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1. Landlord responsibilities
You're a landlord if you rent out your property. This means you have responsibilities, including:
- keeping your rented properties safe and free from health hazards
- making sure all gas and electrical equipment you supply is safely installed and maintained
- following fire safety regulations - download 'Housing: Fire safety' (PDF, 1.6MB)
- providing an Energy Performance Certificate for the property
- protecting your tenant's deposit in a government-approved scheme
Health and safety inspections
The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) is used by your local council to make sure that properties in its area are safe for the people who live there. This involves inspecting your property for possible hazards - for example, uneven stairs leading to increased risk of falls.
If you own a property and rent it out, the council may decide to do an HHSRS inspection because:
- your tenants have asked for an inspection
- the council has done a survey of local properties and thinks your property might be hazardous
HHSRS hazard ratings
Inspectors look at 29 health and safety areas and score each hazard they find as category 1 or 2, according to its seriousness.
You must take action to fix category 1 faults - the most serious hazards - if your council serves an enforcement notice. In certain circumstances, the council can do the works themselves and claim the costs back from you. You may also be asked to remove the less serious category 2 hazards.
Financial responsibilities
You will have to pay Income Tax on your rental income, minus your day-to-day running expenses.
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Symptoms: Vomiting, diarrhea, entertaining the thought of doing one of those juice cleanses.
Cures: Water, exercise, not eating again until lunch the next day.
Symptoms: Fatigue, sensitivity to noises that give away major plot points, wishing dramatic music played when you stared at someone from afar.
Cures: Spoilers, the beginning of the second season, IMDb bios of the actors you thought you liked or were the same age as.
Symptoms: Euphoric soreness, typical soreness, buying a new wardrobe comprised of sweat-wicking fabrics, financial soreness.
Cures: Bragging about it on Facebook, learning to love your body the way it is, "pulling a sitcom" and marrying someone way out of your league.
Symptoms: Somehow, waking up even more tired than usual, prolonged grogginess, sensitivity to light, not being able to talk about anything that happened last night.
Cures: Coffee, "hair of the dog."
Symptoms: Headache, blurred vision, sore throat from trying to explain to your father how game design is an art form.
Cures: Energy drinks, the Internet.
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First off, there will be more chapters. Second, I really don't think the title fits. Third, this will take place with no contact with any known characters (as in Marina, Ali, Rynu, Tarel, Pheona, Keisin, April, etc.).
All current chapters are here.
Chapter 4
Comments? Crit? Questions? Typos (OMG the dreaded typos!)?
Title suggestions?
Chapter One
"Get out! You're a useless disobedient little worm! Get out of my house! I put up with you because I loved your mother, but you are dead to me now!" A door flew open and a small girl was bodily thrown into the wet, muddy street. The door slammed shut as tears traced tracks down her face, mingling with the rain. She whispered a song to herself as she got slowly to her bare feet, her threadbare dress already soaked through. Long, honey colored hair fell in ringlets about her face, turning a dark brown in the heavy rain. Chocolate brown eyes ringed by heavy lashes filled with tears as she stared at the locked door.
Dark storm clouds covered the sky, emptying their bellies onto the city of Synara. Here and there, lightning flashed and thunder rolled. There was not soul to be seen but for this young girl, maybe six years old, standing in the muddy puddles of a back alley. Slowly turning away from the door, she turned her eyes to the clouds, then the dirt street. Thumb in her mouth, a habit broken long ago, she took a step. And another. Soon, she was running, splashing through brown puddles, tears pouring down her face. She reached the main square and collapsed by the flooding fountain. She didn't notice the huddle of three dirty boys in the shadow of a shop awning, watching her.
"D'you think she's an orphan?" James whispered to the other two. He was the older one, with long, dark hair and eyes.
Kyle shook his head. "D'ye see th' tears on 'er face? Looks like she got thrown out t' me." Kyle's accent was more pronounced, just like his red hair and green eyes. He was the youngest of the three at ten years old. James was thirteen; Alex was twelve.
"I wonder why," Alex murmured. He was the average looking one – average in height, average in the color of his brown hair and eyes, average in body shape and height. Kyle was almost as tall as James, and skinny, while James was short for his age and muscular. However, Alex was better educated than the other two. He was actually the illicit son of a high born lord, and was raised as the lord's heir until his lady gave birth to a son. Then he was unceremoniously turned out.
"What should we do?" Kyle asked.
"I vote we just leave her there. Another mouth to feed is gonna take it's toll on us, an' she's a girl, so she ain't gonna streetfight and steal and whatnot with us. Better leave her to some high born lady to adopt," James said with a sniff. He didn't like girls that much; he was once jumped by a teenage gang of them for his food and money, over a week's worth of earnings.
"James! She can't be more than five years old! And look at her dress! She's not some high born, or she wouldn't be wearing rags like that," Alex protested, gesturing to the girl's dress. She was kneeling by the pool, staring into the water. As the boys watched, the surface of the pond became covered in thick, round green leaves, with fat, pale pink and yellow buds which burst into bloom within seconds. "Water lilies."
"She's a magi," James said. He curled his lip, disgusted. "They think they're better'n everybody else."
Alex rolled his eyes before getting up. "Where're you goin', Alex?" James hissed, irritated. "You ain't goin' after her?"
Alex ignored him, striding through the rain to crouch by the girl's side.
Hazel stared at the lilies she'd created with dry eyes. She didn't have any tears left. She screamed shrilly in fright as a boy crouched down beside her, leaping to her feet. She dashed away, head down, running through the streets. The strange boy kept pace with her easily, letting her run herself out. Finally, she couldn't run any farther, and dropped in a heap in a large puddle. "Don't kill me!" she whimpered, covering her eyes.
"Why would I kill you?" Alex asked, taking her hand and hauling her to her feet. She was a tiny little thing, cute and small and delicately built, like a porcelain doll.
"Father said…he said people would kill me if they saw my magic. He doesn't…didn't let me out of the house before."
"He's a liar," Alex said angrily. "Synara is a magi's city."
Hazel just sniffled. "Who are you?" she asked, uncovering her eyes. They were large and round, a warm brown flecked with tiny speckles of gold. "Are you a…magi too?"
"No, I'm not a magi. But you needn't be afraid of me." He picked her up in his arms, and despite her protests and violent wriggling, carried her back to the other two boys. "My name's Alex."
"Hazel," she whispered softly, a curl of hair falling right between her eyes. She puffed out her cheeks and blew it away. Closing her eyes to the rain, she curled against him, exhausted.
James groaned. "You brought her back? Are you mad?" he demanded.
"She's a magi, and her father told her people would kill her because of her magic. I think he threw her out." Alex continued walking in the direction of an old shack on the outskirts of the city where the boys had made their hideout.
"Just because you feel sorry for her doesn't mean we should help her," James said stubbornly, crossing his arms and planting his feet where he was.
Alex turned around. "If you really felt that way, you wouldn't have helped Kyle and I."
"But we're all boys. We can handle ourselves. She's a girl, and if what you said is true, she ain't got no clue what the world is like. Did he keep her locked in a tower or something?"
"Close enough. He didn't let her out of their house." Alex turned back around and continued walking, holding the sleeping girl tight as he stepped over puddles.
Kyle caught up with him. James wasn't that far behind, although he was still grumbling darkly.
Back at their hideout, Alex lit a fire and placed the girl next to it on a moth-eaten but thick blanket they'd found in some high born's garbage, wrapping half around her to keep the warmth in.
"What's her name?" Kyle asked curiously as James grudgingly began filling a battered copper kettle with water to boil. They would add some of the mint that grew around the shack to make some semblance of tea.
"Hazel." Alex sat by the fire, staring into the flames. "She thought I was going to kill her."
"Didja see those flowers she grew? D'ye think she's 'ad any formal trainin'?"
"She's got to be five or six, Kyle," Alex said. "Magi's don't become apprentices till they're twelve or so."
"So if ye and James had magic, ye'd be apprentices by now?"
"That's right." The water was boiling, and Alex took three chipped cups and poured the hot water in them, crushing the mint leaves and sprinkling them in. The three boys each took a cup and drank, warmth spreading through their rain-chilled bodies.
"When she wakes up, I want you to find out her story," James ordered.
"She's staying either way. You didn't see her face when she ran away – she's terrified." Alex didn't look at James, staring into the fire instead.
"Then why'd she fall asleep, smart one?" taunted James. When he held a grudge, he held it well.
"She's exhausted – I ran her out. I don't think she's used to any physical exercise."
"Another reason why we shouldn't keep her."
"Look, James, stop it. At least give her a chance."
"Two days, Alex. Two days." James retreated into his corner and sulkily played with the string and yo-yo he'd taken from some boy that had tried to beat him up.
Alex sighed. Kyle, not wanting to get caught in the middle, retreated into his own corner, leaving Alex alone with Hazel by the fire. Sighing again, Alex threw the minty water onto the ground outside the door, stacking the cups in the patched up cupboard by the back wall. He hesitated, wondering what to do with the sleeping girl. She seemed warm enough, so he moved her to his corner of the shack, placing her on his blanket and jacket for when the weather got cold. It was really no better than the shirt he wore now, thin and worn and more patch than coat, but at least it was another layer. Then he doused the fire and curled up with his back to Hazel, his head on his arm, to sleep.


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Tasted very 'alcohol-ly' to me
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Didn't care for this one at all. Bought because of the ethics of the company, but wouldn't buy again. The smell is also somewhat off-putting - put me in mind of the bottles of pure ethanol we used to have in the chemistry labs at school! Will try the alcohol free one next time! Wasn't in stock when I purchased this, and isn't in stock now, either.
Brings back bad memories
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The scent is too over-powering for me. It does not smell like the natural Madagascar vanilla extract and fresh Indonesian pods that I normally use. It reminds me instantly of my childhood medicinal cough syrup. I was drawn over by the addition of stevia but the bitter after-taste, similar to licorice, does not win me either. I certainly cannot use this in coffee and cakes.
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I loved this stuff. Constantly bought it. But they changed the stevia they used and it is beyond bitter now. Also it leaves that bitter taste in your mouth for hours afterwards. Horrendous. So sad! Why did they change it?
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This stuff is SO nasty! It's like a sickeningly-sweet and bitter medicine. I tried it once and now I have to throw it out. (To be fair, though, I don't think it is the fault of NuNaturals: stevia is just horrible tasting in general.)
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In addition to teaching courses in the Intensive English Program, Micah Shristi provides services for international students in his role as International Student Advisor. He served in Nepal with Mennonite Central Committee (2008-20012) and in Colombia with Mennonite Mission Network (2003-2005). His ESL teaching experience includes teaching positions in Kathmandu, Nepal; Bogotá, Colombia and Washington DC. Micah graduated from EMU in 2000 with a degree in English and he went on to complete a masters in Industrial Technology at Appalachian State University.
Jered Lyons teaches a section of the Speaking, Listening, & Critical Thinking course in the Intensive English Program. In 2008 he graduated from Eastern Mennonite University with a degree in Communications. After graduating he spent two years teaching English in South Korea. He also received a master's degree in Post-Secondary Education from Salisbury University in 2013. Aside from instructing in the IEP Department he serves as a Multicultural Student Advisor, Assistant Fitness Coordinator, and Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at EMU. He enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures while sharing his own. He also enjoys conversing with friends and family while cooking and eating.


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AFTER HOURS PHONE - HARBOR PATROL: (5 p.m. to 8 a.m.) For check out or check in, information, transient berthing requests, etc., (831) 594-7760.
VHF RADIO: Harbor staff monitors, on a 24 hour basis, Channel 05a is our working VHF channel. Channel 16 - hailing channel for emergencies and Monterey United States Coast Guard.
LATITUDE-LONGITUDE: Monterey Harbor Light 6 located at the end of the Monterey breakwater is 36°36.5' North by 121°53.4' West per the 1999 U.S. Coast Guard Light list.
PHONE: (831) 646-3950 Day / (831) 594-7760 Evening / (831) 646-5674 Fax
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Monterey Harbor is a beautiful location that attracts many visitors. In order to ensure that your visit - whether it be long or short - is safe, the City of Monterey has developed several regulations that you need to be aware of.
Please take a moment to visit the attached links and familiarize yourself with the ones that pertain to you. We look forward to your visiting the Monterey Harbor. If you have any questions, please email us.
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Taller Shoes (Casual Range)
WinnersHeight Increase: 6cm / 2.5in
These classy Leisure elevator Shoes are exquisitely designed for style. They comprise a soft calfskin leather upper body with stitched details and a round toe. The traditional loafer style delivers a superior footwear experience. With a leather lining and HQHI Insoles, the shoe is made for both comfort and height. These shoes will increase your height by an impressive 6.5cm/2.5 Inches. Learn More
MidnightHeight Increase: 6cm / 2.5in
These smooth suede leather height shoes enhance your physical appearance by adding 2.5 inches/ 6.5 cm to your height. Their smooth and subtle lines are designed to give your feet all the comfort of sports shoes and the style of smart casual footwear. The pig leather lined soles have a cushioned foot bed for added comfort
And speaking of added comfort, these shoes also boast the classical "Air Wair" heel pull loop. These shoes are lace-up, with two lace eyes.
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And speaking of added comfort, these shoes also boast the classical "Air Wair" heel pull loop. These shoes are lace-up, with two lace eyes.
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StyFly BlackHeight Increase: 6cm / 2.5in
These classically inspired black leather casual shoes are perfect for hot summer days and enhance your physical appearance by adding 2.5 inches/ 6.5 cm to your height. They are with three ring eyelet lace-up and are made with the finest leather and with great care. Their construction and design is lightweight for added comfort and the rubberized grip bottom makes them very comfortable to wear all day. These shoes also allow your feet to breathe and keep away moisture, which is perfect for summer days. Learn More
Breeze BrownHeight Increase: 6cm / 2.5in
These brown classically inspired casual shoes add 2.5 inches/ 6.5 cm to your height thanks to hidden increaser insets that are not visible to anyone even when you take your shoes off. Made with great care and with the finest quality leather, these shoes are very comfortable and lightweight, allowing your feet to breathe and stay dry on hot summer days. They have three ring eyelets and the yellow and brown braided shoelaces are a very nice and playful touch. Learn More
SleeksHeight Increase: 7.5cm / 3in
You will grow 7.5 cm/3.0 Inches inches taller invisibly wearing these Sport height increase Shoes/Golf Shoes.This shoe has a fine calfskin leather upper body with stitch detail. It has a round toe with a lace up front with seam detail and leather lining and sole for increased comfort and durability. It also has a Rubber Outsole which contributes to the increase in height. Learn More
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These black leather sports shoes with a classically inspired design and three ring eyelets for laces are made to add an extra 2.75 inches/ 7 cm to your height, completely invisible to anyone else, even when you take the shoes off. They are made with great care and using the finest leather, which ensures the shoes light weight and breathability, for your comfort. These stylish and comfortable shoes have a rubberized grip bottom which makes them well suited for all day wear and all kinds of sporting activities. Learn More
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These stylish and classically inspired black suede leather casual shoes enhance your physical appearance by adding a good 2.75 inches/ 7 cm to your height. And the best part is no one will be able to guess your secret because these beautiful shoes appear as normal as they look. Made with great care and using the best quality suede leather, these casual shoes are lightweight, breathable and comfortable, perfect for all day wear. They have four ring eyelets for laces and a rubberized grip bottom. Learn More
CruzHeight Increase: 7cm / 2.75in
These casual black leather shoes make you taller by 2.75 inches/ 7 cm while only a 1.2 inches sole is visible to everyone else. In fact, the increaser inner sole is not at all noticeable to anyone even when you take the shoes off. These lace-up shoes also have a warm wool lining to keep away all moisture and ensure nothing but the best comfort for your feet even on the rainiest and chilly of days. The bottom of the shoes is rubberized for a good grip. Learn More
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"We had a great turn out this year," said Jackie Shelton, a board member of Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living (NNCIL), the organization that hosted this year's Pumpkin Palooza. "About 5,000 people showed up. It was fantastic."
Families lined up during the event to play old-style carnival games. Games included Tip-A-Troll, where players throw bean bags in attempt to knock down troll dolls and a game where kids could launch rubber chickens into tin buckets. Winners of the games were able to redeem their prize tickets for stuffed minions from "Despicable Me" and Domo-kun monsters.
The fun continued with multiple contests- participants wrapped each other up in toilet paper for the mummy wrapping competition. Kids raced against each other, trying to eat a whole pumpkin pie the quickest. In the pumpkin seed spitting contest, the audience dodged flying seeds covered in saliva.
In addition to the games and contests, there a fortune teller, predicting futures, food vendors selling traditional autumn fare, like candy apples and story tellers.
Forrest Pelseie, a volunteer with Grassroots Books, read scary stories to listeners in the Glendale Schoolhouse. She read "the Teacher from the Black Lagoon," keeping with the schoolhouse theme. Grassroots Books also handed out books for free.
"One of Grassroots' big philosophy is to promote literacy," said Pelseis. "Books aren't a luxury- they're for everyone.
There was also a costume booth, selling different hats- some made of fabric and looked like animal ears, others covered in feathers and glittery sequins. For those wanting to dress up as pirates, the booth also sold patches and hooks to place over one's hand.
"We have been so lucky this year with volunteers," said Shelton. "The sororities and fraternities from UNR approached us and wanted to help. We actually have more volunteers than we can use this time around."
"There has been a lot of people, a lot of cute kids," said Nick Mazzoni, a member of UNR's Alpha Tau Omega fraternity as he handed out game tickets. "Halloween is a great time. My fraternity is trick-or-treating for canned goods this year and we're pretty excited about it."
All of the money raised on Sunday was donated to the NNCIL, an organization that helps those with disabilities live more self-sufficiently.
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Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
The AEWA Plan of Action for Africa (PoAA) 2012-2017 was adopted at the 5th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to AEWA (France, 2012).
The UNEP/AEWA Secretariat is pleased to announce that two projects – one in Guinea, the other in Gabon - have been chosen for funding under the 2013 cycle of the AEWA Small Grants Fund. This fund is a source of financial support aimed at promoting the implementation of AEWA in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Since its launch in 2010 it has focused exclusively on the African region.
The Ramsar Convention Secretariat is calling for nominations for the sixth round of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards, which will be presented at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Cont
As part of the CMS Family Website Project, AEWA is pleased to present this new online presence. Based on a tailor-made database, the website allows a more interactive user experience and professional data management.
Several intrepid members of the CMS and AEWA Secretariats took part in the annual Bonn Marathon on 6 April, with three individuals running in the half marathon and three teams of four participating in the team race over the full 42-kilometre distance.
The Plan of Action to Address Bird Trapping along the Mediterranean Coasts of Egypt and Libya went public today together with the launch of the freshly-developed website for the International Task Force, established to ensure its effective implementation.
The Migratory Landbirds Study Group (MLSG) was launched at an inaugural meeting "Migratory landbirds: research, monitoring and conservation" in Wilhelmshaven (Germany) on the 26-28 March 2014.
From 11 to 14 March 2014 representatives from the Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (WHMSI) and members of the CMS Flyway Working Group met in Montego Bay, Jamaica to discuss the conservation of flyways of the Americas and the CMS Global Programme of Work (POW) for Flyways 2014-2020.
Each year on the second weekend in May, dedicated organizations and people around the world plan events to mark World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) celebrating migratory birds and raising awareness about the need for their conservation.
A new edition of the "Migratory Birds for People" Newsletter has recently been published by Wetland Link International. The Newsletter gives updates on meetings, project development and news from partners. The March edition also features an article of this year's World Migratory Bird Day.


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This looks like an ichthyosaur vertebra.
Yes I agree, But surely if it is from the Wealden of Hastings then this is quite rare.
Good point, there are no Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs.
There actually were (Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, and Platypterygius). But they were much less diverse than in previous Mesozoic eras and became extinct in the Cenomanian-Turonian extinction event.


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Well about a week ago I successfully installed Mac OS X Snow Leopard version 10.6.3 with Nawcom and a DVD containing Mac OS X. I decided not to dual boot, I was very excited to get Mac OS X. Everything worked out nicely until I noticed that my video card wasn't compatible. I did some research and decided I wanted Windows 7 back. I didn't have an actual installation disk for Windows 7 so I made a bootable Windows 7 USB. I started the Windows installation but as soon as I got to the 'Where do you want to install windows' part of the installation, it wouldn't let me install it onto any partitions. It kept giving me an error about how the partition was part GUID or something like that. I decided to go back into Mac OS and select the Master Boot Record option in the Partition Scheme (in Utility Disk). After I rebooted, my PC wouldn't load anything up. It'd just stay on the main boot screen, where I have the option to launch BIOS. When I hit ESC (to go to BIOS), it won't do anything... If I continue to hit ESC it'll start beeping. I'm not sure what I did. Please help as soon as possible.
I am new to working with partitions and other operating systems.
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This image provided by Bezos Expeditions shows growths on a Saturn V rocket stage structure on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in March 2013. An expedition led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pulled up two rocket engines that helped boost Apollo astronauts to the moon. Bezos and NASA announced the recovery on Wednesday, March 19, 2013. The sunken engines were part of the Saturn V rocket used to bring astronauts to the moon during the 1960s and 1970s. After liftoff, they fell into the ocean as planned. (AP Photo/Bezos Expeditions)
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A snow storm will roll into Eastern Massachusetts Monday afternoon and continue through Tuesday morning, dumping a few inches of snow in the area.
The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch beginning Monday afternoon. The heaviest snow will be along the coast of Massachusetts, where 4 to 8 inches of snow could fall, but the storm watch includes the cities of Boston and Cambridge.
Further inland, snowfall is expected to between 1 to 3 inches, according to the forecast by WHDH Channel 7.
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WASHINGTON — HSBC said Tuesday it will pay $1.9 billion to settle a U.S. money-laundering probe, avoiding a protracted legal battle that would have further embarrassed the British banking giant.
The probe of Europe's largest bank by market value focused on the transfer of funds through the U.S. financial system from Mexican drug cartels and on behalf of nations such as Iran that are under international sanctions.
Regulators worldwide have put banks under greater scrutiny since the financial crisis and a string of banking scandals highlighted lax practices and a culture of arrogance and entitlement. Money laundering by banks has become a priority target for U.S. law enforcement. Since 2009, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Lloyds, and ING have all paid big settlements related to allegations that they moved money for people or companies that were on the U.S. sanctions list.
HSBC said in a statement that its anti-money laundering measures were inadequate and it had since made strides in beefing up its controls. The bank also said it has reached agreements over investigations by other U.S. government agencies. It also expects to sign an agreement with British regulators shortly.
"We accept responsibility for our past mistakes. We have said we are profoundly sorry for them, and we do so again," HSBC Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver said in a statement.
A U.S. law enforcement official said the investigation by federal and state authorities will result in HSBC paying $1.25 billion in forfeiture and paying $655 million in civil penalties. The $1.25 billion figure is the largest forfeiture ever in a case involving a bank. Under what is known as a deferred prosecution agreement, the financial institution will be accused of violating the Bank Secrecy Act and the Trading With the Enemy Act.
Under the arrangement, HSBC will admit to certain misconduct, the official said, but the details of those admissions to be made in a New York court were not immediately available. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the source was not authorized to speak about the matter on the record.
The agreement means the bank won't be prosecuted further if it meets certain conditions, such as strengthening its internal controls to prevent money laundering. The Justice Department has used such arrangements often in cases involving large corporations, notably in settlements of foreign bribery charges.
Experts said banks such as HSBC have a strong interest in settling out of court to limit damage to their reputations. On Monday, Standard Chartered, another British bank, signed an agreement with New York regulators to settle their money laundering investigation with a $340 million payment. The bank was accused of scheming with the Iranian government to launder billions of dollars.
"These banks are operating in an environment where you can't afford to have uncertainty attached to your name, and they are dependent on confidence from their investors. And that makes them keen to get past such events very quickly and settle," said Sabine Bauer, director of financial institutions at Fitch Ratings.
Among other European banks to have settled money-laundering cases with the United States:
— Credit Suisse, Switzerland's second-largest bank, agreed to pay $536 million. The authorities said the bank violated U.S. economic sanctions by hiding the booming illegal business it was doing for Iranian banks.
— Barclays paid $298 million. The big British bank allegedly engaged in $500 million in illegal transactions with banks in Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Myanmar for more than a decade.
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Orlando >Lodging > Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando, Autograph Collection
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Great Hotel BUT... – It's a great hotel but if any of you are looking to save some $$ then book it at referer.us/8/GoodHotelDeals They usually have some pretty good deals on there!
Boheme, you are no St. Regis -- SO not worth the money – My husband and I moved to Orlando from NYC recently. After living in NYC for 8 yrs, we?re willing and used to paying high prices for fine dining WHEN ITS WORTH IT. We went to the Easter Jazz Brunch/Buffet and were appalled at the $65 prix fixe considering the experience. We were first unimpressed when we realized we weren't actually seated in the restaurant. It was crowded, and they made a makeshift "dining room" in the bar/lounge (picture temporary tables/metal chairs with cushions).We sat for a good while with no greeting, no menus. Finally, we politely signaled a waiter--being first time customers we weren't sure if there was a menu/a-la-carte option in addition to the buffet, or about our beverage options. The omelet was good and the ham, shrimp and fruit was fresh. I'll give them that but isn't that expected at $65 a head? Other food and overall selection was average if that. The waffles were semi-cold, the syrup was some watery, cheap tasting liquid. NO attention to detail: cold bread, picked over offerings, melting butter tabs in a bowl. Mimosas were included, but cheap sparkling wine still doesn?t add up to $65. We peeked into the actual Boheme dining room. The tables/chairs/ambiance was obviously more upscale but doubtful it would've made our experience considering the food/service. The jazz was a piano player and female singer who made cheesy comments throughout her performance. Despite fine piano playing and vocal skills, we felt like we were in an episode of Saturday Night Live - the skit with the The Sweeney Sisters. After this, we won?t go back to even try dinner at Boheme. Maybe we're NYC restaurant snobs. After all, we?re comparing it to our NYC brunch experiences at the St. Regis, The Carlyle, The Plaza Athenee but we thought we had a right to compare considering the prices are equal. If we had to put a price on the food and experience, we wouldn't have balked if it was $30 even $40 a head, but $65! Come on, Boheme, you are no St. Regis--get real.
Great Service – This hotel has spectacular service; however, the decor is a little dated. The gallery and bar are amazing, but skip the restaurant or room service because the food is not that spectacular.
Hot Hotel – We had the best time at this hotel! When they say they are always available to help you, they are! The room was beautiful and they catered to us, even at weird hours! I had the best time and it's so close to Church street, you can just walk there and back! FUN!
The epitome of style – Great hotel: stylish, great service, beautiful rooms, convenient location. Love the bar and the restaurant. Great to have a hotel in town that isn't over-run with screaming kids and ill-mannered tourists.
Don't Pay for the Club Level – I took my boyfriend here for his birthday. We are used to staying on the club level at the Ritz where drinks and nibbles are FREE all day. You can imagine my shock when I went to the clubhouse for a drink and was CHARGED money and the food was dryed out and never replenished. Why pay for a club level room if the only perk is being on the highest floor. Our total bill for one night and dinner approx. $800.
A revival of European Bohemia with magnificent Austrian architecture, a rare art collection, top dining and nightlife. – The Scene
This intriguing representation of European Bohemia--the hub of high art centered in the present-day Czech Republic 100 years ago--has put Orlando on the map for a discerning and cultured jet set. Billing itself as an "experience in art and music," the hotel channels the once-celebrated movement's essence through Secession architecture, an eclectic blend of Old World fixtures and rich interior detailing of black marble, stone, glass, gold and silver. Over 100 original artworks are displayed throughout the property, and classical and contemporary music is piped in through an impressive sound system.
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The 250 guest rooms are impressive with their wood furnishings from Java, plush jewel-tone velvets, iridescent fabrics and signature Heavenly Beds. The Boheme restaurant, the Bosendorfer Lounge (named for the resident $250,000 rare imperial grand piano) and the Bohemian Art Gallery have helped to change the face (think subtle, sophisticated facelift) and social dynamic of downtown Orlando and the trendy Church Street Station district.
Exceptional – Since this Place is not on International drive, it probably loses out to many differnet hotels in Orlando. This hotel is one of the nicest Westin Properities available. It is centralized that you can get to the airport, the cape, and Disney in just a few short minutes. This hotel is for the upscale type of client, not wanting the mickey or goofy everywhere you look. Fine Resturant, Fine Pool, and a full service starbucks in the building, what fun. Only two blocks from Church Street.
Love this hotel – Whenever I'm in Orlando on business, I stay at the Grand Bohemian. Located right in the middle of downtown, it's great to walk out of your hotel into an actual city and find a place for drinks or dinner, especially in FL. The rooms are huge, the beds are triple sheeted with thick bedding, truly a wonderful nights sleep, and the rooms are well appointed. Any friends I have going to Orlando always hear about this fantastic hotel. You will not be disappointed.
great hotel – Stayed here twice. Great hotel, staff is very attentive, great art and not very loud. Very subtle and understated unlike most of Orlando. Huge rooms and great comfy bed. No complaints except, okay for the entrance. The entrance is a mess but who cares once you are in, its amazing. Love the beautiful horse sculpture at the entrance, it makes up for the disastorous circular drive-up.
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Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute and chairperson of the Department of Physiology has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) advisory committee. NIH, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation's medical research agency and is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world. The role of the organization is to make important discoveries that improve the health of citizens and save lives.
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This recipe is what the DUH in Duh-licious is all about! All you need are 5 ingredients, and you have yourself a 5 star dessert.I made this tart over the holidays for a quick and easy dessert; you can make them in all size and shape pans for any occasion (…like Valentine's day!)
Ingredients:- 4 T butter, melted- 14 oz package sweetened shredded coconut, pulsed in a food processor- 1/4 cup granulated sugar- 1 1/4 cup heavy cream **approx 35% fat- 8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate (approx.56% cocoa), finely chopped. ** make sure you use a high quality chocolate, like Lindtt.
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Bismarck among small airports irked by removal of body scannersBISMARCK – Managers at dozens of small airports have expressed outrage at federal officials for hauling new full-body scanners away from their facilities and sending them to large hubs that haven't yet upgraded older machines criticized for showing too much anatomy.
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BISMARCK – Managers at dozens of small airports have expressed outrage at federal officials for hauling new full-body scanners away from their facilities and sending them to large hubs that haven't yet upgraded older machines criticized for showing too much anatomy.
U.S. Transportation Security Administration contractors were threatened with arrest after officials at a Montana airport said they received no notice before the workers arrived. In North Dakota, the scanners are set to be yanked from a terminal remodeled last year with $40,000 in local funds just to fit the new machines.
"We think it's silly to have installed the thing and then come back nine months later and take it out," Bismarck airport manager Greg Haug said.
The L3 Millimeter Wave body scanners, which are about the size of a minivan on end and produce cartoonlike outlines of travelers, are being removed from 49 smaller airports across the country to help replace 174 full-body scanners used at larger airports. After controversy erupted over the bare images of a person's body the full-body scanners produce, Congress set a June deadline for them to be removed or updated.
But officials at smaller airports said removing their machines will produce longer lines, increased pat-downs, decreased security and a waste of taxpayer money.
North Dakota officials are especially critical of the swap because the state's airline boardings are skyrocketing with booming oil development. TSA is slated to remove the newly installed scanners this week at airports in Bismarck, Grand Forks and Minot.
"It does seem like a waste of time and energy, but the biggest issue is security concerns," state Aeronautics Commissioner Larry Taborsky said of removing the machines. "We are feeding a lot of traffic into the national system."
"Smaller airports are being treated as less important as bigger airports in the system," said Dave Ruppel, manager of the Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Steamboat Springs, Colo. "Any airport you go through is an entrance into the whole system."
Ruppel's airport lost its scanner late last month. He said the move to replace machines at big airports with scanners from smaller airports is "a political solution to a security problem."
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Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a narrow country in West Africa bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. The country extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lom is located.
Published: Monday, September 08, 2008
Background History
French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President Eyadema, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon Eyadema's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure Gsassingbe, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community. In January 2012, Togo assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2012-13 term.
Country Name:
- conventional long form: Togolese Republic
- conventional short form: Togo
- local long form: Republique togolaise
- former: French Togoland
- name: Lome
- population: 1,593,000
- geographic coordinates: 6 08 N, 1 13 E
- time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
- 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
Government Type:
- Republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
Executive Branch:
- chief of state: President Faure Gnassingbe (since 4 May 2005)
- head of government: Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo (since 7 September 2008)
- cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president and the prime minister
- elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (no term limits); election last held on 4 March 2010 (next to be held in 2015); prime minister appointed by the president
Legislative Branch:
- structure: unicameral National Assembly
Judicial Branch:
- structure: Court of Appeal; Supreme Court
People & Society
- 6,961,049 (global rank: 101)
- growth rate: 2.748% (global rank: 19)
- noun: Togolese (singular and plural)
- adjective: Togolese
Major Cities:
- Lome (capital): 1.593 million
Ethnic Groups:
- African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
- French (official, the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
- total population: 63.17 years (global rank: 175)
- male: 60.64 years
- female: 65.77 years
Infant Mortality:
- total population: 49.87 deaths/1,000 live births (global rank: 45)
- male: 56.72 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 42.82 deaths/1,000 live births
- adult prevalence rate: 3.2% (2009 est.) (global rank: 22)
- people living with AIDS: 120,000 (2009 est.) (global rank: 38)
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 60.9%
- male: 75.4%
- female: 46.9%
Overview: This small, sub-Saharan economy suffers from anemic economic growth and depends heavily on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for a significant share of the labor force. Some basic foodstuffs must still be imported. Cocoa, coffee, and cotton generate about 40% of export earnings with cotton being the most important cash crop. Togo is among the world's largest producers of phosphate and Togo seeks to develop its carbonate phosphate reserves. The government's decade-long effort, supported by the World Bank and the IMF, to implement economic reform measures, encourage foreign investment, and bring revenues in line with expenditures has moved slowly. Progress depends on follow through on privatization, increased openness in government financial operations, progress toward legislative elections, and continued support from foreign donors. Foreign direct investment inflows have slowed over recent years. Togo completed its IMF Extended Credit Facility in 2011 and reached a HIPC debt relief completion point in 2010 at which 95% of the country's debt was forgiven. Togo continues to work with the IMF on structural reforms.
Gross Domestic Product:
- GDP (PPP): $6.324 billion (global rank: 155)
- GDP per capita (PPP): $900 (global rank: 213)
- real growth rate: 3.8% (global rank: 105)
- composition by sector: agriculture: 46%, industry: 23%, services: 31%
- currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Francs (XOF)
- exchange rate (per US Dollar): 473.7
- population below poverty line: 32%
- unemployment rate: NA
Agricultural Products:
coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish
phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages
Exports Commodities:
reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
Imports Commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana
- total: 56,785 sq km (global rank: 126)
- land: 54,385 sq km
- water: 2,400 sq km
- comparative: slightly smaller than West Virginia
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Land Use:
- arable land: 44.2%
- permanent crops: 2.11%
- other: 53.69%
Natural Resources:
phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land
Current Environmental Issues:
deforestation attributable to slash-and-burn agriculture and the use of wood for fuel; water pollution presents health hazards and hinders the fishing industry; air pollution increasing in urban areas
Transnational Issues
- international disputes:in 2001, Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission continues to resurvey the boundary; in 2006, 14,000 Togolese refugees remain in Benin and Ghana out of the 40,000 who fled there in 2005; talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River
- refugees (country of origin): 5,000 (Ghana)
- internally displaced peoples: 1,500
- illicit drugs: transit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money laundering not a significant problem
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Early in "The Fellowship of the Ring," the first film in Peter Jackson's monumental "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the wizard Gandalf finds himself alone in a room with the trinket that could end the world. It lies gleaming on the floor, and Gandalf regards it with an attitude of fascinated fear. The audience feels a chill that neither Jackson's vertiginous camera angles nor Ian McKellen's arching eyebrows can fully explain. The Ring of Power extends its grip through the medium of music, which is the work of the gifted film composer Howard Shore. In the preceding scenes, an overview of the habits of hobbits, Shore's music had an English-pastoral, dance-around-the-Maypole air, but when the ring begins to do its work a Wagnerian tinge creeps in—fittingly, since "The Lord of the Rings" dwells in the shadow of Wagner's even more monumental "Ring of the Nibelung." J. R. R. Tolkien's fans have long maintained a certain conspiracy of silence concerning Wagner, but there is no point in denying his influence, not when characters deliver lines like "Ride to ruin and the world's ending!"—Brünnhilde condensed to seven words.
Shore manages the admirable feat of summoning up a Wagnerian atmosphere without copying the original. He knows the science of harmonic dread. First, he lets loose an army of minor triads, or three-note chords in the minor mode. They immediately cast a shadow over the major-key music of the happy hobbits. (A digression for those who skipped grade-school music class or never had one: Why does the minor chord make the heart hang heavy? First, you have to understand why the major triad, its fair-haired companion, sounds "bright." It is based on the spectrum of notes that arise naturally from a vibrating string. If you pluck a C and then divide the string in half, in thirds, in fourths, and so on, you will hear one by one the clean notes that spell C major. Wagner's "Ring" begins with a demonstration: from one deep note, wave upon wave of majestic harmony flows. The C-minor triad, however, has a more obscure connection to "natural" sound. The middle note comes from much higher in the overtone series. It sets up grim vibrations in the mind.)
The minor triad would not in itself be enough to suggest something as richly sinister as the Ring of Power. Here Wagner comes in handy. He famously abandoned the neat structures of classical harmony for brooding, meandering strings of chords. In the "Ring," special importance attaches to the pairing of two minor triads separated by four half-steps—say, E minor and C minor. Conventional musical grammar says that these chords should keep their distance, but they make an eerie couple, having one note (G) in common. Wagner uses them to represent, among other things, the Tarnhelm, the ring's companion device, which allows its user to assume any form. Tolkien's ring, likewise, makes its bearer disappear, and Shore leans on those same spooky chords to suggest the shape-shifting process.
In "The Return of the King," which opens this week, Shore's music keeps pace with the burgeoning grandeur of the filmmaking. When the hobbits escape Mt. Doom, Renée Fleming sings, in Elvish. As the evil lord Sauron comes to grief, the dusky harmonies of the ring give way to their mirror image in the major key. There is an abrupt harmonic shift that has the effect of sun breaking through clouds. You would have thought that sometime between the birth of Stravinsky and the publication of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" such echt-Wagnerian material would have gone out of fashion, but there is life in the fat lady yet.
Tolkien refused to admit that his ring had anything to do with Wagner's. "Both rings were round, and there the resemblance ceased," he said. But he certainly knew his Wagner, and made an informal study of "Die Walküre" not long before writing the novels. The idea of the omnipotent ring must have come directly from Wagner; nothing quite like it appears in the old sagas. True, the Volsunga Saga features a ring from a cursed hoard, but it possesses no executive powers. In the "Nibelungenlied" saga, there is a magic rod that could be used to rule all, but it just sits around. Wagner combined these two objects into the awful amulet that is forged by Alberich from the gold of the Rhine. When Wotan steals the ring for his own godly purposes, Alberich places a curse upon it, and in so doing he speaks of "the lord of the ring as the slave of the ring." Such details make it hard to believe Tolkien's disavowals. Admit it, J.R.R., you used to run around brandishing a walking stick and singing "Nothung! Nothung!" like every other besotted Oxford lad.
It is surely no accident that the notion of a Ring of Power surfaced in the late nineteenth century, when technologies of mass destruction were appearing on the horizon. Pre-modern storytellers had no frame of reference for such things. Power, for them, was not a baton that could be passed from one person to another; those with power were born with power, and those without, without. By Wagner's time, it was clear that a marginal individual would soon be able to unleash terror with the flick of a wrist. Oscar Wilde issued a memorable prediction of the war of the future: "A chemist on each side will approach the frontier with a bottle." Nor did the ring have to be understood only in terms of military science. Mass media now allowed for the worldwide destruction of an idea, a reputation, a belief system, a culture. In a hundred ways, men were forging things over which they had no control, and which ended up controlling them.