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It's not that scary. I located in ZHEJIANG, and I have a blocked nose now, but I don't worry about it.
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Not only chickens but many;
The fact is;
"Since late last year, the Chinese Communist Party has been covering up the worst bird flu outbreak in poultry for over 10 years, according to a senior veterinarian, who has worked with poultry farmers for several decades."
And more;
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Anti-government people have not done good jobs in last 10+ years.
These people can't even tell "outbreak" for over 10 years, what problems would they be able to solve? None.
How dare the epochtime try to prove that no one can do better than CPC ?
They have found an asymptomatic case in China, a boy carrying the virus without showing symptoms. Presumably this boy has been infecting others, who may also show no symptoms - yet. They already know that birds carry the virus without symptoms.
Here's a frightening scenario. The virus continues to mutate in the host, becoming transmissable between humans, millions are infected without anyone being aware, and then asymptomatic carriers become symptomatic...
In 2007 a certain Ab Osterhaus, a principal adviser to the WHO on virus based pandemics made the announcement on a US pharmaceuticals' website that he had been the first to determine that the H1N1 virus had mutated to a human-to-human killer (Osterhaus had just become one of their principal advisers. In the Dutch press he was loathed by the animal rights people for experimenting on animals without a government license - he was a law unto himself). His assertions was untrue that he was the first and where Professor Kennedy Shortridge a former member of our Foundation was the person who first identified this. Kennedy was awarded the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, the Prince Mahidol Award, for his work as it stopped the killer pandemic going any further than Hong Kong in 1997. No drugs were required and the virus was stopped in its tracks at 'source'. This is important as you will see.
We contacted the US pharmaceutical company concerned and we challenged them concerning Osterhaus's claims.
A few months later a certain Declan Butler of Nature magazine and an old time friend of Osterhaus contacted our Foundation to undertake what he described as a very interesting story on the Foundation. At that time we thought that Nature were a magazine of impeccable integrity and decided that we would work with Butler.
At the same time an international conference had been arranged in Thailand in January 2008 concerning the threat of Avian flu and different perspectives of how to stop it happening. Professor Shortridge was a keynote speaker and where he was to deliver the 'first' global presentation of his 'source' strategy not based upon the use of drugs.
The article by Nature magazine was published on the very same day as Prof. Shortridge's keynote speech but where the article ridiculed the Foundation and was not we were let to believe that the article would be about. Butler had in fact gone behind our backs and misquoted people from the Foundation and where most have apologised for what Butler printed.
The reason for this became clear, Osterhaus and the big Pharma did not want this alternative source strategy to see the light of day as there were not the billions upon billions in drug sales. Indeed they did stop this strategy with the article as the Foundation could not get any financial support to move the Shortridge strategy further. Nature had done their dirty work for Osterhaus and big Pharma.
Now the same scientists in the Netherlands (including Osterhaus) are now creating the avian flu killer virus in the laboratories. Working for the large Pharma for their future profits again.
But we have analysed the potential killer virus against the history of the 2009 Swine Flu and where a drugs cure for a future avian human-to-human killer virus will come far too late.
The 1918 pandemic did its worst after the first human death between week 16 and week 26 after the second wave and where the virus had mutated into the deadly human-to-human mass killer. Up to 100 million perished out of a world population of around 1.5 billion (less than 25% of the population now). Therefore in a mere 6 months from first human death, most had died an absolutely horrible suffocating death.
Time Horizons for the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic against the 1918 Spanish flu
Time Scale - 0 months
Swine Flu first detected – Influenza A, Novel H1N1 "swine flu" was first detected in Mexico City and was made public March 18, 2009. Therefore the first causality was probably at the beginning of March 2009 taking into account the incubation period.
First Death in USA
Time Scale + 2-months later at the end of April 2009
1st Vaccine Approved
Time Scale + 6 months 2 weeks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new swine flu vaccine for use in the United States on September 15, 2009.
Mass Vaccine 1st ready for use in USA
Time Scale + 7 months 1 week
The vaccine was first ready from mass production and used on 5th October 2009 in the USA
Most Vaccinated City in the USA by 22nd March 2010
Time Scale + 1 year 1month 1 week
Massachusetts vaccinated more residents against the swine flu and seasonal flu in the fall and winter than any other state.
Up to the end of Winter (March 2010) - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says 36 percent of residents were inoculated against the swine flu, also known as H1N1, compared with 21 percent nationally. Seasonal flu vaccinations were administered to 57 percent of the population, compared with 37 percent nationwide.
A mere 36% in one USA city and where nationally only 21% had the vaccine by March 22nd 2010. This was approximately 13 months after the first human death was recorded in Mexico
Therefore a drug vaccine strategy is a fool's errand and most people would be dead by the time that it was administered to the masses.
Best regards,
Dr David Hill
World Innovation Foundation
It is a pity that there are so many derisive/divisive comments here people! May I offer another - perhaps more pressing - perspective?
The world of the virus is occult and disinterested - things happen.
Virologists are getting cleverer but viruses are unpredictable and the science is new so we will be following in their wake for the foreseeable future.
When a new virus (ie nobody has antibodies to it) is also contagious it spreads like wildfire when people are together - international air travel (especially with no body temperature scanning at embarkation) is a liability. Luckily poultry market folk in China probably don't tend to fly across the globe and with the median age of victims currently at 65 the chances of this variant avian influenza reassorting with a human 'flu virus is probably small. BUT with this number of human infections it is likely that sooner or later it could reassort inside a younger person with no immunity with say H1N1 and then the starting pistol will be fired! Lots of 'ifs' but there are no certainties in the world of viruses.
Now rumours and stories abound - always have and always will where viruses are concerned - because most people know very little about them. It's a good line in the film Contagion - viruses do very well on their own!
In 2001 the UK was hit by a Foot & Mouth Disease epidemic (curiously it too was first discovered on 19th February like vH7N9 and in March MAFF changed its name to Defra - dropping 'Farming' from its name AND Farming Help line was launched on 20th Feb! By coincidence China's Health Ministry merged with another and became 'National Health & Family Planning' also in March...)
As to bio-terrorism that can only be done with a virus which is contagious! Undoubtedly some in Saudi Arabia had hopes that Saudi SARS might be 'the one' carried globally by pilgrims returning from Mecca last October - but as it is in no hurry to mutate/reassort we may have ducked that bullet!
So what we really need now is Action, Preparedness and Education about viruses; it is not important which virus it turns out to be!
Those countries that start body temperature scanning at airports to pick up virus shedders and take preparedness planning to the people (as in the USA) will emerge better off in the post-pandemic new world order. In fact third world countries may be least affected in the medium term. By contrast over-populated western countries will probably be worst hit. - and the anarchistic mood of the angry survivors (especially if the lack of government preparation meant that more people had died from the consequences of the pandemic than from the virus itself) will mean at least two years of chaos and hardship.
We need vision and leadership
So if the Mayans were right about 2013 we have been looking in the wrong place? Not to space but nano? If 'Saudi' SARS is widespread in the West and middle east and mutates and vH7N9 is widespread in China and reassorts then we could have two viral pandemics covering the globe? Still Yellowstone blowing would be worse - I hate the cold!
"over-populated western countries will probably be worst hit"
Sorry, but the most densely populated country on earth is Singapore, which is in the East:
India and China between them have 40% of the planet's population. This new virus and H5N1 both originated in China.
India and China have poor public health capacity, unlike Western countries, so if we're talking the zombie apocalypse, the zombies will probably be talking Chinese.
Yes I accept your correction re densely populated areas that rely on a complex infrastructure not being found only in the West but around the globe! But I did not mention a 'zombie apocalypse' - I rather think it will not be at all glamourous but people like us trying to survive and rebuild and deal with the grief and shock we didn't see coming...
"grief and shock we didn't see coming"
But we CAN see it coming. We saw bubonic plague kill 60% of Europe's population, 'Spanish' flue killed 5% of world's population in 1918, and AIDS has killed 35 million so far.
Now the medical profession is telling us microbes pose a "catastrophic threat" because we havn't found any new antibiotics for 20 years: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21737844
If you board a plane with someone with untreatable bird flue you will contract it and infect everyone you meet at your destination: as will everyone else on the plane.
So what can you do to protect yourself? Nothing. This is how mother nature deals with the infection called humans. As far as she is concerned, WE are the infection, and pandemic is her antibiotic.
Professor James Lovelock in his book 'The Revenge of Gaia': "The human race will be reduced to a few breeding pairs".
So eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow....
There are roughly two categories of those posters here commenting the news about China. One is to crow over misfortunes on people in China like the case in which the devastating earthquake hit Sichuan in 2008. The other is to frown at any mention of negative reporting about mainland China published in western press.
Personally, neither of those opinions is tolerable.
With its large population and tremendous off-putting effects passed down from history on people, reform of any kind in mainland China arouses more resistance than accommodation among people of all walks. Worse, local officials would rather take an attitude of overtly agreeing and covertly opposing towards policies issued by central government. Worse still, local officials are always bullying those below and hoodwinking those above them by cheating and fabricating in order to be promoted within so-called official-appraisal-assessment mechanism in which GDP growth counts. For the only purpose of being promoted, local officials have tried every means to achieve that end regardless of social morality and welfare of people. In this context, those who have broken balance in nature will be punished in turn. However, those who suffer are ordinary Chinese rather than officials from various levels like miners working underground or farmers living by hillsides.
Panics caused by H7N9 among people are attributed to more than one factor, and one of them is the expenditure to cure the disease by patients. Up till now, no government department has confirmed that the treatment is free of charge. on the other hand, people in eastern and southern China are accustomed to buy life chickens and have them butchered in farmers produce fairs in the open, which is believed by experts to be the source of epidemic diseases spread by birds. But where did the virus come from remains unanswered. Anyway, having learnt from anti-SARS activities, governments have taken active measures to deal with H7N9 until now, including adequate information, preventive steps and financial aids for patients.
Who should be blamed, chicken or chicken eater?
Thanks for nice 10 cents post.
CCP is grateful.
just a thought flashing by, may be nothing of the sort.
since china is doing so well amidst a lot of financial crisis among 'rich' nations, and since it's a historical fact that japns dropped virus infested dead rats from air over some Chinese cities to spread plague killing civilians in ww2, could this new bird flu be a deliberate plant by someone's attempt to sabotage china's progress? the technology is certainly there for such a thing.
in such case, the monkey wrench throwing may not do much damage the way Chinese are handling it, but is sure distracting. and that would be a wrecking job done already.
nay, no human who is any human would do such a rotten thing. then again, there are beasts out there.
There are so many rotten officials in China who is benefitting by polluting food, polluting air and polluting water at the cost of the ordinary people.
Those who are sabotaging China's progress are those corrupt officials elected by the CCP and allowed to do whatever to make money at the cost of the ordinary people.
It looks like you are from Japan and I am puzzled why you are hating Chinese so much. It really should be the other way around when you look at history of second World war of blood stained Japanese aggressor.
But I think Mainland Chinese are more concerned with building a better life and to make money than bashing from guys like you.
So quit spewing your dirt on China and keep them for corrupted Japanese officials back your home.
I bet you won't say so if you are a common working class in Chinese mainland.
There do have a lot of rotten officials in China, but if the CPC do help us improve our living standard, we can tolerate their selfishness, of course any possible means should be used to anti-corrupt, but a rotten official doing solid work is much better than a offical cleanhanded but accompolishing nothing. The long history makes Chinese anything but not completist or extremist. We know China have a lot of problems, but we still feel so confident about China's future, and we know it needs time to perfect the social system as well as the civic consciousness.
Chinese are atheist, our faith is this country and this land.
I live in Jianggan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. As I didn't find a appropriate job in the last few months, I become a Freelancer now. Maybe I am a loser, but I don't think the government should be responsible for that.
Death toll has risen to 11 today.
Too many pigs, ducks, chicken... in China as Tocharian says, but the problem is that thousands of those have been dumped in the rivers by the farmers without informing the authority about the problems. The authority find them in the rivers only after the residents reported.
So what is the issue here?
While CCP has been giving anti-Japanese education fanatically, and the people in China have been brainwashed as the party projected, they are not educated about the basic common moral at all.
10 cents posters are keen to promoted how China has develped economically and the revival of the great Chinese dynasty is near. Well it is true, but the basic moral of the people have never been progressed over 3000 years.
They burn yuan notes at the temples and pray for one day getting fortune by any means.
They do not care what will result with all those pigs, ducks, chickens + air, water, chemical and all types of pollution to the people.
Look at the post below sent by patriotic Chinese who is trying to find something to counter-blame as usual and do not see what is behind in the issue.
are you joking? japan is not even an independent country but a vassal state. why should anyone bother to anti it? people can anti rats, anti flies but why bother with anti japn?
japan is a vassal state occupied by the usa for about 70 years now. you may still think japan is rich but every japns owes about $150,000 dollars of public debt and japan is actually broke.
ever since japan was nuked and surrendered, japan owes its everything to the usa because it's the usa that gave japns jobs, education, business, technology and opportunities of making money (and of losing it). it's also the usa who props up japan's king.
even today the usa maintains hundreds of military bases and tens of thousands of troops all over japan, for good cause though. can you imagine any nation being so occupied? but that's welcoming to the world because the usa can keep peace by chaining up japan.
if you wonder why japan has such a bad fate, it's all in its karma.
since so many americans stationing in japan, that's why japan appears to be cleaner. that's why no pig, no chicken, no bird flu there.
'if you ever wonder why japan has such a bad fate, it's all in its karma'
I mean the karma of war crimes and atrocities, including dropping germ infested dead rats to spread plague to kill civilians over some Chinese cities during ww2.
and the good lord has come back punishing them, through the hands of usa. japan is fit to be occupied by foreign troops for good, until it learns to be good. for that peace loving people are all mighty thankful of the usa.
as for the current bird flu, every nation should come to pitch in to help to eradicate the deadly flu, regardless political systems or differences.
The western media had spent and continues to spend a whole load of wasted time on this subject (mainly of finger pointing), whilst the ordinary flu outbreaks regularly cause massive deaths, killing 36,000 people a year in the US alone. Perspective is what is needed.
Living close to animals is a way of life in developing countries, whereas massive commerical farming with chemicals to quicken growth for greed with long-term side effects on human health and well being is being ignored.
Some examples of birdflu outbreaks that have not gotten much TE attention:
Mexican authorities say they've slaughtered more than a million chickens infected with bird flu.
Eight people, mostly children have died in Cambodia from bird flu
India declared itself free of bird flu late last year. But the recent outbreak of the virus at a government facility in the southern state of Karnataka has raised worries this could cause significant damage to the poultry industry.
Learn to work together instead of pointing finger is a much better and civilized way to solve problems.
Your comment does not match to the civilized way as you write.
OK, CNN or WSJ reported good amount of information about bird flu in different areas on the earth. These are news media and their business is to report what happens firstly.
TE is not a news news but a critical magazine. Their job is to send out news with their critical comments. Without critical comments, it does not worth at all.
Many blind Chinese patriotic posters like you are not fit to read TE but better to read CCP official media and stay being happy. China is a great country and strong country and so on and on..yes. But still too underdevelped with the moral building if we look at those thousands of pigs, ducks, chickens which have been dumped into the rivers.
the number of ordinary influenza deaths in the US is utterly irrelevant to the article. Your post is essentially a complaint that people are writing bad things about China.
If however I look into ordinary influenza deaths in china, i find that on average of 18 deaths/100,000 people in northern cities and 11 deaths/100,000 in southern cities. If i round those down to 11 deaths/100,000 people and apply it to the whole population of China sees over 148,000 deaths per year from influenza, or at 18 deaths/100,000 (at the high end) that is 240,000 dead per year. Perspective indeed.
And it's ironic you call for less pointing of fingers, since you spent your whole comment pointing fingers at everyone else.
"OK, CNN or WSJ reported good amount of information about bird flu in different areas on the earth. These are news media and their business is to report what happens firstly. TE is not news but a critical magazine. Their job is to send out news with their critical comments. Without critical comments, it does not worth at all."
First and foremost, shouldn't critical comments be focused at home front? The daily imbalanced and biased criticisms are similar to witch hunts. They are not meant to be helpful other than serving self-righteousness.
Sorry, my previous comment is to reply to Sandaman.
Sandaman, has it ever occurred to you that you are more opinionated than those your so called blind Chinese patriotic posters? I guess not.
How is that irrelevant? They are different types of flu that can be spread easily. Would you not think more focus should be put on flu that killed the most year after year? Why so many articles on bird flu but hardly any to cover the flu that killed the most and continues to do so worldwide.
And have I stirred up rumour, doubt or pointing finger at a government? LOL.
Don't play stupid-
It is irrelevant because the article is about Bird Flu, which is very different than the ordinary influenza. This isn't about influenza. I would not think more focus should be put on that because influenza kills the weakest- the very young and the very old, and it mutates every year, and with some basic precautions virtually everyone can be protected. So your assertions are false and baseless. Bird flu kills the young and strong, and their is much cause to be concerned about.
You have stirred up neither rumour, or doubt, and your finger pointing causes only rolled eyes at your shrieking hysterics.
Ignorance is boundless. Another news about flu:
'New case of novel coronavirus identified in the U.K.
Health officials in the United Kingdom confirmed today that they have identified another case of the novel coronavirus -- bringing the worldwide tally up to 10.
The patient is a U.K. resident who recently travelled to the Middle East and Pakistan and is now in intensive care at a Manchester hospital. This is the second case of the novel coronavirus diagnosed in the U.K.
This new coronavirus -- related to the virus that causes SARS -- was first detected in a Saudi Arabian patient in June 2012. More cases have since been identified in Saudi Arabia, as well as Qatar and Jordan. The virus causes severe respiratory symptoms and has killed five people so far.
Here is a breakdown of laboratory-confirmed cases so far:
Saudi Arabia: 5 cases (3 fatal)
Jordan: 2 cases (2 fatal)
U.K.: 2 cases (one from Qatar, one from U.K. -- both receiving ongoing treatment)
Germany: 1 case (patient from Qatar -- now discharged)
So far, the novel coronavirus doesn't appear to spread easily between people although there have been small clusters of outbreaks; one in a Saudi Arabian family and one in a group of health care workers in Jordan. Evidence so far also suggests that the virus comes from bats...'
Would you not say we should work together instead of pointing finger?
The bird flu is totally a bomb for us Chinese !so scare when looked back to 2003,we have no "gun" to defeat it ,then chaos is on the way .Today the government must do something right IN TIME.
it seems the Chinese did right on SARS, and you should be more confident. go back and fight for it if I were you, that is, if you are indeed Chinese.
I don't know what do you mean by "gun".
During the SARS, people might scared but not chaotic.
And the bird flu is not a bomb, I don't see anything different except that the domestic fowl market is closed and more greetings are exchanged between relatives and friends.
well,sometimes the bad men always want to take advantaged of some negative news to spread rumors or exaggerate the impact of events . but as a citizen ,exactly a Chinese , it is our duty to suupport our country to tackle any crisis .
yeah.first what you said I do agree,but at the same time I also hold that we have the right to know what's really going on in our country.the news media have the responsibilities to let our people know what happens,then it's the people's right to make judgement from those truths.what the authorities can do is to give proper guidance,not to blind the people who loves the country,who just wanna the great country can develop better..
Understand the concept of '"Ask NOT what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
What have you done other than complain?
Learn to understand no uncontrolled news exist anywhere in the world and my posts are frequently removed by western media.
The ultimate question is which is better, one controlled by the military/industry complex, or by the government.
This wouldn't have happened in China had China adopted western democracy.
That is why every country must accept western democracy, then all diseases will come from outer space, like Mars.
Agree. India is a great example, as She also has a long history and big population, but they favor India regardless of it's lower HDI.
Too much freedom is not a bless for a developing country with most of its people not well-educated and knowing little about civic duty.
Is it really April the 13th today? On this planet?
TE's dig at last : 'Ever fearful of the growing power of social media, police have been rounding up people they say have used such tools to spread rumours about H7N9. Caijing, a Beijing magazine, said that at least 13 people had been jailed so far.'
but why not? people got incarcerated all the time for spreading rumors on bomb scares at airports, flights and public gatherings in America, in asia and in Europe. and I don't see any TE article about any of them.
H7N9 is a real health threat, but WHO has yet to render any travel alert because it does not believe H7N9 virus is communicable from human to human so far.
sensationalism taking advantage of this unfortunate outbreak for whatever ulterior agenda is indeed despicable.
I was tempted to ask "why do these new diseases always seem to start in China?". The Black Death (bubonic plaque) also started in China and killed 60% of Europe's population: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
Then I remembered that the worst recent pandemic, AIDS, started in Africa, not China. The AIDS virus was transmitted to humans as a result of eating bush meat - monkeys. There is obviously a problem with the way we are keeping (and eating) animals.
If the Black Death could wipe out most of Europe in the 14th century before air travel made global transmission inevitable and instantaneous, how many will die when the next Big One strikes? It's only a matter of time.
Maybe we should take a lesson from vegetarians? How long will it be before carnivores become social pariahs, and our descendents view their ancestor's habits as not just disgusting and cruel, but downright dangerous?
The first plague in China on a scale worthy of a historical note occurred in the 17th century. The Black Death in the 14th. Something doesn't add up. Not that I don't agree that the government in China can do much more today to make the environment less unlivable.
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Be aware of the posted speeds, for more information visit the Texas DPS Web site.
Freeway names can be confusing, especially when sections of the same freeway have different names. Listed below are the major ones:
This freeway....... | Is also known as....... |
I-45 North (from downtown) | North Freeway |
I-45 South (from downtown) | Gulf Freeway |
I-10 East | East Freeway |
I-10 West | Katy Freeway |
US-59 North | Eastex Freeway |
US-59 South | S.W. Freeway (Lloyd Bentsen Freeway) |
288 South | South Freeway (Nolan Ryan Freeway) |
Sam Houston Toll Road | Beltway |
Hardy Toll Road | North Belt |
As you travel throughout Houston, some of the streets close to the Medical Center area change names.
This Street...... | Becomes...... |
Holcombe | Bellaire (at Buffalo Speedway) |
S. Braeswood | N. MacGregor Drive (at Holcombe) |
Stella Link Rd | Weslayan (at Bellaire) |
Montrose | Studemont (at Allen Parkway) |
Studemont | Studewood (north of I-10) |
Hillcroft | Voss (at Westheimer) |
Hillcroft | Bingle (at I-10) |
Elgin (downtown) | Westheimer |
Also, N. Braeswood runs into Beechnut at Loop 610 and OST is Old Spanish Trail.
There are two toll roads that will help you avoid Houston's rush hour traffic:
- The Hardy Toll Road connects the Woodlands with Loop 610 (great for travel to and from Intercontinental Airport)
- The Sam Houston Toll Road encircles the city.
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There was a problem with vermiculite several years ago. The WR Grace company was mining vermiculite in Montana in a place where asbestos was present. Vermiculite ended up having some asbestos in it. The stuff was processed in Santa Ana, where I live. The vermiculite I see in stores now says "asbestos free" on the bag. Not all vermiculite has asbestos in it, just the vermiculite from that particular mine. |
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Westwood called this show Climate Revolution, though it wasn't as heavy on sending a political message as her Red Label show was during London Fashion Week. Instead, this offering took Westwood's signature tricks (draping, ruching, corsetry, and the like) and refreshed them with lighter fabrics and whimsical decorative treatments. A rose taffeta gown featured a side cutout, a bow tied at the waist, and a few sparkly brooches for good measure; later in the show, a strapless, patterned bodysuit acted as the vehicle for three oversize butterfly appliqués.
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Always having a halyard flaked is irresponsible on a sailboat. The halyard should be neatly coiled and easily released so sails can be lowered, but leaving the halyard flaked is a tripping hazard and the line can easily tangle as the boat heels from side to side and the crew moves about the boat. I hope you can understand why I say this.
Jumping into the water to help effect a MOB rescue is generally unwise at best. Often it results in having to rescue multiple people, instead of just the one to begin with. In the case of an unconscious individual, it is generally unavoidable though. Jumping in and not wearing a PFD is just foolish IMHO.
The LifeSling is an excellent tool, but it, like any other tool, needs to be practiced with in order to become proficient with it. The block and tackle suggested by LifeSling is a two-to-one and completely insufficient IMHO. A four-to-one or six-to-one block makes it much more reasonable when trying to haul a 200+ lb. person, who may be wearing clothes that add another 30+ lbs. of weight due to water absorption.
Whenever I go out sailing, I tend to sail as if I am sailing singlehanded, at least with respect to the safety measures I take, if I know that the people sailing with me are not capable of doing a proper MOB recovery. Many crew, while excellent as crew, are not capable of doing a MOB recovery without instruction.
Practice helps, but nothing beats experience boat handling and sailing in the end. Most MOB drills are not done under the panicked circumstances, and bad conditions of the usual MOB accident. When was the last time you did a MOB drill...and what conditions was it under?
Also, most MOB drills do not simulate the difficulty of spotting a man in the water. To get an idea of how hard a man in the water, not wearing a brightly colored-PFD or foul weather gear is to spot, try tossing a coconut overboard. A coconut is about the size of a man's head, and floats about as high. Look to see how quickly you lose sight of it in even a small amount of chop. You'll be rudely surprised.
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Infiniti G37 Lease Questions
dgokhshtein Posts: 2
amgr Posts: 1First, I sell cars as the Internet Sales Manager for a Toyota store in Milwaukee, wisconsin. I am thinking of getting out of my 2006 Toyota 4runner after only 1 year of a 3yr/45k lease (i got it at the right time, money factor equals less than .5% interest and I leased it at 90% of invoice but rolled $1400 negative equity in).
My trade has a payoff of just under kbb good trade in value and has only 14k on the odometer.
I am dealing with a salesman at the infiniti dealer across the street from mine. Just via emails he agreed to $500 over invoice (i know I could get it for alot less, but being in the business i feel that being a "grinder" is the worst thing to be). Also, you buy an infiniti to turn heads and to say you drive a status symbol!
3yr lease with 45k and only starts out of pocket (1st month+tax, taxes on dealer service fee, and registration fees) he quoted me $512+tax on a 2007 G35 coupe 6mt with the every package except navigation...
What do you guys think? should I be happy with this, or should I do the #1 salesman pet peeve and use my negotiation skills to get the car for under invoice (i'm sure I could get at least $500 under dealer invoice)....
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urirx98 Posts: 32Hey all,
Well, never really got a responce about the lease question i asked last week, so this is what i finally agreed on.
07 G35 Journey with Premium, navigation, 18inch tire package with mudguard package, MSRP 37640ish
572 a month ( includes wheel hazard protection (12 a month more payment would have been 560)
500 Out of Pocket
39 months, 12k miles per year Black with Graphite interior
O and they are also writing me a check back for 599 for my last payment on my leased MDX.
I was alittle undecided being i could have had a TL TYpe S for like 530 sign and drive but next year when they change the TL and im still driving the newest G35, i will be much happier. Did i do good? salesman said i was like 2 buks over invoice and i was at dealership til almost midnight on Feb 28th, what do you think?
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johnmlannon Posts: 2I am considering '07 G35X 4dr, w/Premium,NAV & Wood Options-MSRP is $39,350.Very nice car. I live in Maryland. With Exc. credit, 12 k miles per year, what would be a great price for 24 (or 27) months as well as 36(or 39-dealer is telling me this is the best factor) months, 0 down( or first month payment), sign and drive?
I am leaning towards the shorter lease, because I have an"itchy trigger finger" and like getting into new cars often.
Also... is "scheduled" maintenance covered; or how does that work? Thanks, car_man. This can get very confusing, but I know that a good deal is out there if you know what you are doing. -
sprinkler13 Posts: 436
sprinkler13 Posts: 436Well...its tough to say exactly without the exact Money Factor, and Residual that you negotiated. BUT...for an example, if I run your numbers assuming INVOICE pricing for the car, and run it at the 36 month 12k mi numbers since I haven't seen any 39 month numbers....If you only had to pay 500.00 out of pocket plus 1st months payment your total would be $515/per month including tax (without wheel hazard protection). Now, if they rolled in your 599/month MDX payment to your cap cost (which they probably did) your payment would only go up to 534/month. This is all assuming invoice pricing. Since you are leasing for 39 months, the MF probably went up and the Residual went down...how much I can't say. But either way, you are paying a higher monthly payment for a longer period of time. So, realistically, you may have gotten them to say INVOICE on the car, but they probably padded the other numbers to make some money...maybe 1k or so, which still makes it a good deal...maybe not the best, but certainly not the worst.
supernatural1 Posts: 4Hello,
I currently have G35x lease that has 3 more months on the lease contract. I have been contacted by local infiniti dealer that Infiniti now allows me to get out of the lease without any further obligation and get into a new one. (waving upto 5 mo of payment for current G leasee). Is this a trick to get me into the door and, tag the rest of the payment that I have, to the next vehicle or is it a real deal from Infiniti?
If it is a real deal, I would love to get out and get into the new G. Can anyone tell me the real deal? I am just afraid to call the dealer since they just want me to come in and put me together.
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urirx98 Posts: 32THanks for writing back, just wanted to let you know that it was only 500 out of pocket, so that actually covered the 1st month, even though it was less then the 1st months payment. THey wanted a grand OOP, but didnt want to pay all that money up front, so i put the other 500 and my 600 from my mdx in the payment, but they are giving me a check back for 600 for the payment. So that is why the price went up. We started at the 524 and added 1400 devided by the 39 months and thats where the 560 came from. Ithink they still got over a grand atleast even thoiugh they tell me they didnt get much over invoice. WIsh i could have faught them for more but it was almost midnight and i was tired of going back and forth. Hate car buying/ leasing.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi jtla. Actually many banks allow the pre-payment of leases. The money that is paid in advance is not considered to be a down payment and it should not be lost of a vehicle is totaled. The banks that allow the pre-payment of leases usually provide consumers who do them with a reduction in the money factor that is used to calculate the interest portion of their lease. I am not sure of the exact reduction that IFS provides for pre-paid leases though.
Another option for someone who is considering pre-paying for their lease would be to make multiple security deposits instead. IFS provides consumers with a reduction of .00010 for every additional deposit that they make on their lease, up to a maximum of nine extra.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Good morning sks109. The selling price that you were quoted for this car looks very good to me, even when the doc fee is factored in. Just make sure that the dealer that you are working with uses Infiniti Financial Services' current 36 month buy rate lease money factor of .00243 to calculate your monthly payment and you're in business.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi mike141. Something doesn't seem right here. It is not possible to lease a 2007 Infiniti G35 Coupe for $199 per month for 15 months with no down payment. Chances are that some sort of down payment that the dealer hasn't mentioned yet is necessary to arrive at this payment. Make sure to ask the dealer exactly what you will have to pay at lease signing for this deal.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi stlgasman. I have seen Infiniti's March lease program for the G35 and would be happy to give you an idea of what it is like. In order for me to do so I need you to tell me the exact vehicle that you are interested in, how long you want to lease for, and what mileage allowance you need.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi amgr. As I am sure you already know $500 over invoice is a pretty good deal. It's up to you whether you want to negotiate with the Infiniti salesperson further to see if you can get this car for less than that. Just make sure to have the dealer that you are working with use Infiniti Financial Services' current 36 month buy rate lease money factor and 15,000 mile per year residual value of .00243 and 60% to calculate your monthly payment and you're all set. I have to say though that you are probably going to end up losing a decent chunk of change when you try go get out of your 4Runner only one year into a three year lease. I personally would wait until I was closer to the scheduled end of my deal to get something new.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hello ep1141. I would be happy to give you an idea of what Infiniti's March lease program for the G35 is like, but in order for me to do so I needs some additional information from you first. This info includes the exact model that you want (i.e. an '07 G35 Sedan AWD, an '07 G35 Coupe, etc.), how long you want to lease for, and what mileage allowance you need.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi supernatural1. This is not a truck. In March Infiniti introduced a special program that lets current lessees of G35 Sedans out of their deals up to six months early if they finance or lease a new G35 Sedan through Infiniti Financial Services. If I was a current G35 lessees I would strongly consider taking advantage of this program.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Greetings evan7578. Infiniti Financial Services' current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 15 month lease of a 2007 Infiniti G35 Coupe with 15,000 miles per year are .00221 and 79%, respectively. IFS' 12,000 mile per year residual value for this term would be 1% higher.
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99rams Posts: 19Hey Everyone, I have been reading this form for the past few weeks and im getting ready to step into a new car early i have not seen anyone with a similar question so i was hoping for some help:
I am currently in a 24 month lease with NMAC on a 2005 Nissan Altima 3.5 that I paid 6000 out the door and 220 a month. As of right now I am 2000 miles over on the mileage and This lease is over in AUG of 2007. but I would really like to step into a 07G35 Journey with Premium and Nav. MSRP $37050.
So here is my questions Do you guys think its possible to get out of this lease early with out paying any over mileage fee's or "ending the lease early fee's"?
Also Does anyone have any idea of what I should be paying for a G35 journey with premium and nav. I would like to go with a 39/mo lease 15,000miles and we will go with a selling price on the car of $34378 (500 over invoice).
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racer87301 Posts: 1I am considering leasing a 2007 G35 sport 4dr Sedan with sport, technology and nav packages. The price they are currently quoting is $38,390 although I will try to get that price lower. I have a trade in of a 2004 G35 which they will give allow 18,900 and it has a loan balance of $14,500. The rest of the paperwork reads
Trade difference 19490
doc fee 45
tax 2834.58
non tax fees 362.75
net price 22,732.33
trade payoff 14,500
balance 37232.33
With 0 down the payment for a 36 mo 15k lease is $618.
This doesn't seem like a good deal to me. I have never leased before and am quite confused. The dealership is located in northern california. Can you help? -
sprinkler13 Posts: 436Yeah...something doesn't seem right. So you owe 14.5k on your current vehicle and they are going to give you 18.9 for it? That is roughly 4,400 in EQUITY that you have. If so, that is significant towards a new vehicle. Did they tell you what the money factor is, and what the residual on the new car will be? See if you can get those exact numbers and then also what they are charging you for down payment (i.e., how much is getting rolled into the lease). Just because they say 0 down doesn't mean they aren't charging you somewhere
gee3five Posts: 2I just signed a deal at a NY dealership for a 2007 G35x (AWD) Sedan w/ moonroof (but NOT premium package) for 39 months, 10k miles/year:
$2669 out of pocket (bank fee, 1st mo. payment, tax, title and registration, security deposit WAIVED)
$439/mo (based on selling price/gross cap cost of $34,134)
I am pretty sure I got a really good deal but I would like some opinions...thnx -
urirx98 Posts: 32I just leased pretty much the same car, but mine included mudflaps and tire package, msrp 37600 i think and with 12k miles it was 560 with 500 Out of pocket. THat included a 600 dollars to make my last payment of my former lease. This deal was based on 525 with 1300 out of pocket, then rolling the 800 of that into the payment. This is with tax included aswell. Hope that helps. THis is in florida, and tax is 6.5% aswell.


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