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FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPrint分享Debapriya Mondal for the Economic Times of India:The government plans to scrap four special purpose vehicles (SPVs) set up for ultra mega power plants (UMPP) in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Odisha due to lack of interest from the host states, a top government official has told ET. He added that as the government is focusing on UMPPs at Cheyyur in Tamil Nadu, Bedabahal in Odisha and Banka in Bihar, the other projects could take years to come up. “Keeping these running would only add to the expenditure.”While the four host states have claimed they are power surplus and do not require a plant of such large scale as of now, land acquisition has also become a hurdle for these UMPPs. “We do not have land for the Karnataka and Maharashtra projects. For the Odisha UMPP, no mine has been allotted so far,” the official said. These SPVs were set up around 2008-09 when the government launched the UMPP programme. For the Chhattisgarh UMPP at Surguja, the government initially failed to secure coal supply. Now, the state has conveyed that it does not want any such project as it has become power surplus. The Karnataka and Maharashtra projects were to be set up in coastal regions and meant to be fed on imported coal. However, the government failed to acquire any land for those and the states have also taken a backseat with the delays.Full article: Government plans to scrap four SPVs set up for UMPPs due to lack of interest from host states India Steps Back From 4 Proposed Coal-Fired Ultra Mega Power Plants
Surinamese port officials forwarded information about the suspicious vessel to port officials in Guyana, who stopped the ship, questioned the crew and found the cocaine. Airmen from the U.S. 12th Air Force recently spent four weeks training members of the Chilean Air Force maintenance procedures for F-16 Fighting Falcons and instructed them in the use of night vision goggles. Collaboration between Guyanese and Surinamese port officials led to the seizure of more than 120 kilograms of cocaine from a ship that was expected to leave Guyana for Europe, Kurshid Sattaur, commissioner of the Guyana Revenue Authority, said on January 6. “It was really rewarding to work with them, but the partnership that we’ve developed with them has been very instrumental,” he said in a prepared statement. “Sometimes it’s not about the assistance that you provide, but what you can learn from the individuals you’re assisting, and during this trip I’ve learned a lot from the Chilean Air Force.” Master Sergeant Jeremy Jacobs, a 12th Air Force Tactical Aircraft Manager who led the training session, said the experience was extremely positive. “It was really rewarding to work with them, but the partnership that we’ve developed with them has been very instrumental,” he said in a prepared statement. “Sometimes it’s not about the assistance that you provide, but what you can learn from the individuals you’re assisting, and during this trip I’ve learned a lot from the Chilean Air Force.” Jacobs’ team worked with members of the Chilean Air Force at several bases. Collaboration between Guyanese and Surinamese port officials led to the seizure of more than 120 kilograms of cocaine from a ship that was expected to leave Guyana for Europe, Kurshid Sattaur, commissioner of the Guyana Revenue Authority, said on January 6. The 12th Air Force has spent the past 15 months in the cities of Iquique and Antofagasta working with the Chilean Air Force as part of the U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) goal of bolstering international cooperation through sustained engagement. Guyana and Suriname work together to make large drug seizure Port officials found the cocaine, which has a street value of about $10 million, on January 5 while searching the ship MV Delta Diedre. The vessel was registered in Cyprus and scheduled to make stops in Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. The 12th Air Force has spent the past 15 months in the cities of Iquique and Antofagasta working with the Chilean Air Force as part of the U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) goal of bolstering international cooperation through sustained engagement. Surinamese port officials forwarded information about the suspicious vessel to port officials in Guyana, who stopped the ship, questioned the crew and found the cocaine. Master Sergeant Jeremy Jacobs, a 12th Air Force Tactical Aircraft Manager who led the training session, said the experience was extremely positive. “This experience has been both useful and important for both sides and has brought us closer together for the overall goal of success,” Chilean Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrés Bahamondes-Velásquez said. The 12th Air Force works in cooperation with Armed Forces in Central America, South America and the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking and improve security. “Working with the members from the United States Air Force has been amazing,” Chilean Air Force Senior Airman Pedro Aguilera, a Life Support Technician, said in a prepared statement. “Their knowledge of the different systems is great, but I think the part that amazed me was when I was able to actually assist them and showed them a few different ways to do things that make the different pieces of the equipment last longer and make common tasks more efficient.” Guyana and Suriname work together to make large drug seizure By Dialogo January 12, 2015 Jacobs’ team worked with members of the Chilean Air Force at several bases. “This experience has been both useful and important for both sides and has brought us closer together for the overall goal of success,” Chilean Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrés Bahamondes-Velásquez said. Port officials found the cocaine, which has a street value of about $10 million, on January 5 while searching the ship MV Delta Diedre. The vessel was registered in Cyprus and scheduled to make stops in Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. “Working with the members from the United States Air Force has been amazing,” Chilean Air Force Senior Airman Pedro Aguilera, a Life Support Technician, said in a prepared statement. “Their knowledge of the different systems is great, but I think the part that amazed me was when I was able to actually assist them and showed them a few different ways to do things that make the different pieces of the equipment last longer and make common tasks more efficient.” “It was the joint intelligence that generated this trap,” Sattaur said. He didn’t immediately disclose who is believed to have owned the cocaine or if any arrests were made in connection with the seizure. The 12th Air Force works in cooperation with Armed Forces in Central America, South America and the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking and improve security. “It was the joint intelligence that generated this trap,” Sattaur said. He didn’t immediately disclose who is believed to have owned the cocaine or if any arrests were made in connection with the seizure. Airmen from the U.S. 12th Air Force recently spent four weeks training members of the Chilean Air Force maintenance procedures for F-16 Fighting Falcons and instructed them in the use of night vision goggles. 
While everyone is hearing about “record” sales by vehicle manufacturers, everything is not a bed of roses for those making loans on these vehicles. Even though new vehicle financing was up 86.3% in Q1 2016 compared to 84.9% a year ago, margins are still squeezed to razor thin levels, and the competition vying for this finite market is getting even more aggressive. As most lenders know by now, the auto lending pool of competition no longer only includes credit unions, banks, and dealers. Insurance companies, ‘buy here, pay here’ car lots, and online retailers makes the auto lending business that much more competitive for credit unions.In order to compete with dealers, we see lenders lowering their credit criteria in order to win business. In addition, since auto prices have continued to climb, we are seeing a reversal to the days of extended loan terms on these vehicles to make the payment more affordable for the consumer. Likewise, consumers are staying in their vehicles longer. In fact, according to CNBC, in 2006, car owners traded in their vehicles after approximately 4.3 years. In 2016, that number jumped to 6.5 years.On another note, as gasoline prices continue to remain low, consumers are more attracted to larger vehicles, and the sticker price on those vehicles certainly isn’t going down. Just take a trip to your local Ford dealership and look at the cost of a nicely appointed F150.Low gas prices driving consumer demand for higher-priced vehicles may be good for the economy in the short term, but in the long term it could become a problem for lenders. If the economy continues its slow recovery, you might start seeing an increase in delinquencies. According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market, some credit unions already have been seeing this, as 60-day delinquencies rose to 0.42% in Q1 2016 from 0.35% in Q1 2015.Reduced used car prices and longer loan terms have been decimating the GAP market for the last 18 months, causing extremely high losses. This cost will ultimately flow down to lenders and dealers. Coupled with that, any spike in gas prices will drive people into more economical vehicles, further declining GAP performance.Many people, me included, were very hopeful for 2016, and in some areas that hope remains. However, it’s hard to ignore that a lot of challenges exist—both known and unknown. How will regulatory pressures impact lenders? How will the economy perform? Where are gas prices heading and how will those prices affect every other area of the economy? How will the outcome of the presidential election impact consumers and businesses in the short- and long-term? A crystal ball would be nice, but in its absence, we all just need to be diligent, find creative and efficient ways to reduce risk and generate income, and prepare ourselves to quickly react to however the chips may fall.In an effort to help our clients find creative ways to stand out in an increasingly competitive auto lending market, we developed our recent ebook, Stand Out from the Auto Lending Crowd. Get your free copy today! 77SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr,Mark Hein As CEO for SWBC’s Financial Institution Group, Mark Hein manages the day-to-day operations and sets the strategic direction for the division. He is committed to continuous product training, increasing … Web: www.swbc.com Details
Arcata >> As many times as the Humboldt State women’s basketball team fought back to within striking distance of their arch-rival Chico State, the Wildcats had an answer. And that answer came in the form of guard Whitney Branham.The Chico State senior scored a career-high 31 points and hit on seven 3-pointers as the Wildcats downed Humboldt State 70-58 on Saturday at Lumberjack Arena.“She had a career night tonight,” Chico State head coach Brian Fogel said of Branham. “She made big shots.” …
AJ Stubbs scored a team high 18 points, 12 of which came in the second half, and the McKinleyville Panthers outlasted the Hoopa Warriors 80-72 to win its first-round Logger Classic game, Thursday night at Jay Willard Gymnasium.With Thursday’s win the Panthers (4-3) advance to the semifinal round of the Logger Classic where they will face Dougherty Valley (5-1) today at 8:30 p.m.“I thought we matched their intensity tonight, which is something I didn’t think we did as good a job of the first …
Related Posts Massive Non-Desk Workforce is an Opportunity fo… Tags:#business applications#customer survey#forrester research#fusion#Oracle#peoplesoft#siebel#Software IT + Project Management: A Love Affair antone gonsalves Image courtesy of drserg/Shutterstock. Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison seldom shies away from a fight, so it’s no surprise his company came out swinging over an unfavorable Forrester Research report.Forrester certainly struck a nerve when it released a survey on Wednesday that found a majority of customers using Oracle’s e-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and Siebel business applications had no interest in switching to the company’s next-generation Fusion Applications. Those laggards are complicating Oracle’s efforts to reverse a slowdown in application revenue, Forrester said.Oracle’s ResponseIn a three-page counterattack, Oracle tore into the market-research firm. “This is a speculative note based on misconceptions and wrong hypotheses,” the company thundered.(See also “Why Oracle Fusion Doesn’t Excite Customers“)Despite Oracle’s ostensible outrage, its counterattack is unconvincing. The company claims Forrester did not talk to enough of its customers to back its claims, as if the firm was doing a random survey of all of Oracle’s customers.Forrester never said it was doing that kind of survey. Instead, the respondents came from 180 of the firm’s contacts that were responsible for choosing IT products and had knowledge of Oracle applications. “While nonrandom, the survey is still a valuable tool for understanding where users are today and where the industry is headed,” the report says.Commonsense would tell you that there are more reasons for Oracle customers to stay with the applications they have than to move to Fusion, which has a different code base. Such an undertaking is expensive, takes a long time and draws IT staff away from other pressing projects. With the older applications still being upgraded and working just fine, why would anyone want to make a major change?(See the full text of its rebuttal below.)The most damaging part of the survey was Forrester’s finding that 65% of customers using the older business applications had no plans to switch to Fusion. Another 24% were on the fence.Oracle complained that the survey only covered U.S. and European customers. Likewise, it noted that more than 40% of the respondents were in manufacturing, government, education and healthcare – industries it claims aren’t representative of Oracle’s overall customer base. For instance, Oracle cited an IDC report noting that Fusion doesn’t yet fully support manufacturing operations, implying that manufacturers might reasonably be less than interested in making the switch to immature applications.Ellison and company also moaned that many questions were phrased in a “negative way,” as if that somehow disqualified the responses. Such questions included “What do you dislike most about your firm’s most important Oracle applications?” and “Why doesn’t your firm plan to use Oracle Fusion Applications?”Who Do You Believe?The report also claimed that Oracle has no clear strategy for migrating customers to Fusion. The company disagreed, saying it has always told customers they could adopt pieces of the product portfolio at their own pace and that everything – old and new – would work together.Forrester also said that customers staying with the older applications were missing out on innovation. Again Oracle cried foul, saying that at Oracle OpenWorld last year, the company discussed future releases for E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft, as well as roadmaps for all its applications. Examples of innovation include iPad certification in PeopleSoft and new mobile capabilities in Siebel, Oracle said.Despite Oracle’s protestations, Forrester is not budging. “We stand by the report,” spokesman Phil LeClare said. So, readers will have to decide whom they believe. Personally, given Oracle’s recent lack of truth in advertising and its tendency to pretend to have cloud technology when it doesn’t, I’ll lean toward Forrester.Here’s the full Oracle rebuttal: 3 Areas of Your Business that Need Tech Now Cognitive Automation is the Immediate Future of…
Brazil’s David Luiz, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, and Oscar practice during a training session at the Estadio Nacional. (AP Photo)Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said it would be “stupid” to think his team would consider playing deliberately for a draw against Cameroon in order to choose its second-round opponent at the World Cup.Scolari dismissed any chance that Brazil would not try to win Monday’s decisive Group A match in Brasilia.”You have to win the match, you have to advance to the next round,” Scolari said. “Some people have been saying that we might consider playing to choose our opponent, but they are either stupid or ill-intentioned. We have to play to advance, not to choose anything. We have to play to win.”Brazil, Mexico and Croatia are still in contention to advance from Group A. Netherlands and Chile are playing to determine No. 1 and No. 2 in Group B – the winners of these groups next play the second-place team in the other.Brazil needs at least a draw against Cameroon to guarantee a berth in the round of 16. A win will likely secure first place in the group, but even a loss could be enough for the hosts to advance depending on the result of the match between Mexico and Croatia, which will be played at the same time in Recife.Netherlands and Chile play in Sao Paulo before Brazil’s match on Monday. Both teams have already qualified for the next round and a draw will secure the Dutch in first place. The Netherlands eliminated Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.advertisementScolari dismissed any nation of the possibility of match fixing in Monday’s match because Cameroon is already eliminated.He said even the suggestion of “match manipulation” was “disrespectful to Cameroon, not only to us.”Brazil, the only team to play in all 20 World Cups, has advanced to the second round in every tournament since 1970. This is one of the few times that the five-time champions haven’t reached the last group match with a spot in the round of 16 virtually secured.”If we had beaten Mexico we would be a lot less anxious ahead of this match,” Scolari said. “But we know that we can advance with two of the three results.”Brazil opened with a 3-1 win over Croatia before being held to a 0-0 draw by Mexico. Cameroon began the tournament with a 1-0 loss to Mexico and then fell 4-0 to Croatia.Cameroon is already certain to start without its captain and most experienced player, Samuel Eto’o, who has a right knee injury.Scolari said Brazil will play with the same lineup he used in the opening win against Croatia, with Hulk in attack. The striker missed the match against Mexico after a left leg muscle injury.”We could change a few things if we had already advanced,” Scolari said. “But now we have to use what we think is our best team. We have to do everything possible to advance.”Brazil will be playing its 100th World Cup match on Monday, becoming the second team to reach the milestone, after Germany.
MS Dhoni does not care about what the media has to say about him. He has brushed aside his detractors and laughed off criticism with witty one-liners that have often made good headlines. But the 35-year-old cannot ignore what Sandeep Patil, the outgoing chairman of selectors revealed in an interview with ABP’s Marathi station. (Selectors did discuss about removing MS Dhoni from captaincy: Sandeep Patil) Honest and forever candid with his views, Patil was bound to dodge direct questions on Dhoni’s future as captain of India’s limited-overs sides but having finished his term, the former middle-order batsman said his committee had indeed discussed removing Dhoni as captain of the ODI and T20I teams, especially after his shock retirement from Test cricket at the end of 2014, in the middle of a series against Australia. Dhoni, as is his wont, surprised everyone with his exit from the Test arena. India had lost successive series overseas and were having a tough time Down Under but at least they had chalked out a draw at the MCG – a rare achievement in Australia under his command. But soon after the post-match press conference, BCCI sent out a cryptic note, informing the world that Dhoni, India’s most successful captain of all time, had had enough of five-day cricket. (Sachin Tendulkar would’ve been dropped in 2012 had he not quit ODIs, reveals Sandeep Patil) There were no further comments – neither from the board nor Dhoni nor the selectors. Patil now says Dhoni told him that his decision was made because he did not feel up to scratch – physically and mentally.advertisement In a more telling revelation, Patil, who had through his tenure refused to answer questions related to Dhoni’s captaincy, said the selectors had discussed the burning issue not once but several times. However, with the World Cup barely a few weeks away, the committee decided to stick to the old guard. “But we selected him because? a time had come, the World Cup had come – if you try, before the World Cup, giving a new player the captaincy seat, give him a good run. But that opportunity didn’t come to the selectors. We didn’t have enough time to experiment,” Patil said. When Dhoni bowed out of Test cricket (without the need to ask for a farewell series), there was a feeling he would go out all guns blazing in the shorter formats. His form was patchy and his abilities to finish close games had come under the scanner. But without the pressure of Test cricket, Dhoni was expected to up the ante and rediscover his golden touch. India waited and waited, first through a tri-series that followed the Tests and then the World Cup, where as defending champions, they played spectacularly before a crushing defeat to Australia in the semi-finals. But Dhoni’s resurgence never came. There were series in Bangladesh and one at home against South Africa, where Dhoni did get some runs but his genius was missing. A tour of Australia at the dawn of 2016 did nothing to redeem his lost stature. India did play exceptionally well in the T20 format this year but failed to reach the final of the World T20 at home. If Dhoni did not feel fit and ready for Test cricket, he did not show that he was actually ready for the demands of 50-over cricket either. Since he retired from Tests, Dhoni has scored 726 runs from 28 ODIs at an average of 38.21. This period (from January 2015 onwards) also saw India lose back-to-back bilateral series against Bangladesh, South Africa and Australia. Dhoni’s only triumphant moment came in Zimbabwe, where he oversaw a 3-0 whitewash of the hosts. Yet, Patil did not want to make that tough call. The World Cup was played more than a year ago and one suspects his committee still had plenty of time to ease the beleaguered captain out and place Kohli at the helm of Indian cricket. Why, for all facts and purposes, is Dhoni still there? Obviously Patil did not want to make a controversial decision: he said he was happy enough to leave that call to the new selection committee. At a time when Virat Kohli is on the rampage – he butchered the Australian attack in five-match series India lost in January and scored loads of runs in the T20 format including 973 in the IPL, studded with four hundreds. To top that, Kohli has won seven out of the 14 Tests he has led India in – his captaincy credentials are therefore beyond doubt. The new selection committee, under the stewardship of MSK Prasad will of course have to take that call but they would be pressed against time. The Champions Trophy is a year away and before you know it, the 2019 World Cup would be upon the world. The new selectors are inexperienced and might feel the heat if they had to take a call on Dhoni. It would be much easier for all the stakeholders involved if the skipper decided to step down himself. But remember that infamous, snarky comment to an Australian reporter, who asked Dhoni what his plans were after India were knocked out of the World T20? It is a complicated road ahead for Indian cricket.WATCH: MS Dhoni’s reply to a journalist who asked him about his retirement plans #WT20 #IndvsWIhttps://t.co/STYW5Hh4xnadvertisement ANI (@ANI_news) March 31, 2016
St. Bonaventure defeated No, 18 VCU today, 73-71 at home, in dramatic fashion. The Bonnies’ junior guard Marcus Posley went off the dribble and beat the final buzzer with an off-balance scoop shot off the glass, igniting a wild celebration. Here’s a look at the finish, which was Posley’s second game-winning buzzer-beater of the week.What a win for St. Bonaventure. They led the entire game, only to have VCU tie it up with 16 seconds remaining. Then, you have that finish. Also, check out the beginnings of an epic court rush at the end of the Vine. The Bonnies’ fans absolutely flooded the playing area in a matter of seconds. Quality stuff.
RICHMOND, B.C. – Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say it appears criminals have added Bitcoin ransom to the growing list of manoeuvres to swindle money from unsuspecting victims.Officers responded to a report of an abduction on July 16 where a victim said they had received a call from a person demanding money for the safe return of their partner.Police say the threat was taken seriously because the cellphone call was from their partner’s phone number and the victim then transferred $10,000 into a Bitcoin machine in Richmond.The victim’s partner was later located unharmed and unaware of the supposed abduction.Cpl. Dennis Hwang says police are warning that criminals are trending towards more sophisticated techniques in gathering personal information from their victims.Hwang says the most widely demanded forms of payment related to the scams are iTunes and gaming gift cards or Bitcoin.