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The other day I was talking with a friend about balance sheets. We both work corporate jobs, and he has a degree in finance. There was some confusion about how the money gets accounted for, and it’s a common trip up for people just starting out. We were able to hash it out and he gets it now… if you’re confused about balance sheets then this is the post for you.
My wife took a course on accounting, and seriously half of the questions they would ask you about on the homework and tests just used this one equation. It can get confusing though, because the way that money flows inside a company is not as simple as your personal finances.
For example, if you get paid $2,000… everybody can agree that you now have $2,000 more in your checking account. Maybe you had a garage sale, this still becomes $400 into your checking account. It’s easy to track because it’s all in one place, and your income streams are usually limited in number.
Take a multimillion dollar corporation however, and one single checking account can’t ever be enough. There needs to be payroll accounts, expense accounts, accounts for inventory, accounts for revenue, accounts for profits, accounts to pay shareholders… you get the picture.
This isn’t the case though. There are 3 major financial statements that every public company is required to submit. This requirement makes it easier for us to understand how any extra money can be used.
Creating cash by selling real estate doesn’t mean the company can suddenly hire 10,000 more people. An asset like real estate belongs in the balance sheet, but the extra cash from this sale will show up positive on the cash flow statement. You see, the cash can only show up on one statement at a time.
It’s simple when you realize this. The balance sheet has assets and liabilities. When you sell an asset, you lose it off the balance sheet. So your “assets” total on the balance sheet goes down.
But the cash you generated goes somewhere too. It doesn’t go in the income statement (also known as a P/L or Profit and Loss), because it wasn’t generated from your company’s sales. An increase of 50,000 sales and $250,000 more in profits goes in the income statement, but not cash from the selling of an asset.
So you see, the cash from a sold piece of real estate shows up in the cash flow statement. Now we can start to understand why a company can’t just go on a hiring spree now.
It’s because of this: hiring more workers is an expense. It goes in the income statement. When this example company sold its real estate, their income statement didn’t get affected. So if they just decided to hire like crazy, the income statement would be affected and profits would plummet. This would scare the heck out of investors, and just cause panic in general.
If you can understand the 3 financial statements you can give yourself a fighting chance in the stock market. Let’s start with the balance sheet because it is the simplest to learn.
That’s SO much easier to understand. It’s the same equation, I just moved the liabilities to the left side (if you need help with this part, please review simple math.. YouTube is a great teacher).
Really all that the balance sheet is, is simply a measuring stick of the net worth of a company. Individuals have net worth as well, so we can use that example to make sense of this.
Let’s say you have a stock portfolio of $200,000. Let’s say you also own a home that is worth $500,000… and you owe $100,000. What’s your net worth? Specifically, what would your balance sheet look like if you were a Fortune 500 company.
Simple. It’d look like this.
So.. using our nifty balance sheet formula, you’d be worth ($200,000 + $500,000) – ($100,000) = $600,000. Your net worth is $600,000. Get it?
Why is this so important? Well besides being a nice way to compare egos, it’s critically important if you are evaluating companies. Again let’s pretend you are a company, and I have the choice between investing in you, and investing in someone who is only worth $250,000. Obviously I would invest in you.
In the same way, you’d rather invest in companies with a bigger net worth than companies with a smaller net worth. I hope this is obvious to you why. A company with $1,000,000 of assets (inventory, machinery, real estate, etc.) can grow and reach more customers than a company with only $1,000 of assets. If the price were the same for those 2 companies, I’d buy the bigger company every single time.
But… this is a big BUT, it all depends on the price paid.
I’ve said over and over again that you have to look at investing as if you were buying the whole company outright. (I didn’t invent this idea, the great Oracle Warren Buffett popularized it first). Because you really are buying the company, just pieces of it. Stock buying IS part ownership at the most fundamental level.
So again take the example of the companies with A) $1,000,000 in assets and B) $1,000 in assets. If company A costs $2 mil to buy and company B only costs $200, you should buy company B. Both companies are bound to grow. But in this simple scenario, the buyer of company B will win out every single time. Why? Because he only paid $200 to get $1,000 of value. That’s like buying real estate for $0.20 on the dollar. Makes sense?
I’m telling you right now, that this concept is something that 90% of investors don’t get. And they keep piling into internet stocks and biotech stocks that are rising so fast right now but will crash and burn someday soon.
It’s the same pattern repeating every single decade since the history of the stock market.
Until companies stop trading at ridiculous valuations… I’m telling you, if we ever see this stop (99.9% positive it won’t), then you will know that most people just don’t get this simple concept.
This simple ratio is called price to book (or P/B) ratio. It’s as simple as this, a P/B of 77 means you are paying 77x of a company’s value. A P/B of 0.5 means you are paying 50% of a company’s value… a great deal if you ask me.
Take the time to understand the 3 major financial statements. I’ll explain the other 2– cash flow and income statement– in greater detail as well.
This financial statement stuff is intimating at first, but I hope it makes so much sense now. Seriously, you can have an advantage over Wall Street, simply because most investors are too lazy to understand balance sheets.
Earnings manipulations are used by companies in the stock market to make a financial year look better or worse than reality. How does this happen? Well, the manipulation of earnings happens more often than people realize, and in some cases it’s perfectly legal.
A company can write off an expected liability in the earnings figure, but only account for it in the footnotes. In other words, the accounting statement of earnings could misrepresent the actual number. Because financial statements have to be audited, they utilize the rarely observed footnotes to cover their backs and still be legally obedient.
Companies can use this accounting trick to make their earnings look better than they actually are, or make them look worse than they actually are. The reason they would make earnings look worse than they are is to pad their numbers for future years.
By taking a hit in earnings one year early, the company can artificially raise the earnings numbers of subsequent years. This makes a company look more stable or continues a particular growth pattern.
The instances of earnings manipulations are another reason why I believe so strongly in the analysis of a company’s balance sheet instead of their earnings statement. Balance sheet numbers are frequently much more stable and reliable when it comes to doing investment research. Earnings statements focus on the results– which can fluctuate constantly– while the balance sheet focuses on the foundation.
A good foundation almost always leads to good results. Basic value investing strategies center on balance sheet analysis much more than earnings numbers. You can still use earnings numbers as part of the analysis process, but with a wary eye for manipulation. Never invest solely on earnings information.

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Port mirroring is an approach to monitoring network traffic that involves forwarding a copy of each packet from one network switch port to another.
Port mirroring enables the administrator to keep close track of switch performance by placing a protocol analyzer on the port that's receiving the mirrored data. Port mirroring is a generic term. Various switch manufacturers each have their own names for the technology. For example, Cisco calls port monitoring SPAN, which stands for Switched Port Analyzer.
An administrator configures port mirroring by assigning a port from which to copy all packets and another port to which those packets will be sent. A packet bound for -- or heading away from -- the first port will be forwarded to the second port as well. The administrator must then place a protocol analyzer on the port that's receiving the mirrored data to monitor each segment separately. The analyzer, sometimes called a sniffer or packet sniffer, captures and evaluates the data without affecting the client on the original port.
Network administrators can use port mirroring as a diagnostic or debugging tool. Although port mirroring can consume significant CPU resources while active, it can be especially useful when fending off an attack.
SearchNetworking.com provides links to papers about "Router/Switch Configuration."

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Does everyone’s life revolve around food, or is it just me? Not even my relationship with my grandfather can escape being defined by the stuff.
My grandfather E. D. was a Flier, (he went by his initials because he didn’t like his name, I won’t dis his memory by sharing it with you) my Grandmother always called him by middle name, Delton, but most people called him Mac.
Mac was a gifted flier, which worked against him, because they made him an instructor instead of letting him go into combat, which is what he really wanted to do.
Grandpa’s fate mingled with mine when he met my Grandmother, Betty Jo; she was sixteen. The circumstances surrounding their courtship are cloudy. I have heard stories from the women in my family and they are all different, my Grandmother has more than one version herself.
My impression is that it was a passionate, tumultuous affair. One thing that is certain is that they married and proceeded to have many children, 7 that is. Due to the financial burden of fatherhood my grandfather abandoned his passion, flight, and sought a stable career, typewriter repair. (I can almost hear the sigh of consolation) By the time I came on the scene Grandpa was an embittered man. I say that because I believe it’s the truth, and yet I hate to say it, because this is how I remember him.
Grandpa would get up on weekend mornings and make everybody breakfast. He fried the eggs to order in the fat left from frying the bacon or sausage. His eggs were always perfect. He taught me that I like mine over easy because I like some runny yolk, but no slimy white. He toasted your bread just as your eggs were ready so that it would be hot enough to melt the butter and still be warm when you mopped up your yolks.
His hashed browns were celestial. He fried them in butter to create a crunchy golden crust on both sides, and maintain tender individual potato shreds within. They were never mushy. He made ample amounts of smoked bacon, the fat fried to the point that it crunched, yet spurt delicious fluid fat into your mouth. For sausage he preferred uncased links which he fried, evenly browned and juicy. He was generous with the meats, but plan to eat every drop of catsup you pour for you will eat what is left with a spoon, he did not abide waste.
Other than flight my grandfather had two great passions, my grandmother and onions. It is a small mercy that grandpa is gone, now that it is nearly impossible to get anything but a sweet onion. The lack of heat and pungency of onions in the 1980s, was already weighing heavily upon him. Though he did come to love Vidalia’s, even Grandpa mellowed with age.
In my grandparents’ house Grandpa did the grocery shopping. It was a rite of passage for the female grandchildren to accompany him and learn how to choose vegetables. Onions were of course the first lesson.
His favorite was Bermuda. He taught me they should be deep purple and shaped like a flying saucer, as with all vegetables, it must smell strongly of what you want it to taste like. A Spanish onion, which was his next choice for their pungency, should be round, the color of old parchment, and have a tight skin. We didn’t discuss white onions, though that is what we ate with his New Year’s Day meal of white beans and onions, for luck; which is how I began to understand food as a symbol with deeper meaning than the plate before me.
Choosing a cantaloupe was the dissertation of produce picking. It is impossible for me to eat or smell a cantaloupe without thinking of him.
First you lift the melon; it should feel heavy for its size, this means it is not dehydrated, then press the navel where it was attached to the vine, it should give; inhale deeply of the fruit at its navel, if it smells like what you want to taste, shake it, if it sounds like sloshy seeds, it is ready. Repeat until you find a melon that meets all of these qualifications. If you do not, curse the vendors, the buyer, the store, and the consumer that is willing to settle for less.
If it happens more than once make an official complaint, for this constitutes an injustice, and injustice is not to be tolerated, especially when it concerns your money, or someone that cannot defend themselves.
I learned to choose fruits and vegetables at Randall’s grocery store in Fort Dodge, Iowa. I remember it as the fancy store. The reason for this was the mounted sword fish that hung between the automatic in and out doors. I was told that Mr. Randall was so rich he could go “sport” fishing, which was somehow different from the regular fishing my Grandpa did, I gathered.
Fishing was another of my Grandpa’s passions, we was a passionate man I realize now. He had a small fishing boat when I was a child, and a favorite hobby, when he wasn’t catching fish, was terrifying anyone unwitting or brave enough to choose to water sky with him at the helm.
My grandfather had a heart attack when He was fifty years old; during his recovery he took up walking. He liked to walk at night after dinner, and would be gone for a couple of hours. A few times during that summer he took me with him. I was afraid to go the first time because he was gone so long, and I didn’t know if I could keep up. I would never have considered not going his pace or saying I was tired.
What I did not know was that he did a big loop that included the square and the Dairy queen, it was almost mid-point. We stopped and he bought me a hot fudge sundae. It was my first. It was a revelation.
It was dark and the lights were a riot of bugs, the place was buzzing with flirting teens and parents wrangling unruly kids. But for me; the whole of the world was me and my Grandpa, and the best thing on the menu.
Certainly there are other more macho ways Grandpa could be remembered, but somehow I believe he would find these memories of food, equally venerate.
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Thank you for this wonderful story … it brings him back to me.
What a moving tribute, Abby. Brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for sharing–as you always do!

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Many developers and investors of commercial/industrial real estate in Cook County are unaware of a potential financial benefit available to those who have successfully rehabilitated environmentally-impacted sites and obtained regulatory closure, with the procurement of a “No Further Remediation” (NFR) letter. This benefit is known as the “Class C” real estate tax incentive.
The Class C provisions, passed in 2011, are intended to not only offer significant tax savings, but also reduce the overall costs of the assessments and ensure a fair market appraisal value for a property that has obtained an NFR letter through the Illinois EPA’s Site Remediation Program (SRP). To be eligible, remediation costs, including those associated with subsurface testing, engineering/oversight and legal fees, must have totaled at least $100,000 or, alternatively, 25% of the real estate’s market value. Owners must also apply within one year of obtaining the NFR letter to be considered eligible.
With Class C status, properties will be assessed at 10% of their market value for the first ten years of eligibility, with increases of 5% over the next two years and options for renewals. This can enable property owners to realize considerable tax savings when compared to the normal assessed rate of roughly 25% of market value. For instance, an owner of a typical piece of Chicago industrial real estate valued at $1 million could save over $200,000 in taxes over the initial ten-year period.
Pioneer has collectively assessed over 20,000 sites since its inception in 1989, and we are proud to have tallied over 560 NFR letters for our clients — number one in the State of Illinois — with more being recorded every month. To find out if we can obtain an NFR letter for your site, call us at (773) 722-9200 or email at info@pioneerEES.com. For more information about Class C Tax Incentives, please visit the official bulletin at the Cook County Assessor website at http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/assets/forms/clscb.pdf.

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Usually the goal of loudspeaker design is to achieve the best sound quality. To achieve that, one of the requirements is the flatness of the frequency response. The best way to do it is the proper design of the loudspeaker. However, if we buy a product, it’s obvious we can’t change the inner design of the equipment, but we can make the response flat by digital equalization. It means that we filter the signal prior to sending it to the loudspeaker. The frequency response of the filter compensates the errors of the loudspeaker response. For that, a DSP can be used to filter the signals.
When compensating the frequency response we aim to reduce the ripples of the transfer function measured at the listening position. We also have to pay attention not to make it worse in other points of the room. Our main goal is to make the frequency response as flat as possible in a larger area. For that, we compensate only the main characteristics of the frequency response because the little details are position-dependent. This can be achieved by designing the filter using the fractional octave smoothed version of the frequency response.
This thesis presents the steps of loudspeaker equalization using MATLAB for measurement and filter design. After choosing the best signal for measurement and the best filter type for this application, I apply a fractional octave smoothing to the frequency response. Furthermore I define the frequency response of the target considering the frequency band limits of the loudspeaker. I design FIR equalizer filters in frequency- and time-domain using the smoothed version of the measured frequency response. Then I compare the designed filters by measuring their errors compared to the target function. Finally I implement the chosen filter in an Analog Devices SHARC DSP and check the results objectively by measurements and subjectively as well.


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Wed., Jan. 3, 2018, 6 a.m.
The holidays have come and gone. But if they left you feeling guilty for overindulging in ham, cookies and cocktails, a green smoothie might be just what your body needs to detox and help shed those extra holiday pounds.
If you’ve never had a green smoothie, be assured it does not taste like a cup of blended grass. Surprisingly, you can’t taste the greens at all.
A basic green smoothie has three ingredients: a liquid base, leafy greens and fruit. I prefer coconut water for its hydrating powers. But juice, water and almond or soy milk can also be used.
For greens, my go-to is spinach. I find spinach takes on the flavor of added fruits or mix-ins like it’s not even there. Any leafy greens can be used, though.
Next is pineapple for flavor and sweetness. Mangoes, berries, grapes or apples are other options. And I always add a banana for creaminess.
Lastly, I add a spoonful of chia seeds. Not only do they add protein, fiber and omega-3, they also expand in your belly, keeping you full longer.
Other ideas for additional flavor, texture and health boosters are yogurt, mint, protein powder, avocado, nut butter, cacao, cinnamon, ginger, and flax or hemp seeds.
So dust off that blender, because whatever your New Year’s resolutions might be, this smoothie will help you achieve them feeling refreshed and energized.
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industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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A discussion in front of an audience cannot be long. Particularly when most of them are standing. An hour – max – minus 10 minutes or so for questions.
So we had 50 minutes for the talk at our Accessories Symposium, shared out among the six speakers and myself.
We would all agree that there is an increasing appreciation of craft and quality in our industries. But how mainstream is it, and how long might it last?
Social media has allowed that quality to be communicated more widely and cheaply than ever before. A boon to a small craft-based brand. But it also relies on a constant supply of shallow imagery – is it a help or hindrance?
How has the breakdown of traditional relationships, between manufacturing, wholesale, retail and marketing, affected you?
China has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, with more sophisticated consumers and manufacturing. How has your relationship with it developed?
Most speakers had time to answer most questions. But the themes of each merged very quickly – the way social media allows shops to do so much marketing of the brands they stock, effectively breaking new markets for them; or how craft relates to the range of nationalities that work in different people’s workshops.
There was little consistency in the make-up of those workshops. Ann Ryley described the Begg & Co factory in Ayr, Scotland, for example, which is 90% Scottish workers, many of whom have been there for decades.
Tommaso Melani of Stefano Bemer, on the other hand, said that he was the oldest person in the whole team, which was made up of Italians, Japanese and other nationalities. (“The Japanese arguably made Stefano Bemer what it is today”).
Everyone on the panel owned their own production, with the exception of Bram Frankel at William Abraham socks. While it was recognised that this was an advantage in terms of stability and control, it was also one of the few remaining barriers to entry: a start-up like Bram is unlikely to be able to afford to set up a workshop (particularly if it involves a lot of capital-intensive machinery).
The sales approaches between the brands varied more widely: Bram just online; Maison Bourgeat through the shop; Stefano Bemer and Simonnot-Godard largely wholesale; Begg and Drake’s a mixture.
Overall, people acknowledged that the routes to market were much more varied and complicated than in the past – but that this could create flexibility, allowing brands to pick the one that was right for them.
Everyone said they embraced social media, while recognising its faults. How mainstream and permanent the craft trend is was difficult to guess at, but all speakers were resolutely optimistic (as they have to be – another breakdown in roles is that all were salesmen/women as much as managers or creatives).
The same positivity came across about China – despite its current economic woes. It will take time for Chinese consumers to change (shops like Brio, who were in the audience, are at the coalface) as it will for attitudes to Chinese production.
Bram initially said he could make anywhere that had the right level of quality, but admitted that if his socks had ‘Made in China’ on them it would make a big difference to how they are perceived. This despite the fact that Chinese factories are at the leading edge in many areas of clothing, most obviously sportswear.
After a few questions from the audience, it was time for more wine and some street food outside. A few more pictures were taken, Monocle interviewed the makers, and everyone drifted away for dinner.
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Social media and the web can benefit even home based makers. I have bought some pocket squares through Etsy, a kind of eBay for home based businesses. They are cotton, quite nice and a great value.
i just bough one of Drake’s shawl cardigans in camel hair. i quite liked it on first sight, but now looking into the mirror at home i am a bit conflicted: I have a rather light skintone with blonde hair and a full blonde/reddish beard and I am not sure anymore if the natural camelhair color is doing me any favors. I loved the fabric and style in the store, but something changed.
i would be interested in your opinion regarding this color for somebody with a ligher complexion. How would you advise to wear it? Maybe if I don’t wear it simply over a t-shirt but with a proper shirt and tie it would completely change the look?
Or should I bring it back and get a (three times as expensive) cashmere version in works-for-absolutely-everybody-navy?
It would have been good to see the issue of functionality discussed.
The ‘Permanent Style’ Tote bag is a great example of a fusion of design, quality and style. It functions because thought has gone into it. It’s simple, Globetrotter have done a great job manufacturing it and it looks good. What’s more, it is going to look even better with age.
Vastly superior to the Zegna back it replaces which falls apart every time I look at it.
Frankly, so many accessory manufacturers present a triumph of style over substance and it often because they ignore consumer needs. What good is a brief case if you are constantly struggling to open it? What good is a wash bag unless it has an airport friendly compartment?
You did raise very interesting questions on that occasion. Thanks!
Now as to your first question, I wonder whether the kind of ability or the required knowledge that should inform consumers’s choice isn’t itself a real issue that needs to be dealt within such a conversation. If indeed mainstream appears as such in the industry’s horizon. How does a potential buyer recognize the quality inherent to an item displayed in a shop or online shop?
As you know, the most descriptions provided by the makers are usually very poor to serve as a sure guide to begin with. And unfortunately, social media as we know them today do not provide the needed knowledge either. One just needs to read or watch social media dedicated to shoes to understand what I’m getting at! Fore sure, few traditional newspapers still do.
But frankly, I do not think that this industry could keep thriving in the long term – regaining its true shape and place in menswear well beyond its lost ground – , if a great deal of potential consumers belonging to mainstream is still unable to spot what makes up the real value of – and thus the craftsmanship behind it – an item such as a tie.
I really don’t know if to turn the current tide, introducing, for instance, rating systems would be necessary. Yet what I do know though is that relying solely on the kind of knowledge pervasive in today most social media with the hope that things will keep looking better for genuine crafsmanship in our world will be a mistake of strategic scale.
True. Good blogs help I suppose?
Sure! But there aren’t that many! Surprisingly enough, too much bloggers are arguably fascinated and thus happy with being merely able to upload and post pics! Honestly, under our current circumstances they could do a far better job than that! Couldn’t they?
i have a problem with my corduroy pants and hope you can help: In some of my favorite pairs (all darker colors such as navy, olive etc) the fabric around the crotchal area shows visible signs of wear and is somewhat lighter than the rest of the pants. I have no real clue why other than I am getting self-conscious about maybe subconsciously readjusting myself a bit too often? In any case the color difference is visible and the location unflattering.
Now it seems that the wear cannot be repaired so I am thinking about stone-washing or otherwise roughing up the entire pants so save them. How is that best achieved?
Re. the cords; they could be re-dyed, professionally or at home. Given that it they are cotton they should take the colour well. Re. Roughing them up; commercially jeans are given a stone wash by washing with pumice or chemicals (or at home by finishing with light grade sand-paper). However this is only advisable with denim – I think cord would be ruined by such treatment, I suggest the home dyeing for best results.
I really love the website.
Any recommendations for purchasing linen knitwear?
They'll be released next week Neil. I'm afraid no XS though... I'm sorry, we've added another colour and it's just not affordable to add more sizes too.
Thanks, I didn't realise that. No they do do an MTM offering, yes, based off the RTW.


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My work investigates many intersections of science, medicine, and technology. Much of my work is driven by my fascination surrounding disorders of the human body as I question the misdirected inclinations that occur internally and externally. It is a visual exploration of my personal experiences, research, and fascination regarding illness. Many aspects are examined, from studying the battle that occurs within, to questioning the intentions and results of modern day medicines and treatments. Recently, a whole new realm of research opened up as I began collaborating with a Planetary Scientist from Johns Hopkins University. I started thinking about all the mystery and allure that the universe holds, specifically researching Titan, Saturn’s largest and most mysterious moon.
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Just what does a Non-Reactive HIV examination result indicate?
What is an examination like?
There are many areas to obtain HIV examinations, such as your health care provider's workplace or a unique screening site like usahometest.com. You'll initially receive details regarding HIV, danger aspects for HIV, and also the kinds of various tests. You will have time to ask questions and also talk about any concerns regarding obtaining evaluated. It's your selection to get an examination.
A non-reactive HIV (negative) examination result means that antibodies to HIV were not found in the blood example. Your examination may come back negative if you have actually been contaminated by HIV very just recently. In most HIV tests, including the quick tests made use of by Heartland CARES, there is a "home window period" of about 3 months after an exposure to HIV when antibodies to HIV have not gotten to a degree high enough to be identified.
If you recognize along with your testing therapist that you may have been infected in the previous three months, you should be retested 3 months from the date of the feasible exposure to be certain of your result. In the meanwhile, your testing counselor will certainly suggest some actions to help keep you and also your partners healthy and balanced.
It's currently suggested that every person 13 years old and over obtain HIV screening as a component of regular exams each year. If you are sexually energetic or sharing needles, testing is recommended every 3-6 months or with a brand-new companion. Not everyone that is contaminated with HIV has symptoms or feels unwell, so getting evaluated and knowing your condition is the only method to know without a doubt that you're negative. It's likewise essential to obtain examined regularly since when HIV is located early, a person can begin therapy immediately before the infection has actually done excessive damage.
The variety of new infections in youths makes it crucial that everyone obtains a test and gets a repeat examination if associated with any type of high-risk habits. Determining to get evaluated could be the hardest component, so offer on your own credit score for taking a big step to obtain evaluated.
No matter which evaluates a person chooses to do, it's extremely important to constantly get your outcomes, if you have a so-called non-reactive test result you should obtain a second examination within 6 months to confirm you non-reactive (Negative) test outcome.
A Reactive test result means that HIV antibodies may have been spotted in the specimen. The test is taken initially favorable. Just like all screening tests, the outcomes have to be verified by one more approach, referred to as a confirmatory examination. If the initial oral screening is reactive (favorable), with your authorization, the personnel at Heartland CARES will certainly collect a testing sampling from you before you leave the center to utilize in the confirmatory testing procedure. The outcomes of the confirmatory test typically are offered within 7 to 10 days.
A Non-Reactive test indicates that anti-HIV antibodies were not identified in the specimen. This test outcome is taken Negative.
Exactly what is a false-positive?
A false-positive is when an examination returns a preliminary favorable outcome that is later determined (through a confirmatory test) to be imprecise. False-positives are unusual yet are a natural as well as the anticipated incident with all analysis items, consisting of pregnancy examinations, cholesterol examinations and also cancer examinations.
The third as well as the last part of testing is getting your outcomes and speaking about what those outcomes imply for the future.
Non-reactive-- refers to an HIV antibody or HIV antigen/antibody test result that does not show a response to show the existence of HIV antibody and/or antigen. You do not have any type of sign of HIV infection.
A favorable HIV examination result is when an examination returns an initial favorable outcome as well as must be subsequent with a confirmatory examination in a Health center or center.
Are all downsides true downsides?
A Non-Reactive (adverse) examination indicates that anti-HIV antibodies were not found in the specimen. This test result is taken Negative.
It is feasible to get an unfavorable testing examination if the infection is really current. This could be since there is a home window period of a number of weeks when an individual may be contaminated but antibodies to the infection have actually not reached a concentration that is visible. Consequently, if a person has particular danger variables, or assumes they could have been subjected to HIV, they have to be retested in three months to be particular of an adverse outcome. The team at Heartland CARES will certainly instruct you on risk-reduction steps to make use of in the meantime to keep yourself as well as your partners risk-free.
The HIV One-Step HIV Examination Package ®: This test is utilized as well as authorized by the Globe Health Organization (WHO). You could purchase it at usahometest.com over the counter. This is a "finger stick" blood examination. You puncture your finger and place a drop of blood on an examination cassette that features the package. and you after that get the cause 20 mins in the comfort of your house.


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Over the first three quarters of 2017, the Port of Riga has handled a total of 25.5mt (million tonnes) of cargo, 5.1% — or 1.4mt — less than during the same nine months of 2016. The Port of Riga is a multi-functional port handling both dry and liquid bulk, as well as general cargo. Dry bulk is the largest cargo segment of the Port of Riga, amounting to 63% of cargo handled by the port over the first nine months of 2017. As compared to the same period of the previous year, the amount of dry bulk handled by the port has increased by 2% (the volume of general cargo has increased by 9.6%, while the turnover of liquid bulk has dropped by 32.9%).
Sea, behind the Russian port of Ust-Luga, which has been developing extremely fast in recent years due to the Russian policy of transferring cargo of Russian origin only to its own ports.
Over the first three quarters of this year, the Port of Riga has handled a total of 16mt of different types of dry bulk. According to Q3 2017 results, the largest group of dry bulk at the Port of Riga is coal, mineral fertilizers, wood pellets, grain and grain products, metals and wood chips.
Coal is a transit cargo at the port of Riga, which is 100% received by rail from Russia. The Russian transport policy in recent years envisages transferring all cargo only to its own national ports and fully closing cargo transit via the Baltic States’ ports. However, despite this policy, this year’s volume of coal handled by the Port of Riga has increased by 2.5% compared to 2016. Overall, 9.3mt of coal were dispatched from Riga this year.
The second-largest group of dry bulk at the port of Riga is mineral fertilizers. Mineral fertilizers are handled at two specialised port terminals and are 100% received in transit from Russia. Over the first three quarters of this year, the Port of Riga has handled 1.8mt of mineral fertilizers, which is 12.3% less than a year before.
As compared to the previous year, the total volume of dry bulk timber handled by the port over the first nine months of this year has increased by 9.7% and 1.8mt of cargo have been dispatched from the port. Dry bulk timber is an export product of Latvia and an increase therein also suggests an increase in the Latvian wood processing sector. An increase in handled cargo, compared to the previous year, has been registered for woodchips (+13.5%) and sawn timber (+77.9%), while stagnation after the fast growth of the previous year is observed in the wood pellets segment (–4.5%).
Grain cargo in Latvia is both of local origin and received in transit from neighbouring countries, i.e. Lithuania, Russia and Belarus. Taking into account the unfavourable effects of this year’s weather conditions on crop harvesting in Latvia, handling of grain products at the port was actively commenced only in the second half of September. Despite that, 261,800 tonnes of agricultural products were handled in September, a new monthly record. Overall, the volume of grain products over the first three quarters of the year has remained at the same level as the previous year.
Over the first three quarters of this year, the total volume of dry bulk metals (ore, metals, scrap metal and ferroalloys) has increased.
As part of its ongoing development of the terminal, and in order to increase the effectiveness of cargo handling, the company Riga Universal Terminal Ltd. (RUT) has introduced a new technology: containerized dry bulk handling. This technology is often called a revolution in dry bulk logistics and the Port of Riga is the first port in Europe to use it.
The company RUT is currently using the containerized handling method for handling wood pellets on large dry bulk ships. Pellets are delivered from warehouse to pier in special-purpose open-top 20-foot containers. Using a portal-frame container lift equipped with a revolute system (revolver), the entire contents of a container are delivered onto the ship by turning the container over into the holds.
Atis S?ulte, RUT Trade and Business Development Director: “The main benefit from introducing the new technology is significant optimization of terminal expenses and increase in performance. Now, we can perform dry bulk handling operations involving a significantly smaller number of machinery and human resources. Savings on resources amount to almost 50%. By introducing containerized cargo handling, we have become more competitive and can better adjust to customer requirements. Following the general tendency in cargo carriage, dry bulk ships handled at our terminal are becoming even larger. By means of the new technology, we are able to ensure fast and effective loading of large ships. By applying the new technology, we are able to load dry bulk and containers at the same pier, using one portal-frame lift. It allows us to quickly organize our work in the terminal and quickly handle any type of ship”.
Containerized dry bulk handling is also an environmentally-friendly technology. Cargo is practically poured into the holds, rather than above them, which reduces the amount of dust that ends up in the air. Likewise, spread of dust and cargo losses are reduced by handling a great amount of cargo within one lifting time.
This method of containerized dry bulk handling is used in the ports of Australia and South America, where it is used with the logistics of mining industry products, i.e. metal ore, coal, as well as grain. This technology is called a revolution in dry bulk logistics, since by using closed standardised containers, dry bulk can be transported from the place of extraction, stored at the terminal without unloading from the container and loaded onto the ship using the same container. As a result, no investments are needed for warehouses and the entire logistics chain from extraction to loading onto a ship can be optimized, using standardized containers and equipment which has been developed and is already used in container cargo logistics.
The Port of Kokkola is the third largest general port in Finland. Cargo traffic through the port has experienced powerful growth thanks to development efforts characterized by long-term and thorough planning.
The most important success factors of the port are, among others, customer- friendly service, competitive pricing and investments in modern cargo handling equipment. The Port of Kokkola is the preferred and foremost port in Finland serving the mining industry. The expertise of the logistics required by the mining industry is based on a co-operation that goes back more than 50 years. In addition to the mining industry, the Port of Kokkola is an important actor in the transit traffic from and to Russia.
The third significant customer group is the industry and the local trade in Kokkola. In the close vicinity of the port the industry concentration of Kokkola Industry Park (KIP) is established. This Industry Park is the largest concentration of non-organic chemical industry in Northern Europe. More than 60 companies are established in the area, employing more than 2,000 persons. Major investments have also been made in the Industry Park.
In the first half of this year, the increase in cargo transport in the Port of Kokkola is over 16%, driven by foreign exports.
This year, the Port of Kokkola has also achieved “The strongest in Finland” certificate. This kind of certificate is only achieved by companies which obtain the high Rating Alfa credit classification. This certificate is only awarded to every tenth company in Finland. The classification is awarded by Suomen Asiakastieto Oy.
The Port of Kokkola is developing and expanding its activities in Russia and CIS countries. In early October this year, the Port Kokkola LTD opened an office in Moscow. With the help of the Moscow office, the Port of Kokkola will develop partner relations with Russia, and will be able to respond quickly to the needs and demands of Russian clients.
For the co-operation and development of partner relationships in Russia and the CIS countries will be the representative of the Port of Kokkola, Kauko Tanninen. Tanninen has more than 20 years of experience in Russia in many industries, including mining and logistics.
Last year, the Port of Gdansk handled a total of nearly half a million trucks and almost 240,000 railway wagons. In comparison to 2015, this was a leap of 43% in the case of trucks, and of 24% in terms of the intensity of rail traffic. This result in terms of land transport traffic is the best ever for the Port of Gdansk.
After summarizing the 12 months of 2016, the Management Board of PGA (Port of Gdansk Authority) can announce record data relating to the use of overland transport. Last year, on average, one loaded truck was handled in the port every minute, and a goods train every 1.5 hours. Regarding the average load of both means of transport, it is estimated this was slightly lower than last year, but the differences are relatively small.
In comparison with the data from four years ago, truck traffic in the port in 2016 increased by 100%, and rail traffic recorded an increase of nearly 40%. The current dynamics confirm the large increase in the importance of Gdansk in the operation of overland transport.
individual means of transport in overland freight handling in Gdansk was 31% for railways, 29% for trucks and 40% for pipeline transport. The latter has seen an 8% drop in the share structure, with an increase of 5% in truck traffic and 3% in the share of rail transport in overland freight handling.
Truck traffic was mainly used to transport general cargo (containers) as well as bulk cargo such as aggregates, chemicals and grain. Rail was used to transport primarily coal, containers and loads of chemicals, including fertilizers.
Regarding coal, it should be noted that in the past year a change in the directional structure of freight handling has taken place. Although rail transport still dominated, the number of trucks picking up raw materials from the port and transporting them into the country increased by as much as 45%.
According to estimates collected from port operators, the newly built railway bridge over the Martwa Wisla was crossed by a total of more than 5,600 trains, which equates to more than 220,000 wagons. In making the calculations, the operators did not take into account trains which crossed the bridge without goods. Average daily rail freight traffic amounted to around 15 trains a day, or more than 620 wagons a day.
The achievement of such a result is pleasing, all the more so because during two quarters only one track was in operation on the bridge. The second track was opened in the third quarter of 2016.
The bridge was most intensively used for the transport of containerized cargo, which in the past year increased by more than half in terms of tonnage in overland traffic. This automatically led to a rapid increase in the amount of land transport used to handle freight at the port.
Detailed analysis of overland traffic in the port clearly demonstrates the growing importance of Gdansk as the logistics hub of the country. Each day it handles over 1,300 trucks loaded with goods, and more than 650 full wagons, most of which usually travel to or from the port without load. Thus, in practice, this means almost double the traffic compared to average daily levels.
This year, the Management Board of PGA expects consistent growth in land traffic and is taking action to stimulate further development in this field. The aim of the Management Board of PGA is to create favourable conditions for the further development of logistics operations in the port, which will translate into higher growth of transshipments, resulting in strengthening the position of the Port of Gdansk.
Yet another record result in transshipments at the Port of Gdansk. After the first eight months of 2017, the result has improved by 3.7% compared to the same period of the previous year, and at the same time, is higher than predicted. By August, as many as 25,501,876 tonnes of various types of goods were transshipped at the largest Polish seaport. It is worth mentioning that the upward trend is particularly noticeable in the container transshipment sector.
In the period from January to August 2017, the Port of Gdansk exceeded the adopted transshipment plan by 0.7%. The volume of goods handled included mainly imported commodities (63.3%). This good August result is mainly owing to the transshipments of containerized general cargo, fuels (mostly oil), and coal. In August alone, over a quarter more general cargo was transshipped than in the same month of last year. Importantly, this year’s first transshipment of ore took place as well. Between January and August 2017, a total of 25.5mt (million tonnes) of cargo was transshipped. It is a continuation of this year’s trend of record transshipments — already within the first half of the year, the Port of Gdansk recorded the best result in its history, achieving a value several percent higher than in the same period of 2016.
“In terms of transshipments, this year shows how dynamically the Port of Gdansk is developing. We owe high transshipment values primarily to general cargo, also of the Ro-Ro type. Within the last eight months, we have handled 373% more commercial vehicles than last year. We are particularly happy about exceeding the plans adopted for 2017. We hope that the coming years will bring even better results and that we will increase transshipments in the less popular categories, such as cereals,” says Lukasz Greinke, President of the Board of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA.
Even though, this year, many ports recorded fewer vessel calls for regular links, the Port of Gdansk handled a record volume of containers. Importantly, at the beginning of September, another super large container ship from the OOCL fleet was christened. OOCL Japan will sail regularly between Gdansk and the ports of the Far East. The shipowner’s newest and largest container vessels will be gradually put into service both this year and in 2018. Everything seems to confirm that 2017 will be a record year in the container cargo group.
The Port of Gdansk is one of the largest and most important enterprises in Poland. It is one of the most thriving ports in the Baltic Sea. It is of fundamental significance to the national economy and constitutes a key international distribution hub.
Back in the year 2001, NK TEHNOLOGIJA started operations with a principal focus on servicing harbour cranes, providing all necessary repairs, main- tenance, retrofitting, assembling and dismant- ling for brand new or used lifting equipment.
and developed its scope of supply, now offering turnkey projects for designing, manufacturing, delivery and installation of bulk handling equipment, such as shiploaders, mobile ecological weighing hoppers and tilting spreaders.
With the loyal customers all across the Baltics, including, but not limited to the sea harbours of Hamina Kotka (Finland), Tallinn (Estonia), Ventspils (Latvia), Klaipeda (Lithuania), Sankt Petersburg, Ust-Luga and Kaliningrad (Russia), NK TEHNOLOGIJA pays tribute to the capital city of Riga, where the company has been residing since its very foundation, taking part in the local harbour’s development programme of the Krievu sala industrial area.
This is a major infrastructure project involving the relocation of the coal terminals further away from the tourists attracted by the city’s downtown and residential areas. The project is supported by EU funds, and scheduled to be finalized by the end of 2018.
NK TEHNOLOGIJA is taking an active part in the Krievu sala project, developing technological concepts for the coal handling process improvement in the area, providing its expertise on the basic equipment selection and offering solutions on the environment protection issues.
The company’s scope also includes the supply of the rail- mounted mobile shiploader with a tripper car, to handle the coal cargoes with a loading rate of 2,000 metric tonnes per hour. This brand new piece of a modern and high- capacity harbour machinery, contracted a year ago, had already been commissioned and handed over to the customer (the enclosed SLL2000 shiploader can be seen in the photographs).
The more demanding and varied the application and environment, the more robust and versatile a drive system needs to be. This is one of the reasons why the hydraulic direct drive is such a natural in the demanding environments and operation situations associated with materials handling.
Bucketwheel reclaimers handle a variety of materials, operates under different conditions and they’re exposed to the risk of overloads. A robust hydraulic direct drive system is the perfect solution ensuring that they keep on running even in the toughest of environments.
industrial heavy-duty applications. They are perfect for applications requiring high torque and low speed and really show their value when variable speed is used.
The advantages of using direct hydraulic drive systems for powering bucketwheel reclaimers are quite apparent. Its controllable variable speed optimizes the machine capacity, while overload protection and high starting torque increases the availability considerably. In addition, the highly reliable drive system for the bucketwheel features such a low weight that the load on the slewing machinery significantly reduces. This leads to both higher uptime as well as less need for maintenance.
The weight of a hydraulic motor, attached directly to the bucketwheel shaft, is much less compared to that of an equivalent alternative drive that often consists of more components and a more complicated mounting. Evidently, this weight reduction on the end of a 30–60m boom have a significant influence on the overall machine design. The drive unit can be located on the boom, closer to the machine centre, or on the slew deck.
Compounding the weight reduction with the low inertia of the drive and the subsequent reduction of shock loads, there are many heavy arguments for using a hydraulic direct drive system in the design of a bucketwheel reclaimer machine.
Another strong argument for using a hydraulic direct drive on a bucketwheel is the versatility offered by a variable speed drive. The ability to vary the bucketwheel speeds depending upon different materials and conditions means that capacity can be optimized. The possibility to monitor the bucketwheel torque condition and relate such information to the slew control offers considerable advantages.
reclaimers – both for new machines and for retrofit upgrades.
There are many possibilities to optimize all functions on a bucketwheel reclaimer by co-ordinating the control of these. With Ha¨gglunds direct hydraulic drive systems and products for linear functions from Bosch Rexroth there are possibilities to achieve outstanding performance also when it comes to applications like slewing, luffing, long travelling and conveyors, as well as for other functions that go with bucketwheel reclaimers.
built-in overload protection eliminates trip-outs and minimizes production losses in the event of e.g. materials avalanche.
Hydraulic direct drive systems consist primarily of a hydraulic motor directly mounted on the driven shaft and a drive unit including a control system. The drive unit comprising a fixed-speed AC induction motor and a variable displacement hydraulic pump. This drive unit provides a variable flow of oil to the hydraulic motor in response to a control signal, enabling the speed of the hydraulic motor to be adjusted for every possible need.
enclosed motors, they easily withstand the industry’s dust, grit and widely varying temperatures. For conveyors, however, hydraulic direct drives offer more specific advantages. Easily tailored to both task and load, they have a modular construction that simplifies design and installation. And once in place, they provide many ways to maximize conveyor uptime and minimize stresses on machinery, chains and belts.
Hydraulic direct drive systems consist primarily of a hydraulic motor and a drive unit, the latter comprising a fixed-speed AC induction motor and an axial piston pump. The drive unit provides a variable flow of oil to the hydraulic motor in response to a control signal, such that the motor’s speed can be adjusted for every conceivable need. The result is that the conveyor can be run at any speed within its speed range – without restriction. This allows soft starting sequences that minimize belt stress, for example, but also fine positioning when inching the belt in forward or reverse to inspect or replace it. Unlimited starts and stops in a conveyor, of course, speed capabilities are closely intertwined with torque. Hydraulic direct drives are capable of starting up from rest with a full load, and of accelerating it under the most extreme load scenarios. This is ensured by the very high starting torque, which can also be maintained for an unlimited period of time.
affecting the service life of the belt or wearing the machinery in general. This is done easily via the control signal to the pump, without having to stop and restart the electric motor.
Process optimization in their unique combination of variable speed control, sustainable torque delivery and protective torque limiting, hydraulic direct drives have yet another benefit. In short, they enable process optimization beyond any other drive technology. At times when there is a lower load on the conveyor belt, for example, it is possible to slow the belt speed and employ greater torque to maintain a requested material flow. This not only reduces wear on the belt, belt rollers and pulley bearings, but also increases overall efficiency.
hydraulic direct drives is the way they achieve these benefits within a very limited space, which is often all that it is available on site. Between their compact motors and the small footprint of their flexibly placed drive units, their installation is truly minimal. Moreover, the mounting of the motor directly on the pulley drive shaft means alignment problems are eliminated.
Because the design of hydraulic direct drives is modular, it allows an optimal solution to be sized and tailored for any conveyor, small or large, from a few kilowatts up to megawatts of installed power. Moreover, that solution can be adjusted down the line. With their flexible nature, hydraulic direct drives are easy to upgrade or adapt as needs change and develop over time.
perfect load sharing when two or more hydraulic motors are used on one pulley or for multi-pulley conveyor design.
The nine new and independent teams in NORDEN’s Dry Cargo Department have been in operation for a few months. “Our experience so far is very promising,” says Gregers Blaabjerg who is Head of Supramax North America and who is motivated by the increased level of responsibility that comes with the independence.
Blaabjerg is in charge of Supramax North America — one of the nine new teams — which, with the new set-up in the department, is authorized to make decisions on its own resulting in increased responsibility and transparency regarding the results generated by the team. And transparency does not just apply when the team makes good results but also when the results are less attractive.
“The high level of independence is highly motivating for the team — including me. We have a very direct relationship with our customers and the business we make. I know that I and the team have full responsibility for the transactions we make. Each team is an independent profit centre. In the previous setup, there was a smaller degree of transparency in results and it was consequently difficult to quantify good and bad decisions. The increased sense of ownership creates a foundation where everyone in the team does his or her best. This is to the advantage of our customers, but definitely also to NORDEN,” says Blaabjerg.
The objective of the new set-up with a simplification, enforcement and empowerment of the entire Dry Cargo Department — with approximately 150 employees distributed on the head office in Hellerup, Denmark and the overseas offices in Singapore, Australia, China, India, the USA, Brazil and Chile — is to implement NORDEN’s strategic decision on significant organic growth by means of increased operator activity, i.e. the combination of cargoes with chartering in of available tonnage in the market.
Furthermore, the new set-up with a strong customer focus will underpin NORDEN’s Corporate Soul Purpose which states that NORDEN works at contributing to more efficient and sustainable global trade, where every person and action matters.
Blaabjerg’s team consists of six charterers and four operators — five charterers and one operator are located at the head office while the other members of the team work at the office in Annapolis, USA.
A very concrete result of the high level of independence and thereby power to make business-related decisions, which previously had to be evaluated by managers further up the hierarchy, is that the team is much more agile — i.e. the work procedures are fast, flexible and able to adjust to the customers’ individual needs as a matter of course.
“When a customer has made a shortlist of the shipping companies, which he considers reliable and able to deliver a service of a high quality, it is decisive for him that we are not only able to provide him with a competitive price for transporting his cargo, but that we are also able to quickly provide him with the price. At the other end of the line, he is in contact with the customer, whom he will deliver the cargo to, and to calculate the total price of the cargo, he needs to know the transport costs.
“All experience demonstrates that the faster we are able to provide a binding quotation, the more likely we are to obtain the cargo contract. That is the short-term advantage. In the long term, our ability to provide a potential customer with a fast and not least binding quotation increases our chances of being contacted the next time he needs a quotation for a transport,” says Blaabjerg.
Although the nine new teams covering the vessel types in the Dry Cargo Department — Post-Panamax, Panamax, Supramax and Handysize — have a high level of independence, this is practised within a well-defined framework which has been determined based on the department’s risk management. In short, it sets out to determine how much exposure is acceptable within the different vessel types and in the different markets based on a risk assessment.
“Based on the framework provided for us, it us our task to independently utilize the business opportunities in the best possible way. This requires thorough and in-depth market knowledge, which each of the nine teams must gain independently. Of course, we also have to keep updated continuously in order for us to always know how a market is expected to develop over a two- or three-month period and thereby be able to act accordingly. We have to gather knowledge on e.g. North American grain exports for the year, but at the same time be clo+se to the supply side with regards to tonnage, thereby allowing us to be capable of acting correctly. For that reason, it is necessary to be deeply engaged in your market at all times,” says Blaabjerg.
Only if the individual teams get too close to the edge of the commercial opportunities and their associated risks, will management interfere.
He mentions another advantage of the new setup, which is that the charterers in the nine teams work much closer together with the operators due to the fact that the team also includes the operators who perform the execution of the transports.
“This significantly increases our chances of remembering to include all aspects when we assess a business opportunity, and it strengthens our focus on optimization of current voyages,” says Blaabjerg.
He says that trust between colleagues is a crucial factor in making the co-operation in a team work.
”Trust is a prerequisite if we want to be open with each other and be capable of receiving not only praise — which is typically not very difficult to receive — from each other, but also criticism, which is not always easy to receive and handle. In order to be efficient and give our customers the best possible service, we have to be able to discuss all subjects in the teams – also the cases where we have not performed well. And when you have not performed well, there is usually a lesson to be learned,” says Blaabjerg.
Although all nine teams in the Dry Cargo Department are specialized and deeply focused on each of their own business areas, it will also be necessary to draw on the knowledge rooted outside the team, more accurately knowledge which is accessible in the newly established knowledge centre in the department.
The knowledge centre is manned by colleagues, who are experts within risk assessment, market analysis, fuel efficiency and law. The centre is located in the middle of the Dry Cargo Department, but never further away from charterers and operators — including the ones at the overseas offices — than the nearest computer or phone. The centre serves as a resource for all teams.
to charter in a vessel, and who prevent us from burning our fingers because we get hold of a vessel which consumes too much fuel.
“It strengthens the work in the team to know that although we are independent, we have the great advantage that we are part of NORDEN, and I mean the entire NORDEN. We can always draw on other colleagues, who have the exact knowledge — or can quickly gather it — that we are after in connection with a future business transaction,” says Blaabjerg.
Every member of team Supramax North America has special focus areas and the purpose is that the team is to gather as much in-depth knowledge as possible in order to get the greatest overview and consequently the best foundation for doing profitable business, which encourages the customers to come back. Again and again.
coordinating focus on all areas of relevance to our team, and I furthermore focus on the team, the customers, the brokers and the strategy,” says Blaabjerg.
At the end of October, major global coatings manufacturer Hempel launched two new premium antifouling coatings, Globic 9500M and Globic 9500S. The coatings offer customers a potential 2.5% reduction in speed loss. This equates to significant fuel savings and lower CO2 emissions improving the operational efficiency of a vessel and minimizing the operator’s environmental footprint.
This next-generation coating series builds on Hempel’s proven Globic technology to deliver superior antifouling performance for new buildings and dry- dockings, delivering an outstanding return on investment and flexibility from outfitting through the entire docking interval.
Hempel’s patented Nano acrylate technology is the strength behind the Globic range and provides a fine polishing control mechanism to bring the integral biocides to the surface at a stable rate ensuring a clean hull.
By combining the strongest binder and biocide package for premium performance at different trading speeds, Globic 9500M and Globic 9500S outperform other self- polishing coatings (SPC) particularly when slow steaming.
“Our Globic range has been very well received in the market and since its launch in 2005, over 25 million litres have been delivered worldwide with more than 5,000 vessel applications achieved. Our new coating series is the next step in high performance antifouling protection”.
Additionally, the patented microfibres incorporated in the paint give Globic 9500M and Globic 9500S a best in class mechanical strength to avoid cracking and peeling. Globic’s unique technology allows it to start working as soon as the hull meets the water for full and immediate antifouling protection, making it highly efficient even for slow steaming and long idle periods.
The new coatings incorporate specially designed water-activated Nano acrylate technology that uses nano capsules to control polishing. When seawater comes into contact with the nano capsules, it penetrates the hydrophobic outer shell.The hydrophilic inner core chemically hydrolyses and then expands which breaks through the outer shell, enabling controlled polishing. Consistent self-polishing and a constantly thin leach layer ensure uniform biocide release over the entire docking interval. Unlike other premium antifouling technologies, Nano acrylate technology provides immediate antifouling protection without the need for water friction.
Special microfibres reinforce the binder, providing a skeleton effect that gives the coating enhanced mechanical strength and makes it more resistant to cracking.
Also in late October, Hempel launched its new versatile activated zinc primer, Hempadur Avantguard 860. This product combines best-in-class corrosion protec- tion, at the level of an inorganic zinc silicate, with the application benefits of an epoxy.
Hempadur Avantguard 860 is specifically designed to protect steel structures in moderate to severe corrosive environ- ments. It is the first of its class, specifically developed to overcome the problems experienced with zinc silicate primers application, without compromising corrosion protection and boosting productivity.
In response to general industry concerns over curing times and application properties of zinc silicates, Hempel’s new product, with a recoating interval of just one hour, offers at least four times faster drying than coating systems based on zinc silicates. Highly flexible and versatile, this new coating can be applied year-round and at temperatures down to 14 °F/-10°C, and with no restrictions on minimum relative humidity.
Hempadur Avantguard 860 is a SSPC Level 1-compliant two-component activated zinc rich primer, that delivers excellent protection in severely corrosive environments. It incorporates Hempel’s patented Avantguard technology offering a unique combination against corrosion, providing improved barrier, inhibitor and galvanic protections in a single coating for all-round performance.
no need for a mist coat as required for inorganic zinc silicates.
Since 1915 Hempel has been a world- renowned coatings specialist. Today, it has over 6,000 people in 80 countries delivering trusted solutions in the protective, decorative, marine, container, industrial and yacht markets.

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Scott Dixon is just not going to indulge. He’s just going to keep winning. At age 37, 18 years into a Verizon IndyCar Series career that shifts chapters but not expectations, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver used a victory at the DXC Technology 600 on Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway – his 43rd all time in Indy cars – to move up the career wins list alone behind only A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti.
After winning one of two races last week at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear, having won a championship as recently as 2015 and now leading the Verizon IndyCar Series standings after nine rounds of 17, Dixon remains – understandably, given his self-effacing nature and team perspective – focused on right now.
And the now is as promising as much of the career in which he has won four championships (tied for second all-time) and an Indianapolis 500 as the renowned late-season closer. Appropriately on Saturday night, Dixon led the last 119 of 248 laps at Texas to jump from third place in the standings and grasp the lead by 23 points. As hopefuls like rookie Robert Wickens and Indianapolis 500 winner Will Power waxed, waned and eventually wrecked out behind him, Dixon was the constant, leading from Lap 130 until the checkers on the 1.44-mile oval.
It continued a marked statistical turnabout for a driver who had not won this season before Detroit, but had showed promise all along.
“We won two races and led a bunch of laps (in the past week). That's a positive,” Dixon said. “I think we had great speed at the start of the year. I was disappointed with how it went down at St. Pete, how it went down at Long Beach.
Dixon, who beat second-place Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud by 4.2943 seconds on Saturday, had moved into a tie for third place with Michael Andretti on the all-time wins list by winning at Detroit on June 2. He won for the third time at Texas on Saturday, also moving into a tie with Michael Andretti for third-most all-time podium finishes with 100.
Alexander Rossi, one of Michael Andretti’s drivers now, finished third.
“Rossi seemed to go pretty hard at the start of the race, which we really didn't have much interest in doing,” Dixon said. “We kind of wanted to see how the tire situation was going to be. We wanted to see how bad other cars were going to go off, get to the end of the pit window.
Defending series champion and pole sitter Josef Newgarden led the first 59 laps before making his first pit stop. Wickens, a newcomer for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, emerged as a threat for a first Indy car win thereafter. Wickens led 31 laps before surrendering the front on a pit cycle and his bid came undone on Lap 173.
Wickens, racing with the confidence of a veteran and the abandon of a driver who had never suffered the consequences of a mistake on a high-speed oval like Texas Motor Speedway, was involved in a crash with oval specialist Ed Carpenter. Attempting to tuck inside Carpenter heading into Turn 3, the two touched and were sent spinning into the SAFER Barrier. Wickens, a DTM touring car veteran who has raced beyond his rookie label and vied for a win before a late collision with Alexander Rossi in the season opener at St. Petersburg, finished 19th.
For his part, Carpenter shouldered the blame.
“I knew Robbie was coming,” the team owner/driver said. “I thought I could close the door, but it was a big mistake on my part. He was a lead-lap car.
Two-time and defending Texas winner Will Power never led, but stalked inside the top five for much of the race until colliding with rookie Zachary Claman De Melo as he tried to ply a narrow gap near the wall on Lap 205. The rookie, making what he called an “amazing run” run in the high line, was pinched high by Power, who said he never heard a warning from his spotter while speaking with his race strategist.
“I got a great run on the outside in clean air,” Claman De Melo said. “I probably would have passed Power as well.
Power, winner of the Indianapolis 500 two weeks ago, finished 18th in the race and fell from first to third in the championship, 36 points behind Dixon.
Pagenaud, in the aptly named No. 22 DXC Technology Team Penske Chevrolet for the race, earned his first podium of the season in holding off Rossi in a frenetic battle for second place over the final 30 laps.
“A much better finish here than Detroit, that's for sure,” said Pagenaud, who climbed to eighth in the standings. “It's never over anyways. We saw that last year. Newgarden really started his momentum mid-season, went on and won the championship. I did the same (in 2016), really. I started really doing a good job in Toronto.
The Verizon IndyCar Series takes a much-deserved weekend off before returning to action with the KOHLER Grand Prix from June 22-24 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The race airs live at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday, June 24 on NBCSN and the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Public displays of empty gestures are no substitute for action.
Politics is the art of the symbolic gesture. The successful symbolic gesture gains gravitas by crystallizing a narrative that attracts a consensus that then powers policies of substance.
The politics-as-usual gesture is empty of substance, serving only to mask collusion and failure. Soaring Rhetoric(tm) is carefully engineered to mimic successful symbolic gestures of the past, but the purpose isn't to power positive policies: the goal is to distract the audience by making them feel that participating in empty gestures is a substitute for real-world actions of substance.
The net result is we now inhabit a culture that relies on empty gestures and feel-good appeals to past glories. This reliance on empty gestures and appeals to past glories typifies regimes in decline.
This decay of purpose and substance in favor of empty gestures intended to symbolize progressive values has infected the entire culture. Rather than do something substantial and risky to change our neofeudal mode of production, people change their photo on Facebook in a public display that serves to satisfy their desire to "do something" but which avoids any actual cost or risk.
As a result of this reliance on empty gestures, we've become a culture that buys filtered tap water in plastic bottles that end up fouling our waterways, feeding the Great Pacific Trash Gyre, trashing the planet to "show the world" that we "care about our health" by buying Corporate America's filtered tap water.
The list of comically delusional empty gestures is essentially endless: the ecology bumper sticker on the fuel-wasting SUV; the public purchases of "healthy" supplements that cannot possibly offset a diet of junk food; signing an online petition that is really just an email-collection tool for spammers; wearing an American flag lapel pin as a public display of content-free patriotism, and a retch-provoking abundance of similar displays of "progressive" or religious self-righteousness.
Public displays of empty gestures are no substitute for action. You want a more progressive economy and culture? Turn off the mainstream media, start working on ways to extricate yourself from the state/cartel matrix, get out of debt, stop taking on more debt, start growing your own food (if you have no yard, in a community garden), use less of everything, starting with energy in all its forms, focus on DeGrowth, build your own networks of transparency, shared practical knowledge and reciprocity, start using decentralized crypto-currencies--and most importantly, just do the work, don't make empty gestures as a substitute for action that requires time, effort, money and risk.
Every minute wasted on self-righteous empty gestures or viewing someone else's self-referential, self-aggrandizing empty gesture is a minute you could have been doing something useful.
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In order to make a fine japanese sushi roll (or nigiri) you don’t need to go through five years of fish cutting studies in Japan, neither you need anyone telling you that your first time ever sushi looks more like a sea cucumber in rush hour out of the water. What you do need is some goodwill and a good guide to help you through those rough times.
How to make Nigiri sushi?
There’s a first time for everything And here is my first attempt at making a ‘Sushi Pizza’. Disgusting?! Brilliant? Share your thoughts below.
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I have posted about our fun tonight in being able to serve gluten-free hambergers - on buns! Go to my blog at http://homeschoolblogger.com/armoorefam/.
to isolate only my celiac related articles, or locate the entry for November 15, 2005.
The Smiles (a fun gluten-free type of french fry that looks like smiley faces) are made by a company called McCain. Our local super Walmart carries these. The buns are cornstarch and potato flour buns from Grandma Feldon's (dedicated gluten free facility).
Where did you get the hamburger buns at? I wasn't sure if the buns came from Wal Mart also or just the fries. Thanks.
I was wondering where you got the buns, too I would love a hamburger on a real bun instead of toast!
"Crispy Outside, Mashed Potatoes Inside." That pretty well describes it. Theses are quite flavorful. Everyone loves them in my family, especially the kids - I have 4 children. To me, they actually remind me of the flavor and texture of a fried bread - kinda like the batter on a good corndog but smoother.
McCain has a web page. Right after we tasted our first batch out of the oven, I looked them up to thanked them for making such a tasty product and expressing my gratitude that they made seasoned fries with rice rather than wheat flour. They sent me several coupons to get their products free. I thought that was pretty gracious of them.
The price for the buns were not to bad - six of them for $4 and something. The only shipping option is overnight though, so that can bring the total order $$$ up pretty fast. They arrived the very next day after we got a shipping confirmation. The products arrived in a box with a really nice styrofoam cooler to contain the products - which we are going to save for gluten-free day travel snacks in the car. Everything was cool to the touch. No worries about getting product that has overheated in transport.
I just went ahead and ordered a few other items with the buns to make me feel like the shipping was spread out over several items - wierd logic, huh? I also got brown rice lasagne noodles (which I am going to make into lasagne tonight. I will let you know how they do), potato starch, and guar gum. I haven't tried baking with any baking product I cannot get at WalMart, so the guar gum binder and potato starch will be my 'experimentals'.
armoorefam, Thanks for the info. Today, I'm ordering the Biscuit Mix, Hamburger Buns, and Cinnamon Rolls. I'm excited! I think you will enjoy baking with the potato starch. I bake with rice flour and the addition of the potato starch makes things softer and I find they don't dry out as fast. You have to play with the amounts a bit, but I've had good luck with it. The gums also add a lot of moistness to baked goods (you don't need too much). I've never tried the McCain potatoes, but they sound good, as well. Thanks again for a lot of great ideas.
Grandma Ferdons website looked really promising until I found out they don't ship to Alaska. Is there anywhere that anyone knows of to get good tasting buns and bread. Right now I use Tapioca bread from energy foods. It's fine for most things but it's not the same. Any suggestions?
Glad to see this thread again so I can report that I did get the Grandma Ferndons Hamburger Buns, biscuit mix, cinnamon rolls and the McCain fries, too. The buns were fabulous! The cinnamon rolls were good, but you need to add your own frosting. Without it, they're a little bland. Shipping was 19.99--but the buns were worth it--I couldn't take another hamburger on toast! Yaso--Kinnikinnick has buns and breads. Don't know if they ship to Alaska. A lot of people here like their stuff--I've never tried it--although I'm thinking of trying their buns as their shipping is 1/2 of what Ferndons is.
Thanks for the info. They appear to ship to Alaska.


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Baby Boot Camp - What Is Whole Food Plant Based Nutrition?
The foods you choose to eat can have a profound effect on your short-term and long-term health. Short term health benefits of eating a whole food, plant-based diet include better digestion, more energy, and less muscle pain! With the prevalence of chronic diseases on the rise (heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity), we are finding more research supporting the importance of good nutrition and the role that it plays in our ability to live longer, healthier lives.
We want to focus on eating more whole plants such as grains, nuts, fruits, and vegetables while reducing, or avoiding, animal products, processed and artificial foods. We also want to be aware of foods with added fats and sugars that can create addiction-like cravings and try to avoid them as well.
So, what does a whole food plant-based diet look like? Think about eating a whole apple instead of applesauce. Both are great choices, but the whole apple has additional vitamins, nutrients, and fiber that gets lost in the process of making applesauce. Also, watch out for added sugars in that applesauce! Apples are plenty sweet on their own, so enjoy a fresh apple instead.
Another example would be making beans or legumes the center of your meal instead of meat. Beans and legumes are a great source of protein for the whole family with the added nutritional benefit of fiber, vitamins, and trace minerals.
Challenge yourself to make at least on meal a week that is meatless and fill your plate with more veggies, fruits, and beans. Vegetable jambalaya is a whole food, plant based dinner that is family friendly and might just become a regular in your weekly rotation. Check out more about plant-based protein for more on this topic.
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from a disastrous cosmic impact 12,900 years ago, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. The study, of soil from Syria, is the latest to discredit the controversial theory that a cosmic impact triggered the Younger Dryas cold period.
Archaeological Science, scientists analyzed siliceous scoria droplets — porous granules associated with melting — from four sites in northern Syria dating back 10,000 to 13,000 years ago. They compared them to similar scoria droplets previously suggested to be the result of a cosmic impact at the onset of the Younger Dryas.
The composition of the scoria droplets was related to the local soil, not to soil from other continents, as one would expect from an intercontinental impact.
The texture of the droplets, thermodynamic modeling and other analyses showed the droplets were formed by short-lived heating events of modest temperatures, and not by the intense, high temperatures expected from a large impact event.
A mammoth task – how do we decide which species to resurrect?

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research