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Last month, this publication was introduced to Apeel Sciences a Gates Foundation-backed company responsible foran innovative plant-derived solution that reportedly slows down the rate of water loss and oxidation in perishable foods. Fin Slater caught up with Michelle Masek,Communications Advisor atApeel Sciencesto discuss scalability, single-use plastics, and the future of food packaging.

Could you give us an introduction to the Apeel product?

Apeel is a plant-derived solution that doubles to triples the shelf life of many types of fresh produce reducing reliance on refrigeration, plastic packaging, and controlled atmosphere throughout the supply chain. Made of materials found in every bite of fruit, Apeel creates an exceptionally thin, edible peel on the outside of produce, creating an optimal microclimate inside fruits and vegetables that slows the rate of water loss and oxidation the primary causes of spoilage. Apeel Sciences is fighting the global food waste crisis by using natures tools to extend the freshness of produce, prevent waste and promote more sustainable practices. Apeel is FDA GRAS, approved for USDA Certified Organic and conventional produce, and in 2019 gained regulatory approval by the European Commission.

For suppliers and retailers, Apeel is the only postharvest solution that creates an optimal microclimate inside every fruit or vegetable, maintaining quality, extending shelf life, and transportability with reduced reliance on refrigeration and controlled atmosphere.

What was the R&D process that lead up to the creation of the product?

While working on his Ph.D. in Materials, Apeel Sciences founder and CEO, James Rogers, will tell you he spent a few years watching paint dry in an effort to develop an energy-harvesting solar paint that would help democratize clean energy.

One day, while driving through lush farmland on his way home to Santa Barbara from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, he heard a story on the radio about global hunger and wondered how can so many people be hungry if were able to grow such an abundance of food?

It turns out that there isnt an issue with growing the food we needthe culprit is spoilage. James wondered if a barrier could be created for food that would slow down the rate of spoilage and discovered that the materials needed already exist in every bite of food we eat. The result was a breakthrough application of materials science to food preservation, and Apeel Sciences was born.

Apeel Sciences was founded in 2012 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a product to reduce post-harvest food loss in developing countries. Today, Apeel Sciences has developed products for multiple USDA Organic Certified and conventional produce categories, and the company works with partners ranging from smallholder farmers and local organic growers to the worlds largest food brands to make better quality fruits and vegetables available for all.

Apeel is made of plant-derived materials lipids and glycerolipids that exist in the peels, seeds, and pulp of all the fruits and vegetables we already eat. When creating Apeel, we specifically target these materials.

Key factors that determine the shelf life of produce, such as water loss and ripening rates, are governed by their surface properties, including native wax composition, wax crystal density and size, roughness, and porosity. We consider all of these factors when we optimize a formulation for a particular category of produce, where molecularly, we adjust the combination of lipids in the formulation to be best suited to a given produce surface to maintain shelf-life.

What applications/demand does the product seek to meet?

Food waste in Europe has reached a staggering 88 million tonnes annually, with associated costs estimated at 143 billion euros. By using Apeel as a solution for extending produce shelf life and helping reduce food waste, U.S. retailers have been able to sell Apeel-treated avocados at no additional charge to the shopper or member.

In trials, weve seen a doubling to tripling of shelf-life across many dozens of types of fruits and vegetables. The length of shelf life extension depends on the type of produce, its age, and the conditions it is subject to along the supply chain, among other factors.

What makes Apeel technologically innovative/interesting?

Nature is our greatest teacher, and we have successfully proven that we can use these learnings to improve and prolong the quality of produce while reducing waste. From strawberries to peppers, every fruit and vegetable has a protective peel or skin that nature uses to keep it fresh. By enhancing this with a little extra peel, Apeel can double to triple the shelf life of many types of fresh produce, which promotes more sustainable growing practices and less food waste from farm to retail shelf to home.

In addition to food waste reduction, Apeels technology has the ability to reduce single-use plastic waste in the produce industry. In fall 2019, Apeel announced a partnership with world-renowned supplier Houwelings Group, providing them access to Apeels plant-derived technology to replace the single-use plastic wraps on its English cucumbers while still maintaining the vegetables shelf life. This partnership is expected to reduce plastic waste from reaching our landfills by over 60,000 pounds per year.

How does this product fit into the sustainable future of the packaging industry?

Apeel's technology is enabling the shift to more sustainable solutions a priority for everyone across the food supply chain. Fruits and vegetables already have packaging in the form of skins and peels, and Apeel is drawing on what nature already creates in order to help the industry increase the sustainability of its offerings. By extending the shelf life of produce, transformations and savings at every stage of the supply chain can occur. One recent example of this is Apeel Asparagus a vegetable which currently depends heavily on air freight for transport. Apeel reduces reliance on air freight by maintaining quality for longer, opening up the possibilities of arrivals by sea resulting in approximately 1/10 of the cost of transport and 1/8 the GHG emissions when compared to air.

What are your expectations for the future of the product?

Coming off of the heels of our European expansion, we hope to be a global company, servicing many more countries around the world. In the U.S., Apeel avocado retail programs have demonstrated a 50% reduction in retail waste on average and were eager to make these food waste reduction benefits a reality for suppliers and retailers around the world. We are excited about continuing to unlock the potential of plant-derived technology to help solve some of the biggest challenges we are facing right now in the area of food waste and its impact on climate change.

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In its latest analysis of satellite manufacturing and launch services, Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2028, Euroconsult projects that the satellite market will experience a radical transformation in the quantity, value and mass of the satellites to be built and launched with a four-fold increase in the number of satellites at a yearly average of 990 satellites to be launched, compared to a yearly average of 230 satellites in the previous decade.

The market will reach $292 billion over the next decade. This reflects a 28 percent increase over the previous decade which totalled $228 billion in revenues.

"Newcomers like Oneweb, SpaceX's Starlink or Amazon's Project Kuiper are becoming the largest owners of assets in orbit, challenging the satellite industry in many ways" said Maxime Puteaux, Editor-in-Chief of this research product and Senior Consultant at Euroconsult.

These changes are characterized by several factors:

+ LEO and MEO constellations are expected to account for 77 percent of the projected demand in the next decade driven by broadband projects like SpaceX's Starlink, Oneweb, Amazon's Project Kuiper, Telesat LEO and SES's O3b mPOWER.

+ Incumbent GEO comsat commercial satellite operators are transitioning from a legacy of GEO comsat broadcasting business to more data-centric use cases, impacting satellites orders. The gradual recovery of contracts will continue, following the low point of seven awards in 2017 with demand driven by the first orders of satellites with fully reconfigurable digital payload.

+ Euroconsult expects an average of 13 GEO comsat orders per year post-2020 based on a replacement scenario that considers the competition of NGSO satellite systems and the introduction of life extension services. Demand from global and regional GEO comsat operators will reach a yearly average of $8 billion over the next ten years.

+ Civil government agencies are projected to be the top drivers of satellite demand, accounting for 40 percent of the entire market value, ahead of both defense and commercial demand. This is a result of increasing interest in space science, exploration, and Earth observation. On the defense side, a new cycle of orders is beginning with new strategies and replacement satellites needed by the U.S., China, Russia, Japan, India and Europe.

Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2028 is a research product based on in-depth analysis of satellite applications and missions, satellite operators and users, technology advances, and the impact of these factors on the manufacturing and launch industry.

It includes a database of all satellites, regardless of mass, that were launched from 2009 to 2019, as well as satellites currently under construction, and those forecast to launch by 2028. It also provides detailed status and maturity assessments of 55 commercial constellations of five satellites or more and discusses the business cases for the four mega-constellations and their differing vertical integration strategies.

In its analysis, Euroconsult reviews strategic issues and trends for four categories of satellite operators, six types of orbit, six regions of the world, and seven distinct satellite application categories.

It provides quantitative analysis of satellite numbers, mass, and cost with forecasts based on qualitative top-down and bottom-up assessments. With separate sections for both the manufacturing and launch industries, the research covers strategic issues, industry structure, financial performance, innovation and more for each and includes detailed profiles of ten manufacturers and four launch service providers.

"While accurate projections can be challenging in an era of uncertainty, Euroconsult stands behind its numbers as the most realistic and reliable in the industry" said Maxime Puteaux. "This is the 22nd edition of our research on satellites to be built and launched and, in preparation, we compared past forecasts to the actual numbers. We confirmed that our depth of experience and comprehensive insight into the industry resulted in highly credible estimates."

Euroconsult compared the number of GEO and non-GEO satellites launched from 2009 to 2018 to its forecast for that period. It showed that, in 2009, the company predicted 11 percent more non-GEO satellites than actually launched, and it underestimated the number of GEOs by only three percent. The 2010 edition was the first report since 2000 to underestimate the non-GEO segment and subsequent editions corrected earlier over-estimates.

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Key point:The new paint is supposed to be radar-absorbent.

A Texas Air National Guard fighter squadron flying F-16s is one of the first units to paint its planes in a new, radar-absorbing paint scheme. The paint signals the Air Forces reluctant decision to keep old F-16s flying through the 2020s, at least.

The Air National Guards paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa in mid-December 2019 rolled out a Block 30 F-16C with the new version the Have Glass paint jobs. The F-16C, a Block 30 model, belongs to the 149th Fighter Wing flying out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

The new, single-color paint scheme is a recent departure from the older two-tone gray paint scheme normally associated with F-16s that belong to the United States Air Force, the Pentagon stated.

Most American F-16s for decades have worn a mostly light-gray paint scheme. Since around 2012, however, the Air Force under the Have Glass V initiative slowly has been applying a new, single-tone, dark-gray livery to some F-16s

The new ferromagnetic paint, which can absorb radar energy, first appeared on some of the roughly 200 F-16s the Air Force assigns to the dangerous suppression-of-enemy-air-defenses, or SEAD, mission. SEAD squadrons reside in Minnesota, South Carolina, Germany and Japan.

The Texas Air National Guard F-16 apparently is the first Block 30 F-16 to receive a variant of the Have Glass V paint. Where previous Have Glass V paint jobs included a lighter-tone radar radome, the current scheme covers both the radome and the rest of the plane in the same, dark tone.

No paint can compensate for a plane's shape. In particular, the shapes of its wings, engine inlet and engine nozzle. Square shapes, right angles and perpendicular planes such as engine turbines strongly reflect radar waves.

Even with Have Glass, the F-16 on average has a 1.2-square-meter radar cross-section, according to Globalsecurity, while the F-22 and F-35 boast RCSs smaller than .005 square meters.

So the Have Glass V F-16s arent stealth fighters. But they are stealthier than are F-16s with older paint schemes. Since Have Glass V undoubtedly is expensive, the Air Force logically prioritized repainting planes in units flying the dangerous SEAD mission.

Its noteworthy that Block 30 F-16s, which first appeared in 1986, also are getting Have Glass V treatment. The roughly 300 Block 30s are some of the oldest fighters in the Air Force inventory, and strictly fly with Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units.

The Air Force for years struggled to define a replacement plan for the Block 30 F-16s, which on average have accumulated more than 7,000 flight hours. The F-35 eventually could replace the Block 30s. But with F-35 production rates fall far below projections, even under the best of circumstances it could take a decade or more to replace all the Block 30s.

The 149th Fighter Wing is one of several Air National Guard units that for years has lobbied the Air Force to bump it higher in the list for new F-35s. But the flying branch so far has tapped Guard wings in Vermont, Wisconsin and Alabama to get F-35s, leaving a couple dozen other units in limbo for the time being.

Conceding that it cannot acquire F-35s fast enough, the Air Force now plans to conduct a service-life extension on more than 800 of its roughly 900 F-16s, apparently skipping over only the oldest Block 25 models that entered service in the early 1980s.

The life-extension could help the Block 30s fly for a few years longer. Some Block 30s also are receiving new electronically-scanned-array radars to replace their old analogue units. Stealther paint also helps the aging F-16s stay relevant.

The U.S. Air Force isnt the only air arm to apply radar-absorbing paint to otherwise non-stealthy fighters. The Chinese air force in early 2019 also began applying ferromagnetic paint to its roughly 50 J-16s fighters.

The J-16 is an upgraded version of the older J-11 fighter that China copied from the Russian Su-27.

David Axe serves as Defense Editor of the National Interest. He is theauthor of the graphic novelsWar Fix,War Is BoringandMachete Squad. This first appeared earlier in 2019.

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Oil giant BP (LON:BP) sprung a surprise on Tuesday (January 7) by announcing the sale of some of its iconic North Sea assets to Premier Oil (LON:PMO), one of the U.K.'s most indebted oil and gas companies.

The deal worth 474 million ($625 million) will see a package of North Sea assets, including the Andrew platform and BP's controlling stake in five surrounding fields, as well as its minority stake in the Shell-operated Shearwater field, transferred to Premier Oil.

The five fields - Andrew, Arundel, Cyrus, Farragon and Kinnoull - all produce via the Andrew platform, which is about 140 miles (225km) north east of Aberdeen, and has been run by BP since 1994, coming onstream in 1996. The oil giant's minority stake in the Shell-operated Shearwater field stands at 27.5%.

The Andrew platform and BP's controlling stake in five surrounding fields, as well as its minority ... [+] stake in the Shell-operated Shearwater field will be sold to Premier Oil.

BP said the move was aimed at "reshaping" its North Sea asset portfolio under an ongoing 7.6 billion divestment program.

The sale marks a continuing trend of North Sea divestments by BP. In 2017, it sold its interests in the Bruce, Keith and Rhum fields to Serica Energy for 300 million. Earlier that year, the oil giant also sold its Forties Pipeline System (FPS) to Ineos in 250 million deal. The 235-mile pipeline system, which links 85 North Sea oil and gas assets belonging to 21 companies, was first opened in 1975.

BP is by no means alone in divesting mature North Sea assets. Rival Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSB) sold half of its U.K. production base to private equity-backed Chrysaor the same year as BP sold the FPS, and other majors such as Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) have also divested from the region.

Ariel Flores, North Sea regional president at BP, said: "BP has been reshaping its portfolio in the North Sea to focus on core growth areas. As a result of this focus, we have also now decided to divest our Andrew and Shearwater interests, believing them to be a better strategic fit for another owner.

"We are confident that Premier Oil, already a significant operator in the North Sea, is the right owner of these assets as they seek to maximize their value and extend their life."

The midcap buyer of BP's assets is one of the most indebted oil companies in the U.K. with a debt pile of 1.5 billion. But Premier Oil said it would be paying for the assets via combination of existing cash, an acquisition bridging facility of 228 million and a fresh equity raise of 380 million.

Tony Durrant, Chief Executive of Premier Oil, said: "These acquisitions are in line with our stated strategy of acquiring cash generative assets in the UK North Sea.

"We look forward to realizing the significant long-term potential of the Andrew and Shearwater assets through production optimization, incremental developments and field life extension projects."

A total of 69 BP staff working on the divested assets are expected to move to Premier Oil. Following announcement of the divestment, as of 12:07 GMT on Tuesday, BP's shares were trading down 0.93% or 4.70p in London at 499.40p, while Premier Oil's were up 16.81% or 17.05p at 118.71p.

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Growing emphasis on the food safety and longer shelf life has played an important role in the development of ingredients that aid in food preservation. These ingredients vary from simple water content to salt or sugar to chemicals like antioxidants and are used to prevent growth of microorganisms, thereby delaying the spoilage process. In terms of origin, food safety and shelf life extension ingredients can be synthetic or natural in nature.

Food preserving ingredients have been an integral part of kitchen aisles in the form of lemon, ginger, vinegar, spices, salt and sugar. Their traditional utilization was replaced by synthetic ingredients with increasing commercialization of the food industry in past decades. However, with the dissemination of knowledge related to harmful effects of synthetic ingredients, currently, the industry is witnessing a prominent shift toward natural ingredients for food safety and shelf life extension.

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Clean-Label Trend Fuels Synthetic to Natural Transition in Food Ingredient Landscape

Naturally sourced ingredients have gained significant traction as consumer preference for natural products continues to surge. In terms of effectiveness, natural preservatives are superior in delivering greater protection and longer shelf life. As they work with equivalent efficiency and are healthful in nature, adoption of naturally sourced ingredients is increasing consistently as compared to the synthetic options.

Natural ingredients such as antimicrobials or antioxidants have additional potential health benefits also. Well aware of the increasing consumer demand for natural food products that are without artificial ingredients, manufacturers in the food ingredient market are introducing bio-based or naturally sourced food safety ingredients.

Frozen Foods Drive Demand for Specialized Food Safety Ingredients

Ranging from salads to sauces or ready meals to rice, a plethora of food products are available in frozen forms. As the demand for fresh and frozen foods increase across the globe, food manufacturers are seeking innovative ways to introduce novel food safety ingredients to extend the shelf life of frozen foods.

Manufacturers in the food safety and shelf life extension ingredient market are introducing ingredients specific to refrigerated products. Along with providing safety, these ingredients are label friendly and help in reducing sodium content while enhancing consumers sensory experience.

Shelf Life Extension Ingredients Market Regional Outlook

North America presents lucrative opportunities for the Shelf Life Extension Ingredients Market on the back of buoyancy in regions the food and beverage industry and presence of leading F&B companies.

The market is likely to witness increasing opportunities in the developing countries of Asia pacific. These countries are witnessing huge demand for frozen foods, RTD food and beverages and processed food, thereby presenting higher potential for the market in the future.

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Anki, which shuttered in April after burning through almost $200 million in venture capital financing, could have a new lease on life or a life extension, at least. As first spotted by The Verge, Pittsburgh-based educational tech startup Digital Dream Labs this week announced it will pick up development of Vector, Ankis most recent robot, in the coming months.

Digital Dream Labs plans to kick off a Kickstarter campaign to fund the launch of two new products for Vector owners. The first an Escape Pod will enable the robot to work offline sans internet connection to Ankis cloud datacenters, while the second an open source development kit and a custom bootloader will allow Vector owners to create and make available new features and functionality.

The most important part of this update is to let you know we have taken over the cloud servers and are going to maintain them going forward, wrote Vector CEO Jacob Hanchar in a blog post. This is just the beginning and subject to change, but because you have shown such loyalty and got this project off the ground in the first place, I felt it was necessary to communicate these developments as soon as possible!

Anki, the San Francisco startup behind AI-imbued robotics toys like Overdrive, and Cozmo as well as Vector, shut down immediately after laying off its workforce of just over 200 people. A failed round of financing was reportedly to blame. CEO Boris Sofman told employees that a deal failed to materialize at the last minute, as did acquisition interest from companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Comcast.

Anki claimed to have sold 6.5 million devices total, and 1.5 million robots last August alone. (Cozmo was the top-selling toy on Amazon in 2017 with a community of more than 15,000 developers.) And in fall 2018, the company revealed that revenue was close to $100 million in 2017, a figure it expected to beat the subsequent year.

Anki, which was founded by Mark Palatucci, Sofman, and Hanns Tappeiner in 2010 with the mission of bring[ing] artificial intelligence and robotics into [users] daily lives, made a splash six years ago with its smartphone-controlled car setAnki Drive(alternatively Anki Overdrive), which was demonstrated onstage at Apples 2013 WorldWide Developer Conference. Anki later became an Apple retail partner and introduced several Overdrive accessories, including a series with Hot Wheels branding.

Cozmo a cute robot toy that made use of Ankis companys deep artificial intelligence research and team of Pixar and Dreamworks animators debuted in October 2016, ahead of Vector. But despite their novelty and sophistication, the robots shared relatively high launch price points ($180 for Cozmo and $249 for Vector), which likely contributed to their slow uptake in the notoriously unforgiving consumer robotics space.

Ankis closure followed the shuttering of Bosch-backed startup Mayfield Robotics, which was developing a larger, pricier ($700) home robot dubbed Kuri. Robotics companyJibo, which engineered a social robot featuring a bespoke conversational assistant, shut down earlier this year. In somewhat related news, industrial robotics companyRethink Roboticsclosed its doors seven months ago after attempting unsuccessfully to find an acquirer.

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A terminally ill childs death should not be determined by a panel of doctors and a judge. Parents should have a say in the decision to maintain life-extending care. But in Texas, Fourth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice Sandee Bryan Marion went along with the determination of doctors at Cook Childrens Medical Center in Fort Worth to pull life support from 11-month-old Tinslee Lewis, despite her familys wishes to keep her alive.

The Jan. 2 ruling was made based on arguments during a Dec. 12, 2019, hearing. Tinslee Lewiss family intends to appeal the decision.

Tinslee was born in February 2019 with a host of medical ailments. She was premature and suffered from Ebsteins anomaly, a serious heart defect, chronic lung disease, and high blood pressure. Tinslee has been breathing with the help of a ventilator since July, when she went into respiratory arrest, and is deeply sedated and medically paralyzed. Her mother, Trinity Lewis, maintains hope.

Doctors in Texas possess the legal right to determine when a patients life ends because of the Texas Advanced Directives Act, passed in 1999. The law requires that before physicians can terminate life support, an ethics or medical committee must vet their decision. The patient is informed at least 48 hours in advance about the meeting to end his life, and receives the information in writing. The patient and his family then have 10 days to transfer to a facility where he wont be removed from life support, should he so desire.

After an October Ethics Committee meeting, doctors at the Cook Childrens Medical Center invoked the 10-day rule, wherein they determined they can remove life support, regardless of what the patients family wants. In this case, Tinslees mother desperately wants her baby to live.

A temporary restraining order was filed to prohibit the removal of care, but it expired Dec. 10. The family tried to find a different facility that wouldnt remove Tinslee from life support, but none could offer further life extension, and the case went to court for a temporary injunction hearing Dec. 12.

Typically, the process of ending life-extending care does not reach the court system. Families and doctors are usually able to come to an agreement about the best course of action, which is especially difficult for a mother to a baby who hasnt even reached her first birthday. If the family cannot find adequate placement for their loved one, the hospital may cease life-extending care. Lewis is trying to keep Cook Childrens from terminating Tinslees ventilator while the mother seeks an appeal of Judge Marions decision.

Texas Right to Life advocates for continuing care, and Fort Worth Catholic Diocese Bishop Michael F. Olson has offered to help obtain care for Tinslee at a Catholic hospital. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a joint statement saying, The state will continue to support Ms. Lewis exhaustion of all legal options to ensure that Tinslee is given every chance at life. The AGs office said it would ensure Tinslees right to life all the way to the Supreme Court.

After Marions ruling, the doctors released a statement that said, Our medical judgment is that Tinslee should be allowed to pass naturally and peacefully rather than artificially kept alive by painful treatments. Even with the most extraordinary measures the medical team is taking, Tinslee continues to suffer. To keep her alive, doctors and nurses must keep her on a constant stream of painkillers, sedatives, and paralytics.

The statement continued, As a result, Tinslee is paralyzed at all times. She currently is suffering from severe sepsis, not uncommon when patients require deep sedation and chemical paralysis to maintain organ function. Even with medication and support, Tinslee has dying events 2-3 times per day. When she is in distress, Tinslee crashes and aggressive medical intervention is immediately necessary, which causes even more pain.

Tinslees mother spoke with dismay after the ruling, saying she is heartbroken over todays decision because the judge basically said Tinslees life is NOT worth living. I feel frustrated because anyone in that courtroom would want more time just like I do if Tinslee were their baby. I hope that we can keep fighting through an appeal to protect Tinslee. She deserves the right to live. Please keep praying for Tinslee and thank you for supporting us during this difficult time.

The case is reminiscent of Charlie Gards story. Gard was born in the U.K. with a need for life-extending care. While his parents were hopeful and medical professionals outside the U.K. offered alternative care to that from the National Health Service, Gards doctors declined to let his parents take him elsewhere. While this is extreme, it is not too far on the horizon for the U.S. health care system once doctors and judges can determine a patients fate rather than the patient or their families.

Tinslees doctors argue that she is in pain and this suffering is reason enough to allow her life to end. But determining the value of a life based on the perceived suffering of that person who cannot speak, and whose family wants desperately to keep her alive, is a mistake. While older, terminally ill patients at the end of their lives have more options and have had a lifetime to decide what they would choose when the worst comes to pass, the consideration for the youngest among us must be different. Parents should be the people responsible for making those determinations, and if courts and doctors can take that power away, there are risks for all of us who enter the medical system.

Not long ago in the United States, hospitals provided no care for premature babies. The majority of American hospitals had nothing to help them. No technology, no special skills. There was no central heat to keep them warm. Doctors would place heated bricks in cribs and cross their fingers, said reporter Katie Thornton in an episode of 99% Invisible.

Treatment for premature babies didnt begin to change until a doctor in France came up with the idea to house premature babies in something like the incubators used to hatch chickens. The life-saving incubators were not even adopted in hospitals, but first featured as part of a sideshow exhibit at the Omaha Worlds Fair and other fairs, hawked on the midway.

Instead of bringing preemies to hospitals, parents would bring them to the fair and hope for the best. These incubators turned out to be the most substantial treatment innovation for premature babies. It was still decades before hospitals adopted the idea and turned it into the concept of the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU.

Why, now that doctors can do so much, are they turning their backs on the patients that need them most, and saying its for their own good? Is it ever compassionate to end a human life if it can be saved or extended, especially in cases where the person is not capable of consent? Tinslees mother is hoping for a miracle. In the absence of that, Trinity Lewis would like just a little more time with her daughter. No judge, doctor, or law should stand in the way of that.

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BP has agreed terms to sell its interests in the Andrew area in the central UK North Sea and its non-operating interest in the Shearwater field.

Under the terms of the deal, Premier Oil will pay BP USD 625 million.

BP has been reshaping its portfolio in the North Sea to focus on core growth areas, including the Clair, Quad 204 and ETAP hubs. Were adding advantaged production to our hubs through the Alligin, Vorlich and Seagull tieback projects, Ariel Flores, BP North Sea regional president, said. As a result of this focus, we have also now decided to divest our Andrew and Shearwater interests, believing them to be a better strategic fit for another owner. We are confident that Premier Oil, already a significant operator in the North Sea, is the right owner of these assets as they seek to maximise their value and extend their life.

The five fields in the Andrew area all produce through the Andrew platform, which is located about 140 miles north-east of Aberdeen. The hub started production in 1996. In 2019, average daily production has been around 25,000 to 30,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

The Shearwater field is a high pressure, high temperature reservoir produced through a process, utilities and quarters platform, located around 140 miles east of Aberdeen. Shearwaters 2019 production has been in the region of 14,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day gross.

The Andrew assets are expected to transition to Premier Oil as a fully operational entity with 69 staff who operate and support the assets. Their contractual terms and conditions are protected under UK Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE). BP will now begin consultation with in-scope staff.

There is no transfer of staff associated with the Shearwater sale.

The sales are the latest step in BPs planned programme of USD 10 billion divestments by the end of 2020. Subject to the receipt of regulatory and other third-party approvals, BP aims to complete the sale and transfer of operatorship of the assets at the end of the third quarter of 2020.

The deal includes BPs operating interests in the Andrew area comprising the Andrew (62.75%), Arundel (100%), Cyrus (100%), Farragon (67%) and Kinnoull (77.06%) assets as well its non-operating 27.5% interest in the Shell-operated Shearwater.

Premier Oil confirmed the proposed acquisitions of the Andrew Area and Shearwater assets from BP, and an additional 25 per cent. interest in the Premier operated Tolmount Area from Dana for USD 191 million plus contingent payments of up to USD 55 million (together the Acquisitions). Premier also announced the proposed extension of its existing credit facilities to 30 November 2023.

The proposed acquisitions will be funded via a USD 500m equity raise (net of expenses) which has been fully underwritten on a standby basis, existing cash resources and, if required, an Acquisition Bridge Facility of USD 300 million. Premier expects that the equity raise will include both a placing and rights issue component with any shares issued under the placing qualifying for the subsequent pre-emptive rights issue. It expects to confirm the structure and terms in Q1 2020 following consultation with major shareholders.

Lender consent for the proposed acquisitions, related funding arrangements and extension of credit facilities will be sought via two Court-approved schemes of arrangement (the Schemes). Of the creditors subject to the Schemes, 83.3 per cent. of Super Senior Commitments and 72.7 per cent. of the Senior Commitments have already committed to approve the Schemes.

The Andrew and the Shearwater Acquisitions constitute a class 1 transaction. Shareholder approval for all of the acquisitions and the equity raise will be sought at a general meeting expected to be held in Q1 2020. The Directors believe that the acquisitions represent a highly attractive opportunity and recommend that Premiers shareholders vote in favour of the resolutions, as the Directors intend to do in respect of their holdings, at the general meeting. Premier Oil will send a combined prospectus and circular to its shareholders convening the general meeting in due course.

The acquisitions have an effective date of 1 January 2019 and completion of all three acquisitions is expected to occur by the end of Q3 2020.

These acquisitions are materially value accretive for Premier Oil and are in line with our stated strategy of acquiring cash generative assets in the UK North Sea. We look forward to realising the significant long-term potential of the Andrew and Shearwater assets through production optimisation, incremental developments and field life extension projects. We are also pleased to have consolidated our interest in the high return Tolmount development where we see material upside. The cash flow generated from the acquired assets will also accelerate the deleveraging of Premiers balance sheet, Tony Durrant, Chief Executive, commented.

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Premier Oil has unveiled three acquisitions in the North Sea worth $871m as it seeks to consolidate assets in the region.

It is acquiring the Andrew Area and Shearwater assets from BP for $625 million, and an additional 25% interest in the Premier-operated Tolmount Area from Dana for $191m plus contingent payments of up to $55m.

Premier has announced the proposed extension of its existing credit facilities to 30 November 2023.

It said the acquired assets will generate more than $1 billion of free cash flow to end 2023

The proposed acquisitions will be funded via a $500m equity raise (net of expenses) which has been fully underwritten on a standby basis, existing cash resources and, if required, an acquisition bridge facility of $300 million.

Premier expects that the equity raise will include both a placing and rights issue. It expects to confirm the structure and terms in Q1 2020 following consultation with major shareholders.

The three acquisitions are expected to complete by the end of Q3 2020.

Tony Durrant, chief executive, commented: These acquisitions are materially value accretive for Premier and are in line with our stated strategy of acquiring cash generative assets in the UK North Sea.

We look forward to realising the significant long-term potential of the Andrew and Shearwater assets through production optimisation, incremental developments and field life extension projects.

We are also pleased to have consolidated our interest in the high return Tolmount development where we see material upside. The cash flow generated from the acquired assets will also accelerate the deleveraging of Premiers balance sheet.

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For the second year in a row, changes to the Abilene City Commission and its staff have been one of the top events of 2019.

This is the second of a two-part series on the top 10 news events of 2019.

The top five which were published Monday were flooding, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Museum, downtown Abilene, economic developments and murals.

The next five include new faces in city government, child care, historical places, Patty OMalley and the Lebold Mansion.

New faces

On May 6 the Abilene City Commission voted 4-0 to terminate the services of its city manager Austin Gilley.

The commission had placed Gilley on paid, indefinite leave at the April 22 meeting.

Just over a month after the termination, the city commission voted Jane Foltz, director of the Abilene Parks and Recreation Department, as interim city manager.

The commission also approved former interim Abilene City Manager Dennis Kissinger as a part-time consultant.

Not only did the city commission change its leadership in 2019, it changed its look.

With the resignation of Terry Chaput, 23-year-old Trevor Witt was appointed in late 2018 to fill the three years left of Chaputs term.

In August Commissioner Sharon Petersen resigned. Former commissioner Angie Casteel was named commissioner.

In the November city commission election, the leading vote getter was Brandon Rein, age 24. Voters also voted incumbents back to the commission, Dee Marshall for four years and Mayor Tim Shafer, two years.

The new commission will be sworn in Jan. 13.

The Abilene Board of Education also has new faces. Greg Brown is the new superintendent. Robert Keener and Veronica Murray were elected to the board in the last election while Gregg Noel and Mark Wilson did not seek reelection.

While their faces have been around the Great Plains Theatre for a while, Mitch Aiello and Layne Roate were introduced as the new co-artistic directors.

Child Care

In early October, 20 families involving 25 children up to the age of 12 were informed that Learn & Grow Depot would no longer provide child care for them starting Jan. 1.

Learn & Grow, a child care facility, planned to continue to provide child care only for employees of Memorial Health System effective Jan. 1.

Learn & Grow is owned and operated by Memorial Health System.

The mission of Learn & Grow Depot has always been to take care of employees children. We currently have employees children on the waiting list and cannot provide that benefit, parents were informed in a letter.

Parents were told that a lack of licensed teachers was the reason Learn & Grow was only going to accept kids from Memorial Health System employees.

Chuck Scott, director of the Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation, told Dickinson County commissioners that child care was at a critical stage with Land Pride starting to add employees at its Abilene West facility.

In a meeting hosted by the economic development corporation, the community was told the number of children needing child care in Dickinson County was estimated at 365 last year.

There is a bigger need than what people recognize, Scott said. It is not a 10 or 20 person need. We are talking in the 300s of children out there that we need to provide a place for.

This is not just a Dickinson County issue, said Tanya Koehn with Child Care Aware. There are meetings like this all over happening.

In mid November it was announced that Robin Hansen, owner of Abilene Childcare Learning Center, was expanding and agreed to lease the Learn & Grow facility to provide child care for hospital staff and members of the community.

Historic Abilene

Both Old Abilene Town and the Dickinson County Historical Society made headlines.

Old Abilene Town hosted can can dancers, gun fighters and evening events in the Alamo Saloon throughout the summer. Just recently it hosted Cowboy Christmas.

The biggest event for Old Abilene Town was another successful Chisholm Trail Days. Much as they did in the 1800s, longhorn cattle were herded through the street and onto rail cars.

In looking a 2020, Old Abilene Town has plans to open a National Old West Trails museum.

We want to move ourselves from not just a tourist destination, but a tourist attraction and all the great things that can happen down in that district, Michael Hook, president of the Historic Abilene, Inc., board of trustees told the Dickinson County Commission.

Several educational programs are planned in 2020, including a Cowboy Camp in July, hosted by OAT and the Community Foundation of Dickinson County.

The Dickinson County Heritage Society changed its name and hosted Heritage Day in September.

A change in the bylaws reducing the number on the Board of Trustees of the Dickinson County Historical Society to seven was voted down by its members during its annual meeting on Nov. 26.

The membership of the society voted to continue to operate under the bylaws adopted in 2018. Those bylaws say the Board of Trustees shall consist of 18 members. It also requires 10 trustees for a quorum.

The membership also elected six new trustees at a standing room only two-hour meeting.

Six new board members were elected at that meeting. Duane Schrag, Cindy Wedel, Gail Whitehair, Mid Hanson, Nanc Scholl and James Holland became board members on Wednesday.

Patty OMalley

More people now are aware that one of the nicest places in Kansas is located in Abilene, thats according to a panel of judges with Readers Digest.

Patty OMalleys Cedar House was named Kansas nominee in the 2019 Nicest Places in America 2019 Readers Digest contest.

Living in the Nicest Place in America means you live in communities that are committed to kindness, trust and health. Life extension is the health solutions expert that is translating scientific research into everyday insights for people wanting to live their healthiest lives. Together, were looking for the community health heroes who are committed to supporting and inspiring communities to live a happier, healthier life, Readers Digest said on its web page in announcing The 50th Nicest Places in America.

Readers Digest tells the story of Patti OMalley and the creation of the rehab center at Cedar House.

It is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time, OMalley said. This has been a long six years of a lot of people saying it cant be done. This is some affirmation for all those years. We have made progress and the hope is that now we can do more to help more women.

OMalley built herself a new home while turning what would become Cedar House into a six-bed facility that focuses on hope, healing and giving back to the surrounding community of Abilene, a rural town of some 7,000, famous for being the childhood home of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Cedar House now boasts a local food bank and a micro-farm with a greenhouse, which delights locals with its exotic flora.

Lebold Mansion

A killer ghost visited the Lebold Mansion in March.

The vengeful ghost of Mary Wallace haunted the mansion, killing some of its guests.

Those events were in the short film The Haunting of Pottersfield. The film was based on the true story of Lavinia Fisher who is considered to be Americas first female serial killer.

Director and writer Andre Dixon brought actors and a film crew to the mansion.

The film has been nominated for four awards at the Indie Short Fest in Las Angeles: Best Horror Short, Best First Time Director (Andre Dixon), Best Sound Design (Alex Gregson) and Best Special Makeup (Marcus Koch).

But Lebold Mansion events didnt end when the crew left.

Once declared the finest dwelling house west of Topeka by an 1883 history of Kansas, the Lebold Mansion, 106 N. Vine, has had more than its share of ups and downs.

It started as a stone dugout, the first residence in Abilene, built by Timothy Hersey in 1857.

About 40 people crowded into the Dickinson County Commission room in May when the Lebold Mansion and property at 310 S.E. Second Street were sold at a sheriffs office to the Dickinson County Bank of Enterprise for $380,227.78.

This stately mansion boasts as being one of the Eight Architectural Wonders of Kansas. The 10,106 square foot building with five bedrooms and 3-1/2 baths is currently listed for sale.

Contact Tim Horan at editor@abilene-rc.com.

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Improved computed tomography (CT) techniques could better recognize manufacturing flaws and structural damage to aerospace composites, improving future aircraft.

University of Texas aerospace engineering researchers will improve reconstruction algorithms and software techniques to produce breakthroughs in computed tomography scanning, which will lead to improved recognition of manufacturing flaws and structural damage of composites. The University of Texas Advanced Materials and Structures Lab uses state-of-the-art facilities.

Andrew Makeev, professor in the University of Texas at Arlingtons Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a $900,000 grant from the Army Research Lab to address the Armys need for better structural diagnostics and life assessment in composite aircraft parts. Makeev, who also directs UTAs Advanced Materials and Structures Lab, will lead the project.

He said UTAs effort will focus on developing effective tools for high-resolution, one-sided computational tomography- or CT-based non-destructive inspection or NDI. One-sided scanning will improve the versatility of CT-based microstructural material characterization and structural diagnostics to virtually unlimited object in-plane dimensions, and help the development of game-changing NDI systems, Makeev said.

Currently, composite aircraft structures are susceptible to damage precursors like porosity and voids, and sustaining fiber-waviness. Those discontinuities may evolve into structural damage in the form of cracks and delamination or composite layer splitting.

X-ray CT has proven to be the only 3D industrial nondestructive inspection which has reliable micro resolution and allows for automated interpretation of the inspection results including the listed flaws. However, the current micro-focus CT technology is based on full scanning or 360 degrees around the object, which limits the technology to small cross sections and prevents accommodation of large structures.

Even small objects, which can be scanned in the existing micro-CT facilities, sometimes do not allow for sufficient magnification of the microstructure during the full scanning. However, available limited-angle reconstructions lose definition and often become erroneous during one-sided inspections.

We believe that to advance composite aircraft structural certification, the analysis must capture manufacturing complexity and variability of flight-critical components and structure, Makeev said. Recent improvement in computing power and advances in X-ray CT reconstruction make it possible to develop high-resolution, one-sided CT inspection technology breaking through the object size limits of X-ray CT. It also offers the long-sought automation for composite aircraft structures.

Inspection of large composite components in a single run addresses a timely and critical need, said Erian Armanios, chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Makeevs research provides CT software solutions that can combine high degree of automation with high degree of accuracy key end user requirements.

The U.S. Army and helicopter industry are facing the challenge of replacing more than 6,300 military vertical lift aircraft. Earlier this year, Makeev received a separate $600,000 grant from Boeing to assess durability and damage tolerance of composite structures for composite airframe life extension.

Makeev has shouldered many research projects with companies that are especially focused on composite materials and structures. He has current or past grants with Boeing, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Sikorsky Aircraft and Bell Helicopter Textron. During his six-year tenure at UTA, Makeev has been conducting pioneering theoretical and experimental work sponsored by the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and aerospace industry at an average rate of $1 million per year in external funding. His work includes integration of design and manufacturing processes to improve performance of composites, advanced material technologies, material characterization, structural diagnostics and prognostics.

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Analysts forecast that Sealed Air Corp (NYSE:SEE) will post sales of $1.30 billion for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Three analysts have made estimates for Sealed Airs earnings, with the highest sales estimate coming in at $1.30 billion and the lowest estimate coming in at $1.29 billion. Sealed Air reported sales of $1.26 billion in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year over year growth rate of 3.2%. The business is expected to announce its next quarterly earnings report on Thursday, February 6th.

On average, analysts expect that Sealed Air will report full-year sales of $4.79 billion for the current financial year, with estimates ranging from $4.78 billion to $4.80 billion. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the business will report sales of $5.01 billion, with estimates ranging from $4.91 billion to $5.20 billion. Zacks Investment Researchs sales calculations are an average based on a survey of research analysts that follow Sealed Air.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.23 billion. Sealed Air had a net margin of 7.55% and a negative return on equity of 135.60%. The firms quarterly revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.61 earnings per share.

In other news, CFO James M. Sullivan bought 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 7th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $38.75 per share, for a total transaction of $193,750.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief financial officer now directly owns 17,028 shares of the companys stock, valued at approximately $659,835. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.53% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Evoke Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sealed Air in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,469,000. Man Group plc increased its stake in shares of Sealed Air by 91.7% during the 3rd quarter. Man Group plc now owns 125,245 shares of the industrial products companys stock worth $5,199,000 after purchasing an additional 59,911 shares during the last quarter. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation increased its stake in shares of Sealed Air by 28.7% during the 3rd quarter. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation now owns 14,760 shares of the industrial products companys stock worth $613,000 after purchasing an additional 3,294 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new position in shares of Sealed Air during the 3rd quarter valued at $4,082,000. Finally, Voloridge Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 391.5% during the 3rd quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 41,538 shares of the industrial products companys stock valued at $1,724,000 after acquiring an additional 33,087 shares during the last quarter. 94.05% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Shares of NYSE:SEE opened at $38.26 on Friday. The companys fifty day moving average is $38.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $41.11. The company has a market cap of $5.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.03. Sealed Air has a 12-month low of $34.92 and a 12-month high of $47.13.

About Sealed Air

Sealed Air Corporation provides food safety and security, and product protection solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Food Care and Product Care. The Food Care segment offers integrated packaging materials and equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, and total cost optimization for perishable food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, and dairy markets under the Cryovac, Cryovac Grip & Tear, Cryovac Darfresh, Cryovac Mirabella, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands.

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Sealed Air Corp (NYSE:SEE) has been assigned an average rating of Hold from the fourteen brokerages that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $44.61.

Several research firms recently issued reports on SEE. Robert W. Baird reaffirmed a buy rating and set a $50.00 price target on shares of Sealed Air in a research note on Monday, November 18th. ValuEngine downgraded shares of Sealed Air from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a research note on Thursday. KeyCorp raised shares of Sealed Air from an underweight rating to a sector weight rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Wells Fargo & Co reaffirmed a hold rating on shares of Sealed Air in a research note on Monday. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Sealed Air from $45.00 to $42.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 17th.

In related news, CFO James M. Sullivan acquired 5,000 shares of the firms stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $38.75 per share, with a total value of $193,750.00. Following the acquisition, the chief financial officer now directly owns 17,028 shares in the company, valued at $659,835. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.53% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Motco acquired a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the 2nd quarter valued at about $29,000. Doyle Wealth Management acquired a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. CSat Investment Advisory L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 34.1% in the 2nd quarter. CSat Investment Advisory L.P. now owns 1,234 shares of the industrial products companys stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 314 shares during the period. Penserra Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 556.0% in the 3rd quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 1,804 shares of the industrial products companys stock valued at $74,000 after buying an additional 1,529 shares during the period. Finally, Massey Quick Simon & CO. LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the 3rd quarter valued at about $96,000. 94.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Sealed Air stock traded down $0.16 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $38.54. 30,675 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 972,233. Sealed Air has a 1 year low of $32.33 and a 1 year high of $47.13. The firm has a market cap of $5.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $39.18 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $41.51.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.02. Sealed Air had a net margin of 7.55% and a negative return on equity of 135.60%. The firm had revenue of $1.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.61 EPS. The firms quarterly revenue was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Sealed Air will post 2.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.16 per share. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. Sealed Airs dividend payout ratio is currently 25.60%.

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Sealed Air Corporation provides food safety and security, and product protection solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Food Care and Product Care. The Food Care segment offers integrated packaging materials and equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, and total cost optimization for perishable food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, and dairy markets under the Cryovac, Cryovac Grip & Tear, Cryovac Darfresh, Cryovac Mirabella, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands.

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Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE)s stock had its hold rating restated by analysts at Wells Fargo & Co in a report issued on Monday, December 9th, AnalystRatings.com reports.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on SEE. KeyCorp upgraded Sealed Air from an underweight rating to a sector weight rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Citigroup reduced their price target on Sealed Air from $45.00 to $42.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. ValuEngine raised Sealed Air from a strong sell rating to a sell rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, Robert W. Baird reaffirmed a buy rating and set a $50.00 price target on shares of Sealed Air in a research report on Monday, November 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the companys stock. Sealed Air currently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average price target of $44.33.

Sealed Air stock traded down $0.61 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $38.26. 1,144,692 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 989,617. The business has a fifty day moving average of $38.61 and a 200 day moving average of $41.11. The firm has a market cap of $5.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.30, a PEG ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.03. Sealed Air has a 12-month low of $34.92 and a 12-month high of $47.13.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.23 billion. Sealed Air had a negative return on equity of 135.60% and a net margin of 7.55%. Sealed Airs revenue was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.61 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Sealed Air will post 2.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

In other news, CFO James M. Sullivan bought 5,000 shares of the businesss stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $38.75 per share, with a total value of $193,750.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 17,028 shares in the company, valued at $659,835. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.53% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SEE. FMR LLC increased its position in shares of Sealed Air by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. FMR LLC now owns 88,646 shares of the industrial products companys stock valued at $4,083,000 after acquiring an additional 2,697 shares during the period. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in Sealed Air during the 2nd quarter worth about $152,000. Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. grew its position in Sealed Air by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. now owns 143,346 shares of the industrial products companys stock worth $6,132,000 after purchasing an additional 6,285 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP acquired a new stake in Sealed Air during the 2nd quarter worth about $3,762,000. Finally, Aperio Group LLC grew its position in Sealed Air by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Aperio Group LLC now owns 64,135 shares of the industrial products companys stock worth $2,743,000 after purchasing an additional 1,064 shares during the period. 94.05% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Sealed Air

Sealed Air Corporation provides food safety and security, and product protection solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Food Care and Product Care. The Food Care segment offers integrated packaging materials and equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, and total cost optimization for perishable food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, and dairy markets under the Cryovac, Cryovac Grip & Tear, Cryovac Darfresh, Cryovac Mirabella, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands.

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As the chief executive of a big German utility told me, in the 1970s, the future of his countrys energy was going to be nuclear. In the 1980s, it was brown coal. Today it is renewables solar and wind. Looking out on a new decade, as modellers confidently predict energy to 2050, do we really have a good idea what is coming?

International agencies, ministries, oil companies, banks, consultancies and environmental campaigners all put out their long-term forecasts, whether predictions or aspirations. Popular end dates seem to be 2030 or 2035, though 2030 is effectively tomorrow as far as major energy policies and infrastructure are concerned. Long-range forecasts mostly stop in 2050 apart from the ones studying climate change effects, where 2100 is the horizon to show more of the damage we are inflicting on the environment. The next century may seem unimaginably far-off, yet it should be well within the lifespan of children born today, and certainly of our monuments.

The underlying assumptions in these models are fairly similar. Growth of the world population and economy will continue but slow down, with economic expansion in the range 2.5-3.5 percent annually at first before settling at 1.5-2.5 percent. Essentially, the same large countries and global political and economic system will remain. Emerging Asian economies will grow faster than the West and dominate in overall size, but remain poorer per capita, while Africa catches up only slowly. Energy efficiency and technology will improve steadily, but no dramatic new technologies will appear either in energy production or use.

So energy consumption rises, although in some cases of high efficiency it might peak in the 2030s and then fall slowly. The models more attuned to climate and environment phase out coal and oil in favour of renewable energy and battery vehicles, and petroleum consumption goes into decline somewhere in the 2030s. Some oil company forecasts show still-rising demand into the 2040s and beyond, but oil use becomes concentrated in aviation and petrochemicals. Nuclear generally shrinks a little.

Think if we could have made such confident predictions going back eight decades instead of forwards.

Eighty years ago, the world was descending into the full horrors of the Second World War. The US was barely emerging from the Great Depression, the Soviet Union was ruled by a totalitarian Communist state, and all of Africa and much of Asia were in the grip of colonial empires. Some 2.3 billion people, a third of todays level, inhabited this world, and the economy was less than 4 percent the size it is now. The power of the atom, the jet engine and electronics were just emerging; the world was powered by coal supplemented by oil, wood and horses; steaming from England to Australia took a month; and space travel was science fiction.

New methods for producing and using energy, and entirely new political and social phenomena, will surely emerge up to 2050 and 2100. We can imagine five areas of development, which might overlap or might define entirely new paradigms.

In a world of virtualisation and miniaturisation, we might live much more within our minds and within computers. Three-dimensional printing and nanotechnology would produce highly efficient and tailored goods with a minimum of waste, while centralised industry and conventional bricks-and-mortar retail disappears. Vertical farms powered by low-carbon energy, and artificial meat grown without animals, would feed humanity.

Life extension would change demographics. Genetic engineering, manufactured and tailor-grown organs, and artificial intelligence could take life-spans regularly beyond 125 years. Birth-rates may drop but populations rise more as wealthy people live much longer, exacerbating inequality and generational divides.

Super-globalisation would see the hypercharging of our interconnected yet competitive world. The importance of nation states would diminish in favour of self-selecting personal networks, unanchored corporations and activist groups, and supranational unions.

Self-driving electric vehicles and ships, delivery drones and hypersonic planes usher in a new era of mobility. Space travel would be routine, and much industry would be located in orbit. A wealth of unimagined energy-using devices, including universal helper robots, would emerge. Energy consumption could rise much faster than anticipated, even if most of it comes from ubiquitous solar cells, super-compact batteries, hydrogen and small advanced nuclear or fusion reactors, instead of fossil fuels.

Planetary stewardship would demand the repair of our damaged and impoverished environment. Unprecedented global cooperation would see huge areas of land returned to the wild, extinct species and ecosystems resurrected. Biological and technological methods would remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while carefully calibrated geoengineering slows global warming.

Finally, there is the prospect of defeat by the forces of entropy and chaos. Ever-worsening climate change would combine toxically with other problems: a slowing and ageing world economy, growing inequality, the dystopian effects of social media and mass surveillance, the confrontation between China and the US, failed states in parts of the Middle East and Africa. Lands made uninhabitable by drought, sea-level rise, wildfires and heat waves, mass migration, militarised borders, conflict and new totalitarian systems would send the global economy into a permanent and deepening depression. Energy demand would fall but be very dirty as countries fall back on coal and oil.

Much that is familiar will remain alongside much that seems bizarre or inconceivable today. Its hard for energy companies or energy-rich states to build a strategy in the face of such uncertainties. But it is a reminder that whatever we do today should be robust and flexible, not wedded to a single vision of the future however seductive.

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The start of 2020 marks my ten-year anniversary at Xodus, and Im pleased to say that the future is the brightest and most promising that its been throughout my decade with the company. We have more projects than ever, an engaged positive workforce and a strong desire to help and support both clients and colleagues.

Over the last two years our Scottish team has grown from 140 to more than 200 people. In addition to investing in senior personnel in specialist positions, we have once again taken on a range of graduates as we look to the future.

The recruitment of experts is key when engaging with new and existing clients and of course new energy areas. This means that our capability is not only wider but is becoming much deeper too.

Our new development work increased in 2019 with further projects in the pipeline for 2020. We are now working with more operators than ever with the addition of several new players entering the North Sea market. Its fair to say that theres no such thing as an easy tieback these days but what we do best is guide clients to the most effective solution. Most of our recent work has consisted of highly complex or extremely marginal projects.

As we look longer-term, creating the right energy mix is growing momentum, especially off the back of Offshore Europe in September where it was a major talking point.

The key for the North Sea is keeping the major mature hubs running while new resources and technologies are developed. We have been involved in life extension studies and are looking at effective ways to introduce new power sources. Combining new into old is something we are doing well within the North Sea, purely down to the fact we understand all the components to answer the question fully.

Investment in innovation internally is changing our mindset. We have continued to develop digital solutions for clients as we aim to make their operations more efficient. Our integrity management system, XAMIN, is an example of the uptake of digitalisation by the basin and has now expanded to five UKCS operators, one Dutch sector operator and is branching out from its subsea origins to cover topsides pressure systems, structures, moorings and marine.

Our advisory team is also expecting an increase in activity in 2020 while longer-term, our focus on being a leading energy consultancy is influencing our plans for the next five years as we look at further investment in capability and geography.

Our company values are trust, responsibility and excellence and I think about these every day whether its through recruitment, working with a new client or talking with individuals within Xodus. Its something Ill continue to work to as I approach my second decade.

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Wall Street analysts expect that Sealed Air Corp (NYSE:SEE) will report earnings of $0.74 per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Three analysts have provided estimates for Sealed Airs earnings. The lowest EPS estimate is $0.72 and the highest is $0.76. Sealed Air reported earnings of $0.75 per share in the same quarter last year, which indicates a negative year-over-year growth rate of 1.3%. The business is scheduled to announce its next quarterly earnings report on Thursday, February 6th.

On average, analysts expect that Sealed Air will report full-year earnings of $2.78 per share for the current financial year, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.75 to $2.80. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the firm will post earnings of $3.00 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.82 to $3.20. Zacks Investment Researchs EPS calculations are an average based on a survey of sell-side analysts that follow Sealed Air.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. Sealed Air had a net margin of 7.55% and a negative return on equity of 135.60%. The businesss revenue was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS.

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Sealed Air from $45.00 to $42.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. ValuEngine raised shares of Sealed Air from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research note on Friday. Robert W. Baird reissued a buy rating and issued a $50.00 price target on shares of Sealed Air in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Wells Fargo & Co reissued a hold rating on shares of Sealed Air in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, KeyCorp raised shares of Sealed Air from an underweight rating to a sector weight rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Sealed Air presently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $44.33.

Sealed Air stock opened at $38.87 on Friday. The companys 50 day simple moving average is $38.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $41.14. The company has a market capitalization of $6.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.00. Sealed Air has a 1 year low of $34.45 and a 1 year high of $47.13.

In other Sealed Air news, CFO James M. Sullivan acquired 5,000 shares of the companys stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $38.75 per share, for a total transaction of $193,750.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief financial officer now owns 17,028 shares of the companys stock, valued at approximately $659,835. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.53% of the companys stock.

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Doyle Wealth Management acquired a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the second quarter valued at approximately $40,000. CSat Investment Advisory L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 34.1% in the second quarter. CSat Investment Advisory L.P. now owns 1,234 shares of the industrial products companys stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 314 shares in the last quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 556.0% in the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 1,804 shares of the industrial products companys stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 1,529 shares in the last quarter. Massey Quick Simon & CO. LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sealed Air in the third quarter valued at approximately $96,000. Finally, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Sealed Air by 51.4% in the second quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 2,894 shares of the industrial products companys stock valued at $124,000 after purchasing an additional 983 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.05% of the companys stock.

Sealed Air Company Profile

Sealed Air Corporation provides food safety and security, and product protection solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Food Care and Product Care. The Food Care segment offers integrated packaging materials and equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, and total cost optimization for perishable food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, and dairy markets under the Cryovac, Cryovac Grip & Tear, Cryovac Darfresh, Cryovac Mirabella, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands.

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A Texas Air National Guard fighter squadron flying F-16s is one of the first units to paint its planes in a new, radar-absorbing paint scheme. The paint signals the Air Forces reluctant decision to keep old F-16s flying through the 2020s, at least.

The Air National Guards paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa in mid-December 2019 rolled out a Block 30 F-16C with the new version the Have Glass paint jobs. The F-16C, a Block 30 model, belongs to the 149th Fighter Wing flying out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

The new, single-color paint scheme is a recent departure from the older two-tone gray paint scheme normally associated with F-16s that belong to the United States Air Force, the Pentagon stated.

Most American F-16s for decades have worn a mostly light-gray paint scheme. Since around 2012, however, the Air Force under the Have Glass V initiative slowly has been applying a new, single-tone, dark-gray livery to some F-16s

The new ferromagnetic paint, which can absorb radar energy, first appeared on some of the roughly 200 F-16s the Air Force assigns to the dangerous suppression-of-enemy-air-defenses, or SEAD, mission. SEAD squadrons reside in Minnesota, South Carolina, Germany and Japan.

The Texas Air National Guard F-16 apparently is the first Block 30 F-16 to receive a variant of the Have Glass V paint. Where previous Have Glass V paint jobs included a lighter-tone radar radome, the current scheme covers both the radome and the rest of the plane in the same, dark tone.

No paint can compensate for a plane's shape. In particular, the shapes of its wings, engine inlet and engine nozzle. Square shapes, right angles and perpendicular planes such as engine turbines strongly reflect radar waves.

Even with Have Glass, the F-16 on average has a 1.2-square-meter radar cross-section, according to Globalsecurity, while the F-22 and F-35 boast RCSs smaller than .005 square meters.

So the Have Glass V F-16s arent stealth fighters. But they are stealthier than are F-16s with older paint schemes. Since Have Glass V undoubtedly is expensive, the Air Force logically prioritized repainting planes in units flying the dangerous SEAD mission.

Its noteworthy that Block 30 F-16s, which first appeared in 1986, also are getting Have Glass V treatment. The roughly 300 Block 30s are some of the oldest fighters in the Air Force inventory, and strictly fly with Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units.

The Air Force for years struggled to define a replacement plan for the Block 30 F-16s, which on average have accumulated more than 7,000 flight hours. The F-35 eventually could replace the Block 30s. But with F-35 production rates fall far below projections, even under the best of circumstances it could take a decade or more to replace all the Block 30s.

The 149th Fighter Wing is one of several Air National Guard units that for years has lobbied the Air Force to bump it higher in the list for new F-35s. But the flying branch so far has tapped Guard wings in Vermont, Wisconsin and Alabama to get F-35s, leaving a couple dozen other units in limbo for the time being.

Conceding that it cannot acquire F-35s fast enough, the Air Force now plans to conduct a service-life extension on more than 800 of its roughly 900 F-16s, apparently skipping over only the oldest Block 25 models that entered service in the early 1980s.

The life-extension could help the Block 30s fly for a few years longer. Some Block 30s also are receiving new electronically-scanned-array radars to replace their old analogue units. Stealther paint also helps the aging F-16s stay relevant.

The U.S. Air Force isnt the only air arm to apply radar-absorbing paint to otherwise non-stealthy fighters. The Chinese air force in early 2019 also began applying ferromagnetic paint to its roughly 50 J-16s fighters.

The J-16 is an upgraded version of the older J-11 fighter that China copied from the Russian Su-27.

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Soy Extract Market: Snapshot

Soy extract is mainly produced from soyabean. High protein and low fat properties of soy makes it a healthy constitute of food. Soy helps in mitigating night sweats and hot flashes for women going through menopause. Moreover, people with lactose intolerance issues may use soymilk as a substitute to buffalo or cow milk.

Soy extracts are used for making many food products. Additionally, manufacturers are further discovering new applications for soy extracts in variety of food products. The increasing number of food products using soy extract is likely to bolster the growth of the globalsoy extract market. It is further found that usage of soy in cosmetics may help in acting as an anti-aging product for the skin. Aging causes skin to lose suppleness, elasticity, and firmness which, in turn triggers the occurrences of wrinkles and fine lines. Proteins and nutrients in soy extract make it a perfect solution for addressing aging skin and it has been used in China for producing anti-aging solutions for centuries now. Furthermore, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of ginger help to reduce free radicals in the body.

Some new studies have stated that the health benefits of soy may be used to prevent or treat age-related diseases, osteoporosis, or even some types of cancers. However, it is very expensive and difficult to obtain the required amount of isoflavones and genistein from soy extracts. Soy extract also find applications in protein supplements attributing to its high protein content and other healthy vitamins. Some studies also claim that daily consumption of soy has increased the life of Asian people. The global soy extract market is poised to grow owing to all these applications and continuous research being conducted for discovering new medical abilities of soy extract.

Soy extract is obtained from soybean which is produced majorly in the United States during the year 2017-2017 according to SOPA. Soy extract is very beneficial for the women suffering from menopause as it helps in relieving the hot flashes and night sweats. Soy extract also helps to provide a relief to women who are expecting hormonal changes and provide nutritional support for healthy bones by inhibition of bone resorption. Soy has shown the super effect in Asian people who consume soy daily in their diet, it has increased the life of Asian people. Soy extract is perfect for people suffering from lactose intolerance as they can now have soymilk in place of traditional cow and buffalo milk.

Soybean production has increased by many folds according to the data provided by SOPA which is a clear indication that the demand for soy extract in the market is huge which a good news for the manufacturer is as strategies can be made to increase the revenues by the end of 2027. This market is expected to grow as more and more products enters the market.

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Soy extract market is segmented on the basis of form as Beverages, Capsules, Crme, gel and powder. Soy extract is widely used as the ingredient for many products like it is used in the beverage industry for soy milk and soy drinks which are the nutritious and wonderful product for the people who are lactose intolerant. Soy extract capsules are available in the market which is very useful for women suffering from hot flashes due to menopause and are going through hormonal changes. Soy extract is also used in the cosmetic industry for making crme and gel for anti-ageing skin, to keep healthy and soft. Soy extract powder is used in protein supplements as soy is packed with high protein content and it is perfect protein supplement for vegans.

Soy extract market is segmented on the basis of application as in food market, pharmaceutical market, and cosmetics market. Soy extract has the wide range of application and can be used as the ingredient for the different-different market.

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Soy extract market is segmented in the key regions like North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific region, Japan, Middle-east, and Africa. The United States is the leading producer of soybean globally since last 5 years, followed by Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Paraguay, Europe, China, and India.

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Soy extract has the wide range of application in the different market, this ingredient is required in ample amount by the manufacturers to produce useful products for the end users. The end user product will shape the market of soy extract and will generate revenue for the manufactures of soy extract. Major driver of soy extract market is wide of products requiring this particular ingredient and the benefits linked with the consumption of soy extract by the end users. Soy contains 40% protein, 22% fat, 25% carbohydrates, and 8% fiber making it is demanded in the food, beverages, healthcare and cosmetic market.

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Restraint for soy extract market is the risk factor involved in the consumption of soy extract. Phytates in soy extracts can down regulate the absorption of basic nutrients like zinc, calcium, magnesium and iron. Another concern with soy extract is that consumption of soy extract at the high rate by men can cause feminine characters in men. So if these factors are kept under control then soy extract can be boosted.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Thom Mason presented a talk Thursday evening about leveraging the nations scientific base against national security threats.

Mason was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security meeting at the United Church of Los Alamos.

The Lab is in the business of applying science and technology to constantly changing geopolitical realities, Mason said.

He explained that with the fall of the Soviet Union and the 9/11 attack that occurred in 2001, the focus of nuclear deterrence changed from attacks by nation-states to terrorism by extremist groups.

Hopes were high that Russia and China were moving toward peacefully joining the world community, he said. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2018 and new Chinese leadership that departed from the previous peaceful rise strategy, things have changed dramatically, he said.

Although Ukraine is not in NATO, the Baltic States are, and they feel threatened by Russia, Mason said. The reality is if Russia wanted to move into the Baltic States, the things that prevent it are NATO and the nuclear deterrent.

China also has rattled its saber in its region, he said.

The nuclear deterrent affects the actions of others, Mason said. You dont have to use it for it to be effective.

The deterrent also affects the security decisions of allies like Japan and South Korea who depend on us, rather than developing their own nuclear weapons, Mason said.

They have the capacity to become nuclear powers if they are not convinced we have their backs, he said.

Current nuclear powers have followed the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) in committing to reduce nuclear arms. Nuclear testing ended in 1992 when the first START treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was entered into by the U.S. and the USSR. Current nuclear powers have followed the START guidelines to end testing, although not compelled by it, Mason said.

The only way wanna-be nuclear powers get there is through testing, he said. Thats why it shines a bright light every time the earth shakes in North Korea.

Riding the tiger of maintaining the nuclear arsenal without tests, through the use of scientific tools is a big part of LANLs mission, Mason said. Most of the weapons were relatively new when testing ended, having mostly been built in the 1980s, but now its 40 years down the road.

The whole key to deterrence is to make sure the weapons will work, and enemies must have confidence they will work, Mason said.

LANL has a number of life extension programs, including replacing aging components and changes to improve safety and security as well as address environmental concerts, he said.

Particle accelerators at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) are used to film and understand materials at extremes. The DNNSC free electron laser that Mason hopes will be built at LANL, brings an exquisite ability to understanding how microstructure of material affects its mechanical properties, he said.

Computational tools provide another way forward in both stockpile stewardship as well as other modeling jobs such as tracking climate change, Mason said.

Computational tools can go where experiments cant, he said.

Another task is the development of sensors to be used in treaty verification, Mason said.

LANLs mission is to create what Mason calls a deterrence of knowledge or the demonstrated capacity of the nation to respond to emergency threats.

Potential enemies must be convinced that, No matter what you come up with, well be smart enough to counter it, Mason said.

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OTTAWA Call it the case of the missing icebreaker.

The fate of the Canadian Coast Guards next heavy icebreaker has been wrapped in mystery since the federal government quietly removed the $1.3-billion project from Vancouver shipyard Seaspans order book in May.

But plans to build the icebreaker, which was first promised by Stephen Harpers Conservative government more than a decade ago, have not been cancelled, says Coast Guard Commissioner Mario Pelletier.

Rather, Pelletier said the icebreaker has been sent back to the drawing board as the Coast Guard looks to update the original design to account for changes in technology and the governments requirements.

Its still in the plan, Pelletier told The Canadian Press this week. Actually, were updating our design. It was a really good design. Because its been a number of years, were just updating the design and well see how that unfolds and were going to queue it somewhere.

Exactly when and where the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker, as the icebreaker is to be named, will be built and how much it will ultimately cost remains up in the air.

We're just updating the design and we'll see how that unfolds and we're going to queue it somewhere

But Pelletier expressed confidence the icebreaker it is expected to replace, the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent in service since 1969 will be able to operate through to the late 2020s thanks to various upgrades. That includes a recent $7.1-million life extension by Quebecs Chantier Davie shipyard.

The Diefenbaker was originally supposed to replace the St-Laurent in 2017.

Before we decided to invest in vessel life extension, we did an extensive survey and they were amazed at the amount of steel left on the ship, said Pelletier, who previously served on the Louis S. St-Laurent when it was still running on steam power.

So yes, the ship is old. (But it has) a lot of steel left so that makes it safe and the propulsion-control system and everything else have been upgraded. They were upgraded in the 90s, were upgraded four or five years ago again. So shes been extremely reliable.

Seaspan was tapped in 2011 to build Diefenbaker as part of a larger order that also included four science vessels for the Coast Guard and two navy supply ships, but it was removed from the Vancouver shipyards order book and replaced with 16 smaller multipurpose vessels in May.

Davie has been jumping at the chance to have the Diefenbaker built at its shipyard outside Quebec City.

The federal government announced Thursday that Davie was the only shipyard to qualify for addition into Canadas multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy, through which Ottawa is already building new naval warships, Arctic patrol vessels and Coast Guard science ships.

While that sets the company up to win potentially billions of dollars of federal work building six medium icebreakers for the Coast Guard, it has been lobbying hard for the heavier Diefenbaker as well.

The government has said Ontario-based Heddle Shipyards, which had raised concerns from the start that the selection process was rigged in Davies favour, did not qualify for inclusion in the strategy. The company has said it is looking at its options.

Pelletier said no decision has been made on where the Diefenbaker will be built, adding: The way things are starting up, we are going to start the (multipurpose vessels) and the (six) icebreakers before. When we look at all options for the polar, well see where it can go.

The industry both down south and up north are putting a lot of pressure for us to renew our program icebreakers

The Coast Guard commissioner applauded the governments addition of a third shipyard focused exclusively on building icebreakers as good news for his service given the age of its current fleet, with many ships having already exceeded their expected lifespans.

That has resulted in more unplanned breakdowns, leading to ferry-service disruptions, difficulties resupplying northern and coastal communities and complaints from industry about negative impacts on maritime trade.

The industry both down south and up north are putting a lot of pressure for us to renew our program icebreakers, Pelletier said, referring to the main icebreaker fleet.

The Coast Guard did obtain three second-hand icebreakers for more than $800 million from Davie. The company is still in the process of converting two of them for the Coast Guards use to help fill the gap, but those are considered a temporary measure.

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Dive Brief:

Cargill and Renmatix have agreed to jointly explore new approaches for upcycling plant materials into functional food ingredients. They will use a proprietary water-based technology from Renmatix called the Plantrose Process and Cargill's preferred feedstocks to develop alternatives for emulsifiers and hydrocolloids.

The six-month partnership will test this technology for processing unused plant materials and converting them into functional food ingredients to be used in baked goods, dairy, soups, sauces and meat products, according to Food Ingredients 1st. The process doesn't require any harsh solvents, acids or costly enzymes.

Renmatix CEO Mike Hamilton said in a release the food industry is turning more to plant-based ingredients in order to deliver taste, functionality and label-friendly appeal."Upcycling, the process of transforming unused feedstocks into new, higher-value materials, is the next step in creating a more sustainable value chain and generating exciting new product benefits," he said.

This joint development agreement could benefit both Cargill and Renmatix. The former has access to plenty of raw plant-based materials that might otherwise be wasted, while the latter has developed a patented process to break down biomass into more environmentally friendly ingredients using just water pressure and heat.

Because Renmatix's process is so different than the chemical-based ways of making such ingredients, it could appeal to consumers wanting cleaner labels and more reused materials.

Renmatix has already developed a product called Nouravant, which is made from upcycled maple fiber. It is used for emulsification and shelf life extension two sought-after qualities for CPG manufacturers in products including baked goods. The company said in a May releasethat its plant-based Nouravant isn't subject to price and supply volatility as animal-based ingredients, so it could save food makers 25% to 50% by using it instead of conventional ingredients, like using Nouravant to replace eggs in cookies.

Manufacturers may also be interested in potential savings from new ingredients developed through this joint agreement. More natural products might help avoid commonly used emulsifiers such as mono- and diglycerides and could help trim operational costs and improve product performance, Renmatix CEO Mike Hamilton told Food Ingredients 1st.

Cargill Global Texturizers and Specialties Strategic Marketing Lead Yusuf Wazirzada told Food Navigator the company had identified some raw materials it will focus on with Renmatix's water-based technology, but did not say what they are for competitive reasons.

Other ingredients companies are working on using upcycled ingredients and they're tapping into the growing market for sustainability.According to Future Marketing Insights, the food waste business is worth $46.7 billion in 2019 and could grow 5% during the next decade.

There are many startups and Big Food players getting into this trend.Planetarians has developed a protein flour from defatted sunflower seeds left over from oil extraction, AB InBev has invested in beverage startup Canvas on fiber-rich drinks using spent grains and ReGrained has used them in granola bars.

Besides a large supply of raw plant-based materials corn and wheat are two major ones Cargill also offers its significant influence and reach within the food and ingredients industry. This could mean a greater focus on reducing the problem of food waste and pushing upcycling into becoming an even bigger trend in 2020 and beyond.

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