The unfortunate reality for those like Kagan who'd like to believe that an incredibly aggressive, violent, coercion-oriented US foreign policy is the height of moral probity is that living conditions around the world are, in general, improving for the better without us. There are major exceptions in Sub-Saharan Africa and North Korea but there's nothing about a glance at those places — Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories — that have benefited from American "democracy promotion" policy that would make any sane person think we need to Kaganize our approach to Russia or China.
This should not be to say that the U.S. should sit passive, but rather than blowing the entire budgetary and soldierly load on one or two high risk foreign policy extravaganzas, what the U.S. should pursue is multifaceted, low-grade, low risk diplomatic pressure and programs across a wide range of countries and issues. It has a higher probability of success, failures have less consequence and unlike massive military interventions, history is on our side here.
Unfortunately foreign policy thinking under the tutelage of George W. Bush, et. al. and the right more generally has taught the country to love the spectacle. The slow, meandering work of diplomacy is no longer enough to capture and hold the imagination of a people who have come to expect "shock and awe," explosions, daisy-cutter bombs, multi-million dollar airplanes and soldiers looking like a bunch of badasses. No besuited pencil-necks touting human rights reports will suffice for this appetite.
In this regard the President and Congress are no longer really strategists who take as their primary object the international situation, so much as senior public relations people involved in the creation of images for mass public consumption. The images then become the raw material of a primal American dialog about manliness, virility, strength, fear, safety, children, et cetera that takes place in an almost entirely solipsistic fantasy world. So the terms of our foreign policy debate have become whether or not a scrawny Greek guy looks convincing driving a tank, how manly George Bush looks in a flight suite and who would be better received serving Thanksgiving dinner at a surprise visit to a FOB.
The problem with foreign policy micro-initiatives is that they don't enter into the symbol system of U.S. political dialogue.
But the fundamental problem remains the lopsided distribution of power in the international system. Any country in the same position as the US, even a democracy, would be tempted to exercise its hegemonic power with less and less restraint. America's founding fathers were motivated by a similar belief that unchecked power, even when democratically legitimated, could be dangerous, which is why they created a constitutional system of internally separated powers to limit the executive.
Such a system does not exist on a global scale today, which may explain how America got into such trouble. A smoother international distribution of power, even in a global system that is less than fully democratic, would pose fewer temptations to abandon the prudent exercise of power.
A "smoother international distribution of power" could come about through any of a number of ways. The United States could revert to the former system whereby it conducted itself with a self-imposed restraint and voluntarily submitted to a series of treaty-based limitations on its power — ones largely imposed consistently on actors throughout the international system. This would require some measure of calm and circumspection on the part of the U.S. electorate, desiderata for which I am not going to hold my breath. The alternative is that restraint will be imposed upon us by the emergence of a competing power center. The latter is fraught with all the normal dangers of system transition.
So hopefully Mr. Fukuyama's next book will be on the necessity for one world government.
S. has recently become very interested in social networking sites and has drug me to get FaceBook and MySpace pages. FaceBook is pretty cool in that it's like a social networking engine with an API for user application development. Judging by some of the applications, they give developers a lot of access. But the thing that I don't get is why the people behind FaceBook seem to so lack ambition. First of all, they have yet to completely shed their college-oriented origins, so their network remains entirely too fragmented. But the real oversight is why, with that huge existing user database, they haven't deployed more core functionality. Right now is seems like FaceBook is just a sort of online business card. Why haven't they deployed dating, group scheduling and calendaring, blogging, employment, classified advertisements and so on? They could be match.com, meetup.com, livejournal.com, monster.com and craigslist.com all rolled into one. Or if not build the functionality themselves, why not partner and integrate or build some gateways? There are some features like what I am talking about, but they are rudimentary. Why not put them front and center? Seems like a recipe for obsolescence to me. In this environment it's innovate or wither.
S. bought me a lifetime membership to LibraryThing and I found that scanning books into a web database is the perfect distraction from sleep at 2:00 in the morning on a work night. Whenever I had a few minutes I would pull a cubby off the shelf and scan maybe a dozen books at a time. It took a few weeks like this, but soon enough I had the entire collection in.
Now if only LibraryThing had a tool to run off Dewey decimal number labels.
Here is my collection. It presently stands at 800 volumes. I dread having to move out of my basement apartment. The new place will undoubtedly be a third-floor walk-up and a studio to boot.
If any reader with a particularly large collection decides to catalog their books too, I highly recommend the CueCat barcode scanner. It's cheep, ships quickly and turned a job that could have taken months into one that was only like two weeks of a few minutes each night.
Anyway, here's a picture with most of the back side of the bookshelf to the right still stacked around my PC. It's also the station where one third of the magic here at This Is Not A Dinner Party happens.
Again, the trump argument in the debate over whether the standard predictions of realism, that hegemony always produces a balance, applies as well to Twenty-First Century U.S. unipolarity as it has all other hegemons, is to ask, "Where is the balance?" Realists have been hard-pressed to answer this question and have made recourse to the notion of the "soft balance." This has evoked a bit of ridicule from their neoconservative opponents, who reply that there is no such thing as soft balancing, or if there is such a thing it doesn't count.
Well, how about last week's Caspian Sea Leaders Summit for a hard balance (Fathi, Nazila and C. J. Chivers, "In Iran, Putin Warns Against Military Action," The New York Times, 17 October 2007)?
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said at a summit meeting of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran on Tuesday that any use of military force in the region was unacceptable. In a declaration, the countries agreed that none would allow their territories to be used as a base for military strikes against any of the others.
Later he had a meeting with Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in which he said he had expressed a desire for "deeper" relations between the countries, Reuters reported.
The article concedes that, "their statements appeared to have more political than military significance, and were not a departure from the status quo." It looks to me like a departure from the status quo in so far as while it is not a clear-cut case of hard balancing — there were no mutual defense pacts signed or declarations that an attack on one would be viewed as an attack on all — a couple of states banding together in a show of solidarity to compel the hegemon to back down seems like a pretty far cry from soft balancing too.
Dr. Bernard Lewis explained the terrorists' reasoning this way: "During the Cold War," Dr. Lewis wrote, "two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival superpowers. If you did anything to annoy the Russians, punishment would be swift and dire. If you said or did anything against the Americans, not only would there be no punishment; there might even be some possibility of reward, as the usual anxious procession of diplomats and politicians, journalists and scholars and miscellaneous others came with their usual pleading inquiries: 'What have we done to offend you? What can we do to put it right?'" End quote.
This is amazing. In the White House you have a bunch of people who reject the Cold War theory of containment. The issue is slightly muddled when you think that they reject it in favor of some third theory of how to prosecute the war on terrorism, but in fact they reject containment, the strategy pursued by the winning side in the Cold War, in favor of that theory of international relations held by the losing side. I see that the present issue of The Weekly Standard castigates liberals as the stupid faction of U.S. politics (Ceaser, James, "The Stupid Party," vol. 13, no. 6, 22 October 2007, pp. 22-26), but with such historical geniuses as the present crop of Republicans running the show, where can we go wrong?
U.S. foreign policy is in fact becoming much more nasty. To the extent that it is not, it is presently run by people whose objective is to make it more so — people who find at least something to admire in the Soviet conduct of foreign affairs.
As a strategy for achieving its objectives, a state can always just amp up the consequences for non-compliance. The success of this strategy will depend on where a state sits on the spectrum of profitability as a power with which to bandwagon. And I say again that this is not an absolute consideration, but one made in a competitive environment. It is something of which a state can get away with more when the alternatives are slim, but not at all when they are many. Whatever the case, there is a point beyond which even bad alternatives start to look acceptable and states pursuing this option should be mindful of the international environment.
A state can switch to a policy of no positive inducement, but instead solely of making defiance so costly as to be ruled out by all potential dissenters. Such a policy is one of pure coercion. As a basis for alliance, pure coercion seems a pretty bad one. Hence the rapid dissolution of the Warsaw Pact after the revelation of the hollowness of Soviet power. Pure coercion can only work so long as a state is absolutely feared. A few displays of anything less than omnipotence invite further probes. Now a state faces the dilemma of George Orwell in "Shooting and Elephant": the logic of the spectacle. Under a system of all cost, no benefit, the search for an alternative will be pretty desperate on the part of the subordinated. The gamble of a state pursuing pure coercion is that it can always and for all time prevent the emergence of alternative security arrangements.
As Machiavelli wrote, it is best to be both feared and loved, but if both together are not possible it is best to be feared. The United States in the Twenty-First Century doesn't necessarily have to choose between being loved and feared, but our foreign policy is dominated by people who have chosen to be feared where no necessity for such a choice was presented. Admiration should be automatic in the right wing mindset, or is a sort of byproduct or side benefit to being feared. Admiration is discounted as a specific objective and consigned to the fates (kind of like conservation: merely a personal virtue). Fear is all.
It's been a sleepless week of some rather arduous posts as well as a long time since the last Friday Cat Blogging. So here is a little Friday frivolousness.
Kitty is almost entirely indifferent to human food — eating it at least: if it stinks, he will try to bury it. The one exception, oddly enough, is bread. For some reason he is fanatical about the stuff. He pricks up when it goes out on the table and will launch round after round of attack on a baguette.
And it's not some unknown factor: he wants to eat it. If I pinch off a bunch of buds of bread and lay them out for him, he eagerly chews them down as best a pure carnivore's fangs will allow.
Here he is at last night's dinner, bellying up to the bread basket like his claim to its content was legitimate and going to go down unharried.


CREATON is an architectural and design studio which offers a wide range of services - architectural projects, interior design, engineering, 3D modeling and visualization, landscape design, furniture design, product design, graphic design and multimedia presentations.
The studio was founded in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 2009 by Stefan Stefanov, senior architect / designer. It is now working on various projects throughout Bulgaria - (Sofia, Burgas, Sozopol, Sunny Beach, Varna, Balchik, Targovishte, Pleven, Karlovo, Smolyan, Pamporovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Sandanski, Velingrad) as well as for a number of foreign clients. CREATON takes part in international competitions and maintains partnerships with companies in key sectors - construction, real estate and renewable energy.
The designers, architects and engineering team have over 12 years of professional experience and an impressive professional background.
CREATON stands for a creative, intelligent and sustainable design. It handles projects that differ in scale and style - family houses, residential, civic, institutional, commercial, government, agricultural and industrial buildings. The design process goes all the way from the conceptual drawings to a fully completed building, and even further. Consultations, professional advice and supervision during the construction process all adds up to a guarantee of successful results.
Detailed documentation in accordance with local laws and requirements is a standard for each architectural project developed by CREATON - surveys, geological reports, architectural drawings - conceptual design / detailed design, construction drawings , electrical installations (EL), water supply and sewerage (WSS ), heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), energy efficiency, photorealistic architectural visualization, landscaping, fire prevention and protection, tracing plan, calculation of construction value, project documentation for reconstruction, restoration and renovation of buildings.
CREATON develops architectural concepts and projects for many different kinds of buildings, structures and facilities. An individual approach to each task is a key factor to a successful design with a unique "personality".
City house, family house, residential house, villa, residence , country house, duplex house, townhouse, mansion, traditional house, contemporary housing, apartment block, guest house, family hotel, prefabricated house, passive house, eco home, mobile home, one-storey, two-storey, multi-storey houses.
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eco-villages / cities, construction methods with local, natural and traditional materials, organic architecture, bio-farms, permaculture design.
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Everything that surrounds us determines who we are. If we live in a beautiful and harmonic environment - we are happy and fulfilled and vice versa.
CREATON pays attention to the little things that are often neglected or underestimated. Should an architect care about the design of a liquid soap dispenser? In CREATON architectural studio - the answer is "yes".
Spatial design, color solutions, selection of materials, decoration and accessories. Functional planning. Modern and traditional buildings, thematic design, artistic design, creative design, home decor , lighting, green design, design for animals.
Feng Shui. Interior design of residential and public spaces - houses, luxury homes, apartments, penthouses, studios, restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, clubs, nightclubs, casinos, hotels, offices, shops, malls, entertainment centers, banks, exhibition pavilions.
Living in harmony with nature is proof of a social maturity and a long term life-investment. CREATON is designing buildings that not only look great but that are friendly to the environment.
Sustainable buildings, low-energy buildings, passive buildings, green buildings, energy-efficiency, autonomous buildings, organic architecture, eco buildings, eco-villages / cities, bio-farms.
Ergonomics, ergonomic armchairs, ergonomic furniture, modular furniture, modular systems furniture, custom furniture, design lines. Individual projects for living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, restrooms.
Contemporary concepts, product development, modern design, functional design, futuristic solutions, practical solutions, industrial design, sustainable design, eco design, re-design.
Parks and gardens, plants and trees, decorative plants, pools, ponds and rockeries, water design, aqua parks, children playgrounds, open spaces, botanical gardens, orchards.
Logo design, corporate identity, branding, posters, advertising, promotional materials, 3D modeling, presentations, digital art, digital image editing, interactive design, web design.
Innovative thinking has always been a leading motivation factor for those who dare to think ahead. Innovative ideas, innovative products, models and prototypes, energy efficiency, green solutions .
Art is everywhere. Art is personal. Art inspires.
Interior and exterior design, decoration, exhibitions, art installations, performances, interactive art, pop art.
"We constantly strive to achieve the best possible results, devoting all of our energy and creative passion to your projects. Intelligent and practical solutions are crucial for every single task. Whether we are working on a project for a multi-storey building or designing a postage stamp - our approach would be equally serious.
We are always aiming at that point where rationality meets aesthetics, function follows form and abstract becomes practical."


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The principles of responsible investment – a short series. The opening clause
Simon Leadbetter
Yesterday we introduced the UN's Principles of Responsible Investment. In today's article, we look at the opening clause.
The opening clause of UNPRI states that, "As institutional investors, we have a duty to act in the best long-term interests of our beneficiaries. In this fiduciary role, we believe that environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios (to varying degrees across companies, sectors, regions, asset classes and through time). We also recognise that applying these Principles may better align investors with broader objectives of society. Therefore, where consistent with our fiduciary responsibilities, we commit to the following:"
Every fund manager within an institutional investor has a mandate (a set of permissions) to invest in certain sectors and territories, at certain levels of exposure, with an expectation of a certain range of return. A fund manager has no freedom to operate outside that mandate and therefore the opening clause sets out this 'duty to act' in the interest of the beneficiaries.
What strikes us about this opening sentence is that it is the long-term, over the short-term interest, that is the priority. Climate change, resource scarcity and environmental degradation will all have massive long-term, strategic and underestimated implications for every industry and every country. From the opening sentence, these principles challenge the sometimes prevailing short-term thinking of many investment strategies.
The opening clause goes on to drive this home with the observation that ESG issues can affect performance. On a long-term basis, we would go as far to say that ESG issues will categorically affect performance. While the impact will indeed be of 'varying degrees', the overall impact of severe climate change, resource scarcity and environmental degradation will be profound and massively disruptive.
Fiduciary roles and responsibilities simply means 'holding in trust', for the purpose of profit, as that is what an institutional investor does with an investor's money. It's an interesting word derived from the Latin for faith (fides) and trust (fiducia). It is a legal and ethical relationship between two or more people. Indeed, we all have a fiduciary role with our planet and society, such that we leave it in a state that is viable for the following generations. A Native American proverb says that, "we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, but we borrow it from our children." Sadly, as a species we are acting more like a hard-living, profligate, privileged predecessor who leaves nothing but debt, hardship and misery to their children. 'Sorry but there's no money left', is the message our generation is leaving the next.
Aligning investors with the broader objectives of society opens a huge can of worms, or nest of vipers, as there seems to be little agreement on what those objectives are. Is society's objective the maintenance of harmony, law and order, wealth generation, protecting the vulnerable, equality of opportunity or the pursuit of happiness, or some variable combination of them all? The societal objectives of our own country differ widely internally and with our continental neighbours, never mind the differences between established and emerging economies, and entirely different cultural heritages in Asia. With the many scandals in financial services, fraud, record salaries/bonuses for failure and the nationalisation of losses, investors could not be more misaligned with any of the broader objectives of society. Currently there is widespread disharmony, lawlessness, wealth destruction, harm of the vulnerable, inequality and misery
The final 'where consistent with fiduciary responsibilities' is the necessary catch all that allows the widest possible participation by institutional investors. If the mandate is to maximise profit from the arms industry and child labour then that is their fiduciary responsibility. Yesterday we made the point that while purists may moan, the principles need to be aspirational and voluntary and similarly we would stress that any international agreement needs to have a catch-all clause that opens access rather than closes it. Only through positive engagement can progress be achieved. Organisations that sign up to the principles commit to further actions in analysis, ownership, disclosure, promotion, collaboration and reporting that will nudge fiduciary responsibilities over time.
As climate change, resource scarcity and environmental degradation become more pronounced, and society become more unstable as a result, it will be apparent that fiduciary responsibility and long-term interests coalesce around responsible and sustainable investment. Our fervent hope is such behavioural change does not come too late.
Tomorrow we will be looking at the first principle of incorporating ESG into investment analysis and decision-making.
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Central Coast Council has expressed its disappointment that the NSW Planning Assessment Commission has recommended approval of the Wallarah 2 longwall coal mine.
Former and current MPs are joining the debate and our elected Councillors are beginning to express their views.
A community meeting has been convened for Saturday, January 26, at the Ourimbah RSL, from 10:00am.
It will be chaired by Dr Van Davy from Community Plan Central Coast and keynote speakers will be Mr Alan Hayes and Mr Mike Campbell from the Australian Coal Alliance.
The Wyong Regional Chronicle has requested comment from Mayor Jane Smith and all Central Coast Councillors.
"Council remains opposed to the mine and believes the mine poses significant environmental risks, including impacts on the Coast's water supply, due to the works being within the Central Coast drinking water catchment," a written statement from Council said.
"Council is closely and urgently reviewing the conditional consent and reasons issued by the Commission, and will make further comment once the review is complete," it said.
Independent Councillor Greg Best said: "I have campaigned against further coal mining on the Coast particularly after what happened in our north at places like Buff Point, Mannering Park and not to mention the Coolongah Wetlands that sunk due to underground 'pillar robbing'.
"I moved my first motion against mining in 1996 only to be howled down by the then pro-mining Council," Clr Best said.
"I couldn't even get permission for the then Peck Community Mining Group 'Mine Spot' to be able to address Council.
"Fast forward 10 years and a lot of angry ratepayers, to 2006 when the Council vote was unanimous against further mining and has been ever since.
"It's a bit weak and the time has now past for political finger pointing as the simple facts are both sides of politics could have stopped this Mine.
"They are addicted to the hundreds of million of dollars of Government revenue that this black gold will deliver into their coffers.
"So clearly there is no political will, making any appeal in my view just a 'grandstanding' finger point waste of ratepayer funds and time.
"It is what it is and we had better get our heads together around making sure the all-important conditions of consent are complied with, to the letter.
"There will be hundreds of jobs but again we need to work with the mine to make sure they are 'local jobs" Clr Best said.
State Member for Gosford, Ms Liesl Tesch, said: "We must protect our water supply and continue to fight against the mine.
"Our community stopped the Liberals privatising Wyong Hospital and I know they are ready to fight to keep our water safe," Ms Tesch said.
"Central Coast residents have made their views on this very clear and the Liberal Government promised to stop the mine.
"Well the Premier still can.
Federal Member for Dobell, Ms Emma McBride, said her position had not changed since she made her submission to the PAC review.
"I first became aware of the project, and the risks associated with it, during my tenure on Wyong Council.
"I opposed the first development application, as did my colleagues at the Council.
"I continue to oppose this development in its current form as it is my opinion that the possible impact of the mine on the ground and surface water supply remains unacceptable," she said.
Ms Lucy Wicks, Federal Member for Robertson, said: "I share the concerns of our community regarding any project that is scientifically proven to be detrimental to the drinking water supply on the Central Coast.
"The process regarding evidence, approvals and reviews of the Wallarah 2 mine is a matter for the NSW Government," Ms Wicks said.
Mr Malcolm Brooks, former Liberal MP and Gosford Mayor said he challenged the Minister for Planning, Mr Anthony Roberts, to refuse the mine.
"After all, this is his government's policy … and I know Mr Roberts as a man of integrity.
"The previous Labor Government, under Minister Tony Kelly, refused an application on March 21, 2011.
"Nothing has changed except a new application, a change of Government and an ICAC enquiry," Mr Brooks said.
"A decision to approve the mine will have a serious impact on our water catchment, agriculture, environment and quality of life.
"The Central Coast system has three dams, three weirs, three water treatment plants, over 50 reservoirs, and more than 2,000 kilometres of pipeline.
"Although the Central Coast is only a minor food producing area it is an essential quality productive region.
"Rural land is precious; we can't manufacture any more of it.
"There are 65 chicken farms, cattle and beef producers, citrus, avocados, vegetables, cut flowers, fresh spring water bottling facilities, and a fresh fruit juice factory.
"Water is the lifeblood to agricultural farming.
"The coal mine operating 24 hours a day, over 28 years, extracting 5 million tonnes of coal each year, could put our clean drinking water at risk.
"Underground long wall mining is generally 150 – 350 metres deep in NSW and Queensland. "However, I believe greater depths apply in the Hunter Valley," Mr Brooks said.
"The applicant agrees subsidence can happen – maybe two metres or even greater.
"This can interfere with water flows and aquifers, with possible toxic chemicals entering our catchment waters causing serious impacts on agricultural production, domestic water use and fresh water drinking consumption.
Mr Brooks concluded that contamination of the Coast's water supply was a possibility and that the health of the community should be more important than mining coal.
"What price the health of our community?
"To me it is top of the list, not coal.
"With a population of 350,000 plus and growing, our present catchment area and dams, are our only supply.
"From my 40 odd years in public life, my Australia wide travel, both by land and air, as well as extensive overseas trips, I firmly believe that mining should be prohibited in water catchment areas and prime agricultural land.
"As human beings, coal does not sustain us, water and food do and without them, we don't exist," Mr Brooks concluded.


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Results Search for 'Medical Devices, AZBio Expo 2013, Central AZ, Solvonics' - 131 results.
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Frank Pipitone of Solvonics Medical demonstrates the value of the BloodHound(TM) at AZBio Expo 2013
AZBio Expo 2011 Company Spotlight
The 2011 AZBio Expo brought together innovative and life saving companies from across the state along with leaders from across the industry. Be sure to check out the highlights and a special spotlight interview where Don Isaacs, VP of Communications at SynCardia Systems, Inc. brings EmpowHER's Shana O'Conner up close and personal with the world's only Total Artificial Heart. It's why SynCardia was named the 2011 Bioscience Company of the Year.
Company Presentation: Invoy Technologies, LLC
Exhaled Breath: A Portal for Pain-Free Biochemical Analysis Invoy is engaged in the development and commercialization of breath analysis devices for a broad range of applications. Invoy plans to offer patients the ability to monitor their health in the convenience of their own home – with a prescription-based breath analysis device called the Voyager. The process is pain-free and the results are quick and accurate; giving patients peace of mind and confidence in using this new-to-the-market device.
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AZBio and SynCardia on ABC15
By: Christina Estes ABC15 Tucson-based SynCardia Systems was among the companies showcased at the annual AZ Bio Expo.It's a chance for bioscience and technology companies to learn more about funding opportunities and hear success stories.According to the Arizona BioIndustry Association, our state is getting more federal funding for research and seeing higher job growth in the bioscience industry compared to the national average."Tucson and Arizona are the international headquarters for the world's only total artificial heart," said Don Isaacs, SynCardia vice president of communications. "They replace the exact same parts of the heart as if you had a heart transplant."The SynCardia heart is made in Arizona using bio-compatible material also made here. Isaacs says they have 82 employees in Arizona and about 80 people currently using the heart. The device is considered a bridge for people awaiting a transplant or a life saver for those who will not get transplants due to age or medical conditions."There's only 2,200 hearts available per year in the United States and the level of donors has been the same for the last twenty years," Isaacs said.SynCardia is also undergoing FDA clinical trials for the world's first wearable power supply for their temporary artificial heart. ©2007 The E.W. Scripps Co. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (Republished with permission from ABC15) Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/tempe/Arizona-company-SynCardia-Systems-makes-worlds-first-total-temporary-artificial-heart#ixzz2X99ewU3x
Nasseo moves into the Fast Lane
Nasseo, Inc. is a start-up medical device company developing an implant surface modification technology to provide patients and clinicians with the next generation of dental and orthopedic implants. Over the past 18 months the company has achieved very impressive milestones and is in the Fast Lane to delivering a new platform technology that benefits patients in several compelling markets. In 2013 NASSEO was accepted into the BioInspire Medical Device accelerator in Peoria, AZ. In addition to mentoring and support, NASSEO received a $300,000 investment of seed funding from the highly competitive program. NASSEO was also named the 2013 Innovation Challenge Winner by the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) in its spring Arizona Innovation Challenge securing $250,000 for the commercialization of its first product, the TiArray™ Dental Implant which received FDA approval in 2013.
2012 AZBio Fast Lane Award Winner - Ulthera
Beauty and Growth – Ulthera, Inc Ulthera's mission is to work with physicians to provide therapeutic ultrasound to improve the appearance and health of patients worldwide. The company is not only defined by its proprietary technology, but also its people. Ulthera's team consists of experts in their respective fields who are aligned by the strength of the company's mission and its leadership. Ulthera was founded in 2004 to leverage seven years of prior scientific research in therapeutic ultrasound for aesthetic and medical applications. In 2009, the Ulthera® System received FDA approval in the United States and is the first and only energy-based device to receive FDA clearance for a non-invasive aesthetic lift indication. The first application for Ultherapy® – the procedure enabled by the System – is a non-invasive treatment of the face to achieve a brow lift. Ulthera's robust scientific foundation and relentless pursuit of superior clinical outcomes have resulted in the rapid global uptake of the Ulthera platform. As Ulthera continues to develop and provide more applications for its platform, the company also remains committed to bringing value to physicians and their patients. In 2006, Matt Likens was hired as President and CEO of Ulthera by founder and owner Michael Slayton, Ph. D, with the expectation of obtaining FDA approval for Ulthera's product and service (known as Ultherapy) within three months. Less than two years into his tenure at Ulthera, Matt found himself navigating this venture capital backed start-up though the worst economic downtown since the Great Depression. The Company also found itself facing an increasing skeptical and less commercially friendly US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regime. With both of these risks significantly threatening the Company's viability, Matt decided to change the Company's regulatory pathway and focus by obtaining CE Mark from the European Union prior to obtaining FDA clearance. If this bet paid off, Ulthera's regulatory runway would be significantly reduced and the Company would be able to generate sales in the European market. These revenues would also allow the Company to lessen the need to obtain additional venture capital financing thus reducing additional dilution to the Company's current shareholders. While risky, the core of this decision was based on the multinational experience Likens attained at Baxter and his general entrepreneurial nature. The bet ultimately paid off. Today, Ulthera is a global, growth-stage medical device company pioneering aesthetic and medical applications using its therapeutic ultrasound platform technology. More than 1,000 Ulthera Systems have been sold globally while treatments performed using the System have surpassed 100,000.
Yulex moves into the AZBio Fast Lane
http://www.yulex.com/ Rubber and commerce go hand in hand and rubber products are everywhere. Yulex Corporation is the global leader in guayule-based biomaterials for a wide range of markets and diverse applications. Yulex's Guayule BioRubber Emulsions and BioRubber Solids have medical, consumer, and industrial applications to grow an increasingly diverse market community with ultra-pure, high-performance products. From medical devices to fabric coatings, and from bedding to industrial packaging adhesives, Yulex also provides technical and product development guidance and support, and even custom material compounding and formulation. Yulex Corporation, a technology, marketing and biomaterial product development company that applies sustainable crop science, clean bioprocessing, and materials science for the production of natural, allergy-friendly BioRubber derived from the renewable, crop Guayule was honored with the 2013 AZBio Fast Lane Award from the Arizona Bioindustry Association
W.L. Gore and Associaties, Inc. the 2013 Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year
W.L. Gore & Associates was honored at the 2013 AZBio Awards as the Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year by the Arizona Bioindustry Association in recognition of the development of the extensive Gore Medical family of products including vascular grafts, endovascular and interventional devices, and surgical meshes by its world class team of innovators in Flagstaff and Phoenix. In this video you will learn about Gore and also gain insights on what we need to do together to continue our Arizona Bioscience Industry growth from Gore's Kurt Long.
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Located at Auckland's Bastion Point, the memorial to Michael Joseph Savage, New Zealand's first Labour prime minister (1935-1940) overlooks the Waitemata Harbour. Like the Massey Memorial in Wellington, it is built on the site of a former gun emplacement dating from the 'Russian Scare' of the 1880s.
Image of the Savage Memorial. Photo by Jock Phillips.
The design stems from a competition announced by the Labour government in February 1941. Tibor Donner and Anthony Bartlett, Auckland architects, won the prize for the memorial's design: a mausoleum and obelisk made of pre-cast concrete, flanked by Oamaru stone and Dunedin quartz. Originally their plans included a statue on the top of the obelisk symbolising the 'working man'. Officials found the statue too ostentatious, however, and the finished memorial has a bronze Madonna by the prominent sculptor Richard Gross. Donner and Bartlett also designed the surrounding memorial reserve, which features a sunken garden and a reflective pool marked off by hedges and flower-beds.
This profile of Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage appears on his memorial at Bastion Point, imaged sourced from Te Ara.
Despite some public concern that the memorial was an extravagance in wartime, work was begun by Fletcher Construction in June 1941 and completed by March the following year. The New Zealand Labour Party met the costs of the mausoleum, estimated at £4000. Peter Fraser's government paid for the surrounding memorial park. The memorial was officially opened in March 1943. Initial public interest in the site amazed officials, and it continues to attract both overseas and local visitors today.
Until 1993 the mausoleum contained a number of personal items related to Savage's life. Unfortunately the threat of vandalism led to their removal to the Auckland Public Library, where they remain in storage.
For inquires about using the Memorial grounds, contact the Auckland Council.


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Andrew Brown has been promoted to president of Digital Distribution at Neon, the company announced Monday. Under Brown's leadership, the studio launched its home entertainment division and formed Decal, a home entertainment distribution company.
"Andrew's knowledge of the players, the platforms and the history of cinema all converge to make him a one-of-a-kind executive," said Tom Quinn, Neon CEO and founder, in a statement. "He's been here from the beginning and we look forward to continuing to grow Neon together."
Brown manages Neon's library, as well as oversees the annual Neon FYC DVD box set and the direct-to-consumer digital portal Neon Cinema. He has served as SVP of Digital Strategy, Marketing and Distribution for the company since 2017 and will continue to serve as co-president of Decal.
Prior to Neon, Brown began at the forefront of the digital video business at Rainbow Media (now Altice) and INDEMAND. In 2006, he handled the expansion and development of Time Warner Cable's Video On Demand service. After Time Warner Cable's acquisition by Charter in 2016, he joined Neon as SVP of Digital Distribution and Strategy. In addition to his role at Neon, Brown became co-president of Decal in 2021, which serves as a home entertainment distributor for various studios, including Neon, Bleecker Street and XYZ.
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1968 U-1 Miss Budweiser
Reprinted from Skid Fin Magazine, 2003, Volume 1 Number 2.
The newest member of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum's fleet is the 1968 Miss Budweiser. The '68 Bud (the sixth Miss Budweiser) was designed and built by Seattle's Ed Karelsen and is an exact copy of the 1967/1968 National Champion Miss Bardahl. The 1968 Budweiser was first driven by Bill Sterett Sr., who won the Gold Cup and National Championship in 1969.
The '68 Budweiser is the only surviving Karelsen round-bowed unlimited. Five boats of this design were built in the late 1960s, and they dominated unlimited racing from 1967 to 1971, wining four Gold Cups and five National Championships.
In 1970, Dean Chenoweth took over the cockpit, drove the boat to a victory in the 1970 Gold Cup and claimed the National Championship. That same year boat builder Ed Karelsen, the Budweiser team and Chenoweth took part in one of the most amazing accomplishments in the history of boat racing. On July 19 in the first heat of the 1970 Atomic Cup in Tri-Cities, Washington, the Miss Budweiser dove nose-first in rough water on the second lap. The accident tore away 10 feet of the Budweiser's bow and ripped the deck all the way back to the model well. It also sent the boat tot he bottom of the Columbia River and driver Dean Chenoweth to the hospital.
After the race the boat was salvaged and taken back to Seattle. Starting on the morning of July 20, 1970, the Budweiser crew, let by crew chief George McKernan, worked around the clock with builder "Fast" Eddie Karelsen to repair the boat. By Friday, July 31, the damaged boat was repaired, repainted, and back in the pits. Chenoweth, nursing a sprained left arm, qualified the boat, and on Sunday, August 2, 1970, he won the race. Local newspapers heralded the achievement with headlines that read, "From Columbia's Bottom to Seafair's Top" and "Miss Bud Resurfaces to Win!"
Chenoweth won the National Championship with the Miss Budweiser team again in 1971. In 1972, Chenoweth moved to the Notre Dame, and Terry Sterett, Bill Sterett's son, became the first driver to compete in a hull previously driven by his father.
The boat was retired in 1973 and eventually sold. She appeared briefly in 1974 as the Country Boy and then n 1975 as the first Miss Vernor's. The boat was later bought back by Anheuser-Busch, repainted as the Miss Budweiser, and given to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation. It was displayed at the Indy Museum of Speed for a short time but was moved into long-term storage. This winter, the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum acquired the boat, and she will not be on display at the Hydroplane Museum in Seattle.
The '68 Bud is cosmetically in beautiful shape and makes a wonderful display. No decision has been make about restoring the boat to running condition, but it's fun to imagine this beautiful gold and red boat streaking across Lake Washington.


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Els Jocs Eqüestres Mundials són un esdeveniment esportiu hípic que inclou diverses modalitats eqüestres que es desenvolupen cada quatre anys i són actualment el més gran esdeveniment hípic del món reconegut per la FEI (Federació Eqüestre Internacional). Els vencedors de les diferents proves obtenen el títol màxim de Campions del Món.

Són relativament recents, ja que s'inauguraren el 1990 a Estocolm, Suècia, a iniciativa del príncep Felip del Regne Unit, president de la FEI entre 1964 i 1986. A mesura que passà el temps els jocs van anar ampliant les disciplines que es disputen fins a incloure en l'últim campionat 8 de les 10 oficials de la FEI: el salt, el concurs complet, la doma clàssica, el raid, el volteig, el reining i els enganxes. Fins ara s'han celebrat sis vegades amb les seus a: Estocolm, Suècia (1990); l'Haia, Països Baixos (1994); Roma, Itàlia (1998); Jerez de la Frontera, Espanya (2002), Aquisgrà, Alemanya (2006); Lexington, Kentucky, Estats Units (2010) i Normandia, França (2014). L'edició del 2018 se celebrarà a Bromont, Quebec, Canadà. La competició es desenvolupa, igual que els Jocs Olímpics, cada quatre anys, i sempre en anys parells, quedant aleshores en alternança amb les Olimpíades.

Hi participen molts dels millors genets del món i la majoria dels cavalls més qualificats, que competeixen durant unes dues setmanes. Els genets que competeixen en els jocs passen per un rigorós procés de selecció durant els quatre anys anteriors a cada competició. Cada país participant enviarà llavors equips integrats pels millors genets en la seva disciplina.

Edicions

Medaller
Aquest és el recompte de les medalles aconseguides fins ara pels diversos equips nacionals des del 1990 (incloent els de les desaparegudes Alemanya Occidental i Unió Soviètica).

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http://www.alltechfeigames.com/

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Hípica
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Tue, 10 January 2017
Elbit to Exhibit Range of Systems at Aero-India Air & Space Exhibition
At the upcoming Aero-India Air & Space exhibition taking place in Bangalore, India on 14-18 February 2017, Elbit Systems will present its holistic approach for winged aircraft protection solutions, intelligence gathering and training and simulation solutions.
The operational systems presented at the exhibit are interconnected with training systems, allowing enhanced readiness of all aircrew as well as mission review.
The following will be highlighted in Elbit Systems' booth:
SkyBreaker (videos presented in a training dome): Elbit Systems' Mission Training Centre (MTC) is a networked multi-cockpit, mission oriented training centre supporting many aircraft types. SkyBreaker provides realistic simulated battlefield training using all aircraft systems and mission scenarios to enhance all levels of pilot training. The SkyBreaker facility houses a complex networked system designed to provide an entire squadron with the tools to practice modern air combat using SkyScen, a sophisticated computer generated forces (CGF) solution, in a fully integrated military setting.
TARGO (capability demonstration): A sophisticated Helmet Mounted System (HMS) technology that transmits aircraft avionics to the pilot's helmet. The Targo solution enables pilots to plan, rehearse, fly and debrief using their personal helmets, providing them with increased situational awareness, safety levels and operational abilities. Targo is available in a stand-alone configuration or fully integrated with the aircraft's avionics, including the Embedded Virtual Avionics (EVA) training solution. Targo is ready to fly, fully stand-alone, requires zero-integration configuration and can be tailored to customer requirements. Targo provides a highly-effective solution for commercial and military platforms, including fighter aircraft, air lifters, transport and trainer aircraft, as well as emergency services and general commercial aviation fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
Winged Aircraft Solutions
HPS - Helmet Pointing System (capability demonstration): The HPS features enhanced situational awareness including day & night color symbology and innovative line-of-sight technology. It is a proven solution for utility, multi-role, combat and maritime helicopters, operating on over 7,000 helicopters world-wide. HPS offers intuitive color 3D conformal symbology that superimposes mission symbols onto the outer world scenery. This allows sorties to be carried out in degraded visual environment (DVE) conditions, when outside-cockpit vision is limited by bad weather, sandstorms, sea spray, brown outs or white outs.
EW Self Protection and SIGINT Solutions
ReDrone (mock up) is an advanced anti-drone protection system designed to detect, identify, track and neutralize different types of drones at a designated airspace. The system is capable of separating a drone's signals from its operator's remote control signals, as well as pinpointing both the drone and the operator's directions. The advanced detection system provides 360-degree perimeter protection and complete, up-to-the-minute situational awareness. It can also deal with several drones simultaneously. After detecting a target, the ReDrone system disrupts the drone's communication with its operator, blocks its radio and video signals and GPS positioning data, and sends it off track, preventing it from carrying out an attack. ReDrone's infrastructure is designed for easy and rapid installation in different application areas and terrains, and is suitable for operation in all weather conditions. Its digital control unit, which is based on Android, features an easy-to-use, intuitive user interface.
iSNS Immune Satellite Navigation System (Presented as a model) - A highly effective Global Positioning System Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (GPS ECCM) system that enables reliable, non-stop GPS operation, iSNS provides full jamming immunity for multiple satellite channels and handles multiple interfering signals and/or jammers operating on concurrent frequencies.
Light SPEAR –a self-protection jammer system for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Light SPEAR is suitable for UAS platforms due to it's extremely lightweight. The system improves the UAS' survivability and meets the growing world demand to operate and collect accurate intelligence in a highly hostile environment. This compact ESM & ECM solution is based on multiple DRFM channels, working in parallel and covering a wide spectrum. The system's 3U VPX standard allows simple integration with an array of transmitters and platforms – and its low Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) consumption makes it an ideal EW system for multiple operational platforms.
PAWS Family – Next Generation Infra-Red (IR)-based Passive Warning Systems PAWS is an operationally proven comprehensive, turn-key solution for fixed and rotary, military and civilian airborne platforms. The sophisticated IR Missile Warning Systems (MWS) enhances airborne platform survivability by providing early warning of the presence of threatening missiles - by automatic management of all types of applicable countermeasures available on board. PAWS delivers cutting edge protection against the most challenging modern and evolutionary threats. PAWS IR- CENTRIC's capabilities extend airborne superiority by maximizing platform safety and by providing enhanced mission support. The PAWS family of systems operates as a stand-alone, self-contained system, as a part of All-in-Small™ or as part of third party's EW Defence Aid Suite (DAS).
Emerald AES-210V is a modular airborne system that detects, identifies and locates ground-based airborne and ship-borne radars as well as communication emitters. AES 210 is designed to meet the full range of UAS tactical and strategic mission requirements, effective even in the most hostile scenarios. Emerald is lightweight and easy to install and to remotely operate from a ground control station.
Tactical Video Data Link (TVDL) – is a video and data receiver/transmitter system especially designed for deployment on combat helicopters. As a true video relay, fully interoperable with the latest remote video terminals, the TVDL enables displaying real-time surveillance imagery and data captured by UAS payloads or ground-based sensors, as well as imagery captured by onboard payloads, directly in front of the aircrew, and simultaneously transmitting the received video and data to tactical ground forces and to other helicopters.
Intelligence & Electro-Optic Systems
Da-Vinci – is a man portable, multi-rotor mini-UAS platform. Designed and built from the ground up, with a real-time HD data-link, various payloads and unique control software, it is a powerful tool for a variety of missions to support military and paramilitary forces. It can be deployed almost anywhere and in a wide range of weather and terrain conditions. The Da-Vinci features an automatic takeoff and landing capability, operating at an operational altitude of up to 2000 feet and is capable of performing autonomous mission flights for more than an hour.
Skylark I-LEX is a next generation of the legacy Skylark I-LE mini-UAS. This man-portable electric propelled UAS is best suited for organic "beyond the next hill" reconnaissance, counter insurgency and force protection missions, as well as civil applications including perimeter security, border and coastal surveillance, anti-terror and a variety of law enforcement missions.
Seagull (USV model): A multi-mission, 12-meter autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) system, Seagull is equipped to perform versatile missions with modular payload suites such as dipping sonar and torpedoes to detect and engage submarines, towed side scan sonar/ SAS and mine identification and neutralization. The Seagull USV is also designed to carry out unmanned maritime missions such as protection of critical sea areas, electronic warfare, hydrographical survey missions and more. Seagull can be operated from manned ships or from the shore.
Music an Infrared missile jamming turret designed to protect helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft from shoulder fired missiles. The system provides FLIR thermal camera for detection of potential threats, tracking and acquisition. Weighing only 45 kilograms the system integrates with legacy protection suites, guaranteeing unprecedented protection from both existing and future threats.
ALL-in-SMALL - Complete Airborne Self-Protection Suite
A cutting-edge, integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) suite in a single Line Replaceable Unite (LRU), with comprehensive, advanced EW capabilities, ALL-in-SMALL is comprised of an Electronic Warfare Controller (EWC), digital Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), PAWS – IR Missile Warning System, LWS - advanced Laser Warning System and CFD - Chaff/Flare Dispensing system.
The system is extremely small and lightweight and has a modular and open architecture with multiple interface abilities. The suite can be effectively integrated with direct infra-red countermeasure (DIRCM) systems, due to its high range detection and direction finding (DF) accuracy, by operating both in the same wavelength, thus enabling extremely fast hand-over from IR PAWS to DIRCM and enhancing deception probability. ALL-in-SMALL can be provided with the following advanced capabilities : IR-Centric, ESM, multi-spectral threat geo-location and net-centric EW applications.
GATR/STAR is a Laser Guidance Kit installed on 70/80 mm rockets, converting them into metric precision guided weapons. Launched from a variety of platforms, STAR/GATR successfully engages soft or lightly armored, stationary or moving targets.
LIZARD is a family of modular guidance kits offering the option of Laser-Seeker (LIZARD2 and LIZARD3) or dual mode (GPS/INS and Laser, LIZARD4) guidance. By converting general purpose bombs into smart munitions, Lizard increases the capability to counter any stationary or moving target, day and night, in all weather conditions.
EMA 66 BD BR -Air to Ground Rocket-70mm are double based solid propellant rockets, aerodynamically stabilized by three wrap-around retractable fins for use in tactical and training operations against surface targets, able to be launched from helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft. EMA 66 BD BR has greater thrust and rotation, giving it better stability and precision in the trajectory.
EMA 40 BD BR- 70mm Air to Ground Rocket are similar to the MK 40. The rockets are double based solid propellant rockets, aerodynamically stabilized by four fins, for use in tactical and training operations against surface targets. The stability in fight is maintained by a spin movement induce by means of the divergent conception of its nozzles, that provides a rotation of approximately 20 rps.
Rocket Launcher LA 707 is developed to be used with 70 mm rockets (MK 40, MK 66 and similar) and is available for use with fixed (LA 707A) and rotary wing (LA 707H) aircraft. The launcher is light weight, with easy maintenance coupled with high reliability operation. The LA 707 Rocket Launcher can be used in any aircraft fire control system using 5-pin connectors.
The following exhibits will be showcased at partner company booths:
Hermes 900 (showcased in 1:1 size at the Adani Elbit Advanced Systems) is a multi-mission medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAS, with a flight altitude of 30,000 ft. and a large payload capacity (up to 350kg). A unique 2.5 meter long internal payload bay is available as part of the UAS' open architecture, capable of accommodating up to 250 kg and allowing quick modular payload installation and replacement. The Hermes 900 provides navies with a long endurance airborne maritime radar, visual intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), automatic identification system (AIS) and optional electronic intelligence / communications intelligence (ELINT/ COMMINT) capabilities. The Hermes 900 also features an advanced satellite communication data link and is operated from Elbit Systems' universal command & control ground station (UGCS), enabling advanced mission management, highly autonomous mission effective operation and automatic takeoff and landing capability common to all the UAS in the Hermes family.
XACT Family of Products (presented at the Alpha booth) offers micro compact image intensifier night vision monocular or dual monocular systems as well as shutter less thermal weapon sights with a built-in recorder allowing it to capture both images and videos. XACT's revolutionarily light weight allows extended usage time. Its exceptional image quality is due to high end auto gated image intensified tubes and glass optics. Multiple mounting options maximize operator adaptability.
Serpent – a Portable Lightweight Designator / Rangefinder for Laser-Guided Munitions (presented at the Alpha booth): Serpent provides Forward Observers and Close Air Support with market leading diode-pumped technology, enabling accurate designation with low lifecycle cost and reduced battery consumption. The system is extremely light weight, optimal for dismounted soldiers.
Coral CR (Presented at the Alpha booth) is a hand-held lightweight thermal imaging target acquisition system, including a laser range-finder, compass and GPS.
Long View CR (Presented at the Alpha booth) is a highly advanced system with a unique ability to acquire long-range targets or to observe small targets, such as enemy fighters, in high spatial resolution under severe visual conditions day or night.
COAPS (Presented at the Alpha booth) is an advanced, modular dual-axis stabilized sight for MBTs and Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs). Based on open architecture, it is easily adaptable to sensor additions/changes. Coaps facilitates long-range target acquisition day and night, in both stationary and mobile situations.
E-LynX Family of Mobile Tactical Communications Solutions (presented at the Alpha booth) provides highly advanced mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET) capabilities to a variety of platforms over any terrain type and are already operational with numerous customers worldwide.
DCoMPASS (Presented at the BEL booth) the first electro-optical payload system featuring full digital open architecture, DCoMPASS is a highly-stabilized, four-gimbaled, multi-sensor system delivering day and night intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and tactical reconnaissance (ISTAR) capabilities in the harshest weather conditions.
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Local job seekers will have access to more job posts when enhancements to national job search portal MyCareersFuture.sg are rolled out by June.
Meanwhile, employers may be able to save time in identifying suitable candidates.
Workforce Singapore (WSG), which runs the portal, said in a statement yesterday that it is testing technology that can recommend the most relevant job applicants to employers based on information in their resumes.
There are an average of 23,000 job posts on the site each month, and this will rise to more than 35,000 by June, said the statutory board.
This is because the portal will also display a selection of posts from global job site Indeed, which has signed an agreement with WSG. The job posts are by locally registered companies.
Those looking for jobs on Google, LinkedIn, JobsCentral and Jooble will now be able to see vacancies from MyCareersFuture.sg, which was launched last April to replace the interface of the existing Jobs Bank for users. The portal can prioritise search results according to the relevance of a job seeker's skills, to better match them to vacancies.
More than 500,000 people have visited the portal so far, WSG said in its first official update on the site.
On average, there are about 250,000 active users every month, said a WSG spokesman.
Of these, 43 per cent have used the skills-matching feature to look for jobs.
However, only a quarter of the users who are recommended jobs after using the skills-matching feature clicked through to view the job posts.
When asked to comment on this, the spokesman said salary and career aspirations may also play a part in decisions about which jobs to apply for.
He said WSG is unable to provide figures on placement rates as employers do not have to update them.
Employers cannot post on the portal yet, and must still use the existing Jobs Bank. Their posts are displayed on MyCareersFuture.sg.
WSG said it plans to launch the employer section of the newer portal by June, and will announce more details later.
Meanwhile, WSG is testing new technology to help employers.
For example, it is working with the Netherlands-based software company WCC to recommend to employers the most suitable candidates, including those who have indicated that they are open to receiving job offers but have not applied for a specific job advertised.
"This broadens their candidate list since they are not necessarily dependent on active job seekers who apply. They can now also approach the 'latent' job seekers," said WCC chief operating officer Jan Muchez.
WSG chief executive Tan Choon Shian said the agency hopes to collaborate with more partners to make MyCareersFuture.sg a one-stop job portal providing Singaporeans with trusted job-matching services and information.
Mr Dennis Tan, 27, has applied for about 10 jobs in digital marketing in the last three months through MyCareersFuture.sg. These are jobs with at least a 70 per cent match based on the skills he listed - such as social media marketing and copywriting. He has yet to hear back from the companies.
The freelance writer, who is looking for a full-time job, said he picked up social media marketing skills while helping out at a friend's company, and wants to move into digital marketing as it is a growing field.
"As technology advances, I have to continually advance myself and learn new skills," he said.


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A second trailer for 127 Hours has been released.
127 Hours has just been given a November 5, 2010 opening date.
Actress Kate Mara (Entourage, Iron Man 2) is in talks to join the cast. If her deal is successful she will play one of two hikers that James Franco's hiker character meets before his accident on the mountain.
Amber Tamblyn has been cast as the girlfriend of James Franco's character in the picture. Best remembered for her role in the CBS drama Joan of Arcadia, and for playing the younger sister of Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Grudge 2, Tamblyn will be seen in flashbacks during the course of the story. Her memory will keep hope alive for Franco's desperate hiker trapped on a mountainside.
In the end it turned out that Ryan Gosling didn't get the job to play mountain climber Aron Ralston. Instead, the job has landed in the lap of James Franco (The Pineapple Express, Spider-Man 1-3).
Filming on the production gets underway in March in Utah.
Danny Boyle will follow his 2008 Academy Award-winning Best Director turn for Slumdog Millionaire with 127 Hours, a dramatic thriller based on the harrowing true account of mountaineer Aron Ralston and his near fatal accident in May 2003. While climbing a canyon by himself, Ralston's right forearm became trapped underneath a boulder and he couldn't free himself. After five days of struggle the adventurer had to make the harrowing decision to save his life by amputating his own arm using a dull knife and then hike out of the canyon to find help.


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Heschung est une entreprise familiale française qui fabrique et commercialise des chaussures.

Située en Alsace, la marque Heschung produit, depuis 1934, chaussures et bottes de cuir, avec près de  vendus par an.

Histoire

1920. Eugène Heschung commence sa carrière comme ouvrier coupeur dans une des douze fabriques de chaussures recensées à l'époque dans le village d'Alsace de Dettwiller, spécialisée dans les chaussures de labeur destinées aux paysans, bûcherons et schlitteurs des forêts vosgiennes.

1934. Création de la fabrique de chaussures Eugène Heschung Steinbourg E.H.S. Naissance des premiers brodequins sous la marque Heschung, fabriqués artisanalement en cousu Norvégien ou cousu Goodyear.

1949. Création des premières chaussures de ski en cuir, réalisées pour équiper les classes de neige et les premiers skieurs du Massif Vosgien.

1952. Robert Heschung succède à son père et prend la direction de l'entreprise en 1952. en quelques années, Heschung passe à un stade industriel et se destine à la chaussure de ski de compétition. L'entreprise perfectionne son savoir-faire, dépose des brevets et innove techniquement dans de nombreux domaines (système de fixation, câbles de fermetures, chaussons intérieurs anatomiques, système AIR-FLO…).

Lors de la décennie suivante, la marque devient fournisseur officiel de l'équipe de France de ski et remporte de nombreuses médailles aux pieds des champions français lors des Jeux olympiques de Grenoble. Quatre ans plus tard, huit médailles aux JO de Sapporo, la marque reçoit l'Oscar de l'exportation, elle est présente sur les principaux marchés (Europe, États-Unis, Japon) et associe son destin afin d'affronter la mutation technologique qui condamne la chaussure de ski en cuir. L'ère du plastique étant venue, l'entreprise s'oriente vers d'autres savoir-faire…

1986. Pierre Heschung rejoint son père avec qui il partage la passion du métier et la nostalgie des années ski.

Robert Heschung prend sa retraite en 1992 et Pierre reprend la direction de l'entreprise. Deux ans plus tard, Pierre Heschung réintroduit le savoir-faire original, le cousu Norvégien et le cousu Goodyear, la marque Heschung peut renaître.

1995. Jean-Max Thierry souhaite s'associer aux destinées de la marque, et lui ouvre les vitrines de ses 30 magasins à enseigne Manfield.

1999 Une relation amicale avec un collectionneur et grand amateur de beaux souliers, Thierry Duhesme, donne naissance à la première boutique de la marque, à Saint Germain, et simultanément à Lyon.

2001. Ouverture de la deuxième boutique parisienne Rive Droite, ainsi que du show-room.

2002 Ouverture de la boutique Heschung à Strasbourg, et d'un emplacement promotionnel à la Samaritaine.

2003 Ouverture de la boutique Heschung à Aix-en-Provence, et de l'emplacement promotionnel Isetan Men's à  Tokyo.

2012 : Création des « Ateliers Heschung » de fabrication française.

2013 : Ouverture du magasin phare Heschung à Paris  et de la nouvelle salle d'exposition à la même adresse. Création du service de « commandes spéciales » sous l'égide d'un artisan bottier, pour réalisation de modèles Heschung dans les cuirs emblématiques de la marque.

2014 : Pour fêter les 45 ans de sa basket Superstar, Adidas confie la production d'une série spéciale fabriquée en France nommée « Made in France » aux ateliers Heschung.

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Site officiel
 http://culture.france2.fr/mode/adresses/Heschung:-un-savoir-faire-à-re-découvrir-!-59104336.html
 http://videos.lesechos.fr/news/sl-tv/pierre-heschung-president-d-heschung-2895508630001.html

Entreprise de distribution de chaussures
Fabricant de chaussures
Entreprise de la distribution ayant son siège en France
Entreprise de fabrication ayant son siège en France
Marque française de mode vestimentaire
Entreprise fondée en 1934
Entreprise ayant son siège dans le Bas-Rhin
Entreprise labellisée au titre du patrimoine vivant dans le Bas-Rhin