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Anyone who traveled to Breezy Point, Queens, in New York City in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, even as recently as a few of days ago, would have needed an SUV — its main thoroughfare was under 3 feet of water. Today, you can see pavement. It sounds like a small victory, but this beachfront, blue-collar town is willing to accept progress in increments.
"You have no idea how much the flooding situation here has improved," says Fire Department of New York Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer as his SUV winds its way into town. The line of cars to get into Breezy Point stretches for miles, all the way back to the highway. "Some of this is people wanting to see their homes, and some of this is just people wanting to see if it looks as bad in person as it does on TV."
Breezy Point is a place where cops and firemen and nurses buy homes. One side of the peninsula opens out into Jamaica Bay; the other, the Atlantic Ocean. People come here to retire or relax. Then, last Monday night, Sandy roared into town, and Breezy Point became home to a harrowing scene: one of the biggest residential fires New York has ever known.
"Flames were shooting 50 feet into the air," says Pfeifer, who was the first chief on the scene. "Radiant heat would light up the next building, and then that building would explode in fire." Pfeifer said he had only seen anything like it once or twice before.
"It was very hot and very fast-moving," he says. "I have seen fire like that moving quickly on 9/11 ... and an industrial fire in Greenpoint ... but I never saw anything of this magnitude in residential buildings."
The fire is still under investigation, but Pfeifer says it started in the houses along the ocean side. It may have been an electrical fire; as floodwaters roared in, there may have been a spark. What is more certain is that it took firefighters five hours to bring the fire under control and another four after that to put it out. Miraculously, no one — firefighter or resident — was killed.
"I had three towers up," Pfeifer says of the high pressure hoses that are used to dowse fires, "and it wasn't doing anything. We had hurricane-force winds, no water pressure. ... I had guys who were sending up oxygen tanks so they could keep fighting the fire."
Now the six square blocks where the one- and two-story houses once stood looks like a snapshot from London after the Blitz. There is an occasional chimney standing, and everything else is flat. The residents who do come to survey the damage pull small children's wagons behind them as they walk to where their houses once stood. Invariably, the wagons roll out empty. There is nothing left to save.
It's Personal
Pfeifer is the New York City fire department's chief of counterterrorism and emergency preparedness. He has been in Breezy Point nearly every day since the fire, trying to help the community get back on its feet.
To understand how Hurricane Sandy has effected Pfeifer, you have to know a little bit about the chief's history. He fought fires in Breezy Point as a volunteer when he was just 18 years old. Now, the citywide command chief has a weekend house here; so does his son and so do his parents. People here know Joe Pfeifer. One resident asks him about the bandage on his face.
"Ah, it was an ember from Monday night," he says, changing the subject. It's actually a second-degree burn, but he doesn't tell anyone that. He's one of a handful of firefighters who suffered injuries fighting this fire during the hurricane.
Almost a week later, Pfeifer is still gaming out the blaze. "If I didn't stop it on this corner," he begins telling Bill Radtke and his daughter Deidre before Radtke jumps in: "You would have lost all of them," Radtke says.
Pfeifer considers that. "I would have lost your house," he says.
"Your son's place, too," Radtke suggests.
"Yeah, my son's place, too," Pfeifer says.
As the pair walk away, Pfiefer looks over the field of ash. "And now the question is how does the community recover?"
Community-Driven Recoveries
One of the answers can be found in the small shopping mall offices where the Breezy Point Cooperative is trying to organize the local relief effort. It's working with FEMA, city offices and the FDNY to help get Breezy Point back to normal. Pfeifer is an evangelist about preparedness, and he's convinced that the plans that have been made since the Sept. 11 attacks and in the wake of last year's Hurricane Irene have made communities more resilient.
Arty Lighthall, the general manager of the neighborhood cooperative, sits at the head of a table and runs through an alphabet soup of local and federal agencies. The group meets every day, sets a 24-hour goal and then checks back to see if they have achieved it.
Lighthall, who seems pleased with their progress, runs through the list of accomplishments while Pfeifer and almost a dozen other people follow along. Officials from the New York City Office of Emergency Management Health and Human Services are there. Another volunteer tapes a map of the Breezy Point area on the wall and shows how he intends to get the hydrant system up and running.
A major concern now, Pfeifer says, is that as people return to their homes, other fires could break out. People realize they don't have flood insurance, but they do have homeowners insurance, and candles "accidentally" get knocked over and houses go up in flames. It happened in New Orleans after Katrina.
Concerns about arson aside, Pfeifer says this kind of community coordination is what is supposed to happen after a disaster. City officials are now helping local leaders get to the next phase: recovery. The FDNY is no longer just in the business of putting out fires, Pfeifer says. It is cutting downed trees and de-watering flood zones, and helping local communities learn how to fend for themselves. FDNY water pumps and oversized hoses are all over Breezy Point, putting the water back into the sea.
Since Sept. 11, the new way of thinking has been to let communities take the lead in recovery. The preparedness drills and city management teams aren't designed to have the city take over. Instead, it's about giving communities the tools they need to cope.
The Sept. 11 attacks were concentrated on a 16-acre area. The damage from Hurricane Sandy is much bigger and diffuse.
"Because we have such a large location, and many locations around the city have to be done at the same time, it is really going to depend on the communities," Pfeifer says. "So we're trying to show them how to run this themselves. And it is one thing to do it right after a disaster strikes. ... It is another to have them do it long term. And this is going to go on for quite a long time."
Theresa Flannagan used to run bake sales, exercise classes and Halloween parties in Breezy Point. She says people saw the storm coming, but no one imagined it would do the damage that it did.
"We thought it would be like Hurricane Irene," Flannagan says. "The waters from that came up the street, went back down the street and hardly left a puddle."
Hurricane Sandy put 5 feet of water in her house, and she tears up just thinking about it. She says everyone is dazed by the magnitude of it all. And that feeling, she says, is familiar. "It reminds me of right after 9/11, the way everybody looks, the fear in their eyes ... scary," she says.
Pfeifer agrees that there is an element of that going on. He should know: He was the first fire chief to arrive at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne.
And I'm Steve Inskeep.
Hurricane Sandy is gone, but millions of Americans are still living through the aftermath. In New York and New Jersey, long lines and plenty of frustration continue at gas stations due to the storm damage. And Martin Kaste will bring us that story in a moment.
MONTAGNE: First, we go to Breezy Point in Queens, New York. It used to be best known as a blue-collar beach town. Now it's known for something else - one of the worst residential fires in New York history.
INSKEEP: More than 100 houses were destroyed as flames were whipped up by 80 mile an hour wind gusts. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston went to Breezy Point to spend the day with the New York City's Fire chief who has a very personal connection to that neighborhood.
DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, BYLINE: Fire chief Joe Pfeifer arrived in Breezy Point on Monday to a harrowing scene.
CHIEF JOE PFEIFER: So, flames shooting 50 feet in the air. The radiant heat would heat up the next building and that building would explode in fire.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Pfeifer was the first fire chief to arrive. It was 11:30 P.M.
PFEIFER: So, very difficult, very hot and very fast moving.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Have you ever seen something like it?
PFEIFER: I have seen fire like that moving quickly on 9/11, but I never saw anything of this magnitude for residential buildings.
TEMPLE-RASTON: They think it might have been an electrical fire. Now, the six square blocks where the houses once stood look like a snapshot from London after the Blitz.
PFEIFER: You see an occasional chimney that's standing up and then everything else is flat.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Joe Pfeifer has been here nearly every day since the fire, trying to help get Breezy Point back on its feet.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Residents pull small children's wagons behind them as they walk to where their houses once stood. The wagons roll out empty. There's nothing left to save.
To understand how Hurricane Sandy has affected Joe Pfeifer, you have to know a little bit about the chief's history. He fought fires in Breezy Point as a volunteer when he was just 18. Today, Pfeifer has a weekend house here. So does his son. So do his parents. People here know Chief Joe Pfeifer. Someone calls out from the distance.
BILL RADTKE: Is that you Joe?
PFEIFER: Yeah.
RADTKE: Well, I got flooded, I got flooded. We didn't lose our house like this.
DEIDRE RADTKE: Hi, Joe. How are you?
PFEIFER: Hi, Dee.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Bill Radtke and his daughter, Deidre, walk up the path. She points to a long bandage on Pfeifer's face.
RADTKE: What happened?
PFEIFER: I got burnt. A little ember flying around got me...
RADTKE: Yeah, it got you. Oh gosh.
PFEIFER: ...on Monday
TEMPLE-RASTON: It's actually a second degree burn, but Pfeifer doesn't tell them that. He's one of the handful of firefighters who suffered injuries fighting this fire in hurricane-force winds. Miraculously, no one - firefighter or resident - died in the fire. Pfeifer is still gaming out the blaze.
PFEIFER: If I didn't stop it on this corner...
RADTKE: Yeah, you would have lost all them.
PFEIFER: Would have lost your house. It would have gone this side and it would've gone down the other side. I would've lost your place.
RADTKE: Your son's place too.
PFEIFER: Yeah.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Pfeifer looks over the field of ash as Bill and Dee walk away.
PFEIFER: And now the question is how does the community recover?
TEMPLE-RASTON: One of the answers can be found in the shopping mall offices where the neighborhood cooperative is trying to organize the local relief effort. They are working with FEMA, city offices and the fire department to get Breezy Point back on its feet.
ARTY LIGHTHALL: We are looking at deliveries and...
TEMPLE-RASTON: That's Arty Lighthall, the general manager of the Breezy Point Cooperative.
LIGHTHALL: We got food drops going on, additional generators. We have water drops. We...
TEMPLE-RASTON: This kind of community coordination, according to Chief Pfeifer, is what's supposed to happen after a disaster. City officials are now helping local leaders get to the next phase, which is recovery. Firefighters, for their part, are no longer just dowsing fires. They're cutting downed trees and getting water out of flood zones and helping local communities learn how to fend for themselves.
PFEIFER: There's a new way of thinking.
TEMPLE-RASTON: A new way of thinking, Chief Joe Pfeifer, says. Since 9/11, preparedness drills and city management teams have helped communities cope.
PFEIFER: Because we have such a large location and many locations around the city that have to be done at the same time, it's really giving it back to the community. And this is going to go on for quite a long time.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Theresa Flannagan used to run bake sales and exercise classes and Halloween parties in Breezy Point. She says people saw the storm coming, but no one imagined it would do the damage that it did. Her house is still under five feet of water. And that dazed feeling is familiar.
THERESA FLANNAGAN: Everybody's just walking around. It reminds me of right after 9/11, the way everybody looks, the fear in their eyes and - scary.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Fire Chief Joe Pfeifer agrees. And he should know; he was the first fire chief to arrive at the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Dina Temple-Raston, NPR News, New York. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The Beginning of the Neo‐Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire
The Babylonians, more correctly called the Neo‐Babylonians or Chaldeans to distinguish them from an earlier era of Babylonian strength, were intimately involved in the fate of Judah and were the subject of many prophetic oracles in the Hebrew Bible, in particular in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah 40–55 . Clay tablets preserving the chronicles of Neo‐Babylonian kings have provided important information about the period which witnessed the last days of the Assyrian Empire, the rise of Babylonia, the fall of Jerusalem, and the exile of the Jews in Babylon.
After the Assyrians were defeated at Babylon in 626 BCE, Nabopolassar was officially placed on the throne. (The gods of Susa, which the Assyrians had gathered and deposited in Erech, were returned to their own city, confirming the independence of Elam.) In pursuit of his war with the Assyrians, Nabopolassar marched north‐west along the Euphrates; Sukhu and Khindanu yielded to him, and plunder was taken from towns in the Balikhu area. To the east of the Tigris he campaigned in the vicinity of Arrapkha and the Assyrians were pursued to the Lower Zab river. An unsuccessful attack was made on Asshur. It was in 614 that the Medes succeeded in taking Asshur, Nabopolassar arriving after the city had fallen. Then, in 612, the Medes and Babylonians together took Nineveh. Sinsharishkun, a son of Ashurbanipal, who had succeeded his brother Ashuretililani on the throne, perished in the fall of Nineveh.
The Babylonian armies continued to undertake campaigns in the upper Euphrates region, reaching as far as Nisibis. In 610, with the help of the Medes and Scythians, they took Haran. The Egyptians had sought to make common cause with the retreating remnants of Assyria, and they made a combined attempt to recapture Haran in 609, but were unsuccessful. (This was the context of the death of King Josiah of Judah as he sought to prevent pharaoh Neco's advance; see 'The Kingdom of Judah' .) Nabopolassar's campaigns led him to the very borders of Urartu. The Egyptians, having failed in their attempt to bolster the remaining Assyrian forces, sought to consolidate control of the territory south of Carchemish, capturing Quramati and Kimukhu. But in 605, the Babylonian crown‐prince Nebuchadrezzar defeated the Egyptians at Carchemish, setting fire to the city (the context of Jeremiah's oracle against the Egyptians in Jer. 46: 1–12 ). Nebuchadrezzar then pressed south along the Mediterranean coastlands (Hatti) as far as the Egyptian border.

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The Canadian Track Cycling Team has embarked on a journey across the world, to Beijing, China, where it will look to score some precious UCI points to qualify spots for Canada at the Olympic Games.
The UCI Track Cycling World Cup resumes for the final two rounds this upcoming weekend, from January 13th to 15th. With just over six months to go before the 2012 Olympic Games in London, six members of the Canadian Track Cycling Team will be racing against the world's best to secure Olympic qualifications points.
"We are here with one goal: to get the coveted UCI points to qualify teams for the 2012 Olympics in London. It has been an intense two years work for this team, and we have Tara [Whitten] and Zach [Bell] always on top. We currently have only a few more chances to qualify teams, but at the moment we are very much still in the hunt," said Head Coach Richard Wooles, from Beijing.
In the Sprint events, Travis Smith of Calgary and Joseph Veloce of Fonthill, Ontario, will sprint solo in the men's race, while Monique Sullivan of Calgary, will race for Canada in the women's Sprint event. Smith, Veloce and Stéphane Cossette of Chicoutimi, Québec, will team up to compete in the Men's Team Sprint race, trying to qualify Canada for the Olympic Games.
Both Jean Michel Lachance of Québec City and Alex Cataford of Ottawa will make their 2012 World Cup debut at this third World Cup race of the season. Lachance will take part in the Men's Omnium race, while Cataford will race the Individual Pursuit and the Scratch race.
Smith and Sullivan will also take part in the exciting Keirin race, also an Olympic discipline.
The events in China will feature racing in each Olympic discipline: Omnium, Team Sprint, Team Pursuit, Sprint and Keirin.
The UCI Track cycling Olympic qualification window closes on April 8, 2012.
Monique Sullivan (Calgary, AB) - Sprint, Keirin
Travis Smith (Calgary, AB) - Men's Team Sprint, Sprint, Keirin
Joseph Veloce (Fonthill, ON) - Men's Team Sprint, Sprint
Stéphane Cossette (Chicoutimi, QC) - Men's Team Sprint
Jean-Michel Lachance (Québec, QC) - Omnium
Alex Cataford (Ottawa, ON) - Scratch, Individual Pursuit
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The Baan Laanta Resort & Spa is located on Koh Lanta Yai, Kantiang Beach in Krabi Province. Its home to a rich diversity of animal and plant life, The Lanta National Marine Park archipelago comprises over 70 small islands. The island is served by passenger ferries from Krabi or Phi Phi and car ferries from the mainland. We are providing 15 luxury bungalow resorts within one acre of natural abundant gardens. The resort is highlighted on the elegance of Thai traditional. Each of bungalow offer a view of Andaman Sea and at night guest can enjoy gaze at the stars from their own private balcony or taking a stroll along the beach. All bungalows are furnished with elegance of classical Thai decoration.
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Leave the world behind as you cruise to Baan Laanta Resort and Spa, a rustic resort tucked away in a pretty little cove named Ban Kan Tieng Beach on Lanta Island. Set within an unspoiled natural bay on the western coast of Koh Lanta, Baan Laanta Resort & Spa offers the perfect haven for a relaxing holiday or long weekend. Our 15 cozy chalets are nestled on a tropical, fine, white sandy beachfront, washed by the clear turquoise waters of the Andaman Sea.
Wake up to a refreshing sea breeze and the lush beauty of our tropical beach. Each air-conditioned chalet is equipped with modern amenities and also has an en-suite bathroom and private veranda that commands either a garden /pool view or Seaview.
Guests can enjoy the numerous activities available on Koh Lanta. Treat yourself to a relaxing massage, or immerse yourself in the underwater paradise of Lanta's National Marine Park. Visit world class dive sites with our own PADI Dive Centre, join a snorkeling trip and become acquainted with some of the friendly marine life, trek through real tropical rain forest by foot, or atop an elephant or canoe through the cool interior of Thailand 's mangrove forest.
Our 15 luxury bungalows nestle within one acre of lush landscaped gardens. The resort features all the elegance of Thai tradition and culture. Each bungalow offers stunning views of the white crested waves of the Andaman Sea and, at night, you can gaze at the stars from your private balcony or as you take a stroll along the beach. All our bungalows are en-suite and embody the charm and elegance of classical Thai interiors, traditional hand y- crafts, rich textiles and delicately carved wooden furnishings. All rooms can add extra bed.
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Our 10 luxury Deluxe Pool Villa Bungalows are located slightly higher up the hill, and are arranged around the large swimming pool. The bungalows are set within the natural palm trees that cover the hill, and the gardens around the bungalows have been landscaped to include many brightly colored tropical flowers and plants. Each bungalow has a spacious balcony that overlooks the pool area, and the beach is only a flight of wooden steps away.
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Size: 28.5 sq.m + 8 sq.m balcony
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:: Deluxe Sea View Villa - 5 Units ::
Our 5 premier Seaview Bungalow are located nearest to the beach with fabulous beach views from your balcony and even from your bed. Just a few moments stroll from the beach, the location of each Seaview Bungalow ensures that you can spend as much of your valuable holiday time, as close to the beach as possible. From the moment you wake up, until the time you relax into the comfort of your king-size bed, you will be spoilt by views of lush green tropical palm trees, the aqua-marine sparkle of the sea and the shimmering gold of the white-sandy beach just in front of you.
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Nested right on the beach of Ban Kan Tieng with magnificent view of curved beach and delicious we proved to offer. Our restaurant open daily at 7:00 am - 22:00 served mainly Thai dishes and variety of selective popular dished of International cuisine as European, India and Malay.
Guest can enjoy the fresh at our BBQ corner which can select your own fresh and cook in your style. Our seafood supply by local fisherman which daily catch and delivery from their long tail boat to our restaurant ensuring you will get real fresh from Andaman Sea everyday.
Make you dining smoothly, our drink menu offers a variety of imported wine, champagne as well as all popular local drinks. Some Thai classical performances show occasion and daily with our famous Fire show.
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The bar offers the variety of drink both classy imported and popular local as well as exotic cocktail as you can imagination. Our bar is more popular on this beach with our own relaxation atmosphere and friendly of the owner which his own soft trendy music style.
Our spa hut open daily from 10:00 am to 22:00 pm. Get you superb experience during your holiday with our famous Thai massage right on the beach. We selected the best, our massager are qualified and certificated from top massage school of Thailand. The course offer a variety as you like as Thai original body massage, oil massage as well as our popular foot massage.
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In the selection of our products, we confirm our commitment to create a truly unique, Thai ancient spa experience for our guests with a discerning appetite for beauty and excellence.
Baan Laanta Resort & Spa have a wide range of facilities to ensure your holiday is easy and perfect.
Beach front restaurant Thai / International
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Many people come to Koh Lanta to experience some of the world's best scuba diving. The Andaman Sea is home to the most diverse collection of sea-life in the world, providing superb diving and excellent underwater photography. The island also offers many other great activities and tours that are suitable for every member of the family, including snorkeling, hiking, caving, boat tours, fishing and kayaking or you can rent a Jeep or motorbike if you would like to explore the island by yourself.
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House Bill 3450 — the Companion Animal Protection Act — by Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, would ban some things many Texans may not know happen at shelters.
Among its points, as listed by FixAustin.org, the bill would:
–Ban shelters from selling live shelter animals to research laboratories.
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–Ban killing healthy adoptable animals "for space" when cages are empty.
–Ban breed discriminatory adoption policies at Texas shelters.
It also would require shelters to collaborate with 501(c)(3) rescue groups to save animals; to "honestly and publicly" release their intake and outcomes data; and to spay or neuter shelter animals before adoption.
Her bill says, in part, that "no animal should be killed if the animal can be placed in a suitable home, if a private sheltering agency or rescue group is willing to take care and custody of the animal for purposes of adoption, or, in the case of feral cats, if they can be sterilized and released to their habitats."


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We are very excited to release a completely redesigned TestProfiler feature in Bluehill 3. This is a result of many years of developing unique solutions for a wide range of functional testing of devices and components that required unique loading patterns and orchestration with external sensors and actuators. I invite you to visit the product page and explore the powerful software capabilities for rapid test design and product development. Here is the feature brief document that you can find under the literature section of the product page.
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- Use the familiar Bluehill 3 software and all the great features from TestCam video recording to TrendTracker data analysis for torsion tests on MT-Torsion systems.
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- Automatic ramp (and control mode) change after determination of specimen modulus.
- This is useful in metals tests that are performed using a combination of stress rate and extension rate control (eg.: ISO 6892 Method B) and the control mode needs to be switched from stress rate control to extension rate control towards the end of the elastic region. The basis of this switch-over point can now be based on the end of the modulus calculation region instead of an arbitrary or guess value of the stress value.
- Ready to use specimen geometries to handle pipe sections and fasteners. Just pick the applicable geometry and enter the dimensions and leave things like cross sectional area to Bluehill to compute.
High temperature applications
- Ability to set independent temperature control set-points to achieve uniform specimen heating in a three-zone furnace like SF-16. This is an extension of Eurotherm device integration using RS-232/485 done in release 3.31
Test Control
- Support for negative rates for ramps in all test types. This allows for cross head direction reversal in test types other than TestProfiler, giving more flexibility in test setup.
Bluehill 3.41
Released 6/28/2013
New and Enhanced Calculations
- User calculation with conditional logic
- This opens up a wide range of calculation possibilities. Based on a user defined logical condition Bluehill can report different calculation results based on whether the condition is True or False. For example fracture toughness standards that involve the calculation of KIc require checking of validation criteria for acceptance of the test results.
- New calculation for Fracture toughness critical point (5%/Max)
- So far this calculation has been offered only in custom software packages for customers who requested it. Starting 3.41 this is available in the standard package.
- New calculation for compliance corrected energy.
- This is useful for standards like ASTM D5045 where the energy absorbed by the crack tip needs to be determined by subtracting the energy absorbed by the rest of the load string and frame from the total energy.
- New Yield point calculation option to determine the end of linear elastic region.
- New Yield point calculation option to determine EUL yield as referenced in ASTM E8
- Till now this was done using a user defined calculation. Starting in 3.41 it will be available as a standard option under Yield calculation
Test Control
- Ability to change the responsiveness of automatic specimen protect feature
- End of test criteria option to specify absolute load drop value (in addition to % drop) from Peak value
Bluehill 3.31
Released 2/5/2013
New Product for Results Management
- TrendTracker™ plugin for Bluehill automatically exports Bluehill results to the TrendTracker database at the end of the test
- The Plugin includes a Batch Export feature that migrates years of existing Bluehill and 3 results into the database, making the data searchable overnight
Learn more about TrendTracker, our new software offering to manage test results.
Control and Data Acquisition
- New 5900 Advanced Performance Option extending data rates upto 2.5 kHz and 0.5% load cell accuracy up to an industry leading 1/1000th of the load cell capacity
- Automatic strain rate control that adapts to system compliance on the fly and simplifies the test setup workflow for standards like ISO 6892
- Digital data acquisition from Instron environmental chambers and other Eurotherm temperature controllers using RS-232/485 connection. Learn more.
Improved Testing Workflow
- New Control Chart graph type to visualize variation in a sample. Learn more.
- New Average curve as a representative curve for a sample
- Expression Builder support for automatically computing the cross sectional area of complex specimen geometries
- More events provide automatic voice feedback for easier test operation
New test methods
- Thirteen new methods in Composites Application Module!
Bluehill 3.22
Released 1/26/2012
- Bluehill 3 for Multi Station systems
- Improved closed loop control to achieve tighter tolerances on load, strain rate and extension control modes
- Advanced Diagnostic Tool for 5900 series to enable precise diagnosis and faster troubleshooting
- Increased range of bandwidth settings for optimized data capture
- Six new preconfigured test methods for ASTM and ISO standards in the Composites Application Module
- Help documentation available in Russian
Bluehill 3.11
Released 5/13/2011
- Support for Windows® 7 64-bit
- New Reverse soft key to reverse the crosshead motion
- Temperature units include Kelvin and Fahrenheit
- Support for automatic extensometers MFX, M300 and M500
- Access measurements to build expressions
- Option for a fourth ramp for metals testing
Bluehill 3.0 Series
Released 10/12/2010
- Pause and Resume soft keys for greater control with manual operation
Released 10/1/2010
- Offered with 3300 frames
- Supported on a Windows 7 32-bit operating system
- Supported on frames with clutches
Released 6/15/2010
- This is a major release with significant enhancements over Bluehill. See if you can upgrade!


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Timely arrival of Pharao space clock
ESA has welcomed the arrival of Pharao, an important part of ESA's atomic clock experiment that will be attached to the International Space Station in 2016.
Delivered by France's CNES space agency, Pharao is accurate to a second in 300 million years, which will allow scientists to test fundamental theories proposed by Albert Einstein with a precision that is impossible in laboratories on Earth.
Time is linked to gravity and, for example, passes faster at the top of Mount Everest than at sea level. These effects have been proved in experiments on Earth but the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space, ACES, will make more precise measurements as it flies 400 km high on humanity's weightless laboratory.
Comparing clocks under different gravity levels allows researchers to test Einstein's theories on space–time and other theories in fundamental physics.
To achieve its accurate timekeeping, the Pharao space clock uses lasers to cool caesium atoms down to –273°C, close to absolute zero.
Internet of clocks
Accurate timekeeping is vital for pinpointing our location, secure banking and fundamental science, but it is not easy to compare data from the many atomic clocks on Earth.
ACES is more than just one clock in space. Pharao will be accompanied by the Space Hydrogen Maser, which uses a different technique to keep track of time. This clock uses hydrogen atoms as a frequency reference and offers better stability but for a shorter time.
By coupling the two clocks, ACES will provide the scientists with a unique, highly stable time reference in space.
The project will link together atomic clocks in Europe, USA, Japan and Australia with their space counterparts via microwave and optical links to create an 'internet of clocks' and to deliver precise timekeeping.
Connecting all these clocks is a significant part of ACES, with France's Cadmos User Support and Operations Centre taking responsibility for operating the instruments on the Station.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be on the orbital outpost when ACES arrives in 2016. Using the Station's robotic arm, the 375 kg payload will be installed on a platform outside Europe's Columbus space laboratory.


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The Center for Comparative Philosophy ('the CCP' for short) is
an Organized Research Unit of San Jose State University established
in 2007 that aims at promoting and enhancing the research and
scholarship in comparative philosophy, the concers of which cut
across different disciplines as well as different areas of
philosophy, for the sake of contributing to the academic mission of
SJSU and the international scholarship of comparative philosophy.
Comparative philosophy considers philosophy in a global context and emphasizes the constructive engagement of distinct approaches, visions, points of view, and resources from various philosophical traditions and styles/orientations of doing philosophy: how, via reflective criticism and self-criticism, they can learn from each other and jointly contribute to the common philosophical enterprises and/or a series of common concerns and issues of philosophical significance.
The CCP pursues the foregoing goal through a variety of academic activities that include, but are limited to, sponsoring the annual CCP Lecture Series, organizing workshops and conferences, and coordinating relevant international academic cooperation and exchange.
The CCP at SJSU is the first organized research center that has
been formally established for comparative philosophy in the US,
especially with regard to comparative philosophy understood in a
broad way.
The CCP philosophy faculty has an extensive representation of various philosophical traditions and styles/orientations of doing philosophy (Africana and African-American philosophy, Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy, Latin-American philosophy; analytic philosophy, 'Continental' philosophies; feminist philosophy; etc.). They emphasize their contructive engagement and joint contribution to the common philosophical enterprise.
SJSU is located in the dynamic Bay Area and at the core of the Silicon Valley. The CCP enjoys a rich network of resources with respect to its ideological, cultural and international connections.


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This week in new hires, FINRA added three new governors; Erwin Eichmann joined TheStreet as general counsel; Putnam Investments named Darren Jaroch portfolio manager of another fund; and Michael Hutten went back to Hatteras.
Also, Kelley Howes and Brian Neil Hoffman joined Morrison & Foerster; MassMutual Retirement Services added three; and Janelle Walter was promoted at Allianz Life.
FINRA Elects Three New Governors
FINRA announced Monday that it has elected three new governors at its annual meeting who will begin their three-year terms immediately. They are Seth Waugh, CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas, who represents the organization's large firms; W. Dennis Ferguson, executive vice president and director of Clearing, Sterne, Agee & Leach, who represents midsize firms; and Kevin Carreno, general counsel for International Assets Advisory, who represents small firms.
The organization also said that it had reappointed three governors to its board; two are public members. Mark Casady, chairman and CEO of LPL Financial, was reappointed as the independent dealer and insurance affiliate representative, while Richard Pechter, a retiree, and Joel Seligman, president of the University of Rochester, were reappointed as the public members.
Erwin Eichmann Joins TheStreet as General Counsel
TheStreet announced Monday that Erwin Eichmann has joined as general counsel. An expert in business development and legal advice, Eichmann has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry.
Eichmann recently held the position of chief operating officer, IT sourcing and executive director at Morgan Stanley, where he worked for 11 years negotiating deals for global wealth management, technology and operations. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Eichmann held positions at CNBC.com as vice president of corporate development and NBC Television as principal legal counsel for NBC's interactive media group. Earlier in his career, he worked in the M&A group at Shearman & Sterling. Putnam Investments Names Darren Jaroch Portfolio Manager
Putnam Investments on Friday named Darren A. Jaroch portfolio manager of the Putnam Equity Income Fund (PEYAX), replacing Bartlett R. Geer, who will be leaving the firm to pursue other opportunities.
Jaroch, with Putnam since 1999, has been a longtime portfolio manager of the Putnam International Value Fund (PNGAX), and will continue to manage this fund, as well as his existing international and global institutional portfolios. He previously managed the Putnam Global Equity Fund.
Michael Hutten Rejoins Hatteras as Executive Director
Hatteras Funds recently announced that Michael Hutten has returned to the firm as executive director. In this role, he will lead sales initiatives in the western U.S. region, focusing on business development and client relations, serving investment consultants, RIAs and broker-dealers.
Hutten, based in Santa Barbara, Calif., served as western regional director at Hatteras from August 2006 to March 2011. Prior to that, he held roles at Santa Barbara Alpha Strategies, the alternative specialist group at Gartmore Global Investments and Montgomery Partners, the alternative investment division of Montgomery Asset Management.
Morrison & Foerster Adds Two in Denver
Morrison & Foerster has added two counsels to its Denver office. Kelley Howes joins the firm from Janus Capital Group, where she was most recently general counsel, and brings more than 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. Brian Neil Hoffman joins the firm from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he was a senior attorney in the division of enforcement in the Chicago regional office.
Howes has spent the majority of her career with Janus, joining the company in 1994 as associate counsel. She formerly served as general counsel at Janus Capital Management, a Janus Capital Group subsidiary, and assistant general counsel. As Janus's general counsel from 2007 to 2011, Howes was responsible for the company's global legal, regulatory, corporate governance, internal audit and insurance matters.
Hoffman, a former Morrison & Foerster associate from 2001 to 2010, rejoins the firm's securities litigation, enforcement and white-collar defense group. At the SEC he investigated and litigated potential insider trading, corporate reporting and controls violations, and other securities fraud claims. MassMutual Retirement Services Names Three Relationship Managers
MassMutual's Retirement Services Division announced Tuesday that Eunice Cabrera has been promoted to senior relationship manager; the promotion was effective June 30. Based in Orlando, she reports to Brian Barrett, assistant vice president, and serves on the south central region client management team, responsible for managing the division's retirement plan business in the midmarket segment. She first joined MassMutual in 2003, most recently serving as a retirement education specialist responsible for the Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico territories.
John Andresen joined as a director-level relationship manager, effective July 9. Based in northern California, he is responsible for managing large-market customers and reports to Tom Cremona, vice president. Prior to joining MassMutual, he served two years with Smith Hayes as an investment consultant and RIA; prior to that, he spent 10 years in benefits consulting and relationship management with Milliman.
Michael Gopen joined as senior relationship manager, effective Aug. 13, and is responsible for managing midmarket customers in metro New York and New Jersey. Based in Port Jefferson Station, N.Y., he serves on the northeast region client management team, reporting to M. Palmer Whitney, assistant vice president. Prior to joining, he served as client relationship manager with Gallagher Retirement Services, a position he held since 2005.
Allianz Life Promotes Janelle Walter
Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America recently named Janelle Walter as the new director of life insurance sales in the marketing division. In this role, she will be responsible for the development and execution of life insurance marketing strategies and will report to Doug Koenen, vice president of distribution marketing for Allianz Life.
Walter started with the company in 2002 as an internal wholesaler in sales. Most recently, she was life insurance marketing manager and led development of marketing collateral and strategic planning. In her 10 years with the firm, she also held a role as a principal marketing analyst working with cross-functional teams to build marketing campaigns and as a marketing communications specialist.
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Dear Gay Best Friend,
I have been on this dating/flirt website for about two years now. I get on there every so often and whenever I'm bored. That's it. But, one day I got on there and was browsing through the different guys pictures and profiles and I came across this one sexy guy's pictures and profile. I just had to get to know more about him because he was just that sexy to me.
We started sending each other messages back and forth and he told me some things about him, and I told him some basic things about me. I didn't take him serious at first. It was just flirting, but then as we started sending each other more messages I was very eager to talk to him off of the site. So, I suggested we should exchange numbers. I sent him my number to let him know I am definitely interested in him and that I want to get to know more about him. His response was like, "I got you mami." I asked why you can't send me your number and he never actually gave me a direct response or an answer. So, I left it alone and didn't even think nothing of it, and we just kept sending messages back and forth.
So, a year passed and we were still sending each other messages. At this point I'm still not really taking with him too serious. This year makes it two years and we still are sending each other messages. Long story short, we started talking about him wanting me to come see him and how he wants to see me in person, and I was like I would love to come see him and all but he hasn't even given me his number yet, and never gave me a direct answer on why he couldn't send me his number. So, I said to him that I want to be able to hear his voice instead of us keep sending each other messages because now I'm really interested in him even more. So, I sent him my number for the second time and then I was waiting for him to send me his number, but, yet again his response was once again, "I got you mami."
At this point my female intuition is in full force and I'm thinking the obvious, either he has a woman and they stay together, or he's married. At this point that's a red flag to me and he is not being real with me and not being honest with me, which I didn't want to think the obvious of those options. Moral of the story is that I really want to go and visit him me and a few friends this summer, but the main issue/problem remains is that I do not have his number. I've told him that I'm not coming unless he produces/sends me his number, and he was like he was going to give me his number when I get ready to come.
Should I hold him to his word on that? I just want to be able to give him the benefit of the doubt and not assume the obvious. If I decide not to go, then I feel that I won't get to at least find out in person if I can get my questions answered honestly. What is your honest opinion/advice on this issue/problem? Should I just leave the situation alone and delete my profile? What are the exact questions I should be asking him? – Undecided and Confused
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Dear Ms. Undecided and Confused,
Hold up, let me grab my big bag of cheddar cheese popcorn and turn on the television. I want to be ready when the breaking news graphics comes across my television for the upcoming news….One moment…..One moment….One moment….Okay, I'm ready.
Yes, please go. Please go and see who this mysterious man is. The man you've been communicating with via email for two years, whom you've never seen, nor heard his voice, and the same man whom you given your phone number to, yet, he has never produced his phone number for you. Yes, run your happy d**k thirsty ass to wherever he tells you to come, and get in his car, and go to his home, alone. And, if he offers you something to drink, and he leaves you alone in his living room while he goes into the kitchen and comes back with a glass of something to drink, I want you to gulp it down. Drink every got damn drop of it!
I can't believe you actually wrote me this damn letter. You had the gall and audacity to sit up here and ask this ole' basic ass question about some damn man you met on a dating/flirt website. Were you enrolled in special needs classes? Why am I asking that question, of course you were.
Let me get this straight: Some man, who could have Googled and pulled any picture from off the internet and used it as his profile, and created this whole persona, and one day as you were perusing through the profiles you happened upon his and had to get to know him because he was "sexy." So, was your brain actually working, or was your p***y speaking for you?
You hit this man up, start communicating with him, which leads to flirting, and your thirsty ass decides to make the first move and send him your number. (For the record, a lady or woman doesn't and shouldn't make the first move on a man via a dating/flirting website. That indicates how thirsty, hungry, and eager you are for some companionship and d**k). Moving on, you send him your number, and when he doesn't send you his, you keep communicating with him, because, let me guess, you love the mystery and thrill of this anonymous man who has captured your heart, and speaking the love language you've been longing to hear for a while now.
Let me ask you this: The first time, after you approached him, made the first move, and he didn't reciprocate, how did that make you feel? Did you feel rejected? Were you upset? Confused? Bothered? Bewildered? Process those emotions and get back to me after you've made an assessment of your basic retarded thirsty self.
Then, you keep communicating with him, and again you send him your number, and he doesn't reciprocate, you become suspicious and think he may have a wife or live with his girl, but he invites you to come visit him, and you are strongly considering it? (Ladies, this is what someone who is desperate, and lonely sounds like). But, he still hasn't given you his number, and he tells you that he will only give you his number once he knows that you are coming for certain. (Nods my head and cocks my arm behind me). Sooooo, this same man whom you think has a wife or lives with his girl, and this same man who hasn't given you his number after you've given him yours (twice), and this same man whom you've never seen, or heard his voice, and you are thinking about going to visit him having all of this information beforehand? (Swings in slow motion and slaps the –ish out of you).
Yeah, take your dumbass to go visit him and let me know how it goes. Damn, you won't be able to let me know how it goes because I'll see it on the evening news with the headline: WOMAN CHOPPED UP AND EATEN AFTER MEETING MYSTERIOUS MAN ONLINE. And, your friends will be doing interviews on The Today Show, and Good Morning America, and they'll be crying saying how you were a good person, and you were just looking for love. – Straight From Your Gay Best Friend
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Saturday, 24 January 2015
Poems in Pink
This beautifully pink title and image was sent to me recently. It seems the "little title just popped out the other day in a strange bookshop in Suffolk." I have since been trying to track down Poems in Pink, to uncover what is beneath/behind the cover.
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- Lisa Z. Morgan alias The Pink Investigator a.k.a Pink
- Lisa Z. Morgan is an artist, designer and writer. The subject and object of desire has been a palpable constant within her artistic expression both as a motivation and in its embodiment or articulation. Through her creativity and research Morgan examines how the value of provenance, of rarity and storytelling, puts into question or provokes our understanding and relationship towards desire and the desire impulse. Her focus has been how we may access, stimulate and touch the internal points of registration or the emotional dynamics of bodily perception. In essence she attempts to define and make manifest the feeling of feeling. Her work inhabits a space where art, semiotics, design and fashion intersect. Morgan is the Co-Founder of STRUMPET & PINK and the Co-Founder of The Lavender Hinge. She is the author and creative editor of Design Behind Desire and also a contributor to SHOWstudio and The Laboratory Arts Collective.


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Mon, Oct 26 | Richmond Country Farms
10:30 am, Oct 26th - Pumpkin Patch
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The pros are pretty obvious, those being the Billions of new Linux Ubuntu users will be added to the Ubuntu community and the Kylin customisation will focus on security as well as stability.This could potentially be quite big for Ubuntu and Linux in general. Canonical and the Chinese government have announced a collaboration to build a version of Ubuntu specifically for the Chinese market, which will become the reference architecture for standard operating systems in the country.
The first version will be released next month, and will be named Ubuntu Kylin. This first, initial version will already contain a number of China-specific tweaks, such as Chinese input methods and the Chinese calendar, and search support for the most popular Chinese music services will be built straight into the Dash, Ubuntu's global search thing. Future releases will expand to include integration with Baidu maps, the Taobao shopping service, Chinese payment processors, and local public transport information. The collaboration will move past desktops in the future.
"The release of Ubuntu Kylin brings the Chinese open source community into the global Ubuntu community," according to Mark Shuttleworth, "With Ubuntu Kylin, China now has its own secure and stable desktop operating system, produced alongside Ubuntu's global community. Ubuntu combines proven technology with a mature ecosystem and strong OEM and ISV partners, and this initiative allows the Joint Lab to bring those strengths to China across the full range of platforms: desktop, server, cloud, tablet and phone." [1]
The cons are not as obvious, those being Western State sponsored maleware, virus's and worms are almost certainly going to be created to target Chinese servers just as the same bad actors did the same to create Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame Virus's to target Microsoft OS inside Iran which have since been globally spread to Win-X users. Sadly, Linux distro's allegedly hadn't been the target of State sponsored maleware before and the vast majority of Linux users do not run rootkit checkers nor any antivirus application to make certain their system is as clean and secure as possible. This will likely change over the next few years as China fully embraces the Ubuntu Kylin OS and Western State agencys responds programming various keyloggers, virus and worms that specifically target the Linux Ubuntu OS which are bound to get into the global wild just as Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame virus's that targeted Win-x OS did from Iran to the rest of the world. [2][3][4][5]
[1] Ubuntu Kylin to become the Standard Operating System for all of China http://www.osnews.com/story/26885/Ubunt ... _for_China
[2] Clam AntiVirus http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/download/ ... ges-linux/
[3] ClamTk Virus Scanner, A GUI front-end for ClamAV http://clamtk.sourceforge.net/
[4] Linux Detecting/Checking Rootkits with Chkrootkit and rkhunter http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-chec ... -software/
[5] Security Checker - Tiger https://taufanlubis.wordpress.com/2008/ ... ker-tiger/
[6] 20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/top-linux ... tools.html


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Roy Pralle is an 85-year-old retired farmer from Latimer, Iowa. He spends most afternoons playing cribbage with other retired farmers at Dudley's Corner, a diner attached to a gas station in north-central Iowa.
"Now they're farming 5, 10,000 acres, well - it's not fun anymore, it's a big business," said Pralle, who started farming when he graduated from high school in 1945. "If you've got that much money to farm you might as well retire, that's the way I look at it anyway."
Farming has changed a great deal in Pralle's lifetime. But if Congress doesn't pass a new farm bill, the government policies in place when Pralle was a teenager could once again be the law of the land.
Congress is on summer recess, just 13 work days remain before the November elections, and passage of the omnibus farm bill looks bleak.
If there is no farm bill, 90 percent of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's programs would be gone, said Chad Hart, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
"We go back to parity pricing on our crops and livestock, which would mean there will be a tremendous amount of government support flowing out because parity prices are based upon what they were back in the 1920s," he said. "Think of those prices being inflated up to today's values."
Could that really happen?
Amanda Taylor, senior policy advisor for the Iowa Corn Growers Association, said Congress won't allow it.
"Congress might be slow to work, not get done in September. I can't imagine USDA pulling out every program in place - reverting - knowing congress will come around eventually and work out a deal," said.
Taylor says Congress rarely acts on anything going into an election, but they'll be forced to agree on a short-term extension of the previous farm bill.
That's frustrating to a lot of Midwestern farmers and ranchers because passing a new farm bill was so close.
What got in the way was the part of the farm bill about nutrition. Specifically the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, Republicans in the full House couldn't agree on how much to cut.
The driest summer in decades has added to the urgency, because while many crop farmers have insurance programs as a bulwark against catastrophe, most of the aid programs designed to protect cattle and pork producers expired earlier this year ahead of the 2012 farm bill.
So the House suggested a drought relief band aide for agriculture producers in its place. But the Senate swatted it away - saying essentially "no, give us a five-year farm bill".
Now ranchers, like Ed Greiman out by Garner in northern Iowa, are feeling what life would be like without a farm bill.
"This year was going to be a banner year, it was really projected to be really good," Greiman said. "That's changed all of a sudden in the last 60 days."
Greiman said he wishes the farm bill would just focus on the farm.
"Unfortunately there are a lot of dollars tied to the farm bill that have nothing to do with agriculture food stamps and things like that," Greiman said. "I think that that's where the hang up is coming with the budget. Which is unfortunate, I'd just kinda like to get rid of all that stuff and have the farm bill be the farm bill."
After all, nearly 80 percent of the farm bill focuses on the nutrition side, but the corn association's Taylor said having those other programs wrapped into the bill actually helps.
"If we were working on simply a farm bill that affected only farmers, I find it very difficult to think that urban legislators from either side of the aisle would be one very excited about it, two work very hard on it, and three even vote for it," Taylor said.
Taylor expects Congress to approve a farm bill extension by the end of the session at the end of September. As for a new 2012 farm bill uncertainty continues, because after the November election the politics will change once again.


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No one can tell clearly how Barbie gains almost every girls hearts and keeps charming in the following years. Since her launch in 1959, 53 years have passed. Barbie has been at the top of shopping lists, especially during the holiday season. What we know is that every girl has a Barbie dream, a dream filled with numerous dresses and a handsome prince. Having a Barbie sometimes is looked as having all the things a princess may have.
Today,let's take a glimpse of our Barbie world. Here, you can find umbrellas, high heel shoes, bicycle, bridal wedding gown dress, dollhouse, even bedroom furniture in a cheap price. Maybe you will say you already is an adult and don't need it. But will it take your memory to your child? Of course yes. No girl can stand the lure of Barbie.


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11 March 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Mesoblast to raise $170 mn for MPC platform
Singapore: Mesoblast has entered into agreements to raise $173.98 million (A$170 million) through an issue of new fully paid shares at $6.45 (A$6.30), representing a 2.2 percent discount to the stock's last traded price of $6.44 on March 01, 2013. The shares will be placed to a select group of existing and new global institutional investors and are expected to be issued and funds received on or around March 13, 2013.
Following the issue of the ordinary shares, the company will have cash reserves of $339.77 million (A$332 million). The intended uses of these funds are for continued development of Mesoblast's proprietary Mesenchymal Precursor Cell (MPCs) technology platform.
These include a phase III clinical trial using MPCs for treatment of degenerative disease of the lumbar spine, a new phase II clinical trials to broaden the indications for intravenous delivery of MPCs in the treatment of systemic inflammatory conditions, and optimization of MPC manufacturing processes and increased product inventory.
Mesoblast CEO, Professor Silviu Itescu, said that, "We are delighted to have secured agreements to raise these funds from existing and new global institutional investors. In addition to the programs that we have already partnered with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, once the shares have been placed, we can utilise the funds received to drive our independent programs to commercial outcomes."


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Guillermo Bert (b. 1959)
Chol Chol Foundation (Chile, founded 1971)
Redemption (from Encoded Tapestries)
Date: 2012
84 x 48 in. (213.4 x 121.9 cm)
Medium: Wool, natural dyes
Credit Line: Museum of Arts and Design, New York; gift of Michael Weber and Frances Spivy-Weber, 2015
Place of Manufacture:Chile, Cautín Province, Araucanía Region, Temuco
Object number: 2015.7.1
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The New Path to a Food Career
A legion of cooking school grads just want to work in the front of the house, bringing a touch of glamour to waiting tables, Alina Dizik reports. Photo: Brian Harkin for The Wall Street Journal.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Wreckage of plane found in Central Calif.
Authorities in California's Central Valley have located the wreckage of a small plane that disappeared from radar en route from San Diego to Fresno.
Kern County Sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt tells the Porterville Recorder ( https://bit.ly/RCj3hV ) the wreckage was located around 8:30 a.m. Monday by a sheriff's helicopter on the Kern County-Tulare County line southeast of Porterville.
There was no immediate word on possible survivors.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the single-engine Beechcraft BE-35 was carrying two people when it disappeared from radar around 4 p.m. Sunday southeast of Porterville.


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