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Private Sector Engagement and Public-Private Partnership in Health Service Delivery in India – IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute
March 7, 2022 Modified date: March 7, 2022
IMPRI Team
The widening disparity between the Public and Private health services is quite prominent and is visible around us, but the solution to this difference lies in the form of Public-Private Partnership to provide further insights upon the same, Center for Human Dignity and Development (CHDD), IMPRI (Impact and Policy Research Institute) Impact and Policy Research Institute, and Centre for development communication and studies (CDECS), Jaipur organized a talk on Private Sector Engagement and Public-Private Partnership in Health Service Delivery in India under #WebPolicyTalk as The State of Development Discourses – #CohesiveDevelopment.
The speaker of the session was Prof A. Venkat Raman, Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, the University of Delhi. Dr. Swati Sawant Rane Founder, Seva Shakti Healthcare Consulting; Vice President, Clinical Nursing Research Society and Dr. Narendra Gupta Adviser, Prayas, Chittorgarh joined as discussants.
The session was started by the moderator Prof Sunil Ray, Former Director, A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Advisor, CDECS, and IMPRI. He gave a brief introduction to the whole panel. He pointed to the numerous influencing factors like government and politics and the implications for the people. He cogently spoke of the bad condition of the primary health care centers found in the rural areas of the nation.
Public and Private Health Care in India
Prof A. Venkat Raman started the talk by locating for the audience the difference between Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and private sector engagement, but the similarities he believes would be helpful to empower the health sector. He then explained the basic structure of the health sector in both private and public sectors, in urban locations there will always be an increase in demand for private health services despite the ever-increasing prices, which is also vastly different in the rural and public areas.
Public health care is a necessary support for people, despite the staunch difference in public health care services. Despite many advantages of public health care, people in both rural and urban areas are preferring private health care, more and more, for treatments that show services are creating a pull towards them, this is a reason to re-envision health services in the PPP Model.
India presently needs at least 2,000,00 doctors to perform at the world bank standards. India has a vast difference when it comes to hospital beds without setting any standard for the same, a report reflected India would need at least 2 million extra beds to meet the basic standards.
The sad condition of the community health center which looks after such a wide area and still lacks in the health system is particularly worrisome. He also talked about how people spend money on health care out of their pocket, even the poor, and how the government, through its various schemes, tries to compensate them but fails to do so.
Model for PPP Health services
In the given model, financing and use of infrastructure are controlled by private companies, most of the infrastructure would be based on aspects of supply and delivery management. He focused on the aspects of infrastructure, service delivery, financial protection, and engagement options controlled by the private players.
He says health care is complex and a complex combination of both would be beneficial. He shed light on the treatment of primary health care by NGOs. Some management programs were divided among the people. He then explained various PPP health service models in India and how their system has proven to be an excellent example for the people of the area.
He mentions various other examples of PSE which are run in collaboration with various NGOs and help sustain and introduce various models which use various area-specific schemes which help introduce a greater health system. He went on to detail how in various western nations, where PPP health care markets have been growing and have matured, helped to have a good healthcare system.
The Perspective of the Discussants
Dr. Swati Sawant Rane highlighted the importance of health and wellbeing. She shared her experiences and showed how the physical and mental environment have an impact on the health system.
She also brought to light the commercialization of life and health care, rather the changes that come into daily life have changed the way of living. She brought up the issues in the current Public Health Policymaking where the people have been situated who have no experience in public health management and the same discrepancy extends to the private sector itself.
She talked about the hierarchy of pharma companies and how they are making these changes that are changing our lives and bringing up this as a threat in our life. She recommends reframing and redefining all the aspects of public health and that the structure should change and would be helpful for us. Along with that she also recommends the change in health policymaking and the important perspective of the health care workers from the bottom is especially important.
Dr. Narendra Gupta brought his perspective to the presentation and his biggest concern was the profit and how that should be figured out. He gave the example of Africa where there is almost no private sector-based health care system, the reason being a less income-based nation.
He then presented how some of the essential systems should be included in private on the public basis, but the private enterprises have and will deny it has not cost beneficial. He also points out the Money making and Politics behind the public health care system, and how it is shown in all the public and private hospitals where it was set up for the people's benefit.
Prof A. Venkat Raman responded to the point of view that was brought up by the discussants and responded to the nature of the private sector of money-making and how this will corrupt our health care system. But then he replied how various industries in our nations are being handled by PPP and have shown some exponent growth rates for them.
Rather they had so many examples of nations where PPP based health care system is prominent and proved to be helpful towards the citizens, rather he also acknowledges that this system if diverse in our nation should be majorly exclusive to our nation based on the health policy created, he also totally agreed upon the changes that were suggested by some of the panelists for the change in health care policymaking system.
On the question of sustainable partnership, payment, and procurement, the major role has been played by the contract and the terms of contract have to be accepted and clear to both the parties. It is important to tackle the issues in government like corruption. Innovative technology could also provide unique solutions.
Speaking on Ayushmann Bharat, he spoke about the nature and the probability of risk and how it should be taken collectively by the whole nation not just among the private and the public sector. This still hasn't been done, if it happens, it could be turned into one of the biggest and the most important welfare schemes in the nation, which could change the Indian health sector.
The issue of primary health care and the stigma of forced family planning has been created among the rural population of the country. But the idea of the change of health and wellness centers in the whole nation could bring a change in the rural health care system which is much needed.
Dr. Swati brings light upon the importance of public health care in a nation like India and along with that the essential role played with it during the Covid Pandemic. Highlighting the issue of poor governance and its effects faced by a larger group of people, she recommended change in governance. Responding to this argument the speaker responded that the differential-based treatment of the private hospital or health sector is less about the big corporation, but rather more about the local privately owned hospitals and nursing homes.
Acknowledgment: Ayush, Researcher IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi
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In Madison, Wisconsin, police have launched a hate crime investigation after a Black teenager reported being attacked early on Wednesday while she was driving. Eighteen-year-old Althea Bernstein says she was stopped at a red light when four white men approached her car. One screamed a racial epithet, and then lighter fluid was sprayed into her car. She told Madison365, "I turned my head to look, and somebody's throwing lighter fluid on me. And then they threw a lighter at me, and my neck caught on fire." Bernstein was able to drive away and was later treated at the hospital for burns to her face and neck. The attack occurred while a Black Lives Matter protest was winding down nearby.

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Since 2008, the NWMO has contributed to organizations that reflect our interest in fostering a culture of science, and in supporting youth pursuits in science and technology.
Science North
Science North has a mandate to deliver high-quality, interactive and hands-on science programs for JK to Grade 8. Science North's educational programs correspond with the Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum strands and topics for JK to Grade 8. Selection of science programs are identified with the school according to specific interests and needs, and includes pre- and post-workshop activities prepared for the teacher to use in classroom to prepare for the workshop or reinforce/supplement the learning derived from the workshop.
Sponsorship Details
The NWMO provides funding to support delivery of Science North's outreach programs to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal elementary schools in several northern Ontario communities in our potential siting areas.
2018: $42,000
Scientists in School (SiS) is a leading science education charity dedicated to sparking children's interest in science, technology, engineering, environmental stewardship, and math through hands-on discovery. SiS's programs are award-winning, inquiry-based workshops for kindergarten through Grade 8 students. SiS's child-centered workshops bring together creative, curriculum-aligned content, trained presenters, and specialized materials and equipment often lacking in schools.
The NWMO provides funding to allow the organization to introduce programming in southern Ontario communities and regions involved in the site selection process.
2018: $50,000 for 70 workshops in four school boards within Bruce and Huron Counties
The SHAD program is an intensive one-month development program for high-achieving secondary school students with strong academic records. The four-week program, held every July, exposes students to topics of study related to science, engineering, mathematics, technology, business, entrepreneurship, and innovation. In addition to sponsoring the program, the NWMO also holds interactive presentations with SHAD students about Canada's plan for used nuclear fuel.
The NWMO provided bursaries to top science and technology students from Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick to participate in SHAD's summer educational program. From 2010 to 2014, our contribution of $20,000 per year provided bursaries to 85 students.
In 2015, we signed a new three-year contract with SHAD, increasing our annual contribution to $25,000.
In 2018, we signed an agreement for an annual contribution of $35,000.
Past Sponsorships
The NWMO supported Actua in 2009 and 2010. Actua provides youth across the country (aged 6-16 years) with hands-on learning experiences in science, engineering and technology through workshops, camps, clubs, and community outreach initiatives. Through its Aboriginal outreach programming, Actua has a long track record of inspiring Aboriginal youth interest in science and demonstrates how traditional aboriginal knowledge can play a significant role in the study of science.
The NWMO supported Actua's Aboriginal Outreach Program in Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Community Foundations of Canada
Community Foundations of Canada's youth advisory committees engage youth in their communities, reinforce the spirit of giving, provide opportunities for youth leadership development, connect youth in local communities and around the world, and give youth a voice in community foundations and communities.
2009: $78,329.50 for several community-based youth grants
University of Saskatchewan Science Ambassador Program
The NWMO sponsored the Science Ambassador Program in 2013 and 2014. The program pairs senior undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in science, engineering, secondary science education, and health sciences with remote learning communities that have a high proportion of students with Aboriginal ancestry.
Science Ambassadors work alongside teachers to enrich students' experience of science. They organize and prepare hands-on activities and experiments, seek out creative and culturally relevant ways of demonstrating science, act as facilitators for classroom discussions, participate in extra-curricular science activities and community events, and mentor students interested in exploring possibilities for careers and continuing education.
The NWMO sponsored the Science Ambassador Program in support of science outreach to remote learning communities that have a high proportion of Aboriginal students.
2014: $7,500
Youth Science Canada
The NWMO sponsored Youth Science Canada activities from 2008 to 2014. Our sponsorship enabled youth from communities and regions involved in the site selection process to attend a Regional Science Fair and the Canada-Wide Science Fair.
Youth participation in regional science fairs and the annual competitive Canada-Wide Science Fair. NWMO contribution: $55,000 (2013–2014).
Presenting Sponsor of the Bronze Excellence Awards with 40 medals per age category (junior, intermediate and senior). NWMO contribution: $55,000 (2012–2013).
Youth with top projects are selected to attend Team Canada-MILSET, a bi-annual non-competitive international expo that brings together young people from around the world to exchange ideas, compare projects, and instill a culture of science by fostering networking and international collaboration. NWMO contribution in 2010-2011: matching funds of up to $20,000 with proof of commitment from province and/or key provincial partner, plus $3,500 for NWMO booth at Canada-Wide Science Fair.
Support for youth from Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick to participate in the Team Canada-MILSET Program. NWMO contribution: $30,000 (2009–2010).
Support for 44 youth to participate in the Team Canada-MILSET Program. NWMO contribution: $50,000 (2008–2009).


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Top John Evelyn scholar backs Sayes Court Garden project
Mark Laird is Senior Lecturer in the History of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University and the foremost authority on John Evelyn. He has recently written to the Mayor of London from Harvard Design School with respect to the Convoys Wharf application and in support of the proposals from Sayes Court Garden CIC:
"It is impossible to overstate the significance of Sayes Court and the history of John Evelyn's life and work at the site that is under threat of irreversible development. Over the past twenty years, I have written three scholarly articles on Evelyn at Sayes Court. My forthcoming book, A Natural History of English Gardening (Yales University Press, Spring 2015) will open with a chapter on his significance as horticultural and technological innovator and as environmental policy maker. His Fumifugium (1661), Sylva (1664) and Acetaria (1699) laid the groundwork for a sustainable London of the 21st century – clear air, tree canopy, and food in the city.
"The Greater London Authority has shown leadership through policy documents (from London Biodiversity Action Plan and East London Green Grid Plan to the March 2012 report, London World Heritage Sites – Guidance on Settings). These documents are in line with the new UNESCO Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscape (HUL, November 2011), which seeks to integrate 'policies and practices of conservation in the built environment into the wider goals of urban development'. In the Foreword to the March 2012 GLA document, Boris Johnson reiterates the importance of London's built and natural heritage in benefiting 'our economy, culture and quality of life'. Sayes Court is the test case for his claim: 'How we manage this dynamic juxtaposition in ways that respect the past, while welcoming the future, will be a mark of our success in maintaining London as a really world class city'.
"The arguments in the 'Sayes Court Garden Programme and Analysis' report (February 2014) – and especially the modifications to P16 proposed in the 26 February 2014 statement – are built on very solid foundations. As you are aware, the Sayes Court Garden website features my own reconstructions of Evelyns's parterre and grove, which, until the better winter of 1683/4, lay immediately adjacent to his manor house. The archeaological site plan of Stuart Structures may look insignificant, yet the trace of the garden wall on the west side of the important vestiges of the manor house and the trace of the dockyard perimeter wall on the east side are absolutely critical to what I have reconstructed. The proposed P16 block would forever destroy and cover over these traces and vestiges and obliterate the core of Sayes Court – the manor house that was the intellectual home of Evelyn's environmental vision.
"Creating, by the modifications to P16, a new Centre for Urban Horticulture on the archaeological site of the manor house is precisely the accommodation of the old within the new that the Mayor sees as a measure of success and that UNESCO would deem a model for Historic Urban Landscape. The Centre would join other models of 'best practice' from around the world. Using the Evelyn cabinet of curiosity as a starting point for a modular and flexible layout of the garden spaces would unify the geometries of the blocks with the geometries of urban horticulture and forestry, mediciinal gardening, beekeeping and fruit growning, and greening technologies. The opportunity for local communities to benefit from learning about health and nutrition with environmental education at the primary school level makes Evelyn's teachings relevant now and for the future.
"The Royal Horticultural Society and the National Trust have both identified an acute skills shortage in areas that Evelyn would have understood when writing his Directions for the Gardiner at Says-Court in the mid-1680s. A Centre for Urban Horticulture, while training a new generation of local youth as skilled gardeners, could also become a centre of excellence in the fields of landscape urbanism and ecosystems performance. It could advance natural and cultural heritage studies in cooperation with the World Monuments Fund, English Heritage, National Trust, the Council for British Archaeology and the Garden History Society. In this vision for the Centre, the four pillars of sustainable development identified in the UNESCO statements on HUL – economy, ecology, community and cultural resources – are integrated in an appropriately holistic way: [HUL] seeks to increase the sustainability of planning and design interventions by taking into account the existing built [and natural] environment, intangible heritage, cultural diversity, socio-economic and environmental factors along with local community values'.
"The international community of scholars and practitioners is watching the debate over Convoys Wharf and Sayes Court with great interest and some anxiety. Will the GLA's guidance in the debate feature positively in textbooks to come as it has in the past in books devoted to biodiversity and climate-change planning? I, for one, am putting my faith in the Mayor and the GLA to reach the only right decision."
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Council Unknowingly Approves Double Pension
The Burlington Free Press reports Peter Clavelle and Brendan Keleher were able to slip an extra pension for Keleher past the board of finance and the full city council in 2005:
"...In September 2005, approximately two months before Keleher announced his retirement, Clavelle asked the Board of Finance to allow Keleher to join the pension system, with pension credits retroactive to 1990. He also requested that his top financial officer be allowed to keep the payments the city had made over the years into his private plan. He made no mention of the interest those payments had earned.
Clavelle said in an explanatory memo to the board that allowing Keleher to keep the money from his private plan would compensate Keleher for years of underpayment. Clavelle also argued that allowing Keleher into the pension system would act as an inducement to keep Keleher on the job. The board unanimously approved the request..."
"Years of underpayment." That's rediculous. All Clavelle did was make Brendan Keleher Jo LaMarche's boss and give him all the credit for her hard work. What about the years of underpayment suffered by Jo? Well, we've lost her now, and that's too bad.
But why did the board of finance approve this unanimously? Why did the city council? Is Peter Clavelle some kind of hypnotist? No! But he is foxy, and the council is weak. That's what allowed this to happen. People on the city council are deathly afraid of looking as confused and uninformed as they really are. So they all hold hands and walk blindly together, trusting in the mayor to lead them. After all, it's the mayor who has a full time salary, a staff, an office, an operating budget and a parking spot. He must know better than any one of the fourteen lowly city councilors, right? Well, apparently...
"...In December 2005, after Keleher's retirement, the City Council accepted the minutes of the September board meeting, but it didn't discuss Keleher's pension arrangement.
Chief Administrative Officer Jonathan Leopold said in November that the total city pension payments to Keleher, based on calculations from actuarial assumptions, could amount to $510,000. Keleher was 59 when he retired from the city to take another job. City officials have said the arrangement with Keleher was unprecedented..."
$510,000. That's over half a million dollars coming out of the city's pension fund which Keleher himself has said is in deep trouble.
The point is, we need somebody on the city council who isn't afraid to get in the mayor's face every now and then. Who will keep pressing until you get answers. Who isn't afraid to stick out like a sore thumb, and say "Hey! Wait a minute! Why the hell are we about to give an extra pension to Brendan Keleher?! That's not right!"
That's why the council exists, actually. It's the legislative civic counterweight to the executive authority of the mayor, and they need to start feeling their oats a little more. The city is growing and changing all the time, and we need leaders with open eyes, independent thoughts and firm voices.
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At March 29, 2008 11:21 AM, Anonymous said…
Now, isn't what in other cities we would call 'corruption'?
At March 29, 2008 10:22 PM, JayV said…
Spot on comments, Haik. I missed this story, been away.
At April 02, 2008 3:29 PM, Anonymous said…
Perhaps if he had invested wisely in the first place, this could have been avoided.
At April 11, 2008 10:03 AM, Anonymous said…
City attorney finds Keleher pension legal
Published: Sunday, January 13, 2008
Free Press Staff Writer
Burlington City Attorney Ken Schatz said in a report to the City Council last week that the city pension awarded in September 2005 by the Board of Finance to former Chief Administrative Officer Brendan Keleher is legally defensible.
The council, through its inattention to the action of the board, in effect sanctioned its decision, Schatz said.
The report, which was made public late Tuesday afternoon after a Monday council meeting, said Keleher violated the city charter by participating in the discussion of his pension by the board. The report, however, said nothing in the city charter "indicates that a vote would be voided if a City Officer appropriately abstained from voting but inappropriately participated in the discussion."
Keleher was a member of the Board of Finance, which made the decision on his pension. He did not vote on the question.
Keleher, the city's top financial officer during the administration of former Mayor Peter Clavelle, formally chose not to participate in the city's retirement plan when he began working for the city in 1990. Instead, he accepted city payments into his personal investment plan. The Board of Finance in 1990 approved his opt-out decision.
In September 2005, approximately two months before Keleher announced his retirement, Clavelle asked the Board of Finance to allow Keleher to join the pension system, with pension credits retroactive to 1990. He also requested that his top financial officer be allowed to keep the payments the city had made over the years into his private plan. He made no mention of the interest those payments had earned.
Clavelle said in an explanatory memo to the board that allowing Keleher to keep the money from his private plan would compensate Keleher for years of underpayment. Clavelle also argued that allowing Keleher into the pension system would act as an inducement to keep Keleher on the job. The board unanimously approved the request.
In December 2005, after Keleher's retirement, the City Council accepted the minutes of the September board meeting, but it didn't discuss Keleher's pension arrangement.
Chief Administrative Officer Jonathan Leopold said in November that the total city pension payments to Keleher, based on calculations from actuarial assumptions, could amount to $510,000. Keleher was 59 when he retired from the city to take another job. City officials have said the arrangement with Keleher was unprecedented.
The city attorney's report was a response to a City Council resolution of Oct. 22 requesting an analysis of the Board of Finance decision and a determination of whether the board decision in 1990 for Keleher to opt out of the system or the decision in 2005 to award the pension amounted to contracts.
Schatz said in his report that while the City Council gave itself the sole authority in 1986 to allow city employees not to participate in the retirement system, it subsequently ignored that requirement. In at least two subsequent instances, including Keleher's case, Schatz said, the Board of Finance authorized opt-outs on its own without council objection.
The council's subsequent annual reappointment of Keleher over the years, the report said, "arguably ratified" the 1990 board's decision to allow Keleher not to participate in the city's pension system.
Schatz said the council response in 2005 following the Board of Finance decision to award Keleher a pension implicitly delegated authority to that board to "bestow," in the report's words, a retroactive pension on Keleher. The City Council had notice of what the board had done, Schatz said, "but no member of the City Council questioned or requested a review" of the action. "Nor," he said, "did any member of the City Council question the authority of the Board of Finance to take this action."
Schatz, who likened his report to the "risk/benefit assessment we frequently provide to the Council when the City is sued," cautioned the council that "any assertion by the City that the 'opt-in' action was not a valid contract" could be disputed. "An argument can be made here," Schatz said in explanation, "that former CAO Keleher relied upon the action of the Finance Board," believing that not only he, but the Board of Finance and the City Council understood the board had the authority to allow him retroactive entry into the city's pension system, as well as to retain the payments the city had made to his private plan.
One section of Schatz's report deals with the question of conflict of interest. He cited Section 133 of the city charter, which in its full text prohibits city officers from participating "in any fashion at any level, formally or informally," in an issue "in which the city officer has a direct and immediate financial interest." A city officer who engages in such behavior, Section 133 says, "shall be regarded as guilty of bad conduct."
"Former CAO Keleher appropriately abstained from voting on this matter," Schatz wrote. "In our view, he should have also abstained from participating in the discussion and should not have responded to other Board members' questions." A transcript of the board meeting prepared by the Clerk-Treasurer's Office and based on a tape recording of the meeting, shows that Keleher participated in the discussion on his pension.
Keleher declined to comment for this story. He said previously that "the Board of Finance was of the opinion that in lieu of a number of years without a pay adjustment the decision as made was fair." Clavelle, too, described the board action and the subsequent acceptance by the council in December 2005 of the board's minutes as "transparent" and "fair."
Russ Ellis, D-Ward 4, voted with five other councilors against the October resolution that led to the Schatz report. The report, he said, "has vindicated what I thought at the time.
"From my point of view," he said, "I think the matter to some extent is a closed issue. I don't think the city is going to pursue any further action, because there doesn't appear to be any legal grounds for it. My major response to this is that proper procedures for dealing with opt-out and opt-in were not in place. I think it's important for the council to make sure that we do have proper procedures in place for making these decisions."
Craig Gutchell, R-Ward 7, has been outspoken in his criticism of the pension arrangement. "I'm not happy by any means," Gutchell said of the Schatz report's conclusions, "but I'm realistic. I would like to see us, in some fashion, go after him," he said of Keleher.
Andy Montroll, D-Ward 6, said Schatz had provided the council with a "legal analysis, rather than whether" the board's award of the pension to Keleher "was good or bad policy.
"I'm seeing how, from his analysis, things weren't done as cleanly as they should have been done," Montroll said, "but it didn't seem to rise to a fatal flaw in the granting of the pension by the Finance Board.
"At the same time," Montroll said, "I would not have granted the pension in this way. As a policy matter, I don't think (Keleher) should have gotten two pensions."
Keleher said in a Nov. 15 letter to the Free Press that references to two pensions are "deliberately misleading and malicious." He said the payments made by the city into his private retirement plan "are more appropriately classified as compensation."
The City Council is considering modifications to the city rules dealing with opt-outs and opt-ins to the city's pension system, and it began discussions Monday on how to characterize the receipt of Board of Finance minutes by the council.
Contact John Briggs at 660-1863 or jbriggs@bfp.burlingtonfreepress.com
On October 22 the Burlington City Council passed a resolution, "Retroactive Pension Bestowed Upon Former CAO Keleher," asking City Attorney Ken Schatz for a timeline of the acts leading to the granting of the city pension to Brendan Keleher, a determination of whether the council voted on the matter, and whether Keleher's decision to "opt out" of the pension system in 1990, when he began working for the city, or the Board of Finance decision in 2005 to let him "opt in" to the system, amounted to contracts.
The resolution passed 8-6.
Voting in favor: Ed Adrian, D-Ward 1; Jane Knodell, P-Ward 2; Kurt Wright, R-Ward 4; Joan Shannon, D-Ward 5; Andy Montroll, D-Ward 6; Barbara Perry, I-Ward 6; Paul Decelles, R-Ward 7; and Craig Gutchell, R-Ward 7.
Voting against: Sharon Bushor, I-Ward 1; Cheryl McDonough, P-Ward 2; Tim Ashe, P-Ward 3; Clarence Davis, P-Ward 3; Russ Ellis, D-Ward 4; and Bill Keogh, D-Ward 5.
Bushor was a member of the Board of Finance in 2005 that voted unanimously to allow Keleher a city pension and to retain the money the city had paid since 1990 into his private retirement plan.


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2016 All-Star Game: Wil Myers will be the designated hitter
The Padres slugger will be batting cleanup.
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From the moment Wil Myers was named an All-Star, there's been lots of speculation that he might start the game as the designated hitter. He's the face of the Padres this week, serving as the host team's All-Star Week ambassador. Tonight he'll be the fifth Friar to compete in the Home Run Derby, and the first since Adrian Gonzalez in 2009. All that seemed to indicate that he'd be a likely fit for the DH role, and today it's official.
The starting lineups for the 2016 #ASG presented by @MasterCard: pic.twitter.com/nVHga125Dh
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Mets manager Terry Collins has put Wil in the cleanup spot for his debut in the Midsummer Classic, and it puts him in the middle of a lineup built for tearing the cover off the ball. The last time a Padre started the game was Tony Gwynn's 1998 start, and the last time one did so in the cleanup spot was Fred McGriff in 1992. It's a welcome change for Padres fans after the last several years. Last year Justin Upton only got one at-bat, and Huston Street and Everth Cabrera warmed the bench the two years before.
You can catch Wil in the Home Run Derby tonight at 5:00 PM, and the All-Star Game airs at 4:30 PM tomorrow.


This text refers to the cleaving of the heaven and the Day of Judgment.
Al-Infitar refers to the cleaving of the primary heaven (singular). The planets being dispersed is linked with the text of verse 4 referring to the sepulchres being overturned. The places of pagan worship from Mecca to Rome and their star gazers will be overturned and dispersed. All false religious systems will be destroyed from the Ka'aba to the Vatican.
Note again the text has 19 verses which is the number of immediate judgement. The text shows that each is judged by their own conduct and their careless worship or disregard.
Again, an Early Meccan Surah grouped with the initial missionary texts.
See Joel 2:10 and Matthew 24:29 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 81 (No. Q081) at ayat 2; Isaiah 24:18-19; Nahum 1:5; Luke 21:25-27; Revelation 6:14 and Revelation 16:18-20 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 81 (No. Q081) at ayat 6.
Isaiah 34:4 All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.
This text concerns the overturning of the places of worship of the Mystery and the Sun Cults and the worship of the Goddess.
Refer also to John 5:28-29 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 21 (No. Q021) at ayat 47 and Daniel 12:2 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 24 (No. Q024) at ayat 42.
Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel.
82.5. A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
See 1Corinthians 4:5 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 78 (No. Q078) at ayat 30 and Ecclesiastes 12:14 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 33 (No. Q033) at ayat 2.
1Timothy 5:24 The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.
Then each one will receive his commendation from God. Man will be confronted with a complete list of his deeds on the day of his resurrection.
Matthew 13:22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Isaiah 44:18 They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Refer to 1John 2:16 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018) at ayat 8; 1Corinthians 2:14 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 6 and Ephesians 4:18 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 39 (No. Q039) at ayat 22.
82.7. Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee?
82.8. Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Refer to Job 10:9-11 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 52 (No. Q052) at ayat 37 and Psalm 139:13-16 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 41 (No. Q041) at ayat 54.
82.9. Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
These refer to the guardian angels charged with supervision of the elect (see also Surah 84).
Refer to Revelation 20:12 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) at ayat 15; 2Corinthians 5:10 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) at ayat 36 and Ezekiel 37:4-6 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 45 (No. Q045) at ayat 26.
Job 34:20 In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
Psalm 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
82.12. Who know (all) that ye do.
Refer to Jeremiah 17:10 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) at ayat 1; Hebrews 4:13 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020) at ayat 7; Job 34:21-22 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 24 (No. Q024) at ayat 21and 1John 3:20 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 33 (No. Q033) at ayat 2.
82.13. Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Refer to Revelation 20:6 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 11 (No. Q011) at ayat 108; Daniel 7:18 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 22 (No. Q022) at ayat 24; Matthew 25:34 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 15 and Revelation 5:10 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 33 (No. Q033) at ayat 29.
82.16. And will not be absent thence.
82.17. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
82.18. Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
82.19. A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
Refer to Revelation 20:11-15 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) at ayat 15; Matthew 25:41 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 16; Proverbs 21:30 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 27 and 1Chronicles 29:11-12 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 28.


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French deputies call for probe into Nora's death to be continued
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PETALING JAYA: Two French deputies (equivalent to MPs) representing French citizens living abroad have formally requested authorities here to take necessary steps to shed light into the death of Nóra Quoirin (pix).
The deputies, Anne Genetet and Alexandre Holroyd, said in a letter that every effort must be made by the authorities to provide full transparency concerning her death.
"It is imperative and a fundamental right that Nóra's family should have access to the truth concerning their daughter's death, either through the reopening of the investigation or at the very least by making the police report (such as it exists) on the investigation that took place in the summer, available – in order to effectively grieve and mourn her loss," they said in a statement today.
They added the authorities have prioritised the theory of an accidental death and in doing so, neglected the investigation into alternative hypotheses considered extremely important for the family.
"In addition, internal proceedings under Malaysian law could have reopened the investigation, but the Attorney General has to date refused, and allocated a status of NFA (No Further Action) on this case.
"We await a reversal of this position in order to deliver full transparency and justice in this matter and for the tragedy this family has experienced," they said.


A great sounding medley from this contempory rock group for the concert stage. Includes: Clocks; Lost!; Viva la Vida. Duration: 5:50. Recorded on De Haske Brass CD DHR03-060-3 Ready Steady Brass!.
Catchy melodies and distinctive rhythmic grooves characterize the music of this contemporary rock group. Including their hits Clocks, Lost! and Viva la Vida, here is a great sounding medley for the concert stage.


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The #88 Abu Dhabi Proton Racing team finished the 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas in second position, just 40 seconds behind the victorious – and championship-leading – #72 Ferrari of SMP Racing. What's more impressive is that Khaled Al Qubaisi, Christian Ried und Earl Bamber fought their way back through the field from last place on the grid.
Qualifying in Austin couldn't have gone any worse for the Porsche customer team. Due to a technical defect on the car, the team were not able to participate and were forced to start the race dead last on the grid.
The race, however, was a different matter. The problem was fixed by mechanics, and Christian Ried made a lighting start in the Porsche 911 RSR. He made up several positions in the first few laps, before handing over to teammate Khaled Al Qubaisi, who moved up to fourth position by the second hour of the race. But the true star of the team is Le Mans winner Earl Bamber, who put in an incredible stint as the race continued into the Texan night, moving the Porsche up to second place. He also posted the fastest lap of the race in GTE Am of 2:07.177.
Disaster struck in the fourth hour of the race. Chasing the leading SMP Ferrari, Christian Ried suffered a blowout and was forced to pit, dropping the #88 car down to fourth position. Al Qubaisi took over at the wheel and maintained the Porsche's position just short of the podium. In the final hour, the New Zealander Bamber took over for his last stint and gave absolutely everything. The effort paid off, with the Abu Dhabi Proton Racing team finishing the race in second position – their first podium of the season.


The peach entry should have been the beginning of my blog - it still is- but there are over 3 months worth of photos, drawings, recipes and travelogues missing. My aunt died just as I was about to press "publish" for that entry. Instead I got completely distracted with taking care of her estate - then my old friend, procrastination came for a visit. I went to Nantucket for a week, then way, way upstate New York (Schoharie County) for almost 2 weeks, back to Nantucket, almost sold my New York City apartment and moved to Hudson, New York. I didn't sell my apartment, the buyers backed out so I went to Argentina. Now I'm back to my blog. I'm leaving the peach entry on it - save the recipe for next June. My first NEW entry is about one of my favorite place on earth, the Seychelles Islands. I haven't been there in more than 30 years - but I did live on La Digue, the smallest of the 3 public islands (there are 88 islands in the Seychelles archipelago - almost all privately owned) for a year. Most of the time I was stuck in the trance that sets in when you live smack on the equator with temperature and humidity both hovering at 88 degrees F. 24/7. I ate the most delicious, inventive, highly-flavored, and bright food - made with the few scarce ingredients found in around(spices and onions dropped off by ships plying the Indian Ocean between Karachi and Mombasa)the islands - that I've ever consumed. The recipes continue to inform the food that I make to this day.
Here's a memory of my first sight of Grand Anse beach on La Digue. It takes 30 to 45 minutes to walk there from La Passe- the business and residential center of the island - on a beaten, palm frond path that twists and turns through a kind of jungle. The path comes to an abrupt stop when you are almost blinded by a combination of the breathtaking turquoise-pale lavender Indian Ocean, super-fine sugar sand and a carpet of green vines dotted with shocking pink flowers.
SUSANSIMONSAYS: make fresh fruit chutneys all year 'round a la Seychelloise. In the summertime toss chopped, fresh peaches or cantaloupe; apples or pears in the fall; pineapple in the wintertime; and mangoes in the springtime with sliced onions, soaked in salt water then squeezed dry. Add a sprinkle of hot pepper flakes, a pinch of sea salt and a drop or two of a neutral oil. The chutney is the perfect accompaniment for roasted or grilled meat, poultry or fish.
I can't wait to try this, sounds not too difficult, I just adore chutnys!


Blizzard once again the players are disappointed with the enormous flow of people from the error connecting to server and want to get rid of the big pineapple, do not worry, you must first conquer the server. many people are stuck in the login screen. time to repeatedly enter their password, and then was told that the error 37 server is already full.
Overcome the above difficulties, among the tens of thousands of players to break into the game on the road, in the highest heaven still has obstacles that can not be anti: the delay frequent high to make the gaming experience is very bad. Even though you are able to support the three-step back hard to move forward, but it is likely, the next time the return was expelled from the server, then, again, landing. The night is passed, the situation has not improved for maintaining emergency early morning as imagined and efficiently.
If it's other games, if the developer is not Blizzard game service open after such a serious and continuous server can not resolve the problem, I fear he may kneel. However, Blizzard is that cattle, Diablo 3 is so fun, although a variety of problems and do more can not deny that Blizzard has had a good game.
Why say Diablo 3 Gold, in my opinion, Diablo 3 there are indeed many other games do not have the advantage. Some may think this game screen is not great, the gameplay is not quite a fad, skills, equipment, systems are not the same as before. but these so-called gaps without affecting the attractiveness of the core, which is a non-stop killing monsters to find equipments, players of Diablo 3 inside to do is kill a wide variety monsters, shiny equipment. Forgive me, even if someone played Diablo 3, I find it difficult to use language to describe why so many people obsessed with the dark world of the constant pursuit of clouds as the best.
Server problems aside, the Diablo 3 in terms of the quality of play is definitely worth grateful. The other hand, Blizzard has some very high position players in mind, Blizzard, will be well is not a breath of slogan, but the players to give praise. May have such a high tolerance in the heart of players, and not once a day can be done.
Some people say it's because players are blinded by the signs Blizzard. As a test of the game, individuals of this argument does not agree: this is equivalent to saying that millions of Diablo 3 players do not have the slightest appreciation game. I believe the eyes of the public actors, and a gust of hot game will never be poor. Only a very good game to allow players to tolerate its other shortcomings, perhaps the Diablo 3 BUG constantly, but the enthusiasm of the players was in it.


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Cancer Trials: 60% to 70% of subjects are children – WSJ
Cancer Trials: 60% to 70% of subjects are children – Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal reports that there is a shortage of people volunteering to test experimental cancer drugs.
"Overall, only 3% to 4% of cancer patients participate in trials. Most of those participants
are children; about 60% to 70% of children with cancer participate in trials."
Is anyone keeping track–How many children who participated in medical research have benefited, how many have been harmed?
Daniella Rogers was just 16 months old when she diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in February 2002. She entered a clinical trial at Washington University, St. Louis, comparing the efficacy of 3 chemotherapy medications with the efficacy of a regimen alternating the same 3 drugs with 1 additional chemotherapy medication.
Daniella died of veno-occlusive disease (VOD), a liver abnormality known to be caused by chemotherapy medications. She developed liver failure, then renal failure, heart failure and cerebral edema. Daniella did not die from her cancer; rather she died from complications of the treatment that was supposed to save her life. Her parents, John and Osaka Rogers are seeking answers to some troubling questions. They should have been told the answer to some of those questions before they signed consent for Daniella:
"Why didn't we know this could happen? VOD wasn't mentioned in the informed consent we signed. If we had been informed, we might have been able to obtain the right care for our beautiful daughter in time to save her life." They say Daniella did not have "a simple, common lab test [that] might have allowed the condition to be diagnosed earlier, quite possibly preventing Daniella's death." They found two other families whose children developed VOD–one died, the other was saved.
One hundred children in the US are said to be enrolled in the same study: titled POG D9803: A Randomized Study of Vincristine, Actinomycin D, and Cyclophosphamide (VAC) versus VAC alternating with Vincristine, Topotecan and Cyclophosphamide for Patients with Intermediate Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma. A website in Danniella's memory is at: http://www.daniellarogers.org/default.htm
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Health & Technology: Clinical Trials of Cancer Drugs Will Get Funding of $6 Million By Jill Carroll; Jul 22, 2002; B 5
Abstract: Harmon Eyre, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said about 400 new cancer medicines or treatments are ready for clinical trials each year, but only about 100 can be tested at a time. Mr. Eyre said one of the many factors that contributes to patients not knowing about trials is that drug companies don't widely publicize their trials for fear of giving away trade secrets. He said companies often use the same research institutions for their trials and don't seek patients outside those several facilities.
WASHINGTON — To speed cancer drugs to market, the government and five major drug makers are jointly funding grants to improve early c! linical trials, the first step in getting cutting-edge cancer treatments to patients.
The grants, totaling $6 million, will go to National Cancer Institute-funded cancer centers to find better ways to perform the early experimental drug trials.
Andrew von Eschenbach, director of the National Cancer Institute, said "if suddenly tomorrow" there were enough patients and available drugs to test all the new cancer therapies ready for trials "frankly we couldn't handle it."
The early clinical trials are the first time a drug is tested in people and mainly help determine if the drug is safe. Institutions will have to compete for the money, which will be given out over two years in allotments of five to eight grants.
"This collaboration on cancer trials will serve as a model to help accelerate the pace of clinical trials research in other diseases," said National Institutes of Health Director Elias Zerhouni.
Cancer researchers say patients oft! en don't participate in trials because they don't know about them or there needs to be improvement in infrastructure to perform the trials that are increasingly complex as treatments become more targeted.
"These all have a big impact on the efficiency of our development," said Mel Sorenson, head of clinical oncology at GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Aventis SA, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Eli Lilly & Co. and Novartis AG are also participating in the initiative.
Overall, only 3% to 4% of cancer patients participate in trials. Most of those participants are children; about 60% to 70% of children with cancer participate in trials.
Harmon Eyre, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said about 400 new cancer medicines or treatments are ready for clinical trials each year, but only about 100 can be tested at a time. Mr. Eyre said one of the many factors that contributes to patients not knowing about trials is that drug companies don't widely publici! ze their trials for fear of giving away trade secrets. He said companies often use the same research institutions for their trials and don't seek patients outside those several facilities.
An NCI letter to cancer-center directors outlining the grant program says special attention will be given to proposals that would increase the access of minorities and the elderly in the trials, groups that have been underrepresented in the past. Centers will have to submit proposals for addressing any number of "barriers" that make it harder for the trials to run and, if successful, their plan will be sent to other centers facing similar problems.
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These were not victimless crimes – illegal acts by pharmaceutical companies and false claims … can put the public health at risk, corrupt medical decisions by healthcare providers, and take billions of dollars directly out of taxpayers' pockets.
— US Attorney General Eric Holder, on AstraZenica case


Due to the Excessive Heat Warning issued by National Weather Service, tomorrow's Mccall Plaza concert is CANCELED. We'll post reschedule info later this fall. We hope you stay cool this weekend. For safety tips on extreme heat, please visit ready.gov/heat.


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AHLUCONT
The company was founded by Bikramjit Ahluwalia and incorporated on June 2, 1979 under the Companies Act as a private company by the name of 'Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Private Limited' with the ROC. In July 1979, the company acquired the business of four partnership firms engaged in construction of which its Chairman and Managing Director, Bikramjit Ahluwalia, was a member.
In the year 1989, by virtue of its high turnover, the company became a deemed public limited company under section 43-A(IA) of the Companies Act and subsequently converted itself into a public limited company on September 6, 1990 and changed its name to 'Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Limited'.
In 1996, it offered 800,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a price of Rs 40 per share aggregating Rs 32 million, and the shares were listed on Delhi Stock Exchange, CSE and the JSE.
With specialized experience in the construction industry for more than 40 years, Ahluwalia Contracts an ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:1999 Company have carved a niche for itself in the industry as one of the leading Civil Contractors of the country.
The total group operations is over Rs 1000 crore and works in hand worth Rs 3000 crore is indicative of its high ranking in the industry. The company's ideological foundations in respect of commitment to time bound completion of projects and high quality construction have been the corner stones to its rapid growth over the years. Its consistent pursuit of customer satisfaction has won it several prestigious awards and all-round acclaim in the past.
The construction services provided by the company consist of the erection of structures and allied services which include planning and scheduling manpower, equipment, materials and the appointment of sub-contractors required for the timely completion of a project in accordance with the terms, plans and specifications contained in the construction contracts and allied documentation. It provide these services by using fixed price and cost plus fee contracts and, to a lesser extent, construction management or design-build contracting arrangements.It is associated with most of the leading architects and consultants of the country such as Mahendra Raj, Rajinder Kumar, C.P.Kukreja, Raja Aederi, Stein Doshi Bhalla, Jasbir Sawhney, Charles Corrhea, Hafiz Contractor, Raj Rewal, Kanvinde Rai Chaudhary, Jacobs H&G, Tata Projects, Tata Consulting Engineers and others for building large institutional buildings and corporate office complexes, industrial complex buildings, multi-storied housing complexes and township development projects, hospitals, medical colleges and laboratory buildings, 5-star hotels, educational and technical institutes, schools and auditoriums, gymnasiums and sport complexes etc.
It is among a selected group of 3-4 contractors who are pre-qualified to bid for most of the mega building projects in India. At present, the company has around 70 projects under execution with a strong net order book of around Rs 2,309 crore (as on Mar 31, 2008).
Business Divisions:
The company has developed various divisions to achieve specialization. These are:
In-House Electrical Division - ACIL developed in house Engineering Division to undertake complete marketing, commercial scrutiny, costing, designing, basic and system engineering, procurement, construction, erection, commissioning and project management, coordination assignments for the separate electrical works.
In House Aluminium Division - Its Aluminium Division functions under the name of Ahlcon India. The professionally managed company undertakes designing, supply and installation of aluminium doors, windows, channels and curtain walls along with marketing, project management, quality management and coordination with other works.
In House Plumbing Division - It had developed in house Plumbing Division to undertake complete marketing, commercial scrutiny, costing, designing, basic and system engineering.
Ready Mix Concrete Division - Its Ready Mix Concrete unit is functioning under the name of Ahlcon Ready Mix Concrete. The unit is operating 3 plants, in Plant having combined capacity of 100 Cum/Hr, which is also the largest installed capacity in Northern India. The unit is supported by 22 Nos. Transit Mixer, 5 Nos. Concrete Pump and adequate pipe line. The plant follows strict quality measure to produce high quality concrete of various grades and various high performance concrete. Also the unit has its own state of the art laboratory to conduct all test related to concrete and is activity involved in research and development in the field of concrete.
Quality Control Division - At Ahluwalia Contracts, for each project there is a fully equipped laboratory at site under a senior Quality Control Engineer. Regular inspections and quality audits are carried out both at sites and in the head office for quality assurance.
Projects Executed:
Some of the prestigious projects executed by the company are:-
Commonwealth Games 2010 Village Residential at New Delhi, costing Rs 688 crore
Dr S.P.M. Swimming Pool Complex (Talkatora Stadium) at New Delhi, costing Rs 229.7 crore
Chalet Hotels (K. Raheja Corp.) at Powai, Mumbai costing Rs 111.6 crore
India Exposition Center and Mart Complex at Greater Noida (UP) (Ph-I & II), costing Rs 260 crore
Singapore High Commission Building at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, costing Rs 37 crore
Office Building for SEBI, Government of India at Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai, costing Rs 54 crore
Multi-Storeyed Housing Complex for Southcity Projects at Kolkata, costing Rs 82 crore
Five Star Hotel Building for Hotel Scopevista at Lodhi Road, New Delhi, costing Rs 55 crore
Design and construction of 'Milon Mela' Permanent Trade Fair Complex at Kolkata, costing Rs 44 crore
Brigade Metropolis Housing Complex, Bangalore, costing Rs 90 crore
Housing Complex "Gateway Towers" for Pearls Infrastructure at Sector-44, Noida, costing Rs 107.50 crore
"Festival City" Multiplex with Integrated Entertainment cum Shopping Complex at Ludhiana for Aerens, costing Rs 98.50 crore
Awards /Achievements:
1982 Appreciation certificate for valuable services rendered to the Special Organising Committee, 9th Asian Games, 1982.
1985 Awarded trophy by the Finance Minister of India for successful completion of Finance Ministry's building complex, 'National Institute of Public Finance and Policy', New Delhi.
1985 Best building award for construction of India Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
1991 Silver Salver award by Professor J.S. Bajaj, Member Planning Commission for quality construction of National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
It is the only construction company in India to earn three quality recognitions - ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:1999 and ISO 9001:2000.
Credit rating agency CARE assigned 'PR1' (PR one) and 'CARE A' (Single A) rating to the company.
Subsidiary:
In July 2008, ACIL acquired 100% equity stake of Ahlcon Ready Mix Concrete and made it a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. The company is currently in the process of transferring its RMC division to the new company.
On August 1, 2008, Ahluwalia acquired 50,000 equity shares of five companies in Kolkata -- Premsagar Merchants, Splendor Distributors, Paramount Dealcomm, Jiwan Jyoti Traders and Dipesh Mining.
Milestones of the company
1979 - Company was incorporated as a private limited company.
1990 - Company was converted into a public limited company under the name of 'Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Limited'.
1992 - Completed the Chancery building for the High Commission of India, Dubai.
1996 - Launched its first public issue of 800,000 equity shares and listed on Delhi Stock Exchange, CSE and JSE.
1998 -Completed the Goa legislative assembly project.
1999 -Completed the Signature Tower complex project, Gurgaon.• Completed phase-I of construction of the Apollo Hospital project, Kolkata.
2000 -Completed construction of the Apollo Tyres Limited corporate house, Gurgaon.
2001- Turnover for fiscal 2001 crossed Rs 840 million.
2002 - Completed office building for Asian Development Bank, New Delhi.• Completed construction of five star hotel Sonar Bangala for ITC Hotels Limited.• Completed factory building of Moser Baer Limited, Noida.
2003 - Turnover for fiscal 2003 crossed Rs1,750 million.• Developed in-house plumbing division to undertake complete marketing, commercial scrutiny,costing, designing and system engineering.• Executed many prestigious projects, including:- ITC Grand Central Hotel, Mumbai;- DPS International School, New Delhi; and- Corporate office for Xansa India Limited, Noida.
2004 - Turnover for fiscal 2004 crossed Rs 2,600 million.• Ventured into the RMC business by establishing a plant in Loni in May, 2004.• Received the ISO 9001: 2000 certification from DNV.
2005- Turnover for fiscal 2005 crossed Rs 3,000 million.• Completed construction of Pitampura, Rohini East and Rohini West stations for DMRC.• Completed phase-I of the India Exposition Mart project, Noida.
In 2008 Ahluwalia Contractors bagged contracts worth Rs.354 crore collectively from
Vedanta Alumina for construction work at aluminium smelter project at Jharsuguda in Orissa. (contract value: Rs.118.50 crore)
Hotel Leelaventure for construction of a 5 star hotel in Delhi. (contract value: Rs.78 crore)
Ansal API for construction of IT Park in Greater Noida. 9contract value: Rs.47.90 crore)
Indiabulls Properties for construction work at Elphinston Mills. (contract value: Rs.30 crore)
Mudra Communications for construction of office complex in Mumbai. (contract value: Rs.15.01 crore)
Tech Mahindra for construction and piling work of IT Campus in Kolkata. (contract value: Rs.14.82 crore)
For construction of residential apartments cum club house in Chennai. (contract value: Rs.49.50 crore)
Recent Developments:
Ahluwalia Contracts bagged an order worth Rs 219 crore from National Building Construction Corporation in May 2009.
The company also bagged new projects to the tune of Rs 352.98 crore in April 2009.
Parent Organisation Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Ltd. Managing Director Bikramjit Ahluwalia
Founded 1979 NSE Symbol AHLUCONT
About Ahluwalia Contracts


Washington Tree Service, Incorporated is a locally owned and operated family business built on a history and reputation of delivering excellent customer service through honesty and integrity. We sell and provide tree, shrub and lawn care programs to a growing number of homes and business in the Puget Sound region. Our primary goal is landscape enhancement through the combination of advanced environmental technology and delivery systems. Our flexible and adaptable programs are specifically designed to meet the needs of our market and achieve customer expectations which produce longevity of service and result in customer satisfaction and peace of mind.
We enhance the health and beauty of Puget Sound Landscapes through experience and technology.
1948 – Jack Pitts, and his son-in-law Stan Raplee, turned their love of big beautiful trees into a business and Washington Tree was born.
1950 – More caterpillars than you've ever seen hit the Seattle area! Stan and Jack figure out a way to get rid of them, and the pest control side of the business takes off.
1963 – Jack and Stan expand again, this time into lawn care.
1967 – Jack retires but the business continues to thrive under Stan's leadership.
1974 – Stan admits he can't live forever and picks a new general manager, his protégé, 30-something Ed Walter (a distant relative).
1974 – Randy Mock, a 23-year-old friend of the family, joins the Washington Tree & Lawn Care team as a helper on a spray truck … and never leaves!
1980– Randy takes over the Lawn & Weed division.
1986 – Ed co-founds Washington Friends of Farms & Forests, to encourage and build dialogue and unity between pesticide companies and environmental advocates in Washington State.
1992 – Ed works with then-State Senator Patty Murray to write new legislation on pesticide-sensitive registries.
1997 – Ed takes the helm from Stan, becoming president and CEO.
2015 - Ed retires and Washington Tree & Lawn Care merges with Senske Services.
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The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer, Nide 1
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In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame was established to honor the legends of the sport. The first inductees were some of the greatest names of the dugout, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Less than ten years later, in 1945, the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted its first members. The Soccer Hall of Fame was established in 1950, followed by the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959, and the Football Hall of Fame in 1963. In all, more than 1,400 inductees--players, teams, and behind the scenes personnel--have been enshrined in these five halls of fame. The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia is a comprehensive listing of each inductee elected into one or more of these major sports halls of fame. From Hank Aaron to Fred Zollner, this book contains biographical information, sport and position(s) played, and career statistics (when applicable) of each of the more than 1,400 honorees. The book also includes specific appendixes for each shrine, in which inductees are listed alphabetically and by year of induction. Also included are appendixes briefly describing the history of each hall of fame.
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A deeper look at the rise and fall of Grimes, indie music's favorite manic pixie dream girl.
By Nestor Kok December 23, 2021 Entertainment, Featured
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"It fucking sucks to be awake," sings Grimes, in a two-minute Instagram video posted at the end of September. "Oh Lord, I pray my soul to take / Nobody understands because / everything they hate is everything I love."
The song, titled "LOVE," is not an actual single off the Canadian indie-pop musician's hotly-anticipated sixth album, "Book 1." Rather, it is vent art; expressing Grimes's frustrations at "bad press, online hate, and harassment by paparazzi" in the wake of her breakup with Elon Musk, the father of her oft-memed child X Æ A-Xii. In the next few days, she would go on to further vent her frustrations by "trolling the paparazzi:" publicly reading the Communist Manifesto in full steampunk cosplay and making another Instagram post poking fun at the ensuing headlines from the press.
Both posts invoked equal amounts of ire and ridicule from Grimes's increasingly disillusioned fan base. The song was juvenile and bad. The Marx photoshoot was wrong-footed at best, and a perversion of actual communist ideology at worst. This isn't the first time she's inspired this much discourse, either. There is, of course, her famously incoherent AI Communism TikTok, helmed by the oh-so-recognizable line, "I have a proposition for the communists!" For some, there's her entire relationship with Elon Musk, and for others, there's her blind defence of him as a tech-age messiah even in spite of his anti-union practices and his failure to actually produce many of the innovations that he throws money at on a daily basis. There's also the general accusations of hypocrisy from her left-leaning fans, who are often left wondering how someone once associated with alternative fashion, esoteric interests, and experimental electronica with incomprehensible vocals; someone who saw herself on the "hard, hard, hard left" of the political spectrum; could have ended up this way.
Grimes's rise to fame in the late noughties famously included quirky and often bizarre factoids about her: her high school yearbook photo quoted Stalin, she dropped out of the prestigious Neuroscience program at McGill University to live in a crack den (as quoted in her Spotify bio), and she famously made her breakout third album, "Visions," while locked in a room for two weeks on speed. She played shows in parking lots, made her own album art and referenced nerdy touchstones like "Dune" and ancient Greek philosophy in her music. Her big break into the mainstream read like a classic rags-to-riches story; articles about her boasted titles like "Grimes: The Triumph of a Self-Made Oddball." Coupled with her bubbly, albeit slightly unusual behaviour in interviews — such as her talk with Nardwuar where she mentions being the high priestess of a homemade cult — her rise to fame as an indie darling beloved by art students and music snobs was all but secured.
If Grimes, the indie darling, was a diamond in the rough, Grimes the pop star was an unstoppable force. Her fourth album, "Art Angels," injected her trademark fae vocals into an all-new brand of electronica, and launched her to stratospheric fame in 2015. Critics loved her. Listeners wanted more. Young musicians everywhere, particularly women, looked up to her. And how could they not? Her Twitter bio proudly proclaimed that she was "anti-imperialist." She openly lashed out at detractors who refused to take her seriously, or those who sought to coddle her creativity simply because she was a woman. Outlets like Teen Vogue ran features on her and her equally kooky gang of indie misfits. Grimes didn't just espouse counter-cultural beliefs. She was counter-culture.
Then it all fell apart.
Shortly after "anti-imperialist" was pulled from her Twitter bio, the indie music scene looked on in horror as Grimes made her relationship with budding space-imperialist Elon Musk public at the 2017 Met Gala. As if this wasn't shocking enough to her legions of politically left-leaning fans, she proceeded to ardently defend Musk's shady business practices, claiming that Musk was "very similar" to Bernie Sanders and denying Tesla's anti-union stance despite plenty of accounts to the contrary. From there it plunged downhill faster and further than anyone could have imagined.
At the time of writing, despite still living together, Grimes and Elon Musk are no longer an item. But for her legions of now-wary fans out there, the damage has been done, and her persistently bizarre behaviour even in her post-Musk era only continues to astound them. Many are trying their hardest to perform the mental gymnastics necessary to separate her art from its artist. Others have disowned Grimes for hypocrisy, and her suspected appropriation of anti-capitalist rhetoric only when it was convenient for her and her image. However, both these responses take the position that Grimes was, in the first place, a bastion of unimpeachable conduct. But was she really? Are we more critical of Grimes now because of her recent behavior? Or are we only now spotting the cracks in her veneer that were there all along?
Some of the indie music scene's initial adulation is owed to a wilful ignorance of qualities in Grimes that fans would be extremely quick to tear down in others. Awareness and debate about cultural appropriation found fertile ground on social media in the early 2010s — notably, Avril Lavigne was declared a full-blown racist in record time after the release of her infantile, Japanese-inspired video for "Hello Kitty." Yet there was nary a word about Grimes's constant appropriation of the bindi up until about 2013, or her appropriation of dreadlocks in her video for "Genesis," or her similarly reductive views of Asia in a now-deleted Tumblr post that reads, "everything in asia is so alive. there is so much pain and poverty and so much ecstatic beauty and kindness and artistry, its overwhelming. very inspired right now. thank u."
And then there is, of course, the debate on privilege. Discourse, and disappointment, around musicians and their parents' wealth has been a persistent issue in indie music since the garage rock boom in the noughties, when The Strokes and other scruffy-haired New York City ne'er-do-wells decided to take their daddies' money and masquerade as self-made greaseballs in downtown Manhattan. Countless other artists have been the subject of heated discourse for having rich parents or well-connected families. Shortly after her big break, Clairo faced countless accusations of nepotism after word got out that she was the daughter of Geoff Cottrill, an extremely influential and wealthy brand manager. King Princess was similarly disparaged for allegedly being the heir to the Macy's fortune — which she later denied. And let's not forget the persistent rumours that Mitski's father is a CIA operative who committed war crimes in Zaire.
So why not Grimes? Up until her dalliance with Elon Musk, there was virtually no conversation about her own wealthy origins, despite having a father in "the business of biotech" and a mother who was a Crown Prosecutor and who also owned the largest fleet of privately-owned taxis in Western Canada. Sure, they aren't alleged war criminals, but indie musicians have been ragged on for less, such as James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, the success of whose mediocre early music has been chalked up to his first wife being the heiress to the inventor of plastic bags. Neither was there any attempt to call Grimes out on behavior that, when examined now, leaves a sour aftertaste — like her Strokes-ian romanticisation of slumming it in crack dens for indie clout, or her weaponization of her status as an Iconic Female Popstar despite bullying Poppy and fat-shaming Azealia Banks, or her appropriation of just about any cultural touchstone that would augment her growing brand as indie's favourite manic pixie dream girl.
It's not that Grimes should be retroactively condemned for these points. Rather, in a world that was just opening up to becoming permanently online, the silence surrounding her has been deafening only until recently. Cancel culture may only have been given a name in recent years, but even in the heyday of her nascent Tumblr success, blogs like "yourfaveisproblematic" existed, and were popular. As we've seen, the indie music scene holds no qualms about giving in to Internet denizens' collective base desire to cancel, cancel, cancel … so why was Grimes exempt? The answer is simple. Grimes was never infallible from the start. The warning signs about her, the inconsistencies and the appropriations and the capitalist allegiances, they were all there from the beginning. If we assume that we can actually "cancel" a celebrity — the nuances of which warrant a whole other discussion — then Grimes could have, and would have, been cancelled years ago. It's just that nobody wanted to. Coming right off the back of landfill indie and a dearth of any authentic counter-culture under the Bush administration, the alternative music community was desperate for a savior, and in 2008, they pinned all their hopes on Grimes. She was the manic pixie dream girl they needed, but not the one they deserved. As Grimes herself said on "LOVE," everything they hate did, indeed, turn out to be everything she loves. No wonder she let them down.
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Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) is the most common cause of legal blindness in older Americans. It is estimated that one third of all seniors aged 75 years or older have some form of this disease. The cause of this disease has been linked to both hereditary and environmental factors. Smoking is a well-known risk factor for the development of macular degeneration.
ARMD affects the center part of the retina, which is the macula (Figure 1). The macula is responsible for our central vision. Therefore, people with this disease may lose some or all of the central vision. ARMD exists in two basic forms: "dry" and "wet". Most people who develop ARMD have the dry form of the disease in both eyes. Dry ARMD occurs when the vision cells of the macula "wear out" (Figure 2).
Wet ARMD occurs when the growth of abnormal blood vessels leak and bleed into the macula (Figure 3). This can cause sudden vision loss unlike the usual slow and progressive vision loss associated with the dry form. Of those patients with dry ARMD, approximately 10-15% will develop the "wet" form of the disease. It is important to notify your doctor immediately if you notice a sudden blurring or distortion of vision in one eye. This may be a sign that bleeding or leaking has occurred. There are medicines that are commonly injected into the eye that may partially restore or stabilize the vision if the process is discovered before scarring causes permanent damage. However, even with these injections, further vision loss may occur.
There are several steps to take to ensure keeping your best vision. First, you need to be examined by your local eye doctor to see if you have the disease. If you do, discuss with your doctor whether you should take vitamin supplements specifically targeted to slow down the progression of vision loss. The national standard of care for these vitamins is referred to as AREDS2 (Age Related Eye Disease Study). Second, eat fish and green vegetables at least twice a week along with a daily fish oil supplement. Third, maintain good health through exercise and keep your cholesterol levels controlled. Finally, and most importantly, STOP SMOKING. It has been estimated that active smoking can increase the rate of vision loss by 300% – 500% with this disease.
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Each year, middle and high school students from across the state participate in the Florida History Fair program, coordinated at the state level by the Museum of Florida History. The students create performances, websites, display boards, documentaries, and essays to present their research on a wide variety of historical topics.
Florida Memory is proud to support the Florida History Fair program by expanding student access to the resources of the State Library & Archives online. If you are a parent, student, teacher, media specialist, or just someone who knows a young person who will be participating in this incredible experience, this post is for you!
These students chose to conduct a live performance to illustrate their research in early 20th century U.S. history (2015).
Every year the State Library and Archives of Florida creates a resource guide for the Florida History Fair. This guide links to photographs, videos and documents on Florida Memory. It also provides bibliographic information for key printed primary and secondary sources.
The new expanded and revised Resources for the 2016 Florida History Fair is now up! This year's theme is Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History.
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Sailing Catapult
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Catapult returned to Bewl Water in 2019, in the lovely Weald of Kent near Tunbridge Wells. Bewl was a previously-popular venue for several years, interrupted by the demise of Bewl Valley SC unitil Bewl Sailing Association arose phoenix-like from the ashes.
Racing We shall be racing alongside the visiting Wanderer and club fleets. (Amendments to the SIs specific to the Catapult fleet are covered in the NoR).
Following a 1015 briefing, there will be five races in total: three races on Saturday (first start 11.00) and two on Sunday. The Sunday morning race will be the club�s Bart�s Bash race, but will still count towards our event. The last race will not start after 15.30 on the Sunday.
One discard will apply when 4 or more races have been sailed.
The entry fee will be 10 pounds, plus the usual CCA event levy. Please pay the CCA fee to Alastair Forrest who has kindly agreed to be the CCA liaison person for the event. If you need to contact Alastair in advance, his contact details are 01306 252321, 07514 525903 and alastairforrest@hotmail.com.
Sailing at Bewl
The Club has been very welcoming to the Catapults, and there is usually plenty of space to rig and launch photo below (although the grassy slopes up from the road can be very muddy.) There are excellent club facilities.
Bewl dam has flooded three valleys to make a three-fingered "glove" extending south and west from the dam. The low hills around make a very attractive setting, and winds are still largely steady away from the wind-shadows near shore, with a little funnelling and swirling. With the shore usefully nearby in September conditions, and small wave size, it is a comfortable site to sail.
Starts are usually on a line from the starting box on-shore to a nearby fixed mark, and hence may be reaching starts, usually putting two or three fleets away at 5-minute intervals. (The flag and sound signals may be indistinct, so keep a close watch at the advertised time.)
The "glove" shape makes marks easy to find up the "fingers", so the club can set complicated and interesting courses (e.g a "W") without too much risk of confusion.
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Bewl Water, the commercial outfit that owns the lake and surrounding land, do operate a campsite, but unfortunately according to their website it closes the week before our event. The best option is Cedar Gables Camping, Cedar Gables, Hastings Road, Flimwell, East Sussex, TN5 7QA ( www.cedargables.org). Other accommodation can be found at www.visittunbridgewells.com.
Other accommodation can be found through the Tunbridge Wells tourist information centre (01892 515675, touristinformationcentre@tunbridgewells.gov.uk). BVSC also recommends www.visittunbridgewells.com and www.sevenwonders.org.uk. Also recommended is The Bell, High Street, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7AS
(www.thebellinticehurst.com).
The Club is located at Bewlbridge Lane, Lamberhurst, Kent TN3 8JH, just off the A21 London to Hastings Road, one mile south of Lamberhurst village (see the Google Maps reference in the NoR). Turn off the A21 at the traffic islands marked with a brown tourist sign and follow the road to the entrance gate. Upon arrival follow the signs to the sailing club.
Make the most of the surrounding area Bewl is set in the picturesque Weald of Kent near the border with East Sussex. It is surrounded by pretty thatched villages set among wooded hills and orchards, so you can build an excellent long weekend around the event. There are lots of stately homes and gardens in the area, like Scotney Castle, Hever Castle, Penshurst Place, Knole, Bateman's, Sissinghurst Castle, Emmett�s Garden, Hole Park and many more. This is a lovely part of the world, so do be sure to come to the 'Garden of England'.


The ADA 2019 Standards of Care is now a living document, Living Standards of Care, which provides updates in real time rather than every 12 months. Sections 9 – 11 have been updated with data from Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) Effect on Cardiovascular Events -Thrombosis in Myocardial Infarction 58 (DECLARE-TIMI 58) trial. These sections now incorporate Farxiga's benefit on heart failure hospitalizations and CDK progression, and safety in moderate renal impairment. Section 10 has been updated with findings from Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl (Vascepa)-Intervention Trial (REDUCE-IT). ADA recommends Vascepa for triglyceride lowering in persons with diabetes and high atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk. To learn more, please click on link below.