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Navigation System enhances boaters' access to information.

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Egersund, Norway Simrad, world-leader in the design and manufacture of marine electronics, announced today an exciting new advancement in its Mercury engine integration capabilities. Originally introduced to the market in 2012 at the Intentional Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference (IBEX), the latest functionality from the Simrad-Mercury partnership leverages the quad core processing power and attractive wide-screen 16:9 display format of Simrads newly introduced NSO evo2 to deliver the ultimate Simrad Integrated Glass Bridge Navigation System.

Designed to equip power boaters and sport fishing anglers with access to the information they need, where and when they need it, the Simrad-Mercury information system delivers maximum functionality to networked displays. When connected to a Mercury VesselView 4 or 7, compatible Simrad navigation systems can use Mercurys advanced engine display delivering over 30 engine parameters as well as view and control features such as Smart Tow, Eco Control and Cruise Control. VesselView 7 engine information systems also gain unprecedented functionality when networked to a Simrad display with charts, sonar, radar, autopilot, onboard entertainment, and more, accessible and controllable from the 7-inch Mercury screen.

The combination of Mercury's engine interface and controls with Simrads displays and product line provide boaters a glass-dash system that is unmatched in the market, said Louis Miller, director of controls and rigging at Mercury Marine. This integrated system is the ideal example of how advanced products can enhance every boating experience.

This partnership clearly highlights that the value and power of a Simrad system far exceeds all of the incredibly innovative functionality we already pack into our electronics, said Leif Ottosson, CEO of Navico. Not only can boaters now enjoy advanced interaction with their engines on our gorgeous multi-touch glass bridge displays, but with the click of a network cable, Mercurys VesselView 7 engine information systems are transformed into powerful MFDs capable of accessing and controlling all Simrad navigation features.

The Simrad-Mercury Glass Bridge Information Systems will be available this spring. For more information on the entire line of Simrad Yachting performance marine electronics, please contact 800-324-1356 (toll-free) in the USA or 800-661-3983 (toll-free) in Canada or visit http://www.simrad-yachting.com.

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About the Simrad brand, Simrad is dedicated to providing navigation and marine electronic solutions for powerboats. It is a wholly owned part of Navico. A privately held, international corporation, Navico is currently the worlds largest marine electronics company, and is the parent company to leading marine electronics brands: Lowrance, Simrad Yachting and B&G. Navico has approximately 1,500 employees globally and distribution in more than 100 countries worldwide. http://www.navico.com

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Limpley Stoke Eco-House displays impressive approach to energy efficiency

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British architectural firm Hewitt Studios LLP recently completed work on the 400 sq m (4,305 sq ft) UK-based Limpley Stoke Eco-House. Designed with a focus on sustainability and energy efficiency, the futuristic home features more green technology than you can shake a (sustainably-sourced) stick at, including rainwater collection, passive ventilation, solar power, and an EV charging point.

The house derives its name from the tiny village in southwest England in which it is located, and was built using a combination of prefabricated and renewable construction materials, some of which was sourced locally. The walls of the second floor incorporate prefab timber panels, and sustainably-grown timber from certified forests was also used in the build.

Insulation comes courtesy of environmentally-friendly straw bales, and the ground floor features concrete made using pulverized fuel ash a waste product of coal-fired power stations that offers excellent insulation values.

As is the case in some similar energy-efficient properties such as the Tighthouse, Limpley Stoke Eco-House's near air-tight envelope allows it to maintain a more stable temperature than a typical home. A mechanical ventilation and heat recovery (MVHR) system expels unwanted warm moist air, and draws in new fresh air from outside. The outside air then passes through a heat exchanger system and warms the interior of the house efficiently. This mechanical system is also complemented by passive natural ventilation.

When the weather turns too cold for the MVHR system alone, a log burner is available, and the home's extensive grounds include a woodland area slated to provide a sustainable source of firewood. Elsewhere in the grounds are a bat roost, and a small garden studio complete with composting toilet and log burner.

Solar power is harnessed for both electricity and water heating needs. The front edge of the Limpley Stoke Eco-House sports a sun shade which has 2 kW solar photovoltaic panels affixed. The roof supports a solar water system that creates hot water for domestic use, with a standard electric immersion system kicking in when solar power proves inadequate.

Other sustainable features present in the Limpley Stoke Eco-House include a green roof that's home to hardy low-maintenance plants native to the north of England. The green roof both reduces the visual impact of the building and provides an additional layer of insulation.

Also on the roof is a rainwater harvesting system, which processes water with an onboard filtration system before it is then used as irrigation for the vegetable and herb garden, and for washing the owner's BMW i3 electric car. The BMW i3 is charged by an EV charging point that's located toward the front of the property, itself supplied with power from the buildings PV panels when weather permits.

Hewitt Studios states that the annual predicted CO2 emissions of the home are 774 kg (1,706 lb) of CO2 per year, and that its predicted energy demands are 4,880 kWh per year. The construction of the house took 18 months to complete and cost a total of 1.5 million (roughly US$2.5 million).

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NEN hosts 'Youth Entrepreneurship Meet' for Students at Chennai

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National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), the flagship initiative of Wadhwani Foundation organized the first annual Youth Entrepreneurship Meet in Chennai today. The programme held at Ethiraj Womens College has witnessed the participation of passionate aspiring entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship leaders and visionary students from various educational institutes across the city.

The energetic &enthusiastic participants shared their ideas, learnings and best practices to take their campus E-cells and individual entrepreneurial initiatives to the next level. The program offered the participants, access to unique tools & essentials of entrepreneurship from a leading consultant, insights on creating a sustainable start-up eco-system on campus, exposure to the mentoring process, expert advice and a positive space for networking opportunities with peers and key entrepreneurship drivers.

The days session also sensitized the participants on the experience of being an entrepreneur, and helped aspiring entrepreneurs to work on a development plan for their E-Cells which includes advocating the benefits of considering entrepreneurship as an alternate career option.

Dr. K. Srikrishna, Executive Director, National Entrepreneurship Networksays Chennai has always been a vibrant space for entrepreneurial activity. When NEN was started, only a handful of colleges or universities in India had any entrepreneurship programme. Today, we have more than 350 active entrepreneurship cells across India and many of the most active ones are in Chennai. The first annual Youth Entrepreneurship Meet in Chennai has witnessed an overwhelming response and we are greatly encouraged to pursue more such Youth Entrepreneurship Meets in other cities of India.

E-cells on educational campuses play a major role and are a focal point to inspire the student community and create a vibrant entrepreneurial eco-system. It aims to unlock students latent inventive potential to help in the development of India's entrepreneurial ecosystem by nurturing entrepreneurship through entrepreneurial education & learning. These E-cells connects students to entrepreneurial resources through various events such as seminars, workshops, webinars, start-up show cases, networking opportunities with industry leaders, mentors, peers, prospects, potential employees, vendors and help sustain the entrepreneurial spirit through educational, inspirational videos and mentoring platforms.

NEN is Indias largest and most dynamic community of new and future high-growth entrepreneurs, with over 70,000 members in 30 cities and 470 top-tier academic institutes in India as partners. It provides support to start-ups and early-stage entrepreneurs through offerings such as High-impact entrepreneurship education, Access to mentors, experts and advanced pedagogy, Fast-track access to incubation, Funding learning tools and materials.

NEN is playing a key role in developing entrepreneurship eco-system in the country by building institutional capacity and inspiring, educating & supporting high potential entrepreneurs to create high-value jobs. After the power packed event the participants expressed the strong desire for similar programmes on a regular basis to keep the spirit of entrepreneurship alive and to build on their dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur.

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IT, pharma sectors may run Telangana's economy

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Post bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the information technology and pharmaceuticals manufacturing sectors may become backbone of Telangana economy, leaving power production, ports and oil and natural gas to play a pivotal role in driving prosperity in the residuary state.

With nearly 1,000 km-long coast line, the coastal Andhra has major private ports such as Krishnapatnam, Kakinada and Gangavaram, besides state-owned Vizag Port and can continue to reap rich harvest by way of export and import of commodities such as iron ore and coal.

Lok Satta Party national president and MLA Jayaprakash Narayan, however, cautions that Rayalaseema region, part of residual Andhra Pradesh (the other part being coastal region), will be badly impacted in terms of revenue after the division.

"While Hyderabad city (which would be joint capital of the two states for 10 years before being exclusively of Telangana) had Rs 13,000 crore revenue surplus, Rayalaseema had Rs 7,000 crore deficit (four districts, 15 million population) during 2012-13. The proposed pay revision this year would take Rayalaseema's deficit to Rs 9,000 crore. The region will not have enough revenue to pay even staff salaries," Narayan said.

As much as 20,000 mw additional power capacity is targeted during the 12th five-year plan and beyond in Seemandhra region, including 6,000 mw nuclear power plant to be set by the Nuclear Power Corporation at Kovvada in Srikakulam District.

Telangana being land-locked will have to depend mostly on road and rail for transportation.

However, as the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad has necessary infrastructure for storage of drugs and pharma exports from Telangana may not face any hurdles. Hyderabad almost accounts for nearly 20 per cent of pharma exports from India.

Y Harish Chandra Prasad, past chairman of CII Andhra Pradesh and chief coordinator of CoastaRayala Development, said, "Telangana has the advantage of having ready made capital with all necessary infrastructure and eco system. Andhra will have to search for one and build.

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IT, pharma sectors likely to be backbone of Telangana

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Post bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the information technology and pharmaceuticals manufacturing sectors may become backbone of Telangana economy, leaving power production, ports and oil and natural gas to play a pivotal role in driving prosperity in the residuary state.

With nearly 1,000 km-long coast line, the coastal Andhra has major private ports such as Krishnapatnam, Kakinada and Gangavaram, besides state-owned Vizag Port and can continue to reap rich harvest by way of export and import of commodities such as iron ore and coal.

Lok Satta Party national president and MLA Jayaprakash Narayan, however, cautions that Rayalaseema region, part of residual Andhra Pradesh (the other part being coastal region), will be badly impacted in terms of revenue after the division.

"While Hyderabad city (which would be joint capital of the two states for 10 years before being exclusively of Telangana) had Rs 13,000 crore revenue surplus, Rayalaseema had Rs 7,000 crore deficit (four districts, 15 million population) during 2012-13. The proposed pay revision this year would take Rayalaseema's deficit to Rs 9,000 crore. The region will not have enough revenue to pay even staff salaries," Narayan said.

As much as 20,000 mw additional power capacity is targeted during the 12th five-year plan and beyond in Seemandhra region, including 6,000 mw nuclear power plant to be set by the Nuclear Power Corporation at Kovvada in Srikakulam District.

Telangana being land-locked will have to depend mostly on road and rail for transportation.

However, as the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad has necessary infrastructure for storage of drugs and pharma exports from Telangana may not face any hurdles. Hyderabad almost accounts for nearly 20 per cent of pharma exports from India.

Y Harish Chandra Prasad, past chairman of CII Andhra Pradesh and chief coordinator of CoastaRayala Development, said, "Telangana has the advantage of having ready made capital with all necessary infrastructure and eco system. Andhra will have to search for one and build.

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Grow your forest in a pot

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Gardening is said to be a lot about regular effort, some physical exertion and, of course, beauty. But a days workshop on organic gardening with Bhoomi Colleges Rajesh Thakkar is enough to dispel commonly held myths and beliefs about the hobby. Drawing his ideas of gardening from the philosophies of natural farming and organic gardening, the workshop came as relief to the textbook gardening enthusiast and as an easy first step in the right direction for beginners.

For many it would seem as if gardening is an activity that one has to constantly keep at with watering, re-potting, trimming and pruning, composting, and not to mention weeding. Rajesh advocates the Zen approach of letting things be and nature taking its own course. Pictures from his own terrace garden, in the form of proof, amaze and impress: plants of corn, cauliflower, capsicum growing out of single pots that havent been changed in nearly eight years and infections that havent been dealt with pesticides or even organic sprays. Taking inspiration from the forest, Rajeshs garden teems with wild plants or weeds, insects, bugs and birds, among other organic forms that make the eco-system in his garden complete.

A few hours into the workshop and the idea of organic gardening begins to take shape in our minds balance and diversity. In the forest, the absence of humans constantly curing or cleaning, makes it a thriving eco-system. The same idea needs to be extended to our gardens, terraces and farms to create forests in pots as Rajesh calls it.

The fundamental problem is that we feel the need to overdo. Our fears and anxieties force us to react and come in the way of natural processes taking their own course, says Rajesh, in whose garden an attack by aphids was ignored for nearly three weeks until the ladybugs arrived and the crop was safe once more. So, do we call this Do nothing gardening? Of course not, we still need to do some things, he says.

The creation of an eco-system in your garden starts with the quality of soil. Sand, silt and clay are the three inorganic components of soil and are crucial to determining the health of your kitchen garden. The absence of any one could be detrimental and they must exist in the right proportions. Clumpy soil could mean too much clay, in which case sand needs to be added to the pot. Biomass comprising minerals, fungi, bacteria, worms and leaves needs to be included in the form of compost. Soil with a good amount of biomass is moist, has a distinct smell and is rich in colour.

Mulching, however, is the single-most important way to recover and sustain soil. Any biomass put on the soil and covers it is called mulch, says Rajesh. Mulching prevents evaporation, protects the soil from water, wind and sun. Microbes receive the right temperature to thrive and mulching prevents the growth of wild plants. A simple and beneficial practice, organic mulch can comprise of leaves, grass clippings, bark chips etc.

As the lesson progresses we unlearn a number of things and pick up on the ways of natural gardening like not touching the soil! The more you touch the soil, the less healthy it is going to be. Just make sure it is always covered with mulch, he says. Still grappling with the idea of not touching soil while gardening, we are told to not water plants but ensure there is always moisture in the soil. Rajesh explains, Over watering prevents the roots from breathing. But, always ensure the soil is moist. You can do this by sticking your finger one to one-and-half inch into the soil. If it is dry, the plant needs moisture.

An integral part of organic gardening is also, of course, composting. Pit composting is the easiest way to compost in your backyard. Dig a pit, put in your kitchen waste and seal the pit with a mud plaster so that it breathes, says Rajesh. Today, to accelerate the process of composting, special organic mixtures are available that reduce composting time from weeks to a few days. Also, organisations such as Daily Dump sell kitchen waste composters such as the kambha that can be made a part of your garden. And, if you have the will you can also grow your own manure. Sunn hemp, a plant of the legume family, can be easily grown in pots and is a popular source of green manure. Usually planted at the end of the rainy season, the plant is ready for use when its flowers blossom. The leaves and flowers of the plant can be trimmed and used as manure in your kitchen garden or farm.

Organic gardening is perhaps the best way to grow your own food. The thing to remember, however, is start small, go low cost and keep it simple. You can easily grow a variety of greens, herbs, tomatoes, chillies and fruits in your kitchen garden. The takeaway though is to keep calm and not garden.

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