Don't leave your audio visual needs last! Because of room sets, equipment footprints and overall design, involve your Audiovisual company at the beginning of your event, meeting, or conference to ensure synergy between venue staff and Audiovisual needs and services.
MAC v. PC: If you have a multitude of breakout sessions with various speakers, always ask if they plan to present with a MAC or a PC. MAC computers require a specific adaptor to standard VGA cables for connectivity to LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors. Knowing ahead of time gives your AV company the knowledge to preset all equipment necessary for successful session turns.
Troubleshooting "Toggling": Toggling is the general term given to the act of transferring a presentation from computer to a tangible source such as a monitor or a screen. Laptop computers are the most common forms of hardware used to present content. If a presenter runs into a challenge with toggling, there are 3 common things to check: ~ Loose cables – Always verify the projector cable is fit snugly to the computer and into the projector ~ Display Mode – Different computers have different procedures to transfer to screen, most commonly by a "function" key. Look for the words "VGA" or a picture of a display to locate the proper function key ~ Projector Input Source – To display from a laptop, projector inputs should be selected to "computer." There is usually a button which allows a user to scroll through various inputs located on top of most projectors.
Multiple microphones need mixers. If you have more than one microphone in any room, always order an audio mixer. Mixers allow for a variety of inputs and are used to adjust individual sound for each piece of equipment that requires amplification.
Don't Skimp on Projector "Brightness" for General Sessions and Large Event Gatherings. "Lumens" are units that measure the amount of visible light emitted through a source, such as an LCD projector. Larger screens ordered to display even viewing throughout large rooms require brighter images to fill visible viewing areas. For a standard General Session with (2) 9' X 12' Screens, the minimum lumen strength should be 7,000, measured in accordance by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
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A Warm Chai Oatmeal Almond Bowl is a great way to start your day! A great source source of energy and a wonderful way to warm up to a busy day.
This post has been sponsored by So Delicious. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Cincinnati has been throwing out it's wonky weather again. One day it will be a beautiful sunny day with highs in the 50's, and then the next day we wake up to below freezing temperatures and snowflakes flying around.
I definitely check the weather first thing in the morning. Will I be wearing layers of clothes with boots and scarves, or will it be a no coat kind of day?
Of course this wonky weather also affects how many times I must mop and vacuum. Yes, with three dogs running around the house, that leaves a lot of muddy paw prints. I have a really hard time with dirty floors, so after breakfast the floors get mopped. After midday they are mopped and of course before we all go to bed at the end of our muddy day, you guessed it mopping occurs. I just don't know how to make it any easier. Do you have any tips on how to keep your floors clean during these muddy months?
One thing I do know is how important starting off your day with a nutritious breakfast is. I have several friends who skip their morning breakfast, or will just have a bar of some sort because it is easy.
We should all have a breakfast that is balanced and hearty enough to give our bodies the energy that they need. Bars are fine on days when we are rushed, but they should not be a regular go to for our breakfast meal. Oatmeal is one of my favorite breakfast meals.
I am a big fan of almond milk, and adding So Delicious Organic Almondmilk to your oatmeal gives you the added benefits of keeping your oatmeal thick and rich, and lactose free. Plus So Delicious Organic Almondmilk is vegan with no preservatives (and under 50 calories each dairy-free serving!).
Then top your oatmeal with some chai spice which, I think is a great morning spice. Probably from all those chai latte's I have consumed over my life. A little pure maple to sweeten and berries for fiber and antioxidants.
You can make your oats and milk in the microwave, but I wanted to show you how easy it is to do on the stovetop. Just minutes a few stirs and you are left with your perfectly cooked oats. I am a fan of berries on my oats, but you can use raisins, bananas, or any fruit that you fancy.
A healthy and nutritious way to jumpstart your day.
Combine So Delicious Organic Vanilla Almondmilk and oats in a small saucepan over medium high heat, until comes to a low boil.
Stir occasionally, not allowing to come to a full boil. You can add more milk to thin the oatmeal.
Remove from heat and stir in Chai spice, and pure maple syrup.
Spoon into serving bowl and top with sliced almonds and fresh berries. Enjoy!
This looks great! Where do you purchase chai spice?
This is amazing. Gonna make them very soon! Thanks for sharing.
hey what a lovely recipe. I'm a big fan of oatmeal, it's high in fiber and reduces bad cholesterol.


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Chinatown · History · urban design · Vancouver
H-frame Power Poles: A cultural asset for Chinatown?
13/06/2019 John Atkin
Yes of course, maybe…
H-frame power poles have graced most downtown Vancouver lanes for over 80 years but with modernization of the electrical system BC Hydro has been busy putting the power lines underground and the H-frames have largely disappeared from the downtown core. A few lanes in the Downtown Eastside, Gastown and Chinatown still retain their H-Frames for the time being but not for much longer it seems.
Chinatown is in the midst of a multi-year program of evaluation, discovery and initiatives in the lead up to a potential application for World Heritage site status as a Cultural Landscape. Simply put, Chinatown with its remaining food stores, bbq and roasted meats, fish retailers and bakeries along with the active clan and county associations and where Cantonese and its dialects are still spoken forms a unique cultural landscape.
So H-frames.
Chinatown's look and feel comes from many sources such as the architecture, the dragon-style street lights, sidewalk paving and the Ginkgo trees planted in the 1980s along Pender Street, and from the lesser seen things such as the H-frames in the lanes.
Historically, electric power and Chinatown have had a close relationship. The original powerhouse for the Vancouver Electric Railway and Light Company was situated on the edge of the district between East Georgia and Union Streets just west of Main Street. From the power house a myriad of power lines ran through the lanes east and west of Main Street delivering power to the city. The H-frames in these two lanes while not carrying the same volume of wires are a reminder of that historic connection.
Chinatown is in the process of mapping its cultural assets which include obvious items such as historic buildings, food, cultural activities and the less obvious such as the granite curbs or the paving stones and wood blocks found under the layers of asphalt in the lanes and on the street, and the intangible such as the sounds of mahjong being played or a parking lot that was once the site of an important theatre. The H-frames may be part of that catalogue of assets and so they shouldn't be removed from Chinatown before this mapping work has been completed.
It might turn out that the H-frames can be reimagined as part of the often discussed lane activation to host innovative lighting, artwork, signage or whatever else that might emerge. Or they are left in place as industrial artifacts.
The H-frames should be retained while the work on Chinatown continues. It makes no sense to lose a potential resource and important visual aspect of the area before they are properly evaluated as part of the asset mapping.
What's on an H-frame
The top wires, the primary conductors, carry most of the electricity on the pole, moving down, the next set of wires consists of secondary conductors, typically delivering power to buildings while the lowest wires are cable and telephone lines.
The barrels hanging on a utility pole is a transformers used to lower the amount of voltage between the primary wires and secondary lines.
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On Art Posters, Freedom, and Tolerance
September 25, 2012 by Carol 1 Comment
My friend Vera was a Russian studies major back in college. At one point in the middle of our senior year, she came back to our suite one evening, very excited to tell us that she had been chosen to be a member of a panel that would debate a group of visiting students from the Soviet Union. (No, not the former Soviet Union. The actual USSR. I know this dates me, but please read on.)
In due time students arrived and the program went on. I honestly don't remember much about the panel discussion, but something that happened during their visit has stuck with me 'til today.
The men came to our suite as part of their tour of the campus. They were accompanied by minders/handlers/KGB — I really don't know, but some scary looking men. One of the students, Mikail, came to my room. He stopped dead in his tracks as he passed through the doorway and his eyes opened wide like proverbial saucers as he took in the various posters on my walls. You all probably had similar stuff: a Ben Shahn, a Gauguin, a Calder.
"What is all this?" he asked.
Puzzled by the question, I answered, "It's art." What did he think it was?
"Where did you get it?" he asked.
"Um, museum gift shops, poster stores, book stores." As I listed my sources, I suddenly realized that he had probably never seen anything other than government controlled "art" before this, so I couldn't resist adding, "We can buy any kind of art we want here in America." (His minder/handler/KGB guy was not in the room at this moment.)
Mikail nodded his head and became very quiet.
I have often thought of Mikail over the years, especially when the Soviet Union ultimately collapsed in 1991. Had I somehow planted a seed in our visitor's mind? Was Mikail pondering the freedom we have here? Did he participate in the revolution that saw the end of Communist rule? Did he go out and buy lots of art posters?
Why do I bring up that long-ago visit now? Because I wonder if there may be a connection with the mass protests and horrendous violence currently taking place across the Muslim world, allegedly in response to that stupid video produced in California.
The protesters live in countries in which their governments control everything, from how they dress to how they can worship to what they can say – to what they can consider art as opposed to what would be branded as heretical. But, with all the technology available today that enables instant communication, including discussion and argument, how is it that people in these countries don't know how we operate here? That we have the freedom to dress as we like and worship as we wish and to say what we believe, stupid and hateful stuff included. And that we, for the most part, respect each other's right to do so? Do they not understand this, or do they need to hate us in order to displace their own frustration at being under the thumb of repressive regimes?
Perhaps it is because some of these countries restrict access to information from the outside world. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Egypt are among the worst online oppressors.
Or, is it simply the uneducated, illiterate masses that are goaded into the violence? After all, according to the United Nations, only 66% of Egyptians are literate, 62% of Yemenites, 62% of Pakistanis, 38% of Afghanis, while masses of Libyans (with a 98% literacy rate) are now protesting the deadly and destructive rioters.
During the so-called Arab Spring, I prayed that a seed or two of our way of life had become implanted in the students who had come to our universities from these countries, that the idea of freedom had burrowed deep into their psyches, gathering nutrients, so that after a long dormancy was actually about to flower into something beautiful. I hope I will see that in my lifetime.
I wonder where Mikail is now, and what he has hanging on his walls.
Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: extremism, intolerance, rioting, violence
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I have long believed that it is the un-educated and the oppressed people in the Middle East that are so easily goaded into mob violence. For the most part, children growing up in the Middle East are raised to hate Americans and all that we stand for. While American children are raised to respect democracy, freedom and equality. Children in Lebanon as young as five were photographed during the riots proudly marching through the streets carrying guns. Did they truly understand what they were doing? The offensive film was merely an excuse to riot, to burn buildings, to destroy and to kill. I believe that the seeds of hatred are planted at birth. But what we do need to remember, and as Americas, we so readily turn the other check, is that not all of the two billion Muslims in this world believe that we are the enemy.


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Knoc follows the emerging and extremely powerful wave of "sharing of economy", where one's usage of something no longer depends on whether one owns it, and one's ownage of something is no longer limited to his/her usage. With advdancing technology, the world is approaching an age of sharing and mutual benefits. Knoc rides the wave of technology and this rapidly growing trend of "sharing of economy", and wishes to implement it in college campuses: a place where resources are not used efficiently or at all.
Knoc is a mobile app that provides a platform for colleges students to connect with each other in order to efficiently utilize the idle resources in college campuses. At the same time, it transforms college students' everyday routines into potential money-earning opportunities. Knoc encourages the sharing of resources between college students as they can use their skills and knowledge to help others who request for help.
There are students with busy schedules, and there are those who wish to earn money in college. Knoc satisfies both: it allows students to earn money within their own personal schedules and daily routines.
When one requests for a coffee while studying in the library, others can offer the coffee while they are buying one themselves. Knoc is all about multitasking: we want to give you methods of earning quick cash without having to go out of your way.
Through this social platform, we also hope to encourage and strengthen communication between students with diverse backgrounds and interests by showing that we can depend on each other when we need help with something. We want to magnifies the similarities in students behind their apparent differences.
Driver: earn as much as uber drivers in a even more convenient and efficient manner. Say, you drive home from school everyday. Then why don't you turn that into a quick buck by driving someone else to nearby places en route?
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We want students to focus on their studies. We are both college students as well, and we are tired of having to work our schedules around time-consuming and energy-draining part time jobs.
More importantly, many students do not have the privilege and opportunity to be hired for jobs in the United States. Knoc is about efficiency, and it is also about equality. All skills are valuable, and everyone is given equal chance to earn money with their own skills.
Knoc provides an open and equal platform for students to request their needs and for others to earn some money by helping others out.
We aspire to expand and spread our user base and service to colleges in each of the 50 states in the United States. Then, we wish to explore the United Kingdom area as well as the rest of Europe.
we will always reinvest money on improving our app's functionality.
we are all current college undergraduates.
Tell your friends, spread the words! We appreciate all your support.
Every creation faces risks and challenges; Knoc isn't any different. With our very limited current budget, we will need all the hard work from within our team and support from everyone else.
One of the challenges we are facing is our app development. Because of the coding complexity behind our app's functionalities, we will have to perfect the backend development and security system, especially. We have to make sure that when Knoc is available to the public, it will run smoothly from the start and provide the best user experience. This will take some time and patience in all stages of testing (a lot of testing). If any developers are interested to assist, let us know on our website!
Because Knoc is a user-driven app, it requires a big user base as well as a high frequency of use from our users. That being said, another challenge would be the promotion and marketing of our app. We plan on using mainly social media for marketing to our target audience. This will require both money and hard work but this is one of the biggest component that will determine the success of Knoc.
Thank you so much for supporting us and our idea!
Also, suggest to us a service that you wish you can have/could have in your present/past college life! We will include them in our app as part of our possible service scope.
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"I want to create engagement rings that speak to the uniqueness of each woman. A ring that you wear every day is more than just a symbol of love. It is also a reflection of personality and history," says Jessica, who often receives individual orders to create engagement rings. With glowing eyes, Jessica told me about her new bridal pieces, leading me to suggest that she likes creating this type of jewellery most of all.
Among the latest creations by this designer there are 6 unique rings: Little Mermaid, Luna, Space Odyssey, Princess from the Moon, Wings of Desire and Emerald-Cut Button Back. All are made with diamonds of various cuts, from the charmingly historic to the non-standard hexagonal, as well as the more conventional contemporary round shape. Jessica emphasised the individuality of each ring with the assistance of unusual decorative features: just take for instance the simple and elegant frame on the blackened silver of the Emerald-Cut Button Back ring, or the geometrical fringing of square diamonds on the Space Odyssey ring, or even the rather intricate shank adorned with diamonds and sea-shells on the Little Mermaid ring.
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I have one more for loop, which is written after the first for loop ends, but the second for loop runs as many times as the first for loop runs.
That is the main reason why I went for a separate for loop but it is not working.

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I am not sure what i am missing here.

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Fuji Travel is a concierge company with offices in Japan and Russia. Our team members are the perfectionists of tourism. We spend weeks, months to check all the possible information in different languages and from different places to find that unique thing or place, that will make your journey unforgettable. We do all our best to fulfill all our client's wishes.
Fuji Travel have a rich experience in organizing and handling non-standard tours. Gourmet, SPA experiences, thematic travel (from Japanese gardens to anime), sports tours, ski, diving, snorkeling, hiking, martial arts, marathons etc. We individually design unique tours for almost every traveler. The company's main goal is to satisfy our clients by offering them something new and special, rare products no one in the market does. Fuji Travel also organizes industrial tours, MICE tours, incentives and team building.


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Група Б на Европском првенству у кошарци 2011. је своје утакмице играла између 31. августа и 5. септембра 2011. Све утакмице ове групе су игране у Шјауљајска арени, Шјауљај, Литванија.

Група је састављена од репрезентација Србије, Француске, Немачке, Израела, Италије и Летоније. Три најбоље репрезентације су прошле у други круг такмичења.

31. август

Србија — Италија

Француска — Летонија

Немачка — Израел

1. септембар

Летонија — Србија

Израел — Француска

Италија — Немачка

2. септембар

Србија —Израел

Летонија — Италија

Француска — Немачка

4. септембар

Израел — Летонија

Италија — Француска

Немачка — Србија

5. септембар

Израел — Италија

Летонија — Немачка

Србија — Француска

Табела

Спољашње везе

 Група Б

Европско првенство у кошарци 2011.


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Q: Three.JS - apply image textute to .OBJ I'm trying to add an image texture to an loaded .OBJ
now it looks like that
https://cuplate.com/ttt.php
I use MeshBasicMaterial to load my image as a texture. I used that for different geometry on ThreeJS
OBJ loader is like this
var loader = new THREE.OBJLoader();
loader.load( './test1.obj',function ( object ) {
    object.traverse( function ( node ) {
    if ( node.isMesh) {
        node.material = materialOuter;
    }

});
    scene.add( object );
});

the image doesnt show....
How should I place my image on the front side of this plate?


Punjab Home Department issues forth warnings that the terror group Islamic State might launch attacks on civil and military targets.
In the wake of intelligence reports, the Punjab Home Department has issued alerts to Punjab police and other security agencies in Punjab, containing warnings that the self-styled Islamic State is planning attacks on various civil and military targets.
It has been speculated that Islamic State terrorists might zero in on the police patrols, military vehicles or private establishments. However, the reports from the intelligence agencies are in contradiction to what the Federal government had to say about presence of Islamic State (Daesh) in Pakistan.
In this regard, while talking with the Dawn, the law minister of Punjab Rana Sanaullah had purportedly said, that warning of this kind; have become a routine matter. "There is no existence of Daesh in Pakistan, especially in Punjab. There are some troublemakers belonging to banned outfits and the government is making efforts to eliminate these criminals," he said.
On the other hand, the Rawalpindi Regional Police Officer Mohammad Fakhar Sultan Raja, reckons to "sensitize private establishments" to the consternating threat alert, in order to chalk out the "precautionary measures" before long.
More than that, the Punjab government has issues an alert expressly mentioning that the Islamic State militants are eyeing to strike Pakistan Army vehicles which would be moving on Jalalpur Jattan Road along with the police patrols on the GT Road in Gujrat district.
Yet, an intelligence official additionally revealed that there are reports that Islamic State (Daesh) probable will target religious minorities and foreigners. Seeing the sever threats posed by the terrorist out-fit, a counterterrorism National Action Plan (NAP) will be employed by the security agencies and the Punjab police.


SEOUL, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 17th Apr, 2019 ) :South Korea will foster the decommissioning of nuclear power plants as its new growth engine under the Moon Jae-in government's long-term plan to reduce dependence on nuclear energy, the ministry of trade, industry and energy said Wednesday.
The ministry aimed to raise the country's market share in the world's nuclear decommissioning market to about 10 percent by the mid-2030s on expectations that the global decommissioning industry would start expanding in the mid-2020s given the design life of the world's nuclear reactors.
South Korea's nuclear decommissioning market was estimated at 22.5 trillion won (19.8 billion U.S. Dollars), around 4 percent of the estimated global decommissioning market worth 549 trillion won (483.
The Moon government unveiled a blueprint to phase out its dependence on nuclear energy by reducing the number of commercial nuclear reactors from the current 24 to 14 by 2038.
The atomic power would be replaced by renewable energy by increasing its share of power generation to 20 percent by 2030 from the current 7 percent.
South Korea planned to gain know-how and technology by decommissioning the Kori-1 reactor in the southeastern coastal region, which stopped operating in June 2017 with the end of its 40-year design life. The dismantling was scheduled to begin in 2022.


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Health and safety were a priority in this extension, which would serve as the first and second floor fire exits.
Extension to the existing school
Segregation of the site to protect students and staff
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Scissett Middle School brought Building Projects Group on board for an extension because of the serious health and safety nature of it. This new extension would serve as the fire exit for the first and second floors of the existing school, and they needed someone they could trust to ensure the school was abiding by relevant fire regulations. All the while, they would need to remain fully operational while we worked.
Building Projects Group were appointed to construct a new extension which would form a new fire exit from the first and second floors of the existing school. This was a requirement that was needed to ensure the school was abiding by relevant fire regulations. The school remained fully operational for the majority of the works, BPG ensured the students and staff were segregated and protected from the works.
Working in live environments is a particular expertise of ours, so that was immediately no issue. We knew how we would segregate and protect the students and staff from the work. As for the fire safety requirements, this was something we handled expertly, too. We are no strangers to taking on health and safety management responsibilities, and this project was no different. Not only did the finished product abide by all regulations, but we also integrated the new fire alarm systems into the existing network.
Building Projects Group not only adhered to these restrictions, but we completed this scheme on time and within budget. We successfully cooperated with the school, maintaining a strong system of communication at all times to ensure no disruption was brought to their day-to-day operations.
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EuroChem Reports IFRS Financial Information for Q2 2013
Moscow, 14 August 2013 – EuroChem today reported consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2013 of RUB 45.4bn (US$ 1.4bn), which represented an 8% increase on the RUB 41.9bn obtained in the same period the previous year. For the second quarter of the year, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) decreased 20% year-on-year to RUB 12.7bn (US$ 402m). On a like-for-like basis, excluding the effects of our EuroChem Agro acquisition in Q3 2012, our revenues and EBITDA for the second quarter of 2013 amounted to RUB 35.3bn and RUB 12.3bn respectively.
Sales volumes for our nitrogen and phosphate segments, excluding mineral raw materials and hydrocarbons, amounted to 2,600 thousand tonnes (KMT) in the second quarter of the year, as compared to 2,505 KMT in the same period last year. The additional 95 KMT represented a 4% increase on the second quarter of 2012. Receiving a boost from the additional nitrogen production and distribution capacity acquired in Western Europe, first half 2013 sales volumes increased 12% year-on-year or by 589 KMT. Despite phosphate sales volumes retreating slightly on account of lower demand, nitrogen sales volumes increased by 716 KMT. Sales volumes for mineral raw materials for the three month period ending 30 June 2013 amounted to 1,484 KMT, representing a 6% year-on-year increase and a 22% increase on the previous three month period.
"We had another strong quarter in spite of the challenging market backdrop. Our expanding offering of both commodity and specialty products combined with the growing depth of our distribution reach to customers have provided us with the flexibility to unlock value throughout our business," CEO Dmitry Strezhnev commented. "In parallel, our investment initiatives are on track to give us added resilience and the ability to lend further support to customers and farmers in their quest to increase agricultural yields."
Following this year's quiet start, the second quarter saw a strong return of buying activity in all three nutrient segments. However, the inventory build-up generated by an abnormally slow first quarter helped keep markets well supplied, as demonstrated by the amount of oversubscribed tenders in nitrogen and phosphates as wells as the agreement deferrals in potash.
India and China generated much of the market headwinds, as the former grappled with further devaluation of its currency and the latter looked set to export record amounts of urea. At the same time, declines in raw material prices such as for ammonia, sulphur and phosphate rock helped alleviate some of the pressure at both non-integrated producer and customer levels.
In the second quarter of 2013, prilled urea (FOB Yuzhny) had an average of USD 343/tonne, which represented a 28% decline on the second quarter of 2012. At an average of USD 274/tonne for the quarter, ammonium nitrate (FOB Black Sea) prices were 17% below their Q2 2012 level. UAN (FOB Yuzhny) prices displayed a similar trend and finished the quarter down 12% year-on-year.
India's prolonged absence from the phosphate market further weakened sentiment and caused ripples on the global phosphate landscape. Despite a pick-up in activity in anticipation of peak Kharif season, high inventory levels counterbalanced prices. While flat quarter-on-quarter, at USD 492/tonne, average MAP (FOB Baltic Sea) prices for the second quarter of 2013 were 14% behind the USD 571/tonne average realised in the same period a year ago.
As in phosphates, potash demand was affected by India's currency slide as well as by the lingering cold across Western markets which reduced fertilizer application windows in Europe and North America. As in the last quarters, South America remained a bright spot highlighted by constant, albeit modest, demand. For the second quarter of 2013, MOP (FOB Baltic Sea) contract prices averaged USD 364/tonne, trailing the same period the previous year by 14%. Trending similarly, MOP (FOB Baltic Sea) spot prices also retreated 14% to USD 402/tonne as compared to USD 470/tonne in Q2 2012.
Iron ore prices (62% Fe, CFR China) came back down from their Q1 2013 highs to an average of USD 128/tonne in the second quarter of 2013. Year-on-year, average iron prices were 11% lower than in the second quarter of 2012.
Segment revenues (both volume and value) are shown gross and inclusive of intra-segment sales.
Nitrogen segment
In the second quarter of 2013, sales volumes for our nitrogen segment increased 10% year-on-year to 2,049 KMT. This increase was realised as strong demand for UAN and NPK fertilizers, which increased 68% and 29%, respectively, alleviated a 16% drop in AN sales volumes.
Higher sales volumes outside Russia combined with a stronger US dollar helped drive a 9% year-on-year increase in our nitrogen segment revenues as these grew from RUB 23.6bn a year ago to RUB 25.6bn for the second quarter of 2013. Nevertheless, our nitrogen segment EBITDA reflected the mismatch between the pricing dynamics for raw material and final product and declined to RUB 7.6bn as compared to RUB 9.9bn in Q2 2012. For the first half of 2013, our Nitrogen revenues were up 28% to RUB 52bn, while EBITDA trailed the previous year's RUB 16bn by 2%.
Sales to Europe, as a percentage of total nitrogen segment sales, jumped 37% year-on-year and accounted for 25% of total segment sales. Sales volumes in Russia declined slightly and accounted for 18% of our nitrogen segment sales. Rounding out the top three with the help of a 90% increase over Q2 2012 was Asia which accounted for 15% of segment sales.
For the first six months of 2013, average natural gas prices at our Novomoskovskiy Azot and Nevinnomysskiy Azot nitrogen fertilizer facilities were RUB 3,643. and 3,799 per 1,000m3respectively (c. USD 3.65 and 3.81/mmBtu), compared to RUB 3,186 and 3,331/1,000m3 (c. USD 3.24 and 3.38/mmBtu) in the first half of 2012. While Russian gas prices increased by 15% in RUB terms from July 2012, our partial upstream back integration into natural gas helped alleviate the rise.
The results of Severneft-Urengoy (SNU), our oil and gas subsidiary are included in the Group's nitrogen segment. In the second quarter of 2013, these assets sold 201 million m3 of natural gas to Novomoskovskiy Azot at the regulated price less a 5% discount. SNU contributed RUB 234m to Group EBITDA in Q2 2013 and RUB 571m for the year so far. Its daily natural gas production at the time of this release had reached 2.5 million m3.
Phosphate segment
Our phosphate segment sales volumes for the second quarter of 2013 amounted to 550 KMT as compared to 643 KMT for the same period last year. The 14% year-on-year decline in sales volumes was mainly driven by weaker demand for NP and feed phosphate products. While global demand for phosphate fertilisers was tainted by India's limited intake, our MAP/DAP sales volumes nonetheless remained broadly in line with the previous year.
The difficult trading conditions stemming from India's currency slide coupled with above average stock levels applied steady pressure on prices throughout the second quarter. The lower year-on-year phosphate prices brought Q2 2013 phosphate segment revenues down 12% to RUB 14.5bn.
Our raw material mining operations accounted for 38% of EuroChem's Q2 phosphate segment revenues. Lower prices across the phosphates fertiliser product range allowed the share of raw material mining products within the phosphate segment's EBITDA to expand to 71%.
Accounting for 30% of our sales, Asia remained the leading market for our phosphate segment, a position largely secured by our sales of iron ore concentrate from Kovdor to China in addition to fertilizer products. This compares to 34% a year ago when Indian buyers had entered the market much earlier in the quarter. Europe gained 10% and accounted for 27% of total segment sales. As in Q2 2012, Russia was once again our third largest market in phosphates with a share of 17% of total segment sales.
Potash segment
As previously disclosed, we are pleased to report that cage shaft sinking operations resumed following the successful completion of the shaft freezing stage. The cage shaft sinking operations had to be halted more than a year ago as the grouting technology used by a South African contractor, which had been hired for the project, failed to pass the 100-meter mark. The shaft is now being protected during the sinking effort by a freeze wall which is designed and operated by Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH. The German shaft sinking specialist is involved in the freezing of shafts at both our sites, VolgaKaliy and Usolskiy Potash.
Sinking operations at our Usolskiy potash site in the Urals were on track with our development schedule. The phase I cage shaft passed the 430 meter mark while the skip shaft had reached a depth of 469 meters. With both shafts now well in the ore body, initial freezing borehole abandonment procedures were initiated at both sinking sites. Our Usolskiy crews continued to progress horizontally, performing excavation work on the haulage sections and loading stations. Up on the surface, we continued working on the grading of terraces as well as the construction of railway infrastructure.
Capital expenditure (capex) for our potash projects increased 7% year-on-year and amounted to RUB 3.3bn in the second quarter of 2013 (Q2 2012: RUB 3.1bn). For the first six months of the year we had proceeded with total capital expenditures of RUB 14.6bn, of which 49% was dedicated to our potash segment.]
Recent developments within the potash market
Following the announced withdrawal of Uralkali from BPC, the probability of a migration of the potash market toward a more commodity type structure where prices are based on marginal producer cost levels has increased. This has no bearing today on our investments and commitment to potash. Given the fairly advanced development stages of both of our two greenfield potash projects and their projected position on the global cost curve, the break-even potash price necessary to justify future investments is meaningfully below today's marginal producer level. We currently expect first production to start in 2017 and our full capacity for the first phases of operation for these two projects to be reached in 2020 for Volgakaliy and 2021 for Usolskiy.
Distribution segment
Sales from our distribution segment, which encompasses retail sales of mineral fertilizers (including third party), seeds, and crop protection products via more than 25 retailers primarily concentrated across southwestern Russia and Ukraine remained stable. Revenues from our distribution segment reached RUB 4.1bn in the second quarter of 2013 and accounted for 9% of total Group sales (Q2 2012: 10%). EBITDA for the segment amounted to RUB 218m.
Buoyed by additional volumes and positive foreign exchange movements, EuroChem consolidated revenues increased 8% year-on-year, from RUB 41.9bn in the second quarter of 2012 to RUB 45.4bn in the second quarter of 2013. During the same period, Group EBITDA declined 20% on pricing effects to RUB 12.7bn as compared to the RUB 15.9bn achieved in Q2 2012, when favourable planting conditions across major markets lifted nitrogen fertilizer prices above their average levels.
Raw material mining co-products from our apatite mining in Kovdor added RUB 5.6bn to consolidated revenues and RUB 2.6bn to Group EBITDA, while our Severneft Urengoy operations added RUB 1.1bn in revenues and RUB 0.2bn in EBITDA.
Stronger production volumes coupled with increases in the prices for raw material pushed cost of sales up by 25% year-on-year from RUB 23bn in Q2 2012 to RUB 28bn in Q2 2013. Despite registering a corresponding 24% year-on-year increase, materials and components used or resold remained stable within the total costs structure and accounted for 63% of total costs of sales in the second quarter of 2013 (Q2 2012: 63%).
Faced with a further 15% increase to Russian domestic gas prices in July 2012, our partial back integration into natural gas yielded positive results. Since the introduction of the new tariff, our gas assets limited the effects of the increase on the Group's natural gas costs for fertilizer production to 4%. Furthermore, as the result of a 3% reduction to the gas tariff from April 2013, our total gas costs associated with fertilizer production declined from RUB 3.4bn in the second quarter of 2012 to RUB 3.3bn in Q2 2013.
The upward pricing revision to power tariffs drove energy costs up from RUB 1.6bn a year ago to RUB 1.8bn in the second quarter of 2013. Notwithstanding this 10% year-on-year increase, the launch of additional internal power generation capacity allowed us to mitigate the tariff growth. Energy costs accounted for 6% of total costs of sales in the second quarter of 2013, down from 7% for the same period in 2012. Additionally, and partially as a result of the above-mentioned factors, our second quarter energy costs declined 12% quarter-on-quarter when compared to the RUB 2.0bn spent in the first three months of 2013.
While our Q2 2013 labour costs increased 15% year-on-year, their share within the costs structure decreased one percentage point and accounted for 10% of our second quarter costs of sales. The RUB 361m increase was primarily attributable to a Group-wide annual salary indexation from January 2013.
Our total distribution costs for the second quarter of 2013 reflected our consolidation of EuroChem Agro from July 2012 and increased by 9% to RUB 6.1bn (Q2 2012: 5.6bn). Transportation costs inched up 3% to RUB 4.6bn, at the same, while these costs accounted for 80% of total distribution costs last year, their share decreased to 75% in the second quarter of 2013.
Total general and administrative (G&A) expenses for the second quarter of the year amounted to RUB 1.6bn, as compared to RUB 1.3bn in the second quarter of 2012. Labour and contributions to social fund represented 49% of General and administrative costs (Q2 2012:51%) and increased 17% year-on-year to RUB 793m. Total Group staff costs (including social expenses) increased by 19% or by RUB 658m to RUB 4.2bn. The increase was largely driven by the combined effects of the January 2013 salary indexation and the additional personnel intake from the consolidation of EuroChem Agro.
Other operating income for the second quarter of 2013 amounted to RUB 600m, as compared to RUB 1.4bn in the corresponding period a year ago. The main components of our other operating income for the quarter comprised RUB 843m in foreign exchange gains that were offset by sponsorship expenses in the amount of RUB 281m. Our main project for the period involved the construction of a new state-of-the-art sports facility in Kėdainiai, Lithuania, as part of the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of our Lifosa phosphates facility.
Below the operating level, given the Group's mostly US dollar-denominated debt portfolio, the depreciation of the Russian rouble against the U.S. dollar led to an unrealized financial foreign exchange loss of RUB 4.0bn in the second quarter of 2013, whereas unrealized losses of RUB 5.8bn were recorded for the same period in 2012. A 25% interest expense increase arose from our USD 750m Eurobonds issuance in December 2012.
For the second quarter of the year, net working capital increased 4% to RUB 25.9bn, up from RUB 24.9bn in the first quarter of 2013. One of the factors behind this growth was an increase in trade debtors on higher sales volumes from EuroChem Agro and our U.S. trading arm.
EuroChem's portfolio of borrowings from banks remained unchanged in the second quarter of the year. As at 30 June 2013, EuroChem's net debt to 12-month rolling EBITDA stood at 1.97x (including estimated pro-forma LTM EBITDA of EuroChem Agro). While slightly higher than the 1.73x ratio of the previous quarter, our Q2 2013 leverage remained well below Group debt covenant levels and in line with our targeted across-the-cycle range.
Second quarter operating cash flow amounted to RUB 9.6bn as compared to RUB 11.1bn in Q2 2012. The decrease followed the decline in operating profit during the same period.
Our capex spending for the three months ended 30 June 2013 totalled RUB 7.2bn, of which RUB 3.3bn for potash and RUB 3.6bn for our nitrogen and phosphates segments combined. The remainder was mainly allocated to investments in our distribution network and logistics infrastructure.
While fertilizer prices mirrored the drop in soft commodity prices on expectations of a strong harvest, the affordability of fertilizers and the incentive for farmers to increase yields remains unchanged.
In nitrogen, urea appears stable but remains under pressure from the Chinese presence in the market. In addition to the lower tax window, Chinese urea producers are also benefiting from low coal prices; however, restrictions on sales from bonded warehouses could prevent exports from matching the export levels observed last year.
The outlook for ammonia is mixed – on the one hand we expect to see further tightening in the market as a result of upcoming production cutbacks in Trinidad, while on the other we see additional supply out of Algeria possibility mitigating any disruptions.
In phosphates, India remains the key wildcard. Excluding currency risks further eroding purchasing power, inventory levels need to come down before any pick-up in activity level is felt. With that in mind, we expect to see buying activity returning from September.
Although iron ore prices could somewhat temporarily soften around autumn holidays in China, we expect average prices for the upcoming quarter to remain within a 130-140 USD/tonne range.
Buyers of potash may be confused by the recent news flow from producers and commentators and could refrain from restocking until the dust settles, which may take a few months.


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Renewals of Clooz are currently using a slightly different format for the serial numbers. This new format was first supported in version 3.5.0. If you have a serial number issued in 2016, and your version of Clooz is too old to accept it, you need to update Clooz first.
When running the setup program, use the password provided in your original purchase instructions to unlock the program. When Clooz first runs after installation, it will request your new serial number.
One year of update support is provided with each purchase of Clooz. Thereafter, the support is renewable on an annual basis. Each additional year begins on the previous expiration date. So if your update support expires on 1 April 2016, and you purchase a renewal in July, the one year period still begins 1 April 2016.
Update support cannot be renewed after 10 months of lapsed support.
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Go Further on the Bike Path with Ford Bicycles!
Ford has been quite outspoken about their intention to become a mobility company, not just a car company. What does that mean, exactly? Well, Ford rolls out more and more answers to that question every month, from an in-car app to reserve parking spacing in crowded city centers to the world's first wheelchair accessible SUV. But one new avenue Ford is embarking down got us really excited this week: Ford brand folding bicycles!
While none of us were looking, Ford has been going hard at making bikes that appeal to people who don't like to go places without their Ford car or truck.
There's the Ford electric bike from Pedego, which lets you transition seamlessly from your plug-in C-Max, Focus, or Fusion to a plug-in cruiser bike. As with all of the bikes we've seen that Ford partnered to create, what we love so much about the Pedego isn't the Ford name on the side, it's the work that went into designing a bike that looks like a Ford bike, even though Ford makes things with 4 wheels, not 2.
But the bike that really has our gears turning – because while we love batteries in our cars, we like our bikes to make us sweat a little – is Ford's partnership with Dahon, the world leader in folding bicycles.
The synergy between the two products is so flawless it's almost beautiful. Say you and your significant other love your Ford C-Max Energi. You'd also love to get outside more, but it's impossible to fit a bike in your car, and you aren't sure you're ready for a bike rack.
Enter the Dahon Ford C-Max. It has the same logo as your car, it somehow even has the same style as your car if it were a bike, and it folds to fit in your trunk! You and yours could all go for a ride without sweating the details of loading up the car, and without sitting on or in anything that wasn't a C-Max!
We weren't in the market for a bike last week. We actually are now. That sounds like a successful mobility solution to us! Now if you'll excuse us, we have to decide between a $300 Taurus and a $325 C-Max!
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If India has to develop her internal strengths, the nation has to focus on the technological imperatives, keeping inmind three dynamic dimensions : The people, the overall economy and the strategic interests. These technological imperatives also take into account a 'fourth' dimension, time, an offshoot of modern day dynamism in business trade, and technology that leads to continually shifting targets. We believe theat technological strengths are especially crucial in dealing with this fourth dimension underlying continuous change in the aspirations of the people, the economy in the global context, and the strategic interests. The progress of technology lies at the heart of human history. Technological strengths are the key to creating more productive employment in an increasingly competitive market place and to conintually upgrade human skills. Without a pervasive use of technologies we cannot acheive overall development of our people in the years to come. The direct linkages of technology to the nations strategic strenghts are becoming more and more clear, especially since 1990's. India's own strength in a number of core areas still puts it in a position of reasonable strength in geo-political context. Any nation aspiring to become a developed one needs to have strengths in various strategic technologies and also the ability to continually upgrade them through its own creative strengths. For people- oriented actions as well, whether for the creation of large scale productive employment or for ensuring nutritional and health security for people, or for better living conditions, technology is the only vital input. The absence of greater technological impetus could lead to lower productivity and wastage of precious natural resources. The technolgoical imperatives to lift our people to a new life, and to a life they are entitled to is important. India, aspiring to become a major economic power interms of trade and increase in GDP, cannot succeed on the strength of turnkey projects designed and built abroad or only through large scale imports of plant machinery, equipments and know how. Even while being alive to the short-term realities, medium and long term strategies to develop core technological strengths within our industry are vital for envisioning a developed India.
(A) Lifting our people to a life of dignity.


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The Kentucky Headhunters Come Out Swingin' 'Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair'
By Steven Ovadia January 18, 2019 Updated: April 10, 2020 No Comments4 Mins Read
I somehow managed to make it almost 43 years without hearing the music of the Kentucky Headhunters. Luckily for me, that unfortunate streak ended recently with Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair. This combination live/studio album, via Alligator Records, documents a band at the peak of their powers but also serves as a great introduction for me to a delightfully complex group.
The Kentucky Headhunters don't fall into a convenient genre. They're rock. They're blues. They're country. And they have a metallic edge that's also somehow sweetened by their gruff background vocals. The album, captured at the 2016 Ramblin' Man Fair in Maidstone, UK, has the loose energy of a live show, but the band is as tight as a military operation. Like they're storming the English shores while also finding time to see some sights.
Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair kicks off with "Big Boss Man." The studio version from the cover album of the same name has country-inflected vocals courtesy of singer/bassist Doug Phelps. The live version has Phelps showing off more of a blues growl that gives the track a decidedly ZZ Top flavor, aided by a rhythm that's "Mystery Train" on steroids. From the second the guitars, drums and vocals slam into action, the listener is glued to the sound.
The album features quite a few cover songs. Probably because it's the first time in their 50 year career that they played in Europe (guitarist Richard Young has a fear of flying), and they wanted to psych the crowd up with familiar tracks. Their take on "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" borrows from the Derek and the Dominoes cover, injecting it with more guitar fuzz and stripping it down just enough. Young handles the vocals, immediately connecting with the desperation of the track via his voice, while guitarist Greg Martin connects to the same with his guitar.
The band closes out the live portion of the album with an epic cover of The Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down," which has sweet country vocals, searing blues guitar, and a drum groove that would make Black Sabbath jealous. On this one the band is joined by Black Stone Cherry, and the cover is familiar and faithful. That said, The Headhunters manage to imprint their personality on the track. No easy task when dealing with something as iconic as a Beatles song. The band segues into "Hey Jude's" classic sing-song ride out, ending the show on the perfect note.
But wait! There's more! Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair concludes with three lost studio tracks (recorded in 2003) destined for their 2015 Meet Me In Bluesland album. These tracks feature the band performing with piano legend Johnnie Johnson, the criminally under-appreciated artist who had a role in inventing Chuck Berry's music. The tracks are all solid, especially "Rock 'N' Roller" which features Johnson's instantly-familiar boogie piano against Eric Clapton-esque guitar. The Johnson cuts don't necessarily mesh with the live album's perfectly raucous energy, but one should never turn down an opportunity to hear Johnson working with a great band.
Kentucky Headhunter fans are going to want to grab this album immediately. Don't even wait until the end of this paragraph. If you love blues, country, and rock, perfectly combined but erring on the side of loud and powerful, you're going to want to get this offering. It demonstrates how an experienced, seasoned band can fearlessly command the stage in a foreign land. Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair made me Kentucky Headhunters fan almost instantly.
Artist: The Kentucky Headhunters
Title: Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair
Label: Alligator Records
Release Date: January 11th, 2019
*Feature image Ashley Hawkins
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30+ Dems Defect on Tax-Vote Maneuver Boehner Calls 'Chicken Crap
"political games"
On Thursday, Democrats pulled a sly political maneuver meant to derail Republican efforts to extend all of the Bush-era tax cuts. The move drew the ire of Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner (R-OH), who called it "chicken crap," and also angered over 30 House Democrats who defected and voted against the maneuver.
The move will only allow debate on extending tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year, effectively shutting down debate on the most controversial part of the cuts: extending them for high-end earners -- a group Republicans contend contains droves of small business owners.
Yesterday, Democrats scheduled a vote on the tax cuts for Thursday but only for those under the $250,000 mark. The move today now ensures that lawmakers will only be allowed to debate and vote on extending cuts below that threshold.
Shortly after the move was announced, Boehner expressed his extreme displeasure, accusing Democrats of playing "political games" and calling it "chicken crap":
"Voting for this rule is, in effect, a vote to raise taxes and destroy jobs, and yet another sign that Washington Democrats just don't get it," Boehner spokesman Micheal Steel wrote in an e-mail to reporters.
Apparently Boehner and Steel aren't the only ones who think so. A total of 33 Democrats broke rank to vote against the tactic. According to The Hill, the list of defectors contains mostly "centrist Blue Dog Democrats, many of whom were defeated on Election Day":
Rep. John Adler (N.J.)
Rep. Jason Altmire (Pa.)
Rep. Brian Baird (Wash.)
Rep. Melissa Bean (Ill.)
Rep. Marion Berry (Ark.)
Rep. Dan Boren (Okla.)
Rep. Allen Boyd (Fla.)
Rep. Bobby Bright (Ala.)
Rep. Ben Chandler (Ky.)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (Va.)
Rep. Jim Cooper (Tenn.)
Rep. Jim Costa (Calif.)
Rep. Jerry Costello (Ill.)
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (Pa.)
Rep. Artur Davis (Ala.)
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (Ind.)
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (S.D.)
Rep. Jim Himes (Conn.)
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (Ariz.)
Rep. Dan Lipinski (Ill.)
Rep. Jim Marshall (Ga.)
Rep. Jim Matheson (Utah)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (N.C.)
Rep. Walt Minnick (Idaho)
Rep. Harry Mitchell (Ariz.)
Rep. Jim Moran (Va.)
Rep. Tom Perriello (Va.)
Rep. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (N.D.)
Rep. Mike Ross (Ark.)
Rep. Heath Shuler (N.C.)
Rep. Zack Space (Ohio)
Despite the tactic, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed that any bill that did not extend tax cuts to all would be dead on arrival in the Senate.
"Forty-two Republican senators, which is all of us, and an indeterminate number, significant number of Democrats, don't think we ought to raise taxes on anybody," McConnell said Wednesday night. "So regardless of what the majority forces House Republicans to do, it's not going to go anywhere. We're going to extend the current tax rates, we're not going to raise taxes on anybody. The only thing we're discussing right now is how long that extension will be."