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MOBILE, Ala. -- The disabled cruise ship Triumph has entered Mobile Bay and is out of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Carnival ship entered the bay about 4 p.m. Central time Thursday. The ship is still about 30 miles from the cruise terminal in Mobile. It's expected to arrive there late Thursday. The bay is tricky to navigate because of turns and cross currents.
A Sunday fire in the ship's engine room cut power to the ship,leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. Passengers have been complaining about terrible conditions on board, with feces and urine on the floor, a lack of food and electrical power. Some passengers were sleeping in tents outside to escape sweltering temperatures in overheated cabins.
"Under normal operation, if the ship had normal power... that transit would normally take three hours," Thornton said. "But because of the circumstances with the power of the ship, we are expecting the transit to take somewhere between seven and 10 hours."
As the ship came within sight of shore Thursday afternoon, Renee Shanar, of Houston, on board with her husband, said Carnival told passengers that they won't make port until midnight.
ALSO ONLINE: Families of Carnival Triumph passengers 'furious'
Shanar said passengers have food, but toilets aren't flushing. She said some people have food poisoning, and older people have fallen and injured themselves.
Family members awaiting the Triumph are just as angry and frustrated.
"It's been a nightmare for me and my wife, and (our experience) is nothing compared to what they are experiencing on ship,'' says Rickey Felts, 55, of Houston. Felts drive seven hours to be here when the Triumph arrives. His daughter, Ashlie, had been excited to take the cruise. That changed when the engine room fire disabled the ship.
"She called me up screaming. She said it's horrible,'' Felts said. "She said they were handing out poop bags, and that was her exact words, and telling them to
pee in the showers."
Mike Padilla arrived in Mobile from Houston Wednesday night to meet his wife, Kerry, when the Triumph arrives. The trip was a surprise gift for Kerry's 40th birthday. She went with her mother, sister and two friends.
Mike Padilla was able to speak to Kerry at about noon Thursday and said she was handling the situation well. "She said they were peeing in the bathtub and crapping in bags. She said it was awesome," Padilla said. "She said it was like a tent city, that it was like a big camping trip for her. "She said they were still having fun and still trying to make the best of it."
Thornton said pilots to navigate the channel into the port, the United States Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Carnival staff, will board the ship in the coming hours. He expects debarkation to begin immediately after the gangway is secured to the Triumph without need for passengers to go through customs.
"I just want caution everybody that this is going to be a long day," Thornton said. "This is not a process that's going to happen fast, and there's no way that we can speed up the process to actually get the ship alongside sooner. So just understand that it's going to be a long day as we get the ship alongside, but we are making every effort we can to get the ship alongside here in Mobile as quickly as possible."
Passengers have been more comfortable during this final day because of deliveries made to the ship, Thornton said. "That happened last night, and the ship is in excellent shape now. They will be fully provisioned to provide all food services to guests, Certainly until the time the ship docks this evening."
Carnival dispatched a third tugboat Wednesday to help tow the ship into port.
Carnival has nearly 200 employees in Mobile to help prepare for the ship's arrival.
News of earlier mechanical problems on the Triumph also surfaced. The ship's mid-day departure from Galveston on Jan. 28 was delayed until about 8 p.m. due to propulsion issues. But Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen told The Associated Press that the problem with the ship's alternator was repaired and didn't appear to be linked to Sunday's fire. The Triumph is one of the older ships in Carnival's fleet of 24 vessels.
Amid horrific reports of overflowing toilets and a stench so powerful it was making people sick, Carnival CEO Gerry Cahill said the cruise line is making passengers aboard the disabled ship as comfortable as possible, but acknowledged conditions on board the ship are "challenging."
Cahill said late Tuesday that the ship has running water and most of its 23 public restrooms and some of the guest cabin bathrooms are working. He downplayed the possibility of an outbreak of disease from unsanitary conditions, saying the ship hasn't seen an abnormal number of people reporting to the infirmary as being ill.
"No one here from Carnival is happy about the conditions on board the ship," Cahill said. "We obviously are very, very sorry about what is taking place."
David Olsen, 60, of Beaumont, Texas, drove to Mobile to await the ship."My wife and sister-in-law have been treated like animals for the last four days," he said Wednesday.
"I have not heard from my wife since Monday and do not know if she's OK. I'm tired of the way Carnival is treating her. They were having to poop in trash bags," said Olsen, a recently retired oil company worker.
He said that he heard passengers had to sleep on decks, in lounge chairs. His wife, Esther, told him they were able to stake out chairs early and make sure nobody stole them - chairs are hot items. Some people were sleeping on the ground.
"They had ships going by there. Why couldn't they take some people off (the ship)?" David Olsen asked.
Communication with passengers has been spotty since Monday due to lack of cellphone service, but passenger Ann Barlow texted ABC News that conditions were worsening.
"Elderly and handicap are struggling, the smell is gross," the message read. "Our room is leaking sewage."
Jimmy Mowlam of Warren, Texas, last heard from his son, Rob Mowlam, who got married on board the ship, on Monday evening.
"He said everyone was up on the deck trying to get some air. It looked like a shantytown, but generally, everyone was in good spirits, trying to make the best of a bad situation," Mowlam told USA TODAY. "Of course, that was two days ago."
Carnival has reserved 1,500 hotel rooms in New Orleans to accommodate customers who want to rest overnight Thursday before continuing home. The cruise line also has chartered planes to ferry passengers on Friday. Passengers who prefer to get back to Houston or Galveston on Thursday will be bused from Mobile.
The U.S. Coast Guard, along with a team from the National Transportation Safety Board, has opened an investigation into the cause of the fire. The NTSB said the Bahamas Maritime Agency will lead the investigation because the ship carries a Bahamian flag.
"We have investigators who are mariners as well," said NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway, and an expert in finding the cause of fires. "They have investigated other fires on cruise ships."
Although the blaze was contained, Carnival said, it knocked out the power that runs air conditioning, elevators and toilets in passenger areas and kitchen equipment used to prepare hot meals.
The vessel's freshwater system was knocked down until Monday, Carnival said, when toilets in some areas of the ship were working again. Enough power was restored to allow for some hot food at a buffet.
Still, conditions have remained difficult, with passengers relaying stories of long lines for meals and people sleeping on open decks.
After evaluating options on Monday, the cruise line decided to tow the ship back to port, Gulliksen said. Because Carnival ships tend to sail full, there may have been no space to accommodate passengers on other ships, retired cruise line executive Art Sbarsky surmised.
"Given a choice, I'd rather be on a ship the size of Triumph than bobbing around in a (life boat)," Sbarsky said.
Jay Herring, a former senior officer for Carnival Cruise Lines, said one of the biggest concerns crew members will have until the ship docks is the potential for disease outbreak, particularly norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea.
"Housekeeping, others are probably working double shifts to keep the mess clean and wipe down and sanitize all the common areas," said Herring, who worked for Carnival from 2002 to 2004 and spent four months on the Triumph.
It emerged Tuesday that the ship had been listing about 4.5 degrees on Monday, which Carnival attributed to strong winds.
Gulliksen said the list diminished to about 2 degrees Tuesday after tugboats began towing the vessel. The listing poses no safety risk, Carnival said.
The ship was 150 miles from the coast of Mexico when it lost power, and Carnival initially planned to tow it to the Mexican port of Progreso, but strong currents pushed the ship 90 miles north by the time tugs reached the vessel, making a tow to Alabama more logical.
None of the 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew on board the Carnival Triumph was injured during the fire, and only one medical issue has since been reported.
On Monday, a passenger in need of dialysis was transferred to the Carnival Legend for transport to Cozumel, Mexico. Arriving Monday afternoon, the Legend also provided meals for passengers on the Triumph - and a chance for some passengers to communicate with home.
But the lack of communication has frustrated families anxious about their loved ones.
"It's stressful," Danny Price of Oklahoma told Tulsa's KJRH-TV of not being able to talk to his wife and other relatives on the vessel. "I'd like to hear from her and know that she's all right and being taken care of."
Travel agent Monte Akers of CruiseOne in Houston said he hasn't heard from a family of six he had booked on the sailing, but he said he was impressed with how Carnival was handling the situation so far.
Within hours of the fire, Carnival announced that passengers on the ship would get full refunds, and it later added a credit for a future cruise.
"Typically when these things happen, cruise lines will give vouchers for only a portion of the cruise," Akers said.
Carnival will offer full refunds to passengers booked on upcoming cancelled cruises, along with discounts for a future cruise.
The company said concerned family members of passengers can call 888-290-5095 or 305-406-5534.
The Carnival Triumph fire is just the latest in a string of serious incidents involving cruise ships. The most serious was the capsizing of the Costa Concordia in January 2012 in Italy that left 32 passengers dead.


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WADDINGTON - A statue of St. Mary was knocked over and smashed Monday night or early Tuesday morning in an apparent act of vandalism in front of St. Marys Church, 34 Oak St.
State Police are investigating the incident, but have not determined the cause of the damage. State Police said they are not ruling out an act of nature.
The Rev. Monsignor Harry K. Snow said he was made aware of the statues condition just before Tuesdays 8:30 a.m. mass after one of the parishioners noticed the damage.
The church immediately reported the damage to the state police.
Its a heinous crime, and theres no justification for it, Msgr. Snow said.
Msgr. Snow said there is no indication yet of why the statue was damaged, and he ruled out an act of nature. Citing some recent, strong storms in the area, Msgr. Snow said he didnt believe any gusts of wind Monday night could have knocked the statue off its base.
The statue, which sits in the church yard near the intersection of Oak Street and Route 37, was knocked off its base and split into several pieces.
It represents our blessed mother, Msgr. Snow said of the statue. The church was named after the blessed mother. You might think its just a piece of stone, but theres a whole theology behind that.
The statue was donated by Mary Monihon of Louisville in 1959 in memory of her family, Sister Jennifer L. Votraw, Diocese of Ogdensburg spokeswoman, said.
Its just wanton destruction, Sr. Votraw said.
Msgr. Snow said the church will try to repair the statue if at all possible.
Sr. Votraw said the statue may prove hard to repair thanks to the type of damage that was done. The head of the statue was knocked off and the face was chipped.
Parishioners take it to heart, Msgr. Snow said. One of them was crying when she spoke with me on the phone today.
Msgr. Snow said he hopes the perpetrator of the crime will be found soon.
The community is small enough so someone might have a hint and come forward, he said.
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Corder Leads Women's Soccer Past Jackrabbits, 3-2
BROOKINGS, S.D. - Powered by three second half goals, including two from junior Kirstyn Corder, the Creighton women's soccer team defeated South Dakota State 3-2 on Friday, Aug. 22. Creighton moved to 1-0-0 in 2014 with the victory, while South Dakota State fell to 0-1-0.
The win kept Creighton unblemished against the Jackrabbits as the Bluejays improved their series record to 9-0-1 with SDSU.
The two squads spent much of the first half feeling each other out, combining for just 11 shots in the period. South Dakota State fired the first blow in the opening five minutes, but sophomore Danielle Rice was there for the save. SDSU held a 6-5 advantage on shots taken in a scoreless first period.
With the nerves set aside in the opening period, the tenor of the match changed quickly in the second half. The Jackrabbits struck first in the 56th minute as Diana Potterveld collected a deflected shot by Rice and hammered home her second try to give SDSU a 1-0 lead.
Senior Stephanie Anasi found Corder with just a glimpse of daylight in the 66th minute to pull the Bluejays even. Anasi's pass kept Corder one step in front of two defenders, then she beat the keeper for the equalizer.
Creighton seized its first lead in the 72nd minute as junior Alyssa Jara knocked home a goal from over 20 yards out, sending the ball to the top right corner of the net.
South Dakota State didn't wait long to answer as the Jackrabbits pulled even at 2-2 on a goal from Shelby Raper, taking a cross from Potterveld and slicing it to the right past Rice.
Junior Jill Richgels took the game for the Bluejays in the 83rd minute as she brought the ball from the Creighton defensive end along the right side then sent a crossing pass to the left edge of the goal box. Corder one-touched the ball into the net for her second goal of the contest and the eventual game-winner.
Creighton outshot South Dakota State 14-11 in the second half and 19-17 for the game. The Bluejays also held a 5-0 edge on corner kicks.
The Bluejays return to the pitch on Sunday, Aug. 24 as Creighton begins its 2014 home schedule against Incarnate Word at 1:00 p.m.


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theKompany released today a free (as in beer; no charge for the download) Ogg Vorbis format CD ripper. Binaries for several Linux and a few MS versions are available.
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Do any of those rip to mp3?
I rip my Ogg's with the built-in ripper in KDE. That one is set to rip from my SCSI cdrom. I use Arson to rip from my DVD drive. Both apps work just fine. Are there any really special features in this that might make it worth downloading?
I took me many tries to get into their ftp site... If you can't get it you can dowload it off of my site all though I got a slow upstream speed.
I downloaded the Win9x version to give it a quick test. I can say that the Win9x version still needs some work. If you specify the directory for it to rip to, it will go through the whole process and then all you have is an empty folder. If you let it rip to the root of the c drive, it rips properly. Strange.
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The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the short-term safety and potential efficacy of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) for treatment of hyperlipidemia in HIV-infected patients who are taking Kaletra, a protease inhibitor (PI) that is commonly used in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
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This is a single-arm, open-label, 8-week "proof of concept" pilot study in 20 subjects to determine if there are detectable lipid-lowering effects of oyster mushrooms in patients with HIV and hyperlipidemia who are taking Kaletra (a ritonavir-containing HAART regimen). The study will also assess whether the concurrent administration of oyster mushrooms and such regimens is safe, and investigate the mechanism of action whereby oyster mushrooms may exert their antihyperlipidemic effect.
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Inclusion criteria:
- Documented HIV infection (positive ELISA and Western Blot or measurable plasma HIV RNA).
- Taking Kaletra (ritonavir/lopinavir), a ritonavir-containing antiretroviral therapy, for at least 12 weeks
- Elevated non-HDL cholesterol >= 160 mg/dl as defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines (within 30 days of enrollment)
- AST or ALT <2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) within 30 days of study entry.
Exclusion criteria:
- Currently receiving antihyperlipidemic treatment (e.g., statins, fibrates, bile sequestrants, niacin)
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Documented history of myopathy or myalgias on HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
- Documented history of rhabdomyolysis
- Documented diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00069524
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Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH):
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
Oyster mushrooms
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12 U.S. Code § 635e - Aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority
(a) Limitation on outstanding amounts
(1) In general
The Export-Import Bank of the United States shall not have outstanding at any one time loans, guarantees, and insurance in an aggregate amount in excess of the applicable amount.
(2) Applicable amount
In paragraph (1), the term "applicable amount" means—
(E) during fiscal year 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2011; [1] and
(F) during fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, $120,000,000,000, except that—
(i) the applicable amount for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014 shall be $130,000,000,000 if—
(I) the Bank has submitted a report as required by section 4(a) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012; and
(ii) notwithstanding clause (i), the applicable amount for fiscal year 2014 shall be $140,000,000,000 if—
(I) the rate calculated under section 635g (g)(1) of this title is less than 2 percent for the quarter ending with the beginning of the fiscal year, or for any quarter in the fiscal year;
(II) the Bank has submitted a report as required by subsection (b) ofsection 5 of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012, except that the preceding provisions of this subclause shall not apply if the Comptroller General has not submitted the report required by subsection (a) of such section 5 on or before July 1, 2013; and
(b) Presidential determination
(1) In general
Not later than March 31 of each fiscal year, the President of the United States shall determine whether the authority available to the Bank for such fiscal year will be sufficient to meet the Bank's needs, particularly those needs arising from—
(A) increases in the level of exports unforeseen at the time of the original budget request for such fiscal year;
(2) Request for legislation
(A) In general
If the President of the United States finds that the amount of direct loan authority or guarantee authority available to the Bank for the fiscal year involved exceeds the amount which will be necessary to carry out the Bank's functions consistent with the availability of qualified applications and limitations imposed by law during such year, the President of the United States shall promptly transmit to the Congress a request for legislation to eliminate the amount of such excess direct loan, loan guarantee, or insurance authority.
[1] So in original. "2011" probably should be followed by a comma and a dollar amount.
Source(July 31, 1945, ch. 341, § 6, formerly § 7,59 Stat. 529; Oct. 3, 1951, ch. 445, § 1(b),65 Stat. 367; May 21, 1953, ch. 64, § 2,67 Stat. 28; Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 660, § 3(b),68 Stat. 678; Pub. L. 85–424, § 1(2),May 22, 1958, 72 Stat. 133; Pub. L. 88–101, § 1(b),Aug. 20, 1963, 77 Stat. 128; Pub. L. 90–267, § 1(a), (e),Mar. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 47, 49; Pub. L. 92–126, § 1(b)(3),Aug. 17, 1971, 85 Stat. 345; Pub. L. 93–646, § 8,Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2336; Pub. L. 95–630, title XIX, §§ 1905, 1914,Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3725, 3727; Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 381(a),Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 431; Pub. L. 98–181, title I[title VI, §§ 615, 620 (d)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1256, 1261; Pub. L. 99–472, §§ 13, 17,Oct. 15, 1986, 100 Stat. 1204, 1205; Pub. L. 102–145, § 121(1), Oct. 28, 1991, as added Pub. L. 102–266, § 102,Apr. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 95; renumbered § 6 and amended Pub. L. 102–429, title I, §§ 109(b), 121 (c)(2),Oct. 21, 1992, 106 Stat. 2193, 2199; Pub. L. 106–569, title XI, § 1104(a)(3),Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 3031; Pub. L. 107–189, § 5,June 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 699; Pub. L. 109–438, § 9,Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3275; Pub. L. 112–122, § 3,May 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 350.)
References in Text
Section 4(a) of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(F)(i)(I), is section 4(a) ofPub. L. 112–122, May 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 351, which is not classified to the Code.
Section 5 of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(F)(ii)(II), is section 5 ofPub. L. 112–122, May 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 352, which is not classified to the Code.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6 of act July 31, 1945, ch. 341, was renumbered section 5 and is classified to section 635d of this title.
2012—Subsec. (a)(2)(F). Pub. L. 112–122added subpar. (F).
2006—Subsec. (a)(2)(E). Pub. L. 109–438amended subpar. (E) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (E) read as follows: "during fiscal year 2006, $100,000,000,000."
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–189reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Export-Import Bank of the United States shall not have outstanding at any one time loans, guaranties, and insurance in an aggregate amount in excess of $75,000,000,000. All spending and credit authority provided under this subchapter shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts."
2000—Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 106–569redesignated par. (3) as (2) and struck out heading and text of former par. (2). Text read as follows: "Not later than April 15 of each year, the President of the United States shall transmit to the Congress a report on such determination."
1992—Pub. L. 102–429, § 109(b), inserted section catchline, redesignated former subsec. (a)(1) assubsec. (a), inserted subsec. heading, substituted "$75,000,000,000" for "$40,000,000,000", redesignated former subsec. (a)(2) assubsec. (b), redesignated former subpar. (A)(i) as par. (1), former subcls. (I) to (III) as subpars. (A) to (C), respectively, former subpar. (A)(ii) as par. (2), former subpar. (B) as par. (3), and former cls. (i) and (ii) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, inserted headings for subsec. (b), pars. (1) to (3), and subpars. (A) and (B) of par. (3), and struck out former subsec. (a)(3) which read as follows: "Authorization of Appropriation.—There are authorized to be appropriated $145,259,000 for fiscal year 1987 to cover the subsidy cost of new direct loans obligated by the Bank in that fiscal year. Any amounts appropriated under this paragraph shall be permanent additions to the capital and reserves of the Bank."
1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–145, § 121(1), as added by Pub. L. 102–266, struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: "After January 4, 1975, the Bank shall not approve any loans or financial guarantees, or combination thereof, in connection with exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in an aggregate amount in excess of $300,000,000. No such loan or financial guarantee, or combination thereof, shall be for the purchase, lease, or procurement of any product or service for production (including processing and distribution) of fossil fuel energy resources. Not more than $40,000,000 of such aggregate amount shall be for the purchase, lease, or procurement of any product or service which involves research or exploration of fossil fuel energy resources. The President may establish a limitation in excess of $300,000,000 if the President determines that such higher limitation is in the national interest and if the President reports such determination to the Congress together with the reasons therefor, including the amount of such proposed increase which would be available for the export of products and services for research, exploration, and production (including processing and distribution) of fossil fuel energy resources in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and if, after the receipt of such report together with the reasons, the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution approving such determination."
1986—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99–472, § 17, substituted "All spending and credit authority" for "All spending authority".
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 99–472, § 13, added par. (3).
1983—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98–181, § 615, amended par. (2) generally, substituting provisions requiring a Presidential determination, not later than March 31 of each fiscal year, as to whether the authority available to the Bank for such fiscal year will be sufficient to meet the Bank's needs, requiring the President to transmit to Congress a report on such determination no later than April 15 of each year, and establishing procedures if the direct loan or guarantee authority available exceeds the amount necessary, for provision limiting gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans authorized by the Bank during fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to $10,478,000,000, and designating specified amounts thereof for each fiscal year.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–181, § 620(d), substituted "the President" for "he" before "determines that such higher limitation" and "reports such determination".
1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–35designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–630substituted "$40,000,000,000" for "$25,000,000,000" and inserted provision that all spending authority provided under this chapter be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.
1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–646, § 8(1), (2), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and substituted "$25,000,000,000" for "$20,000,000,000".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–646, § 8(3), added subsec. (b).
1971—Pub. L. 92–126substituted "$20,000,000,000" for "$13,500,000,000".
1968—Pub. L. 90–267changed name of "Export-Import Bank of Washington" to "Export-Import Bank of the United States" and substituted "$13,500,000,000" for "$9,000,000,000".
1963—Pub. L. 88–101substituted "$9,000,000,000" for "$7,000,000,000".
1958—Pub. L. 85–424substituted "$7,000,000,000" for "$5,000,000,000".
1954—Act Aug. 9, 1954, substituted "$5,000,000,000" for "four and one-half times the authorized capital stock of the Bank".
1953—Act May 21, 1958, substituted "loans, guaranties, and insurance" for "loans and guaranties".
1951—Act Oct. 3, 1951, substituted "four and one-half" for "three and one-half".
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–630effective Nov. 10, 1978, see section 1917 ofPub. L. 95–630, set out as a note under section 635 of this title.
Effective Date of 1954 Amendment
For effective date of amendment by act Aug. 9, 1954, see note set out under section 635a of this title.
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WebMink writes: "Knowing that its explosive special edition on China this week will be blocked by censorship, UK political magazine "New Statesmen" has taken the unusual step of posting its own torrents of the PDF of the Mandarin edition on the magazine. Looking at the content of the issue they are probably right to expect censorship — there's an article from the former newspaper editor Cheng Yizhong about media censorship, and Ai Weiwei interviews a member of the "50 cent party" — a commenter paid half a dollar every time he derails an online debate in China. "Essentially, these people are paid internet trolls; their job is to stop any meaningful discussion online about the government." The magazine asks us to share the PDF,
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In the world of outerwear, you've got glamorous cover-ups (faux furs), old-faithful options (trench coats), popular pieces (little leather jackets), and then there are capes. To speak plainly, capes are a little odd. What other piece of clothing references brave super heroes, blood-sucking vampires, and James Brown in a single glance? Storied associations aside, the simple truth of capes is that they can be subtle and attention-getting articles of clothing. This duality makes them very attractive to celebrities, so it's no surprise that the cape is Still Loitering.
When it comes to wearing capes, many women (ourselves included) get aggravated by how a seemingly uncomplicated item can raise so many sartorial questions. We found a few good women who have worn capes well to showcase your style options. Starting back in 2005, Sienna Miller wore a petite black cape and short, slightly pleated skirt while out and about in London. Nicole Richie was cape-tivated by this trend in 2006, when she wore a hip-length, snowy cape with skinny jeans and knee-high boots for shopping at Fred Segal. Lindsay Lohan crusaded with her cape and some wide leg jeans in New York in early 2007, also choosing the same versatile, hip length like Richie. Kate Moss picked an abbreviated, sparkly, fancy cape in October when she attended a party celebrating her holiday collection for Topshop. She paired her vintage Deco capelet with a black satin cat suit; leave it to Glossy Mossy to mix decades flawlessly. Finally, we have Rosario Dawson, seen above last week, en route to a Dolce & Gabbana party in New York City. Her dramatic gray cape looks modern, thanks to the double-breasted row of buttons and high collar.
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OK wow, my first thread. I have probably duplicated some other crappy thread but this thread is awesome because it was stared by me. Just so you know.
Today I called my Recruitment agency ready for a fight. I wanted to claim workers comp.
To say my employer was understanding was an understatement
Spoke to them about worker's comp and what I would be hitting their insurers up for they said they would likely on the basis of the claim payout my immediate cost pre-emptively.
OK put in context. We are talking about $400 Australian maybe a bit more that they will get back pretty smartly once claim through.
I (fortunately or unfortunately) am pretty quick at healing and do heal quick and have taken less time off than what most people take and even if I go Physio, which I dunno that I will bother, we are talking maybe $600 max, which again they get back on the claim.
In other claims (I have to make 5 separate claims) my hyposentivity and healing will be a liability. In workers comp it is a positive thing. (As Tigger explain I am Autistic and don't respond to pain "normally and am not good at "pretending normal pain") That said, they will happily cover minimums that they will be forking out in advance and so I will be in much better financial condition and less "punished" for being driven into by a semi trailer.
This is huge for me. Pain I don't care about. i can gauge and measure it. Change and uncertainty really screws with me and ups my anxiety and my ability to cope and function and this will "normalise" things for me considerably.


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Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of the Scofield Town Winter
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
The accident on Highway 6, in the Red Narrows last week once again demonstrates how vulnerable we in eastern Utah are to disruptions of our transit system. The gasoline explosion in almost the same place as the explosive trucks demise last August shows that something needs to be done with the road, particularly in that part of the canyon.
I know this is a refrain I have written about in this column over and over again. But in light of the death of the driver of the truck, I think we need to look at everything in that canyon and on that road once again.
But I want to aim this commentary at a different group of people than I have before.
I could concentrate on design and the rebuilding of the road; certainly the four lane option as proposed by the Utah Department of Transportation is a great one. And either tunnels through Red Narrows or a double decker road like the one in Glenwood Springs Canyon in Colorado would help too.
More signage, which I have heard is going to be installed around the infamous curve in that part of the canyon, will also be of aid. The signage that UDOT has put up over the years has been of great help in letting people know they will have passing options, so they don't get so impatient.
Better enforcement, with the state putting more emphasis on placing officers in the canyon is another suggestion, and probably a good one unless you are the one getting the citation at the time.
Better education for drivers of the canyon as to the problem the route presents as they drive through it could be helpful too. Big billboards at each end warning drivers about the difficulties and the history of the canyon could possibly add to the safety. That would particularly help with out-of-state drivers who don't know how dangerous the road can be.
Some want to ban large trucks from the canyon, making them go around, using I-70. I personally think that is unrealistic, particularly in these days of high diesel and gas prices. In addition it would just hurt the economy in our area in a number of ways.
Those are all things in the works or ideas people have had about Highway 6. I know there are probably a lot more, so I am sorry if I left yours out.
But the best idea for safety I have heard, and probably the simplest, came from a Utah Highway Patrol official as I talked with him on Saturday morning just before the baseball parade. It was just this.
People who live here, people from eastern Utah, particularly from Carbon County, just need to slow down and drive sanely in the canyon. Of all those who transit that road, we should be the most responsible.
I can already hear the groans about this statement. We in this area want to blame the over-the-road truckers, people from Colorado and California or someone else. But we tend to forget about ourselves.
The problem is that we get used to the road. We know it is dangerous, but we drive it so much that we think we know better because we are so familiar with it. In actuality, every single inch of that highway from Moark Junction to Green River is dangerous, especially when we don't follow the speed limit and drive it like we could do it in our sleep, which I have the feeling some from out locality do..
It's not that others on the road are not a problem. I have followed people over the canyon who are from Kansas that have never driven over a mountain before, that go way to slow, causing me and everyone behind me to become impatient. I have encountered many with Colorado plates who pass at a whim because they don't think 60 (or 85) mph is fast enough. I have had the trucker from Texas who rode my back bumper all the way down Price Canyon because he is behind schedule. And yes, I have almost been taken out by the Salt Laker who is pulling a fifth wheel behind his ton pickup with fourteen motorcycles in tow on another trailer and who passes on the double line just above Emma Park Road.
Everyone who lives here has had at least a dozen of these experiences.
But the fact is that if you ask law enforcement officials, they will tell you that the majority of the people that violate the law, either in speed, control or passing, in the canyon, are locals. We drive it too fast, we are too eager to pass and we take too many chances. And the majority of the time, those are the things that cause accidents.
Consequently we are part of the problem, and not so much of the solution.
We can criticize and give all the arguments and potential solutions about Highway 6 we can think of, but until we clean our own house, and become better drivers that obey the laws in the canyon, how can we expect anyone else too?


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In a special meeting on Thursday afternoon, the Carbon County Commission told the group that has been working to bring the state high school rodeo championships to Carbon County that they can submit the bid document they have drafted to the Utah High School Rodeo Association.
But commissioners also cautioned that the committee members need to sharpen their pencils when it comes to costs associated with bringing that event to the county each year for the next five years.
"The first thing we need to know about is costs," said Commissioner John Jones. "I look at this bid and there are a lot of costs here that we are not certain about. Let's get those figured out."
The decision came at the end of an hour and a half meeting that was held in the event center at the fairgrounds. There were a lot of questions asked by commissioners about the multiple page bid that the group intends to submit, with the main one being how the money to put it on will be generated.
"We have been working on a plan and we know we can find the money to cover a lot of this," said Jana Abrams. "We already have some people who have committed some funds. For instance last night Price City agreed to put $1,800 toward a sponsorship for the rodeo association."
Commissioners said they were impressed with the work the committee has done in such a short period of time. While the bid was on the website of the high school association since February, Carbon area officials just learned about it a couple of weeks ago and began to put things together to bid on it.
The high school (and junior high) championships have been held in Heber City for about the last 50 years without being moved. They did take bids about 12 years ago, but those involved then say today there was little chance of it moving from that venue then. However things have now changed and the association seems serious about looking at other venues.
"I wrote that bid document 12 years ago to try to get it here," said Steve Christensen, now the director of county recreation. "I look at what we have done on this, and our new facilities here, I don't see how they can ignore this bid."
No one knows how many other venues are competing for the chance to host the championships starting next year, but those in the know say that they know of at least one other county that is trying for it besides Wasatch.
The rodeo is considered a big deal because almost 700 participants come to it and stay numerous days in the area. They also bring the families and friends. Reportedly the Heber area realizes about $1.5 million in gross spending from the event each year.
"We support this but there has to be a revenue stream to support it to begin with," said Commissioner Mike Milovich. "We just can't write out a check for $150k to get this going."
Commissioner Jae Potter also had concerns about cost but also wanted to be sure the county was represented well in any presentation that might be done.
"Let's have a top notch presentation on this when we have the chance to do one," he told the group.
The bid must be in on May 31 and it appears decisions about who the finalists will be announced sometime in August.
It Carbon comes out the winner the championships will be held here for up to five years starting in June 2012.


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Thursday, June 25, 2009Former Lipscomb University basketball coach Don Meyer will receive the "Jimmy V Award for Perseverance" from EPSN at the ESPY Awards.
Meyer, the men's basketball coach at Northern State, is battling cancer and lost a leg as the result of serious injuries from an automobile accident. The award is named for the late Jim Valvano, who coached at North Carolina State and died after a courageous battle with cancer.
The ESPY Awards honor the best achievements, moments and leading athletes of the previous year. Fans will determine winners in 37 categories through online (www.espys.tv) and mobile phone voting (www.espn.mobi) that begins Thursday and runs through July 11.
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Sound Tigers Preview — What's Up With Anders Nilsson?
Kevin Schultz
We're going to take a break from Brooklyn Mania to talk about Connecticut hockey, as the Sound Tigers have three games in three days this weekend. Don't worry, there's a lot more Brooklyn discussion still to come.
Two Saturdays ago, Anders Nilsson was scheduled to start the Sound Tigers' second game of the year; their home opener against Providence. Nilsson was scratched from starting shortly before game time leading to Kevin Poulin getting his second start in as many nights, having also started the night before against the CT Whale.
This week at practice, Nilsson was still missing and CT Post beat writer Mike Fornabaio didn't have any light to shed on the situation. When Fornabaio doesn't know exactly what's going on — he's always on point with these things — it sets off a couple alarms in my head.
If you're puzzled by Anders Nilsson's absence, sounds like you're not the only one. "He's not feeling 100 percent well when he's on the ice," Scott Pellerin said. "He's not 100 percent."
That's as much light as the team has shed on the situation. Nilsson hasn't suffered any in-game injuries so far (he hasn't even played in a regular season game) and as far as I can find, didn't seem to have any other issues.
Kenny Reiter, who was the team's third goalie in training camp, has been recalled from the ECHL. It's anyone's guess as to whether he gets a start this weekend with three games in three nights. Poulin has played weekend marathons before and should be fresh coming off only one game in nearly two weeks but it may be wise to give him a game off one of these nights.
Another storyline to watch will be how the Sound Tigers fill in for the injured Calvin de Haan, who had season-ending surgery yesterday to repair a dislocated left shoulder.
This weekend, the Sound Tigers have two away games against the Worcester Sharks (SJ affiliate), Friday night and Sunday afternoon. The Sharks are 0-3-1 in their first four games and have been outscored 19-9 in those games.
On Saturday night the Sound Tigers are in Springfield to play the 3-1 Falcons (CBJ affiliate). The Falcons have Ryan Johansen (4th overall in 2010), and former Ranger Tim Erixon on their roster.


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Is welfare spending, as Republicans now claim, the largest item in the federal budget? Only if you make up a new definition for welfare.
Political Science in the Crosshairs
March 22, 2013
Under the cover of austerity, Republicans defund academic studies whose lessons they don't want to learn.
Harry Reid Reaps What He Sowed
March 19, 2013
The cost of failing to reform the filibuster is already apparent.
David Brooks Doesn't Remember the 1950s Very Well
March 19, 2013
His column against increasing the top tax rate starts wrong, and only gets worse.
Why Conservatives Want to Break Up the Banks, Too
March 16, 2013
Why conservatives want to break up the banks, too.
Bravo, Dick
March 14, 2013
The World According To Dick Cheney, a documentary that airs March 15 on Showtime, includes so fine an acoustical solo performance by its subject that it could be titled Dick Cheney Unplugged.
Facing the Facts Doesn't Always Change Minds
March 12, 2013
A new study on inequality shows that knowledge doesn't move the needle. Except when it comes to the "death tax."
Once the Sequester Is Solved, Rand Paul Will Go Back to Being an Oddball
March 08, 2013
He better enjoy his moment in the sun, because it'll set once the defense hawks awaken.
Here's Why Obama's Last Grand Plan to Control College Costs Flopped
March 08, 2013
College costs are rising. Why won't anyone stop them?
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|Golf Course lease a no go for Seven Devils
|Written by Lauren Ohnesorge
|Friday, 29 June 2007 06:29
After reviewing the findings of a finance committee, the Town of Seven Devils rejected, once and for all, the idea of leasing the golf course property from the Cottoms.
At over $100,000 a year, a twenty-year long-term lease would cost over 2 million dollars. According to Golf Course advocate Noble Hendrix, a lease is just not feasible- even if it were reduced to $50,000.
It's about collateral, Hendrix said. Since the Town does not have the money for the lease up front, they would have to apply for a loan. A lease does not give them collateral to use for a loan, therefore, funding would be a major issue with any lease. Even without the finance committee's findings, the lease idea looked grim. Lenny Cottom repeatedly said that he needed a benefit from the agreement- like flexibility in ski slope expansion. Cottom told the board he feels like he's being "railroaded."
Cottom feels as though the Town is telling him to comply with its wishes or face the threat of eminent domain. Options remaining include a private purchase and eminent domain. Several citizens did not understand why the Town is still pushing for the golf course when a lot of the facts continually show it is not financially feasible. The Town is considering spending $6,000 on an expert financial feasibility study, and this caused even more controversy. Many did not want the Town to invest any more money in something that the Cottoms closed because it was not making enough profit. According to Mayor Bob Dodson, there's more to the issue than money.
Historically, the Town was built around a golf course, he said. Golf even has a place on the Town's seal. It's about tradition as much as profit. The issue has a long way to go before a resolution is reached.
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Happy Hour: Pumpkin Irish Coffee
I soon found out more about Fulton's Harvest, including the fact that it's made by well-reputed Kentucky Bourbon maker Heaven Hill Distilleries and tastes delicious on the rocks or served chilled. But by that point, I'd gotten back so many enticing-sounding cooking and cocktail suggestions — everything from pumpkin whipped cream to spiked pumpkin pie — that I had to try one out.
Ultimately, it was @Tora_NYC's Irish cream suggestion that left me with a brilliant Fall twist on a favorite, Irish coffee. As with any Irish coffee, don't let the whipped cream and coffee fool you — this cocktail packs a punch! I served it in a giant glass mug, topped with a very generous topping of whipped cream. For the recipe, keep reading.
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Pumpkin Irish Coffee
6 ounces freshly-brewed strong coffee
1-1/2 ounces Irish whiskey
1-1/2 ounces pumpkin pie cream liqueur, such as Fulton's Harvest
Store-bought or homemade whipped cream, for garnish
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- Combine coffee, whiskey, and pumpkin liqueur; stir well.
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Ian McEwan's latest novel is a Cold War–era spy tale that is not exactly what it appears to be. After suffering through a couple of bad love affairs, Serena, a beautiful 20-something university graduate, stumbles into a job with MI5 and is initially thrilled — until she realizes women only hold lowly clerical positions. Still suffering the effects of a demoralizing breakup, she takes the job anyway. Yet soon she does get an undercover assignment: Sweet Tooth is the code name for a loosely reasoned plan to financially back struggling artists by giving them a stipend and letting them produce art, with the proviso that the funding is coming from another source. (Having the secret service pay a writer to influence others seems too close to buying public opinion.) Serena's job is to bestow this welcoming news to a struggling writer, Tom Healey, who is trapped by the drudgery of a full-time job as a university professor. Yes, she falls for Tom, and yes, she keeps her identity and the source of his new funding from him. It seems clear where the novel will go, but I guess I was fooled once again by the amazing mind of Ian McEwan.
His inexplicable ability to crawl into a character and expose every flaw, every rationalization, every weakness, yet at the same time, expose their vulnerability and insecurity, is just flat-out astonishing. He doesn't tell the story so much as let you live inside it. His setting, his characters, and his tale feel as if they are your own — so perfectly do they dovetail into your world. It's uncanny. After reading my eighth Ian McEwan novel, I'm convinced that he just gets better and better. The man is at the absolute top of his game. Let me just say that Ian McEwan is the greatest writer living today.
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Ian McEwan's novel of love and espionage is a wickedly funny and devilishly clever tale in which nothing is quite as it seems.
It is 1972; unrest and terrorism are increasing in Britain, and the Cold War has devolved into cultural skirmishing. Serena Frome — beautiful, politically naïve, and a compulsive reader of novels — has just completed her maths degree at Cambridge and taken an intelligence job with MI5. There she lands an assignment in Operation Sweet Tooth: the secret support of anti-Communist writers. But before long she falls in love with her unwitting target, Tom Haley, an aspiring novelist. As Serena navigates her bosses' suspicions, her colleagues' resentments, and her lover's literary ambitions, how long can she maintain her cover story and keep all of them deceived? And is she the only one with a secret agenda? In this superbly witty story of betrayal and intrigue, McEwan dizzyingly dramatizes the fraught relationship between fiction and truth.
"A subtly and sweetly subversive novel [that is a] masterful manipulation of the relationship(s) between fiction and truth....Britain's foremost living novelist has written a book as drily funny as it is thoughtful." Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"A sublime novel about novels, about writing them and reading them and the spying that goes on in doing both....Rich and enjoyable." Financial Times
"McEwan writes with his usual clinical precision, brilliantly evoking the London of dingy Camden flats, the three-day week and IRA atrocities. His assumption of a female persona is pitch-perfect." Daily Mail
"McEwan is one of the most gifted literary storytellers alive." James Wood, The New Republic
"[McEwan's] finely honed prose is a deep pleasure to experience." Chicago Sun-Times
"McEwan is in the first tier of novelists writing in English today....He has achieved a complete mastery of his craft." The New York Observer
In this stunning new novel, Ian McEwan's first female protagonist since Atonement is about to learn that espionage is the ultimate seduction.
Cambridge student Serena Frome's beauty and intelligence make her the ideal recruit for MI5. The year is 1972. The Cold War is far from over. England's legendary intelligence agency is determined to manipulate the cultural conversation by funding writers whose politics align with those of the government. The operation is code named "Sweet Tooth."
Serena, a compulsive reader of novels, is the perfect candidate to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer named Tom Haley. At first, she loves his stories. Then she begins to love the man. How long can she conceal her undercover life? To answer that question, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage: trust no one.
Once again, Ian McEwan's mastery dazzles us in this superbly deft and witty story of betrayal and intrigue, love and the invented self.
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Video: Corasanti Jury Foreman Speaks (6pm)
BUFFALO, N.Y. - 2 On Your Side's Claudine Ewing spoke Thursday with the foreman for the jury in the Dr. James Corasanti trial.
William Nixon talked about what led to their decision to acquit the Getzville doctor on all but a misdemeanor DWI charge and what he says may surprise you.
He told us Dr. Corasanti's testimony wasn't the overriding factor in their decision to acquit the defendant on charges of manslaughter, tampering and leaving the scene.
Rather, Nixon says they were not convinced with how the blood was drawn from the doctor. That test showed Dr. Corasanti's blood alcohol content was .10 five hours after the crash. He said the jury questioned whether the blood sample could have been contaminated, and added the Corasanti defense team did a "great job."
Nixon also said the jury did not convict Dr. Corasanti on the charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident, not because they questioned whether he left the scene, but they feel he panicked.
Ultimately, Nixon said the jury felt defense effectively "poked holes" in the prosecutions case against Dr. Corasanti, but said prosecutors had a good case.
When asked about the victim of the accident, Alix Rice, he said "we had to put some of the fault on Alix." That statement was based on testimony from a defense accident reconstruction expert that questioned whether Alix was riding her longboard on the road or in the fog lane.
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|State Examiners Enter Death Probe
|Written by Steve Frank
|Monday, 10 June 2013 11:52
The Best Western Plus Blue Ridge Plaza remains closed today as Boone Police and Fire investigators continue their investigation, trying to determining the cause of death of an 11-year old and injury to his mother discovered Saturday. Boone Police have the area cordoned off with cones
and police tape,and with an active patrol at the facility, awaiting the North Carolina State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors.
The afternoon press release says examiners from that department will be in Boone tomorrow to aid in the investigation. The release says that Boone Police Investigators have renewed their request for the toxicology and autopsy results from the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner concerning the April 16, 2013, deaths that occurred in the same room, but as of this morning, those reports remain unavailable. 73-year old Daryl Jenkins and his wife Shirley, 72, were found April 16th in the same room, dead of what appeared to be natural causes. That conclusion is now being reexamined in the wake of the incident Saturday.
Family of the Jenkins told the Charlotte Observer that the couple were in good health and were starting a cross country trip back to their Longview Washington home. The family told the Charlotte paper they implored the Best Western not to rent the room until the family received the toxicology report that Boone investigators are now seeking. Boone Police late yesterday identified the two as 11-year old Jeffrey Lee Williams—the boy who died—and his mother, 49-year old Jeannie Williams, who is still hospitalized. Family sad that the mother seemed to be responding and regaining consciousness.
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Sunscreen sprays have gained momentum due to their ease of application. However, while they appear clear on dry skin, they often turn cloudy and white when applied to wet skin. Here, the authors present a formulating approach based on the dielectric constant of esters and level of alcohol in formulations to produce anhydrous sprays that appear clear on wet skin.
Dolichos Cell Culture Extract for Protection Against UV Damage
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Dolichos biflorus cell culture extract is evaluated here for its effects on skin cells. Results indicate the extract provides strong anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and protective properties for skin, and the ability to repair UV-induced damage. Further, this work reinforces that cell culture systems are efficient biofactories to produce natural and effective compounds.
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In September 2012, 101 sun care product users were surveyed on the beach regarding what SPF and product form(s) they were using, among other questions. While 12.2% used SPFs of 15–29, a 58% majority used SPFs of 30–50. Lotions were the favored form, followed by sprays. This article reports the detailed findings from this survey.
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In the present article, sunscreens containing the antioxidants vitamin E and diethylhexyl syringylidene malonate were tested for their efficacy in preventing UV-induced reactive oxygen species in the lower stratum corneum. The addition of the antioxidants was found to significantly improve the ability of low to high SPF sunscreens to attenuate ROS formation in UV-exposed skin.
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The sun care industry faces several challenges, including testing and measuring SPF, questions over the safety of nanotechnology, sunscreen stability, broad-spectrum protection, and inconsistent regulations for allowed UV filters and their combinations. Some of these challenges have plagued product developers for years, thus the industry has had time to develop the means to meet some of them. Recent work in these areas is the primary focus of this issue of C&T magazine.
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Flights from Munich with airberlin connect to multiple locations within Germany and across Europe. Munich Airport (MUC) is the international airport serving Munich and is located about 28 kilometers northeast of the city. It is the second busiest airport in Germany.
Munich Airport Information
Munich Airport offers a wide range of entertainment, shopping, and other services to make visits more enjoyable for customers. With over 200 shops, Munich Airport has something for everyone. Have a meal or a drink at one of the many restaurants or bars, or use your free time to get into shape at the fitness studio. Other services include wireless internet, banks and currency exchange, shower facilities, and a health clinic.
Getting to the Airport in Munich
Travelers who choose to drive themselves to the airport have the option of short and long-term parking. A taxi to Munich Airport takes about 45 minutes from the city. The S1 train to Munich Airport takes about the same amount of time and run frequently. You can also take a bus to Munich Airport from surrounding cities.
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Nestled along the Costa Blanca, Alicante is set upon a beautiful expanse of Mediterranean coastline. However, your tickets to Alicante offer more than beach lounging because when the sun goes down, the Spanish flair for evening revelry takes hold, and a vital excitement grips the city.
First Time in Alicante
Most flights to Alicante are filled with excited vacationers that are looking to claim their spot on the beach; and with over 200 kilometers of scenic coastline, there is plenty of sand for everyone. Also, travelers can tour the local countryside on horseback, or explore the city's historic Barrio de Santa Cruz.
Your Alicante
History buffs will love the Basilica of Santa María, which was built in the 13th century. Food lovers should walk along the promenades near the yacht harbor.
Making the Most of Your Alicante Holiday
The region's mild climate makes holiday travel to Alicante a tempting prospect any time of year. However, travelers may have better luck finding cheap hotels in Alicante during the less crowded and colder winter off-season. Compound savings by visiting airberlin.com for some great flight deals to Alicante, as well. Enjoy convenient Check-In Services and more when you fly to Alicante with airberlin.