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Reclaim Affordable Housing from Migrants, Chinese Invasion of Australia
Cashed-up chinese swoop on Aussie properties
by John Hood AC, editor writ large (acting) • January 21, 2014
It has been reported in The Australian in August 2013
According to research by the National Australia Bank, foreign buyers snapped up one in every eight new properties built in 2013. This trend has more than doubled from one in 20 properties just two years ago.
Cashed-up chinese buyers in particular are swooping on Australia's housing bargains to cash in on the next property boom.
Chinese migrants are helping friends and family in China to skirt Australia's foreign investment rules by purchasing established homes on their behalf, agents have told News Corp newspapers.
And Chinese developers are swooping on run-down commercial properties in Sydney and Melbourne to "land bank" and redevelop as apartments during the next boom.
So great is the international demand – fuelled by a falling Aussie dollar and Beijing's ban on buying more than one property – that some developers are now marketing new units exclusively to offshore buyers.
"We're hearing that a lot of developers now aren't even marketing in Australia," NAB senior economist Robert De Iure said yesterday.
"They're marketing them in Hong Kong, Singapore and China and we're not even getting a look-in."
Andrew Taylor, the Australian founder of Chinese property website Juwai, said Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane were the most popular cities for Chinese househunting – but "Perth is really climbing fast".
He said established homes were more popular than apartments bought off-the-plan.
But Mr Taylor said Chinese migrants were buying properties on behalf of family and friends living in China.
"Many international buyers will use their family and extended networks to purchase property in Australia," he said from Shanghai.
"If they have a relative who is a permanent resident, there is no restriction in purchasing a property."
Australia's foreign investment rules ban foreigners from buying established homes, and developers can sell half their properties to foreign investors before they are built.
Temporary migrants, including foreign students, can buy an established home so long as they sell it when they leave Australia.
John McGrath, founder and chief executive of McGrath Estate Agents, agreed that some Chinese migrants were buying established houses on behalf of friends and family in China.
"There is no doubt that friends and extended family are making some acquisitions that may well be held in trust for others," he said.
Mr Taylor said upper-middle class Chinese did not want "trophy homes" but were looking for "solid investments" or apartments for their children studying in Australia.
He said one Chinese buyer with $1 million to spent told him she loved Melbourne because "it's close to kangaroos and the Great Ocean Road and they pay you to have babies".
Colliers International's managing director of residential property in Australia, Peter Chittenden, yesterday said Asian buyers were purchasing 60 per cent of units being sold off-the-plan in big developments.
He said overseas buyers had snapped up two in every three of the 588 luxury apartments in the Singaporean-owned Tower Melbourne development – being constructed as the city's tallest building.
"In the inner city of Melbourne, within a 1km radius, the attention from Chinese buyers is just huge," he said.
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Offshore property marketing specialist Iron Fish yesterday said many Asian investors were abandoning Singapore and Hong Kong in favour of Australia.
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HEMISPHERIC PROGRAMS ADVISORY GROUP (RED CIRCLE) AND TECHNICAL SPECIALIST NETWORK (GRAY CIRCLE)
For the development and implementation of its technical cooperation model, IICA has a group of high-level advisers who provide professional guidance in the conceptual development and implementation of the main tasks and programmatic objectives. Their areas of expertise include: international trade, bioeconomy, territorial development and family farming; circular agriculture and climate change, among others. Due to their international experience, they also provide general guidance and advice on technical cooperation, contribute directly to the strengthening of our strategic alliances and, fundamentally, actively collaborate in achieving the knowledge management that the Institute leads and is fundamental in the current cooperation model.
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MARCELO REGUNAGA
ARGENTINA – BIOECONOMY
An agricultural engineer, Marcelo Regunaga holds a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Paris-Sorbonne, where he also completed the courses of the Third Cycle (Doctoral) Program. An agricultural economist, he has experience in projects, competitiveness and international negotiations. He serves as an academic coordinator and professor at the Business Education Center of the University of San Andres, and as a professor in the Agribusiness and Food Master's Program of the University of Buenos Aires. He has worked as a postgraduate professor at the Entre Ríos National University (UNER) and the National University of the South (UNS), as well as in the Fruit Agribusiness Program in Río Negro. He works as an independent consultant and manager of agribusinesses. He has served as a consultant to national and international organizations (IFC, UNDP, OAS, ECLAC, IICA, IDB, the World Bank, IFAD, the European Commission, FAO, USAID, CIMMYT and CIAT).
ANTONIO DE OLIVEIRA
BRAZIL – BIOECONOMY
Antonio de Oliveira holds a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Aston University in Birmingham, United Kingdom, as well as a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Parà (UFPA) in Belem, Brazil. He has extensive experience in environmental technology, biofuel production and biorefinery, thermal conversion of biomass, chemical balance, renewable energies, process simulation (Aspen Plus), energy efficiency, hydrogen production using hydrocarbons, CO2 capture processes, reactive flow in fixed and fluidized bed reactors, and energy forecasting scenarios.
CARLOS POMAREDA
PERU – BIOECONOMY
An agricultural engineer, Carlos Pomareda holds a Doctoral degree in Agricultural Economics, and has extensive experience in economics, trade and management in the field of agriculture. He served as the Director of IICA's Policy Program from 1987 to 1993. Since 1994, he has been the Manager of International Services for Business Development and the Corporate Manager of Corporación Ganadera Los Laureles. He has also served as a consultant for governments, companies, private sector organizations and international organizations.
PERU – TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
Carolina Trivelli holds a Master's degree in Agricultural Economics from Pennsylvania State University. She graduated as an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). She currently works as a senior researcher at the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP) and as a consultant for various international organizations. She served as the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru from 2011 to 2013. In Peru, she forms part of the Board of Directors of KUNAN, Sembrando Juntos, the civil association Transparencia, Proética and Sepia. At the international level, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics and forms part of the Advisory Committee of the Id4D initiative (World Bank); she also chairs the International Advisory Council of the Latin American Center for Rural Development (RIMISP). She is a member of the Advisory Committee of Aequales and of the PUCP School of Management. She also forms part of the Advisory Commission for the Estimation of Poverty of the National Institute of Statistics (INEI) of Peru and of the Fiscal Council of Peru. She is a columnist for the Economics section of El Comercio newspaper and a member of the editorial committee of Hacer Perú.
JOSÉ EMILIO GUERRERO
SPAIN – TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
José Emilio Guerrero holds a Doctoral degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Córdoba (Spain). He is a professor at the Technical School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering (ETSIAM) of the University of Córdoba and a scholarship recipient of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) of Spain. He is a visiting professor in the School of Agricultural, Veterinary and Forestry Sciences of the University of Chile. He is the author of numerous publications on topics related to animal production, the environment and rural development, as well as R+D projects. He is the Deputy Director of External Relations at ETSIAM, and oversees the Erasmus and Tempus student and teacher exchange programs..
DESIREE ELIZONDO
NICARAGUA – CLIMATE CHANGE
Desiree Elizondo holds Master's and Doctoral degrees in Soil and Water Sciences from the University of California, Davis. She was a visiting professor at Stanford University from 1997 to 1998; during that period, her areas of research and study were institutional development processes, State-civil society relations, public accountability and government transparency. From 1998 to 1999, she taught at the University of Berkeley, where she conducted research on sustainable water management, environmental impact assessment procedures in Latin America, and the water economy. She has 25 years of experience in evaluation and monitoring programs and projects.
CAROL THOMAS
JAMAICA – AHFS
Carol Thomas holds an Executive Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies, a Bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences and a Diploma in Education. She served as an International Specialist in Agricultural Health and Food Safety in the IICA Delegation in Barbados. She coordinated IICA's agricultural health and food safety actions for the Caribbean and collaborated with various technical cooperation agencies in the Caribbean Region. Her areas of expertise include sanitary and phytosanitary measures and related issues, food safety, good agricultural practices, capacity building and institutional modernization. She is currently retired from IICA and is available for short term consultancies in the various areas mentioned above.
GRETCHEN STANTON
UNITED STATES – AHFS
Gretchen Stanton holds a Master's degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Arizona. At the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, she serves as a Senior Counsellor, Secretary of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, and Deputy Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of WTO work related to the implementation of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement).
CASSIO LUISELLI FERNÁNDEZ
MEXICO – DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION
Cassio Luiselli holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics. He obtained his Master of Science degree and pursued doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin, specializing in Agricultural Economics, Rural Development and International Economics. He also has a Ph.D. from the University of South Africa, Pretoria. He is a Professor Emeritus of the Humanities division of the Monterrey Institute of Technology– Mexico City Campus (ITESM). He was a former advisor to the President of the Republic on agricultural development (1967–1970). He has also served as Mexico's Ambassador to South Korea, South Africa and Uruguay; as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mexico to ALADI; and as Under-Secretary for Development and Environmental Regulation (SEMARNAT).
JAMES FLETCHER
SAINT LUCIA – CLIMATE CHANGE
James Fletcher was the Saint Lucian Minister of Public Service, Information, Broadcasting, Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology from 2011 to 2016. He has served as Managing Director of Soloricon Ltd., Director of Social and Sustainable Development at the Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Cabinet Secretary to the Cabinet of the Government of Saint Lucia, and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. His areas of specialization include public policies, agricultural policies, policy analysis, public administration, strategic planning, rural development, environmental management, human and social development, capacity building, sustainable development, project management, climate change, qualitative research, data analysis, international development, government issues, governance diplomacy and international relations.
MARÍA BEATRIZ GIRAUDO
ARGENTINA – CLIMATE CHANGE
María Beatriz Giraudo holds a postgraduate degree in Senior Management of Agribusinesses and Food from the School of Agronomy (FAUBA) of the National University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. She graduated as an agricultural engineer from the National University of Rosario in Santa Fe, Argentina. She is an advisor in the Business Advisory Council of the Libertad Rosario foundation in Santa Fe, Argentina. She is one of the founders and a member of the Board of Directors of the MANÁ association in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, which is an NGO that works together with both the public and private sectors and is one of the centers of the CONIN Network for the Prevention of Malnutrition and Human Development. She is also a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Venado Tuerto Foodbank (BAVT), which forms part of the Argentinean Foodbank Network and the Global Foodbanking Network (www.redbancosdealimentos.org). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the CONIN Foundation in Mendoza, Argentina (www.conin.org.ar).
FÉLIX PEÑA
ARGENTINA – TRADE
Félix Peña is a specialist in international economic relations, international trade law and economic integration. He holds a Doctoral degree in Law from the University of Madrid and is the Director of the International Trade Institute of the ICBC Foundation in Argentina (https://www.fundacionicbc.com.ar/). He previously served as Undersecretary of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of the Economy of Argentina and was a full member of the Common Market Group of Mercosur. He has formed part of the list of Argentinean arbitrators of the mechanism for the settlement of disputes of the Mercosur- Olivos Protocol, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
-Technical Specialist Network (gray circle)
Bioeconomy and Production Development
LUCÍA PITTALUGA
Ms. Pittaluga is an economist and graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Administration (FCEA-Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Uruguay), with an M.Sc. in Economic Development from the Institut d'étude du développement économique et social Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne- Universidad de Picardie, France. She is a Professor of Innovation Economics (Master's level) and of Economic Development Theories (undergraduate level) at the FCEA and has been an Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics, FCEA, UdelaR, since July 2019.
She is a specialist in production development and technological innovation and has provided research and consultancy services for ECLAC, UNESCO, IDB, World Bank and UNDP. She was formerly the Deputy Director of the Budget and Planning Office (OPP); an advisor to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining; a Director of the National Innovation and Research Agency; an advisor on Inclusive Growth to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and a coordinator and researcher for the economic development research team at the Institute of Economics (FCEA).
RAFAEL ARAMENDIS
Pharmaceutical Chemist, M.Sc. Mr. Aramendis has twenty-nine years of experience in both the public and private sectors, leading and supporting innovation and technology transfer in biotechnology and agrifood companies, specifically in matters related to intellectual property rights (IPRs), access to genetic resources, biosecurity and international negotiation in relation to the environment. Topic areas include biological diversity, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosecurity and Andean Decisions on Industrial Property. He has also been an advisor on scientific issues to government institutions, academia and the private sector.
He has had public sector experience in development (more than 10 years) at COLCIENCIAS (Colombian Institute of Science and Technology) and private sector experience (14 years) in multinational and regional agrifood companies (in the seed, agrochemical, transgenic, sugar and biofuel industries).
He is currently a partner in a consultancy firm, supporting public and private sector efforts in areas such as science, technology and innovation (for international and national clients).
ELIZABETH HODSON
Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia); corresponding member of the Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Honorary Fellow of the Scientific Committee of la Fondazione Scuola Medica Salernitana (Italy); Visiting Professor for the Doctorate in Bioethics program at the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino and the Universidad El Bosque (Colombia); member of the Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Convention on Biological Diversity); and a member of the UNESCO's World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). She has a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham in the areas of Botany and plant genetic manipulation. Dr. Hodson is also an international consultant for biodiversity, agro- biotechnology and biosafety of GMOs. She has edited more than 19 books, 26 scientific chapters in books and more than 50 scientific articles. Dr. Hodson is also a part of the Mission of Sages and has newly been appointed as a Chair of IICA.
CLAUDIA BETANCUR GIRALDO
Food Engineer, Specialist in Corporate Foresight, with a Diploma in Technological Marketing and a Diploma in Incubator and Accelerator Management. Ms. Betancur also holds an M.Sc. in Technology Management and Innovation.
She is a sectoral expert in innovation, business modelling, entrepreneurship, market intelligence, network and cluster Management, bio-business acceleration and project management, with more than 18 years of applied experience in the agriculture, food, cosmetics, natural ingredients and biotechnology sectors, where she managed public and private sector programs and projects that benefitted more than 300 SMEs in these sectors.
She was a manager and program director in a food technology development center, for 4 years; in the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, for 7 years; and at BIOINTROPIC, for 7 years. She carries out strategic assessments and analyses in the horticulture, natural ingredients, cosmetics, palm, biotechnology and bioeconomy sectors, and has undertaken consultancy assignments for various international agencies, such as UNIDO, CAF, the World Bank and IICA. Ms. Betancur has also attended national and international conferences on innovation in the BIO sectors and was a member of various technology and trade missions in more than 10 international trade fairs. She is an active member of the National Council on Science, Technology and Biotechnology Innovation, as a representative of the private sector; as well as of the National Technical Biotechnology Committee of SENA; the Natural Ingredients and Cosmetics Committee of Andi; working groups in the Colombia BIO Program, the Red de Centros de Desarrollo de negocios de Ruta N, and the Biocommerce Ethics Union – UEBT. She is currently the Executive Director of BIOINTROPIC, Colombia's first accelerator, and innovation and biotechnology business center.
ROBERTO BISAN
Magister in Economics (Universidad Centro Estudios Macroeconómicos, Argentina). His areas of interest include industrial organization, technology and sectoral analysis. Mr. Bisan is a researcher for the IIEP and a Senior Lecturer in Economics. He was the Coordinator of the 2018 National Agricultural Census and National Director of Statistics for the Primary Sector – National Statistics and Census Institute, INDEC (November 2017 and April 2019). He has served as a consultant for various international organizations (ECLAC, World Bank, IDB, PAHO, WHO, UNIDO, FAO); national organizations (MINAGRO, INTA, MINCYT) and companies.
Territorial Development and Family
LAUTARO VISCAY
M.Sc. in Food and Agribusiness, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, FCA. His areas of focus include institution building, as well as public policies for rural development and family farming. Current position: 2019 - present. Uruguayan Cooperative Center. Consultant in rural development and institution building, cooperativism and family farming. 2019 – present. Uruguayan Confederation of Cooperatives (CUDECOOP). Partnership management and fund development. Relevant positions: 2012-2019. Technical Secretary, Specialized Meeting on Family Farming (REAF). 2007-2012. Member of the Technical Team of the IFAD-MERCOSUR Coordination Unit .
RAFAEL ECHEVERRI
B.Sc. in Political and Administrative Sciences; Public Administrator; and graduate of the Escuela Superior de Administración Pública (ESAP), Colombia. His areas of focus include management of rural territories, family farming, institutional structures for rural development, public planning and policies, rural extension. He is currently an international consultant in Territorial Management; a Visiting Researcher at the Universidad de Córdoba, Spain; and Coordinator of the Territorial Management Network for Rural Development, Mexico.
ÁLVARO RAMOS
Agricultural Engineer, Universidad de la República Oriental, Uruguay. Mr. Ramos holds a Specialist Diploma in Investment Policies for Development, Konrad Adenauer Foundation. His areas of focus include family farming, planning and public policy, and project management.
Current position: 2014 – present. Consultant to the Latin American Center of Human Economics (CLAEH), Uruguay, in the area of Public Policy for Rural Territorial Development. Nov. 2018 – present. Advisor to the regional Territorial Development and Family Farming Program of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). March 2020 – present. Member of the Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas (IICA). Relevant positions: 2000 – 2018 Coordinator of IFAD's Regional Program for MERCOSUR, on Public Policies for Family Farming, Rural Development and Poverty Reduction. 1995 – 2000 Senator Elect of the Republic. 1995 - 1998 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay. 1990 - 1993 Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Uruguay. Consultant to the following international organizations: ALADI, IFAD; FAO; IICA; UNIDO; and IDB.
ARILSON FAVARETO
Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences. Thesis topic: Paradigms in Rural Development – from Agriculture to Territories. Universidad de Sao Paulo (UPS), Brazil. 2006. M.S. in Sociology.
Thesis topic: Agricultural Workers - a Study on Union Representation by Brazilian Family Farmers. Universidad Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil. 2001 His areas of focus include territorial planning, rural sociology and public policy. Current position: 2006 – present. Universidad Federal do ABC – UFABC. Adjunct Professor in the Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences Center and in the Post-graduate Program on Planning and Territorial Development. Relevant positions: 2004 – present. Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning– CEBRAP. Associate Researcher in the Territorial and Socio-environmental Conflicts Cluster, in addition to the Citizenship and Development Cluster. 2018 – present. National School of Public Administration. Collaborator in the Agenda 2030 – Chairs Program and the Sustainable Development Goals Program for three Brazilian biomes.
SANTIAGO PERRY
Industrial engineer and economist, Universidad de los Andes. His areas of focus include territorial development; family farming; research and agricultural extension; agricultural and rural innovation; and public policy. Current position: Executive Director of the Corporation for Participatory and Sustainable Development of Rural Small Farmers (Corporación PBA). Relevant positions: Vice Minister of Agriculture of Colombia, Board Member of the Mission for Rural Transformation; Technical Secretary of the Colombian Rural Dialogue Group (Working and Policy Advocacy Group on Development) and the Andean Rural Dialogue Group (Working and Policy Advocacy Group on Family Farming and Food Security in four Andean countries). General Manager of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA). Executive Director of the Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation (CORPOICA).
ANABEL GONZÁLEZ
Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C., United States. During her 15-year tenure at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, she served as Ambassador-Chief Negotiator, Vice Minister and Minister of Commerce (20102014). She was also Senior Director of the World Bank's Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, where she led the Bank's agenda on trade, investment climate, competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation. Anabel is a member of the Global Future Council on Trade and Investment of the World Economic Forum and has written extensively and given conferences in more than 60 countries. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, LL.B., from the University of Costa Rica and a Master of Laws degree, LL.M., from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., United States.
EDUARDO BIANCHI
Mr. Bianchi is the former Secretary of Industry and Commerce, Undersecretary of Policy and Foreign Trade Management, Undersecretary of International Economic Relations of the Province of Buenos Aires, General Manager of the National Commission of Foreign Trade and Chief Economist of the National Commission for the Defense of Competition. He has been an instructor at the World Trade Organization and a lecturer at various universities in Argentina. Eduardo is a graduate in Economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, with an M.Sc. in Economics from New York University (NYU), United States.
Climate Change, Natural Resources and Management of Production Risks
BRUNO CONDORI
Bolivian national, with a Ph.D. in Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Dr. Condori has an extensive track record in national and international projects, focusing on various issues, for example, agrometeorology; physiology and crop agronomy; soils and nutrients; Andean agricultural systems and crop modelling. He is currently employed to IICA and is a Post-graduate lecturer at various universities in Bolivia. He previously worked with the PROINPA Foundation, CIP, the Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory (U.S.), and as a consultant to various organizations, such as the World Bank, Euroclima, the United Nations Development Program, the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD-France), the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ); the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); and INIAF Bolivia. He speaks five languages.
ROBERTO VALDIVIA
Dr. Valdivia is an Assistant Professor and Principal Researcher in Applied Economics at Oregon State University. His current research interests include the analysis of agricultural production systems and impact assessment; tradeoff analysis; assessment of the economic, environmental and social impact of policy and technologies; climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation; and the economics of terrestrial and geological carbon sequestration. His research focuses on international projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. He is now co-leader of the regional economics team of the Agricultural Modeling Improvement and Intercomparison Project (AgMIP, www.agmip.org) and coleader of the Tradeoff Analysis Project. He has been a consultant to several agricultural research and development institutions such as the FAO, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, IFAD and several CGIAR centers.
GAIUS EUDOXIE
Dr. Eudoxie has a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the University of the West Indies, where he is currently a Lecturer, teaching and carrying out research in soil fertility and plant nutrition, with a special interest in fertigation, composting; and soil health and quality.
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ARMANDO HOET
Dr. Hoet has a DVM (1991) from the Universidad Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela; a Ph.D. in Veterinary Preventive Medicine from Ohio State University (2002), and a Diplomate from the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (former member of the Executive Board). He has been a lecturer and researcher in infectious diseases since 1993; has published more than 75 research articles and book chapters on infectious diseases; and managed the Diagnostic and Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases (DRLID). Dr. Hoet has led and co-directed research and service projects on infectious diseases, which have been received more than USD 1.6 million in funding from different organizations. His current research interests include epidemiology zoonotic and foodborne pathogens such as MRSA, E. coli, and Salmonella; as well as the molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance associated with these pathogens in humans, animals, and the environment. Currently, he is the Director of the Veterinary Public Health program at OSU (http://vet.osu.edu/education/veterinarypublic-health-program ), which is which is one of only two ACVPM accredited programs in the USA, and the second largest in the country, with more than 50 graduate students.
JAMES W. RUSHING
Dr. Rushing has a B.Sc. in Citrus Production Management from the Florida Southern College and a Ph.D. in Horticultural Science, Postharvest Physiology from the University of Florida. He is a former Director of the International Food Safety Training Programs of the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) at the University of Maryland. For more information, visit jifsan.umd.edu and select the International tab to see a summary of the program. For more than 20 years, he was a Professor and Director of the Coastal Research and Education Center at Clemson University. For the last 10 years of his time at Clemson, he was the PI or co-PI for grant-funded proposals, amounting to USD 1,082,427. Over the same period, he authored or co-authored proposals that were not funded, amounting to USD 11,307,278. From 2007 to 2009, he was Vice-President for Research and Technical Analysis at the PTG Management Company, Palmetto Florida – a producer and packing facility, with more than 20,000 acres of vegetables and citrus in four states and in Mexico. He had the responsibility for overseeing technical problems and food safety programs throughout the company.
HERNÁN ROJAS OLAVARRÍA
Specialist in the design and management of animal health programs for terrestrial and aquatic animals. Graduate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Chile, M.Sc. in the Development of Animal Health Programs and Production Systems and Ph.D. in Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics from the University of Reading, England. For six years, he served as Head of Chile's Veterinary Service, overseeing internationalization processes; prevention and control of animal diseases; health negotiation and modernization of the Service. He also designed and implemented programs for the prevention of exotic diseases, such as foot and mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy and classical swine fever. During that period, he was tasked with leading efforts to control the entry of the highly pathogenic avian flu into Chile in 2002. International consultant to IICA, FAO, OIE, IDB and OECD in animal health and food safety. Participant in the OIE Ad-Hoc Groups on Avian Flu, PRRS and in the PPP (Public Private Partnership) Project. He is also involved in other areas and is a contributor to technical publications.
GUSTAVO IDÍGORAS
B.Sc. in Political Sciences; Master's degree in International Relations, as well as a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Belgium. President of the Oil Industry Chamber of Argentina—CIARA—and the Cereal Exporters Center – CEC, and a Director of the consultancy firm, Agronegocios B.I.M. He is also a post-graduate lecturer at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) and Universidad de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF); Principal Researcher of the GPS (Group of Producing Countries from the Southern Cone); Director of the Center for Agrifood Studies of the Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, as well as Director of the WTO and IDB training program for health services in Latin America and the Caribbean. He served for 17 years as an international negotiator for the Argentinian government, representing the country as a Counsellor for the Ministry of Agriculture to the European Union, in MERCOSUR negotiations with China, USA, the EU, and other important countries and trade blocs.
Mr. Griffin is currently the President of the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Program (AQI) Committee of the United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). From 2003 to 2014, he was the Director of the Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he led the work of a large and diverse group of scientists, working on risk analysis to support decision-making on plant quarantine regulations and programs. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Griffin was the Coordinator of the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He was responsible for coordinating all IPPC activities managed by the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, including, the development of international standards for sanitary measures, information exchange, technical assistance and support for phytosanitary dispute resolution processes of the World Trade Organization. He supervised the preparation and updating of the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) Nos. 4-24.


The Wild Eye nature photography competition, based in South Africa, has awarded my Topi Sunrise image a high commendation. This competition features a lot of stunning photography. I am honoured to have one of my images chosen. I would highly recommend that you visit the Wild Eye competition page and have a look at the other winning images.
We had been in the Mara for three days. Each day we experienced pounding downpours of rain. One of my friends commented that it was more like driving through the Florida Everglades than an African savannah. River crossings entailed lifting all gear and our feet off the floor of the Land Rover so that the water could flow unimpeded in one door and out the other.
On the morning of our last day we slept in until 5:30 am since it was still pouring rain at 5:00. We headed out at 6:20 in complete darkness. A light drizzle was still falling. Within a few minutes we were encouraged to see a warm glimmer of light on the eastern horizon. As the anticipation of a stunning sunrise started to build we began scanning for a suitable foreground element. The plains right around us were pretty much devoid of anything interesting. There were however some animals moving on a ridge on the eastern horizon. Switching to long (400mm lenses) we worked on framing up an interesting composition. The the sky came to life we were thrilled with the scene that materialized in front of us.
The image required virtually no post production editing other than a slight crop to correct a tilting horizon and a minor boost to the contrast in the RAW file. The only difficult thing about this image was forcing ourselves to get out of our warm beds and head out in the dark and the rain.
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The pharmaceutical company AbbVie has been granted coveted orphan drug status by both the European Medicines Agency and the US Food and Drug Administration for its drug ABT-414 for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme.
Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most common types of brain tumours that afflicts people. With very low rates of survival of under 10%, the pressure to develop a drug to remedy the condition is high.
The drug will now move into phase 2 trials, whilst receiving marketing and development incentives from the government as a result of its orphan status.


Fujitsu has an extensive line-up of business laptops, the 15.6-inch Lifebook E558 being one of the larger models. It's not the kind of laptop you'll want to travel with regularly, but an integrated number pad and a large screen make it a good desktop replacement option.
Fujitsu tends to shy away from blingy design, but that does not mean its laptops lack distinction. The outer shell of the Lifebook E558 is dull black with Fujitsu's indented swirly logo barely visible on the lid. But open it up and you'll find a distinctive checkerboard pattern on the wrist rest that serves the dual function of providing visual interest and giving a tactile finish to what would otherwise be a smooth sheet of plastic. Meanwhile, a red strip runs along the bottom edge of the keyboard area that's mirrored in the default wallpaper. The strip is subtle, but like the checkerboard wrist rest it's a signature Fujitsu design feature.
The 15.6-inch Lifebook E558 measures 379mm by 256mm by 23.9mm and weighs from 1.79kg. It's powered by 7th-generation Core i3, i5 or i7 processors.
The chassis is plastic and not particularly robust. There is quite a bit of flex in the lid, and my review sample creaked a little as I twisted it. I'd want to be very protective of this laptop, and if it does ever get carried from place to place, a sleeve might be a very good idea.
A big bag will be required if the Lifebook E558 is to be carried around. It has a footprint of 379mm by 256mm on the desktop. The weight starts at 1.79kg and the laptop is a 23.9mm thick, with lid alone accounting for 7mm. There's nothing 'thin and light' about this system.
The 15.6-inch Lifebook E558 offers a good range of connections, including full-size Ethernet and VGA, plus a SmartCard reader.
The good news is that the base has room for a full-size RJ-45 Ethernet port and a VGA connector (both real rarities these days), which should endear the Lifebook E558 to business users. There are also full-size HDMI and DisplayPort connectors, two USB 3.1 ports and a USB-C port as well as a 3.5mm headset jack. It also pleasing to see an SD card reader on the front edge. It's probably not intentional, but placing the VGA connector next to the USB-C port lends a pleasing air of 'old meets new' to the layout.
Security conscious can add an optional fingerprint sensor on the wrist rest and a SmartCard slot on the left edge. My review sample had both as well as the mobile broadband support that's also an optional extra. The SIM lives under the removable -- yes, removable -- battery.
The 15.6-inch IPS screen has a matte finish, which bucks the modern trend, in a good way: working in a reflection-free environment is a pleasure. There are some drawbacks though: maximum brightness is a little dull for my liking, and there's no touchscreen option available. The resolution of 1,920 by 1,080 pixels on my review sample is good enough for everyday working, although the 1,366-by-768 option might prove more challenging.
By modern standards the screen bezel is pretty large at 15mm on the short edges, 20mm at the top and 26mm at the bottom (excluding the hinge area). Minimal bezels in a smaller chassis would improve this laptop's portability.
This is a traditional laptop without frills like a rotating screen -- it will go to 180 degrees and lay flat on a desk if necessary, but no further. Although the big screen could work for small-scale presentations, sound quality from the stereo speakers is rather tinny.
The keyboard includes a separate number pad on the right-hand side. There's a fingerprint reader in the wrist-rest area.
The Lifebook E558 is large enough to have space for a number pad with full-size keys on the right-hand side of the keyboard. This is useful, but may take a little getting used to. The keyboard has a nice light feel, and the keys are large and well spaced. There is a little flex in the keyboard, but only the very heaviest-handed typists will notice it. The Fn keys are half-size but easy enough to hit, and I was easily able to reach my normal touch-typing speed. The keyboard backlight, which cycles through two brightness levels, is invoked by using the Fn key and spacebar together (a standard arrangement).
The touchpad is recessed and has wide and responsive physical buttons. It can be disabled with a Fn key, but there's no reminder light or other visual cue to indicate its status, so you'll have to remember that the touchpad isn't broken when the cursor fails to move but is simply switched off.
Nothing here breaks new ground, but the essentials are done well, and I'd be happy to use the keyboard/touchpad combo all day.
This is a configurable laptop with options for processor, hard drive, Windows version and display resolution, as well as security features and mobile broadband support.
My review sample came with an Intel Core-i5 8350U processor, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, mobile broadband and SmartCard reader. It costs £1,027 (ex. VAT), while the entry-level version has a Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB physical hard drive, and costs £663 (ex. VAT).
Unusually these days, the Lifebook E558's battery is removable. The SIM card slot for variants with mobile broadband support lives beneath the battery.
Fujitsu says the battery will deliver up to 10 hours of life. My experience during testing, running typical mainstream productivity workloads, suggest this estimate is about right. If you do decide to travel with this (somewhat bulky and heavy) laptop, you can ensure extra uptime by carrying a spare removable battery.
Two-in-one devices dominate at CES 2018 as laptops go thin and hop on the Amazon Alexa bandwagon.
Dell's new Latitude 7490 uses an active steering antenna to improve Wi-Fi performance by 155 percent, while its Latitude 5285 notebooks will begin shipping with motherboards made from gold e-waste as of March.
At CES 2018, Acer revved up the laptop parade, with its premium Swift 7 aimed at on-the-go professionals. The Acer Chromebook 11 aims to be budget-friendly.


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VMI opens; 23 students matriculate and begin a 3 year course of study. Francis H. Smith assumes command as Superintendent.
The first graduation (16 students); these cadets followed a 3 year course.
The first out-of-state cadet is enrolled (from Louisiana). However, the first significant number of non-Virginians did not arrive until 1858.
Civil War. Of the 1,973 alumni who were living at the beginning of the Civil War, 1,865 served (94.5%). Of those, 261 died (172 killed or mortally wounded in action, 89 from other causes while in service). Approximately 19 served in the Union Army. See detailed timeline for this era.
Federal troops, under the command of General David Hunter, entered Lexington. The Corps retreated to a camp in the Blue Ridge near Balcony Falls. VMI was burned the next day by Hunter's soldiers. On June 25 the Corps returned to Lexington, only to be furloughed two days later.
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Wolves and Knicks Set for Two Games in Three Days
Taking a dive into the weirdness that is the New York Knicks, who the Wolves play twice this week.
By Dane Moore@DaneMooreNBA Nov 30, 2016, 10:10am CST
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The Wolves are set for consecutive games against the Knicks tonight at Target Center and then Friday evening at Madison Square Garden. New York comes to Minneapolis after consecutive losses to Charlotte and Oklahoma City. On the season, the Knicks sport a record of 8-9, while the Wolves are 5-12. Despite what appears to be a respectable record, the logic of things could be worse, we could be the Knicks still holds true.
I'm not breaking news by saying the Knicks have been in turmoil for the better part of the past decade. Over the past seven years, they have constantly shuffled the deck around Carmelo Anthony. Before that, if we throw out the 2012-13 season, they have seen little success, like the Wolves! That is, four first round exists since 2000 and many bad teams. Outside of Anthony no player on the current roster was a member of the 2014-15 Knicks. This year's version is new but outdated. I'm looking at you, Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose.
The Knicks decided it would be smart to commit over $148 million to Noah, Courtney Lee, and Lance Thomas this offseason. Those signings are in addition to trading for Rose, who has the 21st highest salary in the NBA at $21.3 million. If this is your first time checking the internet since 2012, you may not realize that Rose is not worth anywhere near that dollar figure. To illustrate the Knicks mediocrity, there is no better place to start then Chicago's fallen star.
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MPG: 32.6 PPG: 16.8 RPG: 2.9 APG: 4.9 Shooting: .438/.258/.885 Net RTG: -10.0
Of the players consistently getting playing time for the Knicks Rose is the worst. Of the Knicks starters, no player has a worse offensive rating or worse defensive rating than Rose, per basketballreference.com. When the point guard duties are handed to Brandon Jennings the Knicks offense has fared far better with a +2.0 Net Rating when Jennings plays (355 minutes) compared to -10 when Rose plays (554).
It's not if Rose is incapable of attacking the rim as he did during his Chicago days, but the consistency of that explosion is not there and therefore neither is the effectiveness. When Rose gets to the rim he is still effective (54.5 percent within five feet) but too often he awkwardly settles for mid-range pull-ups which he only converts 33.7 percent of the time.
For the Wolves, when guarding Rose, the goal should be defending the rim and forcing Rose to take shots like this:
MPG: 22.5 PPG: 4.0 RPG: 8.1 APG: 3.1 Shooting: .466/.000/.286 Net RTG: +4.0
What made Joakim Noah elite in Chicago was exceptional passing ability from the Center position and elite level defense. Noah also brought the most intangible of assets—heart. Heart is about all he has left.
STUPID STAT COMING: Noah is making $17 million this season but is averaging a combined 15.2 PPG+RPG+APG.
The Noah signing has been a travesty. Age, injuries, and maybe Thibs driving Noah into the ground (yikes!) has turned a player who was once an MVP finalist into a player who is on arguably the worst contract in basketball.
CRAZY STAT COMING: Noah has missed 15 of the 21 free throws he has taken this season.
I don't know who's reading this, but odds are you are better at shooting than Joakim Noah this season.
Thirty-one year old Courtney Lee is another aging piece the Knicks signed to a four-year deal this offseason. Lee, at least on paper, has performed well. Unlike his two-hand heaving teammate, Lee has shot the ball well this year. Lee is making 43.4 percent of his threes this season on 3.1 attempts from distance per game. That is the best percentage and most threes Lee has shot per game since the 2011-12 season.
More than being known for shooting ability or any type of offensive creation, Lee has always been highly regarded as a defender. The Knicks have been poor defensively thus far this season (27th defensive rating) but Zach LaVine will draw the difficult offensive matchup of Lee.
So, why are the Knicks 8-9? Kristaps Porzingis.
Karl-Anthony Towns seems a bit emotionally fragile at the moment, so I don't want to pile on, but Porzingis has been the Sophomore of the Year through the first 17 games of the season. This really isn't a knock on Towns whatsoever. Porzingis is shooting more and making shots at a higher rate this season, particularly from three.
Last season Porzingis was shooting 3.4 threes per game and made 33.3 percent of those attempts. Decent. This season, Porzingis is shooting 5.7 three per game making 40.6 percent of his attempts. For context, the only "big" in the league to shoot more threes is Ryan Anderson. Anderson plays for the Houston Rockets who shoot threes at the volume of a child playing NBA2K.
Porzingis has become the ultimate pick and roll tool. His ability to effectively roll off of the high screen paired with his ability to simply pop and shoot over anyone is nearly unguardable—something I would like to see the Wolves implement a bit more with KAT.
The action is simple: high screen, then read and react (roll or pop). If the big hedges at all, Porzingis can dive to the basket allowing the ball handler to pass it anywhere near the rim for an often easy finish.
If Porzingis opts to pop on the screen and stay perimeter bound, the ball often finds it's way back to him. As the defense rotates to Porzingis it's almost always going to be a small defender. At well over seven-feet tall, almost no wing can sprint to Porzingis and reach high enough to actively contest the shot.
With Porzingis in the paint and on the perimeter, the Wolves will have their hands full as they also must worry about that Carmelo guy.
PG – Ricky Rubio
SG – Zach LaVine
SF – Andrew Wiggins
PF – Gorgui Dieng
C – Karl-Anthony Towns
Injuries: Nikola Pekovic is OUT (ankle).
PG – Derrick Rose
SG – Courtney Lee
SF – Carmelo Anthony
PF – Kristaps Porzingis
C – Joakim Noah
Injuries: Lance Thomas (Sore Left Ankle)
The Wolves have two opportunities to get back on track against the Knicks this week. Can they deliver? Stay tuned.


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Mysore Dasara, Mysore Dusshera
Dasara is a big festival in India, which is celebrated with lot of zeal and enthusiasm by one and all. In North India Dasara is marked by burning of the effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Indrajeet. The most famous one being the effigies burnt at Ram Leela Maidan. Similarly in South India of all the celebrations of Dasara, the celebrations at Mysore in the state of Karnataka are famous. Many know it as Mysore Dasara. For all the ten days of Dasara the Mysore Palace is lit with lights and is a delightful sight to see. Around one lakh bulbs are used to light the Mysore palace.
Mysore Dasara is a ten day long festival and the celebrations date back to 1610, when the Dasara celebrations were first started by Wodeyar King, Raja Wodeyar I. From then on it has become a tradition, which is even followed today.
The legacy of the royal family being a part of the Mysore Dasara is still being followed and the present generation of the royal family would take part in the festivities. Now the present heir is Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, who would take part as the king.
The Dasara festivities start with the royal couple performing special prayers to Goddess Chamundi, the presiding deity at Chamundi Hill. After the puja is performed a tradition of conducting the royal darbar(court) which was started by Krishnaraja Wodeyar III in 1805, is still followed. The royal darbar is conducted at the Mysore Palace were the relatives of the royal family, people specially invited, officals and the people of Mysore would attend.
Ayudha Puja on Maha Navami
On Maha Navami the ninth day of the Dasara Ayudha Puja is performed. As a part of the Ayudha Puja the royal sword is worshipped and a procession is taken out displaying the royal sword. The procession will include Elephants, horses, camels along with artists from different parts of country etc.
Celebrations on Vijayadasami
There is another big procession, which will be taken out on Vijayadasami , the tenth day of Dasara. As per the tradition of Mysore Dasara, the King would visit the Bannimanatap which is popularly known as Panjina Kavayithu (torch-light parade).
The idol of Goddess Chamundi, which was being worshiped for nine days starting from day one of Dasara, is taken out in a procession to Bannimantap in a Golden Howda mounted on a decorated Elephant. The idol on the Elephant is the main attraction of the procession. The procession would include music bands of different types, artists from various parts of the country, local artists, folklore, armed forces, royal family and special invitees and other dignitaries, Camels, Horses and decorated Elephants. The procession would end at the Bannimantap where special puja is performed to the Banni tree or the Sami tree. Kings would also pray to the Banni Tree before they leave for a battle and would pray for victory. It is believed that by worshipping the Banni tree one would be victorious.
The story behind worshipping Banni tree on Vijayadasami can be read at Legend of worshipping Semi tree.
Exhibition as a part of Mysore Dasara
Another major attraction during the celebrations of Mysore Dasara is the Grand Mysore Exhibition, which is held at the Exhibition ground present just opposite to the Mysore Palace. The Exhibition will consist of stalls, which sell clothes to latest appliances. There is also a game zone, which has games for both adult and children. The exhibition would attract a lot of people.


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Creater, producer and choreographer for, The Dynasties, a new burlesque cabaret group
Preston recently shot episode 4 of Season 2 of Big Little Lies on HBO. He choreographed a scene with Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Kravitz and many other cast members.
Having started as a singing member of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, he was asked to choreograph for their Season 39 Summer concert, The Pink Carpet, the portrayal of LGBTQ people in film. His choreography was praised in Broadwayworld.com.
Still in post production, you can see Preston's choreography on a new TV show on FOX. It is scheduled to air in January of 2019.
After meeting original burlesque dancers from the nightclubs of chinatown in the 1940s, Preston was inspired to create his own burlesque group, The Dynasties. They are an all Asian female burlesque cabaret group currently in development. Check out their videos here.


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For TJX, home furnishings could be a category as big as fashion
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:32
Author Richard Collings
Theme Retail & Consumer ProductsTechnology, Media & Telecom
While many U.S. retailers are shuttering physical stores, TJX Cos. Inc. is bucking that trend with plans to open almost 100 locations in the U.S. this year under its home furnishings banner, HomeGoods, as it launches its retail concept, HomeSense.
Home furnishings could be a category as big as apparel for the retail conglomerate in the U.S., said Andrea Weiss, founder the consulting group The O Alliance, and Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc., an investment bank and consulting firm.
That is potentially a multibillion-dollar opportunity for TJX, whose expansion into home furnishings will likely benefit from a spike in new housing construction and household formation by millennials. To give a sense of the opportunity, the company's off-price fashion chains, T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, generated revenue of $21.2 billion in the U.S. for the fiscal year ended Jan. 28. That compares with HomeGoods' $4.4 billion in sales for the fiscal year ended Jan. 28.
Building a home furnishings empire
TJX has previously acknowledged that there is the potential to have up to 1,000 HomeGoods locations in the U.S., which does not include its plans for HomeSense. That is 61.6% more than the 619 stores HomeGoods operated as of July 29 — a count that includes 40 new locations opened in the first half of the current fiscal year. And the retail conglomerate has proven it is capable of growing banners to more than a thousand stores, as it operates 1,194 T.J. Maxx stores and 1,043 Marshalls locations in the U.S. as of July 29, according to its second-quarter earnings results.
Meanwhile, in mid-August, TJX unveiled its first U.S. HomeSense store in Framingham, Mass. A second location recently opened in East Hanover, N.J., and two more stores are slated for Ocean, N.J., and Westwood, Mass., according to the company's website. The company already operates 112 HomeSense stores in Canada and 51 in Europe, though the stores in those markets have a different look and feel from the U.S. version. Beyond an initial handful of locations, TJX has not divulged how many more HomeSense stores it expects to open.
Though many questions arise regarding how TJX will juggle the two banners without one cannibalizing the other, the company has proven it is effective at differentiating its concepts, even if the two sell similar goods, as is the case with Marshalls and T.J. Maxx, Weiss said.
To differentiate each chain, HomeSense will feature a home improvement section, said Ernie Hermann, TJX's CEO, during the call discussing second-quarter earnings, offering products more akin to what a shopper would find at a Home Depot Inc. or Lowe's Cos. Inc. The banner will also sell a larger assortment of large-scale furniture, lighting and art. HomeGoods, however, will continue to offer products in categories such as children and pets that HomeSense will not offer, he said.
TJX is opening stores at a time when other retailers are closing them, giving the company ample choices when it comes to real estate and hiring employees, Weiss said.
But TJX is not expanding into a market without competition. In addition to home improvement retailers, department store chains such as J.C. Penney Co. Inc. and Target Corp. are expanding their offerings. There are also popular mainstays such as Williams-Sonoma Inc., which operates Pottery Barn and West Elm, plus Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., Ikea Group and Crate & Barrel.
An ideal time
The retail giant's expansion into home goods comes at an opportune moment as new-home construction continues to grow, according to data compiled by S&P Capital IQ, and as construction companies broke ground on 1.16 million new housing units in July, up 60.4% from 723,000 in January 2012.
Davidowitz noted that the U.S. is now in a positive home cycle, with few underwater mortgages, which is enticing the building of new homes. "People think homes are a great investment again," he said.
These trends, in turn, are benefiting home improvement and home furnishing retailers. Lowe's Cos.' comparable sales climbed 4.5% during its fiscal second quarter ended Aug. 4, while competitor Home Depot saw a 6.3% comparable sales increase for its fiscal second quarter ended July 30.
Helping to drive those numbers are millennials, who are beginning to form households and whose purchasing power now exceeds that of baby boomers, The O Alliance's Weiss said.
Winning formula
TJX has managed to steal market share the old-fashioned way from its department store rivals, which were distracted by Amazon.com Inc.'s growing online presence, largely by opening physical stores, Davidowitz said.
TJX, though, has had decades to perfect its strategy. The company celebrated 40 years in business in 2016, a history largely built on off-price apparel, with T.J. Maxx founded in 1976 and Marshalls acquired in 1995. In just the last five years, total sales generated by the two chains in the U.S. has grown to $21.2 billion for its most recent fiscal year, a 37.7% increase over the $15.4 billion in sales it reported in the fiscal year ended Jan. 28, 2012.
To achieve that growth, the retailer has mastered the art of directly sourcing a portion of the goods it sells by dealing directly with the manufacturers and suppliers of well-known brands, according to Weiss and Davidowitz. The company then capitalizes on the excess inventory from store closures and bankruptcies, mixing those products with private labels to provide the treasure hunt that consumers are seeking, Weiss said.
Davidowitz and Weiss believe that TJX can achieve the same results in home furnishings, using its well-established strategy for apparel.
Ernie Herrman, TJX's CEO, has previously said his company will apply a formula similar to that of T.J. Maxx, mixing fashion-driven products with value as well as utilizing its existing distribution centers, supply chain and buying organization of more than 1,000 associates. The company also offers products manufactured exclusively for its stores, plus a team that designs merchandise, according to TJX's website.
To fill its shelves with discounted products, TJX has the ability to reverse-engineer its goods, determining first what customers are willing to pay and then making a product that will profit at that price, Weiss said. The company can also find success, and reduce its risk, in following trends rather than setting them, which is an advantage over other retailers, she noted.
For example, if TJX notices that a style of shirt by a well-known brand is selling well, it might directly approach the producer of that shirt, looking at how the product can be made more affordable, Davidowitz said. TJX might ask that the lining in the shirt be removed or that cheaper buttons be used as the company looks at all the ways to reduce the price of the shirt, he explained.
Suppliers are eager to accommodate TJX because they know they will be paid, Davidowitz said, noting that merchandise that does not sell cannot be returned, unlike with the department stores. "When TJX buys it, it's a deal."
While TJX declined to be interviewed for this article, a company spokesperson replied, ''To be clear, our value proposition is a combination of brand, fashion, price and quality, and I want to emphasize that quality is very important to us." The company did not elaborate further.
Ultimately, the expansion of HomeSense, which TJX hopes will appeal just as T.J. Maxx does to consumers' love of a treasure hunt, is something investors will "be hearing a lot about … over the next five to 10 years," Herrman said during the fiscal first-quarter earnings call.
Richard Collings
Retail & Consumer ProductsTechnology, Media & Telecom


NEWTON, Mass. -- The Mount Ida College equestrian team has announced that it will have an informational meeting and tryouts for anyone interested in riding for the 2017-18 season.
HANOVER, Mass. – The Mount Ida College equestrian team sent two riders to this past weekend's Zone 1, Region 4 Championship Show at Holly Hill Show Stables, hosted by Boston University.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- Mount Ida College sophomore Abby Brand (New Boston, N.H.) concluded a fantastic season by placing fifth at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Zone 1 Championships on Saturday afternoon.
WORCESTER, Mass. -- The Mount Ida College equestrian team will send two riders to Regional Finals on April 1st after they concluded their season by competing at the Worcester State show on Sunday.
NEWTON, Mass. – The 2016-17 equestrian season is underway, and Mount Ida College riders have gotten off to a fantastic start so far through the first two weekends of showing.
NEWTON, Mass. -- The Mount Ida College equestrian team will be holding an informational meeting on campus on Wednesday, September 7th, and will hold tryouts on Thursday, September 8th for anyone interested in riding this year.
HANOVER, Mass. -- The Mount Ida College equestrian team competed at Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Regional Finals on Saturday afternoon and placed sixth overall out of the 13 competing schools, while also seeing several student-athletes place in their respective disciplines at Holly Hill Show Stable.
NEWTON, Mass. -- Mount Ida College took second overall at their home show, co-hosted by the Mustangs and Boston University on Saturday afternoon.
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It seems that every year brings a new virus or bacterium to the forefront of the public's limited attention for infectious disease research. Sometimes it's a newly identified pathogen such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus. Often, however, it's a new strain of influenza or other species — as is the case with this year's growing focus on the Ebola virus. As recently as March 2014, Reuters was reporting on "scant funds and rare outbreaks" that led to a "slim" drug pipeline. One of the most deadly viruses known to humans, Ebola was the subject of some government research due to fears of its potential use as a bioweapon. But few companies were involved because the disease's rarity offered little potential return on investment.
A new strain was identified in April as being responsible for dozens of deaths in Guinea, and then it began to spread — most likely due to the less than stellar capabilities of west African rural healthcare. The virus is zoonotic in nature, infecting both humans and animals, which makes outbreaks most likely to occur in areas where containment is problematic. Before long, aid workers from developed nations were getting sic . Once considered a quintessential "niche disease," over the past six months Ebola has become the most talked- about pathogen on cable news.
Not surprisingly, all that increasing interest has brought some funding windfalls to those companies that have been working to develop drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines aimed at this type of infection. The much- needed cash influx is keeping some afloat while others are even restarting previously abandoned programs. Meanwhile, the media ask, "Why are these drugs being kept from the poor people in Africa who need them?" Of course, that leads many in the industry to shake their heads in frustration over the lack of public understanding when it comes to drug development, manufacturing, and approval. The World Health Organization is careful to limit use of untested drugs to the best available candidates.
GlaxoSmithKline bought Swiss company Okairos in 2013 and is now putting development of the Ebola vaccine program that came with it into high gear — shooting for a 2015 launch.
Mapp Biopharmaceutical's and Kentucky Bioprocessing's tobacco-produced experimental ZMapp monoclonal antibody (MAb) was given to several stricken westerners. But scant supplies of it have since been used up.
Previously subject to a clinical hold by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Tekmira Pharmaceuticals' experimental RNA-interference therapeutic has been approved for emergency use (perhaps due to depletion of ZMapp supplies).
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has given drug developer BioCryst Pharmaceuticals US$6 .5 million in grants to test an experimental antiviral drug to treat Ebola.
Johnson & Johnson has teamed up with Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic and NIAID to create a combination vaccine, with clinical trials planned for early 2015.
The U .S . Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has okayed human clinical trials of NewLink Genetics's experimental Ebola vaccine, which was licensed from Canadian government researchers.
Partners Inovio Pharmaceuticals and GeneOne Life Science plan to assess their experimental vaccine in human clinical trials in the first half of 2015.
Troubled Hemispherx Biopharma is forming five new collaborations to accelerate testing on its Ebola candidates.
Scientists at Siriraj Hospital in Thailand claim to have discovered an antibody that's small enough to get into infected cells and demolish Ebola proteins.
Publicly traded companies such as Chimerix and Immunovaccine have seen their share prices spike on announcements of progress for their Ebola products.
Other companies involved in Ebola developments include Profectus Biosciences, Sarepta Therapeutics, NanoViricides, Defyrus, Vaxart, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, and Corgenix.
Three US Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing — run by Texas A&M University, Novartis, and Emergent Biosolutions — are being made ready to manufacture treatments and/or vaccines if that becomes necessary.
Meanwhile (and perhaps inevitably), as legitimate sponsors continue their hard work, the FDA is reporting that Ebola "treatments" and "cures" are already being sold online by less trustworthy companies. The agency is doing its best to warn consumers away from those fraudulant products. And it's cracking down on snake-oil salesmen marketing essential oils for such purposes.
This past summer, the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) released a preview of its Drug Shortages Prevention Plan.
This plan is intended to help the industry prevent drug shortages and maintain a robust and reliable supply of medications to patients world-wide. It was developed by ISPE members to describes how industry can discover the root causes of drug shortage, then create and sustain organizational cultures supported by leadership, business processes, and quality systems to ensure a robust, resilient, and reliable supply to patients worldwide. An introductory summary available online (www .ispe .org/drug- shortages-initiative/plan-intro-summary.pdf.) provides a first look. Part of the ISPE's overall Drug Shortages Initiative, the plan has been reviewed by European regulators, with further regulatory review anticipated.
Built upon results of a 2013 study on drug shortages, the plan is organized around a "six-dimension" framework: corporate quality culture, robust quality systems, metrics, business continuity planning, communication with authorities, and building capabilities. The task team engaged with leaders from more than 30 big pharmas and gathered stakeholder input from hundreds of industry professionals at ISPE conferences and workshops.
"Quality systems can be effective only where there is a strong emphasis on a 'corporate quality culture' throughout an organization," says Francois Sallans (VP and CQO at Johnson & Johnson), chair of the task team.
On a related matter, the ISPE Quality Metrics Pilot Program has confirmed participation of 12 companies and 32 sites — as recruitment continues. So far, these companies represent generic, innovator, over-the-counter, contract manufacturing, and analytical companies involved in a range of products.
A team meeting in July led to establishment of forums at which participating companies can influence the pilot program's outcome and opportunities for participants to develop insights into the quality performance of their own sites. "Wave 1" participating companies will provide up to 12 months of historic and three months of current data as Wave 1 of the Program. Based more on current data collection and analysis, "Wave 2" will expand the number of participants; assess a metric set; include input from subteams working on leading quality indicators, quality culture, and process capabilities; and may cooperate with other groups and associations. The objective is to provide experiential input on development and use of quality metrics for the benefit of both industry and regulators.
To participate, contact PQLI@ispe.org or McKinsey & Company at ispe_pilot@mckinsey.com.
A team of MIT researchers has engaged the anthrax toxin as a potential delivery system for cancer drugs. These scientists used a disarmed version to deliver two antibody-scaffold fragments into cancer cells — the first successful such delivery. Many antibody drugs target cell-surface receptors, but it can be difficult to get therapeutic proteins inside cells. For decades, biochemists have tried to understand how anthrax toxins get into cells, with some people exploring its potential as a vaccine. The three-part toxin includes one protein that binds to specific receptors on most mammalian cells. That creates a doorway for two toxic proteins to get inside, where they can disrupt cellular processes and cause cell death. Replacing those dangerous proteins with therapeutic ones is the basis of the MIT work.
"Delivery of Antibody Mimics into Mammalian Cells via Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen" (by Xiaoli Liao, Amy E . Rabideau, and Bradley L . Pentelute) went online 22 September 2014 for the ChemBioChem journal: http:// onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbic.201402290/full.


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Q: Sql query for alter Table I'm trying to alter a table and add a column at position which is after an existing column,
but I can't make it since getting the following
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Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 2 Incorrect syntax near 'AFTER'.

and the query I used is:
ALTER TABLE DealerGroup
ADD Status varchar(50)
AFTER Description;

A: Microsoft SQL Server does not support the after part, which I believe is specific to MySQL.
In any case the internal ordering of columns should not matter to you, unless you rely on getting an ordered result when doing select * which you shouldn't do anyway.

A: You can't add a column to a specific position in a table. Actually the RDBMS (SQL Server in this case) doesn't care where a column resides in the order of a table.
When you add another column to a table, it always goes "last".

A: You cannot add the column after specified column because in database structure column order doesn't matter when you need to fetch the data, and also AFTER is not any keyword defined in it in case of alter table query.
OR if you still want to, then you have to drop the table and re-create it with required column ordering.

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established in 1989, was one of the first gallery newcomers to the reawakened art scene of the reunited Germany. The gallery has received the highest critical acclaim from its beginning. Gallery Schuster also regularly participates in the major international art fairs including Basel, Miami, New York, Berlin and Cologne.
Gallery Schuster cultivates networking relationships with major museums and international collections. In the year 2011 Galerie Schuster took the responsibility for the contemporary art section of the Dezerschauhalle Miami. In the year 2012 Helmut Schuster was elected as the director of WEAM Miami and also Art Africa Miami. Helmut Schuster is the personal consultant to the Dean of Archtecture and the Arts at FIU Miami. The gallery's exhibition program and its represented artists, centers around emerging international art.
Where and Who?
GALLERY SCHUSTER is based in BERLIN | GERMANY and MIAMI | USA
Artistic Director is HELMUT SCHUSTER | General Manager and chief of staff is CLAUDIA SCHUSTER
Ancillary Gallery Activities
From beginning, Gallery Schuster  has created multi-disciplinary events and activities.
In the year 1993 the Gallery collaborated with the Frankfurt Book Show a crossover exhibition in a 100,000 sq ft Exhibition Space, including like Städel Museum, MMK Frankfurt, Beuys Foundation and others. This was the beginning of a long series of crossover activities including the film Scissors and Glue 2011, produced by Zuckerfilm Berlin. The Gallery organized countless charity events, with the auction for Haiti BERLIN/HAITI being just one example. The fundraising campaign, in the year 2010, was a collaborative effort with the German Ambassy in Miami, the City of Miami and Little Haiti Cultural Center, with innumerable artists and museums from Berlin and around the world.
2011 was the start of a cooperation with Caritas Germany which ended in the book and the exhibition INCLUSIV. Inclusive is an ongoing eye-to-eye level project between handicapped artists and their so-called not handicapped colleagues.
Gallery Schuster founded the art talk show Art personality, which had its pilot in the Guggenheim Museum Berlin and designed the project study for the Schauhallen Berlin together with Kahlfeld Architects Berlin.
Since its beginning Gallery Schuster has had an affinity to the fashion world. In the year 2003 the Gallery Schuster shared exhibition space with the fashion company Goldpfeil in its Paris Gallery Space located in the prominent Avenue George Cinque. In the year 2010 ,the Gallery started a cooperation with Bruno Banani to establish the Label Bunny Yeager in the Art and the Fashion World.
In the year 2011 Galerie Schuster established the Contemporary Art Department at Dezerschauhalle Miami in Cooperation with Michael Dezer Miami/New York.
Gallery Schuster started in the year 2012 a Cooperation with WEAM in Miami and also with Art Africa Miami.
The Gallery is consulting the College of Architecture and the ARTS at FIU Miami.