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The A330 family was developed from Airbus's first aircraft, the A300-600, in parallel with the A340 four-engined variant and both were launched in June 1987, after receiving orders from various customers, .Both aircraft families share common airframe components and incorporate fly-by-wire flight control technology as well as the six-display glass cockpit first introduced on the A320. Conceived as a low-gross weight widebody for regional and medium-haul high density applications, the first A330-300 was handed over to Air Inter in January 1994, which operated most of its fleet on French domestic routes. ICF SH&E's principal appraiser Angus Mackay says early variants, produced between 1992 and 1998 with a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of 212t (467,500lb) to 217t and a range profile between 3,900nm (7,215km) and 4,300nm, represent a somewhat mediocre "first half" and have proved less marketable.
This is because they have inferior value retention and secondary market prospects, according to SH&E, relative to the enhanced "second half" of A330-300s with "incrementally certificated MTOWs introduced over the intervening years". As a consequence of the incremental weight improvements, the A330-300 has become a more popular choice in recent years with applications on intra-regional and long-haul markets, according to SH&E. The A330 family was also Airbus's first aircraft to being offered with the choice of three engines: the General Electric CF6, the Pratt & Whitney PW4000, and the Rolls-Royce Trent 700. The Trent 700 series is the market leader, powering 247 units out of the 425-aircraft fleet. The PW4000-100 equips 101 aircraft, while the CF6-80E1 powers 77 units. Another 120 future deliveries are equipped with the Trent 700 series, while GE accounts for 29 new aircraft and P&W has 11 A330s. Engine manufacturers are battling for the engine selection on a further 38 aircraft. The A330-300 with Trent 700 engines provides the greatest ease of "remarketability", says Mackay. "The PW4000-100 series is preferred in Asia and the Americas with General Electric dominating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa." Market
The A330 family has allowed Airbus to expand its market share in the widebody sector with airlines opting for the aircraft as replacement for less economical twin-aisles.
Collateral Verifications' Gueric Dechavanne says the A330 has the advantage of not only being an "excellent aircraft" but also not having many "competing in-production aircraft" at present. "The delays on the 787 and the fact that the A350 will not be delivered until 2015, or later, have also helped maintain some of the demand for this aircraft due to many operators choosing the A330 to either complement such orders, or to be used as interim lift." He adds: "Even when the 787 and A350 enter into service, the A330 should continue to see a good long-term future as a passenger aircraft as we feel that this aircraft will serve as a great complement to an A350 fleet serving various shorter-range markets." Mackay says Airbus has had the "luxury" of time to improve its aircraft during an extended period of "exogenous shocks and global economic downturn". "Seemingly overshadowed by Boeing's 787 aircraft, sales have risen with customers seeking interim lift as the 787 programme delays increased. True competition is most likely to come from the 300-seat 787-10, which is not yet launched and from fraternal rivalry in the Airbus A350-900."
He adds: "Airbus has been successful in differentiating the A330-300 from the A350 series." IBA's senior analyst Alice Gondry says Airbus has been very prudent with its strategy on the A330-300. "Its policy of gradually tweaking its weights and range capability means it has a highly flexible, competitive widebody product. It also continues to complement its A330-200 stablemate well," she says.
"Clearly Airbus has recognised that those earlier examples in the fleet are coming of age, and with newer specification A330s, plus future A350s and 787s serving as likely replacements, remarketing opportunities need to be widened."
Ascend expects the A330-300 to continue to be a major player in the high-capacity, medium-haul and also long-haul markets for the next 10- to 15-years. "This is notwithstanding the eventual introduction of the newer technology 787-9 and A350-900, which are both targeted at longer-range markets, but may eventually impinge on the A330-300 market," the appraisal firm says. As of 27 November , the A330-300 orderbook stood at 624 units, of which 427 had been delivered. There are 418 aircraft in active service and nine stored, according to Flightglobal's Ascend online database.
Only one ex-Malaysian Airlines A330-300, a 1994-vintage aircraft, has been retired from permanent operations. A second aircraft is to follow soon. Ascend expects more part-outs in the longer term, especially for non-high gross weight variants.
Ascend says about 38% of the fleet, or 161 A330-300s, are owned by a total of 33 operating leasing companies.
Availability is scarce although there are 12 aircraft being returned to leasing entities during December.
Scheduled lease expiries total 42 aircraft during the next five years.
Financing appetite for the A330-300 remains solid as evidenced on the last three deliveries. Transasia Airways financed its new delivery with local debt. Cathay Pacific raised financing from Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank in the form of a commercial debt facility, after closing two aircraft under Japanese operating lease financings earlier this year.
TUI travel closed financing on the first of two A330-300s for its French subsidiary Corsair with a commercial loan arranged by KfW IPEX-Bank. The French charter airline is replacing its 747 fleet.
Airbus has delivered 46 aircraft this year. European carriers have taken 25 units while another 21 aircraft were handed over to Asian carriers. In 2011, of a total of 43 deliveries, European carriers represented 12 aircraft, Asian carriers 22 units while eight aircraft were handed over in Africa and the Middle East. One unit was delivered to Latin America.
Airbus recorded 46 net orders in 2010 and 66 net orders in 2011. So far this year, the European manufacturer has sold 43 units with 31 aircraft to Asian carriers Philippine Airlines and Garuda Indonesia.
The largest operator is Cathay Pacific with 39 aircraft in operation and another 14 on order.
The Asian market has driven sales for the A330-300 model during the past few years. Operational flexibility of the A330-300 is evidenced by its utilisation in Asia. AerCap's chief executive officer Aengus Kelly said on a third quarter earnings call that market conditions in Asia are favouring the use of widebody aircraft on relatively short-haul operations.
Asian carriers, according to him, are upgrading to small widebody aircraft instead of operating A320s or Boeing 737s on these routes.
"The A330-300 is being utilised effectively as a short-haul aircraft in Asia. The reason is that, in Asia, it's an emerging market. Infrastructure is limited. So airlines know they can fill the airplanes, but they just don't have enough airports and enough slots to satisfy the demand," he said.
According to Kelly, Asian carriers operate the aircraft on sectors with an average length of 750nm to 1,750nm.
The Airbus-family model has eclipsed its natural competitor, the 777-200, says Mackay.
"It meets the most mission profiles of the more capable 777-200ER and it is also considered a good replacement candidate for the A340-300 in a period of high fuel prices. It will likely benefit from the extension of ETOPS limits giving access to many new routes," says Mackay.
Fleet concentration could be a concern, especially in the longer-term, when direct replacement will be introduced to the market. About 60% of the A330-300 fleet is in Asia-Pacific, according to Ascend.
Increases in MTOW
Airbus announced on 28 November plans to further hike the maximum take-off weight of the A330 to 242t. It also will offer a higher fuel capacity option for the larger A330-300 variant.
The manufacturer had previously disclosed plans to increase the aircraft take-off weight to 240t.
Airbus's latest enhancements will extend the range of the A330-300 by 500nm over the 235t model, and by 350nm for the 238t A330-200 at full passenger load.
Airbus hopes the improvements will extend the A330-300's range to 6,100nm, enabling it to perform westbound flights from south-east Asia to Europe.
The new weight increase and fuel-capacity improvements will become available to carriers in 2015.
Airbus believes its proposed higher-weight and fuel-capacity modifications will enable it to claw back range advantage from the 777-200ER and offer a competitive alternative to the 787-9.
The A330-300 is built with the same centre tank structure as the longer-range A330-200 but is unused. Airbus will modify the aircraft on the production line by sealing the centre section, making the volume available for fuel transport.
It will also install associated pumps as well as the inerting system required by US and European regulators.
The manufacturer claims this will raise the proportion of network coverage from 85% to 94% of the 777-200ER's. Boeing gives the 777-200ER's range as 7,725nm.
But Airbus claims the cash operating cost per seat of the Boeing will be 17% higher, assuming a baseline of 300 seats for the A330-300 and 302 seats for the 777-200ER.
It also suggests that while the 787-9's cash costs would be lower its direct operating cost per seat will be 7% higher than the 242t A330-300's. Boeing gives the range of the 787-9 at 8,000-8,500nm.
Passenger to freighter conversions
Earlier this year, Airbus announced plans for an A330 passenger to freighter programme with ST Aerospace. The European manufacturer will offer both versions, the A330-200P2F and the A330-300P2F, with the latter to come first in 2016. Airbus estimates the market demand for the conversions at 900 units during the next 20 years.
The A330-300P2F variant will have a payload of 60-61t with the range of 2,200-3,600nm depending on the MTOW.
Ascend says conversion should be a sensible replacement for the A300-600F models.
Values and lease rates
Flightglobal understands that five- to seven-year-old models can lease in the $580,000 to $650,000 a month range, while top of the range units attract lease rates in the $850,000 to $900,000 a month. At the lower end, low gross weight aircraft lease in the $250,000 to $300,000 a month, depending on the lease duration.
Appraisers differ by $6 million on a new delivery powered by Trent 772B-60 engines with a 233t MTOW. SH&E says the aircraft has a value of $95.4 million. Ascend has a value of $99.3 million for the unit, while Collateral Verifications values the aircraft at $99.1 million and IBA Group says $98.8 million. MBA believes the current market value for that vintage is $101.7 million.
MBA says values and lease rates for the A330-300, built after 1999, are holding well. "Continued improvements, including plans for higher gross weight variants bode well for continued high values. The A350 and the Boeing 787 are not yet hurting the market values for the A330."
Ascend says market values of the original A330-300 model - representing lower weight models and build years through 1998, last decreased by 4% at the start of the second quarter of this year, but have remained stable since.
A 1994-vintage aircraft has a $20 million current market value, says IBA Group. Collateral Verifications values the unit at $21.7 million, while Ascend values the aircraft at $23 million and ICF SH&E quotes a $23.4 million current market value. MBA is the highest of the appraisers at $30.7 million. On a 1998-vintage aircraft SH&E and MBA have appraised values of $36.1 million and $37.2 million, respectively. IBA group is the lowest appraiser with $33 million while Collateral Verifications has a $40.9 million current market value. Ascend is the lowest of the appraisers with a value of $29.4 million.
A 10-year old aircraft is valued at $50 million by IBA Group, $51.2 million by SH&E and $51.6 million for Ascend. MBA has a $53.3 million current market value. Collateral Verifications values the aircraft at $68.7 million.
Ascend says a 2006-vintage has a $64 million current market value. SH&E values the aircraft at $67 million and MBA at $68.4 million. IBA has a value of $66 million. Collateral Verifications has a $70.4 million current market value.
The appraisers are in agreement on a 2010-vintage aircraft. SH&E has an $85.8 million current market value, while Ascend values the unit at $84.3 million. MBA says the two-year old aircraft is valued at $87.6 million, while IBA has $86 million. Collateral Verifications is the lowest at $82.5 million.
In terms of values, Collateral Verifications, MBA and ICF SH&E do not differentiate the latest production variants of the PW4168 and the CF6-80E1A4 engines. IBA sees the PW4168 powered examples at a discount of $1 million. The CF6-80E1A4 powered examples would attract a discount of $500,000 to aircraft values, whilst the CF6-80E1A3 is equivalent to the Trent 772B-60, says IBA.
During the third quarter, Ascend recorded a total of 10 dry-leases, including eight lease agreements for aircraft on order and two straight leases.
Gondry says there has been some secondary market activity with Pakistan's Shaheen Air recently accepting its first example.
She also notes there is a wide value range for the Airbus A330-300s "as not only is there a large age range to consider, but also a gradual increase in take-off weights and general ability of the newer aircraft." In terms of lease rates a new aircraft would lease between $710,000 and $850,000 a month for SH&E. MBA says the lease range is between $770,000 and $870,000 a month. IBA Group believes the monthly lease rate is $895,000 while Collateral Verifications is the highest with $900,000 a month. Ascend has a montly lease rate of $890,000.
Collateral Verifications see signs of "continued stability and improvements" in lease rentals which should lead to stronger aircraft values during the next 12-18 months. "Over the course of the last 12 months, Collateral Verifications has seen values remain somewhat stable for the type with a drop in value of less than 5% or so for younger vintages of the type, which can be attributed to normal depreciation. Lease rentals also remained stable with a slight drop of less than 5% for the older aircraft, during the same timeframe."
Ascend has a $320,000 monthly lease rate for a 1994-vintage aircraf. IBA Group believes the lease rate is $250,000 a month while Collateral Verifications has $300,000. MBA says the lease range is between $340,000 and $400,000 a month while ICF SH&E has $205,000 and $325,000 a month.
A 1998-vintage is expected to lease between $315,000 and $445,000 a month for SH&E. MBA says the lease range is between $380,000 and $420,000 a month. IBA Group has a $380,000 monthly lease rate. Collateral Verifications has a $410,000 monthly lease rate while Ascend anticipates $360,000 a month.
A 10-year old vintage is expected to lease between $425,000 and $550,000 a month for SH&E and between $490,000 and $540,000 a month for MBA. IBA Group says the lease rate is $500,000 a month, Ascend has a rate of $520,000 while Collateral Verifications is the highest at $550,000.
A 2006-vintage aircraft is expected to lease between $535,000 and $655,000 a month for SH&E. MBA says the lease range is between $565,000 and $650,000 a month. Ascend says the monthly lease rate is $615,000 while IBA Group has $625,000 a month. Collateral Verifications has a $690,000 monthly lease rate.
A two-year old aircraft monthly lease rate is $800,000 for IBA Group, $830,000 for Collateral Verifications, and Ascend is the lowest appraiser of the three with a rate of $765,000. MBA says the lease range is between $720,000 and $800,000 a month, while SH&E's range is between $645,000 and $770,000 a month.
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Ok, let's leave the whole Adobe issue because no one will know how that will end, but I doubt Adobe will want to shut us down… Its more likely they will want to acquire us or have us pay a license…
With the sentence "Do what you want with the video (Make money reselling it). We will also host the video for you." I mean the following…
If you for example have a video production business and you produce videos for others, we allow you to produce the videos with our system and sell it to your customers for a higher price… Perhaps you will do the customization work for the customer, I don't know… You have the right to earn money by using our services.
The authors that sign up with us must agree to let the customer that purchase the video do whatever they want with the video file… Why should we bother? We are not that greedy…. A video file is a very limited thing, no one can customize a video file… I don't see what is the problem with that sentence… We don't want to do like Envato and others that have an extended license and charge customers 10 x more for certain usage cases… The authors can set the price as they wish up to a limit and thats it, people can do what they want with the video produced… Once the video design is payed for, no one should be controlling or limiting how the video should be used, just to try and squeeze more money out of buyers.
The videos we produce are hosted on our servers, so the customer can just copy the embed code and paste it on a web page… The code includes everything needed to play the video.
We want to have a legit business just like Videohive but without the extended license stuff… We would like to provide videos at prices similar as the regular price templates are sold for around the web. We are better of having no middleman (Stock websites) and have the authors signup directly with us… This alone lowers the video prices by 40%... One of the fundamental principles of our business is to lower prices so we can reach the mass markets around the world… We want sales volume in the millions… We want every small business around the world to start using online video way more than it is used today… We want families around the word to be able to afford a pop-up book or scrapbook video with the kids photos…
Basicly we want videos based on After Effects to be a common thing that anyone can afford… Just like buying a shirt with custom graphics became affordable and the market became a mass market thanks to Zazzle and Cafepress… Before these guys came along, custom t-shirts were only for the few, now anyone can get them for $12 bucks.
Regarding promoting my business on this thread… Well thats my price for telling you guys my business strategy and being so open about my business plans… I know you are following us Envato… You know that selling videos is a much bigger market and it makes completely sense for you guys to adopt the concept… And you are probably thinking right now about how you can produce a similar system… But we did apply for a patent… So…. Well, you know how it can end up a few years from now if you guys copycat us… So, lets make a deal instead… You guys are very well positioned already… You guys have the raw material we need… All we have to do is plug our system in your website and work on putting your templates in the system… We would love to have you as investors and co-owners… We really need an established and respected company like you (Envato) as co-owners, to help us get there… Take a look at animoto.com, they are 10 times bigger than you and together we can get there too… Our videos based on AE are way better… If they can have 400.000 users a month, we can surely get there to…
We are having a meeting tomorrow with a company with 23 million website owners as customers… And I'm sure they would like the possibility of being able to produce videos for their websites, our system is perfect for these guys… So… Well, things might start to roll next month and as soon we get that first big partners we will go mainstream and reach a mass market…
Authors… Keep up the good work… It will be all good for all of us… Sorry for my disrespect at the start of this thread… But do not be expecting 70% in royalties because that ain't going to happen with videos… T-shirt authors went from getting 70% to getting 25% on their designs and they are not complaining because the sales volume is 1000 times bigger than it were before Zazzle and Cafepress existed… I'm sure many more designers are making a living now selling custom t-shirts then back in the days… the same will happen to video and we will do all we can to make it happen… Do not take me wrong authors… You will be just fine because we will increase the sales volume 1000 fold as well… Fingers crossed…
Ps. My advisor thinks I'm a bit crazy posting all this stuff… I should not be revealing my business strategy, that's what he is saying… Well… So, I guess I should end posting here…
And you really buy the template from videohive every time someone produces a video on your website? Yeah, right
@EFEKT I think what Mario wants to do is create his own "unlimited use" licenses for the videos rendered with his service… with a 25% commission going to the author for each sale of the video made on his website.
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think he's allowed to use any Videohive templates at all on his website. Even if an author gives him permission, he shouldn't be allowed to use it unless the author takes the template off of Videohive. Well, this is how I interpret the Videohive licenses… We are all waiting for Envato to officially answer on this.
But if Mario recruits authors to join his service and become WebMovieMaker authors under his terms, then I think he could create any agreement he wants with his authors. So the question here is, I think… Does this sound like a good deal? Some people have a lot of time on their hands and some people like to gamble.
Personally, I think that any serious thought on this matter should be put on hold until there is an official go ahead from Adobe. It could get ugly, and I'd rather not be involved until we know for sure. It's pretty much at your own risk. But it looks like Mario is determined to go ahead with his idea wether or not he has any support. I hope he tells us how his meeting goes.
He does have an interesting idea for a white label use of his shop at a %50 commission for each sale. I wouldn't mind offering that kind of service on my own branded standalone website, as long as it's certified by Adobe.
I'm waiting patiently on the sidelines on this one. I think this is definitely one of the more entertaining threads around here lately
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PRAGUE— More than 15,000 Czechs follow the faith of the Star Wars movies' Jedi knights, official census data showed Thursday, while half of the country's 10.5 million people declined to list any religion.
"Many people adhered to the moral values of Jedi knights from the Star Wars saga," the Czech Statistical Office said in a statement, noting that the invented faith also had a strong following in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain.
It said 15,070 Czechs registered as Jedi knights in the census held in March, against 1,083,899 Roman Catholics and 707,649 people who said they believed in God but did not belong to any church.
"Fifteen thousand adherents, which is the size of a small town, is not a negligible social phenomenon," Stanislav Drapal, deputy head of the statistical office, told reporters.
In Prague, statisticians registered 3,977 Jedi knights, or 0.31 percent of the capital's population.
The lightsabre-wielding Jedi knights are an order of guardians of peace for the interplanetary Galactic Republic of the cult Star Wars series, known for their enhanced mind powers that allow them to harness "The Force" to control objects and influence others.
Their moral code has long struck a chord among fans of the films, some of whom over recent years have decided to live their lives according to the Jedi philosophy, which taps elements of several existing religions.
"We included this option (in the census form) despite a fierce debate over whether it's serious or not. But it's not up to statisticians to say what is or is not a religion," said Drapal.
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What's more, the movie is a romantic comedy. Anderson's three previous features (Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia) are all characterized by a distinctive loser's-lounge atmosphere. Punch-Drunk Love attempts to let some sunshine in, if barelyAnderson's fans won't be too surprised to learn that the mood is still a bit dark. Set in the bleak vastness of the San Fernando Valley, Punch-Drunk Love is essentially downbeat in its studied sight gags, fatalistic mantra of recurring riffs, and glum (if pratfall-prone) protagonist. A carefully conceived opening sequence sets the tone with Sandler's Barry Egan in an empty warehouse, seated at his desk and working the phone. His enigmatic business dealings are complemented by the vehicular weirdness on the street outside, which sets up his meet-cute with co-star Emily Watson.
A dealer in novelty plumbing supplies, unlucky in love, and henpecked by seven sisters, Barry is a mild-mannered doofus whose masked depression is apt to erupt in violent aggroas when, at a family gathering, he suddenly goes berserk and kicks in one sister's picture window. Barry has no depth, but his bland exterior is a container for unconscious unconscious desire. (His most frequent line is "I don't know.") It's no particular stretch for Sandler to play this Happy Gilmore type, although Anderson generally puts a lid on the star's trademark anticsthus adding another level of repression even as he emphasizes Sandler's iconic stature. (An iridescent blue sports coat and semi-crew haircut serve to reference Jerry Lewisas does Sandler's daring absence of chemistry with the nearly as eccentric Watson.)
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Although Punch-Drunk Love was evidently written with Sandler in mind, Anderson's immediate inspiration was the case of a California civil engineer who, by reading the fine print on a promotional coupon, discovered a loophole and managed to accrue over a million frequent flyer miles by purchasing only $3000 worth of Healthy Choice pudding. Nothing in Punch-Drunk Love has this level of obsessional complexityexcept perhaps the prolonged use of an annoyingly whimsical song from Robert Altman's Popeye. But the pudding scam does serve to establish Barry's unique, near autistic, perspective. He's as emotionally remote a figure as any of the Valley denizens in Magnolia.
Indeed, as resident sacred monster, Sandler seems isolated byas well as inthe movie. The cast is stocked with nonprofessionals, including most of the women who play Barry's sisters, and neither of the Anderson regularsLuis Guzmán and Philip Seymour Hoffmanwho have been drafted for the task seem to know how to engage the star. In the comic set piece, impressively shot in a single long take, lonesome Barry dials a phone-sex line for a conversation that reaches maximum absurdity with a climactic extortion. Anderson is a gifted director of actors, but Sandler, save for this majestic solo, barely reacts. Rather than a goofy throwaway, the scene becomes the motor that will set the movie's course to insure a climax in which the star goes ballistic.
Punch-Drunk Love has an admirable disdain for audience expectations. As offbeat comedies go, Anderson's is more stringent and less literary than Being John Malkovich or The Royal Tenenbaums, and the understated classicism is sometimes reminiscent of Albert Brooksalthough, needless to say, Brooks is far funnier. But then Anderson isn't really chasing laughs or Scorsese or (Olive Oyl's "He Needs Me" notwithstanding) Altman; his analytical style is a return to Hard Eight. He's running a reductive riff. (There's a lovely extended bit on the generic nature of Valley apartments.) Punch-Drunk Love is as perversely underwritten as Magnolia was deliberately overstuffed.
Unfortunately, this bold high concept only carries Punch-Drunk Love so far. (Perhaps it needs to be seen with diminished expectations to be fully appreciated.) As elegantly crafted as it often is, Anderson's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that, hampered by an undeveloped script, ultimately pulls up lame.
Also at the Film Festival this week (and opening theatrically Friday), Paul Greengrass's Bloody Sunday is a startlingly immediate re-creation of the January 1972 Derry massacre occasioned by an Irish protest held in defiance of a British ban.
Establishing the inevitable collision, Greengrass cuts back and forth between the spirited Irish Catholics preparing to march through their republican neighborhood and the grim, gray-faced British command making plans to stop them. The nominal protagonist is Protestant MP and pacifist civil rights leader Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt), who cheerfully orchestrates the march and then is overwhelmed by the unfolding catastrophe. All characters are encountered on the run. The movie is shot verité style as a detailed mass of hectic vignettesjagged jump cuts, sudden blackouts, overlapping everything. The "you are there" faux combat photography, a sequence that runs nearly three-quarters of an hour, is as remarkable in its staging as Black Hawk Down's, except that Bloody Sunday was shot largely on 16mm, Greengrass is frequently closer to the action, and here, for the most part, the victims are unarmed civilians. (Thirteen were killed and 14 wounded, although it feels like many more.)
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You won't be the first or last climber to swear by the Miura VS.
The La Sportiva Miura VS Vibram XS Edge Climbing Shoe has been helping climbers send and winning awards left and right since its creation. A combination of a Slingshot rand and Powerhinge System allows plenty of flex for smearing while maintaining lateral support for better edging performance.
- High asymmetrical curvature for precision footwork
- Slingshot rand maintains lateral support without making this shoe too stiff
- Powerhinge technology combines with the slingshot rand to make sure that, when you're weighted on an edge, the back half of the shoe stretches while the toes stay in place for grip
- Vibram XS Edge is resistant to deformation on super-sharp edges and won't creep when you're smearing
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Awesome super solid shoe!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
Height: 6'Weight: 170 lbsSize Purchased: 41.5
Bought this shoe as an all around shoe(except crack) and it has served the purpose. I have flat feet and the heel of the miura was a great fit. Anywhere from overhanging boulder problems to technical face problems these shoes excelled.
panitan jutaporn
Love it!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
Height: 5' 3"Weight: 117 lbsSize Purchased: 39.5
I have used them intensively in gym and outside. I got them 1.5 size down from my street shoes. Need like a month to break in, but after that... it's awesome! They are a bit more aggressive, not like all-day feel good shoes. I always take them of when I belay.
Sierra Durland
Hey Panitan! Welcome to the Backcountry Community!
Oliver M.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
Height: 6' 3"Weight: 210 lbsSize Purchased: 34
These are my favorite shoe. They fit perfectly for a nice stiff sole. They come off and on quickly for all that gym gyming and has good friction for grip.
Noah G.
Let's call it 4.8 Stars
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I love these shoes. Right out of the box these things edge like a dream and they break in to have amazing feel. They fit well, but this is perhaps where I deduct .2 stars. I have incredibly flat feet and its tough for me to find high-end climbing shoes that fit my heel as a result. Though the miuras do well, heel hooks tend to pull the shoes off my feet (which is surprising because they are very tight).
After 6 months of heavy use on tiny foot jibs, I'm starting to see some wear . Still as useful as day 1 though.
Great shoes!
- Fit: True to size
Great pair of shoes for people who have been climbing for a bit and are looking for something more aggressive. Good control, great for heel hooks!
Sierra Durland
Hey Nick! Welcome to the Backcountry Community! Keep gettin after it!
Liked them a lot... until
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have somewhat narrow feet, and tend to tighten the straps quite a lot. These shoes were great until the top strap broke (while on the rock!). I climb a few times a week, and they lasted 1.5 years... all in all... they're OK.
Jeff Koperek
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
41 for my everything shoe, 40.5 for an aggressive bouldering fit. they are fantastic and your heel will stick to anything you can throw it at. i have wide forefoot and it fits like a glove. understand it's an aggressive climbing shoe and will be tight. it goes to 11
Hi, I tried these on in store and the fit was godly, but I'm partial to laces, so I am tempted to go with the Miura XS lace-ups instead. However I've read that the VS are more downturned. Is this a big difference? I currently do mostly bouldering and slab with a pair of pretty flat 5.10s that I like (and need resoling, hence the new pair). Looking for something more downturned this time around, but not as downturned as solutions. Thanks!
Natalie Wall
My personal opinion is that the Miuras are the perfect intermediate between a flat pair of shoes (I had some 5.10 Anasazi's) and Solutions. The downturn is good, but manageable - making a noticeable difference on overhung boulder problems, but also ensuring you can still crush it on slab. Personally, I prefer my flatter shoes when I'm getting on slab, but mine (like yours) have holes, so it's not an option anymore :'(
I would definitely recommend the Miuras if you're looking for something with a little more downturn.
The Miura VS are definitely more downturned! Totally different shoe, for totally different sends!
Natalie Wall
Dean's Problem, LCC. Took the shoes out for the first time this weekend and loved them.
Natalie Wall
Gym time in on the shoes.
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Awesome picture Natalie !!!
I selected this image to feature on the Community Hub at the bottom of the Backcountry.com homepage! Congrats on being utterly GOATWORTHY !!
Natalie Wall
Thanks, Lexi!
Natalie Wall
Love them
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I ended up choosing the men's version over the female version due to comfort for my poor, fat feet. Comfort in a climbing shoe? Say wha? Does such a thing exist? I've really loved this shoe, and found it to be decently comfortable for the amount of aggression it has. Occasionally I'll take them off to give the toes a break, but for the most part I am fine staying in them for a couple hours at a time.
Lower velcro strap DOES get in the way of some serious toe-hooking, which is a bummer. However, I love the adjustment versatility of the three-stap velcro system. I have a wider foot box with a slimmer ankle, and have previously had issues finding a shoe that accommodated such.
Comfortable aggro shoe
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
As far as aggressive shoes go, this is certainly the most comfortable, beating out the futura, solution, katana, dragon, and testarossa (a close second.)
Sticky rubber wears fast on real rock, but grips very well on the most slippery of limestone crags.
Velcro system is supportive and easy to rip off when your dogs are screamin'.
Velcro system also wears prematurely, which kills the shoe. Those that climb delicate, almost vertical slab may want a lace-up or slipper. Crack kills...
No rubber over the toe, so delicate heel-hooking is more difficult.
If you re-sole, the testarossa has laces for durability and fine-tuning the fit; and a half-sole (lower cost of re-soling)
It sucks at heel hooking though.
For edges it's non-pareil, but accelerated wear may make the Futura a better option for steep edging and tiny pockets.
Stretches a full-size if you're a god, or half-a-size for mere mortals. Buy two save one for that project you've been talking about.
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I've had 4-5 of these bad boys, for steep sport I strongly recommend them. There are better options for bouldering and tiny edges on vertical faces.
Natalie Wall
Warning bee dance. Works every time.
Andrew K.
Not my favorite
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
Here is my review. I had the futuras love love loved them. Only thing wrong was the durability. I figured i would go with the miuras since i have seen and heard good things with the shoe. Jumped on the wall and liked it very much. I enjoyed really hard toeing along with heel hooks. Smearing was ok but the area where it really suffered was toe hooking. Man it was so bad that if you wanted a good toe hook you'd try to like get the velcro straps wedged in the hold it was bad. I put on my futuras for any problem with toe hooks or anything. Another concern for me was the durability of the straps. I like to keep my feet on the wall and hate to barn door or anything like that. IN the first month the inside of the straps were half way through and the metal hinge holding the strap was wearing out also. I put hockey tape on it to help but it wore through that in a month too. Here is my summary. If you are looking to get a nice all around gym shoe this will be perfect i would actually refer you to the regular lace up miuras. If you want a pure bouldering shoe just go with the solutions. I didnt want to get them but after my 3rd shoe i finally did. Save yourself time and money and get solutions for bouldering. They are a perfect mix of the miuras and the futuras and even more.
Emerson Takahashi
They even work on slab!
Natalie Wall
Heck yeah!!
Sam G
Great gym shoe, just not for roof work
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I use this as my gym and local bouldering shoe (Central Park, other spots in NYC) and it excels for that kind of use, where I am primarily smearing and edging. My only complaint is that it sucks for roof work, more than you would expect from a leather top shoe. The lowest velcro strap interferes on large toe hooks, the synthetic material slipping off of everything. However, this is very minor for long gym routes and traverses and you definitely won't regret it for edging.
Michael Levesque
Awesome bouldering shoe
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I just recently got these shoes and I have to say after using them a few times they are unbelievable. Shoe fits perfectly to my street shoe size which is a 9 1/2 and the 42.5 are like a glove no reason to go smaller or larger with these Climbing shoes. Its more on the stiffer side so the brake in period might take you a couple weeks. However the shoe will stretch so don't be discouraged when you slip your foot into it for the first time. Edging, heel and toe hooks are great in these but smearing walls with them I am finding a little tough at least as of now. I am an intermediate climbing and the aggressive arch isn't that bad at least for me also the knuckle box feels more comfortable than most shoes. At least in my own opinion. Great shoe for just about anything you can throw at it. Finally it as really good rubber on it. Could not be happier with my purchase. Thanks BackCountry for fast and speedy service.
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Tiny Dancer
Amazing shoe
- Gender: Male
- Fit: True to size
I've just bought this and it is an amazing all around shoe.
I've just like to add that after changing the shoes with 2,5 sizes down, those were too small to a point that they were painful to wear so I changed them back with the previous 2 sizes down pair. So for me, one that wears 43,5 EU (10,5 US), 2 sizes down 41,5 EU (8.5+) is the right size.
James Barnett
This is an awesome shoe!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: Runs large
This is an amazing shoe for bouldering, steep sport climbing and steep face climbing alike. Stiffer than the lace up, less stretch, therefore I wear a size up and still get great performance. (41.2 in lace up - 42.5 in VS[I have fairly wide]). The only downside that I have experienced with these shoes is that the Velcro straps tend to wear down relatively quickly where they pass through the metal slot.


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By Tyrone Richardson, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.
Jun. 16–This is usually the time to decide whether to prepay for home heating oil.
But with oil prices skyrocketing, many Lehigh Valley heating oil dealers are not offering the option yet. Some aren't sure if they will at all this year.
Heating oil prices averaged about $4.50 a gallon last week among Lehigh Valley dealers, up more than 70 percent from last year's prepay average of about $2.60.
"We as a company do not have a plan to offer [prepay] yet for this year," said Dave Loikits, president of Loikits Oil and Heating Co. in Whitehall Township. "We do it every year, but this year we have mixed feelings about it."
Prepaying lets customers pay for oil in advance. Most oil dealers then buy the oil on futures contracts and deliver it to homes over the course of the year. Some oil dealers will buy the oil now and store it in tanks until winter.
Customers prepaying are betting that heating oil prices will be lower in the spring and summer — when they are not heating their homes — than the following winter when the furnace fires up.
The hesitancy of local dealers to offer customers the option of buying heating oil in advance underscores the volatility of oil prices and the market disruptions it causes.
Some dealers are worried about buying large blocks of oil at high prices out of fear they won't find customers to lock in early. Others are simply waiting to see if they can offer a better prepay price later in the summer on the chance oil prices will drop.
But predicting the price of oil is a complicated guessing game that can befuddle experienced financial analysts, let alone the average person simply heating his home.
Rising demand from developing nations like China and India plays a role in the equation. Weather is another consideration. Hurricanes could disrupt production at refineries, causing prices to rise. A warm winter could decrease demand, causing heating oil prices to drop. In addition, the political climate of oil-rich nations in the Middle East can affect supply and prices.
And recently, investor speculation has driven up oil prices. Some investors turned to oil to protect themselves against the weak dollar, and the flurry caused oil prices to shoot up.
Generally, heating oil dealers offer a prepay plan in the months of May, June and July when oil prices tend to be at their lowest. But many local heating oil dealers say current prices are too high to get customers to commit.
Energy analysts are divided on whether crude oil prices will take a tumble or continue to rise. Crude oil is the No. 1 ingredient in home heating oil, and is the predominant factor that determines its price.
At $135 a barrel on Friday, the price of oil has decreased from a record $139 a week earlier. But oil is still trading at more than double what it was last year.
David Bednarski, president of EnergyWeb Solutions, an Allentown company that helps manage the Web sites of about a dozen local oil dealers, said none of his clients has offered the prepay option yet.
"This is the first time in four years that they are not eager to offer the prepay or they're just holding off on it," he said.
As an alternate to prepay, some oil dealers are pushing their budget plans, which would allow the customer to spread their heating oil costs over a 12-month cycle rather than making lump payments for each tank fill-up.
For Loikits, the price of oil has driven him to put the prepay option on hold as he holds out hope that prices will drop in coming months.
The wait also continues for Bruce Ebert, president of Pipeline Petroleum, Macungie.
"We feel there is an opportunity later on this summer," Ebert said.
At Harned-Durham Oil Co. and Oil Discounters in Upper Milford Township, the prepay program has been offered sporadically because managers were unsure customers would lock into the plan with the higher prices.
The company purchased 84,000 gallons and offered a prepay rate of $3.69 per gallon and sold out in May. They later purchased an additional 84,000 gallons at $3.99 a gallon and sold out as well.
"It is a very difficult situation and we can't go out there and buy an overwhelming amount and the price slides and we're stuck with it," said Mike Harned, the company's president. "Years ago it would be no problem, but the price just isn't the same."
Harned has suspended the prepay plan as prices have continued to rise. He currently has a list of a few hundred customers who are willing to commit to prepay when the plan reopens.
"What we are telling customers is that we are not currently offering it, but when [prices] come back we are offering it again," he said.
At Yeager's Fuel in Allentown, president Tony Malandra said he was reluctant to offer the prepay plan, but he eventually did because long-time customers wanted to do it.
His prepay rate is $4.29.
"Some customers are coming in with no questions asked and buying the plan, while others are saying it will go down and they don't want the rate," Malandra said.
Regardless of the price, some oil dealers said customers prefer the plan as routine.
"There are customers who would probably pay at any price because they like the idea of the prepay," Loikits said. "They want to just pay it and get it behind them for the year. It's one less bill"
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death record #29 of Don Salvatore - which is in two files
i have a couple of questions re: names and am interested in your thoughts:
1. would Don Francesco be the actual name or would Don be a title of respect? (he has a twin brother Don Salvatore)
2. same question re: father's name Don Gabriele
3. Mother's name - Donna Maddelena same question- would her name be Donna Maddelena or is the Donna a title of respect? what is her last name? is her last name de Fillippo(not sure of the spelling) OR is she the daughter of Fillippo(?)
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Put condensed tomato soup, sugar, vinegar, and oil into blender container.
Cover and process at CHOP until well blended.
Pour into saucepan and add green pepper, celery, and onion.
Bring to a boil.
Turn hot carrots into a bowl and pour hot sauce over carrots; cover tightly and chill overnight or longer.
Store no longer than a week in refrigerator.
When ready to serve, garnish with parsley.
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The Traxdata MultiMediaDrive is an external backup drive, designed to help you get media files off your PC and into your TV.
Traxdata has seen the writing on the wall and realised there's little profit to be made from flogging gigabytes alone. It's therefore exploring new avenues, most notably ways to get all the content originally stored on your PC and now duly backed up to an external drive so you can easily access it.
Since the bulk of the 500GB of data you can store on the Traxdata MultiMediaDrive is likely to be music, photos and videos, the logic is you'll want a way to enjoy them again now they're no longer clogging up your PC.
The principle has already been tried with network-attached storage (NAS). But for most home users, it's either too complex to muck about with setting up a network drive that still doesn't let you get at your stuff directly, or simply not what's wanted. Instead, we should be flicking through our home video clip collections and movies we've siphoned off the web on TVs, from the comfort of our sofa and with remote control in had.
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To get content on to the Traxdata MultiMediaDrive, you first need to load it up from your PC. There's a rather bland interface called Playlist Manager, using which you drag-and-drop items into the photo and video folders.
You can set preferences for playback here - one way you can avoid having to view the so-so photos in your collection along with those you deem worthy of public display. After this, you must unplug the Traxdata MultiMediaDrive and attach it to the screen on which you want to view your content.
The onscreen menu here is more attractive than the PC one and simply lets you dive into the folder you need and initiate playback or allows you to scroll through thumbnail previews of images to select those you want. Playback can only be controlled via the Traxdata MultiMediaDrive's slimline remote control which has an odd array of keys.
The remote control can be stashed on the underside of the Traxdata MultiMediaDrive, becuase its stand is recessed for this purpose. The drive is a hulking, rather industrial metal, but at least has the advantage that it operates quietly and stays cool. The MultiMediaDrive comes with an HDMI port and, in theory at least, can display video at resolutions of up to 1080. We played a DivX-encoded HD copy of Battlestar Galactica on our HD-ready TV and found it played pretty flawlessly. However, the range of formats supported isn't the widest we've seen, excluding even Mpeg4 and H.264 support.


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The State Teachers' Union has requested the government to increase loan limit from AP Employees Welfare Fund to Rs. 1 lakh for emergency needs. President of the union K. Narasimha Reddy and general secretary Punna Kumar said in a statement on Sunday said the present limit of Rs. 50,000 for needs like higher education, health, housing and marriage of employees' children is too little.
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WHO urges stiff regulatory curbs on e-cigarettes
The World Health Organization (WHO) stepped up its war on "Big Tobacco" on Tuesday, calling for stiff regulation of electronic cigarettes as well as bans on indoor use, advertising and sales to minors. In a long-awaited report that will be debated by member states at a meeting in October in Moscow, the United Nations health agency also voiced concern at the concentration of the $3 billion market in the hands of transnational tobacco companies. Read more
New recommendations for overweight people with heart risks
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight patients with risk factors for heart disease should be sent by their doctors for "intensive behavioral counseling" about diet or exercise, according to new recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). That includes overweight people with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, 'metabolic syndrome' or blood sugar levels higher then normal and on the cusp of type 2 diabetes.
Liberian doctor who received rare Ebola drug ZMapp dies
A Liberian doctor who treated victims of an Ebola epidemic and then contracted the disease himself has died even though he was given the experimental drug ZMapp, Liberia's information minister said on Monday. Abraham Borbor's death could curb optimism about the drug that mounted last week when two U.S. aid workers who caught Ebola in Liberia were declared free of the virus after receiving the same treatment at a hospital in the
United States.
E-cigarettes may be tempting non-smoking youths to smoke: CDC study
Electronic cigarettes may be more tempting to non-smoking youths than conventional cigarettes, and once young people have tried e-cigarettes they are more inclined to give regular cigarettes a try, U.S. researchers said on Monday. A report,released by a team at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lends evidence to the argument that electronic cigarettes encourage youth smoking.
Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana states
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers aren't sure why, but in the 23 U.S. states where medical marijuana has been legalized, deaths from opioid overdoses have decreased by almost 25%, according to a new analysis. "Most of the discussion on medical marijuana has been about its effect on individuals in terms of reducing pain or other symptoms," said lead author Dr. Marcus Bachhuber in an email to Reuters Health. "The unique contribution of our study is the finding that medical marijuana laws and policies may have a broader impact on public health."
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China police seize 30,000 tonnes of tainted chicken feet
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Russian food safety regulator shuts fifth McDonald's restaurant
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- Introduction
- Land
- People
- Economy
- Government and society
- Cultural life
- History
- The archipelago: its prehistory and early historical records
- Indonesian "Hinduism"
- The Malay kingdom of Srivijaya-Palembang
- Central Java from c. 700 to c. 1000
- Eastern Java and the archipelago from c. 1000 to c. 1300
- The Majapahit era
- Islamic influence in Indonesia
- Expansion of European influence
- Dutch rule from 1815 to c. 1920
- Toward independence
- Independent Indonesia to 1965
- Indonesia from the coup to the end of the New Order
- Indonesia after Suharto
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
The consistent monsoon climate and almost even distribution of rainfall in Indonesia make it possible for the same types of crops to be grown throughout the country. Less than one-fifth of the total land surface, however, is devoted to crop cultivation. Most agricultural land is dedicated to rice or to various cash crops. Intensive cultivation is restricted to Java, Bali, Lombok, and certain areas of Sumatra and Celebes. In Java much of the land of the northern coastal and central plains is planted with rice. In the drier section of eastern Java, crops such as corn (maize), cassava, sweet potatoes, peanuts (groundnuts), and soybeans dominate the small farms, although such cash crops as tobacco and coffee also are grown on plantations.
Development in Sumatra and in the outer islands is less intensive and consists primarily of estate-raised cash crops. Sumatra accounts for a major portion of the total area under estate production, and most plantations are located in the island's northeastern coastal region. Around Medan there are extensive plantations producing tobacco, rubber, palm oil, kapok, tea, cloves, and coffee, none of which is native to the region. Rice, corn, and cassava are grown in the Padang area in the west and around the oil fields near Palembang in the southeast.
Since the late 20th century there has been a shift from rice toward less-demanding subsistence crops, such as cassava. Rice has remained the cornerstone of small-scale agriculture, however, and increased production of it has been an important aim of every economic development plan. The government intervenes in the marketing of rice to maintain production at an economically viable level. Various "mass guidance" (bimbingan massal) schemes to broaden the availability of credit and to promote the use of fertilizers and high-yielding varieties have increased rice output. Although the country is self-sufficient in rice production, there has been a persistent tendency since the late 1990s to import additional rice.
Private enterprises have joined the government in developing Indonesia's palm oil and sugar industries, as well as its fisheries. Large-scale agribusiness is becoming a more important component of the country's economy, with increasing government investment. Export of cultivated shrimp from sizable farms in western Java and southern Sumatra has been a boon to middle-sized businesses. Milkfish also are bred through aquaculture. Scad, tuna, and mackerel are the primary products of open-sea fishing.
Indonesia has some of the world's largest tracts of exploitable tropical forest, especially in Kalimantan and Papua. There are several small areas of deciduous forest and plantations (mostly teak), but most of the trees are evergreen tropical hardwoods. The production of plywood and veneers has become important for both domestic consumption and export. Major timber operations are located primarily in Kalimantan, but logging also occurs on the other large islands; legitimate companies as well as illegal loggers target certain species, such as meranti (a subspecies of the genus Shorea), which yields an easily workable, relatively lightweight reddish wood. Teak is extracted mainly from Java.
Since the 1960s the timber industry has grown rapidly, but it has caused considerable damage through deforestation. Also a threat to the environment are frequent large-scale forest fires, most of which stem from "slash-and-burn" (swidden) subsistence agriculture or government clearing for plantations; these fires not only destroy vast areas of vegetation but also generate haze that frequently reaches as far as Singapore and peninsular Malaysia. Deforestation and air quality issues prompted environmentalists to urge the Indonesian government to curtail clear-cutting of trees, to control burning, and to implement reforestation programs.
Resources and power
Indonesia has a large, and in many cases unprospected, variety of mineral deposits. Mining, including the extraction of oil and natural gas, accounts for roughly one-tenth of the country's GDP, and through exports and taxation it contributes substantially to foreign-exchange earnings and development. The mining industry employs only a tiny fraction of the workforce, however.
Fossil fuels, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, constitute a major source of revenue. They are produced primarily in Sumatra and Kalimantan and from offshore sites in the Java and South China seas. Although refinery production since 1968 has been in the hands of the government-owned petroleum company Pertamina, foreign oil companies operate under a production-sharing formula. Under this arrangement, the ownership of oil resources remains with the government of Indonesia, and the foreign companies act as contractors, supplying the necessary capital. Since the last decades of the 20th century, Indonesia has greatly expanded its production of coal, to become one of the world's leading exporters. The sale of liquefied natural gas is also increasingly important.
In addition to its hydrocarbon reserves, Indonesia's mineral resources contribute significantly to the economy. The country is one of the world's largest producers of tin, deposits of which are found on the islands of Bangka, Singkep, and Belitung and off the southwestern shore of Kalimantan. Bauxite is mined mostly on the Riau Islands and in western Kalimantan and is processed at an aluminum smelter—the first in Southeast Asia—at Kualatanjung in northern Sumatra. Celebes, Halmahera and other islands of the Moluccas, and Papua are sources of nickel. Manganese is present in central Java and on Sumatra, Kalimantan, Celebes, and Timor. Major copper deposits are mined in the Jayawijaya Mountains of Papua; smaller deposits have been found in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, and Celebes. Most of Indonesia's gold comes from Papua.
The bulk of Indonesia's electrical power is generated from fossil fuels. Until the late 20th century, the majority of the country's power was provided by oil or gas. As the government stepped up its production of coal, however, it also strove to increase the domestic use of that resource. By the early 21st century, less than half the country's power stations were fueled by oil or gas. Many plants were coal-driven, some were hydroelectric, and a small portion of plants were powered by geothermal sources.
1Has limited legislative authority.
|Official name
|Republik Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia)
|Form of government
|multiparty republic with two legislative houses (Regional Representatives Council1 [132]; House of Representatives [560])
|Head of state and government
|President: Joko Widodo
|Official language
|Official religion
|Monetary unit
|rupiah (Rp)
|(2014 est.) 252,556,000
|Total area (sq mi)
|Total area (sq km)
|Urban-rural population
|Urban: (2010) 44.3%
Rural: (2010) 55.7%
|Life expectancy at birth
|Male: (2012) 69.1 years
Female: (2012) 74.3 years
|Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate
|Male: (2010) 95.8%
Female: (2010) 91.5%
|GNI per capita (U.S.$)
|(2013) 3,580


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Suspended game resumes, Braves beat Mets 7-5 in 10
The Braves took a 5-3 lead in the eighth on a two-run single by pinch-hitter Evan Gattis. The Mets evened it in the bottom half against Varvaro, who struggled to get a good grip but threw a wild pitch that let the tying run score.
The game was suspended after a 75-minute delay. The start was delayed by rain for 16 minutes.
Uggla hit a solo homer in the Atlanta seventh that made it 3-all. Buck had also connected.
NOTES: Gonzalez said RHP Brandon Beachy (Tommy John surgery in 2012) is "progressing well." Beachy pitched four innings and gave up two runs Friday night in a Triple-A rehab start. ... Atlanta RHP Jordan Walden (shoulder inflammation) threw a side session Friday and will have another one Sunday. ... The clubs combined TV crews to show the resumption, with Mets announcer Keith Hernandez working with Braves broadcaster Joe Simpson. The regularly scheduled game was a Fox national game.
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Swinging Medallions at the Pier
Head out to Tybee Island, Georgia this September 2nd to listen to the "Party Band of the South", The Swinging Medallions, rock out on the Tybee Island Pier and Pavilion! Party starts at 7pm and the fireworks begin around 9. This is always a fun event and this year will be no exception! See you there! Just a reminder, be sure to read the details of using parking kiosks and meters below to make sure you don't get a ticket! Remember, there is no free parking on the island.


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Big bike ride coming through Lamorinda
By scarney
Thursday, December 29th, 2011 at 5:21 pm in Lamorinda.
If you are one of the local drivers who can't stand when there are bicyclists riding on the roads, you may want to avoid parts of Lafayette and Moraga on Jan. 28.
On the other hand, if you love biking, check out the group Cycling4Fun. They have a ride scheduled for Jan. 28 that will start and end in Castro Valley, looping through Moraga and Lafayette.
The ride will start at 9:00 a.m. with bikers dropping into Moraga from Canyon some time in the late morning hours. The group will turn right onto St. Mary's Road, taking them into Lafayette, where they will turn right on Glenside and follow that out of Lafayette via Olympic Boulevard.
For more information, visit http://cycling4fun.com/2011/castro-valley-moragadanville-loop-2/.
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Thanks, but no thanks! That's what Lisa Kudrow told producers of the new "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff after she read the pilot script - and backed out of her decision to join the show's cast.
Lisa was clamoring to get back on a top-rated TV series after the failure of her HBO series "The Comeback."
But the former "Friends" star quickly realized she wasn't going to be happy with her role on the "Grey's" spinoff.
"The bottom line is that she didn't want to play second banana to Kate Walsh," said a source. "Lisa was in one of the most successful ensemble shows of all time, and what she really wants is to be the star of her own series."
Lisa's departure opened the door for "Judging Amy" star Amy Brenneman, who will replace Lisa in the highly anticipated ABC series. Pick up this week's ENQUIRER for more details!


text: Several of us went to the Michigan Coaches clinic and were able to watch the practices and drills. The first day was shorts and helmets, second day was full pads, and third day was scrimmage. Of course, the players need to continue to work hard and keep on developing, but this is what we saw so far this spring. If season started today: Warren (CB), Trent (CB). Michigan's starting Cornerbacks