanced decline when it comes to providing for its residents. Looking the other way does nothing for future generations.
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You're going to have to square off against no less than two Invaders in the Aldia's Keep section of Dark Souls 2. We'll help prepare you for these fights, and show you how to get hold of some tasty loot without ruining all of that armour you've carefully collected.
Aldia's Keep guide
Make your way back to the Ruined Fork Road bonfire in the Shaded Woods region of the game. Now take the middle door, and follow the path until you come across a Red Tearstone ring in the pond. Carry on down the path and go through the big door at the end of it using your King's Ring. Just make sure you have it equipped to get this door to Aldia's Keep open.
Grab the Petrified Dragon Bone and the Soul of a Nameless Soldier from the tree on your left, then take the Alluring Skull and Poison Throwing Knife from just further along. Kill all of the enemies that attack you, then go into the building up ahead and light the bonfire. Make your way back outside, then head towards the left-hand side of the bigger building ahead of you. Give the coffer here a good whacking to loot a Dark Mask and a Sunset Staff.
Now go and grab the Fire Seed that's just to the right of the stairs over on the far side from where you are now. Once you've picked it up, go up the first two sets of stairs and take the Radiant Lifegem from the little pond just in the middle. Now go up the next set of stairs and head over to the far left-hand side to get a Twilight Herb.
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Make your way through the next passageway, but be ready to kill a new Invader called Aslatiel of Mirrah. Now go through the door at the end of the hallway and take the Fading Soul from the middle of this new room - move forward quickly after grabbing it though, so you avoid the worst of the bone dragon's attack.
"Walk up to each mirror in turn, and back away as soon as you've engaged the enemy to make life a little easier on yourself."
Go back towards the entrance to loot a Darknight Stone, then enter the hall beneath the stairs and go all the way around the corner to your left. Activate the lever you come to, then go back over to the opposite side and talk to Royal Sorcerer Navlaan. Take a moment here to browse through the store and stock up on any essential items.
Make your way back to the main room and go up the stairs on your right. Walk around the corner to your right and take the Great Magic Barrier from the coffer you find. Now head back the way you came and kill the trio of enemies within the mirrors. Walk up to each mirror in turn, and back away as soon as you've engaged the enemy to make life a little easier on yourself.
Grab the Petrified Dragon Bone and Northern Ritual Band +2 from the end of the hallway, then go back to the main stairs and head over to the far left until you come to a new staircase. Go all the way up it and step out into the new hallway above. If you head all the way over to the right and walk down the hallway, you'll eventually come to a coffer that contains a pair of Bonfrie Ascetics.
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Head back into the main room, then grab the Crimson Water from next to the cage. Kill the massive frog held captive inside, then go through the door at the end and keep walking until you come to a lever on a statue. Pull it to open up a new door, use a Pharros' Lockstone on the face over in the corner, and then carry on walking down the hall.
If you attack the painting that's just on your left, you'll expose an enemy. Kill it, then use a ranged attack to take down the enemy hanging in the cage above you. Grab the Radiant Lifegem nearby, then keep heading down the hallway and through the next door along.
After entering the new room, take the stairs all the way down, and use ranged attacks to kill any caged enemies. If you don't have any ranged weaponry at this point, take all of your armour off, open the gate, and simply draw the enemies outside. If you fight in the acidic waters of the pool, you'll only ruin your armour.
When all of the enemies are dead, head into the poisonous water to get hold of a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier, four Corrosive Urns, the Aldia Key, a Soul Geyser, and a Petrified Dragon Bone. Go back out and head up the stairs (with your armour back on!), then take the door on your left. Hit the nearby painting to expose another enemy, kill it, then carry on down the hallway until you come to a door on your right.
"Watch out for [Royal Sorcerer Navlaan]'s deadly magical damage which packs a mean punch and can travel quite some distance."
Kill the pair of enemies in this new room, then grab the Soul of a Proud Knight. Make your way towards the cage over at the other end of the room, kill the enemy, then grab the Large Soul of a Brave Knight from the far wall. Turn around and go through the door on your right. Whack the enemy in this new room to make a hole in the wall, then kill it. Finish off the caged bird ahead of you, then enter the room on your right.
Turn round and go back through the damaged wall. Pass through the doors ahead of you, then grab the Twilight Herb and Simpleton's Spice items over on your left. Be ready to dodge back from the ambushing enemy as soon as you've done so.
Royal Sorcerer Navlaan
Once the enemy is dead, go through the newly-created hole in the wall to take on the Invader called Royal Sorcerer Navlaan. Just watch out for this creature's deadly magical damage which packs a mean punch and can travel quite some distance. As soon as you've finished the fight, go over the bridge and then through the misty door to start the fight against the Guardian Dragon.
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Michelle Duggar from Radar Online - Michelle Duggar's Trials and Tribulations Win Her an Award: #5 Most Fascinating Person in Arkansas "The fact that there's 19 children that God has blessed us with is unique, very unique," Michelle said in the award video posted on the Duggar family blog.While she refused to say if she was expecting another child, Michelle said that she loves having cameras film their lives."We have enjoyed getting to open up our home and our life to share with those around the world." … [Read more...]
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This study presents an approach to the classification of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) based on acknowledgment of the interaction of physical, psychologic, and social factors using a multidimensional instrument that has been previously validated. The psychometric properties of this instrument were reevaluated in 140 women with TMD. Multidimensional clustering identified three subgroups of patients with TMD, including a highly distressed, psychosocially maladaptive group; a moderately distressed, behaviorally functional group; and a predominantly physical disorder group with an unremarkable psychosocial profile. These groups were termed maladaptive, adaptive, and uncomplicated, respectively, according to the consteallation of predominant symptoms and psychosocial profiles of each cluster. The groups showed no consistent differences in pain frequency, use of medication, or duration of pain. This finding supports earlier work that suggested the prominence of three subtypes of this disorder according to both physical illness and psychosocial illness impact parameters.
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word i like these best.
so another question i have is do these "japanese" denims only come in one fit?
or several in the same wash. like straight, slim, and skinny. all in the same wash?
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Vibe Magazine Folds
The demise of the magazine industry continues. VIBE magazine has folded. This comes just after fellow music magazine Blender went the way of the gun, so this loss was not entirely unexpected with the drop in music buys coupled with a crash in ad sales. VIBE was started by music producer (who worked on Michael Jackson's Thriller to name just one) Quincy Jones and catered to specifically to urban music like hip-hop and R&B. The folding of VIBE leaves Teh Source as the only magazine to target hip hop and R&B music. Bummer. As we always like to find the silver lining in things, we'll take this as an opportunity to post super sexy T.I.'s VIBE cover from last year. [Gawker]


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1A large long-tailed pheasant with generally brown plumage, found in SE Asia and Indonesia.
- 'Wildlife include tigers, elephants, deer, Sumatran rhinoceros, binturong or bear cats, chirping drongos, hornbills, argus pheasants, and white handed gibbons, the only ape species in the region.'
- ''We've photographed rhinoceros hornbills and great argus pheasants before but when we found that we'd photographed a Sumatran ground cuckoo, we couldn't believe it,' said field leader Yoan Dinata of Fauna and Flora International Indonesia.'
- 'A variety of fish may be easily observed through the clear waters of the rivers, while hornbills and argus pheasants have been sighted within the dense greenery.'
- 'Usually shy and retiring, the crested argus is not easy to observe.'
- 'The great argus pheasant's wings can continue to grow into the bird's sixth year.'
- 'The great argus is one of the largest pheasants in the world.'
- 'In the Temburong District there is an outdoor zoo where some of the fauna - from various Bornean primates to banded kraits and other unfriendly vipers to argus pheasants can be inspected close up.'
- 'There are also gibbons, leaf monkeys, jungle cats, forest deer, otter, hornbills and argus pheasants.'
- 'The argus pheasants have been reunited, both the father and mother are in their old exhibit sharing space with the White-faced Whistling-Ducks.'
- 'The forest is also home to tigers, jaguars, leopards, langur, black gibbon, Malaysian bears, pheasants, and crested arguses.'
- 'I was surprised to see a crested argus there - this rare pheasant is believed to be restricted to Gunung Tahan and a few nearby peaks.'
- 'In Vietnam there is a beautiful bird called the crested argus.'
- 'Male argus pheasants impress with an involved dance, spreading their wings to form a saucer for a finale.'
- 'There is quite an assortment of wonderful & rare pheasants in the world; although it is hard to chose I go with the two huge argus pheasants of tropical lowlands or foothills.'
- 'The relative relationships of Pavo to the peacock pheasant, argus pheasants, and African peafowl are still somewhat unclear, but it seems likely that Afropavo is the nearest living relative of Pavo.'
- 'Pheasants, peafowl, argus pheasants, peacock pheasants, and jungle fowl (ancestor of the domestic chicken) are all related.'
- 'After many days spent trying to trap the bird without success, the researchers began to doubt the authenticity of Vietnamese Government reports that the crested argus had been spotted in Bach Ma.'
- 'In addition, over 170 bird species are sighted including 5 species of hornbills and great argus pheasants.'
- 'These forests still support tigers, Asian elephants, gaur, tapirs, Sumatran rhinoceros, and the spectacular and endemic crested argus.'
- 'Though the argus pheasant is not as colorful as its relatives the peacock and the palawock pheasant, it is still an interesting looking bird.'
2A small brown or bluish Eurasian butterfly which has eye-like markings near the wing margins.
- 'The caterpillar of the Argus Butterfly feeds almost exclusively on the leaves of the rock rose.'
- 'I've had meadow argus, a species you find all over the world, around my daisies.'
- 'the Common Blue has two significant spots on the underside of the forewing, where the Brown Argus has just one.'
- 'Not only has the brown argus moved into those habitats, it's been using them as stepping-stones to populations of H. chamaecistus that used to be too far apart.'
- 'The areas often support many rare or uncommon species such as northern brown argus butterflies and wood bitter vetch.'
- 'Several species of the Argus Butterfly exist but the Eden Argus exists nowhere else than in Castle Eden Dene.'
3A silvery deep-bodied fish with round spots, found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region in both fresh and salt water.
- 'The best-known species, the scat, or argus fish is a popular freshwater aquarium fish when small.'
- 'Bruce holds the Nikonos at arm's length to snap his own picture while feeding an argus fish.'
- 'Scatophagus argus (Argus Fish, Spotted Scat) are sensitive to nitrites.'
Late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek Argos, the name of a mythical watchman with a hundred eyes.
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While shareholders might be annoyed at companies not distributing more of their profits this reporting season, industry experts understand the cautious approach, with certain caveats. Australia's two-speed economy is confirmed, but investors are advised not to neglect stocks leveraged to the domestic economy, as growth in the resources sector appears to be priced in.
Kate Howitt: This round of results demonstrated that the "two-speed economy" is very much intact. Mining stocks and those leveraged to mining delivered to expectations and look set to continue their growth. In contrast, businesses leveraged to Australian households fared less well and their management teams remain uncertain about near-term trading conditions.
A second thematic was the strength of the Australian dollar, which had a dampening impact on the results of all companies which sell their goods and services into overseas markets. In the commodity space, this has been offset by the rise in $US-denominated commodity prices, but for industrial businesses there has been no silver lining to the translation impact.
Chris Stott: Generally the results season was in line with expectations to slightly better. Once again it was very stock and sector specific with positive results coming from the resources sector and mixed outcomes from the industrials. The key message was that we had further evidence and confirmation of the two-speed economy that exists in Australia. Resources companies as a whole continue to be rampant with demand from China not slowing down. Capital expenditure is forecast to reach record levels in the next two to three years, driven predominantly out of Western Australia. Meanwhile the industrials sector continues to lag under the pressure of an Australian economy that was subject to seven interest rate rises over 13 months.
David Paradice: Overall sales lifted 14 per cent against an 11 per cent increase in expenses, however, this is somewhat deceptive. Some sectors grew a lot faster than others, proving that the two-tiered economy is evident. The resources-based companies continued to grow strongly and many traditional industrial companies continue to struggle. However, the banks continued to deliver strong results.
Naz Ressas: US monetary easing has provided a lot of oxygen for the resource sector through higher commodity prices. The key question is how much of this is real demand. Industrial earnings couldn't match the momentum of the commodity price run. A number of the Australian listed industrials have a high proportion of US dollars earnings, which have borne the brunt of the easy US monetary policy through a weak US dollar – the flipside of the commodity equation.
Crispin Murray: Firstly, the domestic economy is weaker than most people realise. Retailers had a soft Christmas and January sales season and manufacturing companies are struggling due to a lack of end demand and the impact of a strong $A encouraging import competition. Secondly, the recovery in the US is still patchy. Housing has not yet seen a recovery and the consumer exposed companies are not seeing a sustained recovery in demand. Thirdly – on a more positive front – the long awaited recovery in investment spending, particularly on the commodity projects, is finally beginning to ratchet up after several months of delays.
Overall the numbers were disappointing, however, the market performed well as it was already discounting a weaker environment and many investors believe that within six months we will see more clear signs of a US recovery and an investment pick-up in Australia.
Howitt: There are a range of industrial companies with very bright outlooks, such as mining service companies and engineering firms which are benefiting from the boom in mining-related capital expenditure.
However, $US earners (such as health care companies, a range of building products and transport companies) have seen their reported growth impacted by the strong $A. But in most cases their underlying growth remains intact or is even benefitting from the incremental strength of the US economy. As US growth gains traction and the $A$ reverses, or at least stabilises at these levels, these firms can deliver reasonable growth.
Stott: The industrials disappointed but this was expected. Earnings expectations have been revised down over the past 12 months to now where the ex-materials earnings growth stands at 6 per cent for FY11, down from the lofty heights initially forecast of 20 per cent. Selected industrials look attractive at current levels and there are some buying opportunities appearing. Monetary policy as always will be key here. With the Reserve Bank seemingly on hold in the short term with interest rates, this could provide earnings growth for the industrials sector over the next 12 months. We focus on the small industrials sector of which we like
Paradice: Some industrial companies are structurally flawed and with these investors need to be careful not to fall into value traps. However, there are some that are going through a rough trot at the moment but they have a point of difference that can be managed by excellent management to deliver strong returns through the cycle. Stocks which have a price at which the stock can be bought and fit into this category are
Ressas: Industrial stocks are very cheap, trading at about 12x forward earnings, which is pretty much a low over the past 15 years outside of the global financial crisis. Considering the current weak top-line environment, stocks that can grow market share, take costs out or divest undervalued assets to realise value appeal to me. For example,
Murray: Industrials have had to deal with the combination of rising interest rates, a strong $A, a rise in discretionary saving, poor weather, natural disasters and delays to resource projects. So it was not surprising to see them disappoint on earnings. The key call now is whether we are at a cycle turning point. In a number of cases we believe this is the case, notably the engineering sector where the wave of new projects will be getting started, such as Gladstone LNG, Pilbara iron ore and Wheatstone. We also believe those companies exposed to the US will see improved demand conditions. While it may not be a strong recovery there is still considerable operating leverage in companies like
Howitt: Corporate balance sheets became too stretched in the run-up to the 2008 downturn, so when business conditions worsened many corporates found themselves in breach of their banking covenants or in financial distress from onerous interest expense. Fortunately, our market was able to recapitalise –the larger corporates much more easily than was possible in many other Western markets. So now with more buoyant conditions, many corporates find themselves with balance sheets that are verging on "lazy". For companies which do carry surplus cash, we would prefer to see capital management than watch them overpay on acquisitions.
Stott: Dividends and capital management were expected to be a theme for reporting season and delivered. There was a heightened level of commentary around capital management post the GFC with corporate balance sheets in strong positions. Companies have raised money expecting to find assets delivering similar or better returns to their current businesses, but in some cases they have struggled. News around capital management will become louder over the next six months if capital can't be adequately deployed. Notables from reporting season from a capital management sense were
Paradice: Generally yes. As the outlook is uncertain and the confidence of companies is low given their experience over the global financial crisis, companies have been generally conservative resulting in cash levels up 51 per cent to $50 billion. We would prefer them to be conservative and preserve cash as acquisitions should generally provide better returns over the longer term rather than paying out all the cash to shareholders. We do believe in dividends, as it generally shows us management are comfortable about their company's future. One of drivers of share price growth is long term growth in dividends.
Ressas: For the most part boards and management remain conservative. While high payout ratios may be applauded by some in the market it probably won't have an enduring impact on stock prices; if anything it could make companies more vulnerable should global growth decline. My preference is that they try to allocate capital to high return projects while demand remains weak and asset prices are attractive.
Murray: We were not expecting much upside to the level of dividend payouts, given most companies have clearly articulated their approach and are mindful now of the need to to fund organic growth from internal cash flow and that the market, for the time being, sees through any attempt to fabricate extra yield. The big buybacks from the miners were as expected, we don't get too concerned about the stated time frames as this is more about giving them an out in the event of an unforeseen sharp drop in commodity prices. If prices stay as the market believes, we would anticipate and expect the buybacks to be completed sooner than stated.
Howitt: Most small miners have outperformed recently as the rise in commodity prices has been factored into their outlooks. In 2006 we saw 100 per cent of small miners in the S&P/ASX 200 on a negative free cash flow yield. This meant all of the net cash these businesses generated was being poured back into growth investments. In the downturn this eased to about 60 per cent, but has climbed back up to over 80 per cent. Whether this increased investment delivers for shareholders will depend on the delicate balance between China's continued growth in demand, versus new supply coming on. This will vary, commodity by commodity, mine by mine and company by company.
At these share prices the risk to investors is certainly much higher and they should be increasingly discerning. Companies with the most marginal business models have had the most leveraged rebound, but they are also the ones which will fall the most in any bout of commodity price weakness. The larger miners offer less risk in a downturn, and yet they are being priced at no premium to the smaller, less-diversified miners.
Stott: The resources sector has been a very strong performer for the broader Australian market over the past 12 months. We are cautious on the sector over the next six to 12 months and see future growth priced in. Chinese growth will slow from its heights in recent years to high single digit which could provide downward pressure on commodity prices. With many commodities trading at record highs we remain cautious, in particular at the smaller end of the market.
Paradice: We are generally contrarion investors and prefer not to invest in last year's winners. As a result we are cautious about investing in resources at this stage of the cycle. Commodity prices need to remain high to justify current valuations. However, the outlook in this regard remains uncertain with such issues as inflation in China being a risk to commodity prices. We prefer to invest when there is little or no need to have high expectations to justify share prices and thus we tend to have a bias towards industrials and an underweight exposure to resources.
Ressas: The real delta in commodity prices of late has been US monetary easing and geopolitical dislocation - not real demand. The fact remains that China is tightening and a lot of good news is cooked into current resource prices. The real question is are we paying 10x prospective earnings or 30x if prices come off.
Murray: In 2010 the introduction of QE2 in combination with continued strong Chinese demand drove a strong rise in commodity prices which led to the sharp rally in resources, particularly at the small- and mid-sized end. For 2011 we see the focus being on the ability for commodities to hold the current high prices. The two risks to prices are Chinese inflation triggering a policy response that hits demand or a sustained spike in oil prices which would hit global demand. We don't as yet see this occurring, which should lead to commodities prices remaining firm. In this environment investors should expect the sector to perform well, but not be as strong as last year and in addition see a shift of leadership in the sector away from the prospective mine plays towards the companies on low valuations generating high levels of cash, such as Rio and BHP. We also expect oil and gas stocks to perform better this year as the stronger growth in the developed world has more impact on demand than it would for metals, which are more geared to China.
Howitt: So far our market has followed the script for a large downturn: first the massive sell-off, then the big rebound, then the slow volatile upward grind. If we continue to track to previous market patterns from here, we could expect to see the gains increase. This is also in line with the fundamentals we see: valuation levels remain attractive, below historical levels, and our Asian trading partners remain in good shape with strong demand for our resources. At some point, the marginal strength in the economy will tip back the other way, which leads to two risks for investors. On a fundamental level, monetary policy errors remain a possibility; though Australia's excellent policy transmission through variable rate mortgages means we can expect the RBA to be nimble and responsive as conditions change. From a sentiment point of view, investors need to be wary of solely chasing the optimism in the resource-related space where much is already priced in, and shunning those stocks leveraged to the domestic economy. With the household savings rate running at about 10 per cent there is certainly room for Aussie consumption to surprise on the upside.
Supporting these factors, Australia's long term drivers remain intact:
■ high population growth,
■ excellent and low cost natural resource base,
■ good corporate governance and
■ a high dividend yield and
■ high real dividend growth.
What are the main risks for investors?
We are likely to see the two speed economy continue, as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) uses interest rates to contain growth in the household sector in order to accommodate the "positive shock" from the ongoing strength in resources. Households have been responding prudently to this environment by pulling back on spending and investing in property with less exuberance. There are no signs that these conditions will change in the near-term, so caution is warranted for smaller discretionary retailers, those exposed to residential property and the like.
Stott: We will continue to see the US market outperforming the Australian market as the US economy is still in recovery mode. With a high $A, US equities look attractive over the next six to 12 months. In Australia I expect the market will continue to trade relatively sideways in a band between 4600-5000 as the impact of last year's interest rate rises flows through the economy. This period could provide some great opportunities with equities looking cheap at 12.5x versus the long term average of 15x.The greatest risks to the above are growth out of China slowing, potentially reducing demand for commodities along with domestic interest rates being pushed higher to control inflation and wages growth.
Paradice: During the season companies reported that through the December half the consumer had been generally weak and the strength of the economy has been clouded in some areas due to the floods. However Some of the leading economic indicators are suggesting consumers are becoming cautiously positive. This has been supported by some of the companies which are seeing patches of consumer strength. As a result we are generally positively disposed towards the market. The continued pick-up in the US would indicate there will not be a double dip. However, this has resulted in a strong equity market which many believe is due for a breather. This is one of the short-term risks to a rally in our market. Other risks include rising interest rates, inflation and the currency. There is also another risk. Some investors believe commodity prices continue to go up in a straight line, that the rules of supply and demand don't apply any more and that high returns on capital are the norm for price-taking businesses.
Ressas: Outside of wildcard geopolitical risks, the main risk is if the US recovery falters, that is high inflation precedes consumer and business demand or the demand simply fails to follow through.
Murray: Market valuations are below long-term averages, sentiment towards equities is low and global economic growth is improving. In combination this should lead to a good rate of return for investors. There are risks, but it is the fear of these that creates the opportunity. The most immediate are the removal of liquidity from both China and the US. Markets corrected last year after the Fed stopped its first quantitative easing program; the current QE program is due to finish by the end of June and the market will begin to anticipate that earlier. So we could see a correction in the market during the second quarter, however, unlike last year we believe the recovery in the developed world will prove more resilient this time and any pullback would represent an opportunity for investors. Other risks relate to excessive sovereign debt levels and an excessive rise in the oil price triggered by geopolitical risk. The latter is a wild card, but the former is important to consider. Our view is that this will constrain longer-term growth. Australia is, however, fortunate in not having such a debt burden and being predominantly leveraged to Asia.
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There, too, is his enemy the Inari fox, who is kind of heart.
Inari not infrequently rewards human beings for any act of kindness to a fox.
This is in part a massive store-house set back in the domestic structure, with the shrine of the Inari facing the visitor.
One legend informs us that a woman who had been married many years and had not been blessed with a child prayed at Inari's shrine.
Each morning they went to the temple, and thanked the good god Inari for the joy that had come to them.
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IS700: the National Incident Management System an Introduction
Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (EDT)
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Course Overview
This course introduces and overviews the National Incident Management System (NIMS). NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the intent of NIMS.
- Describe the key concepts and principles underlying NIMS.
- Describe the purpose of the NIMS Components including: Preparedness, Communications and Information Management, Resource Management, and Command and Management.
- Describe the purpose of the National Integration Center.
Note: This course provides a basic introduction to NIMS. It is not designed to replace Incident Command System and position-specific training.
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Individuals with emergency management responsibilities including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.
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AEOC Suite 151
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SUV in Ohio fatal accident stolen
WARREN, Ohio — Investigators on Monday tried to piece together what eight teenagers crammed into an allegedly stolen SUV were up to before the vehicle flipped over into a pond, killing six of them.
Authorities gave few details on where the group of friends had been and why they were out around daybreak Sunday, speeding down a two-lane road. The SUV's owner met with police and filed a stolen-car report; police said none of the teens was related to the owner or had asked to use the vehicle.
While the father of one of the dead said the teenagers were coming home from a sleepover at a friend's house, the mother of another boy killed said that her son and his best friend had lied about staying over at each other's homes that evening.
"If only he had listened," said Lisa Williamson, mother of 14-year-old Brandon Murray. "I told him, 'Don't you go nowhere.' But they're kids."
The SUV hit a guardrail in an industrial section of town and landed upside down in about 5 feet of water, filling up within minutes, State Highway Patrol Lt. Brian Holt. Five boys and a young woman, ages 14 to 19, were killed.
Two boys smashed a rear window, wriggled out of the wreckage and swam away, then ran a quarter-mile to a home to call 911, authorities said. Brian Henry, 18, and Asher Lewis, 15, suffered only minor injuries.
Investigators said they believe excessive speed was a key factor in the crash, which took place in a 35-mph zone alongside a steel mill near what's known in the neighborhood as "Dead Man's Curve." Authorities did not say how fast the SUV was going. They were also awaiting the results of drug and alcohol tests.


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Car-choked city streets are inspiring adults to get on a bicycle for local transport. Reasons range from ecology to economy in getting around.
Korea-based auto part maker Mando is unleashing the next step up in cycling, a chainless electric bike called Footloose.
Sleek minimalist, Apple-evocative design, with technology combined, the Mando is a clear moving target for a mobile, Starbuck-struck generation of twenty-somethings.
Mando has been showcasing the bike this year, and its bike is due to hit the marketplace in Europe next year. The company has combined a throttle drive with pedal-assisted technology.
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A woman named Meena says she was in Macy's when she saw the gunman, who was wearing black with a hockey mask covering his face, running through the store. "He was holding, in full view, an assault rifle," she says. When he was out of the store, Meena heard the sound of gunshots.
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As board power shifts, Paladino seeks more clout
In his year on the Buffalo Board of Education, Carl P. Paladino has played an unquestionable role drawing attention to the problems of the beleaguered school system.
The real estate developer and former Republican gubernatorial candidate vowed to turn the majority of the board and oust recently departed Superintendent Pamela C. Brown, attracting what some call unprecedented attention to this year's election. He recruited newcomers Larry Quinn and Patti Bowers Pierce to run for spots, which they handily won, setting the stage for what promises to be a massive overhaul of the district.
"You're going to see a number of very poignant moves," Paladino said. "Whatever we have to do. We're not going to talk about nonsense anymore."
The changing of the proverbial guard on the nine-member School Board, beginning with this evening's meeting, now raises the question of how much influence Paladino will have driving policy and shaping the future of the district.
Paladino has submitted several items for consideration at the first business meeting. Most notable is the hiring of a New York City attorney to help negotiate a new contract with the Buffalo Teachers Federation, a process in which Paladino has vowed to play a key role.
"We're going to break it down," Paladino said. "We're going to go out there on the edge and break it down. It's going to be frightening in many respects to many people, but it's going to happen."
Despite his characteristic tough talk, Paladino's influence driving policy has so far been limited. He has put dozens of resolutions before the board, most of which failed to get a second board member's support to even bring to the table.
Prior to his first School Board meeting about a year ago, he came up with his own agenda for the meeting, detailing nearly three dozen items for consideration in a 52-page document – including Brown's dismissal.
It has been months since Paladino brought any proposals before the board, but that changed this week when he sent out a far more subdued list of items for consideration at the new board's first business meeting.
His agenda consists of just four things, two of which deal with outstanding business at Bennett High School and the former Pinnacle Charter School. Paladino wants the board to rescind its approval of a consultant contract for Bennett High School, an agreement voted on before the new board majority took office.
He also wants the board to put off plans to merge Pinnacle with Harvey Austin School, giving the school time to regain status as a charter school. Another item calls for providing transportation to students who attend the Charter School for Applied Technologies.
Most interesting, however, is a proposal to enlist the services of Neil H. Abramson, of Manhattan, who specializes in labor law and contract negotiations.
Abramson worked with the New York City Department of Education on contract negotiations there, striking an agreement that resulted in significant health care savings and flexibility that allowed some schools to extend the school day and pilot special programs.
Both Paladino and Quinn have vowed to get involved with contract talks, and some speculate that the new board majority is using a plan to create more charter schools as leverage to get concessions from the union.
"I don't want to make this a big confrontation with Phil Rumore," Quinn said, referring to the longtime BTF president. "But this is 2014, not 1975. We need to make some changes."
Although it's not on the agenda, Paladino also wants to create an Office of Charter Schools within the district. The office would be responsible for working with charter schools that want to open in the area.
Paladino's priorities – he's a supporter of charter schools and choice for parents – are reflected in the new board majority's plan for the future, although the group is moving forward as a unified force with no one member dominating the limelight.
Yet even as members of the new majority try to maintain autonomy, some of Paladino's biggest rivals on the board see them as little more than a collections of the wealthy businessman's cronies.
Those critics are already flinging insults, accusing their colleagues of having a sense of entitlement and saying Paladino stands to benefit from the push for charter schools because he could lease space in buildings he owns to them. For instance, Paladino is part owner in the former Holy Angels Academy, which will house the Charter School for Applied Technologies this fall.
They've also said the man pegged for the job of interim superintendent, Donald A. Ogilvie, is part of the "old boys club" and question whether they can work with him.
Those dynamics set the stage for a continuation of infighting that has come to mark the leadership of the city schools, a divide drawn just as much along racial as ideological lines for how to best fix a broken school system.
"This is not a corporation; this is an elected body," board member Sharon M. Belton-Cottman said of her colleagues' approach to governing the schools. "At the end of the day, this is about entitlement."
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Showing off the tastiest school project in town, Killeen ISD's culinary arts students prepared and served a full meal for their counselors and administrators.
The two-year dual-credit program allows high school juniors and seniors to complete two years of college-level culinary coursework at Central Texas College.
Students can earn 20 college hours and food-handling certification, as well as the experience of working in a kitchen alongside the college's chefs.
If the chicken cordon bleu or eggplant Parmesan served Wednesday did not convince participants of the program's value, then the sweet-glazed rolls and cheesecake probably did the trick.
"We do this every semester to help the counselors understand our program," said chef Blake Webb, who teaches basic food preparation. Executive chef Ramona Lezo teaches a baking course.
"They learn under two actual chefs to work in the kitchen," Webb said, pointing out that the 14 students available Wednesday prepared the entire meal for 25 people. There are 17 students in the culinary program.
"They're getting college credit and it's all paid for," he said, noting that through the semester students learned basic food preparation, cooking, knife skills and fabricated a chicken (separated the parts).
Students spoke highly of the culinary program, which bound them tightly to kitchen-minded peers and to the chefs.
"I love that I get to bake every day," said Tania Fernandez, an Ellison senior. "I want to be a pastry chef, and I'm learning in class about garnishes."
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Students from all four KISD high schools lined up in the CTC Student Center dining room after completing their meal service and introduced themselves to the educators they served.
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Victorians Institute Journal
Volume 39, 2011
Special Section: Teaching Victorian Literature in the 21st Century
Jennifer Phegley, guest editor
9 Jennifer Phegley
"Pedagogy 'Up-To-Date with a Vengeance': Teaching Victorian Literature in the Twenty-First Century"
29 Cheryl A. Wilson
"Embodying Victorian Literature in the Classroom"
47 Andrea Kaston Tange
"Nineteenth-Century British Childhoods: Teaching at the Nexus of Children, Empire and Visual Culture"
71 Helena Michie
"Teaching Archives"
95 Teresa Mangum, Deborah Manion, and Nathan Culmer
"Collaborative, Creative, and Cumulative: Students, Teachers, and Technologists Building the University of Iowa's Victorian Wiki"
119 Deborah Denenholz Morse
"MLA's Approaches to Teaching Series: Bleak House, Wuthering Heights, and other Victorian volumes"
127 David E. Latané
"A Companion to Companions"
135 Deborah Maltby
"Leather-bound, no-frills, or critical edition? Choosing a teaching edition of a Victorian novel"
145 Alexander Chase-Levenson
"The Near East and the West End: Spectacle, History, and the Presentation of the Ancient Near East in Britain, 1820-1860"
2010 Winner of the Victorians Institute Patrick Scott Graduate Paper Competition
171 Timothy Carens
"Irish Colonial Marriage in Diana of the Crossways"
203 Lynn M. Linder
"Dual-ing Diaries, Intersecting Identities: Victorian Subjectivity and Dinah Mulock Craik's A Life for a Life"
227 Justin Prystash
"Fertilizing Darwin's Flowers: Feminist Narratives of Evolutionary Botany"
259 Susan B. Taylor
"Branwell Brontë's "Sonnet I. On Landseer's Painting —'The Shepherd's Cheif [sic] Mourner'" and Nineteenth-Century Images of Canine Fidelity"
293 Jennifer Conary
"'Things of the heart and mind': Gender and Philanthropy in George Gissing's Thyrza"
317 Kevin A. Morrison
"Cultural Embeddedness, Gendered Exclusions: The Symbolic Landscapes of Middlemarch"
337 Mary Ellis Gibson
Rev. of The Empire Inside: Indian Commodities in Victorian Domestic Novels, by Suzanne Daly
342 Margaret Beetham
Rev. of Women's Authorship and Editorship in Victorian Culture, by Beth Palmer
345 Linda M. Shires
Rev. of Poetry, Pictures, and Popular Publishing: The Illustrated Gift Book and Victorian Visual Culture 1855–1875, by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra
348 Pamela K. Gilbert
Rev. of The Social Life of Fluids: Blood, Milk and Water in the Victorian Novel, by Jules Law
351 Eileen Cleere
Rev. of Feeling for the Poor: Bourgeois Compassion, Social Action & The Victorian Novel, by Carolyn Betensky
354 Devon Fisher
Rev. of Poetics of Luxury in the Nineteenth Century: Keats, Tennyson, and Hopkins, by Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol
356 Daniel A. Novak
Rev. of About Faces: Physiognomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain, by Sharrona Pearl
360 Philip Harling
Rev. of After Ruskin: The Social and Political Legacies of a Victorian Prophet, 1870-1920, by Stuart Eagles
363 Bradley Deane
Rev. of Masculinities in British Adventure Fiction, 1880-1915, by Joseph A. Kestner
The VIJ Digital Annex http://www.nines.org/groups/vij
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Best of the Victorians Institute Conference 2011
Winter Jade Werner
"Competing Cosmopolitanisms in Bleak House"
Winner of the Patrick Scott Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper
(An expanded version of this essay will be included in Volume 40 of Victorians Institute Journal.)
Ann M. Mazur
"The Air of Periperformativity in Little Dorrit"
Honorable Mention for the Patrick Scott Prize
Julia McCord Chavez
"Charles Dickens and Authentic Happiness: Theorizing the Good Life in a Materialistic World"
Claudia Martin
"Since the Law's a Bachelor: Reconsidering the Epistemology of Dickens's Grumpy Frumpy Woman of Property"
Joe Oestreich
"Knights of the Napkin: Waiters as Class-Enforcers in David Copperfield"
Casey Cothran
"One Eye Fixed, One Eye Rolling: Critical Thinking in the Midst of Hard Times"
Kirsten Andersen
"Performing Dickens and Playing with Genre: Dramatic and Fictional Biographies"
Adam McCune
"A Crocodile Overcome: Idleness, Busyness, and Mischief in David Copperfield"
Patrick Scott
"Gift-Wrapping the Hungry Forties: Format vs. Text in Dickens's Christmas Books"
Thomas Prasch
"Social and Antisocial Contracts: Voices and Locations of Tradition and Dissent in Barnaby Rudge"
Jennifer Hayward
Rev. of X Marks the Spot: Women Writers Map the Empire for British Children, 1790-1895, by Megan A. Norcia
Sumangala Bhattacharya
Rev. of Alimentary Tracts: Appetites, Aversions, and the Postcolonial, by Parama Roy
Katherine Dunagan Osborne
Rev. of Victorian Jewelry, Identity, and the Novel: Prisms of Culture, by Jean Arnold
Anita Rose
Rev. of The Literary Monster on Film: Five Nineteenth Century British Novels and Their Cinematic Adaptations, by Abigail Burnham Bloom
Maria K. Bachman
Rev. of The Pleasures of Memory: Learning to Read with Charles Dickens, by Sarah Winter, and Dickens and Mass Culture, by Juliet John
Sebastian Lecourt
Rev. of The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1915, by Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay
Melissa Free
Rev. of Victorian Settler Narratives: Emigrants, Cosmopolitans and Returnees in Nineteenth-Century Literature, edited by Tamara S. Wagner
Noah Heringman
Rev. of The Culture of Nature in Britain, 1680-1860, by P. M. Harman
Karen Laird
Rev. of Emma Darwin: A Victorian Life, by James D. Loy and Kent M. Loy; The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth, by Lillian Nayder; and The Magnificent Mrs Tennant: The Adventurous Life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian Grande Dame, by David Waller
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Bodega Bamz Flexes Once Again on 'King Me'
Harlem's own Bodega Bamz rises again with 'King Me.' The short, verse-long track comes with grandiose horns produced by Frankie Piff. The song may not officially make him king of the New York, but it at least sounds like a coronation.
While the verse is solid, perhaps the best part is when Bamz breaks into trash talk in what's essentially a victory lap track.
"You n—-s are the mosquitoes in the room / You just want daddy's attention," Bodega Bamz rants.
Earlier this month, the rapper debuted the 'Sunday Service' EP alongside the Martinez Bros. The effort features the Raekwon-assisted 'F— Dat S—,' and 'Going to D.R.,' to name a few.
'Dear Non Believers,' his debut LP, is still on the way.
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Armani's New Dubai Hotel Looks Like The Matrix Set
Giorgio Armani has just opened his first hotel in Dubai, and while the super-sleek design definitely has the designer's mark, the aesthetics are so minimalist that the place might as well be the backdrop for a "Matrix" movie. The muted color palette of grays, browns, and blacks, in combo with modern furniture, gives off that sterile/drab/futuristic thing. Seriously, that hallway with the creepy light at the end? It makes us think there aren't bedrooms behind those doors, but rather alien pods hooked up to some cyber-killing machine.
This location is apparently the first of several other planned sites in cities all over the world—New York, London, Tokyo, and Shanghai to name a few. (The Armani takeover has begun!) Check out a few more pics after the jump. [Racked.com]


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BioNeutral Announces Results of "APIC" Conference and Its Launch of Ygiene 206 Sterilant
Jul 06, 2011, 07:00 ET from BioNeutral Group, Inc.
NEWARK, N.J., July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNeutral Group, Inc. (OTCBB: BONU) today announced the results of its attendance at the international conference & exhibit for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC). The conference took place from June 27th through the 29th at the convention center in Baltimore, Maryland. Over 2,200 infection control professionals attended it, from as far away as the United Arab Emirates, representing nearly 1,900 health care institutions along with 207 exhibitors.
It was the first time the company had a formal opportunity to present its Ygiene technology to hundreds of health care institutions and allow highly specialized conference participants to view our products. "I'm pleased to report that our Ygiene 206 Sterilant formulation was very unique to the APIC exhibit hall and was received extremely well by those professionals I presented it to," stated Dr Andy Kielbania, Chief Scientific Officer of BioNeutral. He went on to say, "I did not see any other product at this show new or old, with the overall superior performance characteristics which matched Ygiene 206 Sterilant."
"The company's expectations were quite modest as first time APIC exhibitors and having a small presentation booth. Nevertheless, in 3 days with a total of 10.5 hours of open exhibit time, 257 infection control professionals visited our booth and asked to be in our database for follow up, with 64 of them requesting an initial trial at their facility. This is six times the expected result given the floor space allocated to us, according to those who run the conference for APIC." It was very busy, averaging just under 25 attendees per hour. Overall, I would categorize our launch event as extremely encouraging," stated Stephen J. Browand, Chairman and CEO of BioNeutral Group, Inc.
The company also premiered its all new more informative website now showcased at www.bioneutral.com, that was timed to launch with the APIC conference opening. The entire content was designed to bring the various multifaceted technologies together under a new unified corporate identity.
About BioNeutral Group, Inc.
Headquartered at the New Jersey Institute of Technology/EDC in Newark, NJ, BioNeutral Group, Inc., is a specialty technology-based life science company which has developed a technology platform that neutralizes harmful environmental contaminants, toxins, and dangerous micro-organisms including bacteria, viruses, mold, fungi, and spores. BioNeutral's products, Ygiene® and Ogiene®, kill microorganisms and clean surfaces with a dramatic increase in speed and power over their rivals in the marketplace. BioNeutral's proprietary platform technology has been proven effective in surface, water, and airborne applications. Its antimicrobial line of products under the Ygiene® brand have been approved by the EPA for sale in the United States, have previously been approved for sale in Germany, and are also permitted for sale in the UK, France, and Sweden. AutoNeutral is a registered trademark of BioNeutral Group, Inc. For more information on BioNeutral, including a listing of the Company's products, leadership and background, please visit www.bioneutral.com.
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