World Rugby U20 Championship Joins HeForShe
Hosted by Georgia, the World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 saw its participating teams and the World Rugby Organization declare their support for HeForShe, the UN Women solidarity movement for gender equality.New Zealand’s rugby players talking about gender equality and empowering of girls through sportsCredit/Copyright: UN Women/Maka GogaladzeThe event, which took place at the premises of the National Archives of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, served as a venue to affirm the partnership between UN Women and World Rugby within the framework of the championship. In her welcoming speech, Erika Kvapilova, UN Women Country Representative in Georgia, thanked the Georgian Rugby Union, which was one of the first supporters of HeForShe in Georgia: “We would like to extend special thanks to them for their initiative, within the framework of which the Georgian rugby players met with 500 children in 19 villages and spoke to them about equality between girls and boys, women and men, and about the importance of non-violent behaviour. Today’s initiative is taking place under the auspices of the World Rugby U20 Championship.”Davit Sergeenko, Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, spoke about the significance of having tight cooperation with UN Women. He also emphasized the ongoing cooperation between UN Women and the rugby community: “Today’s event is an affirmation of this cooperation. I am happy that this partnership is truly effective and not a symbolic one.”Gocha Svanidze, President of the Rugby Union, also addressed the guests attending the event and thanked Mrs. Kvapilova for UN Women’s trust: “We, the rugby players, are not just supporters of this campaign. It is a lifestyle that we will always have.”
Kent DriscollAPTN NewsFor 60 years, whenever you saw the Igloo tag on a piece of art, you knew that art was authentically Inuit.In 2017 the government gave control of the tag to the Inuit Art Foundation based in Toronto.And now one Inuit owned business is qualified to say – this art is Inuk.kdriscoll@aptn.ca@kentdriscoll
Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. A non-selective secondary school is understood to be one of the first in the country to announce plans to possibly convert to a grammar school following Theresa May’s proposed reforms.Mixed-sex Meopham School, near Gravesend, Kent, is consulting with parents on proposals to change to a mixed-entry grammar school for new entrants from September 2018.The plan would involve pupils sitting a Meopham Selection Test, while students currently at the school would continue to be taught there.The school has around 550 pupils enrolled and it was rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted in a 2014 inspection. It joined the Swale Academies Trust in 2013.In a letter to parents on Thursday, trust principal Jon Whitcombe said it recognised the proposed change was a “potentially contentious issue”, but stressed it was at an early stage.He wrote: “Meopham School currently has a very high number of bright and able pupils who are already being challenged and pushed to perform at and, in many cases, exceed that which would be expected in a grammar school setting.”We also have a completely new and exciting set of buildings currently being built ready for occupation in 2017, with high quality specialist provision which will cater for the most able.”We understand from our knowledge of the local community that there is a need for additional grammar school places in the area.”We also believe many parents would welcome the opportunity to have a local mixed grammar school provision as an alternative to the current single-sex grammar schools.”This year, 71% of pupils at the school achieved five or more good GCSEs, including English and Maths – the highest results in the school’s history.The announcement comes amid continuing debate over Mrs May’s plans for more grammar schools, with ex-chancellor George Osborne insisting the focus of education policy should be on the academy system and free schools.
CIMIC says it is expecting to top its net profit after tax 2018 result this year, supported by, among other things, continued strong performance out of the mining sector.The engineering company, which has a number of mining-related subsidiaries, recorded net profit after tax of A$781 million ($557 million) in 2018, alongside revenue of A$14.7 billion. The former was up 11% year-on-year and at the top end of guidance of A$720-$780 million, while the latter rose 9% year-on-year. CIMIC said all its operating companies recorded growth during 2018.And, the good news for CIMIC shareholders is that the company estimates its net profit after tax will increase in 2019, with guidance pitched at A$790-$840 million, subject to market conditions.CIMIC Group Executive Chairman, Marcelino Fernández Verdes, said: “In 2018, we focused on enhancing the capability of our operating companies to provide integrated solutions, ensuring we deliver enduring value for our clients across the lifecycle of their assets, infrastructure and resources projects.“This collaborative approach has driven an excellent result for our shareholders, is providing exciting opportunities for our people, and will power the next phase of our transformation through digitalisation and innovation.”In mining, specifically, the company referenced some notable achievements in its results release. This included significant mining services contracts at the Mt Arthur coal operation in the Hunter Valley, Australia, and at the Encuentro Oxides mine in Chile for Thiess; maintenance and shutdown support services by UGL across BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin; and engineering, procurement and construction of the Pumpkin Hollow copper concentrator in Nevada, US, by Sedgman.The company also secured a A$150 million contract extension at BHP’s Caval Ridge coal mine (pictured) in Queensland.CIMIC said: “Looking forward, at least A$130 billion of tenders relevant to CIMIC Group are expected to be bid and/or awarded in 2019, and around A$300 billion of projects are coming to the market in 2020 and beyond, including about $120 billion worth of public-private partnership (PPP) projects.”Fernández Verdes added: “Our pipeline of work has further increased and we have a positive outlook for 2019 and beyond. This is led by the strong performance of the mining sector, an increasing level of infrastructure opportunities in Australia, and the trends towards more outsourcing of services and for greater investment in PPPs.”
Google s’offre un site allemand d’achats groupésQuelques mois après avoir lancé un concurrent du site Groupon, qui offre grâce à des achats groupés des coupons de réduction, Google s’est offert une start-up allemande qui propose jusqu’en Suisse et en Autriche le même service.Après avoir tenté de racheter Groupon en 2010, puis finalement lancé son propre site d’achats groupés aux Etats-Unis, Google Offers, le géant de Mountain View vient de racheter une jeune société allemande commercialisant des coupons promotionnels, rapporte The Register. Lancé à Berlin en décembre 2009, le site DailyDeal s’est étendu à toute l’Allemagne, puis à l’Autriche et la Suisse.À lire aussiÉquinoxe du Printemps : pourquoi tombe-t-il le 20 mars ?Le montant de cette acquisition n’a pas été dévoilé, mais d’après The Register, la start-up a vendu 250.000 bons de réduction au premier trimestre de l’année. En 2011, le chiffre d’affaires de la société allemande devrait atteindre 30 à 40 millions d’euros. Grâce à cet achat, Google entend élargir son service en dehors des Etats-Unis, et espère parvenir à faire de Google Offers un concurrent sérieux pour Groupon, qui pour l’heure, domine largement le marché. En juin, la firme se targuait de compter près de 116 millions de clients, et d’avoir distribué 32,5 millions de bons de coupons au deuxième trimestre. “Nous voyons une formidable occasion de mieux mettre en relation des entreprises avec les consommateurs à une bien plus grande échelle, et nous avons trouvé une équipe qui partage notre vision”, se réjouit la direction de DailyDeal sur son blog. “En combinant notre expertise avec l’équipe ‘Offers’ de Google, nous espérons développer nos efforts pour fournir des affaires encore meilleures aux consommateurs” affirme-t-elle.Le 20 septembre 2011 à 16:55 • Maxime Lambert
L’histoire de la Lune résumée en trois minutesUne incroyable vidéo de la NASA résume en trois minutes les 4,5 milliards d’années de l’histoire de la Lune.Si la surface de l’astre lunaire, froid et désolé semble avoir toujours ressemblé à cela, la NASA prouve l’inverse. En effet, dans une vidéo qui retrace les 4,5 milliards d’années de vie de notre satellite, on s’aperçoit que la Lune a eu une jeunesse disons… mouvementée ! Chaque cratère visible à la surface de l’astre correspond à des impacts d’astéroïdes d’une puissance inimaginable. À lire aussiBoisson, météorite et Facebook, les actus sciences que vous devez connaître ce 5 septembreGrâce à la vidéo réalisée par la NASA pour célébrer le 1.000ème jour de la mission Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, on comprend un peu mieux comment, d’un globe en fusion la Lune est devenue le satellite gris que nous pouvons voir aujourd’hui. “Si les cratères et autres semblent être permanents désormais [ … ] nous savons maintenant, grâce à la mission Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, qu’il n’en a pas toujours été ainsi”, indique la NASA assurant “Nous en savons davantage sur l’histoire de la Lune”.Ainsi, la Lune aurait été formée lorsqu’une planète de la taille de Mars aurait percuté la Terre, il y a 4,5 milliards d’années. Les millions et millions de tonnes de matière expulsés dans l’espace se seraient alors agglomérés pour former l’astre. Celui-ci aurait ensuite subi une pluie de milliers de météorites créant les cratères aujourd’hui observables.Découvrez l’histoire de la Lune résumée en vidéo sur Maxisciences Le 17 mars 2012 à 12:05 • Maxime Lambert
Vancouver Public Schools submitted a pre-application to the city of Vancouver for construction of its downtown elementary school.The new campus, funded by the district’s $458 million bond measure approved in 2017, will be at 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver.The 61,000-square-foot “school of choice” will share a site with the Fort Vancouver Regional Library administrative headquarters, and future phases of the construction are expected to connect the two buildings.
Bahamian music legend gunned down at home in Turks and Caicos Recommended for you Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppPRESS STATEMENT BYTHE RIGHT HONOUORABLE PERRY G. CHRISTIE, M.P.PRIME MINISTER & MINISTER OF FINANCEON COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE EXPIRATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE HAWKSBILL CREEK AGREEMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PROMOTE AND SUSTAIN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN GRAND BAHAMAMARCH 5th, 2015 As indicated in my extensive presentation this morning at the Grand Bahama Business Outlook. I have called this Press Conference to announce a timely significant intervention which my Government is making with a view to charting a path forward to positively impact economic growth in Grand Bahama within a framework suited to the present and future, that also has due regard to the provisions of The Hawksbill Creek Agreement.Certain provisions of The Hawksbill Creek Agreement with respect to exemptions on business licence fees and real property tax are due to expire in August of this year. For some time the Grand Bahama economy, despite the broad incentives and tax concessions under the Hawksbill Creek legislation, has remained stagnant with limited exceptions, thus adversely impacting economic growth in the private sector and Government revenues. In the absence of aggressive policy interventions to jumpstart a new round of development, and enhance returns on existing investments, Grand Bahama’s economic performance could remain sub-par relative to other islands in The Bahamas. Thus the expiration of these Hawksbill Creek Agreement incentives provides an opportunity for the Government to secure a comprehensive set of new arrangements which can spur economic development and increase the Island’s contribution to net fiscal receipts. Several months ago the Government retained the international consulting firm McKinsey and Co to consult with the Grand Bahama Port Authority and other stakeholders and to undertake a study of the economic situation within the Port Area, the implications of the expiring incentives, and measures which might be taken to spur economic development. McKinsey and Company has presented its Report to the Government.Following upon the McKinsey Report, the Government has therefore appointed a Committee to hold discussions and negotiations with representatives of the Grand Bahama Port Authority, investors, relevant public, private sector and community interests, with a view to making appropriate recommendations to the Government on arrangements for securing both an economic package to promote more robust sustained growth, and a fiscal package that enhances Grand Bahama’s contribution to the Government’s revenue base.In this regard there are several main objectives:(i) Agree with the Grand Bahama Port Authority and principal licensees a long term economic development plan which both protect and promote the shipping, industrial, logistics, tourism, real estate and other commercial sectors as the focus for Grand Bahama Island;(ii) Create a framework for immediate and long-term investment promotion on the island to attract investors which can operate assets competitively at a world class standard, and effectively and efficiently utilize the land resources with proper environmental safeguards;(iii) Ensure that the mechanisms are in place to align the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s quasi-regulatory authority with the policies of the Government and that a regulatory framework exists in keeping with present and changing international business best practices.(iv) Agree a suitable framework for property tax and business license that would note impede economic growth, and contribute along with other suitable measures to the enhancement of the Government’s revenue base.The Committee will report to a Ministerial sub-committee chaired by the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. It is expected to conclude its work before the real property tax and business license exemptions expire in August 2015. The Committee is comprised of the following persons:Dr. Marcus Bethel, ChairmanSir Baltron BethelMr. James SmithMr. Kevin Seymour, President Grand Bahama Chamber of CommerceMr. Maurice MooreMs. Cassietta McIntoshThe Committee will carry out its duties in collaboration with and the support of the consulting firm of McKinsey and Company. It will be assisted by a technical team from the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Attorney General. The Ministry for Grand Bahama would coordinate administrative support.My Government looks forward to the full cooperation of all concerned parties in facilitating the Committee’s work, and to a successful outcome of this important exercise. Related Items:bahamas, hawsbill, perry christie Bi-lateral talks with Bahamas to resume, UK gives green light to high-level TCI delegation Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp Former PM And Deputy PM Christie and Davis Deep in Water Debt
WILMINGTON, MA — For the fifth consecutive year, Wilmington firefighters will be shaving their heads to raise money for childhood cancer research on Saturday, June 23, 2018, from 1pm to 4pm, at Tremezzo Ristorante (2 Lowell Street).Members of Wilmington Firefighters Local 1370 are holding the “Brave A Shave” event to raise funds for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a charity which funds research to find cures for childhood cancers.Wilmington residents are invited to make online donations HERE. Residents are also encouraged to come on down to Tremezzo during the event and get their own heads shaved.For more information about the event and how you can help, contact organizer Eric Siegel at ericrsiegel[at]gmail.com or 978-436-1190. Siegel is a Wilmington firefighter and childhood cancer survivor.Like Wilmington Apple on Facebook. Follow Wilmington Apple on Twitter. Follow Wilmington Apple on Instagram. Subscribe to Wilmington Apple’s daily email newsletter HERE. Got a comment, question, photo, press release, or news tip? Email wilmingtonapple@gmail.com.Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… RelatedCEILI STRONG: Music Bingo Fundraiser In Memory Of Ceili Kinneen Set For Tremezzo On October 24In “Community”Wilmington Firefighters To Shave Their Heads To Honor 3 Local Child Cancer Survivors & Raise Funds For ResearchIn “Community”WILMINGTON GIVES: Wilmington Firefighters To Shave Heads For Childhood Cancer On June 11In “Community”
Map of RangamatiJama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members, who launched suicide bomb attacks on two mosques inside Shaheed Moazzem Base at Rangamati in 2015, had plans to loot arms and ammunition from the base., according to investigators.They said in the chagesheets that when the banned Islamist group men failed to carry out their original plan, they turned to the mosques instead, with a view to making their presence known.About 22 months after the incident, the police on Tuesday submitted two separate chagesheets with Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate’s court, indicting six people, including an official of Bangladesh Navy.The accused are M Shakhawat Hossain, a former member of Bangladesh Navy, Abdul Mannan, Ramzan Ali, and Bablu Rahman alias Rony, ball keepers of Ishaa Khan Base, and Mannan’s elder brother Abdul Gaffar.Of them, Shakhawat and Bablu are absconding and three others in Chittagong Central Jail.At least 24 people were injured in two separate attacks on mosques inside the naval base on 18 December 2015, investigation officer (IO) and the city’s EPZ police station inspector Mohammad Osman Gani mentioned in the chargesheet.It said a search operation was conducted immediately after the incident where a bomb and a suicide vest were recovered from a toilet on the ground floor of the base in an abandoned condition.The IO said JMB’s regional chief coordinator in Chittaong Raisul Islam Khan alias Fardeen alias Nafis led the attack.He was later killed in an explosion while making a grenade in Sherpur of Bogra on 3 April, 2016.Fardeen was then excluded from the chargesheet, the IO added.Additional deputy commissioner of Chittagong police (procsecution) Nirmalendu Bikash Chakraborty said the chargecheets would be sent to the session judge’s court for a hearing.*This piece, originally published in the Prothom Alo print edition, has been rewritten in English by Saimul Huda
-A local Awami League leader, who was severely injured in an attack by his rival group on 2 November, died at Pangu Hospital in the capital on Thursday afternoon, reports UNB.As the death news of Mehidi Mollah, 40, a union level AL leader, spread, his supporters swooped on the house of his rival Abdur Razzak Mollah, former chairman of Dhaneshwargati union and also an AL leader, and ransacked it.They also looted and ransacked 29 other houses.On information, police rushed in and brought the situation under control, said Rabiul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shalikha police station, adding that a case was filed in this connection.Earlier, on 2 November, some supporters of Abdur Razzak Mollah allegedly hacked Mehedi, leaving him injured critically following previous enmity over establishing supremacy at Gajdurba village in the upazila.He was taken to Magura Sadar Hospital and later shifted to Pangu Hospital in Dhaka where he succumbed to his injuries.Abdur Razzak Mollah along with family members went on hiding after his death.
This story comes a long way. From a Bangla band, not unlike so many in Kolkata in the 1990s, to a full-fledged album in 2014. The journey is a long one and obviously not an easy one, especially when it spans two continents and tries something very new. Shikawr (roots in Bengali) is a cumulated effort from musicians across two continents, coordinating through Whatsapp, Skype and Facebook! Shikawr is well-known singer Sahana Bajpaie’s first contemporary album. Sahana is better known for her work with Rabindrasangeet, Baul and folk songs. Also Read – CBI examines former ISRO chief Radhakrishnan‘Like most university-going lads back in late 90s growing up in Kolkata, I had a Bangla rock band – where I used to write the lyrics and strum guitars. Come 1999 I left Jadavpur University, left the city and started living a nomads life across continents and that was pretty much the end of doing any music,’ says Saptarshi Routh, the man behind the lyrics and the music for Shikawr. Between 1999 and 2014, Saptarshi lived across three continents, hardly ever touched the guitar, as he says. Also Read – Centre to procure pulses directly from farmers starting NovemberHe however, did the ‘B-School thing’ at Oxford, climbed the stairs that people usually climb, ending up as a director and European Practice lead at one of the world’s most respected research and advisory firm, Gartner. So perhaps the no-touching-the-guitar was not a bad thing! But well, that space of having done it all needed something more. Musicians are musicians at the end of the day! After realising, thanks to a friend, that he had pretty much done all that he wanted to and didn’t know what he wanted to do next, Saptarshi took a step backwards to his Bangla band days and started writing lyrics in Bengali. The journey, left behind after college, restarted for Saptarshi. ‘And then realising I have no one to go to, no band to form, I started composing. First time in my life (and I don’t have any formal music background, I was just a self taught and very average guitarist). Scary, I know. Even more scary was to approach Sahana, who has a pretty decent fan following, to ask her to sing – and I was one of the fans,’ Saptarshi says. Sahana agreed and clearly there was no looking back! Saptarshi feels that the singer agreed to join ‘forces’ because they shared some common perspectives – like loving and hating the city they left behind in equal measures and then some. All of these come to life through the lyrics Saptarshi penned. The next step was collaborating with Samantak, a very talented musician and singer from Kolkata who did the music arrangement and direction for Shikawr. ‘We agreed to do something unusual, that is to design the soundscape fully in the acoustic mode with no programming whatsoever. Using a host of relatively unconventional instruments like the cello, rabab, esraaj, accordion, harmonica et al. – giving it a distinct non-band like feel,’ says Saptarshi. ‘The whole project was designed and executed across two continents – London and Kolkata (Sahana and me in London, Samantak and my other singer, Gorki in Kolkata) so most songs took full shape over Skype/Whatsapp/Facebook and long distance phone calls. It was fun!’ Saptarshi adds. Now the finished product has hit the stands. And we for one cannot wait to find out how it all adds up for music lovers and critics. Even if you aren’t Bengali – find these guys and give them a listen. We have heard a bit and we assure you – you won’t regret it.
Related posts:16 killed in Guatemala prison fight, official says Clash over development plans leaves 8 dead in Guatemala Guatemalan ex-police officers accused of assassinating Myrna Mack investigator to finally stand trial El Salvador arrests 4 military officials over civil war Jesuit killings MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Latin America’s prisons are overcrowded, violent and sometimes lack even the most basic services, despite the fact that several of the region’s current leaders themselves spent time behind bars.As incarceration rates have soared across the region over the past two decades, Latin America’s jails have become packed, nightmarish facilities where serving time is a battle to survive, rights groups say.In Brazil, whose President Dilma Rousseff was jailed by the former military regime for three years in the 1970s, nearly half of all prisons lack enough beds for their inmates, according to FIO, an umbrella group of watchdogs and rights organizations.During a recent mutiny at a prison in the southern city of Cascavel, rioting prisoners decapitated two fellow inmates.And last year, at the only prison in the northeastern city of Pedrinhas — a 1,700-capacity facility that holds 2,500 inmates — 60 prisoners were killed.“It’s a life where people are fighting each other to the death every day,” inmate Mario Ibáñez told AFP in the Chilean capital, Santiago, where detainees complain of cells with no light or ventilation — a “jungle full of wild animals,” he said.Like Brazil, Chile has a leftist president, Michelle Bachelet, who was jailed and tortured by her country’s military regime in the 1970s.In Chile’s prisons, “there are systematic episodes of violence marked by inmates wounding each other and killing each other in brawls,” said Ana María Morales, who runs rehabilitation programs for former inmates at a nonprofit organization.“It’s not only violence between inmates, but also by prison staff,” she added, condemning abusive punishments by guards.“We made mistakes and we’re paying for them. But we’re not monsters,” said Dario, a prisoner doing time for theft in Punta de Rieles, in Uruguay.The South American country is also led by an ex-political prisoner, José Mujica, detained for more than 13 years by the former military regime.Uruguay today comes in for regular criticism from watchdogs for conditions inside its prisons.“The general population has a sense of insecurity, sometimes fed by the media, and people want prison, prison and more prison,” said Mirtha Guianze, head of Uruguay’s National Human Rights Institute.She said she is concerned about government plans to begin trying 16-year-olds as adults.“Are they going to be sent to adult prisons?” she asked, saying that would only exacerbate overcrowding. “We’ve asked, but no one’s given us a clear answer.” Army and police personnel stand guard at the National Prison in Comayagua, Honduras, where more than 350 people perished in a fire in one of the worst prison disasters in Latin America, in February 2012. Orlando Sierra/AFPExtreme violenceThe three countries have the highest incarceration rates in Latin America, except for Cuba.Uruguay has 281 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, Brazil 274 and Chile 266, according to the International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS).That doesn’t come near the rate in the United States — 716, the highest in the world — but is far more than in countries such as Canada (118), Australia (130), France (98), or Spain (147).“From 1992 to the present, all the countries of Latin America have increased their incarceration rates, without exception,” said Elias Carranza, head of the Latin American Institute for Crime Prevention, a United Nations body based in Costa Rica.“Most of them have doubled their rates, many have tripled and some are on the verge of quadrupling,” he added.Incarceration rates have risen worldwide, but the trend is “strongest in low- and middle-income countries, which is the case for Latin America,” he said, linking the phenomenon to growing inequality, rising crime and harsher sentences.Overcrowding is a problem across the region.In Venezuela, there are nearly three times as many prisoners as beds, fueling an environment of extreme violence, with more than 16,000 inmates killed in the last 15 years, according to the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP).Most of those in jail — 64.56 percent — are still awaiting trial.“We could let people remain free until sentencing, but unfortunately every person who is accused of a minor crime is jailed,” said Marianela Sánchez, legal coordinator at OVP.“That makes overcrowding even more acute.” Facebook Comments
Source = e-Travel Blackboard: P.T Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong in April 2012 rose by more than 14 percent, compared with the same month last year. The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) issued visitor arrival data for the month of April 2012, announcing a total of 3,840,180 visitors to the city-state. Travellers from Mainland China recorded the largest year-on-year increase, up almost 24 percent to 2,647,026. Long-haul market tourist numbers were relatively similar to April 2011 but HKTB reported a 30 percent increase in Russian visitors. Short-haul visitor arrivals fell by 3.7 percent overall, while the Philippines and Japan recorded individual growth. Overnight arrivals were up nearly 5 percent for the month of April 2012, with Mainland China achieving the greatest growth.
Emirates SkyCargo wraps up 2017 on a positive noteEmirates SkyCargo wraps up 2017 on a positive noteEmirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, completed a year of strong growth in 2017. The air cargo carrier’s robust performance, set against the backdrop of a resurgent global air cargo market, was underlined by the introduction of specialised customer focused air transportation solutions across a number of industry verticals and by continued investment in infrastructure.Between January and December 2017, Emirates SkyCargo’s hubs at Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC) saw a combined cargo throughput of over 2.5 million tonnes.Specialised, Innovative products and solutionsIn response to increasing demand from its customers, Emirates SkyCargo introduced a range of air transport solutions specific to industry verticals including Emirates Pharma, Emirates Wheels and Emirates Fresh. Emirates Pharma, developed for the secure transportation of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals from origin to destination has been extremely well received by pharma customers worldwide.Volumes of pharmaceutical cargo travelling through Emirates SkyCargo have grown by 38% since launch. Emirates SkyCargo also worked with DuPont on developing a new thermal cover called White Cover Xtreme, offering enhanced protection for cargo in hot, cold and wet weather conditions. Emirates SkyCargo operates world class EU GDP certified facilities at its hub in Dubai to ensure secure transportation of life saving medicines and treatment.Emirates Fresh has helped producers around the world transport fruits, vegetables, flowers and other perishables including fresh fish and meat. In 2017 Emirates SkyCargo transported over 285,000 tonnes of perishables across its network. In February Emirates SkyCargo unveiled a unique rose decal on one of its freighter aircraft to highlight the importance of air cargo to the floriculture industry.With the introduction of Emirates Wheels, Emirates SkyCargo has been transporting close to 150 cars a month not only in the peak summer season, but throughout the year. In addition to individual customers, the air cargo carrier has worked with major car manufacturers and distributors to transport premium and luxury cars.With its focus on structured and customised offerings, Emirates SkyCargo is well positioned to further address customer needs in 2018 in other sectors including e-commerce. Industry partnershipsIn May 2017, Emirates SkyCargo entered into a first of its kind strategic operational partnership with Cargolux. The two carriers started working together on a number of operational areas including block space and interline, aircraft charter and hub connectivity. In October Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux announced a code share agreement for cargo. Emirates SkyCargo has had one CargoluxBoeing 747 freighter aircraft chartered full time since June 2017.In the UAE, Emirates SkyCargo signed an MoU with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to become the space science centre’s preferred partner. In the e-commerce segment, the air cargo carrier entered into an understanding with Dubai CommerCity to develop new solutions for the global ecommerce industry and to strengthen Dubai’s position as a global hub for e-commerce.Capacity and networkIn addition to offering belly hold cargo capacity on its fleet of 254 wide body passenger aircraft, Emirates SkyCargo also offers freighter capacity on its fleet of 13 Boeing 777-Fs and one Boeing 747- 400ERF. In 2017, Emirates SkyCargo’s fleet of freighters transported cargo to more than 140 destinations including scheduled and charter operations.In addition to commencing scheduled freighter services to Luxembourg in June 2017, the air cargo carrier also increased frequency of freighter services to Hong Kong from 22 to 26 flights a week. Unique cargo transported onboard Emirates’ freighters included horses, luxury cars, boats, heavy equipment and aircraft engines.Emirates SkyCargo facilitates global trade flows by transporting cargo across six continents and over 155 destinations. Freighters from the Emirates SkyCargo fleet connect over 40 scheduled destinations across the globe.AccoladesEmirates SkyCargo is committed to excellence in service delivery and this was acknowledged in a number of industry forums. Some of the awards that Emirates SkyCargo won this year included the ‘Best Cargo Airline Middle East’ award at the annual Cargo Airline of the Year 2017 awards organised in London by Air Cargo News; ‘Best Air Cargo Carrier- Middle East’ at the 2017 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards held in Singapore by Asia Cargo News; and the prestigious DHL Carrier Award for Reliability and Excellence (DHL CARE) for pharma in Singapore in June 2017.Source = Emirates
Chilean citrus: Clementines end with 18% volume dr … The system would extend from a tractor or ATV to grab the tree trunk. Because the grip has many small needles, it can create numerous tiny openings in the tree, said Batuman.Bactericides can enter the tree through those small openings, he said. These areas on the trunk with openings will be covered with a reservoir, such as a funnel or plastic balloon, that will hold the liquid containing the bactericide, Batuman said. The liquid then slowly enters through the holes of the trunk.This contrasts with traditional tree trunk injections, in which a grower would use large, single-needle syringes to inject liquid materials in one spot, Batuman said.Most bactericide treatments are not very effective at staving off citrus greening because they were not directly delivered into the citrus vascular system, where greening — and its associated bacterium, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) – lives, he said. The therapeutic chemicals can kill or suppress the growth of CLas and can be used in HLB-affected plants, Batuman said.The system can also help newly planted trees fight the disease by controlling the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), which can transmit greening into citrus plants, he said. Researchers see the automated delivery system as part of an integrated pest management program to help stem the psyllid ACP.“We are developing a delivery method that will send chemicals with therapeutic potential into phloem, where bacteria live,” Batuman said.This four-year project will also study citrus vascular systems with a multidisciplinary research team. Researchers at the University of Florida are developing an automated system to deliver chemicals into the vascular parts of trees to reduce their susceptibility to citrus greening disease.Ozgur Batuman, an assistant professor of plant pathology at the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, leads a team of researchers trying to make the automated delivery system a reality to help growers deal with the disease.Citrus greening, also known as HLB, has led to huge losses for Florida’s multibillion dollar-a-year citrus industry.“The automated delivery system can be installed on any farm equipment and be operated by anyone who is driving – physically or remotely,” Batuman said. The person will be trained to use a joystick to control the arm that delivers the chemicals,” he said.To conduct the research, scientists will use a US$3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, an arm of the USDA. USDA seeks comments on proposed Chinese citrus imp … You might also be interested in
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