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May Notes will bring readers up to date with Newberry County and South Carolina safety reports addressing highway trends, emphasis on violations and leading causes of collisions and fatalities with information from Lance Corporal Tony C. Keller, SC Highway Troop Two.
Lance Corporal Tony Kelly's duty is to promote a safe and secure environment for the public, states the problem is that traffic collisions kill over 30,000 people in the United States each year which includes hundreds of South Carolinians.
Lance Corporal Keller announces the release of 2014 preliminary highway trends: S.C. Department of Public Safety reports that this year's Memorial Day had the lowest total of traffic deaths since 1984. The lowest total in thirty years! Five were killed on SC highways during May 23-26.
In May 2013, 12 fatalities were recorded. In addition, preliminary numbers show one motorcycle fatality this holiday weekend compared to six in 2013. Vulnerable roadway users (pedestrians, bicycle, moped and motorcycle operators) and deaths resulting from lack of safety belt use were two of the areas showing the most notable statistical increases based on preliminary findings.
However, South Carolina still remains below the national average. This year S.C. has come a long way: as of May 26, 275 people have died on SC highways compared to 286 highway deaths for same period in 2013. Of the 198 motor vehicle occupants who died in 2014, 98 were not wearing seat belts.
Through May 26, 53 pedestrians, 26 motorcyclists, and 3 bicyclists have died on state roads and highways. In 2012, 185 people were killed during drunk driving crashes over Memorial Day weekend. These deaths accounted for 44 percent of all highway fatalities during the time period, compared to an average of 31 percent of the year as a whole.
Seat belt usage is one of the best ways to stay safe on our highways, and one of the best ways to protect you from a drunk driver. That is why this Memorial Day weekend stepped up enforcement with "Click It or Ticket It" Enforcement Campaign. Regardless of the vehicle, seat belts save lives.
In 2012, NHTSA statistics show that 21,667 occupants of passenger cars, trucks, vans and SUVs were killed in motor vehicle crashes nationwide — and 48 percent were NOT wearing seat belts at the time of the fatal crash.
South Carolina launches Summer-Long Crackdown on Speed during the 100 days of summer. Speeding is risky business behind the wheel and today SC Office of Highway Safety is issuing a statewide warning to high-risk drivers May 19 until September 5, 2014: "Slam your brakes on your high speeding habits now. Law enforcement agencies across the state are once again rolling-out a full-scale enforcement mobilization to crackdown on the worst offenders — called the 100 Days of Summer."
This campaign is a multi-jurisdictional highway safety enforcement strategy designed to reduce high-fatality crash-counts during the potentially deadly summer holiday driving period from Memorial Day through the Fourth of July and Labor Day holidays.
SC Office of Highway Safety says there is another common sense advantage to slowing down this summer, and that is saving money. Your car's fuel efficiency begins to rapidly decrease at speeds over sixty mph. Slower speed can lower your gas mileage by 5 percent around town and as much as 33-percent at highway speeds. We know it saves lives. Why not do both this summer?
The top five contributing factors for fatal collisions in 2013 were driving under the influence, driving too fast for conditions, failure to yield right of way, running off the road, and failure to use seatbelt.
Corporal Keller accentuates the following safety driving instructions:
• Rain: You should turn on the headlamps when it is raining. Always be mindful of standing water that can cause you to lose traction and control of your vehicle. If your vehicle gets out of control, then turn in the direction of the skid. If you see water covering the roadway, don't try to cross the road as it may be too deep and your vehicle could stall in the water.
• Fog/Smoke: When fog or smoke is present, turn on headlamps (daytime) and on low beam at night. High beam headlamps should not be used at night in foggy or smoky conditions because the fog can get reflected back to the source, thus making it difficult to see. The white line on right side of the roadway is for use as a guide during foggy conditions and can prevent you from going off the right side of the road.
• Work Zones: Workers building our highways and bridges must be protected while doing their work. When approaching the work zones, slow down to allow for any unforeseen circumstances such as sudden stops in traffic or workers having to enter the roadway. The heavy equipment they use is dangerous to motorists as it frequently enters the road from various points along the work routes.
• Dealing with Aggressive Drivers: If you encounter someone who is driving recklessly or aggressively, slow down to allow him to go around you and keep a safe distance. Never try to "compete" or take a stand against that person; just let him go and stay clear of his vehicle.
• Should You Have a Blowout: Have a good grip on the steering wheel and allow your car to coast to a stop and try to get off the main traveled position of the roadway. Do not brake or speed up to get out of the way of other motorists as this may cause your vehicle to crash.
• Tips on Road Assistance: Move the vehicle to the right side of the road out of the flow of traffic, if possible. Stopping on the left side of a divided highway is extremely dangerous but sometimes unavoidable. Do not leave the vehicle stopped in a traffic lane.
Show clear signals that there is a problem and you need assistance by raising the vehicle hood. This is an internationally recognized sign of distress. In addition, turn on your emergency flashers and display any signs you have to indicate you need help. (Such as shade screens with distress messages.) If you remain with the vehicle, another motorist will likely report your disabled vehicle to the police, and it will easier for them or others to provide assistance.
Be prepared for Problem Situations: Keep items in the vehicle such as flares, flashlights, first aid kit, and mobile phone. Know location of your spare tire, jack and other tools, and be sure they are in working order. Be familiar with your vehicle.
Buckle Up: Strong emphasis on seatbelts, the most effective safety devices in vehicles today. Always wear your seat belt to increase your chance of survival and reduces injuries in a collision.
Impaired Drivers: S.C. has one of the highest rates for alcohol-impaired driving in US. The number one cause of fatal collisions in SC is DUI. Aside from a criminal charge, a DUI arrest can carry a huge financial burden and DUI convictions.
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety sponsors the Highway Patrol. The agency's mission is to ensure public safety by protecting and serving South Carolina residents and visitors.


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Slow Food members across Italy are bringing their message for good, clean and fair food to piazzas in more than 300 villages and cities today, putting the spotlight on their local producers for the second national Slow Food Day. This year, the focus is on the relationship between food and climate change and the positive impact our everyday food choices can have.
"On Slow Food Day we are aiming to help people make better choices by introducing them to quality and sustainable local foods," said Slow Food Italy President Roberto Burdese. "This year we are also distributing our new guide to eating a "low climate-impact diet" that is tasty and good for the wallet!"
It is estimated that in Europe the whole cycle of food production-processing-distribution-consumption-disposal is responsible for one third of greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, opting for local food in season and produced sustainably can have a significant impact.
"We chose the theme climate change and food because, less than a month away from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, we felt it was the right time to bring such an urgent problem to the attention of citizens," said Burdese.
From north to south, Slow Food convivia are organizing a wide range of actions to engage their communities. In southern Naples, Slow Food members will be in Piazza Dante handing out small containers of 'mother dough' the natural yeast used to make sourdough bread, as well as hosting a local producer market and an 'alternative' aperitivo with products from local Presidia. In the far north, three Taste Workshops are being held on Lake Como's shore to introduce local cheeses, honeys, lake fish and wine to consumers, while in Perugia, in the country's green center, members are hosting a Slow Food stall in the town market and gathering signatures together with WWF and other groups to stop the 'cementation of the countryside'.
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Ruble rouble – Russian currency name means chopped off. It is subdivided into 100 kopeks. It is also the currency of Belarus, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria.
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Rupee – India's currency
Rupee – India's currency name means silver – the metal. It is subdivided into 100 paisa.
Rupee – India's currency
Rupee – India's currency name means silver – the metal. It is subdivided into 100 paisa.
Japanese Yen
Yen – Japanese currency name means circle.
Guinea gold
Guinea as name came from the Berber word 'akal-n-iguinaouen', meaning 'land of blacks'; similar to the names Sudan, Azania and Ethiopia' which all refer to the African dark skin colour. Seventeenth century maps showed 'genehoa' as a region approximately that of today's Mauretania and Mali, north of Senegal. However, Guinea was taken as the whole wide region south of the Niger river in West Africa, including today's Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Because Guinea and Gold Coast were both sources of gold, there is speculation that the two words may be etymologically related. From time immemorial, stories have been told of rich African rulers with huge wealth of gold obtained from the sub-Saharan hinterland, including one Ibn Batussa who took so much gold as gift on his way to Mecca, that the price of gold fell dramatically everywhere he came. The high purity of African gold gave the guinea gold coin a higher value than the English Pound Sterling – 21 instead of 20 shillings.
Out of colonial European greed, the association with gold gave Guinea such an appeal that other areas elsewhere in the world also got the name, including New Guinea in the Indies north of Australia in Oceania, former Dutch Guyana (Surinam), and Guinea Bissau west of Liberia and Portuguese Guinea. In south America, there are the French Guyana and British Guyana all named from a corruption of Guinea. The proper Guinea today is the West African country Guinea with Conakry as its capital.
Conakry The capital of Guinea dates from 1884 and was called Konakri by the Susu folk, meaning 'beyond waters' or the other shore; on account of its remote location on the peninsula.
Fouta Djalon This slope in Guinea got its name from the 'Dialonke' people. Fouta – Plain in Senegal took the name from the Mande word for 'plain'.
Ashanti Akan Gold
Asante or Ashante or Ashanti in present day republic of Ghana in west Africa started as a union of trading people mostly the Akan, with a large market in Kumasi. Due to their persistent self-identity, they were regarded as a folk by the Europeans after 1700. Their leader sits on the Golden Stool to underpin their power on the gold trade. The high quality of their gold which was coined as the guinea led to a higher value of the guinea than the English pound. Their name Ashanti in fact means 'united in war', or a fighting union. (see Ghana)
Kumasi town in Ghana was founded in the 17th century by Osei Tutu, an Ashanti chief. The name comes from 'kum asi' and means under the kum tree. It was situated at the location of the one kum seed that grew of the two trees planted by Okomfo Ankoye, the chief's advisary priest. (see Ashanti)
Genoa money trade
Genoa This medieval Ligurian city-state also referred to as the city of Saint George, evolved as a merchant port and city before Venice, and also organised itself as a republic. It minted gold coins before Florence Florin coins came out in 1250, and the Venetian ducat (called zecchino or sequin) was issued by the mint – the Zecca – in Venice in 1284. Its very wealth made it a target of foreign powers who wanted to take it over – French king (1396), Milan's duke (1462), Spanish rulers (1522), Sardinians (1746), and the Austrians. Like Venice, Genoa lacked the land area to source its own needs. Perched on the narrow plains between the bay and the steep high hills, it imported food, fuel, clothing and essential supplies from outside, filling its narrow streets with a traffic of goods and capital. Its strength was in its strategic location along the sea-trade route, buttressed by the financial creativity of the merchants controlling trade traffic between east and west. Its money of account – the lira di banco – known for its stability, was the forerunner of the Italian lira, before Milan became an industrial centre. Although Genoa beat Venice in a straight battle, its powers as a trade centre went down from 1627.
Escudo The former Portuguese currency may have evolved from the 'escuderos' (meaning a squire or lower knight who therefore took employment as courtier for a more noble richer knight (caballeros) for a fee. The escudo gave way to the Euro as Portuguese currency.
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Time and time again we see how anger-based moves in Costa Mesa create unexpected and counterproductive chains of events.
Take the bad blood boiling between Costa Mesa Mayor Jim Righeimer and the Costa Mesa Police Department.
This feud is rooted back in the 2010 council race. That's when the Costa Mesa Police Officer's Association ran an unprecedented campaign against then-candidate Righeimer.
I knew the night of the first Feet to the Fire forum, when they had a truck towing a huge anti-Righeimer banner, this wouldn't end well. And it hasn't.
The first unexpected consequence was that the association's anti-Riggy campaign inspired some to actually vote for him.
Anger scares people.
And anger has a long memory. This is evident with Righeimer's lawsuit against the city's police officers association, their former law firm Lackie Dammeier and the law firm's former private investigator Chris Lanzillo, filed last month.
Being falsely accused of drunk driving by the private investigator, and what that put Righeimer and his family through, I agree are unforgivable.
The fact that what the PI did seemed right out of the law firm's dirty-trick manual as they represented police associations in labor negotiations, would infuriate anyone.
At Tuesday's council meeting, Righeimer defended his right to sue to ensure the safety of his children.
I get why Righeimer's angry. What I don't get is why Councilman Steve Mensinger joined him in this lawsuit and Councilman Gary Monahan did not.
The three are known to be like-minded allies on the council.
This lawsuit puts another counterproductive chain of events in motion.
At a time when the city is looking to increase its police force, any officer looking to join the Costa Mesa department now becomes part of this litigation, according to police officials. Not exactly a great recruitment incentive.
Officers looking to leave the department and apply elsewhere have to disclose they're part of an ongoing lawsuit, probably not the most attractive thing to put on a job application.


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Fashioning clever ways to make movies appear on television screens without the intervention of a traditional distributor (read: a cable company) has been a quest of Hollywood for a long time. In the modern Internet era, especially, studios are understandably taken by the siren song of disintermediation, or the chance to form direct relationships with fans and buyers by making films available online through convenient, accessible, and presumably higher-margin platforms than legacy pay-per-view offerings or newer video-on-demand services.
The latest wrinkle involves doing away with the personal computer as a necessary in-between device for capturing and shuttling movies to the living room. Among new examples is the in-the-works partnership between Netflix Inc. and LG Electronics that will make use of a yet-to-be-introduced in-home receiver. Also up to bat is Apple Inc.'s new-and-improved Apple TV system, which similarly delivers movies to the TV without the participation of a PC. Whether either avoids the fate of other entrants like Akimbo Systems, which recently stopped making and selling Web-to-TV interface boxes, is uncertain.
What history does seem to want to tell us, though, is that the idea of cobbling together a movie-delivery system that depends on outside-of-the-mainstream transmission paths is full of risk. That's a lesson learned recently by the venture capital firms that backed Moviebeam, the failed movie datacasting service that called it quits late last year. Launched by Walt Disney Co. in 2004, reconstituted as an independent company in 2006 and sold to Movie Gallery Inc. last year, Moviebeam gobbled up more than $50 million from Mayfield Fund, Norwest Venture Partners, Cisco Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. before halting operations.
Moviebeam used a proprietary receiver and an associated digital-rights management scheme to let customers watch commercial-free movies at their whim. The $199 box came pre-loaded with 100 titles, and users could rent additional titles for about $3 each. The video streams poured into the home over the airwaves, using fallow analog spectrum from Public Broadcasting System affiliates in about 30 markets.
What went wrong? Moviebeam customers who have posted RIP notices on the Web site Endgadget.com quibbled about lack of title breadth, disdain for Moviebeam's proprietary DRM approach, insufficient high-definition movies and even "weird shaped boxes." But one big impediment seemed to be the delivery approach itself. In relying on spare over-the-air spectrum, Moviebeam consigned itself to an inefficient distribution avenue that demanded negotiation of market-by-market deals with television broadcasters. This, in an era where more than 60 million U.S. homes all over the place already have access to high-bandwidth conduits of broadband Internet connections.
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In previous years, the district used the Bell County Health Department for the clinics. Gilliam said the board began searching for a new provider when the health department raised the amount they were charging from $63,000 to $90,000. The health department did eventually lower the price back down to $63,000, according to Gilliam.
"We received good services from the health department, but $90,000, which was eventually lowered to $63,000, is still a sizable amount for a school district to have to come up with when the same or possibly more expanded services can be offered free," said Gilliam.
Gilliam said the board explored several options and went back and forth with the health department by means of several meetings with their administrators.
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"They (registered nurses) will be there all day every day the students are in session," said Gilliam.
Gilliam said she has asked Family Health Care to give priority consideration to laid off nurses who served in the district last year through the health department.
Family Health Care will be in the district Thursday to do an assessment of each clinic. Gilliam said the health department pulled out all of their equipment, so Family Health Care is having to bring equipment in out of their warehouses. She said it will be around the first or middle of next week before all the clinics will be operational.
"I'm just thrilled to death to have this opportunity," said Gilliam. "I would have loved to have continued our relationship with the health department, but this is a better move financially and in terms of service delivery for our students."
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First, the mayor of Constanta, Romania's largest port city, dressed up in a Nazi uniform and goose-stepped in a fashion show (he apologized yesterday). Later this week, a more complicated train of events also gave rise to concerns of anti-Semitism in this Eastern European country. On Monday, Romanian police raided a Bucharest fertility clinic and arrested 30 Israeli-born employees, including the father-and-son owners; allegedly, the clinic paid women, including some minors, to donate eggs. (The owners deny the charges.) On Tuesday, the head of Romania's Medical Council likened the doctors, who, he said, "bought body parts from poor, vulnerable people," to the infamous medical experimenters of Auschwitz. This in turn prompted a rebuke from the World Medical Association's president—who happens to be Israeli—for the inapt and impolitic comparison. While the reductio ad Hitlerum is no doubt a bit much, Haaretz reports that anti-Semitism is likely not at work—actually, there remain several Israeli-run fertility clinics that harvest ova in Bucharest. The president of Romania's Jewish community explained that the father-and-son owners were conspicuous consumers: "This and other signs of richness create envy and people react negatively." Not that Dr. Mengele is notorious for his great wealth. Still—call us crazy—we are finding it difficult to get all that agitated in defense of people who allegedly harvested eggs from underage girls.
Fertility Clinic Suspects' Homes Raided [JPost]
Is Romania Human Egg Scandal A Case of Anti-Semitism? [Haaretz]
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We've had at least a half dozen charters in the Virgin Islands (US, BVI, SVI) with Island Packets that had in-mast furling. This includes the 350, 370,380, and 420. Wind speeds probably averaged upper teens, with the max about 30 kts.
As others have mentioned, in-mast furling operation requires attention to the boom angle to assure proper feed through the slot and maintaining tension on the outhaul to avoid bunching (and therefore jamming) as the sail enters the slot. We didn't have any problems by adhering to this procedure and never had a problem unfurling.
However, the sail shape wasn't impressive: with no battens and minimal roach, it always seemed to be a bit baggy and wimpy--and these were not blown out sails. So, you pay for the convenience of rolling up your sail and reefing as much as you please, with relative ease. For a laid-back Virgin Islands charter, it was a great compromise.
That said, our own 35 footer has a fully-battened main with conventional slab reefing and requires a certain amount of effort to deal with the sail cover and sail ties. After some harrowing experiences reefing when it was necessary to go on deck to hook the tack, we went to single line reefing, with Karver blocks added to the existing main and all lines led back to the cockpit: reefing lines as well as the main halyard. This arrangement works pretty well, and takes not much more effort to reef than in-mast furling, although you have fixed reef points. At the end of the day, you still have to deal with sail ties and the sail cover. You also have to got on deck every once in a while to deal with the occasional snag when unfurling.
If we were to try anything else, it would be in-boom furling. We could keep the full-length battens and have a fuller roach and we would have an "infinite" number of reef points, but at a significant cost. The conversion would add a heavier boom, but the sail and furling mechanism would be relatively accessible. The in-boom approach would require attention to the boom angle (via the vang) to assure proper alignment of the luff and you would invariably have to buy a new main tailored to the in-boom conversion.
BTW, at least one of the in-boom furlers has a narrow strip of sunbrella that is used as a sail cover and closes the slot. Your slip mates will appreciate the lack of a low frequency "whistle" that you get with the in-mast furlers in a cross wind.
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The Oscars: Doc Soup Man's Predictions for Best Documentary
Five documentaries are vying for an Academy Award this Sunday. Doc Soup Man Tom Roston picks the one that could win, and why.Continue reading this entry »
Sundance 2014: Five Major Documentary Takeaways
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston shares the biggest documentary news from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.Continue reading this entry »
Impressions on the 2014 Oscar Best Documentary Nominees and Snubs
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Predicting the Oscars' Best Documentary Nominees
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston predicts this year's Oscar nominations for Best Documentary. He's been on target before… will he get it right again?Continue reading this entry »
Tom Roston's Top 10 Documentaries of 2013
Find out what films made it to the top of Doc Soup Man's list this year! These films pushed the boundaries of the form and helped take documentary storytelling to a whole new level.Continue reading this entry »
Reviewing the 2014 Oscar Shortlist for Best Documentary Award
Last week, the shortlist of films eligible for the 2014 best documentary Academy Award was announced. Doc Soup Man Tom Roston reviews the list and shares what he thinks will make the top 5 nominations.Continue reading this entry »
Establishing the Hybrid Documentary Canon
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston argues for a need to define and establish a canon for hybrid documentaries, which include the recent Stories We Tell, The Act of Killing and The Summit.Continue reading this entry »
My Favorite Documentaries from True/False Film Festival 2013
Tom Roston recaps the Midwestern film festival True/False, where he saw a slate of inspiring documentaries including The Act of Killing, Stories We Tell, These Birds Walk, Pandora's Promise and My Favorite Picture of You.Continue reading this entry »
An Overview of the Docs at TIFF
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Hugo Chávez's Uses for Anti-Semitism
Remorse for temple vandalism is exception to rule
Yesterday, Spain's and Venezuela's foreign ministers made an official visit to Caracas's Tiferet Israel Synagogue to condemn the anti-Semitic attack perpetrated on it in January. That incident featured violence against two guards, burglary, desecration of a Torah, and graffiti. It was the Venezuelan minister's second visit since the attack; the politicians also met with leaders of the country's Sephardic community. "They sent a strong message repudiating anti-Semitism," said the Latin American Jewish Congress's director.
Here's the problem. As this illuminating article in the latest Boston Review makes clear, President Hugo Chávez's regime only holds such an enlightened attitude toward Venezuela's roughly 12,000 Jews when it knows the world is watching. The Tiferet Israel attack came soon after Venezuela severed diplomatic ties with Israel in response to January's Gaza incursion. According to the Review article, Chávez's first instinct was to hypothesize that his regime's opposition was responsible for the attack; only international pressure prompted an about-face and a series of arrests. Chávez has in the past claimed that Israel did "something similar to what Hitler did, possibly worse." Jewish sites in Venezuela, including the Israeli Embassy, have previously been targets of vandalism.
Moreover, the article contends, such incidents and words are not aberrations, but rather are inextricably linked to Chávez's populist appeal and the climate he deliberately cultivates: "Anti-Semitism is close to the intellectual heart of Chavismo," it asserts. For example, the regime regularly utilizes anti-Semitism to discredit its opponents, as when a prominent anchor on a state television channel accused the owners of a Venezuela mall chain, the Cohens, of "financing all that is happening" in reference to the anti-Chávez student movement that gained momentum in late 2007. In other words, such pious displays as we saw yesterday are the exception to the rule. "In recent years," notes the article, "the Jewish community in Venezuela has shrunk some 20 percent."
Spanish, Venezuelan Foreign Ministers Visit Synagogue [JTA]
United By Hate [Boston Review]
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A team of CID officials from Hyderabad had gone to Chennai to take her into custody, and presented her before a court at Nellore, CID officials said on Wednesday. The 50-year-old accused, Pushpam Appalanaidu, faces 21 criminal cases of cheating. The Prize Chits Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act 1978 too was invoked against her.
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Rivals humiliate Ukraine's Yushchenko in poll
By Yuri Kulikov
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine's pro-Western President Viktor
Yushchenko faced humiliation on Sunday when a Russian- backed
rival and an estranged ally from the "Orange Revolution" looked
set to crush his liberal party in parliamentary polls.
But Yulia Tymoshenko, the ally he sacked as prime minister
in September, said shortly after polls closed that an accord on
forming a coalition of "orange" liberal parties was
"practically ready." She implied she would expect to return as
Yushchenko had been braced for his Our Ukraine party taking
second place in the poll behind the Regions Party of Viktor
Yanukovich, his old Moscow-backed adversary whom he defeated in
a presidential election after mass protests in December 2004.
But, while that proved correct, a worse, unexpected setback
for him came when Tymoshenko stole second place in exit polls,
leaving Yushchenko's party trailing a poor third.
Though his own job as president was not at risk, the
surprise outcome, projected by two exit polls, effectively made
the 45-year-old charismatic Tymoshenko standard-bearer of the
'orange' liberals.
"Two versions are realistically possible — either a
failure to form a government and a dissolution of parliament or
a government headed by Tymoshenko," said Hleb Vyshlynsky, of
Gfk-USM Ukraine consultancy.
An exit poll conducted by three Ukrainian institutions gave
Yanukovich's Regions party 33.3 per cent of the vote, the
Tymoshenko bloc 22.7 and the pro-presidential party 13.5.
A second exit poll gave roughly the same picture, putting
the Regions Party at 27.5 percent, the Tymoshenko bloc at 21.6
and Our Ukraine on 15.5 percent.
Tymoshenko, a persuasive orator whose trademark is a blonde
peasant hair braid, was Yushchenko's close comrade in the heady
protests of 2004 that turfed out the pro-Moscow establishment.
The protests were triggered by Yanukovich's victory in a
polls many charged was rigged. A repeat poll saw Yushchenko's
Yusahchenko and Tymoshenko have been on poor terms since he
sacked her after infighting in 'orange' ranks over corruption
allegations and differences of opinion over the direction of
the economy.
For months, she has been blaming the president's entourage
for splits in the 'orange' ranks and had clearly been heeded by
large swathes of the liberal vote.
Long weeks of talks will probably now be needed to piece
together a coalition able to command a majority in parliament
which, under new constitutional rules, is empowered to choose
the prime minister.
Disillusionment over splits in the "orange" team and a
economic slowdown had clearly contributed to the big score for
Yanukovich, who commands strong support among Russian speakers
in industrial eastern Ukraine.
Yushchenko made no immediate comment after the polls.
Patching up with Tymoshenko might come at a high price. She
would like her job of premier back, a difficult step given her
interventionist views and Yushchenko's free market values.
Another possible, though not likely, configuration would
bring Yanukovich together with two fringe parties one exit poll
said cleared the 3 percent barrier into the assembly — the
Communists and the far-left Vitrenko bloc.
At stake is the fate of a country of 47 million, whose
"Orange" leaders have been unable to deliver on promises after
prising Ukraine loose from centuries of Russian domination and
setting it on a course for joining the European mainstream.
Though Ukrainians now enjoy total freedom of expression,
monthly wages stand at only $150. Prices fluctuate erratically.
A maddening bureaucracy remains as does systematic
corruption. Western investors are wary of uncertain stability.
Yushchenko is also weakened by constitutional reform that
has trimmed his powers and extended those of parliament.
Ties with Russia remain unsteady. A New Year deal pushed
gas prices sharply higher, ending a confrontation which briefly
cut supplies to Ukraine — and Moscow's European customers.


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Money in politics? The sky is the limit in Mo.
Brown represents Rex Sinquefield, Missouri's undisputed campaign money whale. Since the retired investment company mogul started spending his fortune in politics in 2006, Sinquefield has contributed about $25 million to candidates and political committees that support lower income taxes and school-choice measures, among other things. When Missouri operated under campaign contribution limits in 2007, Sinquefield channeled his money through 100 shell committees in an in-your-face example of how to beat the system.
"Money finds its way into politics," said Missouri House Majority Leader John Diehl. But "I think the donations in the state are pretty transparent on where they come from."
Some Florida lawmakers are now espousing a similar philosophy. A House committee there endorsed raising the state's campaign contribution limits from $500 to $10,000 while mandating more frequent - sometimes even daily - contribution reports. The system would be "one of the most transparent in the nation," said the sponsor, Republican Rep. Robert Schenck.
Minnesota lawmakers this year are expected to raise campaign contribution limits for the first time in 20 years. A Montana proposal to abolish donation limits for political action committees and raise them for individuals is stirring impassioned debate.
"This is the craziest thing I have seen in 30 years of working on campaign finance issues," said C. B. Pearson, the former head of Montana Common Cause. "We don't need more gas on the fire, we need to find out what us causing the fire and extinguish it."
In Missouri, Nixon, who himself has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of Missouri's unlimited donations, is not the only one calling for an end to the big bucks. Among the converts is former Republican Sen. Jim Lembke, a onetime opponent of donation limits who lost re-election last fall and now is a lobbyist.
How to maximize fundraising, he said, "weighs on the minds of both parties, as far as holding the majority or getting the majority, instead of thinking, `What's the best for the taxpayers? What's the best for the people?"
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I started belly dancing with some DVD instructionals about a year ago, and I started taking real classes about a month ago. I love it! I'm also addicted to watching YouTube videos. I like tribal fusion style the most.
cool! i have danced for the past 9 years! on and off professionally. i do modern american/egyptian
What's it like performing for a crowd?
its wonderful! i honestly miss it terribly
I was just browsing the tribes trying to see if I fit in anywhere. Finally! Something I can honestly identify with! However it's a much-missed hobby for me that I've hardly had time for since the birth of my first child a little over two years ago. Hoping to get back into it though.
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Those who served on Navy ships during the Vietnam War out in the Gulf of Tonkin need your help. We were exposed to Agent Orange and some are suffering the consequences of that exposure just as those who were boots on the ground. But, in 2009 eligibility for VA benefits was withdrawn by the VA. Please visit bluewaternavy.com for a wealth of information.
There is a Bill in the House of Representatives, HR 543 , to remedy the situation . We need two things.
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Excellent choice,excellent location,on the beach!
Beware of this rental
This owner is not on the open up with her tenants. After I had already paid four months rent in full, and 10 days prior to arrival, she disclosed: 1) "Don't tell the Tides management you are a tenant. Tell them you are my guest". But when I told the management I was a guest, their response was: "You cannot be a guest for five months. We would have the right to evict you..."
2) Ten days prior to arrival, the owner told me "she didn't have a key to the mailbox, and to take a P.O. box at the post office". After several emails, I told her she could not rent a condo for five months without giving the key to the mailbox. I needed a mailbox key. Finally, the key she "didn't have" was mailed to me after my arrival. Despite being charged a cleaning fee, I found a dirty condo, and a fridge and freezer full of leftover food. I spent 45 minutes cleaning the oven before I could use it. The owner's response was: "There are different standards of cleaning".
Instead of facilitating my relocation, this condo was a constant headache. I'm glad the next tenant found a working toilet, and a new oven, but I can't believe the owner is refusing a small refund for all the trouble, and the food I lost on Thanksgiving. Of course, the owner will say "this never happened", so I kept all her emails. Including the one where she is telling me: "I don't have to repair the oven. I don't have to repair anything at all!"
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