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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they may be getting closer to being able to predict droughts in Africa months ahead using climate trends and vegetation data.
Geographers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, say such predictions would mean food aid and other humanitarian efforts could be put into effect sooner and executed better.
After more than a decade of gathering and analyzing climate and vegetation data from East Africa, the researchers say there is enough evidence to associate climate conditions in the region with projected rainfall deficits that could lead to food shortages, a university release reported Tuesday.
"We've been looking at climate in East Africa and trying to relate that back to patterns in sea surface temperatures, rainfall, and winds over the Indian and Pacific oceans," researcher Chris Funk said.
During the last 14 years, the number of droughts has doubled in East Africa, the geographers said.
Satellite data that has recorded the patterns of vegetation greening and browning over the last decade combined with climate data has shown patterns that suggest the possibility of water shortages months ahead.
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain this week, Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR; TSX: SW) is presenting several new features of its platform for embedded machine-to-machine (M2M) application development, including a new third-party library, an integrated debugger, and a new user interface for remote device management.
Unique in the market, Sierra Wireless AirPrime embedded modules natively support a complete embedded application framework for rapid M2M application development. The Sierra Wireless Embedded Application Framework offers a range of readily available building blocks which accelerate the application development process, allowing device and system manufacturers to bring products to market faster and reduce development costs. The Embedded Application Framework consists of an M2M-specific operating system (Open AT), a range of software libraries, and an integrated development environment.
AirPrime wireless modules can also be remotely managed thanks to AirPrime Management Services, a comprehensive set of device management capabilities. In addition, to support creation of and integration to business applications, AirPrime modules can be connected to the AirVantage Services Platform through the AirVantage Ready Agent. These capabilities and the seamless integration of hardware, software and services significantly simplify and accelerate the end-to-end development of M2M applications.
Sierra Wireless is continuously expanding the development platform with new features, through in-house development and now through collaboration with third-party software developers. A recent enhancement is the WirelessIDEA library developed by Aplix Corporation, which enables developers using Sierra Wireless modules to write their M2M applications in the popular Java programming language. Benefits include faster development of high-level tasks, hardware platform portability, and re-use of existing code. The WirelessIDEA library works seamlessly with the Sierra Wireless Embedded Developer Studio, an Eclipse™-based integrated development environment for M2M applications.
Ryu Koriyama, CEO of Aplix Corporation, commented: "The Sierra Wireless Embedded Application Framework is a truly powerful software environment, and a reference in the M2M industry. We are very pleased to be able to provide our WirelessIDEA library to the community of M2M solution developers using Sierra Wireless products, enabling them to work in their programming language of choice and helping them reduce their time to market."
Sierra Wireless is also introducing a new user interface for its AirPrime Management Services. Based on the AirVantage Services Platform, this cloud-based device management solution enables manufacturers (or their service provider customers) to remotely monitor and upgrade AirPrime devices in the field through a web portal, saving considerable operating costs. The new user interface includes the possibility to create dashboards in order to monitor key parameters and communication traffic of a group of devices, to configure them, and to remotely send AT commands. It also performs remote upgrade campaigns through a secure patch mechanism.
Didier Dutronc, Senior Vice President and General Manager, M2M Embedded Solutions for Sierra Wireless, said: "The installed base of wireless-enabled machines powered by the Open AT operating system now counts several million devices. Since the launch of Open AT ten years ago, a great ecosystem of creative embedded software developers has evolved. We are delighted to welcome new members such as Aplix Corporation, in order to continue to facilitate and accelerate M2M application development."
About the Sierra Wireless Embedded Application Framework The Sierra Wireless Embedded Application Framework is a complete software package for embedded M2M application development. It includes the following elements:
Open AT OS:
Open AT OS is the world's only operating system designed specifically for M2M. It natively provides wireless services (voice call, data call, SMS) and TCP/IP connectivity, and gives access to hardware resources for which the developer would otherwise need an extra processor. Open AT OS makes it possible to use an AirPrime wireless module as a standalone processor for simple applications, or as a co-processor for more complex systems. The operating system enables developers to easily write their applications in standard ANSI C/C++, which is optimized for real-time control and low-level services control.
Developers using the Open AT OS in their M2M solutions can also take advantage of a series of libraries offered by Sierra Wireless and third-party software vendors, in order to easily add extra features and protocols or to use other development languages than C/C++.
Sierra Wireless Libraries:
Sierra Wireless offers a range of off-the-shelf libraries for easy access to some of the most popular add-on technologies. Available libraries include:• Lua Interpreter: Lua is a popular scripting language which simplifies application development by dealing with tasks such as memory, data flow, and control flow management. • Internet: Adds FTP, POP3, SMTP and HTTP protocols • Location: Facilitates integration of GPS and A-GPS features • Security: Adds SSL, cryptographic and jamming detection protocols • Ready Agent: Connects modules to the AirVantage Services Platform
Third-party libraries:
The WirelessIDEA library from Aplix Corporation allows developers using Sierra Wireless modules to write their applications in Java, enabling them to select the programming language that best suits their skill sets and tasks. They can program in C/C++ and Java at the same time, using C/C++ for performance-critical work and Java for higher level programming. The WirelessIDEA library can be deployed on Open AT-enabled devices already in the field.
Several other third-party libraries will be introduced shortly, including industry-specific protocols for Energy, Healthcare and Sales & Payment solutions.
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The Sierra Wireless Embedded Developer Studio is an integrated development environment for M2M applications, based on Eclipse™. It integrates the entire development process into a single tool, including coding, debugging, target download, and target monitoring. The next version, 2.0, will include a new embedded debugging feature which enables developers to speed up embedded software fine-tuning by managing application execution through suspend/resume, step-by-step, breakpoints and data watch capabilities.
About the AirVantage Services Platform The Sierra Wireless AirVantage Platform is a secure cloud platform that enables M2M solution providers, system integrators and network operators to rapidly develop, deploy, and operate M2M applications and services. The AirVantage Platform includes comprehensive applications to manage cellular subscriptions, communications devices and their attached assets (such as components in machines, telemetric devices in automobiles, and monitoring devices in a home or office); a powerful set of M2M application development tools; and an open web services application programming interface (API). The AirVantage Platform lets wireless network operators extend operational self-support, application development, and management capabilities to their M2M service providers.
For more information about the Sierra Wireless Embedded Application Framework, please visit our website at http://www.sierrawireless.com/AirPrime/Application_Framework. To contact the Sierra Wireless Sales Desk, call +1 (604) 232-1488 or email [email protected].
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About Sierra WirelessSierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR – TSX: SW) offers industry-leading mobile computing and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications products and solutions that connect people, devices, and applications over cellular networks. Wireless service providers, equipment manufacturers, enterprises and government organizations around the world depend on us for reliable wireless technology. We offer 2G, 3G and 4G wireless modems, routers and gateways as well as a comprehensive suite of software, tools, and services that ensure our customers can successfully bring wireless applications to market. For more information about Sierra Wireless, visit www.sierrawireless.com.
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Shell Oil must stop its drilling operation in the Arctic Ocean by midnight. The Department of Interior established Oct. 31 as the deadline for drilling to prevent any possible disaster from sea ice. Environmental groups call this year's drilling season was a failure.
Shell Oil would not comment for this story. The company is reportedly discussing extending its drilling permits with the Department of Interior. The Federal agency would also not comment, leaving it unclear how many permits Shell would like to extend.
The company has 275 permits in the Chuckhi Sea and 137 in the Beaufort. The earliest lease would expire in 2015.
Environmental groups are happy to comment. Mike LeVine is senior counsel at Oceana. He says Shell's well-documented mishaps this summer should read as a cautionary tale.
"Shell lost control of its drill ship in Dutch Harbor, backtracked on its commitments to recover spilled oil and to protect air, and ultimately damaged its own containment dome in an effort to test it," LeVine said.
Shell scaled back plans in August. The company originally planned on drilling exploratory wells, but settled for top holes – the pilot shafts for deeper boring.
The drilling rig Discoverer drilled one top hole in the Chukchi Sea and finished work Oct. 27. The drilling rig Kulluk finished one top hole in the Beaufort Sea and wound down operations two days ago.
Levine says this summer offers many lessons and indications for the future, for citizens, government regulators, and the companies.
"Hopefully Shell will learn what the company needs to do to be prepared, and hopefully other companies will look hard at the difficulties at drilling in the Arctic Ocean and responding to a spill," LeVine said.
And by many accounts, they already are. Last month, the head of oil giant Total warned other companies about the dangers in offshore drilling in the Arctic.


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My dear friend Jill Houtz (owner of Wichita Pottery Studio), made me this wonderful tangle art. She gave it to me on a very challenging day. Recently one of my students passed away unexpectedly from the flu. It was a Wednesday which is normally my pottery night. I stopped by the studio that night to just share I was ok but that it had been a hard day I was probably not going to stay. We talked and shared about the good memories of my students. Jill is an amazing listener. I have grown so much as a person since Wichita Pottery has came into my life. As I am sharing she says just a minute and she gives me this amazing poster she has made for me. Of course it touches my heart and I just start balling uncontrollably.
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There are many new forms of alternative energy but maybe none as interesting as the Cool Earth Solar "Balloon." The concept behind this design is that they create an "inflatable plastic thin-film balloon (solar concentrator) that, upon inflation, focuses sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell held at its focal point.
The design produces 400 times the electricity that a solar cell would create without the company's concentrator." Cool Earth has already began construction on a power plant in Livermore, CA that will utilize this new technology. The plant is modest in size, creating only 1.4 Megawatts but if this plant works as well as they expect it to, they plan on launching a full sized plant next summer. One great thing about this device is that it's made up of a very common and cheap material. "Plastic thin film is abundant and cheap," said Cool Earth Solar CEO Rob Lamkin. "It only costs two dollars for the plastic material necessary for our solar concentrator."
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Return of the Solar Power Tower
Last week Spectrum Online ran my profile of Andasol 1, a solar thermal power plant that's set to startup in Andalucia with the largest installation built expressly for storing renewable energy: a set of molten salt storage tanks that will hold enough heat energy to run its 50 MW steam turbine for 7.5 hours after dark. This week brought decisive evidence that another solar thermal design that makes even better use of energy storage — a so-called 'power tower' whereby sunlight is focused on a central tower — will also have its moment in the Andalucian sun.
The project, dubbed Gemasolar, will employ sun-tracking mirrors covering an area equal to 40 soccer fields to focus light at the top of a roughly 120-meter-high tower. There the sunlight will heat a solar receiver full of molten salt. In contrast, Andasol 1 (like most of the solar thermal plants under construction in the U.S., Spain, North Africa and the Gulf) uses thousands of square meters of trough-shaped mirrors to focus light on a synthetic oil; energy is stored via heat exchangers that transfer the synthetic oil's heat to a molten salt.
One advantage of the power tower is thus obvious: heating salt directly eliminates the need for heat exchangers, reducing installation and operating costs. Another lies in the fortuitous thermodynamics of heating molten salts, whose maximum safe temperature of 565 C is about 165 C higher than the synthetic oil's.
Sandia National Lab researchers verified these power tower advantages in the second half of the 90s, but also suffered through a series of operational difficulties. Five years ago the European Commission provided funding for the Gemasolar project (then known as the Solar Tres) to demonstrate that the difficulties could be overcome, but the project foundered on legal issues and changes in Spain's renewable energy law. But engineering continued and this March the project sprung back to life when its lead proponent, Spanish engineering firm Sener, clinched a solar thermal joint venture with Abu Dabi's alternative energy program.
U.S. Takes Global Lead in Wind Energy Production
Thanks to blow-hard winds, the United States has just become the world's largest generator of wind energy.
Germany previously held this distinction, though since the United States has about 26 times more land than Germany, the milestone isn't a huge surprise. Nonetheless, we weren't expected to reach this point until late 2009.
"Our wind energy capacity is growing faster than anyplace else," said Randall Swisher, the executive director of the American Wind Energy Association, the national trade organization for the wind energy industry. "So it's no longer really alternative energy. This is very mainstream."
During the first half of 2008, the United States, for the first time, generated more wind energy electricity than Germany, despite the fact that the smaller European country still has more turbines than we do.
Germany has enough turbines to collect about 22,000 to 23,000 megawatts of power, while the United States has a capacity of about 18,000 megawatts, Swisher said.
"The difference is that because the winds are so much stronger here in the U.S. we are actually providing more wind-generated electricity than Germany," Swisher told LiveScience. "Our turbines are so much more productive that theirs."
Though we are winning the race in terms of volume of wind energy produced, we are far behind when it comes to the proportion of our total energy we get from wind.
While wind currently supplies about 1.2 percent of the United States' power, it accounts for about 7 percent of Germany's total energy consumption. And the even-smaller country of Denmark gets roughly 20 percent of its energy form wind.
How refreshing to post something about alternative energy that is not solar!
I always thought solar would be the main deliverer of renewable energy. But Mr. T. Boone Pickens seems to think different.
It's all fine with me. As long as my energy bills are coming down.
Florida Gives Green Light to Largest Solar Power Plant in U.S.
The Florida Public Service Commission has "unanimously and enthusiastically" approved a plan to build America's largest commercial solar-power plant in the state. The committee also gave the green light to a further two facilities, due to go on-line in 2009.
Florida Power & Light have selected SunPower to construct the three solar-power plants in the center of the state. The largest, a 75-megawatt plant in Martin County on the East Coast, will be connected to a natural gas plant. Another 25-megawatt plant in DeSoto County will be the largest photovoltaic facility in the country, while a third, 10-megawatt photovoltaic facility is to be housed at the Kennedy Space Center.
Speaking about the project, Howard Wenger, SunPower's Senior Vice President, Global Business Units said, "These agreements confirm the growing trend in the U.S. to build solar power plants at a scale rivalling those in market-leading countries such as Germany and Spain."
Just when it looked like things were getting dark for solar, the tide has taken a turn for the better.
I'm not going to stand by idly while this revolution is taking place. I'm buying alternative energy stocks, damnit!
Another recent energy-related article of interested is the one about Al Gore's ambitious plan to go 100% carbon neutral in only 10 years.
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The Future of Alternative Energy is Cheap, Near and Mostly Solar
First off… sorry to all my loyal readers for not posting in so long. I had some personal issues that distracted me from the blog.
A fan recently emailed me because he was concerned that I'd given up on Our Technological Future.
Rest assured, this is not the case. I'm more technology obsessed than I ever was, and I'm picking it up right from where I left.
In the last 2 months that I haven't posted, I've saved up a looooooooot of techno links. Way too many to post all in one mixed bag post.
Therefore, I picked all the energy links from it and collected them in this post.
If you are ever having a hard time debating a peak oil doomer, just send'em on over to this post.
That'll teach'em.
200 mph at 200 mpg? That's the Velozzi hybrid sports car
High Performance Electric Car – COMING SOON!
Boeing working on Fuel Cell Airplane
Solar Building Automatically Shades Itself From The Sun
Eco-car does 3,039km to the Liter
Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Cells
Sweet New Battery Runs on Sugar
Michigan Teen Builds Nuclear Fusion Device
It's easy being green: Google goes solar
Clean power is coming soon, scientists believe
Solar Power Breakthrough: Solar Dyes Could Be Put In Windows, Clothing
Solar power breakthrough at Massey
New Solar Panel Design Traps More Light
Solar-Powered Device Converts CO2 to Fuel
Affordable solar power brings light to India
Shrinking cost for solar power
X Prize: the quest for a 100 mpg car
Blueberries Used To Generate Solar Power
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Are You Ready For The Future?
Now imagine what life might be like in future. Go ahead. Close your eyes.
You'll be healthier than ever and you'll potentially live much longer, thanks to individualized medicine made possible by genetic testing and a growing understanding of human biology.
Diabetics will undergo stem cell therapy to replace the islet cells in their pancreas. Or perhaps they'll just get a whole new pancreas, grown from their own stem cells.
People will recover from traumatic accidents, through either biological or technical means. Artificial limbs will provide tactile sensory feedback directly to the nervous system, and will be made, partially or completely, from organic materials.
Nanotechnology will provide tiny machines that will revolutionize industry and manufacturing, and will also be deep inside our bodies, repairing damage we may never realize exist.
We'll be living in a world filled with machines, which will be far smarter than ever before. Perhaps they'll be smarter than we are. Robots and smart machines will be everywhere, doing all manner of work, from basic manual labor to designing the next generation of technology. Some of those machines will be moving around, looking very much like the beings that created them. Some of them will be living in your home, perhaps helping to take care of your children, or your elderly parents.
Alternative energy sources will help power an energy hungry world. Genetic designers may be creating artificial life forms that could solve energy needs and cleaning up environmental pollution.
In all fairness and balance, the source article also goes into some possible concerns for the future.


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The University of Oregon requires proof of measles (rubeola) and mumps immunity of all entering international students. Without this information, you will NOT be able to register for your first term of classes. Please see all of the Enrollment Requirements that must be completed before you can register for classes here.
Information on the International Student Immunization Requirements can be found here.
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Illinois Athletics "I am the I Fund" Video
In an effort to refresh and strengthen the brand of the Illinois Athletic Development office, we updated their mark and developed new messaging that centers on the concept that student-athletes and donors alike make up the I-Fund. Student-athletes can state, "I am the I-Fund," as they are the embodiment of the funding and support provided by the donors. Whereas, the donors can also make the same declaration based on the fact that their donations allow the I-Fund to exist. This video was produced utilizing a mix of iconic Illini imagery and current and former student-athletes in competitive settings to communicate how "I am the I-Fund," works on both the donor level and in relation to the student-athletes.
"I am the I Fund" Rebranding from McKenzie Wagner on Vimeo.


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Virginia Code Section 8.01-44.5 provides for punitive damages in DUI accident lawsuits when a driver of a vehicle is intoxicated and (1) the driver's blood alcohol content ("BAC") is at or above .15 at the time the driver was operating the vehicle or (2) the driver of the vehicle refuses to take the breathalyzer. This code section is regularly used by personal injury attorneys to establish punitive damages at trial. The Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled in Coalson v. Canchola, 2014 Va. LEXIS 30 (2014) (full opinion) that a 1:17 ratio between compensatory and punitive damages was not excessive under Virginia law and did not offend the driver's due process rights.
In Coalson, supra, the plaintiff's vehicle was struck in the passenger's side door by a drunk driver who was talking on his cell phone. The drunk driver's BAC was almost twice the legal limit at the time of the accident. The plaintiff suffered minor injuries. At the trial of the injury case, a Fairfax jury awarded the plaintiff $5,600.00 in compensatory damages and $100,000.00 in punitive damages. On a motion for remittitur after the verdict, the Fairfax Circuit Court reduced the award of punitive damages to $50,000.00, concluding that the jury award was arbitrary. Additionally, the Circuit Court noted that the other plaintiff in the action (the passenger) was awarded $14,000.00 in compensatory damages and $100,000.00 in punitive damages, and found the significant disparity in compensatory damages necessitated a reduction for the plaintiff. Plaintiff appealed the reduction.
The Coalson Court reinstated the jury's $100,000.00 punitive damage award, holding that the determination of punitive damages "must be based on the facts and circumstances of each case," and the circumstances of this case warranted the award. Coalson, supra, 2014 Va. LEXIS at *10. The facts at trial were that the driver (1) was driving while intoxicated without a license, (2) his license was revoked due to previous DUIs, (3) drove under the influence multiple instances the day of the accident, (4) ignored a police officer's warning not to drive, (5) deceived the officer into thinking that he would not drive and drank even more before driving, (6) fled from the accident scene, and (7) asked his girlfriend to lie under oath about his involvement. Id. The Court stated that the plaintiff's "punitive damages are reasonably related to her actual damages and to the degree of necessary punishment, which in this case is great." Id. at *12. While the 1:17 ratio between compensatory and punitive damages is high, it was not "unreasonably or strikingly out of proportion." Id. Additionally, the Court held that the punitive damage award survived a due process violation claim, even though the ratio "should generally be within single digits to satisfy [the] requirement." Id. at 15.
IMPACT: This case is a big win for plaintiffs and plaintiffs' attorneys in Virginia, especially for DUI accident lawsuits. This holding can be used in a bevy of different ways. First, it can be used as a shield for post-trial motions brought by the defense. Second, and maybe more importantly, it can be used as a sword for negotiations with adjusters and defense counsel to justify a high demand. While it may be unlikely that a settlement will reflect a 1:17 compensatory to punitive damage ratio, this case can be used as leverage for larger settlements in the future.


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Amanda de Cadenet Parlays a Year of Intimate Dialogue Into Lifetime's 'Conversation'
Amanda de Cadenet, the British actress-turned-photographer-turned-television host, does not like to set the course of an interview. She lets her subjects do that.
And on Lifetime's The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet, premiering at 11 p.m. ET Thursday, those women steering the dialogue include Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Gaga, Diane von Furstenberg and Kelly Preston.
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"It's topic-based," she tells The Hollywood Reporter, emphasizing it's not a topic of her choosing. "I ask, 'What do you want to talk about?' "
And it's casual on more levels than that. The show is a passion project for de Cadenet. Most interviews were filmed in her own home, and of the 30 that will air on Lifetime, the original 10 -- including Eva Mendes, Kate Bosworth, Christina Applegate and Minnie Driver -- were done on her own funding, without any promise of a TV deal.
The series is a culmination of a year's worth of interviews between de Cadenet and A-list actresses and women of interest. They discuss sex, aging, addiction and politics -- and even she admits that the juxtaposition of guests does not always seem the most organic.
"In one episode you might have Miley Cyrus, who is 19, and then Jane Fonda, who is 74," she says. "It's on purpose, because a 19-year-old can have something really valuable to say, as can someone in her 70s."
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It's a far cry from the crop of contemporary late-night talkers -- Andy Cohen, Chelsea Handler, Conan O'Brien, Russell Brand -- and sets a tone more akin to a juicier version of Oprah Winfrey's Next Chapter.
"I couldn't see media of any kind that was showing women speaking truthfully," she says. "Either people were selling something -- a product -- or they were selling a fantasy about life as a woman. After life with kids, I was struggling with how to juggle a relationship and a career and a family."
De Cadenet originally thought of putting the interviews online, as it seemed the most feasible outlet while working from home and raising her twin 5-year-olds with her husband, The Strokes' guitarist Nick Valensi. But friend Demi Moore, who recently directed part of Lifetime's breast cancer anthology Five, had been approached by the network for a project. Next thing she knew, de Cadenet's proposed online videos were headed to a weekly series, with Moore serving as EP.
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"She was on set for a large part of the interviews," de Cadenet tells THR. "She's got a great eye. She's got a really wonderful, full life of experience to draw from. She's a great sounding board. There were people she reached out, and people I reached out to. We did a kind of collective outreach."
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Maruti Udyog Limited is a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation, the largest manufacturer of mini passenger vehicles in Japan in terms of sales volumes. Suzuki was also the eleventh largest vehicle manufacturer in the world and the fourth largest manufacturer in Japan in terms of worldwide sales volumes in 2000. Maruti was ranked twentieth in terms of worldwide sales volumes amongst vehicle manufacturers, and has been the largest passenger car manufacturer in India. In fiscal 2002, it had the highest sales volumes of 339,964 cars and a market share of 58.6%. Maruti has a diverse product range that includes ten basic models with over 50 variants, of which nine models are manufactured locally and one is imported from Suzuki. A timeline showing the evolution of Maruti over the years is given in the appendix.
Maruti?s manufacturing facility comprises three integrated plants (all located in the same premises) located at Gurgaon in the state of Haryana.
The production facility capability at each plant is upgraded on an ongoing basis to improve productivity and quality. At present, it has an installed capacity of 350,000 vehicles per year, which is the highest among passenger car manufacturers in India and among all passenger car manufacturing facilities of Suzuki?s subsidiaries outside Japan. There are total 17 manufacturing shops and are capable of producing more than 50 variants of the nine basic models manufactured, with different specifications, within the same day. The production of a car occurs in the following stages: Press Shop, Weld Shop, Paint Shop, Assembly Shop, Machine Shop and Engine shops.
Maruti has extensive sales and service network, the largest network of dealers and service centers amongst car manufacturers in India. As of March, 2003, they had 178 authorized dealers with 243 sales outlets in 161 cities. For service, they had...


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Tasha Harrisonabout this book: Pearls is the story of three very different women: a reformed alcoholic train wreck-turned-Buddhist, a career-driven, very controlling magazine designer, and a down-on-her-luck cleaner. Fate is about to bring them together one stormy night and set them on very different paths.
The book is partly inspired by true events, and partly by pure imagination. I think this novel would mainly appeal to women, although I've had some positive reviews from men too.
Pearls is my third novel. I've had two literary agents, both of whom were sadly unable to sell my two previous books, Package Deal and Hot Property, so I decided to self-publish on Amazon. Package Deal and Hot Property are now starting to sell well in the UK, and I'm hoping that Pearls will follow suit!
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SpaceX has slipped the maiden flight of its Falcon Heavy booster to January. The rocket, whose first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 cores with 27 engines, will lift off from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The flight will be preceded by a hold-down test on the launch pad in which all 27 first stage engines will be fired.
SpaceX had originally planned to launch the Falcon Heavy in early 2013, but the company ran into problems integrating the three first-stage cores.
Meanwhile, the Falcon 9 launch of a Dragon resupply ship to the International Space Station has slipped from Dec. 4 to Dec. 8. The instantaneous launch window is set for 1:20 p.m. EST (1820 GMT). The backup date is Dec. 9.
The CRS-13 will be SpaceX's 17th launch of the year, breaking a previous record of 16 set by United Launch Alliance (ULA). It will also be the 28th launch this year by American launch providers, which leads the rest of the world by a wide margin. Russia has launched 16 times with one failure while China has 14 launches with one failure and one partial failure.
The resupply mission will mark the return to service of Pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The pad was heavily damaged when a Falcon 9 exploded while being fueled for a pre-launch engine test on Sept. 1, 2016. SpaceX will now have two active launch pads in Forida and a third at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
SpaceX has two other launches planned for December. A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch Iridium NEXT satellites 31 to 40 on Dec. 22 from Vandenberg. The launch time is set for 8:26 p.m. EST (5:26 p.m. PST/0126 GMT on Dec. 23).
SpaceX also plans to launch the mysterious Zuma spacecraft sometime in December. The flight had been planned for mid-November, but the company said it is working an issue with the payload shroud. Little is known about the Northrop Grumman-built satellite, which is presumed to have been built for an unnamed government agency.
There is one other American launch scheduled for this year. An ULA Delta IV is schedule to loft the NROL-47 for the National Reconnaissance Office on Dec. 13 from Vandenberg. The launch window has not been announced for this flight.
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Emotional Russia beats Netherlands to first-ever compound mixed team title at European Games
Russia's mixed team of Natalia Avdeeva and Anton Bulaev beat Dutch double Mike Schloesser and Sanne de Laat to the compound gold medal at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. The match was tied at 152 points and decided in a shoot-off, 18-17.
"For me, it's something new, like the Olympics, and I think it's a perfect competition," said an emotional Avdeeva, who recently won the world championships.
"When I shot the world champs, I was so nervous. Now, I'm going to the field and thinking: you must be first; your team must be first. Why not? You need this medal, for Russia. Now, I think we've done a good job."
Russia was much stronger in the wind than any of their opponents, on a day of tricky, gusty conditions. Many teams sent arrows wide.
The Russian duo was the highest scoring squad on the mixed team field all day, dispatching Germany, 154-143, and Turkey, 152-145, to make the final.
Both the finalists used a boomerang formation, with the male archer going first – and last. After the first end, the Netherlands was three points down after an eight and a nine from Sanne.
With the wind swirling, they pulled back a point by the halfway point. A final nine from Schloesser in the third seemed to have handed the match to Russia. But the Dutch pair shot clean in the fourth end, while the Russian archers dropped two – and the match went to the tiebreak.
The first three arrows were nines. The door was open for Schloesser to finish the job. But he shot an eight – and the title went to Russia.
"It was windy, and sometimes you don't know where your dot must be. The last ends I was shooting just towards the centre and thinking: we must do it. We must have a 10," said Avdeeva.
It was not the first time Mike has had trouble with his last arrow of a final. This time it seemed the wind was to blame.
"I got a gust of wind on my arm. Of course, you come here to win, especially if you fight back that good," said Schloesser.
"And yeah, I should have made that last arrow. I'm a little bit frustrated but I'm happy with the silver."
Turkey beat Croatia for the compound mixed team bronze medal in a contest that started tight, until an eight from Amanda Mlinaric in the third end set Croatia back. They recovered a single point in the last, but the third spot went to Turkey.
"It was a good experience in the bronze medal match, we had a lot more confidence, we worked with each other, and we knew we could win," said Yesim Bostan.
"I always focus on what I win, not on what I lost. At the end, I can say I earned something."
The archery competitions at the 2019 European Games take place on 21-27 June in Minsk, Belarus.


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Please find below PE's Extra Curricular Timetable 2017
The cross-country season kicked off with a new and gruelling course at Moseley Park School. Nearly 60 S.Peter's student rose to the challenge and put in excellent performances across all races.
Fifteen S. Peter's students were selected to represent Wolverhampton at the West Midlands Cross-Country trials in Sutton Coldfield on 15th October, an incredible achievement. A special congratulations to these students – Phoebe Clear (Y7), Benaihah Osarogiaghon (Y7), Bethan Dyall (Y8), Abigail Preston (Y9), Reuben Kothiria (Y9), Dayo Ilori (Y8), Sunny Dhaliwal (Y9), Zoe Brickley (Y11), Lucy Evans (Y11), Victoria Gough (Y10), Olivia Davies (Y10), Jorgie Pendrous (Y10), Matthew Hogg (Y11), Harry Dyall (Y11) and Peter Taylor (Y11).
S. Peter's students finished 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th and 7th in the Y10/11 girls' race and 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 10th in the Y10/11 boys, with Zoe Brickley and Lucy Evans taking Gold and Silver medals and Matthew Hogg and Harry Dyall taking Silver and Bronze. Both girls and boys teams won the Y10/11 team event.
In the year 8/9 race, the S.Peter's girls' again placed first and second, with Bethan Dyall crossing the line just before Abigail Preston. Beth and Abi were backed up by strong performances across the rest of the team, most notably by Gracie Hallett and Caitlin Price. Unfortunately it wasn't quite enough to claim first place in the team event, finishing one point behind WGHS. Despite finishing in 2nd, 4th, 5th and 9th position, the Y8/9 boys' team were also narrowly beaten to first place in the team event.
All the year 7's did themselves and the school proud in their first cross-country event. The girls' team finishing third and the boys' joint first.
Well done to everyone who took part. Once again students showed great levels of comradery and support and a fantastic team spirit. Good luck to those who qualified for the West Midlands trials.
Cross-country training is open to any one of any ability and takes place on a Monday lunch time. Come down to the PE department and have a go.
S. Peter's pupils put in some dominating performances at the first Cross-Country meeting of the year at Aldersley Stadium. An amazing 70 pupils, from across all year groups, represented the school and following many outstanding performances twenty S.Peter's pupils were selected to represent Wolverhampton at the West Midlands Schools Cross-Country on Saturday 17th October.
A special mention must go to pupils who won medals at the city race: Dayo Ilori (Year 7 Gold), Leo Tonks (Year 7 – Bronze), Matt Hogg (Year 10/11 – Gold), Harry Dyall (Year 10/11 – Silver), Peter Taylor (Year 10/11 – Bronze), Bethan Dyall (Year 7 – Silver), Amelia Samuels (Year 10/11 – Gold), Zoe Brickley (Year 10/11 – Silver) and Lucy Evans (Year 10/11 – Bronze).
The year 10/11 were particularly impressive, not only picking up Gold, Silver and Bronze, but 9 out of the first 10 finishers were S. Peter's pupils. The conduct, sportsmanship, team spirit and support throughout the team was excellent. All runners were a real credit to the school.
Further congratulations to Matt Hogg who won the Inter Boys race at the West Midlands event. Harry Dyall finished 5th in the same race. Amelia Samuels was narrowly out sprinted to second place in the girls race, finishing third and was closely followed by Lucy Evans in 8th and Zoe Brickley in 13th. All of these runners have now qualified to represent the West Midlands in the Inter-counties race later in the year. Leo Tonks and Bethan Dyall (Year 7) both had fantastic runs in the Junior races and also qualified to represent the county.
We incredibly proud of our whole cross-country team and still looking to recruit new runners. A reminder that cross-country club is on every Wednesday lunch time.
Our annual Sports Day at Aldersley Stadium proved to be another successful day. The weather was glorious as year 10 competed in the annual inter-country event. There was a positive atmosphere throughout the day as all students competed in various Athletics events. The students entered into the spirit of the day by giving lots of encouragement to all competitors. With students wearing the colours of their country, students were able to give vocal and moral support to others across the year groups. The event comes to a conclusion with 16 runners from each form competing in four separate 4 x 100 metre relays, thus highlighting the inclusive approach to the day.
The overall points totals were as follows:
1st China – 1013
2nd Germany – 951
3rd South Africa – 876
4th Brazil – 874
5th New Zealand – 873
6th Italy – 856
7th Australia – 696
During this week an individual form trophy was presented to the winners of each individual year event
Year 7 winners – South Africa
Year 8 winners – Brazil
Year 9 winners – China
Year 10 winners – New Zealand
Congratulations to the Year 7 boys' football team on a fantastic first season, in which they completed the Wolverhampton City League and Cup double. They won the League title by winning all eight of their matches, scoring 45 goals and conceding only 7. In the Wolverhampton City Cup Final the team played against Highfields, winning 3-0, with the goals scored by Joe Dunstan, Leon Rushworth and Kasharn Samuels. The team members were: Daniel Stacey, Ethan Dalton, Joe Phillips, Nile Nesbeth, Oscar Trump, Joe Dunstan, Andrew Rhodes, Daniel Johnson, Leon Rushworth, Nash Pennicook, Luke Sellick-Fellows, Sundeep Dhaliwal, Nyasha Sibanda, and Kasharn Samuels.
Knowing the wealth of talent among the year 11 girls the decision was taken to enter the Wolverhampton U16 Girls' basketball tournament, despite the girls playing very little basketball in school to date. Simone McKen, Miracle Ahme, Megan Lincoln, Maiya Grant, Suzanna Jones, Brittany Jarman-Watson and Millie Cartwright formed our first girls' basketball team. Thankfully the girls could draw upon the expertise of fellow year 11's Taron Nijjar and Sisqo Lambert, who volunteered themselves to coach the girls' team in the two weeks leading up to the tournament. Taron and Sisqo gave up time in their own PE lessons and most lunch times to train the team and demonstrated a commitment and coaching ability beyond their years, showing organisation, excellent communication skills, knowledge and understanding and patience. The determination of the the coaches and the players cannot be faulted, with all showing endless enthusiasm and motivation to improve.
Following all the hard work, there were a lot of nerves on the day of the tournament, especially from the coaches. S. Peter's got off to a strong start with an 18-4 win over King's School, followed by a 10-0 victory over Wolverhampton Girls' High B. All players played a key role, working solidly together to form a near impenetrable defence and all looked threatening in attack, making sure their chances counted.
Following a win over hosts Moseley Park, S. Peter's had to go straight into a match against The Royal, who were also unbeaten. This was a challenging and tough game with players on both sides showing a high degree of skill and athleticism. The game finished 0-0 and both teams qualified for the semi finals.
The semi finals brought a new challenge in that they were 5v5 games, a format in which our girls had not previously played. But thanks to some words of advice from Taron and Sisqo this did not show and the girls' carried the ball up the court fantastically and closed down to defend quickly. Play maker Miracle moved the ball up the court brilliantly and there was a strong team defence from Megan, Simone, Maiya and Suzanna. Super subs Millie and Brittany offered a new lease of energy and never let the standards slip. S. Peter's beat Our Lady and St Chad's 6-2 in the semi-final, setting up a re-match against The Royal in the final. And what a final it was. Tensions were high and it was a very physical, tough and again very close game with little to separate the teams. In the closing second Simone McKen was awarded two free throws and netted the second to take the title.
The scene was jubilant to say the least, with a mix of smiles, screams and tears all round, Taron and Sisqo included. They were quite rightly immensely proud of how far they had come in such a short space of time. Captain Simone McKen collected the trophy on behalf of the players and coaches and was also a deserved winner of the outstanding player of the tournament award.
We are hugely proud of their achievement but even more so their conduct, sportsmanship, team work and dedication. Not one player or coach would take any credit for the victory, each showing great appreciation for one another. A true team effort. Team work makes the dream work!
Hopefully these girls will inspire more girls basketball success in the future, especially if we can hang onto our coaching team!
It is not uncommon for S. Peter's pupils' to reach the English Schools' Cross-country finals, with Molly Perkins and Liam Payne being past qualifiers, but this year is a record-breaker. Four year 9 pupils have qualified for the national finals in Blackburn on 14th March 2015 following impressive performances at the West Midlands Championships in January. Amelia Samuels stormed to victory in the Junior girls' race, qualifying as the fastest West Midlands female for the second consecutive year. Zoe Brickley finished in 6th place, claiming the final qualifying spot. This is the second national schools' final that Zoe has qualified for, having previously claimed a place at the upcoming Biathlon final at the Olympic Park. Harry Dyall (4th) and Matthew Hogg (5th) have qualified for the Junior boys' race for the second year in a row and will be hoping to go perform even better this time round. All four athletes train and compete at Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletics Club. We are exceptionally proud of these athletes and those that made it as far as the West Midlands Championships.
We have great strength and depth in cross-country running at S. Peter's and we are always looking for keen and enthusiastic runners to train and compete. Cross-country club runs every Wednesday lunch time with Mr Marston.
The year 8 athletics team (pictured) have followed up the earlier successes of the year 9 and 10 teams with strong performances at the city Sportshall athletics competition. The girls team finished fourth, very narrowly behind second and third, and the boys finished third, demonstrating particularly strong performances in the field events.
The year 10 team got the season off to a great start, with the boys coming fourth and the girls second. The year 9 team have qualified to represent Wolverhampton in the Black Country School Games in March after the girls and boys teams finished first and second respectively.
Well done to all pupils who have been involved with Sportshall athletics this year and good luck to the year 9's in the Black Country Games. Thank you also to the year 11's (Simone McKen, Miracle Ahme, Maiya Grant, Myah Wright, Jead Clarke and Sisqo Lambert) who have volunteered to be young leaders at the events following the completion of their Sports Leadership Award. They all represented the school superbly in the way the conducted themselves lead the events.
Year 8 – Nate Ross-Plummer, Will Evans, Melvin Riley, Greg Bennett, David Chinyio, Louis Brennan, Ethan Marenda-Dheensa. Tom Watson, Phoenix Russell-Sheppard, Jorgie Pendrous, Olivia Davies, Caitlin Hughes, Tiana Stanley, Marika Graham, Sanjana Balu and Cinny Tsado.
Year 9 – Jack Duffy, Kyle Chang, Amar Brown-Hartley, Harry Dyall, Matt Hogg, Jayden Plummer, Joe Watson, Callum Astley-Weah, Amelia Samuels, Ellie Larkin, Zoe Brickley, Zoe Critchlow. Lois Ross-Plummer and Kelsey Edwards.
Year 10 – Emilia Ferrara, Laura Evans, Tianna DeFreitas, Melissa McLaren, Megan Sheldon, Coral Thacker, Katie Mitchell, Jacob Watson, Luke Brough, Matt Nicholds, Dominic Vincent, Kai Kehler, Nick Wright, Rohan Gaddu, Chad Brandrick
Congratulations to Year 11 student, Ben Hardwick, on his invitation to become an Olympic Development Apprentice.
Ben started cycling when he was 9 years old, with Wolverhampton Wheelers Cycling Club. Over the years, as well as being Club Champion at each age category, he has competed at regional and then at national level, winning several podium positions, both on road and track. In 2013, he placed first in a National Omnium Series scratch race. During 2013, he was also nominated by his club coach to attend the Regional School of Racing Programme, run by British Cycling at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, which involves training and development for the best young cyclists in the country. Ben will continue to attend these sessions on a 6-weekly basis until he is 16.
Ben's achievements continued into 2014 when he was selected by his regional coaches as one of 4 under 16 boys to represent the West Midlands Region (incorporating Shropshire, Staffordshire, Hereford and Worcestershire and West Midlands Counties), in the 2014 UK School Games. Held in September, this is a prestigious annual event which invites talented under-16 children from all over the country to compete in several sports including swimming, track and field, gymnastics, judo, volleyball, badminton, and cycling. Many of the competitors in this event go on to become top professional athletes within their own field, and Ben was one of only 3 other children from Wolverhampton Schools to be selected for this event – a great achievement. Ben's team competed well and finished 4th in the overall UK rankings.
Following the School Games, Ben has more recently been identified as a 'potential world class athlete', in his invitation to become an Olympic Development Apprentice. Again run by British Cycling, this is an intense programme of hard physical training, skills development, and mental preparation, hoping to identify potential athletes for the British Cycling team. Typically, Ben attends fortnightly training days in Manchester or Derby, leaving the house at 5.30am, training for 8-10 hours, and getting home at 8pm. He now also trains 6 days per week on top of his school commitments and competitive race schedule.
In addition to his cycling achievements, Ben recently became the Wolverhampton City Cross Country Champion, competing for S Peters at U16 level. Ben does not train for running (his last run previous to this event was at sports day!), so his result can only be put down to his fitness levels from his hours in the saddle! Ben also coaches swimming under 10s for a local swimming club one evening a week, to help raise funds for all his cycling equipment.
We wish Ben every success with his promising career in cycling!


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Candidates for the European Parliament election outlined their positions on key international development issues at a roundtable event in Dublin today.
The event, organised by Dóchas - a network of 59 international development NGOs in Ireland, provided an opportunity for the candidates to set out how they would shape development and humanitarian policy and contribute to Ireland being a positive global force on the EU stage.
The next European Parliament will have an important oversight role in the implementation of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the policy direction of development and humanitarian funding within this.
Hot on the agenda were some of the main challenges that lie ahead for international development, including climate change, growing inequality, issues of peace and neutrality, the rise of populism, and migration.
Candidates in attendance included: Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil; Councillor Ciaran Cuffe, Green Party; Councillor Gary Gannon, Social Democrats; Senator Alice Mary Higgins, Independent; Mark Mullan, Independent; Councillor Éilis Ryan, Workers' Party.
Suzanne Keatinge, CEO, Dóchas, said: "It is very encouraging to see so many candidates who are keen to engage in conversations around the EU's role in international development and humanitarian action. We need to keep challenging ourselves to reach the furthest behind across the globe and, for that to happen, the EU has to provide stronger leadership based on the founding values of equality, human rights and partnership.
"Ireland has an important leadership role to play now in Europe, particularly on aid. We believe it is essential that we ensure Ireland's Official Development Assistance (ODA) contribution is being used for its intended purposes to alleviate poverty and reduce vulnerability and that it does not undermine the high quality of Ireland's own aid programme. We need those strong MEP voices to champion our cause."
Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil, said: "My values are centrist. They're about pragmatism… One third of the next European Parliament will be Eurosceptic. There will be a lot of voices we're not used to hearing from. We need strong, passionate people who believe in those European values."
On migration and conflict, Andrews said: "The EU has been an absolute disaster on this front. People think if you apply lots of development aid, it will stem migration. This is short-sighted and inaccurate. We must not try to apply sticking plasters, but address causes instead."
Councillor Ciaran Cuffe, Green Party, said: "We're facing huge challenges, in governance, in trade regimes, in geography. Looking at global challenges, and the rise of ultranationalism, it's really important to talk about what brings us together. The big issues of climate change and globalisation need collective action."
On climate, Cuffe said: "Climate and migration need to be bundled together. Climate change will be a significant factor that fuels the numbers of refugees and economic migrants. It must become a focus. We have to divert funding away from armaments to helping countries to mitigate the effects of climate change."
Councillor Gary Gannon, Social Democrats, said: "The greatest challenge that faces us is rising inequality, but I think we have to call it for what it is and use the word 'poverty'… Inequality is the greatest threat to the EU, a structure built on shared ideas and peace."
He continued: "We cannot allow people to live in poverty, or die in the Mediterranean Sea. We must open doors and see ourselves as part of a global village, as global citizens."
Senator Alice Mary Higgins, Independent, said: "What's happened in the past with development issues, is they have become a side piece that we added on. We need to become serious about them and place them at the centre. The SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] are an amazing global blueprint for that. They're a really good example of joined up thinking, but how we achieve them is vital."
On policy coherence, Higgins said: "We must ensure that trade and tax policies don't undermine the capacity of governments to deliver on sustainable development or to respond to citizens when they demand this."
Mark Mullan, Independent, said: "I believe in the core Irish values of generosity, compassion, neutrality and respect for human rights. We must defend and promote these in Europe."
On Irish neutrality, Mullan said: "Irish neutrality was hard fought for and we need to defend it. The Irish military should not join the EU army. This would blur the space for Irish humanitarian and development actors. It should continue to serve under UN peacekeeping missions."
Councillor Éilis Ryan, Workers' Party, said: "I'll champion the development budget and champion aid, but a more important role of the EU is in thinking about the conditions that could create a planet beyond aid, and to ask what are the conditions required for economies in the Global South to no longer need aid."
On public attitudes, Ryan said: "How we can tackle the causes of racism and a lack of solidarity? As long as the housing crisis exists in this country, no amount of rhetoric or education will tackle racism… We need people who won't just speak out against racism but who will tackle the inequality that is growing racism as well."
For further information, please contact Lía Flattery, Dóchas Communications & Events Officer, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (0)1 4053801.
Notes for the editor:
Dóchas is the Irish Association of Non-Governmental Development Organisations. It provides a forum for consultation and cooperation between its 59 members, and a platform for them to speak with a single voice on development issues. For more information, visit: http://dochas.ie/.


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Maritime cooperation is one of the important aspects of the India-ASEAN strategic partnership. The ongoing territorial disputes among some of the ASEAN nations and China in the South China Sea is challenging the regions peace and tranquillity. India holds a primary interest in the Freedom of Navigation (FON) through the South China Sea. It also has an economic interest in exploring hydrocarbon resources in the area with ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) the global arm of the Indian petroleum company, Oil and Natural Gas Ltd. (ONGC) operating in two oil blocks in Vietnam. China's increasingly assertive navy make it necessary for New Delhi to maintain its stakes and safeguard its interests in the region. This in turn will require continued naval engagement with the littorals. India can be a key player in maintaining peace and security in the region and for that New Delhi must further strengthen its maritime cooperation with the Association for the South East Asian Nations, despite China's disapproval. As India looks to strengthening its ties with members of the Association for Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN), this article looks at India's naval cooperation with ASEAN countries and evaluates India's role as the balancing actor that the ASEAN nations seek.
China's growing assertiveness
The SCS is an important trade route and a major Sea Lane of Communication (SLOC)with six nations (China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia) competing over territorial rights in the region. China, the most assertive in its claims, considers the entire SCS in a U shaped line as its territory.
Beijing's claims go well into the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the other disputing nations. China's vigorous pursuance of its territorial claims concern the international community as this affects a major SLOC. China even protests India's oil exploration with Vietnam in Block 128 despite the block falling within Vietnam's EEZ. Beijing nevertheless went ahead and put the block up for bidding to international companies ignoring the fact that it is already being operated by India. The China Philippines row in 2012 over the Scarborough Shoal incident is another instance where China displayed its assertive behaviour.
While Beijing strongly opposes internationalisation of the issue and suggests that the disputes be resolved bilaterally, countries like Vietnam and the Philippines do not want to be seated alone against Beijing at the negotiating table. Hence, the countries seek extra regional powers to balance the situation.
India-ASEAN naval cooperation
India's naval cooperation with the Southeast Asian nations is an important dimension of the "Look East Policy", launched in the early 1990's. India ASEAN relations have improved incrementally in recent years with India becoming the ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner in 1992, and a full Dialogue Partner as well as a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in 1996. In December 2012, India and ASEAN celebrated 20 years of dialogue partnership and 10 years of Summit level partnership. Today India ASEAN relations stand at an elevated echelon of a strategic partnership.
The Indian Navy has been carrying out joint exercises and military drills with the navies of the Southeast Asian nations for a long period of time. India has enhanced its naval cooperation with the ASEAN nations and seek to further strengthen its defence cooperation with the countries. However, China is wary of New Delhi's growing closeness to its ASEAN neighbours and perceives this as a strategy to counter balance a rising China. Such concerns are fuelled due to countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines, who are seeking extra regional powers to maintain their presence and encourage their engagements in the region.
It must be noted that India's naval cooperation with the ASEAN nations date back to the early 1990's. Although India and its ASEAN counterparts may not have yet realised the full potential of their naval cooperation, there has been incremental progress on this front over the years. The table below lists out the current exercises between the Indian Navy and the navies of the ASEAN nations.
As India's stake in the region increase and tension over maritime disputes rise, the need for Indian presence is set to shoot up.
|SIMBEX (Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise)
|Annual bilateral exercises between the two navies. The exercise has been carried out in theSouth China Sea in the years 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011,2013
|MILAN (Multi nation Exercise)
|Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines
|Hosted by the Indian Navy, it's a Multinational exercise and interaction with the navies of South East Asia in the Bay of Bengal. It was initiated in 1995 and is a biennial gathering
|Indo-Thai Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT)
|Started in September 2005 and is conducted along the maritime boundary line.
|IND INDO CORPAT (India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol)
|Started in the year 2000, it is conducted along the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL)
Source : Compiled from annual reports, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
Indian presence in the region has not been fuelled solely by the recent ongoing maritime disputes. Indian presence in the South China Sea dates back to early 2000 with India's overseas naval deployment to the area as well as in the form of SIMBEX.
India has regularly deployed its vessels from its Eastern Fleet to Southeast Asia and the SCS. New Delhi has deployed its vessels for Presence-cum-Surveillance missions in the Malacca Strait, Sunda Strait and the South China Sea during May 2003I .
India also sent its aircraft carrier INS Viraat on Southeast Asia deployments to mark its presence and build its ties with the ASEAN navies complemented with high level visits on the defence front between India and the ASEAN nations. In 2003 Singapore's Defence Minister, visited India and signed an agreement on defence cooperationII . A bilateral agreement for the conduct of joint military training and exercises between the two countries was signed in 2007. New Delhi held its first India Vietnam security dialogue in 2003 and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence cooperation in 2009. India also participated in a security dialogue with the Philippines in 2003III and institutionalized the Joint Defence Cooperation Committee in 2012.
Additionally, the Indian Navy frequently visits major ports in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia while deployed to the SCS and Southeast Asia. The 2012 Commemorative Summit also saw the Indian Naval ShipSudarshini embarking on a commemorative ship expedition to ASEAN countries from 15 September 2012 to 25 March 2013. The expedition retraced the sea routes linking India with South East Asia, covering most of the modern and ancient ports in the ASEAN countries. The expedition was conceptualized to demonstrate India's historical proximity with its ASEAN neighbours and to commemorate the longstanding ASEAN-India maritime and trade relationship.
Defence diplomacy
Naval goodwill visits are an important element of defence diplomacy. Defence engagements are crucial to build and maintain trust and contribute toward conflict prevention and resolution. In this, India and ASEAN share common ground wherein both parties seek to maintain peace and security in the region. This was reflected by theVision statement adopted at the India-ASEAN commemorative Summit 2012, which underlines the importance of maritime security. "We are committed to strengthening cooperation to ensure maritime security and freedom of navigation, and safety of sea lanes of communication for unfettered movement of trade in accordance with international law, including UNCLOS" stated the Vision Statement, highlighting the main concerns in the SCS namely freedom of navigation and the need to adhere to international rules and norms.
ASEAN nations have welcomed Indian presence in the region and wish to see India pursue its engagements. Both sides have realised the importance of India ASEAN cooperation. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underlining the need to further strengthen ties remarked in May 2013 that "...ASEAN countries are our strategic partners and there are enormous opportunities of expanding trade ties, expanding investment relations, expanding maritime cooperation, expanding the scope of trade and investment. And now we have reached a stage where large-scale flow of trade and investment is becoming a reality..." When Beijing put up Block 128 for bidding to international companies, Vietnam was enraged and protested vigorously. Vietnam then requested OVL to stay put in the block and promised more data and help to successfully drill the oil block. India had earlier decided that it may vacate the oil block due to unsuccessful drilling but reconsidered its decision. In January 2013, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Vu Van Ninh invited "Indian companies to continue to invest and enter into Vietnam".
The stabilising factor
The ongoing maritime disputes in the SCS are a major concern for the ASEAN nations. It has created a rift within ASEAN as the nations are divided on how to resolve the disputes. Countries like Singapore and Vietnam believe that India can play a positive role in the regions peace and stability. India is concerned over the maritime disputes and their implications. The maritime disputes and the safety of sea lanes are discussed in all major forums between India and ASEAN for whether it is the India ASEAN Summit, or the Delhi Dialogue. What is yet to be seen if India can be the balancing actor that the region seeks.
New Delhi's presence in the area is not a strategy to counter China but rather a necessity to safeguard its interests from an increasingly assertive Beijing. India looks to increase its engagements with ASEAN nations and in turn, the Southeast Asian nations seek its presence in stabilising the region. Although there is a concerted effort for an increased cooperation on maritime security, New Delhi must be careful not to let China intimidate this collaboration. Keeping in mind the rapidly changing geo political dynamics in Asia, and India's vision of enhanced cooperation, it would be beneficial for India to remain in the area and protect its interests. New Delhi must continue to engage and cooperate with the ASEAN countries to realise its desired level of strategic partnership. This in turn would involve deepening naval cooperation with the key countries of ASEAN and major powers sharing India's interest in defending the principle of Freedom of Navigation and maintaining peace and stability. New Delhi must find the political will to be the stabilising factor that its ASEAN friends seek.
1. Annual Report-2004-05, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
2. Annual Report-2003-04, Ministry of Defence, Government of India
3. Ibid.
(Darshana M. Baruah is an Editorial Associate, South China Sea Monitor)


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The 2.8GB torrent was compiled by hacker Ron Bowes of Skull Security, who created a web crawler program that harvested data on users contained in Facebook's open access directory, which lists all users who haven't bothered to change their privacy settings to make their pages unavailable to search engines.
Bowes' directory contains 171 million entries, relating to more than 100 million individual users – more than one in five of Facebook's recently trumpeted half billion user base.
The file contains user account names and a URL for each user's profile page, from which details such as addresses, dates of birth or phone numbers can be accessed. Accessing a user's page from the list will also enable you to click through to friends' profiles – even if those friends have made themselves non-searchable.
Read more on THINQ.
As of the time of this posting, Skull Security's site is timing out, probably because the story was slashd0tted. The original post, available in Google's cache, reads in part:
I wrote a quick Ruby script (which has since become a more involved Nmap Script that I haven't used for harvesting yet) that I used to download the full directory. I should warn you that it isn't exactly the most user friendly interface — I wrote it for myself, primarily, I'm only linking to it for reference. I don't really suggest you try to recreate my spidering. It's a waste of several hundred gigs of bandwidth.
The results were spectacular. 171 million names (100 million unique).
But it occurred to me that this is public information that Facebook puts out, I'm assuming for search engines or whatever, and that it wouldn't be right for me to keep it private. Why waste Facebook's bandwidth and make everybody scrape it, right?
So, I present you with: a torrent! If you haven't download it, download it now! And seed it for as long as you can.
This torrent contains:
- The URL of every searchable Facebook user's profile
- The name of every searchable Facebook user, both unique and by count (perfect for post-processing, datamining, etc)
- Processed lists, including first names with count, last names with count, potential usernames with count, etc
- The programs I used to generate everything
Update: Link to ThinQ removed after it was bought out by an unrelated firm that now redirects to advertising.
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Buda is a small town located just south of Austin in Hays County. Many of the residents in Buda are employed in the Austin area but prefer metropolitan living. Buda is a 'family' town and there are various family activities throughout the year such as Budafest and the Wiener Dog Races.
Some of the more established neighborhoods in Buda are Cimarron Park, Hays Country Oaks, Huntington Estates, and Leisurewoods. There are several newly established neighborhoods in Buda including Elm Grove, Garlic Creek, Stonefield, Whispering Hollow and others.
Zip Code: 78610 County: Hays Schools: Hays Consolidated ISD