India is not property of Congress: BSP Oct 17, 2008
Why can't congress find some other cities in UP where they can promote industrialization. These politicians are all same. (Indian Express)
Shovel Shops complex one of Most Endangered Historic Resources Oct 16, 2008
The community hopes that listing the Shovel complex will encourage the developers to seek a more preservation focused development that will allow the community and tourists to see and appreciate the shovel shops and their importance to the expansion of America and the rise of industrialization, the release stated. The site of the Ames Shovel Shops Complex is bounded by Main, Oliver and Sullivan streets and is located in the heart of the North Easton National Register district and the H.H.... (Easton Journal, MA)
Chinese commodity demand will slow: Tom Albanese Oct 15, 2008
Looking further out, Chinese GDP will remain largely driven by the domestic economy and we expect industrialisation and urbanisation to continue apace with strengthening demand across a range of Rio Tinto products. The third-quarter review reported record quarterly global production of iron ore, up 17 per cent on the third quarter of 2007. (The Australian)
Modhvadia does a volte face Oct 13, 2008
He said not only the Tatas, but Mr. Narendra Modi too had been causing immense losses to the State exchequer by giving cheap land and other concessions to the industrial houses to take personal credit for industrialisation of Gujarat. The GPCC spokesman, who earlier had welcomed the Tatas to Gujarat to set up the Nano project, said the petitions of the farmers demanding restoration of the lands to them were pending in various courts and the Chief Minister had no right to allocate the same to the... (Hindu)
New roadmap for rural economic development Oct 13, 2008
In some regions that boast of favorable conditions, farmers also set up limited cooperatives on their land and are actively pushing for agricultural industrialization under the support and guidance of the local government and through self-financing ... Agricultural industrialization is the process of carrying out technological molding of traditional agriculture and promoting agricultural sciences and technologies ... After analyzing the basic requirements for agricultural industrialization, the... (Xinhuanet, China)
Monetary Stalinismin Washington Oct 11, 2008
Amongst the worst tragedies of Soviet collectivization was the Ukraine famine of 1932-33, which took six million lives as Joseph Stalin practiced forced appropriation of crops and imposed very low prices for agricultural products in favor of industrialization. Interference with the pricing mechanism and Stalinism in the form of very low prices for agricultural products also caused famines in India in 1965 and in China in 1969, with a human death toll well into the millions. (Asia Times Online)
China's farmerscan bank on land Oct 10, 2008
"The capitalization on farmland will ... let farmers benefit from their land's industrialization and urbanization," said Hu Xingdou, professor of economics at the Beijing Institute of Technology. "Profits from land have been going to property developers and officials, but [under this policy] the income would go to the farmers.". (Asia Times Online)
THE VIEW FROM MAIN STREET: OIC, Arts Alliance help define New Britain Oct 10, 2008
Paulette Fox is executive director of New Britain's highly respected Opportunities Industrialization Center on Grove Street. Stephen Hard is executive director of the New Britain Arts Alliance, an organization of the city's arts attractions. (New Britain Herald, CT)
"Dutch revenge" in bank crisis draws Belgian ire Oct 5, 2008
It played a key role in financing the 19th century industrialisation of the Low Countries. The modern group was born in a first cross-border financial merger in 1990 to become one of Europe's top 20 financial groups combining insurance, banking and asset management. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Episcopal priest lecture is Saturday Oct 3, 2008
A century ago, at the birth of the ecumenical movement, Protestant churches reacted to the harshness of industrialization with a new social creed. It stressed the abolishment of child labor, the importance of a living wage, and the protection of workers from "the swift crisis of industrial change.". (Albany Times Union)
NPP is the only party with practical programmes - Akufo-Addo Sep 24, 2008
These are strengthening the country's democracy, structural transformation of the economy and industrialization, regional and continental integration as well as the modernization of the Ghanaian society. Specifically, the party seeks to reduce the financial difficulties facing the manufacturing sector by proposing to establish a one-billion-dollar fund to support small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
writing in the current issue of The New Republic, Sep 20, 2008
Hundreds of thousands more perished from overwork, disease, starvation, and accidents at the various "canalization" and "industrialization" sites of the first Five-Year Plans ... In the "plus" column of its "on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand" assessment of Stalin, the textbook declares him "the most successful leader of the USSR," responsible for industrialization, the "cultural revolution," the world's best "system of education," the "elimination of unemployment," and also for the... (Harper's Magazine)
Vietnam weaves between US and China Sep 19, 2008
Attracting more American investors would not only diversify key sources of FDI, but also bring in a new range of investment categories to help spur higher value-added industrialization. Although American investors are relative latecomers compared with their Asian counterparts, their presence in Vietnam has gradually risen since the BTA went into effect. (Asia Times Online)
More of this story Sep 13, 2008
It opened as the River Station in 1875 to serve passenger trains and continued for decades, eventually accommodating the freight lines that helped usher in L.A.'s industrialization. Designated as a city Historic-Cultural Monument in 1971 and abandoned as a rail yard in 1992, the property was purchased by State Parks in 1999 after the community protested a plan to turn it into an industrial park. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Once Upon a Time in China: Review Sep 12, 2008
Of course, in the shadow of the Western gun also lurks the introduction of other cultural and technological advents, such as Christianity and the beginnings of industrialization in the East, bringing with it the opportunity for individuals to profit from the exploitation of the masses (such as the promise of great wealth to be gained from working in America, which hides the reality of slave labour). The film deals with these subject matters even-handedly, highlighting the positive as well as... (Suite101.com)
My plans for Niger Delta, by Yar'Adua Sep 12, 2008
The recommendations of the committee which will include proposals for the industrialisation of the region will be helpful to the new ministry. " The Ijaw leader urged the government to appoint only persons of impeccable character and a passion for the people to man the ministry. In addition, he called for adequate funding to avoid any cynicism on the part of the people. President of MOSOP and the Chairman of the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, Mr. Ledum Mitee told The Guardian that it... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Letters to the editor Sep 10, 2008
iceman wrote on Aug 25, 2008 11:49 AM:" BigMike: Re causes of climate change, didn't you read my comment to your last repeat of this question on August 20? http://gtconnect.com/articles/2008/08/20/news/opinion/6edi02_alets.txt.It *is* possible to have natural warming (and to understand it scientifically) and to have human-caused warming (and to understand it scientifically). At the moment, most warming is caused by us humans, and over the next century we'll see a lot of it. Over ice age cycles... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Zug - the other side of the tax paradise Sep 9, 2008
Zug's industrialisation began relatively late, only after 1850, helped by the advent of the railway linking it to Zurich. The decision to set low tax rates at present around half the Swiss average was made in 1946 and marked Zug's final move towards trade and industry. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 7, 2008 Sep 8, 2008
Industrialization makes forevermore personal exercise of power, input and output of knowledge. Using, not misusing, machines to take on tasks of drudgery. (North County Times)
Repeal All Colonial-Oriented laws! Sep 8, 2008
The largest factor in lowering the percentage of extremely poor people in East Asia according to the World Bank report, has been the explosive industrialization of China. What is the plan of Ghana government to reduce poverty in Ghana. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
America's Most Endangered Foods Sep 7, 2008
The spike in the world's population after World War II and the industrialization of agriculture, enabling the mass production of food, helped shape what kinds of livestock we eat, says Chuck Bassett, executive director of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Prior to the war, small farmers raised multipurpose cattle for milk, beef and ability to work. (Forbes)
Tata's small Nano crashes into barriers Sep 4, 2008
Now a battle at the Singur plant in West Bengal, where Tata planned to make the minicar, is seen as a test case for India's industrialisation. Tata said on Tuesday that it was suspending work at the plant and sought other sites in the face of unrelenting protests by activists demanding the return of farmers' land taken for the project. (Business Report, South Africa)
Past Times in Wednesday's home-delivered copies Sep 3, 2008
Both look into the advent of the giant cotton/cloth mills, now largely departed, that were key to the industrialization of the New South. The issue in today s paper concentrates on the origins and history of the main mill operations themselves and what they made, the sometimes violent labor strife that erupted at them and the start of the transition to what textiles has largely come to mean today throughout this region: carpet. (Calhoun Times, GA)
Boom-crash opera Aug 30, 2008
But now domestic demand is being crunched to accommodate foreign demand from China's industrialisation. And household wealth is falling in line with the stock market slump and sliding house prices. (The Australian)
The fast track guide to Slow Food Aug 28, 2008
Eventually, Slow Food organizations formed in 131 countries in an effort to stop the industrialization of food production. In 2004, Slow Food International held its first Terra Madre food festival in Turin, Italy, just a short distance from the organization's headquarters in Bra. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Monsanto's bane: The evil pigweed Aug 28, 2008
When economic growth is the result of industrialization particularly the type of export-oriented manufacturing that draws women into the labor force -- it should also bring about the changes in gender relations that we associate with modernization. But income that comes from oil extraction often fails to produce industrialization -- and can even discourage industrialization by causing the Dutch Disease. (Salon)
Slavery history lessons to be compulsory Aug 27, 2008
The children's minister, Kevin Brennan, said: "Although we may sometimes be ashamed to admit it, the slave trade is an integral part of British history."It is inextricably linked to trade, colonisation, industrialisation and the British empire. "It is important that children learn about this and the links to wider world history, such as the American civil rights movement the repercussions of which are still being felt today.". (guardian.co.uk)
English-only golf Aug 27, 2008
" The takeaway: Economic growth is not enough to bring about positive changes in gender equality -- what's critical is the kind of economic growth. When economic growth is the result of industrialization particularly the type of export-oriented manufacturing that draws women into the labor force -- it should also bring about the changes in gender relations that we associate with modernization. But income that comes from oil extraction often fails to produce industrialization -- and can... (Salon)
Paul Keating's full speech Aug 25, 2008
Has the bounty of science and industrialisation with its cornucopia of production and wealth, encouraged us too far away from simpler requirements and concern for the needs of all. Was the twentieth century a psychological age as Roger Smith in his History of Human Sciences pointed out, in which the self became privatised, while the public realm; the realm critical to political action for the public good, was left relatively vacant. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Pakistani views Aug 21, 2008
He opened up the economy for foreign investment, encouraged industrialisation and freed the media. But Pakistan is facing many problems at the moment because of him and the economy is declining day-by-day because of his wrong policies. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Army Moves Ahead With Mobile Laser Cannon... Aug 20, 2008
Army Moves Ahead With Mobile Laser Cannon. The Army is moving ahead with plans to mount a laser cannon on a massive, 35-ton-plus truck. (The Drudge Report)
Impress Group Standardizes Simulation On MSC.Software's MD Nastran and SimXpert Aug 19, 2008
Designers at Impress will use the new simulation technology to accurately predict the in-service performance of their packaging products, optimize the structural mass and improve the industrialization processes of their manufacturing. By introducing simulation at an earlier stage in the process, Impress will be able to simulate more accurately and efficiently. (Primezone Releases)
Bottom-Up Industry the Way to Go for Ghana?* Aug 18, 2008
All the same, one thread runs through the post-colonial experience of African industrialization. Upon attaining independence, most African states rushed to implement industrial policies that vastly overstated the capacity of existing infrastructure, market development, and sometimes even managerial and technical resources. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
BHP Billiton record profit above $US15bn Aug 18, 2008
In the short-term, we expect prices to remain high relative to historical levels, albeit with higher volatility," BHP said in a statement. The mining giant added: "The continuing massive industrialisation in China is providing solid support to the global economy. " Revenue jumped 25.3 per cent to $US59.47 billion ($68.79 billion). Its petroleum division was its second-biggest earner behind base metals. BHP will pay a final dividend of US41 cents per share, beating market expectations of US36c a... (The Australian)
Ocean 'dead zones' on the rise Aug 15, 2008
Boesch, who was not affiliated with the study, said that "the global proliferation" of dead zones, once mainly a problem of the developed world, had been fueled by industrialization, changing eating habits and population growth, which has led to more fertilizer use and more waste in the world's watersheds. Dead zones pose a serious threat to coastal ecosystems, said James Galloway, a professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. (International Herald Tribune)
Southern Co. aims to spend $1.57T on new plants Aug 14, 2008
But higher natural gas and coal prices combined with the rapid industrialization of China and India will put continual pressure on energy costs, he said. "The significant price pressure corresponds to the need for us to raise prices for our customers," Ratcliffe said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Disclosure Document Aug 11, 2008
With China increasingly opening up their economy through greater privatisation, deregulation and liberalisation, there has been a signifi cant change in urbanisation and industrialisation of the country. This in turn has resulted in a boom in domestic construction and infrastructure projects. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Iemma shores up his name in history Aug 9, 2008
"It's been a wasteland and they started with the headland and carved it, killed it, turned it into an industrial site. "The cranes will be on site, bringing back the headland which man, through industrialisation, took away. " The plan to unlock Millers Point - hidden from view for the past 100 years behind fences and the buildings of public and private port operators - was announced as Iemma's Government received a biting rebuke from the architects who won a design competition to convert East... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: 1918-2008 Aug 5, 2008
With his masterwork, "The Gulag Archipelago," he gave a name to the brutal network of labor camps that spread across the Soviet Union during dictator Josef Stalin's frenzied industrialization drive. Tens of millions of men, women and children died in the effort. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Charlotte Observer Launches New Website, Designed by NavigationArts Aug 1, 2008
Trumpeting the "New South" and the Charlotte region's industrialization, the Observer thrived in the early 20th century. Two months before the 1929 stock market crash, its publisher, sensing danger, sold his NYSE holdings at a huge profit, amassing the cash to expand operations during the Depression by taking advantage of cheap newsprint. (PR Newswire)
Nelson 'worse than Howard' on climate change Jul 31, 2008
Prices are what they are right now because of cheap industrialisation at the expense of the environment. If we want to save the environment, the scale will need to be tipped and things will get more expensive. (ABC Online)
Newsweek: China's inferiority complex Jul 29, 2008
The process was exacerbated by Japan's successful industrialization. Tokyo's invasion and occupation of the mainland during World War II was in many ways psychologically more devastating than Western interventions because Japan was an Asian power that had succeeded in modernizing, where China had failed. (MSNBC -- International)
NEWSWEEK COVER: What Drives China Jul 28, 2008
According to Schell, "the process was exacerbated by Japan's successful industrialization. Tokyo's invasion and occupation of the mainland during World War II was in many ways psychologically more devastating than Western interventions because Japan was an Asian power that had succeeded in modernizing, where China had failed. This inferiority complex has been institutionalized in the Chinese mind." Despite the fact that China has gotten closer than ever to escaping from this past, it's important... (PR Newswire)
Marking their 50th Jul 28, 2008
Industrialization of this great river of the West is a crime. One only has to look at the Mississippi. (Longview Daily News, WA)
In defence of social justice Jul 26, 2008
The modern concept of social justice emerged out of the seismic changes occurring around the emergence of industrialisation in the 1840s in France and Britain. Fundamental questions were asked about the justice of the unequal relations between capital and labour, and about the distribution of income and wealth. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Review: Most Uncommon Jacksonians Jul 22, 2008
According to Pressen, these labor leaders were influenced by the English Enlightenment radicals, having rejected Malthus and accepted that society s ills were mainly due to private property, monopolies, corrupt institutions, and industrialization. Conclusion: Most Uncommon Jacksonians. (Suite101.com)
Good News on Saturated Fat Jul 22, 2008
Different regions of the world have different diets, but the over-arching tendency among all those regions is that with industrialization (and reduced levels of physical exercise), obesity and other health problems are on the rise. This should be a clue to researchers. (New York Times)
There is cause for concern about aspects of the current debate about climate change. Jul 22, 2008
200 hundred odd years of industrialisation has contributed vast amounts of polution to the system and this has to have a long-term effect. To argue otherwise is to ignore common sense, science, logic and reality. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Discussion, not division, becoming the norm Jul 20, 2008
Since the 1970s, Canadian coal companies and politicians have promoted the idea of developing energy reserves there, and downstream interests have joined Canadian opponents in claiming the area is far too sensitive for large-scale industrialization. A binational team of scientists concluded in the 1980s that coal development north of the border would affect water quality and fisheries in Montana. (Missoulian, MT)
Turnbull backs Woodside on LNG fears Jul 18, 2008
Yet what does the media jump on board with but the human element i.e industrialisation. As per the graph you provided, which shows the change in mean surface temerature from 1850 to 2005, brings out some interesting points. (ABC Online)
TEXT: Bernanke on the State of the Economy Jul 16, 2008
Moreover, growth has been concentrated in developing and emerging market economies, where energy consumption has been further stimulated by rapid industrialization and by government subsidies that hold down the price of energy faced by ultimate users. On the supply side, despite sharp increases in prices, the production of oil has risen only slightly in the past few years. (Fox News)
Upton echoes call for Congress to lift ban on offshore drilling Jul 16, 2008
Unless China and India abruptly detour from their industrialization, prices are going to continue to skyrocket. "America's working families, already struggling to make ends meet, are desperate for leadership and cannot afford further inaction.". (Dowagiac News, MI)
New life for coalin quake's aftermath Jul 15, 2008
Coal has long fueled China's industrialization ambitions, given the country's more limited petroleum resources. Heavy reliance on coal has resulted in mounting environmental problems ranging from fresh-water contamination to deteriorating air quality. (Asia Times Online)
Green's Long History Jul 14, 2008
The 1700s saw the start of rapid industrialization and as such Benjamin Franklin - in the early 1700s - was concerned with sanitation and public drinking water and made those issues his lifelong concern. William Wordsworth an English poet in the late 1700s wrote he was appalled and outraged by the acts. (Suite101.com)
Psychiatrists identify 'climate change delusion' phenomenon... Jul 13, 2008
In fact, we had to get used to more gas from China, not less: "It is quite inevitable that during this (industrialisation) stage, China's energy consumption and CO2 emissions will be quite high.". Last month, India likewise issued its National Action Plan on Climate Change, and also rejected Rudd-style cuts. (The Drudge Report)
Schwarzenegger Blasts Bush: 'This administration did not believe in global warming'... Jul 13, 2008
al. get to reinvest newfound wealth from our "fines" to further along their industrialization and embolden their economies at OUR expense. Haven't we subsidized our competitors enough over the last fifty years. (The Drudge Report)
Shells Form Unique Climate Archive On The Ocean Floor Jul 13, 2008
He can also determine, however, how much of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is funnelled into the oceans and how much of this is the result of burning fossil fuels since the start of industrialization some 200 years ago ... For the first time, mussels can be used to accurately determine natural fluctuations in the CO2 content of the ocean in any specific year prior to the era of industrialization. (Science Daily)
View from the cop: Eye on crime Jul 13, 2008
That should be applied to cars, liquor, prescription drugs, library cards, voter registration, food, water, exercise, industrialization, computers ... That should be applied to cars, liquor, prescription drugs, library cards, voter registration, food, water, exercise, industrialization, computers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
So you think you can dance, Bollywood? Jul 13, 2008
But analysts say that because China's arable land is shrinking every year due to industrialization, the country has no option but to turn to genetic modification technology to increase yields. "GMO technology is the only solution right now for the country to raise yield and reduce use of pesticide, which is harmful for the environment," said Huang Dafang. (Salon)
Food for Thought Jul 8, 2008
The same goes for the extraordinary industrialization and global flattening of our culinary economy, which Waters s focus on community gardening, seasonal eating, and local markets is meant to combat. Heavily concentrated industries demand expansive and centralized government. (The American Conservative)
Cambridge Historical Society welcomes new executive director Jul 8, 2008
Mon Jul 07, 2008, 11:57 AM EDT. The venerable institution of the Cambridge Historical Society is excited to announce that its new director has returned. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Uganda: Govt Wants to Ease Cost of Doing Business Jul 7, 2008
The Government also plans to issue a sh20b industrialisation bond for UDB to provide guarantees for lending, especially to the agriculture sector. AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over , plus more than , who are responsible for their own reporting and views. (allAfrica.com)
A biofuel food-price bombshell Jul 4, 2008
"Additionally, natural-rubber supplies are becoming increasingly unstable as a result of rapidly expanding growth in China and India, decline in rubber production due to industrialization in Southeast Asia, and increasing utilization of this material by former Soviet Bloc countries. Estimates indicate that demand will exceed supply in 2020 by approximately 15 percent.". So now, I can't inflate my tires without pondering the global economy and the perils of tire price inflation. (Salon)
The N.P.P. [and U.P.] turned out to be a damp squib Jul 3, 2008
Plans for industrialization and radical social reform involved the production of hydro-electric power on a massive scale. It was the purpose of the Volta River Project to provide this power with enough capacity to spare for export to neighbouring states. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Current targets unlikely to avoid 'dangerous climate change' Jul 3, 2008
However, industrialisation brings other benefits. High standards of living lead to longer, healthier lives. (ABC Online)
