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International Space Station's (ISS) first female commander and two crewmates
are safely back on Earth, but landed well short of their intended landing site
as they capped a marathon mission to the orbiting laboratory.
The Russian
Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft ferrying Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson, of
NASA, and her crew to Earth touched down about 295 miles (475 km) short of its
target zone on the central Asian steppes of Kazakhstan.
"The crew
is alive and well. The landing was nominal, but by a backup design," said Anatoly
Perminov, chief of Russia's Federal Space Agency, after the 4:30 a.m. EDT (0830
GMT) landing. "It was a ballistic descent and all the cosmonauts are feeling
A ballistic
reentry is one in which a Soyuz reenters at a steeper than normal angle that
subjects astronaut crews to higher forces of gravity , NASA officials said.
returning from the space station last fall also experienced
a ballistic reentry, as did the crew of Expedition 6 in 2003.
returned home alongside Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, an Expedition 16
flight engineer, after a six-month mission that added new science and living space
to the $100 billion station. South Korea's first astronaut, 29-year-old
bioengineer So-yeon Yi, also accompanied the Expedition 16 crew to conclude her
own 10-day spaceflight to the ISS.
as Soyuz commander, used a satellite phone to contact recovery forces to relay
that the crew was in good health.
"We went
through the
same thing on Expedition 6," said Steve Lindsey, NASA's chief astronaut who
planned to greet Whitson at the original landing site. "Of course we didn't
hear from them for awhile, so we were concerned. But eventually we got word
that they were located so that's real good news."
teams located the Soyuz crew about 45 minutes its scheduled landing with a
complement of flight surgeons to begin traditional post-landing health checks,
Lindsey added.
Back on
space officials promised an in-depth investigation to hunt down the source of
the ballistic landing. Meanwhile, Expedition 16 crew members were eager to
readapt to life on Earth.
really had a very exciting mission," Whitson said this week. "And to have done
so much, it was more than we could have asked for."
While she
was not looking forward to returning to Earth's gravity after months of
weightlessness, Whitson said she was eager for a wider variety of food at
mealtimes and getting back to her roots, literally, at her home in Houston,
"I really
like working in my garden and planting flowers," Whitson said. "It's about the
right time in Houston to be doing that."
Whitson set
a new spaceflight record on Expedition 16 for the most cumulative time spent in
space by an American.
landing ended a 192-day flight to the station, giving Whitson a career total of
377 days in space during Expedition 16 and her Expedition 5 flight in 2002. She
is now 20th in the ranks of the world's most experienced spaceflyers, though
Malenchenko – with 515 days across four spaceflights – now ranks ninth on the
"It was a
wonderful time," he said of the mission.
station expansion
Whitson and
her crew began Expedition 16 at a sprint, hosting the first of three visiting
NASA shuttle crews about two weeks after their October launch. By late
November, shuttle and ISS astronauts had moved a massive solar power tower,
performed seven spacewalks and some tricky robotic crane work to attach a new
module to space station.
Two more
shuttle flights, in February and March of this year, delivered Europe's $2
billion Columbus laboratory and a storage room for Japan's massive Kibo lab,
which is slated to launch May 31 aboard the shuttle Discovery. Whitson and her
crew also squeezed in extra spacewalks to inspect one solar wing joint and
repair another.
"It's so
large that I can actually lose crew members at times now," Whitson said of the
space station before turning it over to its new skipper, Expedition 17
commander Sergei Volkov. "It's so neat, and I think we're ready for a
six-person crew now."
Volkov – a second-generation
cosmonaut – and Expedition 17 flight engineer Oleg Kononenko are beginning
their own six-month mission alongside NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman. They launched with Yi on April 8.
"I feel
confident going into Expedition 17 with Sergei and Oleg," said Reisman, who
joined the station's Expedition 16 crew last month and is due to return home in
June. "It's going to be an all rookie station. I think that's a first."
meanwhile, flew
to the space station under a reported $25 million commercial agreement
between her country and Russia's Federal Space Agency and performed a series of
education and science experiments.
She was
selected from among 36,000 applicants to serve as backup to South Korea's first
astronaut, artificial intelligence expert San Ko, but moved to the prime crew
last month after Russian space officials pulled Ko from the flight due to
reading rule violations.
"As a woman
of Korea, and just a person of Korea, I'm so honored to be the one who flew in
space," Yi told reporters this week, adding that she took special care with
experiments designed to spark interest in science among Korean youth. "I want
to make them dream about space."
challenging half-year
Despite its
ambitious construction work, the Expedition 16 crew was not without challenges.
Malenchenko and their crewmates tackled a torn solar wing, damaged solar array
gears and shuttle launch delays that ultimately kept one Expedition 16
astronaut – NASA spaceflyer Dan Tani – in orbit while he grieved over the
unexpected death of his mother in December. Tani returned to Earth two months
later, in mid-February, during NASA's first shuttle mission of this year.
"I actually
think some of my proudest moments of this mission have been how we handled the
problems that have come up," Whitson said.
In just the
last few weeks, Expedition 16 astronauts bid farewell to last month's visiting
shuttle Endeavour crew, watched over the arrival of Europe's first-ever unmanned
cargo ship Jules Verne and welcomed their relief crew before preparing for
the trip home.
"I was
likening it the other day to Grand Central Station," said Reisman, adding that
he initially expected some bouts of down time and isolation aboard the outpost.
"There hasn't been any tedium up here, it's all been action packed. It's like
the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of space missions."
ISS Commander Peggy Whitson Takes Charge
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SOURCE: "Speaking American," in The New York Times Book Review, October 6, 1991, p. 14.
Rifkind is an American critic. In the following review, she provides a mixed assessment of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, stating that in this work Alvarez "has not yet quite found a voice."
To speak without an accent is the ultimate goal of the immigrant, yet the literature of immigration requires an accent to lend it authenticity and flair. This threshold—between accent and native speech, alienation and assimilation—is the golden door through which the Dominican-American writer Julia Alvarez sails with How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, her first collection of interwoven stories. It is a threshold that, in our multicultural era, many other American writers have recently crossed, including such best-selling authors as Oscar Hijuelos, Jamaica Kincaid and Amy Tan. Yet stories about this experience are at least as old as the classical image of Aeneas, his son by his side and his father on his back, venturing to a profoundly foreign new world.
Julia Alvarez's Garcia girls—Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, Sofia—are steeped in longstanding traditions of their own. They share a noble Spanish ancestry dating back to the conquistadores. In their homeland, the Dominican Republic, their prodigious family is wealthy and influential, occupying a Kennedyesque compound of opulent homes. But when their father, the gracious, cultured Dr. Garcia, joins in a botched attempt to oust the dictator Rafael Trujillo, the family is forced to escape to New York.
The Americanization of these grammar school girls means fighting for a distinctiveness they have never known. Back at the island compound, they lived among a multitude of aunts, uncles, cousins (Dr. Garcia himself is the youngest of 35 children, 25 of them legitimate). Every experience was a group activity: when one cousin caught the measles, all the children were quarantined together to insure a collective immunity.
With the Garcia girls' new-world individuality comes the pain of discrimination, the greenhorn's terror. Their characters are forged amid the taunts of schoolmates, who raise questions about identity in a language they barely understand. "Here they were trying to fit into America among Americans," writes Ms. Alvarez; "they needed help figuring out who they were, why the Irish kids whose grandparents had been micks were calling them spics. Why had they come to this country in the first place?"
Their parents can't be counted on to answer these questions. Dr. Garcia, who after years in the United States still cringes at the sight of uniforms and black Volkswagens (the car of the secret police back home), stubbornly clings to the memories and accents of the old world. Mrs. Garcia, whose clothes and shoes match just a bit too perfectly and whose malaprops ("It takes two to tangle, you know") are an embarrassment, is a good enough mother for indulged and overprotected island girls, but for emancipated New York teen-agers she's "a terrible girlfriend parent, a real failure of a Mom."
Despite the lack of guidance, though, all four girls are determined to assimilate. Their tour through an American adolescence and young adulthood includes some familiar baggage: anorexia, experimental drugs and sex (this is the late 1960's), failed relationships, nervous breakdowns, psychiatrists, and, ultimately, the American dream of every junior Ms.: professional success harmoniously balanced with marriage and children.
Julia Alvarez, who teaches English at Middlebury College in Vermont, devotes nearly half of her stories to the mature discontents of the Garcia girls. But because their adult preoccupations are by now such cliches—the staples of women's magazines and pop fiction—these chapters are by far the book's weaker half. Much more powerful are the rich descriptions of island life and the poignant stories detailing the Garcias' first year in the United States. These come at the end of the book, curiously, for Julia Alvarez has chosen to tell her tale backwards: the first section of five stories dates from 1989 to 1972, the middle five stories from 1970 to 1960 and the last five from 1960 to 1956.
While this seems at first to be an unnecessary bit of gimmickry, it is in fact a shrewd idea: by locating the best stories last, Ms. Alvarez has made this a better book than it might otherwise have been. She has, to her great credit, beautifully captured the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory and the future remains an anxious dream. Her second and more ambitious goal, however, that of translating her characters' voices into an unhackneyed American idiom, has gone unrealized. The Garcia girls may indeed have lost their accents, but in her first book of fiction Julia Alvarez has not yet quite found a voice.
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PROVIDENCE (July 30, 2005) - Only 14 months into his pro boxing career, unbeaten Providence cruiserweight Matt Godfrey (8-0, 5 KOs), rated No. 13 by the NABF, is preparing for his ninth fight August 26 against Willie Herring (13-3-3, 2 KOs) with the vacant USNBC cruiserweight championship on the line..
"CES' Prime Time Fights" is presented by Jimmy Burchfield's Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc (CES), in association with Mohegan Sun, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.
Godfrey, coming off an eight-round "shutout" decision against Jermall Barnes, was an outstanding amateur boxer, registering a 194-23 record, including six national championships, highlighted by a gold-medal performance in the 2004 Everlast U.S. Championships. He was a Bronze medal winner at the 2001 Pan-American Games and second heavyweight alternate for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team.
Herring, rated No. 11 by the NABF, is an upset specialist. His last match was a 10-round draw against 10-0-1 Shauna George on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. Prior to that Herring won an eight-round decision against previously undefeated Troy Ross (12-0).
"Last year," Godfrey said, "I was looking forward to being right here at this stage, fighting for my first title. I've built up my record fighting good opponents, not sub-.500 fighters. (Note: The aggregate record of Godfrey's opponents when they fought Matt is 34-20-4.) I take one fight at a time and all I'm concerned with is the guy in front of me August 26. After that we'll sit down and talk about what's next.
"I don't know too much about Herring other than his record and I know he's beaten some good fighters. I'm sure he doesn't know too much about me and I'll be a big surprise to him. My biggest improvement has been settling down, being patient, instead of just showing shots. I pitched a shutout in my first eight-round fight and now I'm working on my stamina for 10 rounds."
The 10-round Godfrey-Herring co-feature is one of three title fights on the Aug. 26th card. Newly crowned USNBC super middleweight champion Joey "KO Kid" Spina (16-0, 11 KOs), of Providence, makes his first title defense against TBA in the 12-round main event. Spina is rated No. 34 by the WBC, as well as No. 8 by the NABC and No. 12 by the NABO. Former world champion Jaime "Hurricane" Clampitt (15-3-1, 6 KOs) takes on Shelby "Girl" Walker (7-4-1, 6 KOs) for the vacant IWBF lightweight crown in the 10-round special attraction.
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I served the King of England
Jiri Menzel
This 2006 Czech film talks about WWII and Communism with a neutral and humorous touch. Aesthetically shot, the film is a celebration of the human spirit and is the charming story of people who've lived through the war with a bittersweet acceptance of their fates.
The way home
Lee Jeong Hyang
This Korean film is a sincere narration on a relationship between two generations. With just two main characters, a city boy and his speech-impaired rural grandmother, the filmmaker portrays an unusually warm story. The film relies more on visuals than dialogues and plays out so evenly that in the end you sympathise with both characters.
Children of heaven
Majid Majidi
This much-loved Iranian film about children has amazing acting by the two child artistes. The running competition in the end will put you on the edge of the seat even though the film is not a thriller. It reflects on the lives of commoners in Iran without making sweeping statements.
Milos Forman
What do you do when you hate someone but adore his works? This extraordinary situation is the crux of this Oscar-winning musical which has one of the best acting performances by F. Murray Abraham. The icing on the cake is the music. A story not only of a musical genius, it is also an account of the court intricacies of Mozart's time.
Shatranj ke khiladi
Satyajit Ray
This is one of the best examples of a film adapted from a story. Munshi Premchand's story ends tragically but Ray with a touch of genius turned the ending around to make it happy. Set on the eve of the revolt of 1857 this is one film that makes watching history unfold interesting.
Those that almost made it
Lives of Others: Florian Henckel von Donnersmark
The Sound of Music: Robert Wise
Men of Honour: George Tillman Jr.
Monsoon Wedding: Mira Nair
Rashomon: Akira Kurosawa
(Remya Roshni is a former IPS officer who now trains Civil Services aspirants. She loves watching films and listening to music of all genres.)
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BLACKFOOT — The Blackfoot Lady Broncos opened their 2012 soccer season on Friday afternoon as they welcomed 5A Idaho Falls to town for a non-conference showdown on the pitch.
At the end of the day junior forward Cassandra Clarke set a new school record by becoming the first female soccer player in program history to score 4 goals in a single contest. Unfortunately, the Tigers came out a little quicker on the offensive end as they built a comfortable lead and then hung on for an 8-4 victory over the Lady Broncos.
Items of note from Aug. 5-13.
Blackfoot Police
GAS THEFT: Aug. 5, 12:38 p.m.: A caller at Maverik reported a vehicle leaving without paying for $40 in fuel.
GRAND THEFT AUTO: Aug. 5, 5:03 p.m.: A man said his motorcycle has been stolen in the last few hours.
RACCOON: Aug. 6, 12 p.m.: A caller requested someone to check on a raccoon that is locked in a car at the dollar store.
CRANE ACCIDENT: Aug. 6, 9:16 a.m.: A caller requested an ambulance for a man who has been "smashed" by a crane that has fallen on him.
Daniel Ray Korth, 59, of Blackfoot, Idaho, affectionately known as Dangerous Dan
Korth, passed away at high Noon, with his boots on after a good fight with cancer on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at the home of his sister with his family at his side in Blackfoot.
           Dan was born July 6, 1953 in Pocatello, Idaho to Donald Herman Korth and Averal Elaine James. He attended elementary school in Groveland and attending Blackfoot High School.
Registration dates for the various schools in Bingham County are:
Shelley began classes on Thursday, Aug. 16.
Friday, Aug. 17
Snake River — Open House at Snake River Junior High from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 20
Snake River — First day of school for students
Firth — First day of school for students except kindergartners
Aberdeen — First day of school for students
Blackfoot — Independence Alternative High School registration is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 20-25
BLACKFOOT — Hard work and persistence has paid off for five students who made it through the first ever GED Boot Camp offered by the Idaho State University (ISU) Outreach Center in Blackfoot. A graduation celebration was held in their honor at the center on Thursday afternoon.
The 'Boot Camp' is described as a very intense six-week crash course designed to prepare students in the subjects of language, reading, science, social studies and math for the GED (General Education Diploma) and the Compass college placement tests.
GOODING — Idonna Gibbons, 78, of Gooding, died peacefully at her home on Monday Aug. 13, 2012.
She was born Jan. 11, 1934 in Shelley, the daughter of Tom and Illa Rowley.Â
Idonna graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1952. She spent most of her youth working as a waitress in her father's restaurant, the Blue Plate.Â
As online education continues to gain in popularity, riding a school bus, juggling a backpack full of books and eating lunch in a school cafeteria are becoming a thing of the past for many students in grades K-12.
According to a recent cyber-school survey, more than 200,000 in grades K-12 are educated online today and the trend seems to be taking hold in East Idaho as well.
Proponents of the online education system say that it works for families by providing flexible schedules while creating student engagement that can't be replicated in the "brick and mortar system."
Bingham County Republicans had a picnic at Jensen Grove in Blackfoot Wednesday evening.
"People who we haven't seen before are here," said Dan Cravens, District 31 Legislative Central Committee Chairman. "We registered some people to vote and we gained some new volunteers."
Charlie Kay, the one-man band, and Jareth Sampson of Bearded Glory provided the entertainment.
People took advantage of a cake walk. The hypnotist show, "Two Bro Hypno Show," also performed.
Dustin Cash Cody, age 20, appeared before Seventh District Judge Darren Simpson Monday afternoon.
Cody was arrested on March 14, 2012, and charged with (count one) domestic violence inflicting traumatic injury and (count two) attempted strangulation.
He served 15 days in jail and was released on his own recognizance.
In his plea agreement, the state agreed to dismiss the attempted strangulation charge for a guilty plea. Other points of the plea agreement included, the state would recommend a withheld judgment and would not oppose probation.
While there have been no confirmed human cases of West Nile virus in East Idaho so far this summer, residents are urged to take precautions after mosquitoes collected in a trap during a routine test by the Fort Hall Reservation's Mosquito Abatement Program tested positive for the virus recently. Randy'L Teton, public affairs manager for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes reported that information on Tuesday.
The virus, which is spread through a mosquito bite, impacted three Idahoans last year, and one woman in Twin Falls County has contacted it so far this year, according to a press release.


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The match schedule for next month's exciting Hero Hockey Junior World Cup Men 2013 in New Delhi, India has been adjusted due to television and broadcast requirements.
The tournament takes place from 6-15 December and features sixteen of the finest junior international teams in the world fighting it out in one of the most famous hockey arenas on the planet - the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
On Day 1, the Spain v France and Germany v Belgium matches have been switched. Germany will now face Belgium at 14:30 (local time – UTC/GMT +5:30hrs) while Spain and France meet at 17:00. The matches due to be played on Saturday and Sunday have also been switched. To see the revised schedule, please click here.
The Hero Hockey Junior World Cup Men 2013 features four pools of four followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals, classification and medal matches. Pool A will feature Germany, Pakistan, Belgium and Egypt, while Australia, Spain, Argentina and France are competing in Pool B. Netherlands, Korea, India and Canada will challenge each other in Pool C with England, New Zealand, South Africa and Malaysia going head to head in Pool D.
The opening day of the tournament (Friday 6 December) will feature all sixteen teams taking to the field, with a mouth-watering meeting between Pool C rivals Netherlands and India at 20:00 being the highlight.
The FIH will be live streaming all the matches from pitch 1, ensuring that many fans around the world will get the chance to see the action from this wonderful event. More details about this will be released in the coming weeks.
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Young gals in Beijing love Ayaya for their popular cosmetics and fashion accessories. They have a good selection of quality products for your face, hair, nails, and everywhere else. All at fairly low prices.
When you enter the Ayaya on the middle North 3rd Ring Rd, you will likely find it crowded with young ladies. By the entrance, you will find cell phone accessories, earrings, and combs. On the center shelves, you may pick out makeup products like nail polish, eyebrows brush and lipsticks. Hair decorations occupy the innermost parts.
During my visit, A hair band with a deer decoration(RMB 9.8) really caught my eye. The design is simple, yet incredibly cute.
The prices of hair decorations range from RMB 4.8 to RMB 16.8. Makeups costs RMB 1 to 20. While According to the shop assistant, you may receive a 10% ~ 20% discounts for spending over RMB 100 during the visit. You cannot bargain.
What I appreciated:
The cute deer shape hair accessory
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Now that we have info on all professions' skills and traits, it's much easier to start to narrow character selection down. I'm looking through them all, and I think Warrior is going to be the profession for me. I don't really like to be a main tank or DPS, but I love a good support role. Guardian was looking okay, but something about it wasn't feeling right. Now that I can see all the skill info, I can start to build a support warrior pretty well in my mind, and see how his bar will look different when he's solo.
My preference for weapon is 2hs. This would limit my weapon skills to damage. I think I am okay with this, though I might opt for sword + shield for survivability or sword + warhorn for more boons. For Utility skills (support), I'm liking Banner of Courage, Shake It Off, and IWAY.
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Along with his newfound allies, Hakuoro clashes with evil tyrants who challenge his very existence. As these despots attempt to destroy all that he holds dear, the masked one realizes this anarchy cannot - must not - continue. He digs deep into his steely resolve to return his people to peace. Nevertheless, as one army of fiends is dispatched, another is spawned from the depths in its place.
Still one question looms ominous but unspoken. What is the meaning behind the mask? Perhaps it endows Hakuoro with the clarity of truth to do what is right. Maybe it allows him to keep his distance from a world where he is essentially an interloper. Or could it possibly hold the secret to his past that only his savior, Tuskuru, knew of before her demise?
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MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court prevented the Manila Electric Co. on Monday from implementing an announced increase in its electricity rate within the next 60 days at least.
The high court's order came as Meralco had started to implement in its December billings the first phase of a staggered collection of an increase of P4.15 kilowatt per hour in the rate it charges its 5.3 million customers that was approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission last December 9. The rest of the rate increase was to be implemented in February and March next year.
Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te announced the high court's 60-day temporary restraining order against Meralco at a news briefing Monday, saying the court was acting on two petitions filed only last week.
The TRO was issued by the authority of Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno upon the recommendation of the justice who heads the division assigned to handle the case.
The high court is currently on a two-week holiday break.
The temporary restraining order directed the ERC and its agents not to implement a Dec. 9, 2013 order approving Meralco's request for approval of its application for an increase in the rate it charges its customers. It also ordered Meralco not to implement the increase it sought in its Dec. 5, 2013 letter to the ERC.
The high court ordered that the two petitions opposing the power rate hike be consolidated and ordered the ERC and Meralco to file their respective comments on or before January 8.
The petitions were filed by the six party-list lawmakers from the so-called Makabayan bloc (Bayan Muna, Gabriela Women, Act Teachers and Kabataan Party list) and by a group composed of the National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms, Federation of Village Associations and Federation of Las Pinas Homeowners.
The court set oral arguments on the issue on January 21.
Asked what would happen in increased charges already implemented, Te said, "That would be addressed once the court decides" on the case.
Noting that the court order came two days before Christmas, Bayan Muna Representatve Neri Colmenares, one of the petitioners, said the TRO was a "Christmas gift of the SC to the much burdened consumers."
"Besides, even with the statement of the Department of Energy, we cannot trust the supposed goodwill of the power cartel to defer their collection because without a clear TRO they would argue that they can collect the rate hike anytime. The TRO is legally stronger than a mere DOE-ERC announcement," Colmenares said in a statement he issued a few hours after the Te announced the TRO.
Another petitioner, Petronilo Ilagan of Nasecor, praised the high court for its decision.
"We hail with great respect and gratitude the SC decision upholding consumer interest and we look forward to a favorable resolution granting our prayers," Ilagan said in a text message.
Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said that the TRO would not affect her department's investigation into alleged collusion among power companies to jack up prices of electricity sold to Meralco by shutting down a number of power plans at the same time for maintenance work. The power plant shutdowns brought about a shortage in power supply.
"I can surmise that the investigations being done on the alleged collusion of power players in the Meralco rates is one of the considerations of the (high court) in the issuance of the TRO," De Lima told reporters.
She pointed out that it was not only her department that was investigating alleged collusion among the power plant owners as the Senate and Department of Energy were conducting their own probes.
The Makabayan bloc filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition against the ERC's approval of Meralco's proposal to pass on to consumers the increase in the generation cost for November.
It also questioned the constitutionality of two provisions of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2011 which say that power generation and supply sectors are not public utilities and that their charges to the public are beyond ERC regulation.
Nasecor, meanwhile, questioned ERC's immediate approval of the power rate increase without public notice and hearing.
Both petitioners askedfor a TRO or a status quo ante order from the high court and got it on Monday.
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The 'Best of the Best' does not always mean expensive. But then again, sometimes it does. While compiling the 2008 'Best of the Best' photo gift wish list, we had to keep the dizzying realities of the day's financial headlines in mind. And to the ancient wise man who said, "May you live in interesting times", all we can say is "Thanks… wish you were here."
Pittsburgh-based photographer Tom Persinger's latest photographic project "Encountering Space: The Fire Lookouts of Montana" took him into the backcountry of the rugged Rocky Mountains. Working miles away from the nearest road, carrying all of his photographic gear as well as overnight supplies, he made photographs of the people who staff fire lookout towers, and the majestic scenery in which they're isolated for days at a time.
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WISeKey Reinforces its Strategy Committee With International Business Leaders to Guide WISeKey's Approach on Mobile Security
leading Internet Trust and Digital Identification Company, announced today
the appointment of three leading business figures as members of its Strategy
Committee. The committee, chaired by
provides advice to the WISeKey board of directors and senior management
regarding matters of strategic business development and future revenue growth
for WISeKey. The new members originate from a wide variety of sectors, from
Telco's to financial services to IT, which will be of critical importance to
drive WISeKey's strategy.
The new members include:
Swiss Post, Mr. Begle is one of the most prestigious executives in
expansion strategy, strengthen its links with the postal world and deal with
micro remittances activities.
BT Plc., Office of the Chief Scientist, BT.
ensuring BT's Innovation and Technology programs deliver (radical) solutions
to business problems – which in turn drives improved business performance.
Vice-President Nokia, EU Representation and Member of the Board of Nokia
International Finance. Between 2003 and 2007 he worked as
Nokia Mobile Phones France at first, then President of
that, he worked for Bang and Olufsen as Managing Director and Member of the
Group Strategic Committees.
"I am delighted that this group of prestigious leaders accepted my
invitation to join our Strategy Committee," said
CEO of WISeKey. "These leaders bring their extensive experience and knowledge
of the business community to WISeKey, and will help us set the right strategy
for future growth. Our membership already includes a number of business
luminaries and each of them brings vast experience in a variety of businesses
from all around the globe. I thank all of our new strategy committee for
their willingness to contribute their knowledge and experience to WISeKey."
"I am glad to cooperate with an organization as dynamic and innovative as
WISeKey and help it to realize its potential. It is a pleasure for me to join
WISeKey's Advisory Board and assist the company with the further expansion of
its global reach into new markets," said
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to develop, drive and implement new and innovative security solutions that
have the ability to change the way the world does on-line security," said
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products and services in a vast array of Global Industries, particularly in
the Telecom and Media sectors, obviously," said
One of the initial priorities of the strategy committee is to develop
compelling business initiatives which will be implemented via WISeKey's
existing strategic partners. These individuals are helping the company to
identify the direction of global security markets and are providing strategic
advice on how the company can most effectively and efficiently assist
business in the sector.
As WISeKey, just recently nominated by the World Economic Forum as a
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in industries such as Telcos, eHealth, eGovernment, financial services,
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itself in these sectors. Reporting to the WISeKey board of directors, the
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The quake's epicenter was at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles).
In Japan, waste is not seen as dirty or disgusting. In the 1960s and 1970s, Tokyo's government raised
the status of its waste collectors.
Abe has regularly called for talks with China's President Xi Jinping – most recently in July – but has been rebuffed by Beijing.
The 75,000-strong Delhi Police is the largest metropolitan police force in the world.
High awareness of hygiene and sanitary conditions is another aspect that makes Japanese design so clean.
TCSJ will initially house more than 4,000 employees in Japan and a dedicated centre located in Pune, India.
Kyushu's Fukuoka prefecture issued warnings for strong winds, high tides and heavy rains.
The advancement of women will allow the whole of Japan to discover new values and become a more dynamic society: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe
The first-round election last month was hailed a success, with 7 million Afghans voting.
It was the strongest quake felt in the Tokyo since the aftershocks of a magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
The dispute over the islands, called Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China, has badly strained relations between the two Asian powers.
Mt Gox officials did not answer the telephone or respond to email requests for information.
The US, Japan and South Korea did not recognise the ADIZ and flew their military planes through the zone monitored by China's Air Force.
Japanese negotiators want India should go a step further with Japan than it has with the US.
Hundreds of people fell sick across Japan after eating frozen food that may have been tainted with a pesticide


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A major facelift is scheduled for the plaza on the north end of town that houses the Costless Market, Sears, Oakdale Cinema and Ultimate Furniture, to name a few of the business currently taking up residence, and according to project facilitator and developer Richard Murdoch, the changes are going to bring a much-needed overhaul to the aging plaza.
Students at Oakdale High School are going to be in deep water. Well, about seven feet of it, as ground has been broken for the new OHS Aquatic Center.
Activist, volunteer extraordinaire, and overall go-getter Mickey Peabody is Oakdale's version of the Unsinkable Molly Brown and currently, she has her sights set on the Capitol to make positive change for senior citizens.
Big Brother is watching - and hoping to catch vandals - thanks to the recent purchase of a special mobile surveillance camera manufactured by Q-Star Technology that will not only capture high-quality images but is triggered by motion.
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The Oakdale High School Aquatic Center project is officially moving forward and will have its ceremonial groundbreaking today, Wednesday, Oct. 14. The Oakdale Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees awarded the bid for the aquatic center to Diede Construction, Inc. in the amount of $2.96 million at the Oct. 12 regular meeting.
Former Stanislaus County Supervisor Pat Paul opened her Oakdale home to a worthy cause Thursday, Oct. 8 as citizens joined together for the Shelter Pet Alliance fundraiser aimed at gathering donations toward the creation of an exercise yard for the local animal shelter.
Since the clean up along the Stanislaus River corridor near Costless Market and Kerr Park, complaints have increased regarding the transient population invading local parks, most notably Dorada Park, as they search for new places to inhabit.
The Oakdale Irrigation District is embarking on a search to fill the Water Operations Manager position. Kevin King completed six years with the district and has held the Water Operations Manager position since early 2006. King's last day will be Nov. 2.
The first two banners bearing the names and branches of service of service people from the local Oakdale area 95361 zip code have been placed on the light poles in the SaveMart Shopping Center at the corner of East F Street and Maag Avenue in Oakdale. Members of the Oakdale Lions Club and the parents of Sean Gage and Clay Kassahn were on hand as the banners were installed.
Forty-plus years of a Homecoming tradition has been felled by an insurance requirement.
Another county resident has fallen victim to the swine flu.
The nonprofit Shelter Pet Alliance is hosting a fundraiser reception to help build a dog exercise park at the Oakdale City Animal Shelter. The reception is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 891 Reinman Court in Oakdale. Donations will be accepted at the door.
Nobody can say they didn't see the writing on the wall - brown outs at Valley Home and Knights Ferry fire stations are coming as of tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 1.
It was a night of innovation and good times at the annual Cowboy Museum dinner and auction, Saturday night at the Rocha Enterprises, Sept. 19.
At the Sept. 15 regular meeting, the Oakdale Irrigation District Board of Directors approved the ending of the 2009 irrigation season to be on Sept. 30, on the 14th day of Rotation 16 and to start the 2010 irrigation season by having an October irrigation made available. The October irrigation will be a 10-day rotation, ending at midnight on Oct. 10. All waters delivered after Sept. 30 are charged to the 2010 season.
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An eBay ad and the sharp eye of a tenacious victim led Oakdale Police to recover a $10,000 piece of construction equipment that was taken from a work truck last year.
Covered Calistoga wagons and settlements complete with chow carts will descend on Oakdale this November as various Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone characters arrive in the city for the debut of Pioneer Days and the Pioneer Rodeo, The Leader has learned.
Monday night marked my fourth Oakdale Testicle Festival, taking me a long way from my first time as a newbie with only a few weeks on for The Leader, and an editorial staff of women (sans sports guy) when I was "chosen" to cover the annual event.
As many look ahead to lazy mornings and summer schedules Oakdale High School's Dana McLain has other thoughts on her mind.
The City of Oakdale, in cooperation with the Kiwanis Club of Oakdale, is hosting the ninth annual Kids Spring Fest on Saturday, April 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Even as water began filling its canals this week, the Oakdale Irrigation District board discussed ways Tuesday morning to ensure there is enough to last until September.
Wearing a cowboy hat to reinforce his point, Oakdale City Manager Bryan Whitemyer pioneered the Monday, March 16 Oakdale City Council meeting, telling everyone that at no time the city was ever considering changing its 'Cowboy Capital' motto (see related story on this page).
City of Oakdale residents have long felt recognition and pride with the city's motto of "Cowboy Capital of the World" but when the Oakdale Travel and Visitors Bureau introduced a marketing slogan of "Pioneer Perfect," many residents expressed outrage, calling for the city and OTVB not to meddle with something already in place.
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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) is unlikely to drag the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to the court as it is not directly a party to the issue yet. However, it is willing to back insurance companies to take on the market regulator.
"We have not received any notice from the Sebi so far. The notice was issued to the insurance companies. Assuring the insurers and the insured, the regulator has already clarified its stand. The insurance companies are now debating on taking the issue forward. I think there will be more clarity on the issue by Monday," Irda member R Kannan told DNA.
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This comes as Governor Bob McDonnell makes trips to Europe to help expand Virginia's wine industry more overseas.
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I'm 31 years old. Works full-time. Single but in a relationship (going 17 months). Goes to school once a week. And I'm hoping to take more classes. Eventually. I have 3 siblings and a 14-year old niece. My parents are divorced.
One of my sisters and I live with our 60-year old mom. She has been on Peritoneal Dialysis for 4 years. So far, she is doing OK. Sometimes, she frustrates me because she still salts her food. Though I love her very much so I let her have her way most of the time. She knows what's right and wrong.
Since she and my dad are divorced. I'm left with taking care of her. And since she doesn't drive, I take her to her appointments, do the groceries, run errands, etc. And since she's scared to be alone, I can't make plans to hang out with my friends or spend the night over at my boyfriend's sometimes. She prefers me over my siblings to take her to her appointments because they can be very impatient with her and she feels a lot of pressure from them.
My struggle is when I want to hang out with my friends and not able to be spontaneous as much as I want to be. She starts her dialysis around 9p, so she needs to have her solutions prepared around 8pm. So, I prep most of the things she need.
I don't know why I'm sharing all this. I think I just feel frustrated that I can't live my life the way my friends live theirs. They don't have to worry about taking care of their parents. Most everyone is independent and live in their own little apartments. I miss having my own place. I miss my freedom. I sound so selfish right now, but trust me, my mom is always in my mind. I always put her first. Sometimes, I still feel that I don't spend enough time with her because I work full time. I leave work early sometimes to take her to her appointments; then, I feel guilty for spending the night at my boyfriends because I still feel like I don't spend enough time with her.
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Is your sister not able to share the careing for your mother if you both live with her? Where you live is there not any respite place where your mum could go now & again to give you a breaK.
It seems unfair that your life has to be on hold all the time while careing for your mother, Caoul you do have a chat with her doctor or nurse to get some help.
Help may depend on wher you live.
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Dear Frustrated, you should know you are entirely normal. I am a receiver not giver.
I know what my wife goes through and it is horrible. We have a worse problem we are together all the time, neither works.
My suggestion if it will work because of location, place her on nighttime in center dialysis, Its 8 hours per night, from in the door to out is 9 hours on a good time and 9.5 usually.
It is very good efficiency, the beds are regular hospital beds and in our case a private egg shell foam over mattress. Personal TV, headsets, and dialysis.
Next there is a possibility that she could qualify for what we call Medicaid. It has other names other states. Then you could have a helper come in so many nights per week and have some freedom.
Your or her church or hospital probably has a respite program for help a couple of days a week/month.
Don't feel guilty. Its very probably harder on you than on us. But you do need a break!
Let me know how it goes, I really care.
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hey girl..............I understand exactly where you are coming from.....I too have those guilty feelings when I feel sorry for myself for not having the social life and friends like others have because of my husband on dialysis and being sick.........I too work full time so I am usually exhausted (too much to even want to go out if I had the chance) but with some rest , I'm sure I would........I am a bit older than you though (almost 50) ........we shouldn't feel guilty........we are caregivers and lots of times it's harder on us than the patient......caregivers go through a lot as well........like the others said ,,,,,try to get some help...try to get out more ......it not only will be good for you but your mom as well...........resentment toward the patient can set in.....trust me I know......and it's not that we are bad people for feeling that way , it's just human nature.....and we are human.........hang in there.........take care of yourself.....I really need to take some my own advice........haha............


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PORTLAND The Portland Association of Teachers announced Tuesday morning that overnight negotiations failed to resolved contract differences with the Portland Public Schools district.
Talks will resume at an unspecified time later this week. The stalemate comes after 21 straight hours of bargaining.
We put in a lot of hard work, but we weren t able to get there yet, union president Gwen Sullivan said in an email. From the beginning of this contract bargain, and every day in school buildings across this city, Portland teachers have been fighting for the schools our students deserve. We won t give up.
District spokesman Robb Cowie expressed disappointment and said, We felt we were close.
Portland Public Schools students returned to classes Monday after winter break.
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Smith said she had her fingers crossed for a quick resolution.
If the teachers do decide to strike, officials say they will have to give at least 10 days notice before walking out.
Background: Teachers, PPS still negotiating new contract