there is much more work to be done

But Livestrong has made a valuable contribution. I’ve spend

the last week or so with some of the nation’s leading cancer

researchers, including members of the so called Dream Teams

funded by Stand Up 2 Cancer, one of the new organizations

that have arisen in the Armstrong era to take a more

deliberate approach to cancer research. The focus is simple:

produce cures, not papers, and do it today, not in a decade.

These scientists are juiced (oops, bad word choice): they

have never been more convinced that we are on the precipice

of some breakthroughs. People are going to be alive in five

years because of the advocacy of organizations like

Livestrong and SU2C in driving the development of these

future therapies.

Clearly, there is much more work to be done. Cancer will soon

become the nation’s leading killer, because it is

increasingly a disease of the old. Still, the National

Institute of Health faces an 8% budget cut next year if the

current sequestration rules take effect. Yet every two days

cancer kills more people than were lost in the 9/11 attack.

It’s been people such as Armstrong and organizations like

Livestrong that have been taking the fight to cancer, even if

our legislators won’t.  That’s why Nike will continue to

support Livestrong, but not Armstrong. So condemn Lance as a

cheat; but don’t condemn Livestrong, as some idiot

sportswriters seem to be doing. The only thing we need to

cheat here is cancer.

When bad things happen, it’s human nature to accentuate the

positive, as Johnny Mercer put it. That’s precisely what the

Obama Administration did following the September 11 killing

of U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three fellow

Americans in a terror attack on the U.S. consulate in

Benghazi.

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Hero's R&D set-up is still in a fledgling stage as the

company develops a full-blown facility in Rajasthan with an

investment of Rs 400 crore. The new facility, spread over a

250-acre area, will employ over 500 engineers and will be

operational in the second half of next year. Apart from its

own set-up, Hero has also sticthed up ties with US-based Erik

Buell Racing (EBR), Austrian engine developer AVL and Italian

two-wheeler design firm Engines Engineering. "Our R&D will be

doing the lion's share as far as the development of the bike

is concerned," Dua said.

Hero and Honda had been promoter partners in the vastly-

successful JV, Hero Honda Motors Ltd (HHML), that lasted for

26 years before heading for splitsville in 2011. Analysts had

doubted Hero's ability to roll out new products on its own

after the exit of Honda as the Japanese company was the sole

technology supplier to the JV.

Dua, however, said the new independent products from the Hero

stable will be as efficient as the company's existing

products. "We will meet our own proven standards in terms of

manufacturing quality, durability, re-sale value, fuel

efficiency and running cost." Hero's solo strategy comes in

as Honda has been expanding aggressively in the market. The

company -- through its fully-owned subsidiary Honda

Motorcycle and Scooters India (HMSI) - has already launched a

110cc bike 'Dream Yuga' that is in direct competition with

Hero's best-sellers Splendor and Passion models as well

others from Bajaj Auto. Hero's sales in the first-half of

this fiscal are under pressure just as HMSI has witnessed a

big surge in volumes.

Hero's volumes in the April-September 2012-13 period are down

3% at 28.94 lakh units just as HMSI saw numbers go up by 49%

12.90 lakh units.

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