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These tires are AMAZING, been using them for 9 months in my Legnum(Galant) VR-4, thrashing it daily, done about 5000km so far with minimal wear(1mm at most lost in the tread), great traction when throwing it in the corners, back end can break loose in the wet, and launching the car they break loose but come back very nicely. don't have snow here so cant rate. a bit of road noise from them but more due to very stiff suspension and lowered, price is a little bit higher than average but good tires will buying again :D
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Anonymous made this review on 1/18/2015 and is a Aggressive Driver (Hard Cornering)
Just put a set of 245/35/20 on my 01 lexus gs430. These grip well in dry weather. I have not tested them on wet weather yet. They are really smooth riding with minimal road noise. We will have to wait on tread wear with more time.
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I am on my 3rd set of NT555's, my '06 Mustang GT has 107,000 miles on it. First set lasted about 36,000, second set made it to 40,000. Great tire, I'll always buy them. A little pricey so you have to shop around to get a good deal, but well worth it in the end.
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Anonymous made this review on 10/14/2014 and is a Aggressive Driver (Hard Cornering)
Noisy , need to replace after 28,000 km only . Waste of money Haven't test it in snow btw.
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Have Ran These on my '96 Nissan Pickup Which is about 2 inches from the ground so these tires Tuck. In the rain they're pretty good not the best, Every time i go to pull off i have to slowly release the clutch or else they will break loose and start spinning. in the rain the turn good, Dry weather are really good, i have taken corners fast and it hugged the corners NEVER slid but Its easy to Break them loose and Start spinning. They Ride Great but the Tread Wear sucks!! i have had the back tires on for 6-8 months Approx. 2-4k miles and they're at the wear bars. Next Set i will get will be a different Brand, unless I'm using them for Racing.
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Anonymous made this review on 4/29/2014 and is a Confident, Experienced Driver
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Samuel Adams' Summer Ale, a spiced American wheat beer, is coming to the UK.
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21 June 2014
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Shepherd Neame's tenanted food development chef Carol Haime triumphed at this year's British Barbecue Battle. Carol, who has worked for the Faversham-based brewery for two years, won the Pubs and Bars category in the competition, held at Blenheim Palace near Oxford on Wednesday, June 18. She cooked a starter of barbecued hot smoked salmon with parsley and chive flatbreads and beetroot and lemon ma
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As a highlight of the South coast's summer season, the Asahi British Beach Polo Championship will return to Sandbanks, Poole for its 7th year on the 11th and 12th of July 2014. Supported by some of the best arena polo players in the world, the hotly anticipated beach festival promises excitement and glamour both on and off the pitch. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be competing with E
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Quick! Name the Ohio school-choice program that has provided students the opportunity to attend a school not operated by their resident school district for the longest period of time. Charter schools? Nope, strike 1. The Cleveland voucher program? Try again, strike 2. Unless you guessed open enrollment, that's strike 3. Before heading back to the dugout, read on to learn more about this established school-choice program.
Open enrollment, first approved by the legislature in 1989, allows school districts (if they choose) to admit students whose home district is not their own. Perhaps against conventional wisdom, it has become a popular policy for districts. We even analyzed the trend in an April 2013 Gadfly.
According to Ohio Department of Education records, over 80 percent of school districts in the state have opted to participate in some form of open enrollment. There are 432 districts that have opened their doors to students from any other district in the state, and another sixty-two districts have allowed students from adjacent districts to attend their schools.
This year's budget bill (HB 59) created a task force to study open enrollment. The task force is to "review and make recommendations regarding the process by which students may enroll in other school districts under open enrollment and the funding mechanisms associated with open enrollment deductions and credits." The task force's findings are to be presented to the Governor and legislature by the end of the year.
In a recent Columbus Dispatch article highlighting the work of the task force, the legislative director of Ohio School Boards Association said that the state's open-enrollment policy "can create tensions among districts who feel others are raiding students." The concern over lost students is mainly economic: When school districts lose kids via open enrollment, they also lose the...
I've been in Asia for other reasons (looking into the education of gifted students), but while on the ground in Tokyo, I learned of a fascinating policy dispute that, in the U.S., would be even more controversial.
Compulsory education in Japan runs through ninth grade, but nearly everyone goes to, and graduates from, high school (twelfth grade). Admission to individual high schools, whether public or private, is competitive, and the competition is intense to get into the best and highest-status of them. (At the one I visited the other day, 90 percent of successful entrants had attended juku—cram school—for multiple years to prep for the school's demanding three-part entrance exam. Yet only 160 of 1000 applicants made it across the threshold.)
Though private schools play a smallish role at the elementary and junior high levels, they're a big deal for Japanese high school students. A remarkable 30 percent of pupils nationwide attend them, and in the sprawling Tokyo prefecture, it's as many as 60 percent.
During the postwar years, total enrollments were soaring, and the government determined that encouraging private schools was a bargain. They absorbed a goodly share of the added students at a low price for taxpayers, because parents and other private sources covered most of the cost of facilities and operation.
Along the way, each prefecture negotiated with its private schools a division of the total enrollment such that they were assured a certain level of attendance and the public sector didn't have to plan for more than a predictable share of the whole.
As enrollments have tipped downward, however—part of Japan's current demographic crash—some private schools have had more difficulty attracting enough pupils. And they have an...
We know this much: Moody's investment analysts don't care much for parental choice, but they care a lot about the credit-worthiness of school districts. A Moody's report released this week shows that as charter schools gain public school market share in cities such as Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C., they're putting financial stress on their local school systems, which have ended up with negative credit prospects due to the students they've lost. "Charter schools can pull students and revenues away from districts faster than the districts can reduce their costs," the investor service reports.
Moody's has its sights set on cities where more than a fifth of public school students are enrolled in charters. Its analysis, however, has several weaknesses and flimsy assumptions. The first has already been handily countered by Nina Rees of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, who correctly notes that cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia were distressed long before charters enrolled a significant share of public school students. Charters may not have made their job easier, but these school systems have been creeping toward insolvency and negative credit ratings on their own just fine.
More troubling is the underlying message from this reputable and ubiquitous credit-rating agency: It tells policymakers that their interest in charters and other alternative measures of public schooling has severe consequences. Moreover, it assumes the only way for districts to deal with growing charter enrollments is to get or maintain higher revenues (the better to repay their bonds).
But, as Rees notes, there are eighteen other urban school systems that Moody's didn't include but are doing just fine financially, even though they also have at least 20 percent of their student populations in charters. What are they doing right? How are they maintaining their...
It's not a radical statement to say that private school choice has been a success. Every serious study into the efficacy of vouchers and tax-credit scholarships has shown either positive or neutral benefits for students. Virtually no significant research has found that they have academically harmed children.
That makes the popular narrative about school choice all the more frustrating. It says vouchers have done little good because the students who take public money to private schools don't outperform their peers left behind in school districts. The mainstream press has advanced this story line, asserting that the research literature on vouchers is "mixed." The latest contribution to this comes from Politico, which concluded in a 1,600-word story this weekend that, as taxpayers prepare to direct $1 billion annually toward private school tuition, "there's little evidence that the investment yields academic gains."
Such a declaration, however, distorts the findings from multiple gold-standard and peer-reviewed studies, which are decidedly not mixed—if one's definition of mixed means a combination of good and bad results. In that sense, the verdict on charter schools is mixed, but the judgment on vouchers is not.
The empirical record on vouchers reports either positive gains for scholarship recipients or no difference between voucher students and their public school peers, using a variety of student outcomes as an indicator (test scores, high school graduation, and college-going rates) and usually for a variety of student subgroups. Stephanie Simon of Politico correctly points to snapshots of voucher test results in a few jurisdictions such as Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Louisiana that are "mixed," but practically no study that employs the gold-standard methodology of random assignment has found that vouchers have had a negative impact on students or schools.
To gain a better understanding on what's in the literature, it's necessary to...
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has emerged as the leading voice of reason on the gap that persists between charter schools and school districts when it comes to educating students with special needs. Today, CRPE has released a new report that challenges the assertion that charters are "pushing" away special-education students and questions laws that ultimately force charters to enroll more students with learning disabilities.
CRPE asked Manhattan Institute scholar Marcus Winters to examine data from the New York City Department of Education and from New York City charter schools to help explain why there are fewer special-education students enrolled at charters. New York charters are important because the state legislature three years ago passed a law that required charters to enroll a higher share of special-education children—or at least mirror the special-education enrollments at district schools.
Just as CRPE before found more nuance in the special-education gap between charters and school districts, Winters unearthed facts that should prompt New York lawmakers to reconsider their rash decision to rush enrollment quotas into law.
Specifically, Winters found the following:
The conclusion seems so obvious: In a unanimous decision this week, Georgia's Supreme Court said that the Atlanta school system cannot withhold funds from the charter schools it authorizes to help pay down an old pension debt that's been building for decades.
But despite the good news for Atlanta's charter schools, the fact remains that a major school district has shown how hostile it can be toward the charters it sponsors. Last year, Atlanta schools Superintendent Erroll Davis took $3 million from the revenues of eleven city charter schools so that charters could share the burden of an aging pension obligation that has grown to $550 million.
When lower courts told him he couldn't do that (no charter employee benefits from this pension plan) Davis took his case to the state's highest court and told his school board that it shouldn't approve any more charters unless the Supreme Court gave him permission to seize the money.
Should we be surprised? Probably not. Charters have taken an increasing share of the public school market in Atlanta (charter enrollment grew 29 percent between 2011 and 2012, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools), whereas school-district enrollment has been essentially flat at around 49,000 students during that time. Davis failed to convince the Supreme Court of his argument, but his fight tells us that districts that authorize charter schools sometimes have incentives to acquire revenues bound for charter schools or turn charters away altogether.
So what does that tell us?
First, and most obvious, it tells us that districts should not be the only authorizer in town. More states are empowering independent chartering boards (ICBs), but 53 percent of charters nationwide are still sponsored by school districts, according to the National Association of...
Dear Attorney General Holder:
I request that the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Civil Rights immediately withdraw the motion it filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, in which it asked the court to bar the state of Louisiana from awarding vouchers that would enable low-income students in many areas of the state to attend private schools. The motion, filed on August 22, 2013, alleges that the Louisiana Scholarship Program impedes federal court orders to desegregate 34 school districts with a history of legally segregated schooling.
While I acknowledge the Department of Justice's responsibility to monitor compliance with federal desegregation orders, I believe that this motion constitutes unwarranted interference with an innovative state effort to expand educational opportunity for all students.
The motion is misguided for two reasons. First, any impact the voucher program has had on desegregation has been negligible, as is clear from the only two examples offered to the court. In one school serving more than 700 students, 30 percent of whom were black, the departure of six black students with vouchers reduced the share of black students by less than one percentage point. In the other, the departure of six white students had a similarly minute effect. In both cases, the departure of students with vouchers caused their previous schools to drift slightly away from the racial composition of the district as a whole, the level of integration court orders use as a target. Yet the motion alleges, implausibly, that these changes "increased the racial identifiability of these schools" and "reversed much of the progress made toward desegregation." Given the Department of Justice's enormous discretion in choosing which enforcement actions to pursue, and its repeated claims that its budget is stretched too thin, it is hard to see...
This is not a good start for one of the newest states empowered to start up charter schools. The Associated Press has reported that the newly created Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board lacks the money and the leadership to do its job. It's gotten so bad that the state's charter association has asked the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to contribute seed money to the board.
The worst part is this kind of trouble should have been anticipated. Until this year, Mississippi prohibited start-up charter schools; only low-performing public schools were allowed to seek charter status. But even though the state legislature has since approved the creation of independent charter schools, it budgeted no money for the state board that will authorize them and has demanded that the board's executive director have a law degree. Mississippi governor Phil Bryant and Republican leaders made a lot of political concessions to get this charter law passed this year (the law allows no virtual schools, and districts with higher grades on the state's report card can veto charter applications), but this neutering of the state charter authorizer shouldn't have been one of them.
After twenty-one years of charter schooling, we know what it takes to do authorizing right, and this isn't it. As a reference, consider what my colleagues Michael Petrilli and Ty Eberhardt wrote on the subject two years ago:
Since the charter movement began, we have learned a great deal about what is required of effective authorizers (thanks, in part, to the great work done at the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools). These authorizers are responsible, professional organizations that believe in charters but equally in student achievement. They have expert staffs. They have sufficient resources (via...
Harlem Day is one of the oldest charter schools in New York City—and, historically, one of its most troubled. It has had nine principals in the nine years since its founding in 2001, and fewer than 25 percent of its students could read and do math at grade level. This was a case study for closure, but the school's founder, Ben Lambert, made news when he proposed something radical to his authorizer, the State University of New York: He would step aside and replace his entire governing board just to keep the school alive and give his students a chance at salvation.
This compelling account comes courtesy of Public Impact, which has held up Harlem Day and a few other similarly positioned charter schools as paragons of what it calls the charter school "restart." The restart is an alternative to closure—an alternative that Daniela Doyle and Tim Field at Public Impact say in their new report ushers in new leadership at problem-plagued charter schools but still manages to serve the same students.
It's a good concept to promote but one that's tough to pull off. The reason why Lambert's move made headlines is because his act of self-sacrifice is so rare. Bad schools manage to survive often because their leaders and their governing boards won't let go and someone (an authorizer, a friendly power broker) has accommodated their failure.
Doyle and Field aren't so Pollyannaish that they don't see that; they concede that one of the most oft-cited reasons to keep a bad charter school open is because every other public school in its vicinity is worse. What they want out of a restart is for charter operators and board members of underperforming schools to realize what Lambert and Harlem Day came to see: that closure was, at...
Eric Holder's Justice Department recently announced it would not target states that had chosen to legalize marijuana due to its "limited prosecutorial resources." The Obama presidency has shown us that "insufficient funds" is an exceedingly unlikely reason for inaction. Instead, this appears to be yet another example of the Administration's willingness to pick and choose which laws passed by Congress it will enforce. I suppose some will take the DOJ at its word but, nevertheless, it's interesting to note where the nation's chief law enforcement officials are spending our precious tax dollars.
If liberty were the Administration's priority, you sure wouldn't know it by their school-choice policies. Instead of reducing violent crime and keeping what it still classifies—rightly or wrongly—as a dangerous drug off the streets, government lawyers are working feverishly to overturn the will of both parents and their state elected officials by denying educational options to potentially thousands of Louisiana children.
Louisiana's 2012 school-voucher law allows low-income families with children in failing schools to choose a higher-quality option. The DOJ, relying on decades-old desegregation orders in thirty-four districts, is working to deny parental choice in the name of keeping schools integrated. This is especially puzzling given that studies have shown school choice often improves diversity. Some outstanding recent analysis on Jay Greene's blog has found the government's argument in this regard to be splitting hairs at best.
Parents have not only a right but also an obligation to take advantage of the resources at their disposal to provide the best possible opportunities for their family. But when the privileged use their resources to cut off the few options available to the less fortunate, it is especially shameful. It's no wonder both the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal strongly condemned the DOJ's actions.
Or consider the wise words of blogger (and...


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2014 ALA Annual Conference Press Kit
The 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held in Las Vegas from June 26 – July 1 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The American Library Association, the oldest and largest library association in the world, holds its Annual Conference & Exhibition each summer. The largest such convention in the world is attended by more than 25,000 librarians, library supporters, educators, writers, publishers, Friends of Libraries, trustees and special guests. The conference includes more than 2,000 meetings, discussion groups and programs on various topics affecting libraries and librarians.
Approximately 850 exhibiting companies feature the latest in books, online services, automation software, furniture and other materials vital to today's libraries and librarians. ALA units display professional exhibits highlighting the various aspects of the profession.
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Annual Highlights
Conference News
- Philippe Petit to speak at United for Libraries' President's Program at Annual
- Products hot off the press, special events at the ALA Store
- ALA announces winner of the first-ever Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity
- United for Libraries names Dr. Argiro Morgan ALA Trustee Citation recipient
- ALA conference sessions to teach library professionals to 'turn outward'
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Important Updates
New Address for Truck Shipments in Boston
As of May 4, trucking shipments for Air Canada Cargo will be handled by Eagle Air Freight at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS):
150 Eastern Avenue
Chelsea, MA 02150
Our contact information will remain the same:
Telephone: (617) 567-4665 and (617) 567-4666
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Fax: 1-855-268-4632
Hours of operation:
Mon to Fri: 08:00 - 20:00
Sat: 08:00-17:00
Sun: Closed
Shipments arriving and departing by air will continue to be handled at our current location:
Canada Cargo/ Swissport
Building #63
112 Harborside Dr.
Boston, MA 02128
Hours of operation:
Mon to Fri: 06:00 - 20:00
Sat: 06:00-14:00
Sun: Closed
Note that cargo services for Boston will not be available between 16:00 on May 2 and 8:30 on May 4.
Please contact your local Air Canada Cargo representative or email@example.com if you have any questions.
Shipments to Lagos, Nigeria Now Accepted
Please be advised that Air Canada Cargo is now accepting shipments destined to Lagos, Nigeria, following an interruption since December.
New Argentina Customs Requirements
Effective immediately, Argentina Customs Authorities require that all consolidation shipments tendered to Air Canada Cargo destined to or transiting via Argentina (EZE) must be reported down to the House Air Waybill (HAWB) level.
REMINDER: Consignee's Tax Number (CUIT):
All air waybills destined to or transiting via Argentina must contain the consignee's Tax Number (CUIT) as well as the HCC (Harmonized Commodity Code).
Consignee's Tax Number:
- The consignee's Tax Number (CUIT) is mandatory for all consolidation air waybills (AWBs) destined to to or via Argentina (this is not need for shipments that are not consolidated)
- Each consignee has a single Consignee Tax Number (CUIT); it does not change for each shipment.
- The shipper, forwarder and/or agent are responsible to assign the appropriate (CUIT) tax/passport number to the AWB.
- The consignee's Tax Number (CUIT) must be indicated on the source document (on the OCI line of the AWB) to avoid fines and delays for both the consignee and the carrier.
- As a reference only, customers can use this link to find out the consignee's Tax Number (CUIT): http://www.cuitonline.com
- Special precautions must be taken to ensure that all cargo be manifested.
HCC - Harmonized Commodity Code - this code is mandatory for each goods description at the MAWB and HAWB level.
- As a reference only, customers can use the following links to find out the HCC - Harmonized Commodity Code
- Valid AR HCC codes: http://www.aduanaargentina.com/nc.php
- Public HCC link: http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/hscode.htm
- Special precautions must be taken to ensure that all cargo be manifested.
Failure to follow the directives explained above may result in shipment delays and customs fines.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Holiday Closures and Hours of Operation for Air Canada Cargo Stations
Stations not listed are operating as usual during the holidays. However, for smaller stations not included on this list, it is a good idea to communicate with the station to confirm holiday hours.
BOS | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 1 |
BDA | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 1 |
BGI | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 1 |
CMH | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 1 |
DFW | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 1 |
DTW | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 1 |
FLL | Closed 05:30-21:00 Dec. 24; 05:30-18:00 Dec. 25: 05:30-18:00 Dec. 31; 05:30-21:00 Jan.; Customs will be closed. |
FRA | No import trucking – Dec. 24, 25, 31; no export trucking Dec. 24,25,25, 31, and Jan. 1. |
IAD | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
IAH | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
JFK | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
LAS | No inbound or outbound shipments after 13:00 Dec. 25 and Jan. 01 |
LAS | No inbound or outbound shipments after 13:00 Dec. 25 and Jan. 01 |
LAX | Closed 05:00 -13:00 Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 |
LGA | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
MCO | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
MUC | No import trucking – Dec. 24, 25, 31; no export trucking Dec. 24,25,25, 31, and Jan. 1. |
ORD | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
PHL | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
PHX | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
PIT | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
PTY | Closed Jan. 1 |
ROC | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
SAN | Closed Dec. 25, Jan. 01 |
SFO | Closed 07:00 – 15:30 Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 |
YMM | Closed Dec. 25 and 26, and Jan. 1st . |
YQB | Closed Dec. 25, 26, Jan. 01 |
YQR | Closed 15:00 – 0:600 Dec. 27 – 30. |
YWG | No Inbound freight accepted from 19:00 - 01:00 Dec. 24 to 28. |
YXU | Closed Dec 25, Jan 1 |
No Shipments to Lagos, Nigeria
Please be advised that Air Canada Cargo is not accepting shipments destined to Lagos, Nigeria until further notice.
Shipments Now Accepted in Lethbridge, Alberta (YQL)
Shipments can now be accepted Air Canada Cargo in Lethbridge, Alberta (YQL). Please contact your local Air Canada Cargo representative if you have any questions. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sending Holiday Cheer?
To be compliant with Transport Canada's Security Screening guidelines, our agents may need to open packages for security screening. Holiday wrapping may need to be removed and may be damaged during this process.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Live Animal Shipments to Haneda Airport Temporarily Suspended
Due to a customs and quarantine issue, live animal shipments to Japan's Haneda Airport (Tokyo International Aiport, HND) cannot be accepted until further notice. This ban does not apply to shipments to Narita International Airport (NRT). Please contact email@example.com if you have any questions regarding live animal shipments to HND.
New Address at Los Angeles International Airport
As of September 22, Air Canada Cargo will have a new address at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):
5721 West Imperial Highway
Los Angeles, California 90045
Our contact information (email and telephone numbers) will remain the same:
Operations: 310-646-0000 / 1-800-522-2746
Local sales: 310-490-2659 / 1-800-482-7033
We look forward to serving you at our new location.
Thank you.
AC Absoluteº: Simplified Lease Pricing Starting Oct. 1
Air Canada Cargo is pleased to introduce a new, simplified container lease pricing model for its AC Absolute ° shipping solution, effective October 1, 2014.
The new model is the result of an extensive review based on valuable feedback from our customers. Many of the changes in the new structure reflect the comments we gathered from a survey we conducted with customers across our network.
So, what's changing?
As part of the new model, you'll find:
- A single rate sheet combining both Envirotainer and CSafe container leasing rates
- Bundled and simplfiied lease rates for fewer add-ons to remember
- Easy-to read decision charts that make it easier to determine which fees apply, and when
The new pricing reflects increases that are partly due to higher costs from our vendors. In the coming months, we'll be making some changes to our AC Absolute ° process and implementing some exciting value-added enhancements to our AC Absolute ° solution, which will be communicated as they come into effect.
Our objective remains to improve the customer experience for these highly specialized temperature-controlled shipments.
Find Out More
Contact your local Air Canada Cargo representative if you have any questions about these changes.
Shipments Affected by Canada's Economic Sanctions Against Russia
Please be advised that to comply with the Government of Canada's current economic sanctions against Russia, Air Canada Cargo cannot accept the following types of shipments that have a final destination in Russia until further notice:
- Military equipment
- Oil field and oil exploration equipment
New Location for Goods Acceptance in Boston
Effective June 18, goods acceptance for Air Canada Cargo at Boston Logan International Airport is moving to the left side of the warehouse. We continue to serve you at the same address, 112 Harborside Drive, Bldg 63, c/o Swissport Cargo.
All other activities continue at their usual location.
Thank you for your cooperation.
As of June 16, Air Canada Cargo will have a new address at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York:
Air Canada Cargo
c/o CAS, Consolidated Aviation Services
Building 151, suite M10
Telephone 718-995-4290
Contact information remains the same for our local sales team:
Telephone: (617) 567-6103 / 1 (888) 551-4888
A simplified security screening charges in the United Kingdom
Effective February 1, 2014, a minimum security screening fee of £25.00 or .15p per kilo will apply, per consignment, regardless of the screening method required.
For additional information, please contact our the Air Canada Cargo Customer Service Unit in the UK on 0871 224 3600, available 7 days a week.
Are you sending presents?
To be compliant with Transport Canada's Security Screening guidelines, our agents may need to open packages for security screening. Holiday wrapping may need to be removed and may be damaged during this process.
To find out more about shipping packages with Air Canada Cargo, click Contact Us to find a local Air Canada Cargo station or representative.
Effective Nov. 23, We Have a New Address in St. John's
The YYT Air Canada Cargo station is moving to a brand new facility to serve you better.
Our current station will be closed to the public as of 19:00 on November 22.
Effective November 23, 2013, 10:00 AM, all operations for this station will be located at:
114 Airport Service Road
St. John's International Airport
St. John's, NL
Telephone and fax numbers remain the same:
1-855-457-2448, option 4.
We look forward to serving you at our new facility.
HAWB Fee for Israel Will Apply Starting November 17
As mandated by Israel Customs, consolidation shipments to Israel tendered to Air Canada Cargo need to be reported down to the House Air Waybill (HAWB) level starting November 17, 2013.
Forwarders can supply data to Air Canada Cargo either electronically or on paper. The data will be transmitted at wheels up.
The fees for electronic transmission (FHL and CPS) will apply as follows:
- CAD18.00/HAWB for manual entry
Thank you for your cooperation.
Save time on your bookings with the spreadsheet booking on CPS (Cargo Portal Services)!
CPS now allows you to upload up to 25 bookings simultaneously using Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010. It's a great tool for those who make several bookings daily or weekly, especially if the bookings are always the same.
After uploading your spreadsheet, CPS will email a status of each booking to the email address specified in your profile. You can manage each shipment at any time, as usual.
Give it a try! For those of you who already use CPS, the tool is located under BOOKING > SPREADSHEET BOOKING.
If you have any questions about using this functionality, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Air Canada Cargo is pleased to announce the resumption of service to and from Havana, Holguin, and Varadero, Cuba effective August 1.
Handling Fee to Be Applied to Active Temperature Controlled Units Not Retrieved After 24 Hours
Air Canada Cargo would like to remind its customers that freight shipped in active temperature controlled units needs to be retrieved from our facilities in a timely manner.
To ensure the integrity of their contents, active temperature controlled units (such as Envirotainer or CSafe) require constant monitoring. When these units are in our possession, Air Canada Cargo employees verify the battery voltage, temperature and monitor dry ice levels every two hours, and apply corrective measures when required.
We regularly evaluate our pricing structure to ensure we continue to provide our customers with the best quality and customer service at competitive prices.
New Fee Effective June 17, 2013
As such, effective, Mon, June 17, 2013, a handling fee of US $50 per hour will be applicable on freight shipped in an active temperature-controlled unit that is still in an Air Canada Cargo facility (or a handler's) 24 hours after flight arrival.
The fee will begin to be charged exactly 24 hours and one minute after arrival (ie, 12:01 on Sunday for a shipment that arrived Saturday at 12:00). The fee will be applied to the air waybill of the affected shipment by an Air Canada Cargo Agent at retrieval time. It will be rounded up or down to the closest half hour and the charges calculated accordingly.
Please note the following exceptions:- The charge is only applicable on freight stored at final destination stations.
- The charge doesn't apply to shipments with more than 24 hours of connection time.
- The fee will not be applied to freight when the final destination is in South America, since here the consignee deals directly with the sufferance warehouse.
- For shipments rebooked for reasons beyond the customer's control, the deadline for retrieving the shipment will be extended by 24 hours. However, the charge will apply after 24 hours for shipments that are rebooked by the customer.
We thank you for your cooperation.
Effective April 1, we have a new address at Boston - BOS.
Boston Logan Intl Airport
Air Canada Cargo
112 Harborside Drive
Building 63
East Boston, MA 02128
The new location is just across the street from our current location.
Effective April 1, 2013, our YQB station (Québec City) will close at 18:00 Monday to Friday.
Business hours will be from 7:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday.
Air Canada Cargo will no longer accept UN3090, lithium metal or lithium alloy cells and batteries as cargo on Air Canada aircraft. This applies to Section IA, IB and Section II batteries of Packing Instruction 968.
Please note that this prohibition does not apply to:
- Lithium metal or lithium alloy cells or batteries packed with or contained in equipment (UN3091) in accordance with Packing Instruction 969 and 970;
- Lithium ion cells and batteries (UN3480 and UN3481) in accordance with Packing Instructions 965, 966 and 967.
Air Canada will place a Carrier Variation in the 55th Edition (2014) of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.
For questions, please contact Trevor Howard, Manager, Cargo Safety and Dangerous Goods Standards at email@example.com.
YDF: No in-bond shipments until further notice
In-bond shipments are not accepted until further notice.
Normal hours during BC Family Day
Please note that Air Canada Cargo is in full operation on Family Day, Monday February 11 in British Columbia. As such, normal storage fees will be applied if freight is not retrieved as per the specified normal time period following arrival.
Air Canada Express Stations: Temporary Limitations on Freight Requiring Security Screening
Effective immediately and until further notice at Air Canada Express stations in Canada only, there is a size and weight limitation placed on freight requiring a security screening examination as per the Transport Canada Air Cargo Security Program.
Due to security screening constraints at these stations, freight from unsecure shippers must meet the following conditions to be accepted (per piece):
- Maximum individual piece weight: 77 lbs / 35 kg
- Maximum individual piece width of 29 inches / 74 centimeters
- Maximum individual piece height of 21 inches / 53 centimeters
Please note that these restrictions are temporary and we are working closely with the regulatory authorities to resolve the issue.
YQR, YMM, YYJ: Embargo on Freight From Unknown Shippers Ends January 28
Please be advised that until January 28, our Regina, Fort McMurray and Victoria stations can only accept shipments tendered by Transport Canada Registered Shippers or Approved Participants. During this period, at these stations only, there is an embargo on shipments tendered by unknown shippers, as well as all freight to the United States that has not been screened by an Approved Participant.
Starting January 28, freight from unknown shippers will be accepted and screened at these stations, and the security screening fee will apply.
Shipments of live human organs, blood, blood products, bone marrow and diplomatic shipments can continue to be tendered, as these shipments are exempt from screening.
We thank you for your cooperation.
New hours of operation for Calgary (YYC)
The hours of operation for our cargo facility at YYC are now 05:30 to midnight, daily.
YYT: New Hours of Operation Starting Oct. 22
Effective October 22, 2012, the closing time for our Cargo facility at YYT will be 1900 daily. The hours of operation will be: Daily 0500 – 1900
Upcoming Procedural Changes to Security Screening, Canadian and US Stations
To meet guidelines set forth by Transport Canada and the TSA that come into effect December 31, 2012, Air Canada Cargo must make certain changes to its acceptance process. Visit our Security Screening section for description of the procedural changes and the date of implementation by station.
Effective August 31, we have a new address at JFK
JFK International Airport
Air Canada Cargo c/o Swissport Cargo Services
Building 22, Room 206
Jamaica NY 11430
View the full contact information on our Contact Us page.
Security Screening Requirements for TLV
Transport Canada requires that for flights departing from Canada to Israel, all shipments , including shipper loaded units, must be security screened, regardless of the security status of the shipper. Please be aware this may cause a delay. Contact your local Air Canada representative for details.
MAWB Statement Update for Goods From Yemen or Somalia
Due to enhanced screening requirements, the statement No Goods From Yemen or Somalia Contained no longer needs to be included in the Description Box of the Master Air Waybill (MAWB).
Resolved: Technical Issue With Electronic Release Forms
The technical issue with the electronic releases has been resolved and all electronic shipments are now up-to-date.
We apologize for this disruption.


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The Finish Line: What the bombing was like
Sunday - 4/21/2013, 12:36pm EDT
AP Sports Writers
The woman wearing bib No. 19,255 was a flute instructor from Utah, listening to her son singing through her headphones as if the sound of his voice could somehow will her body the last few yards to the finish line.
Just ahead of her was a pediatric nurse running her first marathon as a tribute to a teenage liver transplant patient. Ten years earlier, Courtney Fratto had attended her first Boston Marathon and told a friend that one day she would run in the race.
This was her day.
The swarm of runners nearing the finish line as the clock ticked toward 3 in the afternoon included a medical supply salesman, a teacher's aide, a financial analyst in her 55th marathon, and a cop who would become the last recorded finisher of the 117th Boston Marathon.
This was their day, too.
On a gorgeous spring afternoon made for running they headed for the finish line that was their goal.
And at 2:50 p.m., hell was unleashed on the most prestigious marathon in the world.
The first explosion knocked a 78-year-old man running alongside them to the ground. The ground shook, smoke filled the air and the screaming began.
Erik Savage tried to make sense out of something that didn't make any sense. The blast had knocked him back, into a semi crouch. His ears ringing, he stood up and instinctively walked toward the chaos, trying to see if there was anyone he could help.
He saw a man and a woman emerge from the smoke. The man's pants had been torn off by the force of the blast.
"My first instinct was, 'Strange. Why is that man not wearing any pants?'" Savage said. "Then I had a quick moment of clarity, which was there was something very wrong and my wife and my 8-year-old and my 4-year-old were 25 yards up the road.
They were caught in a no man's land, eager to finish but even more eager to get out of harm's way. Exhausted, mentally numb and totally spent, they now had to make what could be life and death decisions and deal with shock, too. Their first thoughts were to try somehow to get to safety but they also had husbands, wives and children in the crowd near the bomb site with no way of knowing if they were OK.
Jennifer Herring had already finished her race, helped along by another runner who acted as her eyes on the course. She was in a collection area with other blind runners when the first bomb went off, followed by a second loud explosion.
Suddenly, everyone grew quiet. A guide dog named Smithers, a Golden Retriever, started shaking badly. They took turns petting him, trying to calm him down.
A total of 23,336 runners started the Boston Marathon, with 17,580 finishing. The Associated Press analyzed images and data, including the finishing times recorded by chips on competitors' bibs, over the past several days to pinpoint some of the runners who were in the finish line area when the bombs went off. These are some of their stories.
Army Sgt. Lucas Carr had heard the all-too-familiar sounds before.
He arrived at the finish at 2:48 p.m., and was standing with his girlfriend about 50 yards away when the bombs went off.
"I knew what it was, knew what the repercussions were," he said.
He told his girlfriend to run west, back onto the race course, because he knew everyone else was running the other way. The second bomb, he suspected, was placed where it was because it was along the most obvious escape route for those trying to flee the first.
A few seconds later, he was in the melee -- an Army Ranger back in the middle of the blood and casualties he thought he'd left behind for good when he returned from the Middle East. Pictures of the 33-year-old helping the wounded have circulated widely in the wake of the bombing.
Another picture, texted to The Associated Press, showed his bloodstained running shoes. "This is not how a marathon is supposed to end. Running shoes drenched in blood!" was the message he sent along with the text.
"I saw things that brought back experiences overseas that I would never want to have anyone witness here," Carr said in an earlier AP interview. "It was an all-too-familiar smell that I can't get out of my body. Tourniquets, tourniquets and more tourniquets I put on people that day. People with limbs missing. You don't want to see that."


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It hurts to even think about it. A baseball takes an unexpected bounce when you're crouched and waiting to field a grounder, an opponent misses a kick on the soccer field and his foot has only one place to go, or you're speeding along on your bike and you hit a big bump. All result in one really painful thing — a shot to the testicles, one of the most tender areas on a guy's body.
Testicular injuries are relatively uncommon, but guys should be aware that they can happen. So how can you avoid injury?
If you're a guy who plays sports, likes to lift weights and exercise a lot, or leads an all-around active life, you've probably come to find out that the testicles are kind of vulnerable and can be injured in a variety of ways.
Because they hang in a sac outside the body (the scrotum), the testicles are not protected by bones and muscles like other parts of your reproductive system and most of your other organs. Also, the location of the testicles makes them prime targets to be accidentally struck on the playing field or injured during strenuous exercise and activity.
The good news is that because the testicles are loosely attached to the body and are made of a spongy material, they're able to absorb most collisions without permanent damage. Testicles, although sensitive, can bounce back pretty quickly and minor injuries rarely have long-term effects. Also, sexual function or sperm production will most likely not be affected if you have a testicular injury.
You'll definitely feel pain if your testicles are struck or kicked, and you might also feel nauseated for a short time. If it's a minor testicular injury, the pain should gradually subside in less than an hour and any other symptoms should go away.
In the meantime, you can do a few things to help yourself feel better such as take pain relievers, lie down, gently support the testicles with supportive underwear, and apply ice packs to the area. At any rate, it's a good idea to avoid strenuous activity for a while and take it easy for a few days.
However, if the pain doesn't subside or you experience extreme pain that lasts longer than an hour; if you have swelling or bruising of the scrotum or a puncture of the scrotum or testicle; if you continue to have nausea and vomiting; or if you develop a fever, get to a doctor immediately. These are symptoms of a much more serious injury that needs to be addressed as soon as possible.
Examples of serious testicular injury are testicular torsion and testicular rupture. In the case of testicular torsion, the testicle twists around, cutting off its blood supply. This can happen due to a serious trauma to the testicles, strenuous activity, or even for no apparent reason.
Testicular torsion isn't common, but when it does happen, it most often occurs in guys ages 12 to 18. If it occurs, it is crucial to see a doctor as soon as possible — within 6 hours of the time the pain starts. Unfortunately, after 6 hours, there is a much greater possibility that complications could result, including reduced sperm production or the loss of the testicle. The problem may be fixed by a doctor manually untwisting the testicle. If that doesn't work, surgery will be necessary.
Testicular rupture can also happen, but it is a rare type of testicular trauma. This can happen when the testicle receives a forceful direct blow or when the testicle is crushed against the pubic bone (the bone that forms the front of the pelvis), causing blood to leak into the scrotum. Testicular rupture, like testicular torsion and other serious injuries to the testicles, causes extreme pain, swelling in the scrotum, nausea, and vomiting. To fix the problem, surgery is necessary to repair the ruptured testicle.
If you have to see a doctor, he or she will first need to know how long you have been experiencing pain and how severe your discomfort is. To rule out a hernia or other problem as the cause of the pain, the doctor will examine your abdomen and groin.
In addition, the doctor will look at your scrotum for swelling, color, and damage to the skin and examine the testicle itself. Because infections of the reproductive system or urinary tract can sometimes cause similar pain, your doctor may do a urine test to rule out a urinary tract infection or infection of the reproductive organs.
It's wise to take precautions to avoid testicular injuries, especially if you play sports, exercise a lot, or just live an all-around active life. Here are some tips to keep your testicles safe and sound:
Participating in sports and living an active life are great ways to stay fit and relieve stress. But it's important to make sure your testicles are protected. When you're exercising or playing sports, make sure that using protective gear is part of your routine and you'll be able to play hard without fear of testicular injury!
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Checked out of the Hotel Very Fabulous Indeed this morning and so discovered the cost of my accidental laundry incident on Sunday. Laundering those few items cost the sum total of £80.17
Got on the train and took the two hour trip north to Sheffield. I grew up here and this is the first time U2 have played here in 17 years, so this is going to be a very special gig for me. I have at least 30 guests coming, so have come in early to try to make some semblance of a plan. I'm also staying the night after the show, rather than doing the runner with the rest of the band posse, so hopefully I'll have time to socialise just a little.
This is only the third time I've worked with U2 in Sheffield, the others being at the arena on Zoo TV in 1992 and at the City Hall on the War Tour in 1983. As a punter I did also see U2 play the Lyceum here on the October tour in 1981, but I never saw them at the legendary 'Limit' club here prior to that, as I had already headed to London to gatecrash my own punk rock fantasy.
This was my first visit to Don Valley Stadium, which was built for the World Student Games (apparently there is such a thing) and when the definitive catalogue of global architectural marvels is compiled it's a dead cert that this building won't be in it. However, it was a beautiful evening and I achieved what I needed to do (mostly consisting of planning guest strategy for tomorrow). Back at the crew hotel those who had finished their day's toil were gathering to socialise over adult beverages. The hotel is right in the city centre in an area which has been rebuilt a couple of times since I was a lad. Like most cities, Sheffield's planners made some terrible decision over the years, but they made at least an equal number of smart ones that have left the place in a pretty good state and seems to be riding out the recession. One of the most charming parts of the city is the 'Peace Gardens' - a space of stone, greenery, fountains and water features - dedicated to the memory of the victims of Hiroshima.
The crew hotel bar has a terrace that overlooks the Peace Gardens where I sat with my comrades in the balmy early evening sunshine. The sky was blue, birds sang, kids were running in and out of the fountains and I had to pinch myself to believe that this was really my home town, at once so very familiar and yet completely alien. I felt irrationally proud of comments from the assembled crew as to how beautiful it all was, as I confess I didn't have any personal input into the scheme. With a stranger's eyes though, you might quite take to the place, as long as you were sitting with your back to the preposterous giant ferris wheel which has appeared on the other side of the town hall.
Guitar tech Phil made me laugh. He said that as soon as he got to Sheffield he went round the corner to get something from W.H.Smiths (book store) and saw Phil Oakey from The Human League in there. '...and I thought, 'I wonder if Jarvis Cocker is hanging out in Marks & Spencer.'
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Saturday's shutout loss may have spoiled the Rockies' plans to play .500 baseball over their 10-game road trip, but Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa can still lift his team to its first road series win since early July with a strong outing Sunday afternoon in Miami.
The veteran lefty will aim for his fourth consecutive victory as the Rockies and Marlins square off for the final time this season.
The Rockies are 4-15 on the road since the All-Star break, and their 44 road losses are the most in baseball. Colorado has managed only one sweep away from Coors Field all year, a mid-April three-game set in San Diego capped off by De La Rosa's six shutout innings in the series finale.
Colorado's sweep-less stretch will continue, but De La Rosa will aim to take a pair of individual milestones away from the trip. On Tuesday, he earned his first career victory at Citizens Bank Park after entering with an 0-4 record in seven career games against the Phillies. A win Sunday would be his first at Marlins Park.
"I finally won one game here, and I finally won a game against those guys," De La Rosa said on Tuesday after Colorado's 5-3 win over the Phillies. "They're a tough team for me."
Marlins starter Jacob Turner has been plagued by command issues in his last two starts, having walked 11 batters in his last 10 innings -- he walked just 11 in his first 40 innings. He lasted only five innings for a third consecutive start in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Dodgers, thanks in large part to the base on balls he issued to pitcher Chris Capuano that jump-started a four-run Los Angeles fourth.
"That's obviously really frustrating in that situation," Turner said on Tuesday. "You [intentionally] walk the eight-hole guy to bring up the pitcher. Ninety-nine percent of the time, if you throw strikes in that situation, he gets himself out. But I wasn't able to do it, and it just snowballed from there."
Coupled with a six-walk effort Aug. 14 in Kansas City, Turner has seen his ERA rise above 3.00 for the first time all season. The 22-year-old right-hander has not won at home since July 10, and the Marlins have lost six of his last seven starts.
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• National League Rookie of the Year candidate Jose Fernandez turned in another sparkling outing in Saturday night's 3-0 win over the Rockies, allowing just four hits over seven shutout innings and finishing with eight strikeouts. Since the beginning of June, Fernandez has a 1.52 ERA, the lowest of any starter over that span.
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"Tuesday's not out of the question," Miami manager Mike Redmond said Saturday. "These next couple days [we'll] get him to do as much as he possibly can and then we'll be able to determine where he's at. I don't see him having to go and play Minor League games or anything like that."
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noun; Male. The most ignorant member of the BAG family. Other family members include Douche, Dirt, and Shit.
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