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Aspen Dental has always been about breaking down barriers and creating access to care for those that need it most.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our organization has pivoted quickly, adopting new ways of working that balance the wellbeing of patients, team members and the communities we serve. Aspen Dental practices have launched a virtual care initiative that utilizes tele-dentistry to triage patients, and continuing to provide essential care to those with dental emergencies or urgent needs in accordance with ADA and state guidelines. It's a critical role, one that we believe will help alleviate the stress on overwhelmed emergency departments in our communities.
But life at Aspen Dental is about dentistry, and so much more. It's about being part of a community we built, connected by a common purpose. It's having a tribe that cheers you on. And it's about having the support of a network that has your back and backs you up.
And that has never been more true than it is during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dental practices across the country have been hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus. According to estimates, dental patient visits are expected to be down 80-90% over the next 30-60 days while offices are restricted to emergency patients only, forcing many dental practices to close their doors completely. Depending on how long the crisis lasts, it is likely that some may never reopen.
But Practice Owners in the Aspen Dental network are not going it alone, with Aspen Dental Management Inc. (ADMI) supporting them every step of the way. The teams at ADMI are working around- the-clock to help doctors navigate the crisis, working shoulder-to-shoulder with practice owners and making strategic recommendations that will help Practice Owners preserve the long-term viability of their business.
We often say that our role at ADMI is to care for the people who care for the patients, and it's a responsibility that goes far beyond functional support. In these uncertain times, we're offering reassurance. Holding hands. Serving as sounding boards. Providing advice and coaching on leading through a crisis. And fighting on behalf of the doctors whose practices we support.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the team at ADMI is providing advice on critical topics such as:
Cashflow & liquidity. How much cash, accounts receivable and available credit is on hand? How long can it last? How long might it need to last given the uncertainty of this COVID-19 pandemic?
Expense management. What are your fixed and variable expenses? What staffing level is needed to stay open for emergencies? What are the implications or furloughs versus lay offs? When you consider rent, utilities, business loans, supplier bills, what do you pay first, or perhaps delay paying?
Compliance & Precautionary Measures. What PPE and supplies can you secure to protect yourself and your teams? How do you continue to stay abreast of guidance from CDC, ADA and state and local regulatory agencies?
New Legislation. How do you make sense of the new legislation and relief packages from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), and SBA Loan Program?
How ADMI is Supporting Dentists During the Crisis
Finance / Accounting. Negotiating with banks and lenders on behalf of practice owners to defer payments on business loans at reduced rates or even interest free. Making recommendations on how to best handle personal student loans and how to apply for forbearance.
Operations & Financial Planning & Analysis (FPA). Developing financial models for each office so Practice Owners can make operational decisions on staying open and managing staffing levels accordingly.
Purchasing and Procurement. Leveraging partnerships with Henry Schein and other distributors to secure shipments of N95 masks, face shields, gloves, thermometers and hand sanitizer for a nationwide network of practices and ensuring priority distribution to those that remain open.
Insurance Operations & Revenue Cycle Management. Working closely with insurance companies to ensure practices receive all outstanding receivables as quickly as possible.
Real Estate & Construction. Negotiating with landlords for 90 day rent abatements.
Legal, Risk Management & Compliance. Staying abreast, state to state, all the regulatory and safety and health requirements. Interpreting the CARES Act and information being released by the Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury and guiding practice owners on actions, timelines and eligibility.
Strategy & Innovation. Within just a few weeks, helped launch a tele-dentistry program that will not only allow dentists to help patients in need, protect the teams on the front lines but also offers a source of revenue, albeit limited.
Human Resources. In certain unfortunate circumstances where the workforce has been reduced, the HR team has guided owners through furloughing rather than laying off their teams allowing employees to maintain health insurance coverage while collecting unemployment. The HR team is also working with the health insurance organizations to reduce and / or defer premium payments.
Learning & Development. Shifted live learning programs to an online environment and made all continuing education content in the Aspen Dental CE portal available to dental providers across the nation for free at http://aspendentalce.com/welcome in an effort to support the broader dental industry.
Balancing the obligation, we have as leaders to protect our people along with ensuring the long-term viability of the business is not easy. But together with the dentists whose practices we support, we're committed to making decisions that are in the best interests of our teams, patients, communities, and the future of our organization.
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The Partnership: How The Mother-Son Bond Between Sophia Loren And Director Edoardo Ponti Led To The Screen Icon's Most Moving Role In 'The Life Ahead'
Annette Bening & Saoirse Ronan Drama 'The Seagull' Flies To Hyde Park Ahead Of Cannes
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Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park International has taken international sales on the feature adaptation of the Anton Chekhov play The Seagull starring Annette Bening and Saoirse Ronan. Pic is currently in the final stages of post production. The Seagull was previously represented by K5.
Pic is directed by Michael Mayer, who is best known as the Tony Award-winning theater director of the hit Broadway musicals Spring Awakening, American Idiot, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch as well as feature director of A Home at the End of the World. Corey Stoll, Elisabeth Moss and newcomer Billy Howle also star. Stephan Kram, the 2016 Tony Award winner for The Humans, wrote the feature adaptation. While set in 1903 Russia, The Seagull is fresh and modern and as relevant now as when it was first produced. It is the story of eight people, all of whom are fatally in love with the wrong person.
The Seagull is produced by Tom Hulce, Leslie Urdang, Robert Salerno and Jay Franke and David Herro. WME and CAA are handling North American rights.
Said Hyde Park's Carl Clifton, "We're delighted to have brought The Seagull into the Hyde Park fold and I'm personally thrilled to continue working with Leslie and Tom on it. We can't wait to screen the film to buyers everywhere and to bring this evergreen classic to audiences across the world."
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I looked at them today and seem better quality than kings. Thicker steel less bending.
A set of 2 of these is $460 whereas a set of kings will be $360 with wings included.
I don't need one, but not a bad price imo.
What is the weight of them? Steel gets pretty heavy.
I have the BCF version,looks identical from pic.love it.cost not much more than a fridge slide.
Is it easy to install or is it just tied down?
it has multiple mounting holes underneath,the mounting brackets are also adjustable.I bolted it to 3rd row seats(removed) mounting hole.
just done my first long trip,5000km,no off road,holding up alright.I did read comment about the nuts get loose after offroad,they recommend tighten all nuts before mounting it.
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Mo., Kan. lakes show signs of trouble for fishing
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The Kansas City Star
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The changes are so subtle, most fishermen in Missouri or Kansas don't even notice.
There are few pipes dumping pollutants into the water. Few fish kills, where thousands of carcasses bob in the waves and wash up on shores. Few nasty odors that signal something is wrong.
But make no mistake. Beneath the surface, there are problems. Problems that may affect the future of fishing in the two-state area.
"We definitely face some challenges as a lot of these reservoirs age," said Doug Nygren, chief of fisheries for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. "The peak of our fishing was in the '70s. A lot of these reservoirs were new then, and there were a lot of people buying licenses.
"It's gone down every year since then. A lot of these reservoirs are 40 to 50 years old now, and they're aging. They have problems that we have to address before it's too late."
Troubled waters? In some cases, that's indeed the case.
-Some Kansas reservoirs such as John Redmond are literally filling in as heavy silt loads flow into the main bodies. At Redmond, an 8,000-acre reservoir in the southeast part of the state, officials estimate that sediment now takes up 42 percent of the conservation storage capacity.
-During the hot, dry summers of the last two years, the water levels dropped to record lows at some reservoirs. In several Kansas reservoirs, that has contributed to nasty outbreaks of toxic blue-green algae, which thrive in warm, still water. Fisheries biologists are worried that this might be the start of a cycle.
-Though the Clean Water Act has done a good job tackling point pollution - that is, the direct dumping of pollutants into the reservoirs - there are still big problems in the watersheds. Farm ground above reservoirs and tributaries with unstable banks still dump everything from silt to chemicals into the water that flows into reservoirs.
-In Missouri, civilization is closing in on many once-remote streams in the Ozarks and the changes are troubling. Excessive gravel and silt loads that fill in holes, erosion of banks and the gradual widening of the channels have been reported.
"These reservoirs are man-made," said David Casaletto, executive director of Ozarks Water Watch, a citizens group devoted to protecting the waters of the Ozarks. "We built them, and it's our responsibility to protect them.
"People don't always see the problems, because they're not as noticeable as they once were. But they're out there."
Susan Metzger of the Kansas Water Office calls John Redmond Reservoir the "poster child" of the effects of sedimentation.
When the lake was built in 1964, it was a gleaming facility full of promise for flood control, drinking-water supply and recreation such as fishing. But it didn't take long for the luster to wear off.
With a huge drainage area - 30,145 acres and much of it farm ground - the reservoir began picking up large volumes of silt. Today, its average depth is only 6 feet. And the fishery has suffered, Nygren said.
"It's become a large flat basin," Nygren said. "The channels have filled in and a lot of the good habitat is buried under silt.
"From a fisheries standpoint, it's just basically unmanageable. It doesn't have a desirable fishery.
"There is some good fishing below the dam, but on the lake itself the sediment load has caused problems."
But Redmond isn't in a boat by itself. Many other reservoirs across the state are having problems with sedimentation, although to a lesser extent than John Redmond.
"On most of our major reservoirs, the upper ends are silted in," Nygren said. "We also see a lot of erosion on shorelines."
Metzger agrees, pointing out that Toronto, Tuttle Creek, Fall River and Kanopolis also have lost 30 percent of their capacity to sedimentation. In contrast, reservoirs such as Melvern and Big Hill have lost only 2 percent of their capacity.
"All Kansas reservoirs, regardless of size or location, are impacted by sedimentation," Metzger said.
The solution? The Kansas Water Office is taking bids for dredging John Redmond. But no matter what the bid, that would be extremely expensive. There has also been talk about the Corps of Engineers raising the conservation pool by two feet to keep Redmond from going dry.
But such a step would be only a Band-Aid, some say. They realize the problem is far-reaching in Kansas.
"Some of these reservoirs are silting in far faster than originally planned," said Mark Jakubauskas of the Kansas Biological Survey. "Toronto isn't too far off from what John Redmond is. And on the north end of Perry, we have lost 1,000 surface acres to sedimentation.
"We have boat ramps leading to nowhere, and big flats that were once covered by water that are now dry.
"The problem is that we've built a lot of reservoirs and Mother Nature wants to fill them back in."
The recent rain and snow came as a welcome relief at Cheney Reservoir near Wichita.
No, it didn't do much to raise the water level. But it at least gave fishermen and officials some hope.
The water level at the popular fishing reservoir is 8 feet low after two years of severe drought. That's the lowest since it opened in 1965.
Whether this is an effect of global warming or merely part of a weather cycle, officials hope it doesn't continue. Cheney is a shallow reservoir to start off with. Its deepest spot is only 35 feet deep. With a very narrow watershed ("It's barely four miles wide at its widest," said Ryan Stucky, manager of Cheney State Park), it's dependent on rains that target a specific area to get the North Fork of the Ninnescah River running and feeding the reservoir.
For months now, that hasn't happened. The river went dry for the first time many can remember. And the reservoir is only 59 percent full now, Stucky said.
"We finally have water coming in now," Stuckey said. "Not much, but we'll take anything we can get."
Only one boat ramp is accessible at Cheney and other facilities normally on the water are high and dry.
But Cheney is by no means alone. After two or more years of drought, other bodies of water in Kansas and Missouri also are suffering.
In Missouri, many farm ponds were lost when the hot, dry weather simply sucked the water out of them.
"The last two years combined were by far the worst I've seen in my 30 years here," said Bob Mattucks, a fisheries biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation. "We saw a lot of ponds either go dry or get so low that there were fish kills."
The drought also dropped water levels at Ozarks reservoirs such as Table Rock, Bull Shoals and Norfork to as much as 10 feet low, but they have rebounded after recent rains and snowfall.
The drought also has encouraged outbreaks of toxic blue-green algae, which thrives in warm, still, phosphorous-rich water. Several reservoirs have had large outbreaks the last two summers that affected recreation and prompted health warnings.
"We need some good spring rains," Nygren said. "If we get another year of drought, we could see more problems."


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No. 18 Nebraska 37, Wyoming 34: Imani Cross scored two touchdowns and the host Cornhuskers held off a valiant rally by the Cowboys to win their nation-leading 28th consecutive season opener.
Taylor Martinez rushed for 80 yards and went 17-for-22 for 155 yards and three TDs, connecting twice with Quincy Enunwa. Ameer Abdullah rushed for 114 yards and Cross added 105 more as Nebraska piled up 375 yards on the ground in a game that featured 1,132 yards of offense.
Brett Smith went 29-of-43 for 383 yards and four touchdowns while Shaun Wick rushed for 101 yards- his first career 100-yard game - and another score. The Cowboys outgained the Cornhuskers 602-530, but fell to 0-7 in the all-time series.
Cross sparked a stretch of 21 unanswered points with the first of two scoring runs to help Nebraska overcome the second of two first-half deficits. Cross scored for the first time in the second to give the Cornhuskers a 17-14 halftime advantage while Martinez capped the run with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Enunwa with 4:08 left in the stanza.
Smith cut the deficit to 31-21 late in the third with his first touchdown pass and added two more in the fourth - one to Jalen Claiborne with 6:02 remaining and another to Robert Herron with 1:32 left - to bring the Cowboys to within 37-34. Nebraska was unable to run out the clock on the ensuing possession, but Smith's desperation heave from Wyoming's side of the field sailed out of bounds as time expired.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Smith - who did not throw an interception in his final 174 pass attempts last season - was intercepted on his 12th attempt Saturday, but set Mountain West and school records for the most such attempts at 185. ... Nebraska had won each game during its season-opener streak by at least nine points. ... Martinez became the first quarterback in school history to start four consecutive season openers.


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THE Philippine national men's football team settled for a 1-1 draw with Maldives as it finished its campaign in the second round of the joint 2022 International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup and 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup Qualifiers early on Wednesday morning (Manila time) in the United Arab Emirates.
Veteran Angel Guirado put the Azkals ahead 19 minutes into the match at the Sharjah Stadium but they could not maintain the lead as six minutes later Maldives pulled even, care of Ali Fasir.
The two teams tried to score the marginal goal to claim all three points the rest of the way but were not successful in it, leaving them to share the spoils and get a point each for their efforts.
After their second-round qualifiers campaign, the Azkals ended up with 11 points from a record of 3-2-3, good for solo third place in Group A.
It was not enough to book the Philippines a spot in the next round of the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but the Azkals earned a trip to the next phase of that of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup to be played later this year.
Maldives (2-1-5), for its part, finished at fourth place in the group with seven points.
Syria (7-0-1) and China (6-1-1) topped Group A and are heading to the third round of the World Cup qualifiers and booked their spots in the Asian Cup. Syria progressed for winning Group A and China as one of the best runners-up.
Guam, the other team in the grouping, wound up with no wins to show for in eight matches.
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Meanwhile, apart from Syria and China in Group A, also progressing in the next round of the World Cup qualifiers are Australia (Group B), Iran (Group C), Saudi Arabia (Group D), Japan (Group E) and UAE (Group F), which finished number one in their respective groups.
Korea Republic, Oman, Iraq, Vietnam and Lebanon, progressed as among the best runner-up teams.
Among the teams which have advanced, Vietnam is the lone first-timer in the third round of the World Cup qualifiers. — Michael Angelo S. Murillo
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Have you ever wondered where celebrities and famous footballers go to get their sparkling, Beverley Hills style smiles?
Where Liverpool FC manager Jurgen Klopp, midfield star Sadio Mane and super striker Roberto Firmino had their pearly whites perfected?
Well, you might be surprised to know it isn't a Harley Street clinic or a posh practice in LA – the answer to the perfect smile lies here in the Liverpool City Region.
Dr Robbie Hughes has established an international reputation as a pioneer in the art of dentistry. His trailblazing techniques have seen the expert cosmetic dentist rise through the ranks to become a European leader in the industry.
Dr Hughes, 33, a former world-champion kick boxer, is the owner of Dental Excellence UK. This year, the young innovator has big plans to revolutionise dentistry in the UK and big ambition to have his brand recognised as a global name.
Trailblazer caught up with the entrepreneurial dentist to find out about his career and his exciting plans for the year ahead including his forthcoming move to his luxury clinic at the Matchwork's in south Liverpool.
I am the owner of Dental Excellence, smile makeover centre.
Our clinic is focused on delivering excellence in comprehensive dental care driven by cosmetics and the latest innovative technologies. We create bespoke smile makeover projects what generate confident smiles.
Smile makeovers impact on peoples lives in an unbelievable way.
What motivates you to keep going as a Trailblazer?
I passionately believe in what I do.
My vision of how dentistry should be perceived and experienced is ready to revolutionise what people consider to be modern day dentistry but what I am about to do next should redefine private dentistry in the UK for good. Our brand new clinic, complete with the very latest technology, is bringing something totally unique.
Dentistry should never be considered as boring, ancient, scary or any other of those words I hear based on what a visit to the dentist once was, nor should the environment and patient experience represent any of those descriptions.
Like most things in the world today, the speed of new innovation and advancement is happening at an astonishing rate including dentistry. There are young innovative dentists who are redefining the art internationally. I'm pleased to be part of this.
A lot of this is due to fantastic improvements in digital dentistry and CAD/CAM, I am one of those dentists – a modern day dentist as I like to call it!
The opportunity to bring a better experience and superior quality of treatments to the general public is what motivates me.
I am a really optimistic person. We all have bad days in business – that is part of what makes an entrepreneur. For every bad day, there is a good lesson to be learnt.
Everyday because I love what I do and I am very grateful for that.
If there are lessons to be learnt then there are no regrets.
Who is the person you admire most in business?
It has to be Elon Musk, the South African-American entrepreneur. His vision, belief in that vision and ability to execute an idea in unbelievable. I was in ore of the recent space rocket launch – I think most people where.
Continuing to help pioneer new concepts throughout dentistry and being the face of a very reputable brand in dentistry that is known worldwide as a clinic or chain of clinics that set the bar for a new breed of dentists and dental facilities.
Best piece of advice for future Trailblazers?
Push yourself, because nobody else is going to do it for you.
Spend time with my beautiful family and travel the world.


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Sales volume is at the lowest since 1986. It's no doubt an interesting/infuriating time. Sales to listing ratios convey a Sellers market for the condo and townhouse segments. But we know how buyers are not acting with urgency. The sellers (en masse) are holding out on substantial price reductions which is keeping prices up, but buyers out.
Something has to give. The province has promised a balanced budget with the PTT revenues keeping on par with 2018 – we know that's total B.S., right? Look for the province and federal government to reverse course on their interventions. How soon, who knows? But it can't be this way for much longer.
I was surprised to see that September had fewer sales than August – it is usually a rebound month from the typical summer slowdown. With the substantial decrease in sales volume comes a slight drop in prices in all categories of properties. I don't see a big jump in sales activity on the horizon, and the question is – will this "softening" of prices continue or turn into a full-on crash? Part of the answer depends on any future interference from the different levels of government, and part is on the shoulders of sellers and if they decide to bail out or hold on. Any questions please let me know, I'm always here to help you achieve your real estate goals.
August activity continued to be very slow, with fewer sales than in July and price drops in all main categories of homes. I do expect the volume sales and new listings to pick up in September, but Sellers shouldn't be trying to set new price points. Buyers will still have to compete for the best properties but must continue to exercise self-control and restraint when it comes to offer prices. I'm starting to see more listing agents offer higher commissions to attract buyer agents to their properties, which is fair game. Buyers need to remain in control of their decisions and make sure they have all the information they need to make the right choices.
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July was a very quiet month for sales activity in the Lower Mainland. Sales were down from June but new listings were also down. Both Buyers and Sellers are sitting back a bit to see where things are going. If you are choosing to sell in this market your home will need to show it's best. It's time to fix all the little things and polish everything. Expect offers to reflect the need for maintenance & repairs – and the amount a buyer will try to reduce your price by will outweigh the real cost of these items. Sales ought to pick up in September – they historically have. But the external pressures the government and banks have implemented to control the market have not been seen before so we're really venturing into unknown territory. Average sales prices in all categories of homes were down in July for the first time in a long while. Is this due to the summer "dog days", or is it the start of prices sliding downhill? Please contact me if you have any questions or if you want to talk about selling or buying in this market.
Sometimes things look like they happen in a flash but really the end result is the reward for years of planning and preparing.
Congratulations to my clients on the sale of their condo! They contacted me about moving in early 2106 – and the process began. Slowly. Raising 2 young kids and working full-time is a very difficult task as it is – never-mind looking for their next home, getting finances sorted, meeting with their lender, prepping their home to look it's best, etc. How do you fit it all in? Well over a couple of years, and with one final push, they did – and it paid off. After 2.5 years of planning and working together, and one intense weekend of showings, we sold for substantially over their asking price!


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Poor hearing could lead to poor memory
Written by Ana Sandoiu on February 27, 2018 - Fact checked by Jasmin Collier
New research has uncovered an increased risk of mild cognitive impairment among individuals with a form of hearing impairment called central hearing loss. The findings suggest that this form of hearing loss may have a neurodegeneration-related mechanism at its root.
Trouble hearing may mean trouble remembering for some seniors, according to a new study.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimate that 15 percent of the adult population of the United States have a form of hearing loss.
Age is a significant risk factor for hearing loss. In fact, a quarter of U.S. seniors aged between 65 and 74, as well as half of those aged over 75, have a disabling form of hearing loss.
Worldwide, a third of seniors have a disabling form of hearing loss.
A new study — led by Rodolfo Sardone, of the NIH and University of Bari in Italy — examines the link between a form of age-related hearing loss and the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
MCI is a type of cognitive decline that although noticeable is not significant enough to interfere with daily activities.
Research shows that between 15 and 20 percent of those aged 65 and above are likely to have MCI, which is also a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.
The new study looked at both peripheral and central hearing loss. The former is due to problems in the inner ear and hearing nerves, while the latter affects the brain's sound processing abilities.
Sardone and his colleagues examined more than 1,600 people who participated in the Great Age Study, and the researchers' findings will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 70th annual meeting, due to be held in Los Angeles, CA, in April.
Hearing loss may double the risk of MCI
Sardone and colleagues had access to data on 1,604 participants in the Great Age Study, who were 75 years old, on average.
The participants were asked to undertake a series of hearing tests and have both their memory and reasoning tested.
Almost 26 percent of the study participants had peripheral hearing loss, and 12 percent had central hearing loss. Around 33 percent of the participants received a diagnosis of MCI, which was given using the well established Petersen criteria.
Overall, people with central hearing loss were two times more likely to develop MCI compared with people whose hearing was intact.
More specifically, of the 192 people who had central hearing loss, 144 also had MCI. This amounts to 75 percent. By comparison, of the 609 people whose hearing was intact, 365 people had MCI, which amounts to 60 percent.
"These preliminary results suggest that central hearing loss may share the same progressive loss of functioning in brain cells that occurs in cognitive decline, rather than the sensory deprivation that happens with peripheral hearing loss."
Rodolfo Sardone
"It's a problem with perception," he adds. As the study authors note in their paper, "No previous study has investigated speech discrimination and separate[d] the auditory perception from [the] auditory function."
"Tests of hearing perception," says Sardone, "should be given to people who are older than 65 and also to people with cognitive impairment."
But he also cautions that the study does not prove causality — that is, it does not demonstrate that hearing loss leads to memory loss. Rather, the research merely points to a link between the two.
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DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (SGX:D05) will be reporting 4Q18 results on 18 Feb, followed by UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LTD (SGX:U11) and OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP (SGX:O39) on 22 Feb.
As discussed in our recent report – Singapore Banks - Still Got The Juice dated 30 Jan, we expect slowing loan growth as the sector leaves the 'growth' phase of its cycle and enters 'consolidation'. Nevertheless, we expect continued NIM expansion as asset yields are re-priced upwards amid falling y-o-y credit costs.
We will pay close attention to these as the banks report. A good showing here should support improving ROEs and robust dividends.
DBS and UOB are our top picks. Short-term pair trade: long DBS, short OCBC.
We estimate that adjusted sector NIMs expanded 13bps y-o-y in 2018E, led by DBS. Of our two top picks, UOB has lagged here, with average NIMs rising just 6bps in 9M18. But its momentum should pick up, from mortgage-yield repricing in 2H18 and pre-funding-costs wash-through.
UOB increased deposits by 8% between 4Q17 and 9M18 vs just 2% for DBS and OCBC. We will follow guidance on 2019 NIMs closely, particularly relating to funding-cost competition.
Any stress in asset quality?
New NPA formation more than halved y-o-y in 9M18 as the sector recovered from stress in the offshore & marine segment. We expect a continuation in 4Q18.
That said, we believe slower loan and macroeconomic growth may raise risks to asset quality. Especially with pro-cyclical provisioning requirements under IFRS9 that typically result in accelerated provisioning when asset quality deteriorates, we will be watching for signs of any sector risks.
Tech investments: are they on track?
The sector has been investing heavily in technology, particularly in straight-through processing, data analytics etc. We will look for evidence on how these initiatives are supporting opex management.
Concurrently, we will observe how these investments are opening new revenue streams, especially as the banks move towards open banking platforms with increased collaboration among themselves, fintechs and the regulators.
Delivery of higher NIMs, tech-enabled opex management and benign asset quality should lift sector ROEs in this 'consolidation' phase. Gearing towards better NIMs and better dividend-yield visibility have rendered DBS (Target Price SGD30.18) and UOB (Target Price SGD30.50) our top picks.
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Bol.com opened its doors on 30 March, 1999. Almost 16 years later bol.com is the largest (web)shop in the Netherlands and Belgium, and market leader in the field of online sales of books, entertainment, electronic devices, and toys with over 5 million active customers and 900 employees.
Over the years bol.com has grown fast and steadily. The in-house IT department has been a powerful driver of innovation: all functionality and tooling for customers, suppliers, partners and employees is built and run agile and 24/7. To make sure we can support our business with a short time-to-market and parallel progress in all key business areas, we started working agile in 2009. And to take all things necessary for growing further and staying agile in our own hands, we built our own datacenter last year and insourced all web operations capabilities. This enables us to best use the technologies that we want to meet our customers' requirements, and automate what we need to keep our productivity high, and eliminate bottlenecks.
At the same time, this paved the way for the next step in our evolution of innovation. And that's a necessity, because with growing comes growing pains: too many teams working in the same code and applications, too many dependencies between development and operations, too many silos, too much waiting, releases getting bigger and buggier, and the risk of frustrations getting out of hand. And with our ambition to grow more than 200 people every year, that's not risk but a certainty.
So in the summer of 2014 we started "Man on the Moon", our program to ensure scalability, productivity and motivation. Our goal is to help our teams to become independent and autonomous while delivering a continuous flow of new functionality to our customers, partners, and colleagues. Putting a Man on the Moon is not just a program, it's a movement: it requires boldness, creativity, inventiveness, and the commitment of everyone in the organization. It's a technical challenge as much as it is a cultural, organizational, and, as it turned out, sometimes an emotional one as well. And it's something that requires lift: of teams wanting autonomy, trust and tooling to fly their own mission.
So where did this bring us so far? Well, some teams are still on earth, a lot of teams float somewhere in the atmosphere, and a few are preparing their landing on the moon. We redesigned the IT organization and made it feel small again. We gained scalability and boosted motivation, on the IT side as well as on the Business side. Releases are getting smaller and smaller, the number of incidents is dropping and best of all: we didn't suffer more downtime (Yes, that's right! Even though former developers are now running things ;-)).
Are we there yet? No, not yet, not by far, but we hope to be a lot closer in November. And as with so many trips: the journey itself is as much fun as reaching the destination, so we have a great story to share about everything we did, messed up, learned, and gained on the way. And as we've learned a lot from Velocity in the last years, our goal is that in 2016 some company will present what they've learned from us!
Frederieke Ubels has been working for bol.com for 10+ years. As director of IT innovation, she is responsible for continuous improvement of the innovation process at bol.com, alignment with business departments, and for the transition to a DevOps way of working, to ensure scalability of the IT organization. This helps bol.com grow, stay ahead of the competition, and hold its leading role in (e)commerce in the Netherlands and Belgium. Frederieke started as the manager of the book department, and switched to IT in 2007. Her background in the marketing department has played a key role in aligning the IT organization with the business departments within bol.com.


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The birthplace of Roe v. Wade was the backdrop for a pro-life event on Good Friday called The Esther Call, which drew thousands of people from across the country to Dallas, Texas.
The Esther Call, named for the biblical figure Esther and her role in saving a nation, brought together over 4,000 women in prayer and worship for life and an end to abortion, and welcomed back 39 women who had walked 250 miles for 21 days for the Back to Life prayer walk. The event took place amid the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of the constitutionality of the president's health care law, which will offer insurance coverage for abortions.
Event director Tracy Eckert wrote in a blog post that "there has never been a national, all-women's gathering for this purpose in our nation."
Eckert said that "many who have experienced the pain of abortion [released] their pain through confession, repentance, prayer and worship. As Queen Esther and Mordecai were given the signet ring by the King to act as magistrates of his authority, women will leave The Esther Call solemn assembly with a fresh resolve to defend life and work towards the abolition of the shedding of innocent blood."
Those at the event also heard from TheCall's Co-Founder Lou Engle and women leaders on the biblical figure Esther and the dramatic role she played in saving the Jewish people.
"Using Esther's example, women [are] encouraged to pray for the grace and strength to speak to the issue of life, and to ask for anointing and authority as they stand for justice," Engle said.
According to Gallup, the majority of Americans (51 percent) believe abortion is morally wrong.
"The time is now for mothers, daughters, sisters and grandmothers – the Esthers of today – to come together to weep over this national wound and to position our hearts to be healed so that revival will come to America," said Eckert.
The event's director also said that she believes "God is releasing millions of wounded women, who, through their confessions and testimonies will become the great deliverers for a generation. This is a moment in history that will galvanize the very foundation of the hearts of the virtuous American woman."
She believes the U.S. is in the midst of a huge cultural shift that will determine the direction the nation takes. She said women play an important role in this.
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According to the Back to Life website, "58 percent of total abortions in our nation are from the demographic of 20-something women; the abortion industry is specifically targeting them, and they are responding by sending a message of life in their generation."
All of the 39 women that took part in the walk are in their 20s and 30s. Some have had abortions and others are survivors of abortion. The Back to Life website states that these women "represent the stand for life in the midst of a culture of death."


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Re: State Armaments Program 2011-2020
Benya Mon May 15, 2017 7:51 pm
calripson wrote: Simple explanation: no money. At least as long as the neoliberal monetarists are in charge of Russian economic policy and the sanction regime intelligently imposed by the west retards Russia's ability to access debt markets. Couple that with US fracking, LNG and alternative pipelines in to Europe, and the noose will conveniently tighten over time.
Simple explanation huh?
As Mike said, there is an appropriate thread to discuss this. BTW if only this thing was in your mind, please read the full report again
miketheterrible wrote: But, if you guys thought they will produce hundreds of tanks a year of Armata, think again. It is a huge system with potentially a lot of flaws. There will be years of rigorous testing and then possibly fixing.
Speaking personally, I never thought that for a single moment.
Of course, transferring the whole Russian tank force to the Armata platform (or even only a single part of it) will be a lenghty process. I was only thinking about the LRIP of the system. What I think that would be the most logical schedule for this is at first an Armata battalion or regiment in an armored brigade/division for field testing/evaluations, then a whole brigade and then a division, and if the results of these tests are good, the MoD can give the green light to full-scale production. This whole process from right now would take not really more than 6-8 years, which is good IMO (we are talking about a brand new, and very unique combat system BTW.)
miketheterrible wrote: Biggest flaw of the article is about S-500. It was mentioned a while back that S-500 is priority for this sap program to 2025.
I have also heard some similar things about it, but better later than never.
par far Mon May 15, 2017 9:15 pm
miketheterrible wrote:
most of what you said is debunked. Go to economic section of this forum for more details. Oil and gas accumulated is very small to overall Russian budget. And Russia's gas pipelines are already going fine (Nord stream 2, Power of Siberia and the Turk Stream). Russia is also poised to become the largest LNG producer as Yamal first stage will be operational this year, Shakalhin to be upgraded, and then eventually Baltic LNG.
Outlook is looking good. All that is being said right now is pure speculation as the armament program won't be shown or even signed until July this year.
Hell, Russia's GDP PPP is poised to increase 2% this year. So there is no economic mouse around Russia. Its like the so called noise around South Africa in 1976. Only it didn't do anything but bolster South Africa.
But, if you guys thought they will produce hundreds of tanks a year of Armata, think again. It is a huge system with potentially a lot of flaws. There will be years of rigorous testing and then possibly fixing. Same was with Su-35.
Biggest flaw of the article is about S-500. It was mentioned a while back that S-500 is priority for this sap program to 2025.
Very well said, there are a lot of trolls on here. Another point is that it takes time to modernize a army(especially the size of Russia.)
eehnie Tue May 16, 2017 1:12 pm
About the newest weapons, it is logical to expect low activity of procurement in the 2018-2025 State Armament Program. But this is not a trouble, a rejection or a delay, this is only consequence of the development process of new weapons. It is easy to say and to explain. Some of the newest weapons will not be ready for mass production by 2025. Only that.
What I expect of the 2018-2025 State Armament Program, was explained with decent detail, in the previous page of this topic (I improved some details with updates):
https://www.russiadefence.net/t2358p325-state-armaments-program-2011-2020#190008
In the refered to the procurement of new weapons, as said in the comment liked, it is likely more intense procurement of:
1.- Self Propelled Air Defense systems. The main reason is the lack of saturation of the reserves. This type of weapons is of recent development, and has been in expansion in the Russian Armed Forces. Now seems to be reaching stable numbers in the active service, but the reserves today are very small, unlike for other types of weapons with longer history.
2.- Infantry: With the recent process of rising in the standards for these weapons, speacially in the refered to the safety of the military personnel, this is the type of weapons where the new weapons developed have bigger difference in military terms with the current arsenals of weapons for the role. It is necessary intense procurement, to adapt the arsenals to the new standards on protection of the crew.
Both cases are of land warfare. It makes likely then, to see more intense procurement on land weapons than on sea and air weapons. It is a need, not other thing, and it is a need in this two types of weapons, not in others.
For the rest of types of land, air and sea armament, while there are some differences, the situation is stronger, and as consequence the procurement will be less intense than for Air Defense and Infantry, but also in agreement with the situation of every type of armament.
Unlike in the case of the Air Defense, in the case of the Infantry vehicles for combat roles, there is previous warfare (BTR-60, BMD-1, BTR-70, BMP-1, BRDM-2) that can become a surplus. This is not a problem because the oldest vehicles can be used as help to allies that need them, or as vehicles for the Russian security forces (making less likely the purchase of other semiarmoured vehicles for them). Surely Russia will be focused in the procurement of powerful Infantry vehicles that meet the modern protection standards, based on Armata, Kurganets, Bumerang, BMD-4M and Typhoon 6x6 platforms. The Bulat 6x6 and the BMP-3 can remain also in production. The production of MT-LB and BTR-80(/82) can be ruled out.
PS: Smaller projects of semiarmoured or unarmoured vehicles can have a chance to export or as land auxiliary vehicles for roles out of contested areas (land transport, light utility, engineering roles out of contested areas,...), if they prove to be better than the GAZ Tigr and the UAZ Patriot.
Kimppis Wed May 17, 2017 6:30 pm
That 20-30 Armatas per year figure is based one what? I would actually be quite happy with 50. Considering that Western European powers like France, the UK and Germany only have 200-300 each, not to mention that Armata is going to stay top of the line for decades to come.
Most people don't even realize that Russia doesn't have 15,000 or 20,000 MBTs in actual active service (it's roughly 2500), the US with 6000 is equally BS. As an example, when is the successor of Abrams going to be revealed? 2030 at the earliest? That is what, a lifespan of more than 50 years? MBT generations are certainly not going to get any shorter (with upgrades, obviously).
But 20-30? That is like 300 by 2030...
Also, isn't S-500 "almost" ready? And indeed it has to be a priority.
It's quite of an exaggeration to say that oil & gas are a very small part of the federal budget. And in that case I think the federal budget (in other words, the one that is 40% of oil & gas) is the most important indicator when it comes to military spending. That said, I do agree with the main point. Contrary to the western propaganda, it's clear that the Russian budget or military modernization have not been massively affected, largely because of the devaluation of the ruble.
How exactly is that going to get worse in the future? Russian economy is growing already and IMO, oil prices are going to be quite a bit higher in the early 2020s than they are now. I'm not an expert, but global oil consumption will continue to grow, it's really that simple.
George1 Thu May 18, 2017 10:29 am
A quarter of the funds of the new state armament program will be allocated to the army and airborne troops
As Ivan Safronov and Alexandra Djordjevic write in the article "Landing troops and infantry will make financially sustainable," published in the newspaper Kommersant, on May 17, President Vladimir Putin discussed with the leadership of the Defense Ministry and directors of defense enterprises the development prospects for land and airborne forces in the formation of the state program Arms (GVP) for the years 2018-2025. According to "Kommersant", general attention will be paid to it in the field of general attention: up to a quarter of all funds pledged in the GPV can be used for rearmament. In the current program, the purchase of weapons for the Army and Airborne Forces was not a priority.
The key issues of yesterday's meeting at the presidential residence Bocharov Ruchey were the state and prospects for the rearmament of the ground forces and airborne troops. Vladimir Putin said that by the end of 2017 the share of modern weapons in the ground forces should be 42%, and in the Airborne Forces - 58%. "It is important not only to continue to increase this indicator, but also to give the general-purpose weapons system a new quality," the president said. According to him, when implementing the planned plans, a scientific and technical reserve will be formed for the development of fundamentally new types of weapons. The main speakers were General Andrey Serdyukov, commander of the airborne forces, and General Oleg Salyukov, commander-in-chief of the ground forces, then representatives of industry expressed their comments in a closed mode for the press.
The current SΑP 2011-2020, the volume of which by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation exceeded the record 19 trillion rubles, was adopted in December 2010. The largest expenditures were related to the acquisition of aviation equipment (about 4.5 trillion rubles), the rearmament of the fleet (4.7 trillion rubles), and the purchase of aerospace defense (3.4 trillion rubles). The remaining funds were to be spent on the modernization of strategic (About 2 trillion rubles) and carrying out research and development work. In this configuration, only 2.6 trillion rubles were left to equip the ground forces and airborne troops with new weapons. It was believed that this would be enough for the purchase of BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, BMP-3 infantry armored vehicles and BMD-4M armored vehicles, Iskander tactical missile systems, T-90S tanks (and modernization of T-72 tanks), Iveco LMV armored vehicles, "Tiger" and "Wolf", as well as small arms and communications.
According to "Kommersant", in 2015 there was an adjustment: some funds were redistributed in favor of general-purpose forces. This was due to the situation in the southeast of Ukraine and the battles between the formations of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics with the Ukrainian military. To strengthen the border of the RF Ministry of Defense, it was necessary to shift the connections of constant readiness, which required serious investments. Then it became clear that the role in military conflicts assigned to the ground forces and airborne forces does not fully correspond to the means laid for their rearmament. The head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, Ruslan Pukhov, believes that the existing LG was initially heavily skewed towards the fleet and the nuclear deterrence forces: "The impression was that the ground forces and the Airborne Forces were a" Cinderella "who simply did not have the means to re-equip."
According to a senior Kommersant source in the military department, a total of one quarter of all funds will be allocated to the general-purpose forces in 2018-2025, which will correct the bias of its predecessor (according to the Vedomosti newspaper, the total volume of the new SAP will be approved at 17 Trillion rubles). This money will go primarily to the purchase of military air defense systems (including within the framework of the ROC "Standard"), T-90 and T-14 "Armata" tanks (the first batch of 32 cars is now undergoing state testing), the armored vehicles of the infantry "Kurganets-25 "and armored personnel carriers" Boomerang ". Emphasis will also be placed on adaptation of armaments to the Arctic territories: in particular, it will deal with the S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile system and the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system. Colonel Viktor Murahovsky of the reserve is confident that in the new SAP 2018-2025 will also be purchased already in service with weapons such as BMD-4M armored vehicles, BTR-MDM armored personnel carriers and self-propelled anti-tank cannon "Sprut-SD". He also believes that the military will continue to improve the tactical management of the troops, and also take the sets of military equipment "Ratnik" in a configuration optimized for the airborne troops.
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2615909.html
franco Fri May 19, 2017 11:02 am
20 trillion rearmament budget for 2011-2020 and 17 trillion rearmament budget for 2018-2025 sounds like the rearmament budget will remain around 2 trillion a year. So no let up in rearming just changes to distribution as is correct. Aerospace defense and strategic rocket forces have been the priority and are showing over 60% modernization by the end of 2016. Goal of 70% modernized equipment by end of 2020 remains with it sitting at 58.3% at the end of 2016. Another 4% growth is expected this year which if maintained could have the Armed Forces having 75% modern equipment by the end of 2020.
Kimppis Fri May 19, 2017 6:19 pm
Yeah, isn't that actually slightly more per year? Because originally that 19 trillion was supposed to last until the end of 2020? Also, I think they might even increase the spending by the mid-2020s, as long as the economy develops well. Let's say that it will grow by 3.5% per year on average. In that scenario 2 trillion roubles could actually be quite low (as % of GDP)... by the end of the program. How large is the Russian economy in roubles atm?
One thing I also realized is that the program for 2018-2025 is very much the continuation of the current one. The main priority - as it should be - is to simply increase the share of modern equipment (as it's currently defined) from 2020's 70-80% to 100%, so that after 2025 they can fully focus on totally new generation equipment, like PAK-FA, MiG-41, Mikoyan LMFS (?), PAK DA, Lider, S-500 and Armata.
So by 2025 they will have everything upgraded, and that stuff will last atleast until 2040s, or even longer... Of course it depends on the system, MiG-31s, Su-25s, the older SSNs and other ships like Slavas and Sovs must be replaced by the mid-2030s or earlier, while the new Su-30s are probably going to last until 2040s, and so on.
That will give them another 2 decades (roughly 2025-2045) to equip... let's say 60-80% of the armed forces with next-generation equipment (on hand hand some of that will already be in service by 2025, while on the other some older equipment might last even until the 2050s).
franco Fri May 19, 2017 7:17 pm
1. GDP for 2016 was 84.12 trillion roubles
2. Remember military budgets are for 10 years but are redone every 5 years. They are 2 years late due to the economic crisis so this one is for 8 years but will most likely be redone in 2020.
3. Funds quoted in the 2011-2020 budget are obviously also partly in the 2018-2025 budget (2018-2020). Also there would be yearly variances re available funds and new equipment being able to be manufactured.
4. What this 17 trillion figure shows me is that military spending will remain at it's present rate factoring in inflation through 2025.
5. Goal is to get the modern equipment technology above 80-85% and maintain that going forward. Other goals are a military force of ~1,000,000 and equipment serviceability above 90-95%.
6. The 17 trillion figure is still unofficial so still waiting to see for sure.
Correct. And yeah, I meant that those 19 trillion were supposed to last until the end of 2020, so when you calculate the average yearly spending, it's around 2 trillion, and that will remain the same going forward.
And that 100% modern is indeed according to current standards... they will of course slightly change by 2025, but nothing dramatic. They'll will achieve 80% modernization, or close, by the end 2020, so they'll easily achieve "100%" by 2025, as they continue procuring 4++ generation aircraft, S-400s, corvettes, missile boats and submarines and so on...
So I did a very simple calculation using my incredible math skills: Russian GDP could be around 115 trillion in 2025, which means that the military spending would be 1.7% of GDP!!! Okay, so that estimate is very rough, but yeah... Or let's be pessimistic and say that it will be 100 trillion roubles... even then that's only 2%! Even 4 trillion would only be around 3.5%, obviously.
In a positive scenario, 2 trillion roubles would go below 2% by around 2022-23. So if nothing dramatic happens, the spending should and must increase above that 2 trillion by the mid-2020s.
FAKE EDIT:
Okay... I'm really confused here. I was just browsing through the military budget thread and noticed that the original projection for SAP-2020 was 23 trillion roubles... not 19 trillion, so around 19 trillion by 2018... not by 2020. Although that seems to include MICs modernization... So they don't have to do that anymore? That 2 trillion is the whole spending?
In any case, that 2 trillion would indeed be very conservative as the economy grows... and very far from any kind of militarism (Western propaganda narrative). Far from 3% of GDP throughout the period on average, and actually could be even less than 2%... It just doesn't entirely add up.
franco Fri May 19, 2017 11:08 pm
1. There have been reductions in that due to the economy, replacement of foreign parts slowing production and new equipment being behind in mass production.
2. Still missing data (final budget)
Modernization rates envisioned by the end of 2017 (present budget):
- Ground Forces 42%
- Airborne Troops 58%
- Aerospace Force 68%
- Strategic Rocket Forces 72%
- Naval Forces 55%
- Overall 62.5%
eehnie Sat May 20, 2017 1:49 am
franco wrote: Modernization rates envisioned by the end of 2017 (present budget):
Do you know which are the criteria to consider something modern or not?
franco Sat May 20, 2017 4:17 am
New built technology or upgraded rebuilds.
EDIT: the numbers released for 2016 as an example were 5600 new and 3000 upgraded pieces of military equipment.
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Benya Sat May 20, 2017 10:54 am
The share of expenditures for the fleet and strategic nuclear forces in the new GPV-2025 will be reduced
The newspaper Vedomosti published an article by Alexei Nikolsky "From the Sea to Land" on May 19, 2017. The new state arms program will have new priorities: the share of expenditures for the fleet and strategic nuclear forces will be reduced, "which reports that at a regular meeting on rearmament, Held on Thursday in Sochi under the chairmanship of President Vladimir Putin, the issues of two types of the Armed Forces and one kind of troops - the Air and Space Forces (VCS), the Navy (Navy) and the Strategic Missile Forces Appointment (Strategic Missile Forces). The day before, the rearmament of the ground forces of the general purpose - the Airborne Forces and the Land Forces was discussed, and a series of meetings will be concluded on Friday with consideration of the issues of the military space program (in the Armed Forces it is the responsibility of the VCS, which includes the Space Forces).
(C) www.zvezda.red
According to the man close to the military industrial commission, the priorities of the meetings are determined by the Defense Ministry and they reflect the most topical issues of the new state armaments program (GPV) until 2025. So, this time there was no discussion of rearmament of air defense, and the VCS, the Navy and the Strategic Missile Forces In one meeting, since the issues of land forces and military space are particularly relevant. Conflicts of recent times have shown the need for priority re-equipment of land travelers, since they carry a heavy load, the interlocutor explains. And the urgency of space problems is caused by recent failures: they were expressed in the temporary cessation of the launch of Proton rockets due to a defect in the engines, as well as in the fact that the production of satellites was most affected by Western sanctions due to the use of imported electronic components. In addition, in the context of a reduction in the civil part of the space program for planning the work of Roskosmos, an understanding of military plans is required, and Roskosmos and the Ministry of Finance still have disagreements over the amount of funding for the program for the construction and maintenance of spaceports.
Putin said on Thursday that "the share of modern weapons in the military hardware is now brought to 66%, and by the end of this year should increase slightly and amount to 68%." In 2016, the fleet replenished with 24 new ships and supply vessels, including frigates and submarines equipped with long-range cruise missiles Caliber. The share of modern Navy models is now 47% and should increase to 55% by the end of the year. As for the Strategic Missile Forces, modern mobile and silo-based complexes "already make 62%, by the end of 2017 their share will increase to 72%," the president noted.
According to the top manager of one of the holdings of the defense industry, on the subject of the meeting held on Thursday, there is a problem with the production of weapons for the Strategic Missile Forces, where the main task is to maintain the timing of the creation of the new heavy rocket "Sarmat", created instead of the "Voevody" developed in Ukraine. There are serious problems in the VKS - in particular, the failure to modernize long-range bombers and production of Il-76MD-90A transport aircraft. But most of the questions to the shipbuilders, and, apparently, it is not by chance that in the GPV until 2025 they face not the most ambitious and costly tasks.
Source (in Russian, translated to english with Google Translator): http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2618399.html
miketheterrible Sat May 20, 2017 11:48 am
Vedomosti is almost close to yellow journalism and they have been wrong on plenty of times. As well, there seems to be massive confusion as to what they are planning as everyone is saying something different.
franco Sat May 20, 2017 12:44 pm
miketheterrible wrote: Vedomosti is almost close to yellow journalism and they have been wrong on plenty of times. As well, there seems to be massive confusion as to what they are planning as everyone is saying something different.
Are you familiar with the Russian word in my signature?
Benya Sat May 20, 2017 1:13 pm
franco wrote:
Actually I am (a bit). This may be a little bit off-topic, but there is a video about it:
Viktor Sat May 20, 2017 1:15 pm
If we take for instance the highest price for Armata as I have found (7min$) it takes 17.5bin$ to produce 2500 of them and in 8 years its 2.2bin$ per year for a 315 T-14 per year in average. I think Russia can easily do it and as ground forces are priority in the next 8 years I think this is pretty close to what we will see.
This could allow to raise 5 Tank Armies with 50% T-14 availability and another 50% T-90AM for instance.
miketheterrible Sat May 20, 2017 6:34 pm
T-14's prices were reduced to something like $3.4M per tank. That was the latest of the reports on it quite some time back.
On that same note, the article talks about the importance of Proton Rocket. While Proton is important the Soyuz-2 is still operational and is used to launch satellites from both Russia and that Sea launch port. So Russia isn't dependent on the Proton for military use as Soyuz-2 is enough to launch satellites into space. Angara is being worked on so it is safe to presume that Angara will get its intended budget and is already undergoing production tests at the Omsk plant in Siberia so I think they are gearing up for production very soon. They may just try to speed up the process.
As well, Sarmat, there is very little info about it. Very little info about where it is at in terms of development. So we cant comment on what was said about problems. Although, they didn't mention what the problem was other than "the timing of the creation of the new rocket". Sarmat was already tested. Or at least some kind of test unit was. There may be a bit of delay but the delays seem to be mostly about making sure that the instruments are working. As for the Il-76-90MD having slow development, someone else pointed out that the production releases have been steadily growing over the years with 6(?) deployed last year.
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PapaDragon Sat May 20, 2017 7:04 pm
miketheterrible wrote: .........
On that same note, the article talks about the importance of Proton Rocket. While Proton is important the Soyuz-2 is still operational and is used to launch satellites from both Russia and that Sea launch port.
Had Proton been necessary for Russian space launches Russia would have no military satellites to speak of.
As for SeaLaunch it is not in use currently and does not use Soyuz. If they do bring it back it will use Angara.
miketheterrible wrote: ....As well, Sarmat, there is very little info about it. Very little info about where it is at in terms of development. So we cant comment on what was said about problems. Although, they didn't mention what the problem was other than "the timing of the creation of the new rocket". Sarmat was already tested. ........
Sarmat has not flown yet, only it's glide vehicle but that one was launched from Voevoda/Satan.
We should not expect too much information on that one even after it is deployed. Very hush-hush material.
Viktor Sat May 20, 2017 10:23 pm
miketheterrible wrote: T-14's prices were reduced to something like $3.4M per tank. That was the latest of the reports on it quite some time back.
Because 5000 T-15 sounds even better. I bet Russia intends to use T-14 as a command post to control swarms of ground robots like Uran-9.
miketheterrible Sat May 20, 2017 10:43 pm
PapaDragon wrote:
Sorry, not sea launch, I meant to say Guiana Space center.
Benya Mon May 22, 2017 11:29 pm
Vedomosti again, or is this the "maskirovka" in action again?
Financing of defense research in Russia will increase
The newspaper Vedomosti published on May 22, 2017 the material of Aleksey Nikolsky "Science for War: Financing of Defense Research Projects Will Increase, Despite the Reduction of the Total Cost of the New State Arms Program," which says that the final meeting of the traditional series of meetings in Sochi on problems The rearming of the army on Friday [May 19] was devoted to research and development (R & D). "I propose to focus on the issues of creating a long-term technical reserve based on breakthrough technologies. Of course, we will also discuss the progress in the implementation of the most important research and development activities," Vladimir Putin, who presided at the meeting, quoted the President's website. Previous meetings were devoted to the formation of a new state armament program up to 2025 (GPV-2025) in general and procurement of weapons for certain types of Armed Forces and combat arms. This program should be finally approved in September, and its cost can be about 17 trillion rubles.
Perspective infantry fighting vehicle B-11 ("Object 695") in the pre-series version on the medium tracked platform "Kurganets-25" developed by JSC "Special Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering" (Kurgan) (c) Alexander Grek / www.popmech.ru
The share of R & D funding in GPO-2025 will definitely grow in comparison with the level that is laid in the current GPO until 2020, Colonel Viktor Murakhovsky is sure. Its total volume in 2011 was planned at a rate of 19 trillion rubles. To create new generations of weapons, scientific and technical resources are needed, which to the present day have largely been exhausted, he explains. The share of R & D will grow due to a reduction in procurement of weapons, which has been acquired over the last decade, the expert believes.
Exhaustion of the scientific and technical reserve for the creation of a new generation of weapons makes it unnecessary for the experimental design work to create their samples for further mass production, says expert of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Konstantin Makienko. In his opinion, in order to fill the scientific and technical backlog, more work is needed, which could be called closer to basic research. Therefore, the current system for the management of R & D defense purposes requires adaptation to the current situation, summarizes Makienko.
Tools for conducting such studies are, for example, the Foundation for Advanced Studies, but the expenditures for its programs are almost two orders of magnitude lower than for military R & D, and are billions, not hundreds of billions of rubles a year, says a former Defense Ministry official. The question arises whether, in the current situation, it is really necessary to have expensive R & D for the reproduction of weapons platforms, even during the Soviet era, even if equipped with new systems, or at least some of these funds are really better spent on the development of new technologies, the interlocutor argues. However, the development of new platforms, which has long entered the decisive stage and is close to the beginning of mass production, will in any case be continued and completed, he said, it is also a question of a new fifth-generation fighter T-50, and a new generation of armored vehicles, Missile systems and frigates project 23350.
Benya Tue May 23, 2017 10:43 pm
South Front's video about the SAP 2018-2025
miketheterrible Wed May 24, 2017 4:10 am
They are using old data once again. S-500 will start to enter service in this gpv simply because it was stated by the president himself and they also have a full training facility up and going to prepare troops for S-500.
News on training of personnel for S-500:
http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201702251242-4gxn.htm
Borisov mentioned S-500 in 2018:
https://tvzvezda.ru/news/opk/content/201704061453-qmzl.htm
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These are my great-grandparents (my dad's mom's parents) and I'm lucky enough to remember them a bit. Great-grandpa died when I was about 6, and great-grandma died when I was 15. They raised their family in southeastern AZ.
They started a family reunion tradition, which is held (for as long as I can remember), every two years, with each of their 5 kids rotating turns on who plans it.
This is from a reunion up in the AZ mountains in the late 80s. My grandma, with all her siblings, is second from the left on the back row.
These scanned weird, but here's the rest of my Williams family.
The tradition lived on this year, with all of us gathering in southern Utah near Zion National Park. I wasn't able to go the whole time, but Taylor, Courtney, Hallie and I loaded into the car on Friday after work and drove south. We pulled into Ponderosa Ranch right around sunset.
We got there just in time for a bonfire and s'mores with the whole gang, then we went back to the Britt's house for some real food.
The next morning we hung out around the ranch - it's a great place to have this kind of large gathering. Lots of activities and variety in types of accomodation (basic campground to luxury cabins and in between). Everyone was checking out of their place that day, so we got booted from the rooms a little early and had to figure out where to hang out inside since it was hot.
I though I'd be bunking it, but I didn't. Glad I took my air mattress.
Free breakfast. It was meh.
I slept up in the loft instead.
She constantly requests the games on my iPad.
Ryan came out of hibernation for once.
It was so fun to see my grandma with her sister. They're such good friends and live apart, and don't get to see each other enough. They told some funny stories about growing up and just giggled like little girls the whole time. It was especially touching, since a couple weeks later, my great aunt Corene passed away. My grandma is the only Carpenter sibling left now.
I really appreciate this tradition and hope it goes on for years to come, in some way or another. I'm glad for my heritage. I come from good people. And I like that I feel closer to them through these gatherings.
The Williams Family Cousins who were there.