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2. Now, consequent upon implementation of the 7th CPC pay structure, the financial parameters are required to be revised again. Certain organisations/ formations under Ministry of Defence have been requesting for revision of relative merit points and procedure for selecting the most indigent applicant(s) for compassionate appointment after death/medically boarding-out of the Government servant/member of the Armed Forces on whose income the family was wholly dependent.
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Die Nationes (Mehrzahl zu lateinisch natio) waren territorial gegliederte Korporationen von Studenten und Dozenten, die sich an frühen europäischen Universitäten bildeten und aus denen sich im deutschen Sprachraum das studentische Verbindungswesen des 19. Jahrhunderts entwickelte. Auf dem Konzil von Konstanz (1414–1418) waren die Nationes ebenfalls eine Kategorie der geografischen Klassifikation und ein Organisationsmuster (→ Konzilsnation).

Die Hauptfunktion der zunächst als Schutzbünde von Professoren und Scholaren vor allem im Ausland gegründeten Nationen der akademischen Korporation war im Grunde zweigeteilt. Eine Nation war zum einen eine Rechts- und Sozialgemeinschaft, welche die Interessen und Privilegien ihrer Mitglieder zu wahren suchte und ihnen einen Lebensunterhalt zu ermöglichte; zum anderen übernahm sie Aufgaben organisatorischer Art (Immatrikulation), der Mitgestaltung in Leitungsgremien sowie administrativen Arbeiten.

Allgemeines

Nationes gab es an den frühen hohen Schulen in Ravenna, Bologna, Salerno und Padua, aber auch in Paris, Oxford und Cambridge waren sie etwas später üblich. Sie hatten in der Regel keinen bruderschaftlichen Charakter; aber jeder der Scholaren musste Mitglied sein und Beiträge entrichten.

Schindelmeiser schreibt: "Die Nationalkollegien werden in der geschichtlichen Darstellung des deutschen Verbindungsstudententums unter den Oberbegriff 'Landsmannschaften' gebracht. Sie lassen sich an den protestantischen Universitäten seit der Reformation feststellen und werden bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts als die »alten Landsmannschaften« bezeichnet. Urkundliche Unterlagen liegen im Allgemeinen erst aus der Zeit nach 1600 vor." Im "Buch" der Westfalia zu Rostock (1623) sind zum Beispiel Bestimmungen über die Aufnahme, die Wahl des Seniors und die Kassenverwaltung enthalten. Die Abstimmung der jüngeren Mitglieder ist für die älteren nicht verbindlich. Die Neulinge haben bei den Nationalgelagen den älteren aufzuwarten. Sie dürfen nicht Mäntel, Degen und Schleifen zum Luxus tragen. In der Satzung der dortigen Brandenburger (1633) wird den neu ankommenden Landsleuten empfohlen, sich ohne Verzug den älteren anzuschließen, damit "sie nicht die Beute Fremder werden«. Sie sollen sofort ihre Namen bei der Nation angeben, um »des Schutzes und des Rates der Landsmannschaft teilhaftig zu werden". Als Zweck der Verbindungen wird angegeben: "gegenseitige Freundschaft nach innen, festes Zusammenhalten nach außen und treue Pflege heimischer Sitte". An anderer Stelle heißt es: "Alle sollen die Tugenden, die einem Studenten, besonders aber einem Landsmann zukommen, üben: Ehrbarkeit, Bescheidenheit, Ruhe."

Unterscheidung
Es werden die Nationes nördlichen Typs von denen südlichen Typs unterschieden. Während die nördlichen Nationes von Magistern autoritär geleitet wurden und aus ihnen ab dem 12. Jahrhundert weitere Korporationstypen entstanden, sollten die etwas älteren Nationes südlichen Typs noch Jahrhunderte bestehen bleiben. So entstanden im Norden, an der Pariser Universität "Sorbonne", die "Bursen" sowie an den Universitäten in Oxford, Cambridge und wohl auch an der Sorbonne, die Kollegien, auch Collèges genannt, welche die Nationen später ablösten.

Die Mitglieder der Universität schlossen sich der Nation an, die ihrer Herkunft am ehesten entsprach. Studenten und Professoren sprachen lateinisch.

Südlicher Typ: Modus Bononiensis

Die südlichen Nationes kamen erstmals mit der Gründung der Universität Bologna (vermutlich 1088) auf. Sie wurde schon früh universitas magistrorum et scholarium genannt und die Studenten erhielten das Recht, bei der Rektorenwahl mitzubestimmen und konnten so Professoren und den Universitätsapparat stark beeinflussen im Gegensatz zu den nördlichen Nationes.

Man gliederte die Gesamtheit (universitas) der Professoren und Studenten einer Hochschule in siebzehn Nationes ein. Hier wurden die Nationes wiederum in den 'Diesseitigen' (citramontanorum), das waren die drei Nationes Italiener, und die 'Jenseitigen' (ultramontanorum), vierzehn Nationen aus den übrigen Regionen, unterschieden. Hier gab es beispielsweise eine "deutsche" Nation, die bis ins 17. und 18. Jahrhundert hinein eine bedeutende Rolle spielte.

Nördlicher Typ: Vier-Nationen-Modell
Das Vier-Nationen-Modell der Alma Mater in Paris hatte eine territoriale Einordnung der Landsmannschaften nach den vier Himmelsrichtungen eingeteilt und wies schon das Fakultätsprinzip auf. So gab es an der Universität Paris die englische Nation für die Nord- und Osteuropäer, dazu die normannische, die pikardische und die gallische Nation. So wurden die Scholaren aus deutschsprachigen Regionen zusammen mit "Engländern" und Nordeuropäern zur "natio anglicana" zusammengefasst.

Seit dem mittleren 13. Jahrhundert setzte sich dieses Modell europaweit durch.

Gründung deutscher Universitäten
Mit der ersten Gründung auf deutschem Reichsgebiet 1348 in Prag erhielten auch im Heiligen Römischen Reich die Nationes Einzug. An der Karls-Universität in Prag gab es am Ende des Mittelalters eine regionale Einteilung in eine böhmische (zu der tschechisch- und deutschsprachige Scholaren zählten), eine bayerische, eine sächsische sowie eine polnische Nation.

Auch hatten Nationes eigene Schutzpatrone: Kaiser Karl V. gestattete beispielsweise den beiden Vorstehern der deutschen Nationes das Recht, Notare zu ernennen, Waffen zu tragen und uneheliche Kinder zu legitimieren.

In Leipzig (Universität Leipzig, gegründet 1409) gab es die meißnische, sächsische, bayerische und polnische Nation. Eine Sonderstellung nahmen zunächst die Sorben ein: Diese Studenten wurden in der Matrikel des ersten Semesters keiner Nation zugeordnet, da Unklarheit über ihre Zugehörigkeit herrschte. Auch wenn die Sorben in der Matrikel zum folgenden Sommersemester 1410 ausdrücklich der meißnischen Nation zugewiesen wurden, blieben sie bis zum Sommersemester 1414 separat als "de Lusacia" (aus der Lausitz) aufgelistet.
In Wien (Universität Wien, gegründet 1365) gab es die österreichische, rheinische, ungarische und die sächsische Nation, in Königsberg (Universität Königsberg, gegründet 1544) im Jahr 1670 die Pommern, Schlesier, Preußen und die Westfalen.

Aufnahmerituale

Ein Neuling musste einen Eid absolvieren, der ihn fest an die Nation band. Der Aufnahmeritus (Deposition (Universität)) wurde zuerst als inoffizieller Akt von Paris übernommen. Der Neuling (Bejan, Fuchs, Voss) musste sein "tölpelhaftes Verhalten" ablegen, "abstoßen", um ein echter Student zu werden. Qualvolle körperliche und seelische Behandlungen musste der "Fuchs" über sich ergehen lassen, zusätzlich musste er ein Depositionsgeld und einen Depositionsschmaus "blechen". Die Nationen zeigten die ersten Ansätze einer Selbstverwaltung und entwickelten eine eigene Tracht. Später wurde die Deposition (Universität) ein offizieller Aufnahmeakt.

Teilweise war es den Scholaren verboten in ihrer Heimatsprache zu sprechen.

Auflösung
Je konsistenter sich das Fakultätssystem mit ihren vier Richtungen, Artes, Jurisprudenz, Medizin und Theologie durchsetzte, desto obsoleter wurde die gestalterische Mitwirkung der Nationes.
 Der Verstaatlichungsprozess der frühen Neuzeit in denen die autonomen Universitäten unter etatistische Kuratel gerieten, führte zu einer "Professionalisierung" des akademischen Personals und zu einer Reduzierung der Mitbestimmung.
 Im Deutschen Reich gab es im 18. Jahrhundert an die 45 Universitäten, was zu einer Regionalisierung der Hochschulen und zum Rückgang von peregrinatio academica und Internationalität führte.
 Bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts sank die Zahl der Studenten auf etwa 5000 ab. Dies hängt neben der gestiegenen Anzahl von Universitäten mit den dauerhaften Kriegen dieser Zeit zusammen.
 Die konfessionelle Bindung der jeweiligen Territorien und ihrer Universitäten. Im reformatorischen Prozess wurden Bursen und Kollegien aufgelöst und es verlor sich auch die Bedeutung der Nationen im Zusammenschluss konfessionsgleicher Studenten.

An der Leipziger Universität gab es die Nationen noch bis 1830 als Formalität. So musste sich Johann Wolfgang von Goethe noch in die bayerische Nation einschreiben.

Heutige Umfassung: Studentnation

Noch heute lebt an Universitäten in Schweden (besonders in Lund und Uppsala), Finnland und Estland die Organisationsform der Nationes mit ähnlichen Aufgaben weiter.

Literatur
 Sabine Schumann: Die "nationes" an den Universitäten Prag, Leipzig u. Wien. Ein Beitrag zur älteren Universitätsgeschichte, Diss. phil. Berlin 1974.
 Siegfried Hoyer: Die scholastische Universität bis 1480. In: Alma Mater Lipsiensis. Geschichte der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig. Leipzig 1984.

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Close your eyes and think about something you are really passionate about. This is important in the beginning when you are first learning the technique. It must be something that makes you really happy (you could do it with something that makes you really angry or sad, but it's more fun starting off with something that makes you very happy). Now, begin to bring up the thought in your mind, and just as it's beginning, before the thought actually forms, stop. You will notice, especially if you are noticing from a place of stillness, a surprising amount of bliss. Let this bliss just kind of permeate your whole system; enjoy it; let it just fill you with its pleasant, blissful light. This bliss may remain for a few seconds or for a few minutes; the more silence we're consciously aware of in general, and then bring the thought up in your mind… then drop the thought (let it fade away).. and just as it is fading away from your mind… Stop.. You should feel the same bliss.
As you continue with this practice the time you can stay in the bliss zone increases. The prominence of ecstasy reduces (as with all practices) and you can actually live in pure awareness for a few mins.. no thoughts just pure bliss.
Any thoughts, emotions, feelings that bother you (the stronger the feeling the easier it is to observe how effective this technique is)… Consciously bring it up into your mind.. and just before the thought/emotion/feeling can manifest.. stop. You may have to try it a few times, but the entire thing just dissolves. You will feel yourself physically relaxing too. It comes very handy to unlearn the physical tensions that our body has not forgotten .
As you get better at this, you can use it in every moment of your life. The more you use it.. the more you will start living in your inner silence. This technique is like a key that unlocks the door which gives you access to your inner silence/bliss any time of the day.
In our modern era, we often consider ourselves technologically advanced, in comparison to ancient cultures. This is of course accurate; with respect to external technology, that is. It is no exaggeration to say that the sage-scientists of ancient times were every bit as advanced with respect to internal technology, if not more so, than our current cultures are, with respect to external technologies. The Bliss Technique is a case in point. The sage-scientists of ancient Kashmir (obviously) knew that all thought-perception arises from pure awareness, and subsequently forms, manifests and subsides back into pure awareness. They also (obviously) knew that by exerting inherent will (the closest aspect of consciousness to pure awareness) to stop the arising thought-perception before it fully formed, that the very energy which normally comprises the thought-perception is liberated, available and naturally utilized for, and as, the direct experience of bliss. In ancient Kashmir, the dual facets of Living Unbound were stated with utter simplicity: Consciousness & Bliss. Two sides of the same coin of the one field of awareness that we each and all ever are, now.
As we begin meditation (or any new endeavor or activity, for that matter), we likely wonder about this "inner silence" stuff, especially because almost every one of us quickly becomes convinced that we are the one person in history who doesn't have any! This is simply untrue, as we find out by simply continuing daily practices. Then, one beautiful and immortal day, usually fairly early on, we experience the silence, the gap, the space; we experience directly that it's real. And then, at that time, or possibly another, we connect the dots, and begin to wonder: is it possible; is it just possible, that these other wonderful and wonder-filled experiences and openings into a more expanded, spiritual consciousness could be real, too?
Of course, to cynical conditioned mind, this seems far too good to be true. Guess what? It's too good not to be true. And just as our first experiences of inner silence, and its natural and ever-increasing progression since then, along with our first experiences of true bodily ecstasy thanks to yogic breathing in daily practices, and its ever-increasing progression since then, our first experiences of the actual bliss resulting from this technique lets us know that actual bliss is an inherent part of our true nature. And not only that; it lets us know that actual bliss is an infinitely more inherent to consciousness than thinking. And, of course, this motivates us to maybe, just maybe, choose bliss over thinking more and more of the time. And this, of course, throws the doorway to Living Unbound in reality wide open.
And please note: if we try this technique too early, we'll be sorely disappointed; nothing will happen. However, with a bit of inner silence developed, the Bliss Technique is pleasantly and amazing easy to do.


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At stargazing I encountered a child who stated that his teacher taught him as fact that the "Pillars of Creation" no longer existed as it was blown to bits by a supernova.
That is not science, but a broad projection based on theory, that can only be regarded as a fantasy, or Meta-Astronomy. Astronomers have no direct measurements of a supernova in M16, the site of the "Pillars of Creation". M16 is about 7,000 light years away and the time delay is obviously 7,000 years. We currently still see the "Pillars of Creation" intact at our current time horizon. In 2007, Spitzer Space Telescope discovered hot gas that could have been spewed from a Supernova evident in M16 that happened about 9,000 to 8,000 years ago. It is inevitable that one of the myriad "O"-type stars would eventually go supernova in M16. But which one and in what variant mode of Supernova, Hypernova, Kilonova or blackhole creation will the stars self-immolate? Each scenario would have different consequences. Some may not affect the appearance of M16 significantly. It is religion, blind-faith, pseudoscience, or Meta-Astronomy to make conjectures on non-existent data. We can only know via empirical measurement. Assuming an outcome, while affirming our theory and models, is not science. It is circular reasoning and self-deception, Meta-Astronomy. Real science usually results in the famous statement, "That's funny, I did not expect that result". Assuming the end result without actual data is fantasy and not science.
Astronomy is empirically based on measurement and analysis.
As there is a 7,000-year delay in observing M16, we must refrain from projecting into that 7,000-years events and processes that we have no evidence for. It will unfold in individual and unique ways. It would be similar to stating we are all dead now as humans always die. But, human life unfolds in unpredictable ways as we make achievements, make mistakes, encounter accidents, procreate, have serendipitous experiences and events, and live full lives before we succumb to inevitable death. Making broad assumptions about the lifespan and events in it is futile and takes no empirical measure of that lifetime. It is best to take the full measure of a life based on individual merits and actions that are indelible markers. Science is that way. Future projections are made from models and theory but are never taken as fact. Models and projections are guides only and we are always looking for variations from the rules to discover what is really going on. Both Astronomy and Meta-Astronomy are required to make progress. But, the differences must be made clear when teaching Astronomy. The science of Astronomy is self-correcting when approached in the right manner.


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Entrepreneurial academics and regional innovation systems: the case of spin-offs from London's universities
Lawton-Smith, Helen and Chapman, D. and Wood, P. and Barnes, T. and Romeo, S. (2014) Entrepreneurial academics and regional innovation systems: the case of spin-offs from London's universities. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 32 (2), pp. 341-359. ISSN 0263-774X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c11159b
In this paper we explore the spin-off process from London's universities using a regional innovation systems (RIS) framework. We examine the pattern of spin-offs in the context of changes in institutional support systems, both within the universities and in the London region. The majority of the university-related spin-offs are small and medium-sized enterprises concentrated in biomedical sectors, as elsewhere. However, over a third have left London. We explore these patterns, the implications for understanding the role of universities in RIS, and consequent policy implications.
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entrepreneurial academics, university spin-offs, regional innovation systems, London
School of Business, Economics & Informatics > Management
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Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck Centre for


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Jeffrey Evan Budoff (born 1965) is an American orthopedic surgeon. Budoff has written and published 41 articles on health topics and has authored 20 textbook chapters. In addition, he has edited five textbooks on the treatment of disorders of the upper extremity (hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder).

Teaching career

Budoff currently serves as the Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School and also at the Texas Woman's University (HealthSouth Hand Therapy Fellowship Program).

He has also served as:

 Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX from 2/3/08 to 7/31/08
 Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX from 9/1/99 to 2/3/08
 Director, Orthopedic Hand & Upper Extremity Service, Houston Veterans Administration Medical Center from 9/99 to 7/05
 Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School from 11/11/09 to Present.
 Faculty, Texas Woman's University/HealthSouth Hand Therapy Fellowship Program from 1999 to 2001 and thereafter from 2008 to present.

Clinical career
Budoff has been practicing medicine for 25 years.

He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Texas, Houston, and he also practices at SouthWest Orthopedics.

References

External links
 Official Website

1965 births
Living people
American orthopedic surgeons
Harvard College alumni
Weill Cornell Medical College alumni


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Trice Medical Appoints New CEO
Mark Foster joined Trice in 2016, serving as VP of global sales and CCO and was promoted to president in March 2018.
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Trice Medical announced the appointment of Mark Foster, President of Trice Medical, to president and CEO, effective June 30, 2019. Foster joined Trice in 2016, serving as V.P. of Global Sales and CCO and was promoted to president in March 2018. Prior to coming to Trice, Mark served as V.P. of U.S. Business for Smith and Nephew and in several leadership roles at Boston Scientific. Current CEO, Jeffrey F. O'Donnell Sr., will be retiring but will remain active with Trice as a Strategic Advisor.
"I am thrilled to make this announcement," said O'Donnell, "I am very proud of the whole team at Trice Medical and what we have achieved in the past six years. Mark joined Trice with a strong set of 'big company skills'—quickly adding value while also learning how different 'start-ups' are. I look forward to assisting him in his transition to his new role as the CEO of an emerging growth company."
"I've had the opportunity to work closely with both Jeff and Mark for several years," added Gary Kurtzman, chairman of the board at Trice. "Jeff's passion and drive have gotten us to this point. We will continue to leverage his skills and expertise as we enter the next stage of expansion and growth under Mark's leadership."
Trice recently announced the launch of the mi-ultra and the acquisition of S.E.G-WAY Orthopedics (SegWAY). "Our mission is to build a great company that enhances quality of life," commented Foster. "An in-office mi-eye or mi-ultra procedure allows the patient and surgeon to get instant, accurate information and by adding SegWAY, we now have a more diversified portfolio to treat patients with many different soft-tissue injuries, including the rapidly growing Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Market. I am looking forward to leading our team to bring even more innovative technology that brings value to patients, physicians and payers," Foster said.
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Early storms set up a hot Thursday
Following some thunderstorms in the northern and southern portions of the state on Wednesday, Thursday morning could potentially begin with some severe weather of its own, according to KSTP Chief Meteorologist Dave Dahl.
Storms brewing from North Dakota could make their way into Minnesota by 6 a.m. or earlier Thursday morning, at which point temperatures will be in the mid-70s. Storms could clear out of the metro for most of the day otherwise.
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Dahl says that on Thursday, temperatures could rise into the 90s by the late afternoon throughout the state except for the northeast portion of the state where things could get cooler.
Throughout the state, things could cool off by the weekend, according to Dahl.


What if middleness did not suppose progress?
What if, for example, instead of looking to discern a 'premodernism' and a 'prehumanism' that lead naturally to modernism and humanism and thence to postmodernism and posthumanism we imagined time as a vortex rather than a line? What if we abandoned human-centric narratives of history altogether, narratives that assume every idea has an infancy, maturation and perhaps eventual death, as if concepts must inhabit the all too human frames of those who dream them? What if some ideas are never born, never exactly perish? Spontaneous generation anyone? Non-paternal origins? Parthenogenesis? Queer ideation? Generative cross-species or cross-ontological hybridities? What if humanisation itself is an open and unfinishable process? We need better metaphors, better ways to convey that the life of the human is always lived and thought and written from the thick of things, not from a story of heroic beginnings and self-satisfied, culminative ends. What about a midhuman where all kinds of becomings are possible, and are not harnessed to trajectories of commencement and termination?
"There is no neutral background or foreground for individuals in this universe – all the elements are equally 'there' – key to what Timothy Morton calls ecological thought […]. Anthropogenic change affords a much-needed view of the total catastrophe. And it is a medieval view".
Midhuman, where human is difficult to tell from world, macrocosm and microcosm entangled rather than parallel.
How to escape this endemic terrestrial turbulence, a "dedly werre" (904) so profound that it catches up the very elements? Well, we could just leave. Good-bye, Blue Marble that we see in the rear view mirror as we depart the only home we've known. In retrospect and from space you are a beautiful globe, land enclosed by shimmering sea. Escape the Earth and escape our midhumanism, become something more refined. You might think that I am describing any number of science fiction movies (and of course I am), but the impulse to imagine oneself above the Earth in order to escape the tumultuous vicissitudes of being human is an ancient one. Medieval authors knew that vision as the Dream of Scipio, narrated by Cicero in the sixth book of his De re publica and available through a detailed commentary composed by Macrobius, who used the dream to detail the contours of the cosmos. The Roman general Scipio is visited in his slumber by his famous adoptive grandfather, who gives the young man a view of the Earth from the heavens. To the melodious soundtrack of the planetary spheres, Scipio the Younger peers down from the high ether at the Earth become a small spot, Rome almost nothing on its surface. The various climates of the globe resolve into five bands: two polar ice fields, two temperate and habitable zones on either side of the equator, and a torrid desert dividing them from each other. In manuscript illustrations this Earth resembles a small version of Jupiter with its vivid stripes. When Scipio returns from this dream-enabled vantage point, where he had been surrounded by shimmering stars, the Milky Way and the souls of the great among the departed, he is fortified with a Stoic contempt for all things terrestrial. He has his perspective: this world is beautiful from space, perhaps, but its human and climatic dynamism is just bustle. More lasting worlds are at its exterior. Scipio rises above it all to gain some perspective. He beholds a Striped Marble rather than what the Apollo astronauts called a Blue Marble, but there is a continuity here: technology only realises a dream humans have long had, imagination as propulsion out of our human boundedness.
Our desire to be less Earthbound, at least during the space of a dream or a science fiction film is a desire to escape our midhumanism, our entanglement in a world that exceeds us and yet is intimate to our thoughts and deeds. We can't quite manage that escape. But we are also unlikely to stop trying. What we can choose, though, is to refuse the example of Scipio, who looks back upon the Earth and convince himself that most lives do not matter, that a proper response to rising above the tempest is to laugh. Gower got it right, I think: embrace the problem of human middleness, explore its implications, stay with it, stay with the world, think rigorously about the unexpected environmental consequences of human actions, midhumanism.
 This essay riffs on work I did on the 'midcolonial' in The Postcolonial Middle Ages, ed. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000), pp. 1-17. I am thinking as well of Manuel De Landa's A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997).
 Quotations from John Gower, Confession Amantis vol. 1, ed. Russell A. Peck (Kalamazoo, MI: TEAMS Medieval Texts, 2006).
 J. Allan Mitchell, Becoming Human: The Matter of the Medieval Child (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014), pp. 42-43.
 For more on this topic see Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Linda Elkins-Tanton, Earth (London: Bloomsbury, 2017).


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Christie's Finest & Rarest Wines Totals $1,558,313
Sold 99% By Lot | 125% Hammer Above Low Estimate.
Christie's online sale, Finest & Rarest Wines Including a Collaboration with Grapes for Humanity Global Charity Foundation totaled $1,558,313, with 99% sold by lot and 125% hammer above the low estimate. The sale attracted 27% of first-time registrants and five auction records were set throughout the sale.
The top lot of the sale was a Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Assortment 1996 (lot 164), which sold for $81,250. Other notable results were achieved for rare Burgundy wines, including a mixed set including 12 bottles of Domaine Leroy 1996 (lot 168), which achieved $47,500, and four bottles of Domaine Leroy, Clos de Vougeot 2002 (lot 170), which realized $21,250.
Unique lots donated as part of a charitable collaboration with Grapes for Humanity Global Foundation also achieved notable results and were 100% sold by lot. Proceeds from these lots will support projects aimed at mitigating the impact of climate change specific to the wine community.
Chris Munro, Head of Department, Wine and Spirits, Christie's Americas, commented: "Following our successful wine sale in January, our second online auction out of Los Angeles continues to demonstrate the strength of the fine wine market. We were delighted to collaborate with the Grapes for Humanity Global Foundation and help raise $71,450 to fund projects affected by climate change.
Bidders from around the globe fought to secure some of the fantastic experiences donated by wine producers committed to this worthwhile cause. Elsewhere in the sale prices for the wines, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti continue to surge as a rare Assortment 1996 made $81,250 (estimated $40,000-60,000), and three bottles of Romanée-Saint-Vivant 1996 sold for $11,250 (estimate $6,000-9,000).
We now look forward to our next online auction in Los Angeles that opens on April 19."
Arlene Willis, Founder, and CEO, of Grapes for Humanity Global, commented: "We are thrilled with the response to the auction and know that the funds raised will be a significant first step toward addressing the daunting challenge of climate change within the wine industry. Christie's has been a game-changing partner, and we look forward to continuing to work together to address this existential challenge."
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HomeGeophysics
Science Degree Program in China - Geophysics
Geophysics is one of the major disciplines of earth science, a comprehensive subject through the quantitative physical methods (methods such as: seismic elastic wave, gravity, geomagnetism, geoelectricity, geothermal and radiation energy) to study the earth and looking for mineral resources of the earth interior, the scope of the study includes the earth's crust, mantle and core and atmosphere. Geophysics has many branches of study, including: solid earth physics, geodynamics, seismology, geodesy, geothermics, geomagnetism, hydrological geography, oceanography, meteorology, core tectonics and geophysics, comparative planetology, tectonophysics and geodetic astronomy; research contents include the internal structure of the earth, theoretical source, seismic wave propagation theory, characteristics of continental crust in large scale, such as plate subduction zone and the mid ocean ridge. Traditional geophysics mainly refers to the solid earth physics and modern geophysical research extends to outside the earth's atmosphere phenomena (such as ionospheric dynamo, auroral electrojets, magnetopause current system), and even extends to the physical properties of the planets and their satellites.
2. Research Content
The research content of geophysics can be divided into two categories: applied and theory geophysics. The research scope of applied geophysics (also known as exploration geophysics) is quite extensive, mainly including energy exploration, metal and nonmetal exploration, environment and engineering exploration, etc. Exploration geophysics uses the development of geophysics method for prospecting and looking for oil, engineering and environmental monitoring, and structural studies. Methods including seismic prospecting, electrical prospecting, gravity survey, magnetic prospecting, geophysical well logging and radioactive exploration, through advanced geophysical measuring instruments, measurements from underground geophysical information, the information of the measured for analysis, processing, inversion and interpretation, thus it can be inferred that underground structure and distribution of mineral resources. Exploration geophysics is the main subject of the reconnaissance and detection of oil, metal and non-metallic deposits, groundwater resources and large-scale engineering foundations.
3. Important Concepts
Generally speaking, geophysics is the science that uses physical methods to study the earth and other planets, various physical properties of earth, including the earth's interior and surface composition and the function of all kinds of natural and the change rule of. The fields can be distinguished by the following categories:
1) Seismology
Research on earthquake, seismic wave and the science of earthquake related in the earth's interior, one of the most important scientific seismology is used to study the internal structure of the earth.
(2) Gravity
The science that studies the earth's gravity, studies the earth's gravity, gravity distribution, gravity field and other related properties.
(3) Geomagnetism
Study the magnetic properties of the earth and atmosphere, mainly study the magnetic phenomena, sources, magnetic fields and so on.
(4) Geoelectricity
The science that studies the earth's electric field in order to deduce the physical properties, composition and distribution of the earth's interior.
(5) Geothermometry
Study the earth's thermal, including the earth's temperature, internal heat flow, the distribution of surface temperature and the source of the earth's heat energy, etc.
6) Geophysical Prospecting
This is the use of geophysical techniques, including earthquake, geoelectro, gravity and geothermal, can be used in mining and exploration of oil, metal and non-metallic deposits, groundwater resources and engineering foundations.
4. Subject Application
1) Engaged in geological exploration, taking research work as the main direction, through a variety of geophysical methods to engage in geological research.
2) Prediction of natural disasters, using digital seismic network and station observation data as the basis, combined with gravity, deformation and other geophysical observation means, the kinematics and dynamics of the source, near fault ground motion and variation of gravity field of research, for the earthquake occurrence machine to forecast to provide theoretical guidance for research and earthquake.
3) Engaged in engineering exploration class
4) Exploration of petroleum and natural gas and coal field geological structure, looking for metal and nonmetal minerals
5) Make the corresponding geophysical software program design, geophysical instrument development, widely used in environmental protection, urban drainage, geology, metallurgy, health and epidemic prevention, commodity inspection, agriculture, fishery and education and scientific research fields.
6) Other engineering applications.
The program trains senior specialized personnel with solid mathematical foundation and the basic theory, basic knowledge and basic skills of systematic geophysics, receive basic training for basic research and applied basic research, have good scientific literacy and ability of preliminary teaching, research, can work at scientific research institutions, colleges and universities or related technical and administrative departments engaged in scientific research, teaching, technology development and management work.
The students mainly study the basic theory and basic knowledge of geophysics, receive training in scientific thinking and scientific experiment of the basic research and applied basic research, and grasp the basic skills in the research and development of the earth's deep structure, earthquake prediction, geophysical engineering, energy and mineral resources exploration and so on.
1) Master the basic theories and knowledge of mathematics, physics, and geology and so on;
2) Master the basic theories, basic knowledge and experimental skills of the earth physics, as well as the basic skills of the earth's deep structure, earthquake prediction, Geophysical Engineering, energy and mineral resources exploration;
3) understand the general principles and knowledge of similar majors;
4) Understand relevant policies and regulations of the science and technology, industrial policy, intellectual property rights and so on;
5) understand the theoretical frontier, application prospect and the latest development trend of the earth physics;
6) Master the basic method of data information, document retrieval and use of modern information technology to obtain information related; has certain ability of experimental design, creating conditions for the experiment, induction, collation, analysis of the experimental results, writing papers, participating in academic exchanges.
8. Main Subjects
Geology, physics, mathematics, signals and systems, computer technology
Seismology, gravity, geomagnetism, geoelectricity, geophysical observations, geophysical data processing, geophysical positive inversion and geophysical data interpretation, geology, electrodynamics, field theory, continuous medium mechanics, signal and system, equations of mathematical physics, integral variable change, complex variable function computer and information processing, etc.
10. Major Practical Teaching
The experiment and practice of the main courses, field geological practice, graduation practice, and the general arrangement is 6 weeks - 12 weeks.
Geology, exploration technology and engineering, resource exploration engineering


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Sixteen of the eighteen former Railcare apprentices have been employed by Knorr-Bremse RailServices at its Wolverton facility near Milton Keynes and the facility in Springburn near Glasgow.
The former Railcare apprentices were all offered employment by Knorr-Bremse RailServices and all but two, who are now in other employment, have decided to resume their apprenticeships with the new company.
In an awards ceremony on 5 September, organised by the National Apprenticeship Service, Knorr-Bremse RailServices was presented with an award for its 'commitment and support as an employer to the training and skill development of their staff by offering apprenticeships'.
The award was accepted on behalf of Knorr-Bremse RailServices by David Hilliard who had contributed so much to the apprenticeship scheme in the Railcare days and is now the Training and Development Manager of Knorr-Bremse RailServices. David will now be at the centre of the good work he started and be able to see the current apprenticeships through to completion as well as be involved in any new intake.
Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on learning the news commented: "I am pleased that the apprentices who were working at Railcare are able to continue their training. I hope they will play an important part in the future of Knorr-Bremse. This is just the type of vocational training we need if we're to boost manufacturing jobs in the UK."
Mark Cooper, Managing Director of Knorr-Bremse RailServices added, said: "My colleagues and I here at Knorr-Bremse RailServices are delighted that sixteen apprentices have chosen to join us in the new company and to complete their training here. I have always believed in apprenticeships and that we should be encouraging young people into the company and into the rail industry.
"We have one of the finest schemes in the rail industry here as has been recently recognised with an award, thanks to the efforts of David Hilliard and his team. We will now be able to invest in the highest levels of training for our apprentices and employees going forward which benefits us and brings skills into the UK rail industry.
"I am sure that the apprentices both here and at Springburn can look forward to a great future with Knorr-Bremse RailServices and as part of the global Knorr-Bremse Rail Group."


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How to Delete My Blizzard Account
By Cristel Wood
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There is no official way to delete your Blizzard account. Blizzard keeps account, game and character information permanently so that players who return to the game will be able to access their accounts. In extreme circumstances, such as illegal account activity occurring from fraud or domestic disputes, Blizzard may be able to delete your account, assuming you have proper verification of your identity. You can, however, cancel game subscriptions and modify your account status.
Contacting Blizzard Support
Open your browser and navigate to Blizzard.com. This will direct you to the official Blizzard Entertainment website.
Click the tab labeled "Support" at the top of the page This will direct you to the Blizzard Support page.
Click the button labeled "Contact Support" at the bottom of the page. You will be directed to the "battle.net" log-in page. If you do not have a "battle.net" account, please see the instructions in the "Creating a Battle.net Account" section listed below.
Type in your email address and password. Click on the button labeled "Log In." You will be directed to a "battle.net" website and asked to fill in several fields. The fields are: "Step 1: Select Problem" and "Step 2: Additional Details."
Complete "Step 1" by choosing "I have an issue with my account or with payment/billing" followed by "I want to change something in my Battle.net account (e.g., account name, contact info)."
Complete Step 2 by writing a brief message detailing the fact that you wish to delete your Blizzard account and why. Although it is not Blizzard's policy to delete any account, it may be possible in extreme circumstances.
Click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of your screen.
Creating a Battle.net Account
Open your browser and navigate to Battle.net.
Click on the game you played on your Blizzard account. You will be directed to Battle.net's home page for that particular game.
Click on the tab labeled "Account." You will be directed to a log-in screen.
Click on the words "Create New Account" displayed beneath the email address and password fields. You will be directed to an account creation page.
Fill in the account creation fields and click on the button labeled "Create Account" at the bottom of the page.
Return to the Battle.net home page, click on the game you played on your Blizzard account and enter your email and password into the log-in screen's fields. Click on the button labeled "Log In." You will be directed to Battle.net's "Account" page.
Click on "Merge an Account" on the right-hand side of the page. Enter the account name, password and any other fields required to merge the account to Battle.net. You may need to verify the merger via email.
Click on "Account" to return to Battle.net's "Account" page. You will see your account details as well as accounts for the game, or games, that you play.
Click on the game you wish to delete the account for. You will be directed to a page displaying information about your game account.
Click on "Cancel Game Subscription" on the right-hand side of the page.
Click on the bubble next to the reason you wish to cancel your subscription, then click on the button labeled "Yes, please cancel my subscription" at the bottom of the page. Your Blizzard account will not be deleted, but you will no longer incur any subscription fees.
Be clear and concise in your messages when contacting Blizzard support. The more information you give, the better chances you have of actually having your account deleted.
It is not Blizzard's policy to delete any account. Account, game and character data are stored permanently on Blizzard's servers. You can, however, deactivate accounts and subscriptions.
In extreme circumstances, Blizzard may be able to delete your account. You will, however, have to show proof of your identity. Be prepared to show a driver's license, birth certificate or other forms of identification.
Blizzard has merged with Battle.net. To modify your account or request technical help you will need to create a Battle.net account.
Cristel Wood is a writer specializing in food, photography, gardening and video games. She holds an Associate of Arts from South Puget Sound Community College and has worked for her local Parks & Recreation department, Mt. Baker ski area, Vista Village Retirement Community and has taught ESL in Peru.


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Your screen door is unlocked and your Cottage keys will be on the counter waiting for you… so put your car keys away and wander out for a stroll along the lakes, trails, museums, dining, & shopping. If you prefer, borrow one of our free Bikes or Kayaks and explore the ancient canals, old mill waterfalls, or the misty shoreline at your pace… it's all just a short walk, pedal, or paddle distance to Wolfeboro Harbor from here with its ice cream parlors, small boutique stores, waterfront, playgrounds, fishing, park activities, free basketball & tennis courts, pubs and mild nightlife. Wolfeboro has a great schedule of free events, (craft shows, carnivals, movies and concerts in the park, sidewalk days, boat building, fishing derbies, etc.


On Tuesday my good friend Caren took pity on us in our carless, housebound state and came over to take us out to lunch. Oh, it was good to get out of the house and eat food that I didn't make myself! But it was also absolutely freezing cold and windy, so by the time we had eaten lunch and made a quick trip to Target, we were completely ready to get back inside and stay here again.
Between getting ready to go and recovering after we got back, this two-hour expedition seemed to fill most of our day. We didn't really have too much time to entertain ourselves before dinner, but we did have long enough to get some good play time in.
Espen loves it when we play with him, and he loves chasing. Usually one of us will hold him and chase the other one around the house (yes, we're all quiet dignity here) while Espen growls and squeals. Well, with only me and Espen at home, we needed a quick variant. So I got down on my hands and knees and chased him around while we both crawled. Pretty soon he got the idea and started chasing me!
It was maybe not the most innovative of undertakings, but we had fun. Sure, I had other things to do, and my knees objected, but goodness, nothing clears the cobwebs like ten minutes of chasing and squealing with my little boy.
Awe It looks like he's having a blast!


IBQ is excited to announce the launch of our Commercial Comparative Rater for Idaho and Montana. More states to follow soon!
The Diary function has been renamed to Activity. These changes will effect Notes, Follow-Up and adding Attachments.
Outlook Integration, customize policy level fees, and easy access to SR-22's.
Why aren't there comparative raters for commercial lines?
You could probably list plenty of reasons, but it boils down to two main issues: corporate culture and a lack of technology systems.
IBQ has spent the last five years studying how agencies process their commercial business. From new business to renewal quoting, the glaring issue is apparent; the processes are wildly different from agency to agency. The varying offerings management systems are attempting to employ has a direct impact on this fragmentation, but what is truly mindboggling is the disparity we found in the processes amongst agents/csr's within the same agency….


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Islamic Finance Briefing - Archive | May, 2009
The Gulf's nascent bond market: Crisis and opportunity
Posted on 29 May 2009 by Laxman | Email|Print
From Economist.com: After the 1997 Asian crisis Malaysia, bruised by what its government saw as the buccaneering spirit of Western capitalism, threw itself into Islamic finance with renewed vigour. Bahrain hopes to follow a similar path.
The credit crunch did not come a moment too soon, as far as Manama was concerned. It has breathed new life into a regional market for bonds—both Islamic and conventional ones—and Bahrain has ambitions to be a hub for issuance and secondary trading…….Full Article: Source
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Islamic Dev. Bank may hike bond to $6 bln
From Maktoob.com: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) said it may raise the size of its Islamic bond program to $6 billion to soften the impact of global financial turmoil on its members, which include some of the world's poorest nations.
"The bank is in great need to issue these sukuk (Islamic bonds) to attract resources from the market and respond to the growing demands it is getting from its member states," Chairman Ahmed Mohammed Ali told Reuters…….Full Article: Source
Malaysian regulator rejigs Islamic stocks list
From Reuters: Malaysia's capital market regulator said on Thursday it has revised its list of Islamic stocks on the stock exchange to add 13 and drop one.
As part of a regular exercise that takes place twice a year, the Securities Commission revised its list of sharia compliant stocks to 848 or 88 percent of securities listed on Bursa Malaysia…….Full Article: Source
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Malaysia sets aside $1.7bln for Islamic speculation
From Sukuk.net: The Malaysian government is setting aside a sum of USD 1.72 billion for the Sharia-compliant venture capital sector, in a bid to boost global Islamic financing, a top official told KUNA Wednesday.
Deputy Finance Minister Awang Adek Hussin said there is constant growth in international interest in Islamic investment, and particular rise in demand for Islamic Sukouk…….Full Article: Source
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Financial crisis presents opportunity for Islamic banks
From Zawya.com: The financial crisis presents an opportunity for Islamic banks based in some of the Gulf States according to a new report from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) released today (Thursday 28 May).
The report The development of Islamic finance in the GCC, authored by Professor Rodney Wilson (1), points out that the Islamic banks have been less adversely affected than the major international banks by the 2008-9 crisis, making them more attractive to investors…….Full Article: Source
Some Islamic banks impose new fee
From Gulfnews.com: Some Islamic banks have imposed a maintenance fee of Dh25 on all saving accounts which have a balance of less than Dh3,000.
They also started handling these accounts like current accounts, which earn no interest……Full Article: Source
S&P affirms QIC ratings in long term
From Gulf-times.com: Global credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) yesterday affirmed its 'A' long term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) with a stable outlook.
Although the ratings reflected the relatively strong capitalisation, S&P, however, said QIC, like its peers, had not been immune to the deterioration in global investment markets as well as the regional and international macroeconomic downturn…….Full Article: Source
Malaysian Sukuk market's revival seen
From Sukuk.net: The local Sukuk market, which suffered a huge drop in volume due to the global economic meltdown, should recover with issuance of not less than RM30 billion (US$8.53 billion) this year, said Mohd Effendi Abdullah, director and head of Islamic capital market at Aminvestment Bank.
Last year, Malaysia only issued RM22 billion (US$6.26 billion) worth of Sukuk…….Full Article: Source
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Omani investors plan $100mln fund
From Tradearabia.com: Private investors in Oman plan to set up a fund company with $100 million in capital that would take stakes in Omani government projects abroad, the president of Oman's Chamber of Commerce said on Thursday.
"The aim is to open up employment and increase liquidity in the private sector," Khalil Al-Khonji said, without giving details on what types of investments the fund would make…….Full Article: Source
Islamic finance training course launched in London
From International-adviser.com: The growing influence and practice of Islamic finance has been recognised through the creation of a London-based training programme for industry professionals.
The programme, which was launched by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Ian Luder, on Wednesday (May 27th), is being run the Islamic Banking Finance Centre UK (IBFC-UK)…….Full Article: Source
Bumi-Commerce gets nod for sukuk
From Btimes.com.my: Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd, Malaysia's second-largest bank, said it received approval from the Securities Commission for the sale of as much as RM2 billion (US$570 million) of Islamic bonds.
Proceeds from the bond issue will be made available to CIMB Islamic Bank, a unit of Bumiputra-Commerce, the bank said in a statement to the Malaysian stock exchange today…….Full Article: Source
Saudi Finance Minister urges private sector to boost cooperation
From Menafn.com: Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf yesterday commended the efforts of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in strengthening partnerships with the private sector and for its vast expertise in exploring project viability.
Addressing a ceremony organized by the bank to launch its business forum entitled "Thiqah," the minister also noted IDB's endeavors to boost the economic and social development of member countries…….Full Article: Source
UAE pullout won't derail FX union: Saudi
From Tradearabia.com: The United Arab Emirates' withdrawal from a Gulf monetary union will not derail the region's single currency plan, Saudi Arabia's central bank governor said on Wednesday.
'I don't believe that the withdrawal will affect it (monetary union) because there are still four countries that are excited about it,' Muhammad Al-Jasser said at a meeting in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah…….Full Article: Source
Islamic inter-bank trading contracts finalised
From Thenews.com.pk: Islamic banks in Pakistan have come up with two types of inter-bank trading agreements in their effort to develop a proposed Sharia-compliant inter-bank market.
Inter-bank Musharaka and Inter-bank Wakala agreements were finalised as standard contracts for the Islamic banking industry by Sharia advisers and product development experts of Islamic banks in a meeting held recently, Meezan Bank, which hosted the meeting, said on Thursday…….Full Article: Source
Building Asean Islamic hub
From Bt.com.bn: Indonesia just hosted the third Asean annual meeting of syariah economic experts in Jakarta, raising the question as to where syariah banking is going and how to avoid the heady heights of high finance that brought down the Western banks. Or will syariah banking fly too high and make the same mistakes?
Understandably Syafii Antonio, CEO of the Tazkia Group, wants syariah banking to go global. "To develop the syariah financial system, we have to go global. And for that we need to secure our transactions under syariah law. So the meeting discussed the idea of syariah-compliant currency exchange swaps, and the possibility of an Islamic single currency to back trade."……Full Article: Source
Prospect of Islamic Banking in ASEAN countries
From Ittefaq.com: Indonesia just hosted the third ASEAN annual meeting of sharia economic experts in Jakarta, raising the question as to where sharia banking is going and how to avoid the heady heights of high finance that brought down the Western banks. Or will shariah banking fly too high and make the same mistakes?
Understandably Syafi Antonio, CEO of the Tazkia Group, wants sharia banking to go global. "To develop the sharia financial system, we have to go global. And for that we need to secure our transactions under sharia law". So the meeting discussed the idea of sharia-compliant currency exchange swaps, and the possibility of an Islamic single currency to back trade…….Full Article: Source
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Islamic finance expert: present economic crisis rooted in moral bankruptcy
From Kuna.net.kw: A noted Islamic banking and finance expert is warning that unless selfishness, short sightedness and greed are not removed from the global economic system the current financial crisis will get worse.
"Todays financial and economic crisis is rooted in the moral bankruptcy before financial bankruptcy," Mufti Abdul Qadir Barkatulla, London-based Islamic finance advisor, told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), in an interview here today…….Full Article: Source
Bahrain economy wins key vote of confidence
From Gulf-daily-news.com: Bahrain's economic performance and management of the domestic economy has been given a vote of confidence by a leading global rating agency.
International rating agency, Fitch, yesterday reaffirmed Bahrain's long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at "A" and long-term local currency IDR at "A+", both with stable outlooks…….Full Article: Source
UAE mortgage firm posts Q1 loss of $11 million
From Dailystar.com.lb: The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) mortgage firm Tamweel, the country's leading Islamic mortgage provider, said Thursday it made a net loss of 41 million dirhams ($11 million) for the first quarter of 2009 on provisions, higher funding costs and lower income from property sales.
"The negative impact of the global economic situation, which affected financial institutions and the real-estate sector in the country, continued in the first quarter of 2009," said Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the company's chairman…….Full Article: Source
HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad first quarter results
From Asiaasset.com: HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad posted profit before tax of RM248 million (US$70.5 million) in the first quarter of 2009, a fall of 28.7% on the same period in 2008 as the effects from the global economic downturn became more apparent in the region.
Net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2009, decreased by 5.7%, or RM16 million, to RM265 million (three months ended March 31, 2008: RM281 million), even though customer loans and advances grew by RM1.8 billion, or 6.7%, from March 31, 2008, to March 31, 2009…….Full Article: Source
Jurist continues challenge to taxpayer support of Shariah programs
From Wnd.com: A federal judge has warned the Obama administration that even during a crisis, the U.S. Constitution still counts, as part of his rejection of government demands to dismiss a lawsuit over bailout money given to the Shariah-supporting AIG company.
"The circumstances of this case are historic, and the pressure upon the government to navigate this financial crisis is unfathomable," said U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff in the decision published yesterday. "Times of crisis, however, do not justify departure from the Constitution." ……Full Article: Source
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Islamic banking in ASEAN: Don't fly too high
From Middle-east-online.com: Everybody in ASEAN can benefit from Islamic banking and finance, which should be regarded as an ambassador of Muslim modernization and a vehicle for economic and social development.
Indonesia just hosted the third ASEAN annual meeting of sharia economic experts in Jakarta, raising the question as to where sharia banking is going and how to avoid the heady heights of high finance that brought down the Western banks. Or will shariah banking fly too high and make the same mistakes? ……Full Article: Source
Sukuk price sees 29% increase
From Business24-7.ae: The average price of GCC corporate Islamic bonds, or sukuk, has jumped by a dramatic 29 per cent since the market reached its trough in February, a reflection that confidence in the Gulf is recovering fast, international law firm Trowers & Hamlins said yesterday.
In comparison, the average price of US corporate bonds remained virtually unchanged (falling two per cent) over the same period…….Full Article: Source
What ails the Saudi Fund Management industry?
From Khaleejtimes.com: Currently, Saudi Arabia's onshore asset management industry represents an estimated SR220-250 billion opportunity set, across the businesses of separately managed portfolios (67 per cent) and investment funds (33 per cent) respectively.
This split is consistent with the global share of fund assets, representing 34 per cent of the total pool of professionally managed assets…….Full Article: Source
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Sukuk 'may create own identity'
From Tradearabia.com: The Islamic bond market has suffered badly during the economic downturn, but recent events could help the sukuk industry create future benchmarks, according to an economist.
Bahrain-based NCB Capital chief economist, Dr Jarmo T Kotilaine, believes that the fallout from the downturn could help sukuk create their own identity in the market…….Full Article: Source
Mid East Sukuk market retains considerable promise
From Zawya.com: NCB Capital, the investment banking arm of National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia's largest bank, believes that the dominance of new entrants from Asia in the sukuk issuance is only temporary.
GCC issuers are likely to enter the market in significant numbers, given the considerable potential for new issuance…….Full Article: Source
Islamic pension funds in the UK: is the idea bigger than the market?
From Pensionsweek.com: A Muslim investor seeking Islamic or sharia-compliant investments has the same need for retirement planning as any other investor with similar circumstances. The difference is that he wants investment choices that are not in conflict with his religion, including an Islamic pension fund.
In the UK, despite the growth of Islamic financial services and Islamic funds in general, there has been little activity on the pension side since the launch of the first Islamic pension fund in 2004, which was geared towards the UK's estimated two million Muslim population…….Full Article: Source
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Reliance MF to launch Islamic fund in Malaysia soon
From Business-standard.com: Reliance Mutual Fund will shortly launch an Islamic fund in Malaysia, a top company official said.
"We have set up a subsidiary and it is launching an Islamic fund in Malaysia shortly," Reliance Capital Asset Management CEO, Sundeep Sikka, told reporters on the sidelines of a press meet here…….Full Article: Source
Salama in tie-up to offer three Islamic funds
From Business24-7.ae: Salama, the world's largest takaful and re-takaful group, has tied up with Crédit Agricolé Asset Management (Caam) Group to offer a bouquet of Shariah-compliant funds to investors.
The three Islamic funds are Bric (Brazil, Russia, India and China) quantitative fund, an active Asian equities ex-Japan and a Global Equity fund of Islamic funds…….Full Article: Source
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S&P launches Canadian sharia-compliant index
From Theglobeandmail.com: Standard & Poor's is launching a Canadian stock index to give investors who follow Islamic law a guide to the country's equity market – but those who follow it had better be devoted to resource stocks.
The index can be used as a benchmark or model for funds created to invest in Canada in a manner that is compliant with Islamic law…….Full Article: Source
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Investment Dar files complaint
From Thenational.ae: Investment Dar, the Kuwait-based investment firm that owns half of Aston Martin, says it has filed a criminal complaint against the Commercial Bank of Kuwait after a dispute over the ownership of a stake in Boubyan Bank.
In December, Investment Dar sold its 19.2 per cent stake in Boubyan Bank to the Commercial Bank of Kuwait, the second-largest lender in the country, for 94.1 million Kuwaiti dinars (Dh1.19 billion)…….Full Article: Source
HwangDBS launches Sukuk Fund
From Bernama: HwangDBS Investment Management Bhd today launched its first local sukuk fund, HwangDBS AIIMAN Sukuk Fund (ASF).
In a statement here today, chief executive officer/executive director, Teng Chee Wai, said the fund would capitalise on the growth of the sukuk market…….Full Article: Source
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Limitless pay delay holds back project
From Sukuk.net: Completion of one of Indonesia's flagship developments will be delayed by up to four months due to a hold up in financing from Limitless Holding, the chairman of its partner on the project, PT Bakrieland Development, said in comments published on Wednesday.
Hiramsyah Thaib said the Rasuna Epicentrum development in Jakarta, which Limitless last year agreed to buy a 30 percent stake in, will be completed by August or September rather than this month, the English-language Jakarta Globe reported…….Full Article: Source
Abu Dhabi bourse eyes ETF by Sept
From Tradearabia.com: The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) is set to launch its first exchange traded fund by late September, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
CEO Tom Healy told a press conference the stock exchange was "hoping" to launch an ETF by the end of the holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to end around September 21…….Full Article: Source
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Qtel's $5bln bonds issue plan gets ratings boost
From Gulf-times.com: Global credit rating agencies Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch have assigned ratings to Qatar Telecom's (Qtel) $5bn global medium term notes (GMTN).
Qtel is planning to issue up to $5bn in bonds partly to help refinance debts, including borrowings which will start maturing later this year…….Full Article: Source
2009 London Sukuk Summit workshop: Sukuk Masterclass
From Menafn.com: Sukuk or Islamic Securities is gaining increasing acceptability as an international capital markets instrument.
Governments all over the world including the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Turkey have or are in the process of introducing tax neutrality laws to facilitate the introduction of such instruments in their markets…….Full Article: Source
Islam teaches good lesson to Western financial system
From Newsfromrussia.com: Many analysts said that the Islamic financial system would suffer least from the financial crisis. Islam bans the interest rate, which is the basis of wealth and the source of trouble for the traditional world of money.
The interest collection ban and complicated financial tools helped Islamic banks avoid huge losses under the default on debts, which made the world financial system collapse…….Full Article: Source
Mauritius: Emerging Islamic finance hub
From Linexlegal.com: Recent amendments to the banking and tax laws of Mauritius have created a conducive environment for the advancement of global Islamic banking and finance.……Full Article (Subscription Required): Source
Dubai Bank launches tailored financing package for Emiratis
From Cpifinancial.net: Dubai Bank said it has launched what it describes as "a unique financing solution" focusing on personal and property financing.
Targeted at UAE nationals employed in the Government and Semi-Government sectors, the product is designed to provide the group with greater and more flexible access to the financing they need…….Full Article: Source
Tighter loan structure puts brakes on ME project finance
From Business24-7.ae: Project financing has substantially dropped due to the financial crisis. The project finance market has also seen a number of changes including a shorter tenure and maturity terms and a tighter loan structure, senior executives told a conference in Dubai yesterday.
This happened because of a significant decline of active banks in the market fuelled primarily by a lack of liquidity in the financial system, said Thomas Waterhouse, Joint General Manager and Head of Energy and Natural Resources at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe…….Full Article: Source
Sharia-compliant assets in GCC and Asia on the rise
From Menafn.com: A report issued by Ernst & Young Islamic Funds & Investments said that Sharia assets in the GCC and Asia region reached $736 billion last year, compared to $267 billion in 2007, Gulf News reported.
The report said that the Islamic funds investment growth translates into a potential annual revenue pool of $3.86 billion for the Sharia management industry…….Full Article: Source
Banque Albaraka D'Algerie Raises net profit by 69% to US$ 11.01 mln in the first quarter of 2009
Banque Albaraka D'Algerie, a subsidiary banking unit of Albaraka Banking Group B.S.C. (ABG), announced that it posted a net profit DZD 803.55 million (US$ 11.01 million) in the first quarter of 2009, reflecting an increase of 69% compared to the same period last year, while total assets increased by 7%, finance by 11% and deposits by 9% as at the end of March 2009 compared to the end of December 2008.
The Bank's financial results for the first quarter of 2009 showed an increase of 53% in total operating income compared to the same period last year to reach DZD 1.63 billion (US$ 22.39 million)…….Full Press Release: Source
Jovian to partner with UM Financial to launch Shariah-compliant product
Jovian Capital Corporation is pleased to announce an agreement with UM Financial Inc., Canada's premier Islamic financial services company, to explore the launch of a co-branded, Shariah-compliant investment product.
The Shariah Product would be geared toward Canada's approximately 1 million strong Muslim population, as well as foreign investors looking for a uniquely Canadian, Shariah-compliant investment…….Full Press Release: Source
New Equation Islamic Banking and Branch Automation System set to boost Albaraka Bank's strategic edge
Albaraka Bank Limited, the South African subsidiary of Bahrain- based Albaraka Banking Group B.S.C. (ABG) last year initiated an intensive project to replace its core banking system with the Equation Islamic Banking and Branch Automation System from Misys Plc., contributing to an improvement in the bank's competitive edge.
The multi-million Rand IT solution is in line with the bank's holding company's strategic direction and is being rolled out to select ABG subsidiaries around the world, inclusive of the South African banking operation…….Full Press Release: Source
Ajman Bank makes moves with Emirates Transport Dhs30m Murabaha finance agreement
Ajman Bank, the emirate's first Islamic commercial Bank, signed an agreement this week with Emirates Transport providing Dhs30m in the form of murabaha finance.
Ajman Bank will purchase a fleet of over 100 buses subsequently sell the same to Emirates Transport on deferred payment terms to expand their services which have seen a steady growth over recent years…….Full Press Release: Source
Islamic finance firm Dar to meet creditors in June
From Reuters: Debt-laden Kuwaiti Islamic finance firm Investment Dar will brief creditors and investors next month on how its restructuring plan is progressing, the firm said on Tuesday.
Investment Dar, which recently defaulted on a $100 million Islamic debt issue, said in a statement it had convened a meeting for June 8 in the United Arab Emirates…….Full Article: Source
Islamic market outlook positive despite turmoil
From Tradearabia.com: The prospects for growth in Islamic securities markets are positive despite global credit crunch and economic slowdown.
'Part of this reflects the windfall from higher commodity prices,' Central Bank of Bahrain director of financial institutions supervision Abdul Rahman Al Baker told delegates at the opening session of the two-day fifth Annual World Islamic Funds and Capital markets conference at the Gulf Hotel…….Full Article: Source
Islamic finance sector 'set to bounce back'
From Gulf-daily-news.com: Islamic finance and banking have proved more resilient than conventional finance, according to BMB Islamic UK chief executive officer Dr Humayon Dar.
But he is convinced that both will bounce back, certainly by the beginning of next year. BMB is the Sharia advisory partner to the fifth World Islamic Funds and Capital Markets conference…….Full Article: Source
Daman fund outperforms NBAD index
From Business24-7.ae: Daman Investments, the Dubai-based investment management company, yesterday said its open-ended Daman Second Emirates Fund, which is focused on UAE equities, outperformed the index, rising 0.48 per cent against 0.47 per cent decline in NBAD General Index in April. Its net asset value stood at Dh43.45 per unit.
Meanwhile, the Daman Islamic Fund recorded a drop of 0.64 per cent and ended April at a NAV of Dh43.06…….Full Article: Source
Indonesia's Bakrieland aims to raise $29 mln from sukuk
From Reuters: Indonesian property firm PT Bakrieland Development Tbk said on Tuesday it wants to raise up to 300 billion rupiah ($29 million) from an Islamic bond issue, or twice the amount previously indicated.
Bakrieland, part of the corporate empire controlled by the family of Indonesian cabinet minister Aburizal Bakrie, said it has appointed PT Bahana Securities and PT Madani Securities as underwriters for the sukuk, due to be issued in July…….Full Article: Source