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The Philippines dispatched its foreign minister on Thursday to oversee the evacuation of 13 000 citizens from Libya after a Filipino construction worker was beheaded and a nurse gang-raped there.
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said he is reprising a 2011 mission to Tunisia that also evacuated, mostly by ferry, thousands of Filipino workers during the uprising that toppled Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
"Our major challenge, as in 2011, is to convince our folks that they must leave Libya at the soonest time to avoid the perils of a highly exacerbating situation there," he told reporters.
The Philippine government ordered a mandatory evacuation on July 20, hours after the discovery in Benghazi city of the beheaded remains of a Filipino construction worker who had been abducted five days earlier.
It also imposed a travel ban to the violence plagued country.
On Wednesday a Filipina nurse was abducted by a gang of youths outside her residence in the capital Tripoli then taken elsewhere where she was gang-raped by up to six suspects, the foreign department said.
She was released about two hours later and a Filipino consular team took her to hospital for treatment, a foreign department spokesman said.
"We condemn these crimes that have been committed against our people," President Benigno Aquino's spokesman Herminio Coloma told reporters in Manila.
Despite the dangers, del Rosario said many of the Filipinos, mostly employed in Libyan construction and hospitals, are refusing to leave because they would be out of a job back home.
Only just over 700 had left Libya by Wednesday, according to a foreign ministry tally, despite the rapidly deteriorating situation, with warring militias battling for control of key population centres.
Del Rosario said he is flying to Djerba island in neighbouring Tunisia to "try to convince our people to leave (Libya) because the situation there is very dangerous".
"We are in the process of engaging ships from Malta that would pick up our people from Benghazi, Misurata and hopefully Tripoli then return to Malta for air transport to Manila," he said.
While each vessel could carry up to 1 500 people, he said the government was still negotiating the evacuees' safe passage through these ports.
Failing that, the Filipinos would be bussed to Djerba where flight arrangements would be made, he added.
The government had also evacuated thousands of its nationals from Libya during the 2011 upheaval that toppled Gaddafi, some boarding ferries that took them to Malta where they later caught flights back to the Philippines.
Many of them later returned to their jobs in Libya.
About 10 million Filipinos live and work abroad, many of them in the Middle East, in search of better-paying jobs.
The Philippines has also ordered about 100 Filipinos living in Gaza to leave the besieged Palestinian territory as Israel presses its offensive against Hamas militants. - Sapa-AFP
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|Peri-aortic fat tissue thickness in peritoneal dialysis patients.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 22753454 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Thoracic peri-aortic fat tissue (PFT) and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) are metabolically active visceral fat deposits surrounding the thoracic aorta and the heart, respectively. Various studies have demonstrated a positive predictive value of both PFT and EAT for coronary artery disease in the general population. In the present study, we aimed to investigate PFT thickness and the independent predictors of PFT in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. ♢
METHODS: Our cross-sectional study enrolled 35 PD patients (10 women, 25 men) and 30 age-and-sex-matched healthy subjects (15 women, 15 men). We measured PFT, thoracic artery calcification (TAC), EAT, and coronary artery calcification (CAC) by electrocardiogram-gated 64-multi-detector computed tomography. ♢
RESULTS: The measured PFT, EAT, CAC, and TAC were significantly higher in the PD group than in the healthy subjects (p < 0.05 each). In the PD group, PFT and TAC were significantly correlated (r = 0.33, p = 0.007). Also, PFT measurements were positively correlated with EAT and total CAC in the PD and the control group alike (r = 0.58, p = 0.001 and r = 0.54, p = 0.01 respectively). A stepwise linear regression analysis revealed that age, duration of hypertension, and being a PD patient were independent predictors of PFT. ♢
CONCLUSIONS: Measured PFT was higher in PD patients than in healthy subjects and, in the PD population, was also shown to be related to calcification scores and EAT.
|Kultigin Turkmen; Orhan Ozbek; Mehmet Kayrak; Cigdem Samur; Ibrahim Guler; Halil Zeki Tonbul
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U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo. holds up a letter from a health care insurer canceling his family medical coverage, as he questions Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Capitol Hill iduring the committee's hearing on difficulties plaguing the debut of the healthcare program.
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Long before the Affordable Care Act, I received letters from my health insurance company telling me that I couldn't continue with the same policy. Usually the company canceled that type of policy because it was not profitable enough for them. So, I did some research and found another policy to replace the one that was canceled.
Unlike many pundits and politicians, I cannot predict the success or failure of the Affordable Care Act. However, I believe very strongly that our health care insurance industry consumes far too much of the average family's income. For example, my wife and I paid $14,000 a year to have "adequate" health care insurance for two 60-year-olds in reasonably good health. Therefore, I strongly believe that the American health care insurance industry needs some sort of guidance.
When health care insurance costs make up more than 25 percent of a family's budget, it affects our entire economy. If our legislators are as concerned about our economy as they pretend to be, they ought to realize that overbearing burdens on each family's finances are not good for the families or the country and begin some sort of guidance program with regard to an out of control industry.
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The Unexpurgated Ed Balls
Ed Balls was interviewed on Friday by my good colleague Matt Chorley for today's Independent on Sunday. Apart from the bit where he said he had not just arrived from Mars, which I do not think he meant as an insult to the Milibands, I was most interested in his criticism of Gordon Brown for brooding over the succession for so long:
There are certain things you learn in life. One of which is never ever to spend your whole time thinking about a job you haven't got, that's an important lesson I have learned.
I have also written about why I do not think that Balls will be shadow chancellor, whichever brother wins the leadership. Still waiting for YouGov to put the detailed tables up for its new poll of Labour Party members and Labour-supporting trade unionists, which in effect shows a dead heat between Ed and David Miliband. It looks as if the result is going to be closer than I thought.
But here is the full transcript of the Balls interview.
Q: It's not long to go until voting closes. Are you still swinging votes?
Oh, we know we are. That's why we are keeping going all the way through the weekend and in to next week with Manchester Monday. I think Labour Party members have taken longer because they know it's a big choice and they want to hear what we are saying. There's no doubt that going to the meetings from my point of view shifts people but also the stuff we have done in the last couple of weeks, the speech to Bloomberg, announcements on housing, on jobs, on the economy, there is no doubt that it has struck a chord with Labour Party members who want an alternative.
There's been a bit of an attempt for the last month or so to say it's a two horse race and only two people who can win it. I don't believe that is true. With apologies to Tony Blair who would roll his eyes when I say this, I am determined to show there's a third way.
Q. How much of problem has it been for you, fight broken into three groups, Milibands, then Balls, then Andy and Diane?
Any time when there's five people, it's a lot of people. On the platform at the big hustings of course that's the case. Early on in the first few weeks it was hard for me because to begin with everybody was looking backwards. I think people are looking backwards much less now, I think they are more forward thinking: Who actually is the best person to take on David Cameron, who is the best person for the next election, who is the best person for the future?
Steve Richards said I was the candidate who was most effectively moving on from the Blair and Brown of the past. I think to be honest David and Ed have been a bit stuck in that. Having a debate about is it the New Labour establishment, is it the New Labour comfort zone, are we learning lessons from the past? I feel it's a bit sterile really. There wasn't a single person at the election campaign who ever said, 'Ed I'm not voting Labour this time because you're stuck in a comfort zone.' They said, 'I'm worried my job', or housing queues, or, 'I'm worried about what's going on locally with public services.' It's those issues which I have been trying to get on to.
Q. Has there been a sense that Ed and David is just Gordon and Tony, fighting an old battle?
I think there has been a bit of that. The fundamental thing that we hear Labour Party members saying is that they look at the other candidates and say they're not the whole article. They don't say my head thinks they can do it, my heart says they would do it the way I'd like. We went through a strange phase a couple of weeks ago where you had newspaper editorials saying couldn't we have merger but actually, that's not the real world. You have got to choose who actually is the candidate that your head and your heart says can do the job.
I think the reason why the hustings, the TV debates, the campaign – when people say I have fought the best campaign, I think it's because we've got the best team and partly because we have chosen to go on the big issues for now and the future. When people think about it I am the most complete of us in terms of campaigning policy but also the sort of resilience. You have to be quite tough to come through this. Lots of people wanted to write me off, but I wasn't ever going to let them,. There are going to be lots of times in the next two or three years when the next leader of the Labour party, some people in the press will write the off. But it is possible to blast through that and get to the public that you have got the grit and the skill to do it.
Q: Whoever wins the leadership, it is the first battle. The really big battle is the general election, which could be five years off.
I will support whoever wins, and if it is me, I know the other candidates will as well. But I do think its really important for those people who are still trying to decide, it is important to look forward and think who is the best person up against David Cameron for the future. Who can set out the most credible alternative to the public? The worst thing for the Labour Party would be in a year's time to look back and say, we made the wrong choice, because we didn't think it through, and we rushed too fast, and there are times in political parties, I think it happened after 1997, happened to Labour after 1979 where the party chooses a leader based upon the past, and then regrets it.
I hope we have had long enough – I don't know if we have had long enough – in this leadership election – to get through the phase where people look backwards and that they are not really looking back saying why did we make the wrong choice.
I want them to make the right choice and the reason I am in this is I think I am the right choice.
Nick Clegg's position has declined because of what he did, but Michael Gove's position has declined because we have exposed the intellectual flaws and the chaos in his department. I think David Cameron and Nick Clegg are just as vulnerable as Michael Gove, and Geo0rge Osborne too.
Q: What do you really think of Michal Gove, there's not a lot of love lost between you is there?
To be honest I've always… I have never been the kind of politician who at the end of the afternoon slaps an opponent on the back and says lets go off for a Pimms. That's not how I have ever done it. I come from a different place politically. I think there is respect but we're not mates, and I don't think people would expect that. When I look at the last two or three years, I think that David Cameron, and Michael Gove and George Osborne as well, have been very personal with the way they try to do politics. Very personal about me, and about Gordon and about others. They almost didn't want the issue to be policy, they wanted it to be personality.
Michael Gove has always been personal about me, I have never responded in kind. That's not how I have done politics. I have never gone out of my way to make personal remarks about them. But I would is set out that they are making the wrong judgments on policy. I'm afraid Michael Gove has been exposed, because what he was good at in opposition was sort of writing a 900-word sketch which was funny, and humorous and a bit barbed. But government is not about being s sketch writer. It is not about the words, it's about the actions you take and whether you can answer the questions.
Michael Gove has not been able to answer any questions in the House of Commons and he has not been able to explain what he is doing. And he has made these huge claims — 1,000 academies, 700 free schools — and he has not delivered.
To manage simultaneously to make your department look chaotic, your policy agenda stalled and unite hundreds of thousands of parents and children across the whole country in being angry at what you're doing… there's no local newspaper that has not written a news story about Michael Gove's botched handling of Building Schools for the Future. It's quite a record. In three months.
Q: Has Gove's reputation been knocked solely down to his mistakes or you hammering away at him?
I think its down to partly him running ahead of himself, thinking he could move fast, quick legislation, big cuts, when he hadn't done the work and thought it through. I think its partly to do with the fact we have been pretty relentless. But it is fundamentally that the plan was flawed and not supported by the public.
Because the public wants us to cut waste but they don't want us to cancel their schools. They want us to get the deficit down but not if it risks hundreds of thousands of jobs in the private construction sector. Lots of people have been saying why are they doing this, it's flawed.Certainly on the schools agenda, people are saying, 'Well I want a good local school but I don't want to run it myself.' Why are they going to take buildings and money away from our school and give it to another school down the road – that's not fair?
Fundamentally good opposition is about hammering and debating, but fundamentally it's about can you establish a public critique of what has been done, and win support for your alternative. That's what I have shown we can do on schools, that's what we have got to do on the NHS but above all by far we have got to do it on the economy and the deficit and the funding of public services.
I have had more success than anyone expected on the economy in the past few weeks than anybody, more than probably on the schools agenda. To get to the point when you can get Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson …it is an unlikely alliance. I was pleased to get The Guardian columnist on the economy, but the Financial Times columnist also, Martin Wolf.
The lesson of history for Labour, is that if we don't have the confidence and the credibility to stake out a view and instead run along with the consensus, then we end up not having any distinction or cut through. I think that's what happened with the Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM, and we showed on the euro that actually you can take a distinctive view and its OK. That's what I have been doing.
Q: You made one of the biggest statements on the economy of all the candidates, other announcements have come back to the economy, how significant is that in making you look heavyweight?
We'll see. It will depend upon, is there enough time to translate that into first preference votes. I want people voting for other candidates to give me their second preference but I also want them to give me their first preference. All those Members of Parliament who are saying I've fought a brilliant campaign, and that means as an MP or party member I'm not going to listen to the media view which says only a vote for the Milibands counts. Unless I can break out of that, then its not enough.
At the same time, who would have thought three months ago that Labour could have set out a plan, £6bn plan for 100,000 for houses, three quarters of million more jobs, and people would say this is sensible, as opposed to irresponsible? I have managed to do it with credibility. That's a big deal for the Labour Party.
Q: Why do people say you've socked it to the Tories, socked it to Gove and yet it's still seen as a two-horse race?
I think there's a little bit of, if you are the features editor on a Saturday, the Cain and Able story is easier to lay out on the page. It fits a very convenient personality-driven narrative. There's no doubt about that. But I'm not naive to think that that's the only issue. There's that early on in the first few weeks when we came out of the election that Dave and Ed picked up more MPs' support than me, and we have actually gained, we are now close to 40 from 33, so we have been going up and others have been going down.
And also some of the trade unions. I think we have been showing in the past few weeks what a campaigning link between the trade unions and party is, in the post office campaign with the CWU. But in the end some of the unions said, 'Our over-riding priority is to stop David Miliband, which candidate is the stop David Miliband candidate?' I think there are still people who say, 'I think Ed Balls is the one who causes the coalition the most difficulty and is the most credible, but is he too close to Gordon Brown?'
Q. And are you too close to Gordon Brown?
I don't think it matters a jot to be honest. As I have said, Ed Miliband was working for Gordon when I arrived in 1993, and he wrote the [2010] manifesto. I was probably the person who is more known for it, because on certain points like on the euro, or in January I went out and spoke out, but that's because I'm a bit more front foot. But I don't think I was sort more or less associated than David was with Tony or Ed Miliband was with Gordon, but of course there's a bit of a perception of that.
And there's also another dimension to this as well, which I was up in Durham a week or so ago, and a Labour Party member says, 'I think you are the most credible and the best campaigner but can we afford another candidate who is not popular with the right-wing tabloids, the Daily Mail gives you a hard time? Are we not safe going with a candidate who has an easier ride with the Daily Mail?' To which the answer is, well not if you want to win the election. Blunting your message and looking like David Cameron is not going to win us the next election. Being clear about what we're about and we have an alternative point of view, even if that ruffles some feathers, I think is vital. That's what I have done, and I'm not going to stop doing that.
The Labour Party has got to decide, has it got the confidence to go with that, or would it rather that more passive, defensive, 'ooh you've got to be careful' view? I don't think we can win through caution.
I was the first in 1997 to argue for Bank of England independence, and for cuts in capital gains tax, so I understand the importance of reaching out across low and middle income Britain. But you have got to do it with a bit of distinctiveness.
The Labour Party has got to decide whether it's fundamentally … is it choosing the leader for the future or is it looking backwards? Governments who lose elections often lose on the basis of a backward look. I just don't want people to regret the choice.
Q: Gordon is a friend, how does it feel that being close to him is seen as a negative?
Gordon is grown up about this and so am I. He lost the election, didn't connect on the doorstep, people didn't say, 'I want Gordon Brown to carry on'. He made some bad calls. That's a fact. History will judge him as being the person who has shown more courage and conviction and has probably saved more people's loves and jobs around the world that probably any politician of that era. I think history will judge him well.
But he didn't win. There were lots of people at the beginning of the campaign who didn't know me, and would say, 'Is he another Gordon Brown?' But actually everybody who sees me on the TV and on the campaign, the policy I have set out, the way I talk about politics, they know I am a very, very different kind of politician. Increasingly people are saying that. Lots of people say, 'I have such a different view of you than four months ago.' Whether that's enough I don't know.
Q: Have you spoken to Gordon during the campaign.
Yeah, a few times.
Q: Any hints and tips?
I haven't really asked to be honest and I don't think Gordon really wants to get drawn into it. We keep reading Tony Blair is supporting David Miliband and Gordon Brown is supporting Ed Miliband, but I think that's probably the old Miliband narrative taking over again.
Q: Is that support helpful anyway?
I don't think it matters. In a sense the endorsements I've had have been Ken Livingstone fighting the London mayoral election, from Yvette Cooper our employment minister, John Healey our housing minister, people are going to be part of the Labour Party in one, two, three, four years time. People who have worked with me on my time who are ambitious for the future. I have chosen to push that more than people who are standing down.
Q: You talk about being the most complete candidate, what are the bits that are missing, what are your flaws?
First of all, a positive thing, is pretty much everybody who has worked with me in government is on the campaign, so in the early period, Anne Snelgrove, Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Jim [Knight] has done a brilliant job co-ordinating the whole thing as he has been elevated to the Lords and done about another 10 different activities, and Diana Johnson, Iain Wright, Vernon Coaker, Kevin Brennan, all people who have worked with me say you're the person we want to support as well …
None of us is complete though. I think if you're a politician and you're not learning all the time, you're not doing well. I think I'm much more hardened campaign politician than any other candidates now, because I know what it's like in the election not knowing whether you're going to give your winning or your losing speech, and none of the leadership candidates know what that's like.
That teaches you some campaigning skills, teaches you a lot of resilience as well. I think, I've shown over the years more resilience, I've had to than the others.
Q: You have been targeted for being close to Brown.
David Cameron has mentioned me most weeks at Prime Minister's Questions. I don't think he has mentioned any of the other candidates ever. The Daily Mail has called me an extreme left wing socialist zealot more times than I can imagine. People try to write me off and take me out of this leadership election in the middle of it and I've stormed back and shown that anybody who writes me off makes a big mistake and we have seen that reflected in momentum and votes as well.
On a personal level I became a Cabinet minister three years ago, I've always had a stammer — all through my life when I was a child. Nobody knew about it then, I never talked about it, in the early period it was hard because actually the degree of exposure, in dealing with Parliament, dealing with the TV, but I've come through that. I talk about it openly now.
People I think can't believe it can be true. If you want to know about resilience, that's hard. That's the most difficult thing I have ever done. The people who know I came through that and came out the other side know that nothing that David Cameron can ever say to me which would knock me down, there is nothing the Daily Mail could do to me which could ever knock me down.
Yvette says to me in my election leaflet which is very nice of her, that I've achieved more than all the other candidates of our generation put together. One of the interviewers this week said, 'Why don't you talk about that more?' And actually I could spend the whole time talking about Bank independence, the windfall tax, the tax credits, National Insurance and the health service, the decision on the euro, as well as the stuff I did later on children, but actually I think in a way I haven't done that so much because it feeds that rather backward looking feel of this choice.
I would much rather be talking about the jobs plan, the housing plan, reform of the party, the big economic argument, going forward. If Labour chooses its leader on the grounds that on the one hand we mustn't make the mistake of 1992 and not win middle England or that we are too in hock to a comfort zone based on a past view, I think an internal discussion is very dangerous.
When I look back on our politics, from 1979 to 1983, the Labour Party had an internal discussion about what we were about and what we were for, ignored the electorate I'm afraid, came along in '83 and said vote for us and the public said we don't know who you are, we haven't heard a word you've said, we don't know what these words mean, and when we look at your policies we think you're a bit off the wall. We can't make that mistake, and I'm not going to.
I've not been talking a party narrative, I've tried to show what talking to the country is all about.
Nobody has once said to me, during the general election campaign or after, you must carry on on a relentless path of public service reform and if you don't I'll feel that the New Labour project is being derailed.
Nobody has said to me either in my constituency or anywhere in the country, I'm not voting for you because you've allowed your alliances to drive your values and not your values to drive your alliances.
Nobody is said that either. What they have said is why has my daughter been waiting for two years for a house, and I'm worried that tuition fees are making it harder for my kids to go to university, and I'm really worried about what public service cuts will mean for my elderly relative and what that will mean for our family, and why can't Labour set out an alternative view, or isn't there one? It's answering those questions which I have tried to be about all the way through, whether that's on housing, on migration, on Europe.
The lesson I draw from the general campaign is none of the three leaders, Gordon, David or Nick Clegg, actually sounded to people in constituencies around the country like they were in touch with their lives, actually. They either sounded like they weren't in touch or they sounded like they were reading out somebody else's script. And actually, that's why nobody won.
I think its slightly alienating to be honest. Where as in the election campaign at one point we had the independent travelling hustings, me a Tory, the BNP, the Liberal, the crowd of 500 with a big chunk of BNP, plus three TV cameras. And the question was could you connect with that audience and make them see you on your side. That's real politics, that's what you have got to be able to do. That's what we should be doing with these hustings, rather than having an internal discussion.
My Conservative opponent saying you have allowed a deluge of immigration to swamp our area, now, I have to stand up and say that while I disagree with the racism of the BNP and I thought the Tory was wrong to play that kind of nasty politics, but to make the case for migration must mean making case for fair migration, because I understand peoples concerns and here's how we can sort it out. That's what you have got to be able to do, and that's what I think I offer which none of the other leadership candidates do. None of them have actually do it that way, or have had to it that way.
Q: Does it come down to just talking like a normal person and knowing what normal people are talking about?
None of us are complete, we are all learning. But the issue is I can walk into a meeting of finance ministers, I chaired the world finance ministers deputies for two years, I know what it is like to sort of try to make sure that the Russian finance minister and the Ukrainian finance minister are getting on round the table, chairing a meeting.
But I can also go into a Sure Start children's centre with a group of mums and dads and talk to them about their kids and their community in a way which doesn't make them feel somebody has just arrived from Mars but sounds like them and is like them? Actually to be comfortable in any environment, talking about the things that matter in a way which makes sense, I need to be able to go into any discussion and say, what is the issue for jobs here, but I have also got to persuade the eminent columnists of the Financial Times [that] I've talked sense. If you can't do both —
Q: Are you the only one who can do both?
I think the reason people say I've run the best campaign, is they say I am the best person for doing that. I've got something to say. I don't think anybody doubts that we have had more substance on policy. Compared to the other candidates we have had far more policy substance. But it's actually a combination of the policy substance and the credibility of how it adds up, plus the ability to communicate what you are trying to get to. That's what I mean about some of the other candidates, people say they have got part of that but you have got to get as close as you can to all of it.
The one thing you have to say about David Cameron is in certain media environments he can sound suave, although when he then goes along and says in 1940 Britain was the junior partner to America, I think suddenly all across the country people are saying hang on a sec he doesn't know what he is talking about.
But if you come the kind of places we do our public meetings if you ever said that you'd get lynched.
Q: What do you think of Nick Clegg?
I think he had the chance to be deputy prime minister and he has taken it. And in so doing had hijacked his party, it has left the Liberal Democrats in an existentialist crisis of great proportions, who are we, what are we for, where do we stand, how did this happen? I would think that Camus-like there are many Liberal democrats walking the streets wondering how it happened and that's a real challenge for Nick Clegg in terms of leadership. Because he's got to make sense of what he has done and I don't think he has passed that test yet. Most Lib Dems think if he has genuinely hijacked his party and taken it to the right, well where does that leave them?
But when he comes along and says we are the progressive face of the coalition and it turns out the budget hit the poorest hardest, his words blow up in his face. I think Nick Clegg has got a huge leadership challenge to make sense of what he has done as anything other than complete opportunism. We'll see.
I've said this to my colleagues and particularly to Ed, if we simply wait for the Liberal Democrats to have a crisis in the hope that we'll get Liberal Democrat voters and even MPs coming back to us and in the meantime let the Conservatives off the hook – it's very dangerous. Because David Cameron could easily be turning round in a few months time and saying, well we always knew the Liberal Democrats weren't reliable, vote for the real thing. And that's why I think on the economy and public service winning the argument with David Cameron and George Osborne is more important than discomforting the Liberal Democrats.
Q: So what do you do about the Lib Dems, do you hug them close or kick them to death?
What people want to know is, what is a Conservative-led coalition doing and what is Labour's alternative? Within that, there is clearly a huge dilemma for many Liberal Democrat voters who thought they were voting for the opposite of what the Conservative-led coalition is doing. This is a Conservative-liberal coalition with a small 'l' because it is more the liberal wing than the Liberal Democrat wing of the Liberal Party which is comfortable with this.
I would rather keep focused on the speeches of David Cameron, George Osborne and Michael Gove and their philosophy, and as it happens I think Nick Clegg is quite comfortable with that.
Q: If you become leader, could you tempt Lib Dem councillors and MPs to defect?
I'm neither looking to target Lib Dems for criticism or to prioritise winning their support over winning the support of for example Labour supporters who went to vote Conservative or other smaller parties. We need to be across the piece. I understand the huge discomfort that many Liberal Democrats feel but that is not my first priority.
Q: Did you support keeping shadow cabinet elections?
Yes, I think so.
Q: It's a very tight turnaround from getting a new leader, a new shadow cabinet and then the Comprehensive Spending Review. How big a challenge is that?
I've not waited until the outcome of the leadership election to set out an economic alternative view. Obviously, how the shadow cabinet portfolios then get allocated will make a difference to how we response to different policy areas, but I think we took four months debating a big alternative message and that's something which is going to have be resolved by the Labour Party in the next few weeks.
Q: It was no great secret that you wanted to be chancellor in government, presumably that's still something you'd be comfortable doing?
The great irony of this is I always knew that me being Gordon's chancellor would be complicated and difficult for me. It was a never a job I lobbied or pressed for and I spent most of the week in 2009 telling journalists I absolutely wasn't pressing for this, but I think that the problem was that Gordon and Peter Mandelson thought for quite a long period of time that it would have been better if I had; then it couldn't be done. It wasn't something that I particularly lobbied for.
Similarly in terms of where we are now, I am campaigning for the leader's job. I think the economy is so important that you need a leader who can really put David Cameron into difficult places. He is the Prime Minister now not leader of the opposition, he has got to answer difficult questions not ask them.
Q: Are you the only one with economic credibility?
It is fairly obvious I have got more of a professional track record. But there are also a couple of other people who have done some economic stuff in the past, I am not campaigning for a particular job if I lose. But I have said I think we should make sure we get the best people in the right jobs. I am campaigning to win.
Q: What about if you did win, would Yvette be a good shadow chancellor?
I think Yvette is very talented, and it is unsurprising to know I have not started doing fantasy shadow cabinet, we have got to wait and see what the PLP [Parliamentary Labour Party] chooses first [in the shadow cabinet elections in October].
Q: Have you started writing your leader's speech for conference?
No. But for me the leadership campaign has been completely liberating, in terms of having the time and the opportunity to set out the views about the first and now on to the future. I think that's pretty good preparation for your first leader's speech.
Q: What does the party need to do at conference?
The conference is going to be defined by the new leader and by our response to the economic crisis.
Q: Should Gordon appear at the conference?
Umm, … yeah. I don't know in what way, but I think it's important that we are moving from the past to the future and we should do that in a dignified and united way.
Q: What has annoyed you on the campaign trail?
I'm rather a optimistic, bouncy sort of person, I don't particularly get down. I get tired but not down. I don't get annoyed. Given that Costa Coffee now has a fairly substantial ownership of coffee shops in motorway service stations, I wish they would expand their range of toasted sandwiches, because once you've had the cheese steak, the cheese and ham – I've had that a few times – and I don't really like the chicken one, so it gets a bit narrow. That would be a really positive improvement for my life.
We don't get annoyed. We have some times where its two or three days of not seeing the children, and that's difficult. Our daughter has just started secondary school so it's a difficult time. But we are going back tonight and up to Yorkshire tomorrow. I tend to go back whenever I possibly can.
Q: David Cameron has been credited for working more family friendly hours. Can you be a decent family man while also trying to get to the top of politics, or is there a constant balancing act?
I think the step to Prime Minister or leader of the opposition is a step up from any job, I think that being a Cabinet minister is pretty stressful as well, but to be honest that's something I did manage to carry off. I have always been a quite good multi-tasker. But the last couple of months have been very hard because we have just been doing thousands of miles, so we have been leaving at 8 in the morning getting back at 1 in the morning most days, but that will change.
In the end, there are certain things you learn in life. One of which is never ever to spend your whole time thinking about a job you haven't got, that's an important lesson I have learned.
Q: Is that from your experience or the experience of others?
Let's just say it's an experience I've got. I want to enjoy every day, and I love doing the job I do, I want to be leader of the Labour Party but if not I'll enjoy and be honoured to do whatever I do in the next few years. You don't want to look back and wish you'd got a better balance.
It's quite intense in this kind of politics, but at the same time you have also got to remember our kids' time is important too. You have got to be quite tough about that. The only time I cry with pain in the office is when I look at the diary and say, 'You haven't factored in that day [it] is really important so I am not going to compromise that.'
On the day more daughter starts at secondary school, nothing is more important, so you miss the GMTV couch – so what?
Q: When you have been touring the country in your Ford Galaxy, have you been reading anybody's memoirs?
No, actually.
Q: Do you plan to?
As I have said, August reading. So I have got 11 months to gather dust. This August I read Twilight, I thought to myself if my daughter is going to read all four books, I ought to read them, so I read the first one of the werewolf books. I have been trying to read the new Martin Amis book, Solar, I didn't really quite get in to that. I read the Chris Cleave novel. To be honest I'd rather read those kind of books than memoirs. I like political history, but I prefer to read them when it's all history.
Q: Will you read Gordon's book?
I will, it will only gather dust for eight months.
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Oh the way it feels,
When I hear the sound of those rolling wheels.
My fingers release the nose and I leap forward just as the board falls to the ground.
A sudden rush of adrenaline creeps up as I hear that thunderous sound.
I approach the pyramid with my feet set in place.
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The board spins and flips at the same time.
Catching it mid-air feels so sublime.
Now descending slowly toward the other side,
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Oh the way it feels...
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Spring rain showers have turned into a sticky situation for one Wiregrass community.
Residents of Otter Pond Road in Cottonwood say it has become almost impassible with the most recent heavy rains.
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The original US voice for Apple's Siri has been identified as an Atlanta woman, Susan Bennett, according to CNN. Bennett says that she only discovered her voice was being used by Apple when a friend emailed her and asked if it was her voice in an iPhone commercial; not owning the latest iPhone at the time, she had to visit the Apple website to confirm the fact. She explains that the samples used were actually recorded in July 2005, over six years before Apple would announce its first incarnation of Siri, for the iPhone 4S. A different version of Siri existed earlier as an independent app, before Apple bought out its developer.
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Freeport had magical return to baseball in '79
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Even though Freeport High School had experienced considerable success in baseball, the school district shut down the program after the 1976 season.
By the time 1979 rolled around, the program was restored, but that was the easy part. Bob Isenberg, who had just returned to the school district after teaching in central Florida, was selected as the new head coach.
For those of you not around at the time, the late-winter, early-spring weather in 1979 was downright brutal. The winter was punctuated by a number of dangerous ice storms. Old Man Winter just wouldn't release his grip.
The Yellowjackets, however, overcame a number of obstacles and won the WPIAL Class AA title.
But Isenberg had an immediate problem — 80 students came out for the team, but he had only 19 uniforms. That meant he had to cut players without seeing what they could do on the playing field.
"I had a lot of kids who were good athletes," Isenberg said. "They were really a fundamentally sound, good group. When someone would screw up, there'd be somebody backing them up."
The baseball team couldn't get outside, and the school's long-successful track and girls softball program both got prime time in the gym. The exhibition season was a freeze-out, so Freeport had to wait until April 11, 1979 to make its return to the baseball diamond.
And what a return it was. Brian Marcy struck out 12 and yielded just five hits as the Yellowjackets blanked Leechburg, 2-0, at Freeport Borough Field.
Freeport continued its fine start, remaining undefeated with an 8-0 victory over Shannock Valley on May 7 as Randy Hafer hit a solo home run and a double. The following day, Marcy pitched a three-hit shutout against Ford City, defeating Sabers ace Brian Hobaugh, who would go on to play in the Minnesota Twins organization.
"(Marcy) was someone with the perfect demeanor," said Isenberg, who retired as Freeport Junior High principal in February but plans to stay a football assistant coach. "He could change speeds, and we made the plays behind him."
Freeport showed the depth of its athletic program with the track and field team winning the WPIAL team title the following week. At the time, team titles were decided by finishes in events, with more points going to the school that had the best finishing scores.
On May 18, Dino Aimino pitched the section clincher against Ford City. Only the section winners went to the WPIAL baseball playoffs then, and Freeport compiled a 14-0 mark.
It also was a notable year in that the PIAA had gone to two classifications in baseball. Up to then, all schools were thrown into the same classification.
The Yellowjackets opened the Class AA playoffs against another local team, Springdale, at Kiski Area High School. It looked like it would be a short visit to the playoffs for Freeport, as Springdale led, 4-1, with two outs in the seventh.
But the Yellowjackets exploded for five runs to take a 6-4 lead, only to see Springdale come back and tie the game in the home half of the seventh. In the top of the 11th, a Jeff Coward homer gave Freeport a 7-6 victory.
In the semifinals against Swissvale, Freeport had to again go to the 11th inning before pulling out the victory, 6-5. Scott Betush hit a sacrifice fly to deep left field at Highlands High School, scoring Aimino.
Brian Marcy had pitched 20.1 innings in the two previous games, so Aimino got the call for the title game at Munhall's West Field against Chartiers-Houston. The Bucs took an early lead but Freeport tied the score, 3-3. A bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Jeff Coward scored Calvin "Boob" Keener to break the stalemate. The Yellowjackets added an insurance run in the seventh when Aimino doubled and Betush singled, handing Freeport its third WPIAL championship.
"We really went way beyond expectations that season," said Aimino, who is now a chemical engineer living in Marion, N.Y, near Rochester. "We played a lot of baseball as youngsters in Little league, and I think my dad, John, had all of us on regular season or all-star teams at one point."
In the opening game of the PIAA playoffs at Shippensburg University, Central Columbia's Duane Procenzo tossed a 3-hiter as Freeport fell, 1-0, to finish its comeback season at 19-1.
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Costinesti is located 20 km.south from Constanţa (Romanian pronunciation: [konˈstant͡sa]; historical names: Tomis, Greek: Κωνστάντια or Konstantia, Turkish: Köstence, Bulgarian: Констанца) is one of the oldest cities in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobrogea region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanţa County and the largest city in the region.
A number of inscriptions found in the city and its vicinity show that Constanţa lies where Tomis once stood. Tomis (also called Tomi) was a Greek colony in the province of Scythia Minor on the Black Sea's shore, founded around 600 BC for commercial exchanges with the local Getic populations.
In 8 CE, Ovid was banished to Tomis, on the Black Sea, by the exclusive intervention of the Emperor Augustus, without any participation of the Senate or of any Roman judge,[
Main sights
Ovid's Square
Designed by the sculptor Ettore Ferrari in 1887, the statue dedicated to the Roman poet, Publius Ovidius Naso, gives name to this square. Emperor Augustus exiled Ovid to Tomis in 8 AD.
The Roman Mosaics (Edificul Roman cu Mozaic)
A vast complex on three levels once linked the upper town to the harbor. Today, only about a third of the original edifice remains, including more than 9,150 sq ft (850 m2) of colorful mosaics. Built toward the end of the 4th century AD and developed over the centuries, it was the city's commercial center until the 7th century. Archaeological vestiges point to the existence of workshops, warehouses and shops in the area. Remains of the Roman public baths can still be seen nearby. Aqueducts brought water six miles (10 km) to the town.
The Genoese Lighthouse (Farul Genovez)
Soaring 26 feet (7.9 m), this lighthouse was built in 1860 by the Danubius and Black Sea Company to honor Genoese merchants who established a flourishing sea trade community here in the 13th century.
The Casino (Cazinoul)
Completed between the two World Wars in art nouveau style according to the plans of the architects, Daniel Renard and Petre Antonescu, the Casino features sumptuous architecture and a wonderful view of the sea. The pedestrian area around the Casino is a sought-after destination for couples and families, especially at sunset.
The House with Lions (Casa cu Lei)
Blending pre-Romantic and Genovese architectural styles, this late 19th century building features four columns adorned with imposing sculptured lions. During the 1930s, its elegant salons hosted the Constanţa Masonic Lodge.
The Archeology Park (Parcul Arheologic)
The park houses columns and fragments of 3rd and 4th century buildings and a 6th century tower.
St. Peter & Paul Orthodox Cathedral
Constructed in Greco-Roman style between 1883 and 1885, the church was severely damaged during World War II and was restored in 1951. The interior murals display a neo-Byzantine style combined with Romanian elements best observed in the iconostasis and pews, chandeliers and candlesticks (bronze and brass alloy), all designed by Ion Mincu and completed in Paris.
The Great Mahmudiye Mosque (Moscheea Mare Mahmoud II)
Built in 1910 by King Carol I, the mosque is the seat of the Mufti, the spiritual leader of the 55,000 Muslims (Turks and Tatars by origin) who live along the coast of the Dobrogea region. The building combines Byzantine and Romanian architectural elements, making it one of the most distinctive mosques in the area. The centerpiece of the interior is a large Persian carpet, a gift from Sultan Abdul Hamid. Woven at the Hereke Handicraft Center in Turkey, it is one of the largest carpets in Europe, weighing 1,080 pounds. The main attraction of the mosque is the 164 ft (50 m) minaret (tower) which offers a stunning view of the old downtown and harbor. Five times a day, the muezzin climbs 140 steps to the top of the minaret to call the faithful to prayer.
The Fantasio Theatre (Teatrul Fantasio)
Built in 1927 by Demostene Tranulis, a local philanthropist of Greek origin, this theatre used to be called "Tranulis" before 1947, after the name of its benefactor. It's a fine building featuring elements of neoclassical architecture, located in the heart of the city, on Ferdinand Boulevard.
Mangalia city,located 20 km. south from Costinesti,(Romanian pronunciation: [maŋˈgalia], Greek: Callatis, Panglicara, other historical names: Pangalia, Tomisovara) is a city and a port on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanţa County.
A Greek colony named Callatis (Kallatis) was founded in 6th century BC by the city of Heraclea Pontica.Its first silver coinage was minted approximately 350 BC. In 72 BC, Callatis was conquered by the Roman general Lucullus and was assigned to the Roman province of Moesia Inferior. Throughout the 2nd century AD, the city built defensive fortifications and the minting of coinage under the Roman emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla continued. Callatis suffered multiple invasions in the third century AD but recovered in the 4th century AD to retain its status as an important trade hub and port city.
Since the 9th century it was known by the Turks as Pangalia, by the Romanians as Tomisovara and by the Greeks as Panglicara and it was one of the most important ports on the west coast of the Black Sea. Mangalia (former Callatis) is the oldest city, continuously inhabited, on the present territory of Romania.
Tourist attractions in Mangalia
Callatis Artifacts
MosqueThe Scythian tomb discovered in 1959 where archaeologists unearthed fragments of a papyrus in Greek, the first document of this kind in Romania; the incineration tombs (the necropolis of the Callatis citadel, dating back to the 4th-2nd centuries BC); the ruins of the Callatis citadel (6th century BC); the Turkish Mangalia Mosque (16th century); the Archaeology Museum which shelters a rich collection of amphorae and sculptures from the Hellenistic epoch, fragments of stone sarcophagi, etc.
The city has been well known in recent years as the place where one of the largest summer festivals in Romania takes place: Callatis Festival.
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Even in a downturn, thousands pour to concrete show; all halls of Vegas convention center filled, plus outdoor demos draw contractor crowds.
World of Concrete 2009, held Feb. 3-6, 2009, brought 65,287 registered professionals to the Las Vegas Convention Center to visit and view products and services spread across 880,000 net square feet of exhibit space.
The World of Concrete also had the appearance of the wide wide world of compact track loaders – numerous exhibitors were introducing new models as well as new tweaks and features to existing lines. Terex, Bobcat, John Deere, Wacker Neuson, and Caterpillar were among those CED took particular note of. Emphasis on offering complete lines of compact equipment for the concrete contractors is a clear focus for OEMs, and Terex and Wacker Neuson are plain examples of branding campaigns that are showing customers a full spectrum of mighty mini machines that work hard in tight confines.
Please watch for additional World of Concrete product highlights in our April issue as well.
48-Inch-Wide Loader Great for Tight Spaces
At only 48-inches wide, the Terex ASV PT-30 compact track loader is the ideal size for working in confined spaces. The loader has a 32.7-hp engine and features patented Posi-Track undercarriage technology with suspension that maximizes traction and flotation. Distributing the weight of the machine over 24 wheels in its undercarriage, enables the machine's 3,305 pound operating weight to be distributed down to only 2.8 pounds per square inch of ground pressure. Equipped with general purpose 11-inch wide tracks or optional smooth Turf tracks. Hydraulic attachments readily connect to the PT-30's standard 10 gpm 3,000 psi auxiliary hydraulic system. Terex offers the PT series of CTLs in seven models ranging from PT-30's 32.7-hp to the PT-100's 99.9-hp, each featuring the Posi-Track undercarriage technology and suspension.
For more information, call 800-346-5954 or visit
New Compact Track Excavators from Wacker
Wacker Neuson has expanded its line of compact track excavators with the introduction of two new models – the 6003 and the 28Z3. Weighing in at 6-tons, the 6003 bridges the gap between the popular 5-ton 50Z3 and the 8-ton 8003. The new minimum swing radius 6003 track excavator is powered by a 58.7-hp Yanmar four cylinder diesel engine, and provides a maximum digging depth of 12-feet, 7-inches. The second model is a 2.8-metric ton zero tail swing compact track excavator. This compact excavator provides excellent visibility and performance in confined working areas. The unit is lightweight and compact enough to be hauled with a standard size pick-up trailer. Powered by a Yanmar 3-cylinder, 20.4-hp engine and offering a maximum digging depth of 9 feet, the 28Z3 is the perfect zero tail swing machine for top performance and economical operation. For more information, visit
Adjust Grade Elevation from the Cab
Bobcat Company and Trimble have teamed up to improve receivers for laser-guided grading with Bobcat box blade or grader attachments. The new Bobcat receivers offer new features that improve grading accuracy and speed while making it easier to adjust the grade. In-cab grade control allows operators to change the blade position up to 2 inches in either direction from inside the cab. The laser grader features a proportional system that provides three speed ranges that allow the operator to raise and lower the blade quickly or slowly. The photo cell on the receiver has been lengthened, allowing the attachment to travel farther up or down without losing the signal from the transmitter. This feature enables the operator to stay in the machine to adjust the transmitter and decreases the number of passes it takes for the attachment to complete the grade. Bobcat offers three laser transmitters that can be used to control the new receivers and quickly perform flat-plane, single-slope or dual-slope grading.
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Italian Manufacturers Seeking U.S. Distribution
Outside of Europe, the U.S. is the most important market for Italian manufacturing companies. Italy is the fifth largest foreign supplier, and in the first seven months of 2008 exported $355 million in construction equipment and components to the U.S. That's why The Italian Trade Commission, in conjunction with COMAMOTER and UCoMESA, organized the participation of several Italian companies in the 2009 World of Concrete trade show. Visitors had the opportunity to learn about machines designed for the construction, earthmoving, road building, waste handling and demolition industries from the following manufacturers: Ascom, Fiori, Italpunte, Indeco, Messersi and Sacme Service. Italian equipment is known for innovation, precision engineering, and endurance under rigorous work conditions. Several Italian manufacturers are currently seeking U.S. distribution. For more information, call 404-525-0660
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New Customizable Demo Attachment
Genesis Attachments introduces the new Genesis Demolition Recycler, the GDR-200. Designed for use on machines 45,000-pounds and larger, the GDR-200 delivers an impressive 115-tons of crushing force at the tip, a 32-inch jaw depth, a jaw opening of 35 inches, and a quick 7-second cycle time at 65 gpm. The GDR-200 can be custom-configured from as few as five pulverizing teeth and 16-inch blades to as many as 19 pulverizing teeth and a 4-inch cutting blade to match any specific end use. With this versatility, the new attachment is ideal for high-reach demolition projects, crushing concrete and brick, cutting pipe, rebar or medium-gauge steel, according to the company.
For more information, call 715-395-5252 or visit
Get the Job Done in Half the Time
Topcon Positioning Systems will allow operators to do more work in less time. Topcon's new 3D-MC2 is a one-of-a-kind machine control system. With the 3D-MC2, operators are reporting increases in productivity of up to four times greater than that of dozers not using the 3D machine control technology, according to the company. Topcon says that equates to one dozer doing the same amount of work of two machines. The technology driving the 3D-MC2 combines cutting-edge hydraulic control software, the latest in inertial sensor technology and the industry's leading GNSS receivers to provide more than 100 blade position checks per second (about five times higher than the industry machine control average). Topcon's GPS plus GLONASS technology improves operator productivity due to precise positioning and accuracy. Now, with 3D-MC2, increasing the dozer speed and improving the accuracy and grade smoothness adds additional savings in time and money on every job, according to the company. For more information, visit
Three New Compact Track Loaders
Caterpillar's new rubber-track compact track loaders, Models 279C, 289C and 299C, feature durable, steel embedded track and steel undercarriage components for maximum life in aggressive applications. The new loaders combine a freshly engineered suspension-type undercarriage, designed and built by Caterpillar, with the chassis of their multiterrain loader counterparts, the 277C, 287C and 297C. The fully suspended undercarriage employs four independent torsion axles for a superior ride and excellent bucket load retention. Class leading track-on-ground of almost 70 inches provides good flotation and traction, low ground pressure and long track life. The new models have rated operating capacities of 3,200, 3,850 and 4,150 pounds, at 50 percent of tipping load. Net-horsepower ratings are 82 for the 279C and 289C, and 90 for the 299C. Lift-arm-path design is radial for the 279C and vertical for the 289C and 299C. For more information, visit
New Track Loader Meets Interim Tier 4 Standards
John Deere has added the small frame CT315 to its compact track loader line, a 45-hp unit that already meets interim Tier 4 emissions standards. The CT315 becomes Deere's first radial lift compact track loader, as well as its smallest, with a 12.6-inch-wide track and a narrow overall machine width of just over 60 inches. Its cushioned bucket and lift cylinders provide smooth deceleration at the end of the boom-lower position and also cushion the bucket when curling and dumping a load. The CT315 offers a 360-degree view, which means the operator can also see the tracks and the ground around the machine with the boom in the resting position. The new loader features a Deere PowerTech 4024T 4-cylinder 2.4-L engine that provides superior engine lugging capability while working heavy loads. Track loader-specific boom and bucket breakout forces make the CT315 a superior digging machine, while less than five pounds of ground pressure per square inch make it ideal for work on turf.
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MEC Introduces Two New Aerial Lifts
MEC Aerial Work Platforms unveiled its highest working-height scissor lift and its first-ever Speed Level sigma lift at World of Concrete. Models include an Ultra-Deck 5492RT scissor lift and a 3084RT Speed Level sigma lift. The 5492RT is a four-wheel drive, rough terrain ultra-deck scissor lift with a platform height of 54 feet and a lift capacity of 1,500 pounds. With 50 percent gradeabilty, an oscillating axle, four wheel drive and automatic leveling outriggers this machine can handle the most demanding jobsites. The Super Deck option adds an additional 40 inches of platform length to suit the longest working applications. The 3084RT Speed Level sigma lift is the first in the MEC sigma lift series of rough terrain platforms and provides quick platform leveling without the use of outriggers. The platform and support structure level up to 14 degrees per side (side to side) and 10 degrees each forward and behind with the operator's choice of automatic or manual leveling within seconds. The 3084RT offers a platform height of 30 feet, a lift capacity of 1,500 pounds, optional four-wheel drive, and a standard oscillating axle for a solid 45 percent gradeability. For more information, call 877-MEC-LIFT or visit
New Double Boom Utility Class Excavator
Kubota introduces the new KX080-3 Super Double Boom 8-ton utility class excavator. The expandable boom adds reach and functionally to the excavator, which allows operators to work closer to the machine, level wider ranges, reach further and dig deeper than an excavator with a standard boom. The Super Double Boom is designed to bring the bucket more than 3 feet closer to the machine, making it easy to hold soil in front of the blade when leveling, while eliminating the small piles of rocks and rubble often left by a standard boom. Features include an impressive dumping height of just over 20 feet and a digging depth of slightly more than 15 feet. The wide leveling range and wide tilt bucket allow operators to easily level and finish on uneven surfaces. Kubota's KX080-3 Super Double Boom is ideal for contractors and landscapers looking for a versatile machine that delivers industrial performance, according to the company. For more information, call 888-458-2682 or visit
Stone Adds 3-Bag Mixer to Its Leading Mortar Mixer Line
Stone Construction Equipment's popular Stone Champion Mortar Mixer is now available in a full 3-bag model, the 955PM. The 9 cubic foot capacity mixer adds productivity for commercial masons. Other features include:
A patented quadruple seal and drum bearing system mounted in an innovative, removable, patented housing that delivers superior performance and longer life
The system carries an unconditional lifetime warranty, which insures continued performance batch after batch
An exclusive Stone extendible axle allows the mixer to fit through doorways
An innovative cowl that delivers five times more ventilation for increased engine airflow and maximum performance
A patented lift-away safety guard, safety chain attachment, conveniently located front post hand clutch, and heavy-duty tow pole are just a few of the numerous standard features.
For more information, visit
New and Improved
Enhance Productivity
with the X-Ripper
The new X-Ripper attachment from Vail Products, a division of Hammersmith Manufacturing & Sales, provides end users in the construction, excavation and site prep industries with added versatility and enhanced productivity. The X-Ripper, which is manufactured using high-strength steel, features a contoured tooth/adapter design, a lifting eye positioned for handling ease and a center of gravity that enables optimal storage and presentation. It also features increased strength and service life, as well as streamlined gusseting for minimal material build-up. The X-Ripper works with or without pin-style quick couplers.
For more information, call 800-375-8245
or visit
A Powerful New Grapple from Sidney Manufacturing
Sidney Manufacturing introduces the new Gorilla Grapple, a versatile, powerful grapple designed to fit most skid-steers. Manufactured from high tensile 1-inch thick steel with tough 400 BHN tips, the Gorilla Grapple can handle hurricane debris, large trees, brush, hay bales, salvage yard scrap, and crush concrete slabs, according to the company. This heavy-duty grapple is designed for durability and performance. The patented grapple is available in 6- and 10-tine configurations.
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