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LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's summer box-office streak has cooled a bit with a $37 million opening weekend for J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi tale "Super 8."
It was a healthy but unremarkable launch in a summer season whose newcomers often open with two or three times as much money. Released by Paramount Pictures, "Super 8" largely features a cast of young newcomers, the story centering on teen filmmakers and an alien entity that escapes from a wrecked train.
"The movie was never conceived to be a blockbuster, tent-pole film opening to $60 or $70 million," said Don Harris, head of distribution for Paramount.
Writer-director Abrams ("Star Trek," TV's "Lost") was inspired by his own youth as a Super 8 filmmaker who emulated such talents as Spielberg, a producer on "Super 8."
When the studio scheduled "Super 8" amid such known summer quantities as "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Kung Fu Panda" sequels, "there was some concern we were sending a signal that it was a big summer blockbuster," Harris said. "What we really wanted to do was find a place where the movie could open, find its audience and hopefully play for a long time."
"Super 8" bumped off the previous weekend's No. 1 movie, 20th Century Fox's comic-book prequel "X-Men: First Class," which slipped to second-place with $25 million. "First Class" raised its domestic total to $98.9 million.
After a string of blockbuster debuts in May and early June, Hollywood's overall revenues dipped for the first time in a month. Domestic receipts totaled $140 million, down 7.5 percent from the same weekend last year, when "The Karate Kid" led with $55.7 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.
The weekend's other new wide release, Relativity Media's family flick "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer," opened weakly at No. 7 with $6.3 million. The movie follows a young girl's wacky summer adventures.
"Super 8" started with $1 million in sneak-peek screenings Thursday, giving it a domestic total of $38 million.
The movie added $6.7 million in nine international markets, including $2.7 million in Australia. It expands to about 15 more countries next weekend, among them Russia, Greece and Turkey.
Two sequels passed the $200 million mark domestically this weekend.
The Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover Part II" came in at No. 3 with $18.5 million to become the year's top-grossing domestic release at $216.6 million.
Disney's action tale "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" was No. 5 with $10.9 million, raising its domestic haul to $208.8 million.
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As if you needed further proof that Jay-Z is basically the biggest bad-ass around, here's a video of him riding the subway to his final concert out of a series of nine at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. But that's not what's so captivating about the video. The truly bad-ass part comes when Jay talks to an old lady named Ellen who asks him what his name is ("Jay"), and if he's famous ("Yes. Not very famous. You don't know me. I'll get there some day."). Before he gets off the train, though, Ellen asks for his name one more time just so she can "get it." And when he says, "Jay-Z," her reaction is completely adorable and 100 percent genuine.
And then she tells him the thing every person longs to hear: "I'm proud of you."
Whether you're a fan of Jay-Z or not, and whether you think this was a publicity stunt or not, there's no denying that this video is adorable. The conversation between Jay-Z and Ellen is very sweet, and clearly unscripted.
And the fact that Jay-Z's riding the train to his last show proves that he really does keep it real -- which is a lot more than most super rich celebs can say.
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Social phobia is a persistent and irrational fear of situations that may involve scrutiny or judgment by others, such as parties and other social events.
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People with social phobia are at high risk for alcohol or other drug dependence, because they may come to rely on drinks or drugs to relax in social situations.
People with social phobia become overwhelmingly anxious and self-conscious in everyday social situations. They have an intense, persistent, and chronic fear of being watched and judged by others, and of doing things that will embarrass them. They can worry for days or weeks before a dreaded situation. This fear may become so severe that it interferes with work, school, and other ordinary activities, and can make it hard to make and keep friends.
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Taylor CT, Pollack MH, LeBeau RT, Simon NM. Anxiety disorders: Panic, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 32.
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Philadelphia Inquirer - NORRISTOWN The arrest last week of Norristown lawyer Gregory R. Noonan on drug charges isn't just your ordinary case of an attorney being accused of dealing drugs.
At the same time that Montgomery County prosecutors were investigating Noonan for dealing in a controlled substance, they were squaring off against him in court, where he was representing a Souderton doctor on similar charges.
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Teri Hatcher's celebrity yard sale and auction on Saturday offers up that chance. Hatcher is to preside over the sale of new and used items from stars includng Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Vanessa Williams, Al Pacino, Jason Alexander, Ray Romano, Katey Sagal and more. Proceeds are earmarked for the Juvenile Arthritis Assn.
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Actually, I had read the wrong column. Total revenue for 2010 was $3.8m. Wages (1.4m) was only a part of total expense which amounted to $2.7m for 2010. So, the 'excess' is $1.1m. This amount was added to the accumulated net asset of the Preserve, boosting it from $14 to $15m.Might the Preserve getting ready for land/property acquisition or a major capital investment project?Or just a healthy rainy day fund?
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Pakula Vincent needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 693 designs submitted by 125 freelance designers.
Meaning of our brand:
- "maxi" (from "maximum") carry out the idea of full/complete/whole/general/important
- "foot" (from "football") directly links to european soccer
We are two fans of soccer who have managed the website http://www.maxifoot.com/ for several years. It's a content website with many articles and news, results, etc...
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- the brief said "3 colour tones (with a blue dominant)". It doesn't mean that the logotype must be blue. You could ALSO choose, BY EXAMPLE, a white logotype on a blue background
- no shoe, no mirror effects
VERY IMPORTANT - if you put a soccerplayer silhouette or a ball, it has to be not too "realistic" (no clipart/ no photo, please). It's better if it's a little thing who goes a little "abstract" and the "imaginary". The logo need to be very professionnal and simple.
### ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS TO COMPLETE THE BRIEF (1er september 9h am)
For the last step (for NEW creations or UPDATED creations), we would like to impose some restrictions.
1- dimensions of the height = approximately 3 times the width (e.g. 300x100, 600x200, etc...)
2- the text "maxifoot" should AT LEAST represent 75% of the total logo lengths (e.g. 75% of the heigh OR 75% of the width)
3- only "black & white" version of the logo (we would like to compare only the effects without to be influenced by the colors choice, we will see that for the final step).
4- no longer effects/creation on the "X" letter (this doesn't mean we will eliminate logos with a creation on the "X", but as 90% are now of the creations are based on the "X", so we would like ALSO others things / ideas)
5- no playersoccer too much identifiable (if you choose one, not easy that resultat reach the goal !)
We confirm that the most important is the text/font about maxifoot (always uppercase or lowercase), and symbolize something who recall/evoke/redolent our sector.
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Tebow Time could come Sunday
Tim Tebow is getting more snaps at practice with starter Kyle Orton nursing bruised ribs and the rookie might even get his first extended action of the season when the Denver Broncos visit Oakland this weekend.
Orton sat out practice Wednesday and interim coach Eric Studesville met with quarterbacks coach Ben McDaniels to determine how much, if any, he'll be able to participate in Thursday's practice.
In his absence, Tebow has been taking the bulk of the snaps with third quarterback Brady Quinn getting some work, too.
Tebow, whom former coach Josh McDaniels selected in the first round of the draft, has made only cameo appearances this season and thrown just one pass so far, a 3-yard TD toss to Spencer Larsen against Kansas City on Oct. 14.


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Performs all Computed Tomography exams; Performs quality control procedures as required by the manufacture; Evaluates all orders, verifies them with radiologist if needed, and ensures correct exam is performed. Properly screens all patients to ensure there are no contraindications for oral or IV contrast. Responsible for interacting with hospital staff and/or nursing departments regarding patient care, concerns, and conflicts by identifying and assisting in the resolutions. Responsible and accountable for maintaining performance skills. Routinely works weekends, holidays, evenings, nights, overtime, and/or on an on-call/call-back status, when needed. (This position summary contains the most relevant duties and responsibilities and does not exclude other assignments not mentioned.)
Category I: Exposed to blood-borne or potentially infectious material. __X __
Category II: Sometimes exposed to blood-borne or potentially infectious material. ______
Category III: Not exposed to blood-borne or potentially infectious material. ______
Must have current BCLS certification.
2 years prior Computed Tomography and/or Radiographer experience preferred.
Membership in related professional organization preferred.
Must demonstrate commitment and adherence to STHS's Compliance Program and Code of Conduct through compliance with all policies and procedures, the Code of Conduct, attendance at required training and immediately reporting suspected compliance issue(s) to the Compliance Officer.
Graduate from an approved school in Radiologic Technology.
Licensed as a Medical Radiologic Technologist (MRT) in the State of Texas
ARRT Certification (R) in Radiology (Technologists that are exempted from the ARRT certification must meet the requirement on Public Law 97-35.)
ARRT Certification(C) in Computed Tomography preferred.
Minimum experience of performing extremities, thorax, abdomen, spine, skull exams.Some of these exams may be performed as portables.
Computed Tomography
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Familiarized with contraindications for contrast.
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Drama Extended Major
Part of the Bachelor of Arts program
Commencing semesters, 2019
Semester 1
Semester 2
Program level
Program code
Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Communication and Arts
St Lucia
Delivery mode
Australian/domestic students
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Email: hass.uq.edu.au/askhass
Phone: 07 3365 1333
International students
International Student Advisor
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: Outside Australia: + 61 3 8676 7004
Within Australia (Free Call): 1800 671 980
Why study Drama?
Seeing and critiquing professional performance, reading plays from around the world and throughout the past 2000 years, honing your performance skills: These are all part of the UQ Drama major. You will learn how to interpret theatre through time and across cultures, but you will also be challenged to think about what constitutes performance, not only on the stage, but on the page and in everyday life. You will develop an understanding of the theatrical and literary aspects of drama, from ancient Greek classics to medieval theatre to the most recent Australian, Asian-Pacific, American and European plays. You do not have to audition but there are practical performance options at advanced level.
View the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Drama extended major.
What it costs
Please view the Bachelor of Arts for indicative fees.
How to apply
Please view the Bachelor of Arts for information on key dates and how to apply.


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|Outdoor Low Loss Diplexer
CCI's AWS In-Band Low Loss Diplexer with a "0" MHz Guard Band combines two UMTS or LTE AWS Base Station sub-band outputs band onto a single feeder without the insertion loss normally associated with hybrid combiners. The unit is fully passive and delivers a matched low insertion loss solution for the sharing of common feeder lines and antennas. The unit is completely passive and provides automatic routing of DC and AISG signals from the individual input ports to the common port. The unit is housed in a weatherproof outdoor enclosure suitable for tower mount application.
Technical Description:
This In-Band Diplexer allows the TX/RX combining of AWS B2C Band with AWS A1 thru B1 Bands and D thru J Bands separated by a "0" MHz Guard Band. Internal duplexers deliver signal to independent Tx and Rx filter combiners, enabling a high level of control and performance to maintain good isolation while minimizing insertion loss. Stages are kept to a minimum to maximize power and efficiency. Transmit paths are fully isolated from Receive paths to prevent intermodulation products. The fully weatherproof tower mount unit incorporates a unique intelligent Bias-T architecture which passes the DC and AISG carrier frequency from any of the input ports to the common port while blocking the DC and AISG signals from being re-injected into the other input ports. The tower mount unit consists of multiple band-pass filters which are all housed in an IP68 immersion proof enclosure, with IP68 immersion proof connectors suited for long-life masthead mounting. The unit provides protection against lightning strikes via a multi-stage surge protection circuit.
|RF Parameters
|Return Loss
|Common and Bandstop
|1710 - 1780
|18 dB min., 20 dB Typ.
|2110 - 2180
|18 dB min., 20 dB Typ.
|1710 - 1780
|18 dB min., 20 dB Typ.
|2110 - 2180
|18 dB min., 20 dB Typ.
|Insertion Loss
|Common to Bandpass
|1725 - 1735
|0.7 dB typ.
|2125 - 2135
|0.7 dB typ.
|Common to Bandstop
|1710 - 1725
|0.7 dB typ.
|1735 - 1780
|0.7 dB typ.
|2110 - 2125
|0.7 dB typ.
|2135 - 2180
|0.7 dB typ.
|Bandstop to Bandpass
|1710 - 1725
|≥30 dB typ.
|1725.56 - 1734.44
|≥30 dB typ.
|1735 - 1780
|≥30 dB typ.
|2110 - 2125
|≥30 dB typ.
|2125.56 - 2134.44
|≥30 dB typ.
|2135 - 2180
|≥30 dB typ.
|General Characteristics
|50 ohms
|Guard Band
|No additional guard band required beyond the built in guard band for UMTS and/or LTE (10 MHz or greater)
|< 4% over each 3.84 MHz UMTS channel
|Group Delay
|100 nS - 190 nS over each 3.84 MHz UMTS channel
|Continuous Average Power
|200 W max. (all ports)
|Peak Envelope Power
|2 kW max. (all ports)
|Intermodulation Performance(all ports)
|<-110 dBm (-153 dBc) typical (2 × +43 dBm tones) all bands
|DC Pass-Through
|Self detecting*
|AISG Pass-Through
|Follows detected DC*
|*If DC is detected for ANT-Tx1/Rx1, then AISG is passed-through as well, and DC is blocked for ANT-Tx2/Rx2 path, and vice versa
|"0 MHz" Guard Band Low Loss Diplexer Typical Applications for UMTS & LTE
|Operating Temperature
|-40˚C to +65˚C
|Relative Humidity
|5% to 100%
|IP68 (Unit Body), IP68 (Connector)
|>500,000 hours
|Lightning Protection
|8/20us, ±20KA max, 10 strikes, per IEC61000-4-5
|3 × 7-16 DIN female
|Dimensions (body only)(H×W×D)
|10.43 × 10.43 × 5.12 in. (265 × 265 × 130 mm)
|Dimensions (incl. bracket and conn.)(H×W×D)
|10.43 × 12.91 × 11.9 in. (265 × 328 × 302 mm)
|41 lbs (18.6 kg)
|Pole/Wall mounting bracket
|AWS In-Band Low Loss Diplexer Outline Drawing
Block Diagram
|AWS In-Band Low Loss Diplexer Detailed Block Diagram
|AISG 2.0 Site Controller
|AISG Cable Kit
|DIN-Male RF Port, DIN-Female RF+DC+AISG Port
|DIN-Female RF Port, DIN-Male RF+DC+AISG Port
|DIN-Female RF Port, DIN-Female RF+DC+AISG Port
Parts & Accessories
|AWS In-Band Low Loss Diplexer with "0" MHz Guard Band with bracket
|(Consult factory for alternate bandpass frequencies)
|Antenna Interface Standards Group (AISG), Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Part 15 Class B, CE, CSA US


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Broadway is a business marked by triumphs and tragedies.It is estimated that only 20 to 30 percent of Broadway shows turn a profit, but the ones that do can mean big money for producers and investors.
According to the industry's trade association, The Broadway League,Broadway grossed more than $1 billion in the 2009-2010 season. Attendance reached nearly 12 million, topping that of the ten professional New York and New Jersey sports teams put together.
So which Broadway productions have been the biggest moneymakers of all time? CNBC enlisted the help of the Broadway League to find out. Its rankings are based on cumulative gross (not adjusted for inflation) from opening night to either the time of its close or the end of the 2009-2010 season.
Click ahead to see which 15 came out on top!
By Brooke Sopelsa
Posted 15 Oct 2010
Note: Total gross was calculated by adding each show's total net gross for 2008-2009 and seasons prior to the gross gross for 2009-2010 (if applicable). Average paid admission was calculated by dividing the show's gross by its attendance for the final week of the 2009-10 season (for shows that are currently running) or by dividing the show's gross by the attendance for the final week of its run (for shows that are no longer running). Performance counts do not include previews.


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The 700 is the flagship of Bertram's line of well-known yachts. This yacht offers ARG as optional equipment, or Anti-roll Gyros for a sea taming experience making it much easier to enjoy your time on-board in what would be most uncomfortable conditions otherwise. Combined with the deep-V hull design they pioneered decades ago, the 700 is available in a flybridge or enclosed bridge convertible design.
Besides offering the ARGs, the 700 also sports many of Bertram's innovations. The new salon layout improves storage and the African Mahogany is simply elegant. In the galley you will enjoy the convenience of appliances from Sub-Zero and Fisher & Paykel. The 700's many standard and optional features mean you have the well known design and ride of Bertram with the latest in technological conveniences at hand.


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Any player may only capture 1 artefact with an unique or account scope. Any player may only capture up to 3 artefacts "at once".
Players may own more than one unique/account artefact resp. more than 3 artefacts in total
by conquering. Only 3 artefacts are active out of which only 1 can be unique or have an account wide effect. In case there are 2 account wide effect artefacts amongst your 3 oldest artefacts the fourth oldest will become active. If player has 3 village scope artefacts and conquers a fourth with an account scope effect, the third (most recent) village scope artefact gets deactivated, and instead of it the fourth artefact will get active after the countdown.
Village wide artefact effect overrules the effect of account wide artefact always. Therefore those effects do not stack.
Stronger buildings
The buildings are more durable against attacks by catapults and rams. Does not count for the Wonder of the World, but the account wide and unique type count for all other buildings in the Wonder of the Wold village.
- Village wide – 4 times as durable
- Account wide – 3 times as durable
- Unique – 5 times as durable
Faster troops
The troops travel faster.
- Village wide – 2 times faster
- Account wide – 1.5 times faster
- Unique – 2 times faster
Better spies
The Scouts, Equites Legati and Pathfinders are better at spying, and defending against spy attacks. All scouts in the village/account as well as all scouts sent for spying from this village/account are affected. Additional you can see the type of troops attacking you at your rally point, but not the amount of troops.
- Village wide – 5 times as effective
- Account wide – 3 times as effective
- Unique – 10 times as effective
Less hungry troops
The troops consume less crop.
- Village wide – 50% reduction in crop consumption
- Account wide – 25% reduction in crop consumption
- Unique – 50% reduction in crop consumption
Faster troop training
The troops are trained faster.
- Village wide – 50% reduction in training time
- Account wide – 25% reduction in training time
- Unique – 50% reduction in training time
Great warehouse or great granary plan
Grants ability to build great warehouse or great granary.
Cranny + random aim
Artefact raises cranny capacity and additionally causes enemy catapult attacks to fire randomly (targeting a resource field any resource field may get hit, targeting a building any building may get hit). World Wonder can always be targeted and hit.
- Village wide – Cranny capacity increased by 200x. Treasury can be targeted and hit.
- Account wide – Cranny capacity increased by 100x. Treasury can be targeted and hit.
- Unique – Cranny capacity increased by 500x. Treasury can be hit randomly only.
Artefact of the fool
This artefact changes its effect every 24 hours, and can get any of the effects of other artefacts, except the ability to build great warehouse or great granary. Also the effect scope is randomly decided between account and village wide every 24 hours.
Normal artefact of this type may get also negative effects, for example troops might get slower, or they might consume more food. Unique artefact of this type may only get positive effects, but the magnitude of the effect is still random. It might grant speed increase of factor of 1.01 for example.
- Normal – Also negative effects are possible.
- Unique – Only positive effects are possible.


text: Missouri Student Is One 'Eggcellent' Entrepreneur September 29, 2011 04:15 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Sara Brown Farm Journal Livestock and Production Editor Email Dustin Stanton, age 18, is on the right path to becoming a top producer. Currently a freshman at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Stanton has grown his farm project of producing eggs to a regional business by connecting with consumers and paying close attention to freshness. "It's the taste that keeps them coming back," says Dustin Stanton, of the farm-fresh eggs he produces with his brother Austin in Centralia, Mo. The quiet 17-year-old has become an aficionado on what consumers want when it comes to eggs. Stanton visits with customers at local grocery stores and the farmer's market, and talks with students in the dining halls at the nearby University of Missouri-Columbia, a buyer of his fresh eggs. This attention to detail helped Stanton win a 2010 National Agri-Entrepreneurship Award and $1,000 during the 83rd National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., in October. At this year's convention, Stanton is a national finalist in the Agricultural Sales—Entreprenuership category. The national award will be presented at the convention in October. His business, Stanton Brothers, was hatched when Dustin's first grade class incubated 12 baby chickens. As a reward, one of the students had the opportunity to take these chicks home, but Stanton was not the lucky 7-year-old. Heartbroken, Stanton told his uncle of his situation and his uncle bought him his first six baby chicks the next day. Today, Stanton raises more than 8,500 chickens and sells an average of 2,000 dozen eggs per week to the Columbia Farmers Market, eight restaurants, three bakers, two health food stores and seven grocery stores. A new grocer to Columbia, Natural Grocers, based in Denver, Colo., has already committed to purchasing eggs from Stanton Brothers. "My major objective right now with Stanton Brothers is to provide a safe, reliable and nutritious source of eggs to local people who enjoy eating food that they know where it comes from," Stanton says. "I even help raise the grain that I feed to the chickens. That's the fun part—I control the quality of the product from start to finish." Stanton is attending the University of Missouri-Columbia, majoring in Agribusiness Management, and plans to continue to market his eggs to local consumers while working on the family farm. See all 'A Day in Agriculture' coverage. Back to news


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http://mmajunkie.com As expected, Japanese star Shinya Aoki (27-5 MMA, 11-2 DREAM) and fellow lightweight Rich Clementi (40-19-1 MMA, 0-0 DREAM) will fight later this month at "DREAM.17: Fight for Japan."
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) passed along news of the bout earlier this week, and DREAM executives since have made it official.
Clementi takes the fight after the loss of Antonio McKee (unspecified reasons) and Shane Nelson (Aoki declined to fight him). Jamie Varner and Willamy Freire also previously were rumored for the slot.
DREAM.17 takes place May 29 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, and serves as a fundraiser following earthquakes and a tsunami that recently ravaged the country. HDNet is expected to air the show in North America.
Aoki enters DREAM.17 with a four-fight win streak and seven victories in his past eight fights. Most recently, he scored a 93-second submission victory (due to a neck crank) over Lyle Beerbohm at April's "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley" event. However, mixed in with the recent run was an embarrassing (and sometimes baffling) second-round KO loss to K-1 kickboxer Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima in a "special rules" bout at "DREAM Dynamite!! 2010."
Clementi, a UFC veteran with a 60-fight resume, competed in Japan for the first time since 2004, when he went 3-1-1 during a five-fight stint for ZST. "No Love" has garnered mixed results as of late, alternating wins and losses during a 7-5 run since his 2009 release from the UFC.
The full DREAM.17 card (in reverse bout order) includes:
- Uyenoyama/Yamamoto winner vs. Maeda/Tokoro winner (Japan bantamweight-tourney semifinal)
- Fujiwara/Imanari winner vs. Osawa/Otsuka winner (Japan bantamweight-tourney semifinal)
- Shinya Aoki vs. Rich Clementi
- Katsunori Kikuno vs. Daisuke Nakamura
- Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura vs. Caol Uno
- Takeshi Inoue vs. Koichiro Matsumoto
- Joachim Hansen vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida
- Kenji Osawa vs. Takafumi Otsuka (Japan bantamweight-tourney first round)
- Keisuke Fujiwara vs. Masakazu Imanari (Japan bantamweight-tourney first round)
- Yoshiro Maeda vs. Hideo Tokoro (Japan bantamweight-tourney first round)
- Darren Uyenoyama vs. Atsushi Yamamoto (Japan bantamweight-tourney first round)
For more on DREAM.17, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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This chapter describes Scheme 48's interface to the POSIX C calls [1]. Scheme versions of most of the functions in POSIX are provided. Both the interface and implementation are new and are likely to change in future releases. Section 9.10 lists which Scheme functions call which C functions.
Scheme 48's POSIX interface will likely change significantly in the future. The implementation is new and may have significant bugs.
The POSIX bindings are available in several structures:
Scheme 48's POSIX interface differs from Scsh's [11, 12] in several ways. The interface here lacks Scsh's high-level constructs and utilities, such as the process notation, awk procedure, and parsing utilities. Scheme 48 uses distinct types for some values that Scsh leaves as symbols or unboxed integers; these include file types, file modes, and user and group ids. Many of the names and other interface details are different, as well.
The procedures described in this section control the creation of processes and the execution of programs. They are in the structures posix-process and posix.
Fork creates a new child process and returns the child's process-id in the parent and #f in the child. Fork-and-forget calls thunk in a new process; no process-id is returned. Fork-and-forget uses an intermediate process to avoid creating a zombie process.
Process-id? is a predicate for process-ids, process-id=? compares two to see if they are the same, and process-id-uid returns the actual Unix id. Process-id->integer and integer->process-id convert process ids to and from integers.
If a process terminates normally process-id-exit-status will return its exit status. If the process is still running or was terminated by a signal then process-id-exit-status will return #f. Similarly, if a child process was terminated by a signal process-id-terminating-signal will return that signal and will return #f if the process is still running or terminated normally. Wait-for-child-process blocks until the child process terminates. Scheme 48 may reap child processes before the user requests their exit status, but it does not always do so.
Terminates the current process with the integer status as its exit status.
All of these replace the current program with a new one. They differ in how the new program is found, what its environment is, and what arguments it is passed. Exec and exec-with-environment look up the new program in the search path, while exec-file and exec-file-with-environment execute a particular file. The environment is either inherited from the current process (exec and exec-file) or given as an argument (...-with-environment). Program-name and filename and any argi should be os-string-thing arguments (see section 5.15. Env should be a list of os-string-thing arguments of the form "name=value". The first four procedures add their first argument, program-name or filename, before the arg0 ... arguments.
Exec-with-alias is an omnibus procedure that subsumes the other four. Name is looked up in the search path if lookup? is true and is used as a filename otherwise. Maybe-env is either a list of os-string-things for the environment of the new program or #f in which case the new program inherits its environment from the current one. Arguments should be a list of os-string-things; unlike with the other four procedures, name is not added to this list (hence -with-alias).
There are two varieties of signals available, named and anonymous. A named signal is one for which we have a symbolic name, such as kill or pipe. Anonymous signals, for which we only have the current operating system's signal number, have no meaning in other operating systems. Named signals preserve their meaning in image files. Not all named signals are available from all OS's and there may be multiple names for a single OS signal number.
(signal signal-name) –> signal (syntax)
The syntax signal returns a (named) signal associated with signal-name. Name->signal returns a (named) signal or #f if the the signal name is not supported by the operating system. The signal returned by integer->signal is a named signal if integer corresponds to a named signal in the current operating system; otherwise it returns an anonymous signal. Signal-name returns a symbol if signal is named and #f if it is anonymous. Signal=? returns #t if signal0 and signal1 have the same operating system number and #f if they do not.
The following lists the names of the POSIX signals.
The following lists the names of the non-POSIX signals that the system is currently aware of.
Send signal to the process corresponding to process-id.
Signals received by the Scheme process can be obtained via one or more signal-queues. Each signal queue has a list of monitored signals and a queue of received signals that have yet to be read from the signal-queue. When the Scheme process receives a signal that signal is added to the received-signal queues of all signal-queues which are currently monitoring that particular signal.
(signal-queue-monitored-signals signal-queue) –> list of signals
Make-signal-queue returns a new signal-queue that will monitor the signals in the list signals. Signal-queue? is a predicate for signal queues. Signal-queue-monitored-signals returns a list of the signals currently monitored by signal-queue. Dequeue-signal! and maybe-dequeue-signal both return the next received-but-unread signal from signal-queue. If signal-queue's queue of signals is empty dequeue-signal! blocks until an appropriate signal is received. Maybe-dequeue-signal! does not block; it returns #f instead.
There is a bug in the current system that causes an erroneous deadlock error if threads are blocked waiting for signals and no other threads are available to run. A work around is to create a thread that sleeps for a long time, which prevents any deadlock errors (including real ones):
> ,open threads > (spawn (lambda () ; Sleep for a year (sleep (* 1000 60 60 24 365))))
These two procedures can be used to add or remove signals from a signal-queue's list of monitored signals. When a signal is removed from a signal-queue's list of monitored signals any occurances of the signal are removed from that signal-queue's pending signals. In other words, dequeue-signal! and maybe-dequeue-signal! will only return signals that are currently on the signal-queue's list of signals.
These are in structures posix-process-data and posix.
These return the process ids of the current process and its parent. See section 9.1.1 for operations on process ids.
Every process has both the original and effective user id and group id. The effective values may be set, but not the original ones.
Get-groups returns a list of the supplementary groups of the current process. Get-login-name returns a user name for the current process.
Lookup-environment-variable looks up its argument in the environment list and returns the corresponding value or #f if there is none. Environment-alist returns the entire environment as a list of (name-os-string . value-os-string) pairs.
User-ids and group-ids are boxed integers representing Unix users and groups. The procedures in this section are in structures posix-users and posix.
User-ids and group-ids have their own own predicates and comparison, boxing, and unboxing functions.
These return the user info for a user identified by user-id or name.
A user-info contains information about a user. Available are the user's name, id, group, home directory, and shell.
These return the group info for a group identified by group-id or name.
A group-info contains information about a group. Available are the group's name, id, and a list of members.
These procedures return strings that are supposed to identify the current OS and machine. The POSIX standard does not indicate the format of the strings. The procedures are in structures posix-platform-names and posix.
These procedures are in structures posix-files and posix.
Directory streams are like input ports, with each read operation returning the next name in the directory.
Open-directory-stream opens a new directory stream. Directory-stream? is a predicate that recognizes directory streams. Read-directory-stream returns the next name in the directory or #f if all names have been read. Close-directory-stream closes a directory stream.
This is the obvious utility; it returns a list of the names in directory name.
These return and set the working directory.
Open-file opens a port to the file named by path, which must be a os-string-thing argument. The file-options argument determines various aspects of the returned port. The optional file-mode argument is used only if the file to be opened does not already exist. The returned port is an input port if file-options includes read-only; otherwise it returns an output port. Dup-switching-mode can be used to open an input port for output ports opened with the read/write option.
(file-options file-option-name ...) –> file-options (syntax)
(file-options-union file-options file-options) –> file-options
The syntax file-options returns a file-option with the indicated options set. File-options-on? returns true if its first argument includes all of the options listed in the second argument. File-options-union returns a file-options argument containing exactly all of the options listed in either argument. The following file options may be used with open-file.
Only one of the last three options may be used. If read-write is specified, an output port is returned.
For example
(open-file "some-file.txt" (file-options create write-only) (file-mode read owner-write))
returns an output port that writes to a newly-created file that can be read by anyone and written only by the owner. Once the file exists,
(open-file "some-file.txt" (file-options append write-only))
will open an output port that appends to the file.
The append and nonblocking options and the read/write nature of the port can be read using i/o-flags. The append and nonblocking options can be set using set-i/o-flags!.
To keep port operations from blocking the Scheme 48 process, output ports are set to be nonblocking at the time of creation (input ports are managed using select()). You can use set-i/o-flags! to make an output port blocking, for example just before a fork, but care should be exercised. The Scheme 48 runtime code may get confused if an I/O operation blocks.
Sets the file creation mask to be file-mode. Bits set in file-mode are cleared in the modes of any files or directories created by the current process.
Both existing and new must be os-string-thing arguments. Link makes path new be a new link to the file pointed to by path existing. The two paths must be in the same file system.
These two procedures make new directories and fifo files. In both cases, path must be a os-string-thing argument.
Path, old-path and new-path must all be os-string-thing arguments. Unlink removes the link indicated by path. Remove-directory removes the indicated (empty) directory. Rename moves the file pointed to by old-path to the location pointed to by new-path (the two paths must be in the same file system). Any other links to the file remain unchanged.
(access-mode mode-name) –> access-mode (syntax)
Accessible? returns true if path (which must be a os-string-thing argument) is a file that can be accessed in the listed mode. If more than one mode is specified accessible? returns true if all of the specified modes are permitted. The mode-names are: read, write, execute, exists.
Get-file-info and get-file/link-info both return a file info record for the file named by path, which must be a os-string-thing argument. Get-file-info follows symbolic links while get-file/link-info does not. Get-port-info returns a file info record for the file which port reads from or writes to. An error is raised if fd-port does not read from or write to a file descriptor.
File-info? is a predicate for file-info records. File-info-name is the name which was used to get file-info, either as passed to get-file-info or get-file/link-info, or used to open the port passed to get-port-info.
(file-type type) –> file-type (syntax)
File-info-type returns the type of the file, as a file-type object File types may be compared using eq?. The valid file types are:
Symbolic-link and socket are not required by POSIX.
The device and inode numbers uniquely determine a file.
These return the number of links to a file and the file size in bytes. The size is only meaningful for regular files.
These return the owner, group, and access mode of a file.
These return the time the file was last read, modified, or had its status modified
A file mode is a boxed integer representing a file protection mask.
(file-mode permission-name ...) –> file-mode (syntax)
File-mode is syntax for creating file modes. The mode-names are listed below. File-mode? is a predicate for file modes. File-mode+ returns a mode that contains all of permissions of its arguments. File-mode- returns a mode that has all of the permissions of file-mode0 that are not in file-mode1.
File-mode=? returns true if the two modes are exactly the same. File-mode<=? returns true if file-mode0 has a subset of the permissions of file-mode1. File-mode>=? is file-mode<=? with the arguments reversed.
Integer->file-mode and file-mode->integer translate file modes to and from the classic Unix file mode masks. These may not be the masks used by the underlying OS.
These procedures are in structures posix-time and posix.
A time record contains an integer that represents time as the number of second since the Unix epoch (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970). Make-time and current-time return times, with make-time's using its argument while current-time's has the current time. Time? is a predicate that recognizes times and time-seconds returns the number of seconds time represents.
These perform various comparison operations on the times.
Time->string returns a string representation of time in the following form.
"Wed Jun 30 21:49:08 1993 "
These procedures are in structures posix-i/o and posix.
Open-pipe creates a new pipe and returns the two ends as an input port and an output port.
A file descriptor port (or fd-port) is a port that reads to or writes from an OS file descriptor. Fd-ports are returned by open-input-file, open-output-file, open-file, open-pipe, and other procedures.
Fd-port? returns true if its argument is an fd-port. Port->fd returns the file descriptor associated with or #f if port is not an fd-port.
Remap-file-descriptors reassigns file descriptors to ports. The fd-specs indicate which port is to be mapped to each file descriptor: the first gets file descriptor 0, the second gets 1, and so forth. A fd-spec is either a port that reads from or writes to a file descriptor, or #f, with #f indicating that the corresponding file descriptor is not used. Any open ports not listed are marked 'close-on-exec'. The same port may be moved to multiple new file descriptors.
For example,
(remap-file-descriptors (current-output-port) #f (current-input-port))
moves the current output port to file descriptor 0 and the current input port to file descriptor 2.
These change fd-port's file descriptor and return a new port that uses ports's old file descriptor. Dup uses the lowest unused file descriptor and dup2 uses the one provided. Dup-switching-mode is the same as dup except that the returned port is an input port if the argument was an output port and vice versa. If any existing port uses the file descriptor passed to dup2, that port is closed.
Close-all-but closes all file descriptors whose associated ports are not passed to it as arguments.
Close-on-exec? returns true if port will be closed when a new program is exec'ed. Set-close-on-exec?! sets port's close-on-exec flag.
These two procedures read and write various options for port. The options that can be read are append, nonblocking, read-only, write-only, and read/write. Only the append and nonblocking can be written.
Port-is-a-terminal? returns true if port has an underlying file descriptor that is associated with a terminal. For such ports port-terminal-name returns the name of the terminal, for all others it returns #f.
The procedures in this section provide access to POSIX regular expression matching. The regular expression syntax and semantics are far too complex to be described here. Due to limitations in the underlying facility, only Latin-1 strings are guaranteed to work here—on some platforms, only ASCII may function correctly. Moreover, because the C interface uses zero bytes for marking the ends of strings, patterns and strings that contain zero bytes will not work correctly.
These procedures are in structures posix-regexps and posix.
An abstract data type for creating POSIX regular expressions is described in section 5.20.
(regexp-option option-name) –> regexp-option (syntax)
Make-regexp makes a new regular expression, using string as the pattern. The possible option names are:
The regular expression is not compiled until it matched against a string, so any errors in the pattern string will not be reported until that point.
This is a predicate for regular expressions.
(regexp-match regexp string start submatches? starts-line? ends-line?)
–> boolean or list of matches
Regexp-match matches the regular expression against the characters in string, starting at position start. If the string does not match the regular expression, regexp-match returns #f. If the string does match, then a list of match records is returned if submatches? is true, or #t is returned if it is not. Each match record contains the index of the character at the beginning of the match and one more than the index of the character at the end. The first match record gives the location of the substring that matched regexp. If the pattern in regexp contained submatches, then the results of these are returned in order, with a match records reporting submatches that succeeded and #f in place of those that did not.
Starts-line? should be true if string starts at the beginning of a line and ends-line? should be true if it ends one.
The following table lists the Scheme procedures that correspond to particular C procedures. Not all of the Scheme procedures listed are part of the POSIX interface.
|C procedure
|Scheme procedure(s)
|C procedure
|Scheme procedure(s)
|close-input-port, close-output-port,
|close-channel, close-socket
|dup, dup-switching-mode
|exec, exec-with-environment,
|exec-file, exec-file-with-environment,
|io-flags, set-io-flags!,
|close-on-exec, set-close-on-exec!
|fork, fork-and-forget
|read-char, read-block
|os-name, os-node-name,
|os-release-name, os-version-name,
|write-char, write-block


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October 2011 Nuts & BoltsPosted in How To on October 1, 2011
1⁄2 Full or 3⁄4 Empty?
Q In almost every issue of 4-Wheel & Off-Road, it is stated that IFS is weaker, wears out quicker, and is less useful off-road overall versus a solid axle. Would it be feasible to take a Chevy 1500 4x4 and install the complete suspension from a 3500 4x4? The 3500 components are stronger, more durable, and made for a heavy-duty truck, whereas the 1500 is lightweight. Would the pros of the 3500 suspension overcome the worst of the 1500's IFS cons? And even though it would still have IFS, would it be much better off-road?
Tyler S.
Holmen, WI
A Although your idea is good, the later-model IFS trucks are just not as easy to convert from 1⁄2-ton to 1-ton as you would hope. The mounting points are much different, and in the end you'll be doing as much fabrication work as you would be if you were swapping in a solid front axle. Is it possible? Yes. Is it worth it? Not really. Yes, the 3500 IFS will be stronger than the 1500, but it will still be hindered by all the moving parts that can wear out and cause issues with the IFS. However, the 3500 parts usually have more gearing and locker options available and stronger aftermarket support, so I'd recommend starting with a 3500 truck rather than trying to swap the parts over.
We are currently exploring a heavy-duty IFS in our Ultimate Adventure F-150 buildup (see page 70), so stay tuned to see how that comes out. Developing a front independent suspension that will be strong enough (we hope!) for serious off-road use will be just as expensive (or more so), time consuming, and elaborate as swapping in a solid front axle.
Over the Canyon
Q I have an '06 GMC Canyon 2WD Z85 and am in the process of lifting it more than the 2-inch lift coils and shackles I have on it currently. I will be getting the 5-inch CST spindles soon to bring the front up more, but how would I do the spring-over axle so I can gain those extra inches to level it out? I'd rather it not be leaning back like a lowrider. Where can I go to in Southern California to get this done?
A The look you are talking about is called the prerunner look, where the bed is low and the nose of the truck is high, reminiscent of some desert race trucks. For some reason a lot of the southwestern guys like this look. Oddly enough, most desert race trucks do not sit like that anymore. I'm not a huge fan, as it makes forward visibility harder, but the low bed makes it easier to load your cooler!
As for the rear spring-over conversion, you will need to relocate the spring perches, change the pinion angle, and attach longer shocks and longer brake lines. The spring-over is more likely to have spring wrap, as this configuration can increase the leverage against the springs. A simple online or Yellow Pages search will show you many 4x4 and off-road shops in Southern California depending on where you live exactly. Be sure to ask if they have ever done a spring-over conversion. It shouldn't be too difficult, but will require some welding and new parts.
Low-Tech Tow
Q My newest project, besides one of my eight Jeeps, is to build a low-tech, old-school tow vehicle. One with no computer, no automatic transmission, no power windows, and the like. I purchased an '84 Chevy 4x4 standard cab dualie from my old fire department. It has a 350 V-8, an SM465, an NP205, a Dana 60 front axle and 14-bolt rear with 4.56 gearing, and 30x16 tires. The only problem is that it has a top speed of about 58 mph, which makes it unsuitable for towing a Jeep to Moab.
I could have the axles regeared, but I really hate to, as the truck only has 9,000 miles on it and they are just broken in. Since I'm not fond of the nonsyncronized granny gear (but could live with it if necessary), I was thinking about a more modern five- or six-speed overdrive stick-shift tranny instead to gain the top speed I need.
What would be the easiest and/or cheapest tranny to swap in? Or is there some kind of overdrive unit to install between the gearbox and the transfer case?
Glen D. B.
Orlando Jeep Club
A Your truck sounds awesome! Simple, basic, and tough. I would have to agree that keeping the tow rig simple and reliable is a great goal. The tow rig doesn't need to be a project truck. Little things like a camper shell, a leveling kit, and a light bar all make sense. But a huge lift, over-the-top engine upgrades, and giant rubber can make a tow rig into a large headache.
The truck needs higher gearing, and you have three choices. First is a Ranger overdrive between the engine and transmission from Advance Adapters (www.advanceadapters.com). These cost about $1,300 and put a 27 percent overdrive and additional shifter in front of your SM465. This swap will also require moving your transmission and transfer case rearward 71⁄2 inches and shortening and lengthening your driveshafts, which can be very expensive. The Ranger is a great option built to handle 420 lb-ft of torque and a GVWR of 25,000. It does, however, have some gear whine in overdrive, but I use one in my Dumpster M37 project with great results.
The second option is the infamous NV-4500 five-speed manual transmission. I have used a few of these and find them expensive, annoying to drive, and weak. I have seen many failures, though there is a supposed fix on the market to keep the overdrive gear from coming apart. Any manual gearbox that requires fancy $100 gear oil to fill it, on top of the $2,000-plus initial purchase price, doesn't interest me. Again, you will need new driveshafts, which are more expensive than many people realize. I've been there. Although a lot of people like this transmission, I have only found it enjoyable behind the big Cummins diesel we put in the '07 Ultimate Adventure Jeep we built because that engine has the power to pull through the odd gear jumps of the NV-4500.
Your third and best option is a simple gear swap and tire increase. If you were to go up to 4.10 gears with a 32- or 33-inch tire, I think you'd be pretty happy with the truck. If you want to keep the smaller rubber, jump up to a 3.73. The V-8 and granny First gear of the SM465 should have no issue getting a Jeep on a trailer up and moving, and then you won't have to mess with new driveshafts and so on. You will have to change the carrier in the axle, as there is a carrier change at 4.10 to 4.56, but from the outside the rest of the truck will not change. I would guesstimate that the gears, carriers, bearing kits, and installation would be around $2,000 or less, depending on where you get it done and what grade parts you use. No driveshaft adjustments are needed, and you only need to upgrade to larger tires when your old ones wear out.
Devil Dodge
Q Me (19) and my friend (17) recently acquired a '65 Dodge D100 3⁄4-ton and are planning on making it a tough 4x4. It has a lot more body rust than we in initially thought, but the frame is perfect. That's why the truck is an asset to us, plus the price was an offer we couldn't refuse: free! Our main concern is that the transfer case is done for, but the previous owner has a '69 D100 3⁄4-ton 4x4 with a perfectly good transfer case (the rest of the truck is junk). Our truck has a slant-six (225, I believe), and the parts truck is a V-8 (318, motor is blown). Both transmissions are four-speed standards. Would the transfer case from the parts truck fit into our truck? If not, is it best to get a new or used transfer case?
We hope to have the truck in the bush by this summer. We are painting it flat black with flames in the General Lee orange. The truck's name is Devil's Queen. I will send pictures of her when done.
British Columbia, Canada
A Your truck should have a divorced NP201 transfer case. A short driveshaft connects the transmission to the transfer case. The '69 should have the newer NP205 transfer case, but it is also divorced. The swap should be very easy indeed. Your best bet would be to swap the entire crossmember with the transfer case on it from the '69, as the mounts may be different. The crossmember may be riveted in place, so you may need to grind and drill the rivets out and then bolt it in place on the '65. The shift linkage and driveshafts may need some adjustment also, depending on U-joint sizes.
I would be very curious as to why the NP201 failed. The slant-six isn't the most powerful engine in the world, so I'm not sure why it would kill such a robust transfer case. You may just have linkage or driveshaft issues. Either way, the Devil's Queen should be a very cool truck to go bashing in the bush with. Keep us posted as it comes together.
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Better Inside Than Out
Q I have a '97 Suburban K2500 with a 454ci big-block and a '93 two-door Tahoe K1500 with a 350ci small-block. The Tahoe has lots of miles, but the motor, trans, and suspension are worn out. The Suburban is in awesome shape outside, but the interior is messed up. I wanted to know if all the suspension can be swapped to the K1500 along with the motor and trans. Do I also have to swap out the torsion bars to carry the load of the 454? And the rear leaf springs? Do I have put on traction bars due to the extra power? Also, would I have to get driveshafts made or will the ones from the K1500 fit? I know I'm going to have fun swapping wiring and the dashboard along with its mounting brackets, and the steering column, but is there an easier way to go about this?
Billy Bob
A Before you start swapping the drivetrain I suggest you look at LMC Truck (800.562.8782, www.lmctruck.com), a company that has everything for the interior of your '97. I would not waste time swapping that stuff to the Tahoe. The 'Burban is bigger, has better parts under it, and a 3⁄4-ton frame and suspension. Sell the Tahoe, fix up the Suburban, and enjoy the larger truck. You may be able to scrounge some interior parts from the Tahoe, such as a seat, to better outfit the 'Burb, but I do not believe the 3⁄4-ton front suspension parts will easily adapt to the 1⁄2-ton Tahoe.
You brought up a question that a lot of readers come across, so I'm going to award you this month's Nuts, I'm Confused prize, a gift certificate from LMC Truck. LMC offers a huge inventory of parts for most domestic trucks and 4x4s through its catalogs and website and can help in fixing up whatever you have in your driveway. The idea of swapping powertrain and suspension is often a larger project than simply upgrading the interior of the running driving vehicle, especially if it is a larger capacity such as a 3⁄4-ton. Whatever direction you go, LMC can help supply replacement components.
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A two-year project now under way by the National Council, Cotton Council International, and Cotton Incorporated is aimed at identifying and addressing critical issues that face the cotton industry near-term.
"Vision 21," which is short for "Vision of U.S. Cotton's 21st Century," is taking a three-pronged approach to the $1.5 million project, Fred Johnson, vice president for administration and program coordinator for the National Cotton Council, told members of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association at their summer meeting at Branson, Mo.
The groundwork for the project was laid two years ago by senior staff of the three cotton organizations, he says, following "a generous offer" by Monsanto to provide a $1 million grant as seed money for identifying the priority areas of research and conducting the necessary studies to assist the cotton industry with strategic thinking.
A special industry committee of the Council reviewed and approved the staff's recommendations for Vision 21, which is a special project of the Cotton Foundation, the Council's research and education division.
Vision 21 consists of three sub-projects, Johnson says.
The first is an analysis of the Asian consumer apparel and textile markets, with a primary focus on China and India and emphasis on major metropolitan areas.
"This includes the establishment of ongoing data collection processes in the region and an analysis of Asian consumer behavior in the purchase of textile and apparel products. Planning and coordination of the data collection and analysis will be conducted jointly by Cotton Council International and Cotton Incorporated."
A component of this apparel and textile market research segment is a strategic study being conducted by Cotton Council International, "Impact of Seven Revolutions on Cotton Products."
"This program is examining the forces that will have an impact on the world's textile and apparel complex in year 2025," Johnson says. "Sessions are being organized to bring together stakeholders in four separate global markets: Western Hemisphere, Greater Europe, South Asia and China/Hong Kong."
The second area of Vision 21 is sustainability and the environmental aspects of U.S. cotton production, storage, transport, textile processing, apparel manufacturing and consumer handling. Cotton Incorporated is the primary manager of this sub-project, with assistance from CCI and NCC.
The third area addresses cotton logistics and flow in light of today's changing production and shipping focus points. An analysis of optimal organization of U.S. raw cotton storage is also part of the study.
"This study acknowledges that the location of U.S. cotton production has shifted dramatically, while the endpoints for the delivery of baled lint have also changed," Johnson says.
In the Asian Consumer Research sub-project, a "Seven Revolutions" session was conducted at CCI's Summit at Austin, Texas, last November, and additional sessions are being planned in the future.
"These forums focus on the critical factors impacting the global cotton textile and apparel industry, such as population, resources, technology economic integration and governance," Johnson says.
"The China demand study is under way, with the selection of a contracting firm and the development of a survey, which will ask Chinese consumers about their buying habits for textiles and apparel along with demographic information such as household income. Based on the data being collected, a forecasting tool will be developed to predict future trends and demands for apparel, home textile and footwear in China."
CCI has an ongoing consumer research survey in India, with data collected over the past six years. These data will be used for the development of a forecast model to project trends in consumption and fiber preferences.
"This work area provides for a critical assessment of Asia, the fastest growing consumer market for cotton textiles and apparel for the next 20 years," Johnson says. "This examination of the forces impacting textile and apparel production and overall world development drivers will be critical to the promotion programs and development of the formation of appropriate policy in future trade agreements.
In the sustainability sub-project, work is currently under way to develop a commercially viable definition for "sustainable" that is workable for all aspects of U.S. cotton production, processing and consumer uses and which incorporates many of the technologies and practices that are being currently employed.
"Cotton Incorporated and Council staff have already been involved in crafting a positive sustainability message for cotton production and processing," Johnson notes. "This area of work will involve a life cycle analysis for typical polyester and cotton products that move beyond production and processing to consumer handling and disposal.
"U.S. cotton's sustainability message is already a very positive one and will be further strengthened by this study, which reaches beyond production and processing to the consumer."
Cotton Incorporated staff have identified several firms for conducting the life cycle studies, he says, and it is expected they will distribute a request for proposals to these firms later this summer, with a contract to be awarded shortly after that.
The study of cotton logistics and flow "will acknowledge that two states now account for more than 50 percent of U.S. cotton production, and that the 40-year trend for 70 percent of U.S. production to be consumed by U.S. mills has been reversed, with more than that now going into the export market," Johnson says.
The study also calls for an analysis of optimal organization of U.S. raw cotton storage.
An industry oversight committee of the Council was established in 2008 to assist in the development of a request for proposal and selection of a contracting firm.
"Proposals were received earlier this year, but were termed inadequate by the committee. Restated requests for proposal were distributed to interested firms, along with comprehensive background materials on the cotton industry, generally, and warehousing practices and cotton logistics, specifically. The firm to conduct this study will be selected early in August and its representatives will meet with the industry oversight committee during the Council's mid-year meeting in late August.
"The study's primary objective is the identification of the cotton flow strategies, systems, and practices that our industry can employ to reduce costs and improve returns while meeting the demands of moving our cotton to market."
Of the total $1.5 million projected budget for Vision 21, $700,000 will be devoted to the Asian Consumer Market assessment, $300,000 for the Sustainability sub-project, $250,000 to conduct the Cotton Flow and Logistics study, and $250,000 for a communications component.
"The communications effort will follow the completion of the three primary areas of work and will involve the dissemination of the findings and analysis to U.S. cotton industry leaders and affiliated interests," Johnson says. "This work will provide our industry the opportunity for building consensus on future initiatives, programs and policies."
Vision 21 was launched in August last year and it is projected that all three sub-projects will be completed within two years of the launch date. Management and administration of the project is shared between the Council, CCI, and CI, with the Council being the primary coordinator for the Cotton Flow and Logistics Study, CCI coordinating the Asian Market Research Work, and Cotton Incorporated taking the lead on sustainability. Staff from all three organizations are directly involved in each of the sub-projects.
Beyond the $1 million in the initial Monsanto grant, Johnson says, meetings are being arranged with five other Cotton Foundation member firms to seek funding commitments for the remaining $500,000 of the $1.5 million budget.
"It is often difficult to look beyond our immediate issues —which are certainly critical, especially when you consider that they include farm bill implementation, Doha trade negotiations, the Brazil WTO case and a host of regulatory issues impacting all industry segments — but Vision 21 is a necessary undertaking that will benefit our entire industry."
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