Amerigroup Terminates Deal for Rival’s Medicaid Unit (AGP, CNC)
Amerigroup (AGP) just announced it has terminated plans to acquire the New Jersey Medicaid business of rival Centene Corp. Amerigroup exercised its right of termination as a result of certain events that occurred following execution of the agreement. The company said this should have no effect on its transaction to sell the assets of its South Carolina health plan to Centene. The Bottom Line Amerigroup’s shares are mostly unchanged so far today, but the stock is down over 20% this year. On t
Amerigroup terminates deal to buy Centene unit (St. Louis Business Journal)
Health insurer Amerigroup said Wednesday it backed out of a deal to buy Centene Corp.’s New Jersey subsidiary, University Health Plans Inc. (CNC)
Making amazing wooden gears
Here are some samples of gears made by Steve Garrison. He has developed a technique that enables you to make any of the gears of the type shown in this video by using either a scrollsaw or a tablesaw. You can make straight-tooth or helical gears. From his description:There are no paper patterns to glue to wood and saw around, the correct involute tooth profile is automatically generated. This technique is very simple once you see how it works. There is no need for expensive cnc routers or lase
Solving The Mysteries Of Metallic Glass
Researchers at MIT have made significant progress in understanding a class of materials that has resisted analysis for decades. Their findings could lead to the rapid discovery of a variety of useful new kinds of glass made of metallic alloys with potentially significant mechanical, chemical and magnetic applications. The first examples of metallic alloys that could be made into glass were discovered back in the late 1950s and led to a flurry of research activity, but, despite intense study, s
CNC Control Platform enhances OD/ID grinder operation. (ThomasNet)
Digital CNC and motion control platform is offered as complete macro-driven system for grinding part and wheel dressing features. Multiple grind cycles may be defined then chained together to create complete sequences, which can be saved and recalled. Machines with X axis angle travel, a non-orthogonal coordinate system, are supported in operator interface. Also, axis mapping capability enables …
InterAmerican Acquisition Group & China New Cities Development Announce: — Amended S-4 Filing — Third Quarter and … (PR Newswire via Yahoo!…
InterAmerican Acquisition Group Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, CNC Development Ltd. announced the filing on December 19, 2008 of an updated S-4 registration statement pertaining to the acquisition of Sing Kung Limited , a leading integrator of planning, financing and construction of turnkey infrastructure projects for municipalities in the People’s Republic of China .
Wall-E in wood
Here is a great sculpture of Wall-E. The post mentioned in the watermark has been modified to remove the picture of the Wall-E in wood. The sculpture was apparently manufactured by Morpheus, a cnc shop in the states, from a design by some others in the UK. Not much info on this. The Morpheus site has no portfolio and is entirely run on flash. How can you use CNC machines to make amazing physical representations of your dreams
CNC looking for host families (Prince George Citizen Online)
The College of New Caledonia needs host families for students from the Middle East and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the January semester.Students are from cultures with large families and would enjoy homes with two or more children and their parents. “The people we are looking for are family focused and enjoy doing family activities. They are open-minded and want students who are kind, …
CNC/ESA crowns 2008 season series champions (Carteret County News-Times)
MOREHEAD CITY — The Central North Carolina District of the Eastern Surfing Association (CNC/ESA) gathered for the final time earlier this month at the Camp Morehead Clubhouse to officially crown 2008 season series champions.
USB Board combines standard keyboard and joystick simulation. (ThomasNet)
Compatible with USB 1.1/2.0 HID, PoKeys55T(TM) provides 55 digital I/O lines which are 5 V tolerant, 5 x 10 bit analog inputs, and 10 bit analog output. It emulates keyboard or joystick without needing drivers to be loaded, and can be used for industrial or CNC control, as custom joystick or keyboard, or as data acquisition board. With encoder support on any of it’s inputs, product can be …
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