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It's a blazing August afternoon at Fuck Yeah Fest in Los Angeles, and for the first time in three years, Alan Palomo is about to play an American stage as Neon Indian. Dressed in a black-and-white suit that summons both David Lynch and Thin White Duke–era Bowie, Palomo prowls around behind the festival's main stage, restless energy at full tilt. He takes a moment to confer with his brother and bassist, Jorge Palomo. A manager comes over and gives the signal. The Palomos nod to each other, and then make for the stage.
The performance will be something of a watershed for the 27-year-old songwriter and synthpop impresario. For anyone with even a passing interest in indie music, Neon Indian's 2009 debut, Psychic Chasms, was a polarizing, nearly inescapable point of context that is still vigorously debated today. But this afternoon's setlist is almost entirely made up of songs culled from his new record, VEGA INTL. Night School, out October 16 via Mom + Pop/Transgressive. It's the first Neon Indian record in four years, and, aside from DJ'ing and some video game soundtrack work, Palomo has kept a low public profile. Today will be a test of the attention span of the blogosphere and hit-thirsty festival audiences.
The moment Neon Indian takes the stage, it's clear the gamble has paid off. Years of absence vanish behind thwacking synth lines and disco dance moves, as Palomo smashes into Night School's lead single, "Annie." "I forgot how much I missed doing this," Palomo tells the crowd as applause breaks over him.
Nearly two months later, Palomo is sitting down for dinner at his modest Greenpoint apartment, the same one on whose steps he infamously lost a laptop containing an album's worth of songs after a particularly debauched evening. Tonight is tame: He has to play Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show in the morning, and has prepped for the taping by spending the evening in a sensory-deprivation tank. Palomo's eyes, already large and animated, widen to owlish proportions when discussing his new work. Much of the creative marketing for Night School is pulled from his own ideas, like a hotline (512-643-VEGA) that texts his latest single to your smartphone.
He's just returned from Los Angeles, where he co-directed his first music video, titled "Slumlord Rising." He put up five grand of his own cash for the video so he could have it budgeted to his vision. The four-year process of birthing Night School has carried that same idiosyncratic dedication. "I really wanted to make something that warranted its own existence," says Palomo. "I didn't want to make something that felt like what I had to do."
Palomo was born in Mexico, but moved to the small North Texas city of Denton at age six. His father was a pop singer in Mexico, a guy Palomo describes as a "man's-man Latino father figure." Asked if he feels any obligation to make music because his father did, Palomo answers, "No, because I don't think he had any obligation to be anything to his father. His father was a union leader in Mexico. At the same time, you can't brandish anything as interesting as a guitar around the household without thinking some sort of influence [will] take hold."
Palomo remembers his father's profession fondly, saying, "Now, thinking about those times when he comes home in a suit late at night, with his guitar slung around his back, it's hard not to imagine someone like Ben Gazzara or characters you'd see in a John Cassavetes movie." Palomo often speaks in allusions to film. He plans to transition into directing features after this album cycle, and bristles with an almost professorial energy when discussing flicks. Bring up After Hours, Boogie Nights, or Terrence Malick and you'll end up talking for hours.
After moving from Denton to Austin in 2007, Palomo enrolled in college, but school didn't suit him at the time. He started bands like Ghosthustler and VEGA, the later of which still enjoys a cult following. "I would go to class just to use the Wi-Fi to check emails about South by Southwest," he says. Shortly after starting Neon Indian, Palomo called his father to tell him he was dropping out of college to pursue music. "I remember him telling me, 'You have my approval to do this,' " he recalls. " 'But don't make a liar out of me. I'm trusting you to pursue this as vocation as you would anything else.' " Palomo says he felt a desire to do right by his parents, not out of some desire for paternal placation, but because of a responsibility toward their hard-won immigrant experience. "I realize it's a really unhip thing to admit you care about your family, but the reason why I feel no shame in expressing that desire to make my parents proud is that when I came to this country initially, I was totally illegal for a few months," he says, gaining a sudden intensity. "I didn't earn my citizenship until high school. So when I left my college education to pursue this lofty thing, there was an element of, 'We didn't come to this country for you not to go to college.' "
Within months of dropping out, Palomo released Psychic Chasms. A record his dad cut in the Eighties was sampled on two of the tracks. Accolades immediately began to accrue: Best New Music on Pitchfork; an invitation to play Coachella; blogs clamoring for any snippet they might glean.
Of course, with popularity came detractors who said that this "chillwave" fad would be gone as quickly as it began. But Pitchfork's Marc Hogan got it right when he wrote that the album was "eight or nine unforgettable songs and a few tantalizingly brief interludes, indelibly capturing the glamor and bleary malaise of being young and horny as an empire devours itself."
College kids, music junkies, and self-respecting hipsters alike couldn't wait for a follow-up. That work, 2011's Era Extraña, yielded perhaps his most popular song, "Polish Girl," but Palomo says he was only 70 percent happy with it. After releasing two records by the age of 23, he needed time to decompress from the dreamlike reality his life had taken on.
He DJ'd, scored films, spent time with friends and Jorge. When Palomo began intensive work on Night School, Jorge had signed a six-month contract to be the bassist of a cruise ship's house band. The only way they could record together was if Palomo booked a couple of consecutive cruises, brought along an engineer, and set up camp in one of the cabins. He got seasick often and was told to either take medication or "just get drunk like everyone does." The latter option seemed more appealing, so a bottle of Don Julio tequila was a ubiquitous presence during the recordings. "Imagine a scenario where we are in this confined space, rocking back and forth, I'm trying to make judgment calls about shit, equal parts nauseous, equal parts drunk."
It would take a return to Brooklyn and various other sabbaticals to properly finish Night School. The result of Palomo's marathon effort is a gorgeous, expansive record. Besides the fact that they are utterly danceable, the fourteen tracks are full of clever moments, like the one on "Smut!" where after the lyric "night school" a Spicoli-esque voice cuts through the synths and observes, "Hey, that's the name of the record, man." Palomo has said he wanted Night School to sound like a singles collection for a band that doesn't exist. That's spot on, but perhaps it's a singles collection of what Neon Indian would have been had Palomo been interested in continuing the project for another decade. Palomo has done what he does best: synthesized the past and summoned his vision of the future in a way that feels entirely unlike anything else your ears might encounter. By canonizing a career that never existed, he has conjured one that is just beginning.
Neon Indian plays Webster Hall on October 14. VEGA INTL. Night School will be released October 16 via Mom + Pop/Transgressive Records.
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Struggles and injury stunted the growth of Dillon Tate in his first year, and this year the right-hander is striving to get back on track with a strong fall.
The fourth overall pick of the 2015 draft tossed three innings in his most recent outing, striking out four and inducing an inning-ending double play.
His fastball is beginning to find its pop many are impressed with, but he started off the Arizona Fall League with a shaky couple of innings.
The 22-year-old now owns a 3.86 ERA after starting the AFL with an ERA of 9.20. Appearing in six games, he has relieved in every game, throwing nine and a third innings.
Tate has been scrutinized by many because of his inability to stay healthy and consistent, but with his youth and inexperience, there is plenty of time to hone in his electric arm.
The hits keep on coming for one of the Yankees top prospects. In nine games, the infielder is hitting .313 and has an on-base percentage of .421.
A week after winning the AFL player of the week, the 19-year-old is tied for the lead in home runs with three. With seven runs batted in, the power and average are coming together for Torres.
It is hard to judge a player based off of play in the AFL, but to see him playing well now is a sign he is in a position to continue this play in the minors. It will be telling where the Yankees decide to place him at the start of the 2017 season. Double-A Trenton could be an option, but there is plenty of time between now and decision time to watch him grow.
He has proven he can hit, but sustaining it over a long period of time and at a high level is another story. However, so far so good for the new Yankee.
A hot start to the AFL season has slowed for the first basemen. After compiling an average over .350 in the first week, Bird has cooled off to a .220 mark. The positive sign for the hopeful first basemen of the future is the power has returned after the labrum injury in 2016.
With a homer and eight RBI's, the 23-year-old has four doubles, tied for second in the fall league. Once Bird is able to completely catch back up to the speed of the game, the dangerous lefty will push for the starting job at first base to replace Mark Teixeira.
Speaking of proving what he can do with the bat, the third basemen has found his in the AFL. Holding the fifth best average at .371 in 35 at-bats, the 21-year-old is making a case to move quickly in the minors.
Andujar was promoted to Double-A in 2016 because his bat was sizzling, finishing with a .273 average between two minor league teams. While he has not hit the long ball in the AFL this year, his 12 homers in the regular season are nothing to scoff at.
After starting off with an ERA north of seven, the strong righty has begun to find a groove. The UCLA product has thrown the second most innings in the AFL this year. With 13 and a third innings, he is 0-2 in four starts with an ERA of 4.73.
One of the biggest signs Kaprielian is on the right track back from injury is the strikeout numbers. With 15 punchouts and four walks, the location and consistency is starting to take form.
The reliever is working on eight innings this year and has lowered his ERA to 4.50. In six appearances, the 23-year-old has nine strikeouts with five walks.
Drafted by Cleveland in 2014, Feyereisen is fighting to move up in the Yankees system after spending time in Double-A with the Trenton Thunder. This past season, the right-hander owned an ERA of 1.70 in over 58 innings and is showing command with his pitches.
Three weeks have come and gone in the AFL and three remain. Some prospects shine and others disappoint, but overall the Yankees have posted a solid showing in the fall.


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Record Price For Pick-Up
With a varied selection of vehicles offered by Brightwells at their Bicester Heritage Flywheel vehicle auction recently, there was plenty to go for.
One of the highlights was the concours condition 1968 Austin A60 half ton pick up, which went on to sell for an incredible £17,200, a world record price (estimate £12-14,000).
The model started off as the A55 pick-up in May 1957 and became the A60 at the 1962 Motor Show with various refinements from chrome trim upwards and from September 1963 with the larger 1,622cc engine that came from the car version. The A60 pick-up was available until 1973 after a good ten year run and was more popular in van style than pick-up that's for sure.
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Sebastian: "Today it's all about the accessories, make-up, hair and vintage. I have the classic Marilyn Monroe curl and dark red lips. I'm inspired by Marilyn's face. She always had the most striking lips, eyes and iconic white hair."
TorontoVerve: "Do you have a special talent or hobby that people are unaware of?"
Sebastian: "I play piano. No one knows about that. People who know me think I'm all about the fashion industry, but I also enjoy painting, sculpture and photography. Piano is one of my first loves."
TorontoVerve: "Is there something about the fashion industry that you don't particularly like?"
Sebastian: "I think the thing that I dislike the most about the fashion industry is how exclusive they try to make it out to be. When you go to high-profile fashion events, unless you're somebody or you can prove that you're somebody, they kinda look down upon you or have this snobbish sort of attitude. So, I feel like the high fashion industry needs to be more accepting to outsiders trying to make their way in."
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Raspberry PI Aircraft ID and Amazon Echo Interface
The article below describes a project using a Raspberry PI and a radio receiver dongle to pick up aircraft related information broadcasts and use that to identify nearby passing aircraft traffic. It then makes the information available using an Alexa skill and voice queries.
TEACHING ALEXA TO SPOT AIRPLANES – [nicksypteras.com]
This was actually a pretty straightforward job. The first step was to make two new electronics purchases (not including my Echo Dot):
Raspberry Pi (~$35)
RTL-SDR USB Dongle (~$20)
The dongle is essentially a radio receiver for your computer that can pick up most unencrypted radio broadcasts. These broadcasts can range from police chatter to weather data, but the relevant broadcasts here come in a format called ADS-B, which stands for Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast. Airplanes continuously send out ADS-B messages to share important info like position, velocity and callsign with air traffic control as well as other planes.
By plugging the dongle into the raspberry pi (and placing by a window with an unobstructed view), and with the help of some open source software, the Pi can be turned into a cheap ADS-B decoder/server!


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I've come to enjoy cobbling together the one-hour mixes these past few months. Up until now, they've tended to have some sense of purpose to them, whether for essential listening for lengthy plane journeys, offering a take on the outcome of the US presidential elections, Xmas, my young brother's birthday or just a way of saying hello to someone.
In some ways this latest offering did have a purpose in that I thought I'd simply play a tune and without any advance planning try and come up with a song that either complemented it or offered something of a contrast. I imagined myself as a DJ on an local internet station, broadcasting around 3am when nobody is tuning in and offering no opportunity for listeners to interact. And here's what emerged over 60 minutes:-
mp3 : Various – Working the Graveyard Shift
A Brighter Beat – Malcolm Middleton
I Wonder Why – The Heart Throbs
What's The Frequency, Kenneth? – R.E.M.
Jo-Jo's Jacket – Stephen Malkmus
Erase/Rewind – The Cardigans
Shimmer Shimmer – She'S HiT
Red Right Hand – Arctic Monkeys
Evil (Silver Alert Remix) – Grinderman feat Matt Berninger
She's Lost Control (extended version) – Grace Jones
New England – Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
Don't Fence Me In – David Byrne
One Horse Town – The Thrills
Christ for President – Wilco
Hairstyle – Goldblade
Nirvana – Juliana Hatfield
Everything's Ruined – Faith No More
Theme from 'Batman' – The Jam
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'How I became the Hash Queen' book launch by Mila Jansen
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 130, Amsterdam
Thursday 26 July 2018, 4.20 pm
Free entrance
"Hash keeps me healthy and sane in all the madness of what life brings you."
Mila Jansen, 2018
On Thursday the 26th of July, Dutch cannabis icon Mila Jansen (1944) will present her autobiography How I became the Hash Queen at the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum of Amsterdam. The book launch will take place in the setting of the museum's current exhibition We Are Mary Jane: Women of Cannabis.
The Autobiography
How I Became the Hash Queen is an exciting personal account from one of the cannabis industry's rare female icons, a life story unlike any other that takes us from 1960s Amsterdam to the Himalayas, and to the burgeoning legal weed scene in the US.
Mila's autobiography is intriguing and inspiring on many levels. As a mother, inventor, traveller, lover, and spiritual practitioner, she has taken on incredible challenges and embarked on unimaginable adventures.
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Mila Jansen is a pioneer in the traditionally male-dominated cannabis industry. In 1960s Amsterdam she started a tea house: the place to be for the upcoming underground scene and now known as a precursor to the world famous coffeeshops. Since the 1990s she has run her own company in hash-making devices: her game-changing inventions have shaped the future of this field. Mila was recently honoured with being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world of cannabis.
The Exhibition
Mila Jansen's story is featured in the museum's temporary exhibition We Are Mary Jane: Women of Cannabis. This exhibition pays tribute to the often-overlooked female contributions to cannabis history. On display until 23 September 2018.
The Book Launch
On the 26th of July befriended author Peter ten Hoopen will engage in a conversation with Mila. After this, she will respond to all your questions and sign copies of her book that will be available for purchase. Meanwhile, the museum will offer some delicious hemp drinks and bites.
You are all cordially invited to celebrate this festive moment together with this remarkable woman of weed at the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum.
How I became the Hash Queen
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The Business Legends are movers of the market. They have made revolutionary transformations to the way we reside, to how we strategy life, and to how we breakthrough beyond what was generally known as impossible.
For the third approach, that of maximizing resources, there is no much more instructive example than the rise of the Home of Rothschild. it was something but a foregone conclusion. In the late1790s Meyer Amschel Rothschild, the founder of the dynasty, was nevertheless only a little- town money-lender, barely identified in the major centres of international finance. Much less than twenty years later, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Home of Rothschild was the unchallenged economic great power of Europe, treating with other great powers such as France or Russia as an equal, and barely polite to minor princes and potentates. What had catapulted the Rothchilds to success in that short period was systematic maximization of the sources of the household.
Today, Corbis announced the sale of its content material licensing business to Unity Glory International, which is an affiliate of the Visual China Group (VCG), a major Chinese visual communications and new media business. This sale consists of the pictures and motion archives from Corbis Pictures, Corbis Motion, and Veer, and all their associated brands and trademarks. The sale does not include the Branded Entertainment Network, Splash, or Greenlight, its rights clearance and representation business.
Teeth Whitening: A organization referred to as Solar Bright has a fundraising system that makes it possible for participants to keep 60% of the earnings of their teeth whitening sales for up to one year. Bitcoin investor Tarik Kaddoumi bought 10 Bitcoins at a price tag of around US$12 every, or $120 in total. Today, that would expense a rather heftier $6,410. You can now do alignments without a 4 post hoist using up a lot of space. The ideal of this equipment is expensive, so I recommend leasing your equipment if you have a great credit history.
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Managing Nervousness
Many students dread giving oral presentations in class, yet sooner or later students in most programs will be obligated to do so. If you perspire at the mere thought of giving a seminar, or even if you're comfortable speaking in front of a group, there are ways to improve both the quality of your presentation skills and your comfort with them.
Causes & Cures
Some nervousness when speaking in front of a group is not only inevitable, it's also desirable. If it can be controlled, your nervousness can be translated into excitement or enthusiasm, and that makes for a presentation that is exciting and interesting to the audience. Excessive nervousness can take away any pleasure that doing the presentation may give you, but it may also have a negative effect on your performance. Learning more about the impact of nervousness is an important first step to controlling any negative effect nervousness may have on your performance or your marks.
Choosing a Topic
A judicious choice of topic is equally, if not more, important in an oral assignment than in a written one. Your lack of interest or enthusiasm for the topic may lead to increased anxiety about your presentation and will probably be apparent to your audience in your voice, expression, and gestures. However, if you choose a topic which is fascinating to you, it will be difficult to bore your audience. Most importantly, your involvement with the topic on an intellectual and emotional level will help to focus your attention on the material during the seminar, rather than on your own less than perfect presentation of it.
Nervousness and fear of presenting can lead to a vicious cycle of procrastination. You put off working on the presentation because of fear of not doing well, yet the longer it is put off, the less time there is to prepare and rehearse. As your preparation time decreases, the pressure, stress, and nervousness associated with the presentation increase. Good time planning strategies can provide the preparation time essential for controlling nervousness. If you are confident in your knowledge of the material, and if you've planned enough time for rehearsal, you can face the presentation knowing you've prepared for a successful performance.
You can manage nervousness by using effective rehearsal strategies. Your performance probably won't improve much without constructive feedback, so reading your presentation in front of a mirror has limited benefits. The better the feedback, the more quickly you'll improve, so consider booking an appointment with us, rather than practicing for your roommates or family, so that you can receive more constructive (and compassionate) criticism. Another strategy is to rehearse with equipment such as a voice recorder or video camera to allow you to review, and thus improve, your performance.
Time planning is important with presentations. You must have enough time to feel comfortable with any equipment or props you use in your presentation, and to develop your personal presentation "style" — the tone and gestures which are natural and effective for you. The more you rehearse, the more comfortable you'll become with your presentation, and the less nervous you'll be.
Performance Strategies
Regardless of your preparation beforehand, some nervousness is natural and inevitable. One performance strategy is to expect and accept nervousness. Rather than trying to stop your knees from shaking, let them shake, but realize that you can go on with your presentation. Musicians, athletes, and others who perform in public employ focusing strategies to control performance jitters. If, for example, your thoughts are on your sweating palms instead of on your material and its impact on your audience, then your audience may be attending to your nervousness as well. The strategy is to focus on one aspect of your presentation (for example, conveying your commitment to natural herbicides), rather than evaluating or criticising yourself as you go. If you can occupy your own "inner critic" with something other than evaluating your performance and feeding your nervousness, then you can free your concentration and energy to accomplish what you've set out to do — demonstrate your knowledge, and educate or motivate your audience.


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Liberty Furniture Space Savers Counter Stool
Add a splash of color to your dining space with the Liberty Furniture Space Savers Counter Stool. This stool features a square walnut base with stretchers at varying heights, topped with a tan textured cushion seat with a low backrest for a mid-century modern look.
- Name: Space Savers Counter Stool
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- Dimensions: 17"L x 29"H x 20"W
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Ekimov replaces Holczer as Katusha general manager
Russian Olympic gold medalist takes the helm at Katusha
PARIS (AFP) — Katusha announced on Monday that three-time Olympic champion Viatcheslav Ekimov would replace general manager Hans-Michael Holczer.
Russian Ekimov, who won gold in the team pursuit at the 1988 Olympics and the time trial title at the 2000 and 2004 Games, worked as a sports director with RadioShack before joining new Pro Continental squad Rusvelo as a consultant in 2012.
"Following the purpose of further dynamic development of the Russian professional cycling, the management of the Russian Global Cycling Project made changes in the management of World Tour Katusha Team," the team said in a press release on Monday. "The known Russian specialist, the three times Olympic champion Vyacheslav Ekimov who is also the adviser of Igor Makarov, president of Russian Cycling Federation and the chairman of Board of Directors of MGK 'ITERA', is appointed to the post of general manager of Katusha Team as well as youth teams Itera-Katusha.
"On the position of general manager Vyacheslav Ekimov will replace German specialist Hans-Michael Holzer."
The 46-year-old was named the Russian cyclist of the 20th century in his homeland.
Spaniard Joaquim Rodríguez, second in the Giro d'Italia and third in the Vuelta a España this year, is the team's leading rider. L'Equipe reported on Monday that tension between Holczer and Rodríguez may see the former ousted from the team. The Spaniard, who is set to become the overall champion when the WorldTour closes in China this week, complained over a lack of communication from the team regarding contract renegotiations.


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In Our View: Nation needs gay marriage ruling
The issue of gay marriage certainly has a polarizing effect in present-day society. At the extremes, some people align themselves with the concept that marriage shouldn't be denied to anyone. Others align themselves on religious grounds that marriage should be between one man and one woman.
But people with these divergent opinions do, indeed, agree on at least one thing: The U.S. Supreme Court should take up Utah's appeal as soon as possible and provide, as our state Attorney General Sean Reyes said, "clarity and resolution."
We couldn't agree more.
This issue appears to be pulling apart at least some parts of our society as people argue either for or against the rights of people of the same gender to marry. Arguments for gay marriage include fairness issues similar to those once argued by biracial couples. Arguments against gay marriage often center on parenthood issues — procreation and the thought that children have better experiences in homes with a male and female influence.
Utah has decided to skip one possible step of having the full 10th Circuit Court of Appeals hear its case and has opted to take the case straight to the Supreme Court. What's interesting is that both sides are confident they will win and embrace the move.
There are legitimate questions to ask on this subject. Chief among them is why Utah is paying an additional estimated $300,000 to defend a voter-supported state constitutional amendment that has become the center of the debate. After all, the state does have an attorney general's office already funded by taxpayers. Shouldn't the state's top lawyers be up to arguing the case?
Cost aside, it's good that this case is being appealed to the nation's highest court, and the justices — who don't have to answer to anyone — would be serving the country well by taking up the case, hearing arguments and making a decision, one way or another. A ruling at least would let the public know where the law stands. Right now, with cases pending regarding gay marriage in Indiana, Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Nevada and Idaho, among others, this clearly is a contentious issue that needs resolution.
The only way that will happen is for the court to come off the sidelines and make a ruling about whether its opinion is that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry.
Such a ruling wouldn't come until 2015 or 2016, but the sooner the court takes up the case, the better.


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HCL Infosystems reports consolidated revenue of Rs. 3,027 crores (USD 633 Mn) for the quarter ended 30th September 2009. .
- The Board of Directors declared 75 % quarterly dividend.
- Services revenue grew by 12 % YoY during the quarter.
- Launched 'Bharat PC' as a part of National Broadband Penetration Program (NBPP)
- Bags India's First RAPDRP order of over Rs. 500 crs to implement a state wide power solution in Rajasthan
- Ranked No.1 by DQ –IDC 'Best Employers 2008 -09'
- Rolled out new marketing initiative 'Mobile Excitement', a multi dimension initiative with more focused marketing strategy towards today's youth
Investor Pack for Q1 FY 2009-10 (.pdf file) Unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended 30th Sep '09 (.pdf file)
Transcript of the Earnings Call on Q1 FY 10 results
Results Highlights
The company has reported consolidated revenue of Rs. 3027.5 crores (USD 632.8 Mn) for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
Consolidated services revenue for the quarter was Rs. 146.7 crores (USD 30.7 Mn), a Y-o-Y growth of 12%.
Consolidated profit before tax for the quarter was Rs. 83.0 crores (USD 17.3 Mn).
Consolidated profit after tax for the quarter was Rs. 59.0 crores (USD 12.3 Mn).
Revenue from Computer Systems business for the quarter was Rs. 817.4 crores (USD 170.9 Mn).
Profit before interest & taxes for Computer Systems business for the quarter was Rs. 48.3 crores (USD 10.1 Mn).
Revenue from Telecommunication and Office Automation business for the quarter was Rs. 2221.6 crores (USD 464.4 Mn), a sequential growth of 2%.
Profit before interest & taxes for Telecommunication and Office Automation business for the quarter was Rs. 55.6 crores (USD 11.6 Mn).
Consolidated EPS for the quarter ended 30th September 2009 was Rs. 3.4 per share.
The Board of Directors has declared quarterly Interim dividend of Rs. 1.5/- per share
(75 % on an equity share of par value of Rs. 2/- each)
Conversion Rate 1 USD = Rs. 47.84
Commenting at the results announcement Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystems Ltd said"The year gone by has witnessed a major turmoil in the global economic scenario across the globe as well as in India. The ICT market in India has since de-grown due to a host of reasons including global slowdown, currency fluctuation and the political situation. However, with improving sentiments across the world, we have seen the Indian ICT market picking up sequentially over the last two quarters. HCL today is one of the largest India facing ICT companies, with diverse business portfolio's, each with its specific growth trajectory and this has helped the company to tide over the recent challenging times. The quarter witnessed HCL unveiling pathbreaking initiatives like 'Bharat PC' and has seen us investing in our brand through our new youth centric 'ME' campaign, which we intend to continue to invest in as we go forward. I am also proud to share that this quarter we were rated as the 'Best Employer' in the Indian IT sector by a DQ – IDC survey."
During the quarter, the company has announced various initiatives as a part of its growth charter. This quarter saw the company launching a nation building initiative in 'Bharat PC' as a part of National Broadband Penetration Program (NBPP). This quarter, the company also rolled out successfully its new marketing initiative 'Mobile Excitement'. The multi dimension initiative includes more focused marketing strategy towards today's nomadic customer and saw the launch of a new logo and TV commercial focused around Mobility and life–on–the-go. HCL ME campaign has been designed around the concept 'It's all about ME' thereby reaching out to the largest emerging consumer group – the youth & the young executives. On the System Integration Front, the company bagged orders from leading banks, PSUs, corporates and multinational establishments in the BFSI, eGovernance, Railways, telecom, Power and Infrastructure verticals. The company has also been ranked as 'Best Employer 2008-09' in the Indian IT sector by IDC DQ survey.
Business Highlights for the quarter
Enterprise Products & Services
In the enterprise space HCL bagged orders to deploy desktops, servers and networking products from the leading names across industry verticals including government, education and BFSI.
HCL also saw wins in High Performance Computing space as the company bagged orders from leading universities and research institutions of the country. The company also bagged orders for deploying servers from leading Banks, Educational Institutions and Corporates.
HCL is committed to bring the best and the latest in technology to the Indian Customers. This quarter, the company launched a host of products and solutions designed especially for the enterprise market. HCL introduced a new desktop model Neutron PC with Optical Disk Drive (ODD) & Trim Top. On the notebooks front, company this quarter, launched ME Series 43 based on CULV SKU Intel GS40 chipset with 7 hours battery backup & multi touch gesture touch pad. In the server space, HCL this quarter introduced a new server series based on the latest Intel Nehalam architecture.
This quarter HCL along with BSNL launched HCL broadband PC under the National Broadband Penetration Program (NBPP). The program is a nationwide initiative to accelerate IT proliferation in rural India. The project aims to accelerate PC and broadband penetration by offering a complete solution and to create new markets in the interiors of the country. The NBPP project, believed to be the largest government program to promote rural connectivity till date, aims to break through the affordability barrier. The project aims to power the next million PC+ Broadband connections in untapped market space.
This quarter HCL bagged a strategic IT outsourcing deal from Fortis Healthcare Ltd, the leading healthcare company in the country. The deal is a part of the five year agreement under which HCL will undertake complete outsourcing of IT systems and processes of the Fortis Healthcare Ltd. HCL will deploy Hospital Information Systems (HIS) & Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to standardize operations across hospitals. HCL also bagged another IT outsourcing deal from a large player in the logistics industry.
This quarter HCL bagged a turnkey contract from Bharti Airtel for establishing their network operation centre. The company also won an order from Commonwealth Games for installing and commissioning of the public announcements at the Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium.
Consumer Business
The company this quarter continued its focus on Brand building through innovative and effective methods. This quarter three consumer promotion campaigns for HCL desktops and laptops were rolled out. 'Young India Offer' was launched in July, 'Freedom To Win' offer for August and 'Tick and Click' offer for Onam in September were successfully launched in different parts of the country.
To promote channel business, HCL successfully launched its Channel Loyalty Program "Star's Club" August'09 with an objective to cultivate loyalty among channel partners and provide sustainable mutual growth. The program elicited a very positive response from the channel community.
This quarter, the company also rolled out successfully its new marketing initiative 'Mobile Excitement'. The multi dimension initiative includes more focused marketing strategy towards today's nomadic customer and saw the launch of a new logo and TV commercial focused around Mobility and life–on–the-go. HCL ME campaign has been designed around the concept 'It's all about ME' thereby reaching out to the largest emerging consumer group – the youth & the young executives.
This quarter, the company also rolled out successfully its new marketing initiative 'Mobile Excitement'. The multi dimension initiative includes more focused marketing strategy towards today's nomadic customer and saw the launch of a new logo and TV commercial focused around Mobility and life–on–the-go. HCL ME campaign has been designed around the concept 'It's all about ME' thereby reaching out to the largest emerging consumer group – the youth & the young executives.
With consumer sentiments picking up and festival season around the corner, the digital lifestyle business showed better growth in JAS 09 over corresponding quarter last year. As a part of rebranding exercise HCL Digilife stores have been rebranded post the new brand launch of ME. The Multi category stores offering a range of ICT products including laptops, mobiles, cameras, MP3 Players and gaming consoles have been branded as "ME-Zones" and the Computing Stores selling desktops, laptops and netbooks are called "ME-Xclusives". In the distribution business, the market trend in this quarter has been positive compared to the previous quarters. New product launches by Nokia like Nokia 2323, 2700, 6303 and 6700 have been well accepted.
System Integration (SI)
HCL's System integration saw the company executing projects in a number of verticals like Telecom, Power, eGovernance, Infrastructure, Railways, Retail and BFSI & Coop.
This quarter HCL bagged a contract of over Rs.500 crs to implement a state wide solution involving integration of IT, GIS, AMR & the associated technologies. The state is also the first in India to facilitate implementation of power reforms by the ministry of power under Re-structured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Program (RAPDRP). The project involves consultancy, design, development & implementation encompassing business process applications, CRM, Billing, GIS, AMR. The project involves setting up of a wide area network, data center with a disaster recovery back-up centre. The project will also implement a state wide differential GPS to map all the electrical assets of the three distribution companies of the state. The project involves creation of baseline data, energy audit, accountability & efficiency improved consumer services & satisfaction. This is the largest power sector order in SI till date.
In the Infrastructure area this quarter HCL bagged an order from a leading airport of the country to deploy Airport control centre solution. This quarter HCL also undertook Network rollout for unreserved ticketing system under itsRailways vertical. In Retail, this quarter saw wins to deploy retail solutions from a leading hospitality chain of the country and Milk Unions & private Dairies across Maharashtra. In the BFSI this quarter, HCL bagged order from a leading financial & banking institution of the country to deploy financial inclusion and infrastructure solutions.
In the eGovernance space, this quarter saw the company bag a project from Uttar Pradesh (UP) State Government, in-order to facilitate disbursement of wages to workers under NREGA project. In order to create an electronic monitoring and payment system, State Government of Uttar Pradesh has partnered with HCL Infosystems to implement technology for issuing e-job cards to workers in Aliya Block under Sitapur district in UP.
The project will be implemented in multiple phases. These e-job cards also provide demographic and biometric details of all the family members willing to do unskilled work, online record of the workers attendance and the record of wages (both accrued and disbursed). These e-job cards are expected to completely eliminate bogus enrollments and transactions through simultaneous use of e-job cards and biometric authentication, authenticate and capture correct data at job site using handheld terminals and update it at block level database through internet/GSM connectivity.
In the security area this quarter company bagged an order for deploying Wireless IP Surveillance Solutions for monitoring purposes at the Khumb Mela in Haridwar and another order from Tutucorin Port Trust, Tutucorin for installing Wireless IP Surveillance Solutions for monitoring activities at the port area. HCL also bagged order from Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore for installation of Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems for detecting unauthorized entries inside the premises and projects for installing of X ray based Baggage Screeners to scan parcels & baggage of visiting guests at a major hotel in Mumbai. Also received was an order for installation of Under Vehicle Surveillance System for identification of hidden & concealed objects at the bottom chassis of the vehicles passing by.
Education & Training
This quarter also saw the launch of 'HCL DigiSchool', its state-of-the-art solutions designed for Indian schools that offer modern multimedia classroom with world class content. HCL announced this new initiative at 'eIndia', a three day international conference on ICT applications being held at Hyderabad. HCL Digischool solutions are designed & customized as per Indian school curriculum including all K12 boards.
Build on the latest eLearning standards, the state of the art module effectively integrates Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) which is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. SCROM compliant Learning Management Systems (LMS) helps in effective lesson planning and content management and seamless integration of various features like interactive white board, student response system and online examination module.
HCL's training initiatives have grown its presence rapidly over the last quarter taking ICT education to the various corners of India. This quarter HCL CDC announced Yuva Pratibha Scholarship Exam. The initiative saw good response nationally with over 15,000 participants taking the online assessment test. This quarter HCL CDC also tied up with world's leading independent IT management software company to provide training on network management & security products.
Employee Matrix
HCL Infosystems continues to invest in strong people management initiatives. The total employee strength as on 30th Sep 09 was 6105. This quarter the company has also been ranked as 'Best Employer 2008-09' in the Indian IT sector by IDC DQ survey.
Sustained Environment Initiatives
HCL has always been focused in developing a sustainable future through environment friendly green computing. HCL amalgamated its various environment protection initiatives under the comprehensive 'HCL ecoSafe' program. Under the 'HCL ecoSafe' initiative, HCL Desktops, Servers and Laptops are RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) compliant.
HCL also has a comprehensive e-waste recycling policy, wherein HCL facilitates its consumers to recycle / dispose their 'end of life' products manufactured by HCL in an environmentally safe manner. In addition, the HCL Best Assured Campaign, an initiative against the counterfeit electronic products has created consumer awareness and is helping in preventing the dumping of these into India.
About HCL Infosystems
HCL Infosystems Ltd, with revenue (LTM) of US $ 2.6 billion (Rs. 12,307 crores) is India's premier information enabling and ICT System Integration company offering a wide spectrum of ICT products that includes Computing, Storage, Networking, Security, Telecom, Imaging and Retail. HCL is a one-stop-shop for all the ICT requirements of an organization.
India's leading System Integration and Infrastructure Management Services Organization, HCL has specialized expertise across verticals including Telecom, BFSI, E-Governance & Power. HCL has India's largest distribution and retail network, taking to market a range of Digital Lifestyle products in partnership with leading global ICT brands, including Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Kingston, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Microsoft, Nokia, Toshiba, and many more.
HCL today has India's largest vertically integrated computer manufacturing facility with over three decades of electronic manufacturing experience & HCL desktops is the largest selling brand into the enterprise space.
With India's largest ICT services network that reaches to every corner of India, HCL's award winning Support Services makes it the preferred choice of enterprise and consumers alike. HCL Infosystems has a 100% subsidiary that addresses the physical security technology system integration market. The subsidiary leverages technology to build a security framework called 'Safe State' that will safe guard life, infrastructure & society. For more information please visit us at www.hclinfosystems.in
About HCL Enterprise
HCL is a $5 billion leading global Technology and IT Enterprise that comprises two companies listed in India – HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India's original IT garage start-ups, a pioneer of modern computing, and a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings spans Product Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team comprises over 60,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 26 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms. For more information, please visit www.hcl.in


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Lacheng Ren
Lacheng Ren, a Christian sponsoring a new Christian bookstore in Taiyuan, and Wenxi Li, a Christian bookstore employee, were arrested and sentenced to prison terms for their role in the Enyu Bookstore in Taiyuan. On June 17, 2013, Lacheng Ren was sentenced to five years in prison by the court of Xiaodian district of Taiyuan in central China.
In 2012, Wenxi Li, a book store worker in Beijing, traveled to Shanxi province to help local Christians there open a new book store in the capital city of Taiyuan. But police raided the new business, Enyu Bookstore, and confiscated hundreds of books that Wenxi had brought with him from Beijing.
According to the South China Morning Post, one security worker allegedly shouted at Wenxi and his co-workers, Dont you dare bring Christian culture here. This is our turf.
On Dec. 19, 2012, Wenxi was asked to come to a police station to retrieve the $6,000 worth of books that police had seized. But when he arrived at the police station, he was immediately arrested and sent to prison. Police were quoted as saying Wenxi was denied bail because of the seriousness of his crime.
Shortly after Wenxi was arrested, in an apparently coordinated move, Lancheng Ren was also arrested at his home. Lancheng Ren is not an employee of the bookstore, but is one of the founders.
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VOM contacts heard Lacheng Ren was released on bail in early 2017. However, "he rarely communicates with anyone due to severe restraint and his hurt."
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Cynthia Barcomi's burger buns – and a small giveaway
Have a nice first Advent everyone!
Today we go to America, in the world of burgers. I love burgers, but rarely do themselves which home. The few times I have the buns – I confess the – always bought ready-made. Although they were never perfect, I could not believe it even bake me what. Bread and buns are still new territory for me.
But in one of my favorite books I have a recipe for hamburger buns – or burger buns as they are properly called – discovered and had to try it absolutely. The recipe comes from the book finally "Let's Bake" Cynthia Barcomi that I only recently here on my blog 've reviewed. There you can read about how much I love this book – and I tell an already ahead: At the end of this paper, this book will again be the focus 😉 So far me every recipe from Cynthia Barcomi is super successful, which is why I am addressing the matter this time of good cheer:
Burger Buns
Ingredients: (For about 12 small rolls)
- 250ml Milch
- 125ml Wasser
- 60g Butter
- 2 eggs
- 650g Mehl
- 7g Trockenhefe
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 ½ TL Salz
- Sesame to sprinkle
- Milk, water and butter in a pot so long heat until the butter is completely melted. Allow to cool to room temperature and beat in one egg with a fork.
- Flour, mix yeast, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl, add the butter mixture from step 1 and knead for three minutes with the dough hook of the hand mixer.
Important: Do not use additional flour if the dough is too sticky.
The dough then on a lightly floured surface knead for several minutes by hand, this then still remains quite soft.
- Each 80g heavy balls shapes, spread on a lined baking tray and flatten slightly. The rolls with cover with a tea towel and let rest for 40 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
- Whisk briefly before baking the egg with 1 teaspoon water and using a brush on the buns.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds and for 10-12 minutes until golden yellow bake in the oven.
The freshly baked buns after we have recently Angrillen the trimmed sides occupied by individual taste.
Part of the rolls we have frozen. These are now already eaten and tasted great despite the freezing!
As you can see once again a great and Foolproof recipe from Cynthia. Your book "Let's Bake" is full of it. I am thrilled and would like one of you so give pleasure: Among all the readers who leave a comment under this post I will give away a copy of this book.
(At this point I would like to thank the Mosaic Publishing)
What do you have to participate in the lottery?
- Just leave me a comment under this post and answer the following questions: What is your favorite burger? What ingredients are indispensable for you?
- You should be at least 18 years old, live in Germany and specify a valid e-mail address in the field provided, on which I can reach you. The e-mail address will not be displayed publicly and used by me exclusively for the purpose of notification of winning.
- You can participate until Friday, 6/12/2013 at 23:59 clock.
- The winner has one week time to report from the time my notice with me by e-mail. If this is not the case, the book is up for grabs again.
- The decision is of course excluded.
- About Likes on Facebook I would be happy of course, but this is not a requirement for participation.
Now I will turn you all the best of luck and I wish you good luck!
Random.org has chosen: Congratulations Birgit!
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- In war-torn Europe, liberty and democracy exist mainly as memories! Millions writhe under the cruel heel of an arrogant dictator! Yet, though the hour is dark, a ray of light bursts through the clouds which have gathered across the face of liberty! Freedom is not dead! In the occupied territory there is a man who symbolizes the triumph of democracy! Daily he works under the very eyes of the brutal secret police! He brings a message of hope to the suffering people in the form of the letter `V'! `V' FOR VICTORY!
British officer Lieutenant John Watkins was reported killed during the retreat at Dunkirk in 1940. In fact, he survived, but his superiors saw the opportunity to send him undercover into the occupied countries and help rally local resistance against the Nazis. Operating under the eyes of the Nazi secret police, he adopted the identity of Citizen V while fighting his secret war, leaving a V sign wherever he struck as a way of giving the resistance a symbol.[1] He worked with the assistance of a group of freedom fighters dubbed the V-Battalion.[2]
Citizen V formed a relationship with Paulette Brazee, a.k.a. the She-Wolf, a fellow resistance fighter and assisted Captain America and prevented Baron Zemo from unleashing Particle X on Europe.[3]
In 1943, the Citizen V was among a number of heroes who were slain by the Cosmic Cube wielding Red Skull and impaled on a massive wall.[4] However, the Cube was recovered by Private Paul Anselm who resurrected all the slain heroes who aided the combined efforts of the Invaders and the time displaced New Avengers and Might Avengers. When the Skull was defeated the heroes used the Cube to wipe out the Citizen V's memories of the event to preserve history.[5]
Citizen V was murdered in 1944, strangled to death during the Warsaw uprising by Baron Heinrich Zemo, but by this time, the She-Wolf was pregnant with his son. First Paulette, then years later his son and grandson would take on the mantle of Citizen V.[6]
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LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Nestle Pizza Co. of Little Chute is recalling four frozen-pizza products that might be contaminated with plastic fragments.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the following products are subject to recall:
— California Pizza Kitchen Limited Edition Grilled Chicken with Cabernet Sauce.
— DiGiorno Crispy Flatbread Pizza Tuscan Style Chicken.
— DiGiorno pizzeria! Bianca/White Pizza.
— California Pizza Kitchen Crispy Thin Crust White.
The USDA says one consumer reported a chipped tooth after biting into one of the California Pizza Kitchen products. The problem was apparently related to the spinach in the pizza, so the company is recalling other pizza products that used the same lot of spinach.
The fragments are of clear, brittle plastic with sharp edges.
All the pizzas being recalled were produced between February 26 and March 9 of this year and shipped to retail establishments across North Texas and the country.
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Today I'm very excited to talk to Dr. Joseph Gelfer who is the founding editor of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality, and the creator of the Future Masculinity online course and Director of Masculinity Research.
He also created the Five Stages of Masculinity model, which is used to view a person's understandings of masculinity. This model is the basis of the Masculinity Research organization directed by Joseph Gelfer which offers " insight into men and masculinity in three key areas: Market research for products and services, Social research for non-profit and governmental policymakers [and] People and culture development for businesses and organizations."
The five stages, which you can find here, are briefly described as such: The stages are 1: Unconscious Masculinity
1: Unconscious Masculinity
2: Conscious Masculinity
3: Critical Masculinities
4: Multiple Masculinities
5: Beyond Masculinities
And to learn these would be an important primer to the conversation that we'll be talking about today, which delves a lot into how we as people who talk about masculinities. We talk about the current problems of the discourse involving masculinities and how we can move beyond just talking about the opposite of "toxic masculinities" and how we as a society are stuck in stage 3 of masculinites.
Dr. Gelfer has written these books:
- Numen, Old Men: Contemporary Masculine Spiritualities and the Problem of Patriarchy (Equinox Publishers, 2009)
- The Best of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality (Gorgias Press, 2010)
- The Masculinity Conspiracy (Online, 2010). This is a free ebook.
- 2012: Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse (Equinox Publishers, 2011)
- Masculinities in a Global Era (Springer, 2013)
And currently, writes for many publications including The Good Men Project
The Dates for Northwestfest's "LunchPods" which are available for anyone who has a Northwestfest pass are:
- May 8: Taylor Chadwick and Chris Cook of What It Is will interview Erika Ensign of Beginner's Puck and Steven Schapansky of Hockey Feels about arts and sports;
- May 9: Paul Matwychuk and Erin E. Fraser of Trash, Art, and the Movies will talk to Matt Bowes of Bollywood is for Lovers and JP Fournier of The Movie Jerks about movie podcasts;
- May 10: Alex Zabjek and Trisha Estabrooks of The Broadcast will discuss podcasting as a vehicle for journalism;
- May 11: Adam Rozenhart of The Expats will explore the importance of great sound and structure with Sam Power of All Intensive Purposes and Lauren Albrecht of Nerd Nite Edmonton.
- May 12: Karen Unland will be talking to Trina Shessel of the Northern Nerdcast and Ben Yendall of Tales from the Hydian Way about cultivating an Edmonton podcasting community.


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While we have previously observed the massive glut of oil product in the US, which has led to such arcane developments as a "parking lot" of oil tankers outside of Galveston, TX...
... or ships loaded to the brim with crude making U-turns in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, taking advantage of the supercontango while unable to find buyers...
... we can now say that things in Europe are just as bad, if not worse. According to the latest "This week in petroleum" blog post by the EIA, European distillate oversupply has results in floating storage and shipping changes, such as tankers taking the long route around Africa (40 days vs 20 days), because they are unable to find a buyer and hoping that demand will spike while ships are at sea. So far demand continues to plunge even as more and more supply comes online.
Europe, like the U.S. East Coast, is experiencing a relatively warm winter. In addition to the resulting weak winter heating demand, high refinery runs in Europe and increased imports have kept distillate inventories in the Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Antwerp (ARA) area far above normal. Higher inventories have pushed distillate futures prices in the ARA into a steep contango (meaning prices for delivery dates further in the future are higher than for near-month delivery). As a result, inventories are being held in floating storage and imported cargos are being diverted to longer voyages.
Increased European refinery runs [have] contributing to high distillate inventories in the ARA region. As demand for gasoline in the United States and in West Africa increased last summer and fall, higher gasoline crack spreads led to increased European refinery runs. The increased refinery runs yielded distillate, along with the more profitable gasoline.
At the same time, new and traditional sources of distillate have expanded capacity to supply ultra-low sulfur distillate (ULSD) to Europe. In Russia, which is a longtime supplier of distillate to Europe, refineries have been upgraded to produce lower-sulfur distillate fuels that are widely used in Western Europe, and have increased exports to Europe. Elsewhere, several new refineries, including those in Saudi Arabia and India, which are geared toward maximizing ULSD output, have come online in the past few years, further adding to the supply of distillate.
These factors — reduced heating demand, increased European refining runs, and increased imports — have pushed independently held distillate inventory levels in the ARA to more than 26 million barrels in recent months, more than 7 million barrels higher than the five-year average (Figure 2).
The ARA is the delivery point for the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) gasoil (distillate) futures contract. Consistently high distillate inventories in the ARA have pushed prices lower and ICE gasoil futures into a steep contango. The futures spread between the prompt month ICE gasoil contract and the contract for 12 months forward was $8.90 per barrel contango in January (Figure 3).
Trade press reports indicate that a lack of storage space and a large contango have pushed distillate supplies into floating storage and encouraged import cargoes to take longer shipping routes. When contango in the futures contracts become sufficiently large, market participants can lock in a profit by purchasing distillate supplies on the spot market, chartering a vessel, and selling a longer-dated futures contract.
Trade press report that several vessels in European waters, such as off the coast of Gibraltar in southern Spain and outside of the ARA ports, have been booked specifically for distillate floating storage.
Another tactic employed by market participants is to have inbound cargoes take longer voyages, which allows more time to find a buyer, or onshore storage space, and also provides a return from the higher priced later delivery date.
According to the trade press, many cargoes from the Middle East and India have diverted around the Cape of Agulhas, at the southernmost point of Africa, on their way to Europe rather than passing through the Suez Canal in Egypt. The longer trip takes 30-40 days instead of the 15-20 day journey through the Suez Canal (Figure 4).
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I went on a walk with my friend Tevin on Saturday. Tevin had injured his foot a couple weeks ago, so the Cobbs Creek 5k wasn't in the cards, but we headed down to the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center. There we ran into a friend, Dan, and one of the Junior Docents, Andy, ready with binoculars to take us out on a birding walk.
Now, I'm not above birding when it's for a good, educational cause, so we headed out to see what what we could see around the constructed wetlands at the mouth of Naylor's Run. On the way out we passed a young man with three kids, the three of them popping small snakes into soda bottles around a stump in a clearing, apparently a den where the garters (Thamnophis sirtalis) and browns (Storeria dekayi) had spent the winter.
We smiled pained smiles and kept on going, though I fumed. I like looking for snakes down there, and I've always been annoyed to see other people carting out snakes that I'd like to be finding myself. I'm even more annoyed that there are next to no turtles to be found in the stretch of creek around the Center, something I've attributed to the kids pulling them out too (something reported to me by the people who work there).
In full fairness though, I have caught snakes and taken them home. My friends have done the same; pretty much every herper alive took home critters as a kid and likely killed most of them through poor husbandry.
Moreover these are extremely common species. I can point to other spots along the creek where both are incredibly abundant, and from which they'll assuredly radiate back into any areas where they've been extirpated by little kids.
Tevin, Dan, Andy, and I kept going, and our mood was lightened by a Coopers Hawk sitting in a birch tree a few yards off the path.
When we came back, though, the collectors were still there, and proud to show off their snakes in bottles.
Here's a brown snake:
Including this large female:
Still, I couldn't just leave them without saying something. So, I took the photos, congratulated them on the finds, shared my own love of snakes, and mentioned the blog (hi Mike!). Then I made three requests:
- First I requested that they not take all the snakes home. Maybe they'd keep one really pretty one and let the rest of them go for someone else to find.
- Second, I shared what I sometimes do - that I take a snake home for a few weeks, enjoy my time observing it in close quarters (well isolated from long-term captives, of course) and then release it back where I found it.
- Last, I pointed to the big female and asked, pretty please, if they could leave the big ones. I explained that taking a small male or two probably wouldn't have the same kind of population impact as taking a large female. You'd want that hefty girl out there having babies this spring to make sure there were more snakes for other herpers to find in later years.


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Thursday, November 13th, 2014
on behalf of Bupa Care Services
- Scots women shoulder burden of care for older relatives with more than a third saying it would be their sole responsibility to find a care home
- Over 1-in-4 of Scots women say caring for a relative has led to a strain in their relationship
- Sense of duty is delaying important decisions about care
Scots women are pushing themselves to breaking point by shouldering the burden of care for relatives because of feelings of 'duty' and 'guilt'.
New research from Bupa shows that a 'sense of duty' is causing women to delay important decisions about care for older relatives, resulting in a knock-on effect on their relationships and even their own health.
With women usually taking on responsibility for care of older relatives, the research reveals that this is putting an increasing strain on their family. Half of women in Scotland (54%) would put off thinking about a care home as they feel it is 'their duty' to look after their family, yet more than one in four (28%) say that caring for relatives has led to a strain in their relationship.
It means that important care decisions are being left to the last minute and women in Scotland are pushing themselves to breaking point by shouldering the burden of care, with almost one in three (30%) saying that caring for relatives has impacted their own health.
More than a third (35%) of women say it would be their sole responsibility to find a care home for an elderly relative and nearly two thirds (64%) said they would feel guilty about moving a loved one into a care home).
Andrew Cannon, managing director of Bupa Care Services said:
"We know women are usually the main carers in families and we regularly see daughters, wives and sisters in emotional turmoil because they know they need more support to look after a loved one but don't know where to turn.
"They have done a remarkable job in caring up to that point, but the stress has taken its toll on their wider lives. Often they turn for help only at a time of crisis.
"That's why it's vital not to let a sense of duty get in the way of important decisions about care. Delays can be unhelpful for the older person being cared for, but it can also have an impact on health, family life and affect people's wider relationships at work and home."
Bupa is urging anyone who is looking after elderly relatives to seek advice and plan care options for older relatives before they reach breaking point. As well as a helpline that offers free advice about care options (0333 920 8317) Bupa is offering the following tips:
Try to develop a plan early on. Especially In the early stages following a particular diagnosis. While it's hard to think beyond the immediate future and even though it may be difficult, try to engage with your loved ones in conversations before their condition deteriorates.
While you may feel it is your duty to take on the responsibility of caring for an older relative, sometimes their needs may be more complex and need professional trained support. Talk to someone, a trusted friend or advisor, to review what kind of care would be most appropriate for everyone involved.
It's important to get a sense of the kind of environment your family members would be happiest and most comfortable in. Care homes offer a wide range of personalised care services, both long and short-term. This includes care for those with dementia, Parkinson's, Huntington's, learning difficulties and the young and physically disabled.
The cost of care can be one of the deciding factors when choosing the right home, which is why it is helpful to know what funding options are available to you. Visit http://www.bupa.co.uk/care-services/care-journey-guide for more information.
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