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Awards Calendar
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This year's honoree, 21-year-old USC student Corinne Foxx, is the latest in a long line of stars' daughters who help serve up the trophies on the big night.
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The comedian, who vowed he'd never repeat the job, joins after a three-year stint from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
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Scott Ritter, the former U.N. weapons inspector who was arrested "after allegedly communicating with an undercover officer posing as a 16-year-old girl," has joined six other fairly fringe figures to endorse Dennis Blair's appointment of Chas Freeman. (A source told CNN that "Ritter had arranged in an Internet chat room to meet with the girl at a Burger King in Colonie, a suburb of Albany, so she could witness him masturbating.") The rest of these guys are on record saying all sorts of crazy things over the last few years, most of them exhibiting some kind of paranoia about the "neocon cabal" (Ray Close). Ray McGovern even served "symbolic war crimes indictments on the Bush White House from a 'people's tribunal.'"
This endorsement only furthers the impression that Freeman is a genuine crackpot.
Update: *The title had read "Pederast Lobby." I've since been informed that pederasty denotes, in particular, an affinity for young boys, so have changed to pedophile which would be more appropriate in this case.
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Dear Director Blair:
We write to give strong endorsement to your choice of Chas Freeman for Chair of the National Intelligence Council.
We, the undersigned, worked at senior levels of key intelligence agencies. Our aggregate service represents 130 years and includes close familiarity with virtually all the key tasks over which Freeman is to have purview.
Your naming of Freeman reflects awareness that National Intelligence Estimates and the President's Daily Brief are of such critical importance that the NIC requires a leader of unquestioned integrity and competence. The experience of the several years before Tom Fingar took the reins at the NIC constitutes abundant proof of this.
Fingar's retirement led to concern that it would be difficult to find a person with Fingar's professionalism and experience. We were relieved to learn you had found such a person in Freeman.
In normal circumstances, Chas Freeman would need no endorsement from us. He is fearless in speaking truth without fear or favor, qualities that are sine qua non for the job.
His unusually balanced comments in past years on the Israel-Palestine issue, for example, are very much in keeping with decades of U.S. policy - that is, until our honest broker role was jettisoned by the previous administration.
We are not surprised that many pundits and other public figures, aghast at the appointment of a senior intelligence official able to take a more balanced view of the Arab-Israel issue, have launched a strong campaign to derail the Freeman appointment.
We find the heated attacks on Freeman unprecedented in their vehemence, scope and target. Never before have we witnessed such a well-coordinated campaign against the appointment of a senior official to an intelligence job not requiring Senate confirmation.
It will surely come as no surprise to you that, as DNI, you can expect to be on the receiving end of relentless, agenda-laden lobbying. Reaction to the Freeman appointment seems a harbinger of things to come.
We strongly urge you to send a strong message to those creating pressure on you to back down. Please do our new President and the intelligence community the favor of finalizing your appointment of Chas Freeman as Director of the National Intelligence Council.
Ray Close, Near East Division, Directorate of Operations, CIA (26 years)
Larry Johnson, Directorate of Intelligence, CIA; State, Pentagon intelligence (24 years)
W. Patrick Lang, Col., US Army (ret.), Defense Intelligence Officer and Director of Collection, DIA (30 years)
David MacMichael, Senior Estimates Officer, National Intelligence Council (2 years)
Ray McGovern, US Army Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Intelligence, CIA (30 years)
Scott Ritter, US Marine Intelligence Officer, UN Chief Inspector (18 years)


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1992 Isuzu Amigo • 2WD Manual • 147,000 miles
What will the approximated cost of replacing the compression rings in a 1992 Isuzu Amigo be? It burns oil and I was told that the compression rings are a highly likely cause of this problem.
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A wonderful, magnificent,12 year old girl who isn't afraid of anything. Spends most of her time in boxes and vents. Likes to dumpster dive with her best friend Austin. And Likes horses, and other animals. Who is a complete tom boy.
You're a Tom Boy your a so Kylie
מאת Monsterbaby10123 30 ביולי, 2009
A disgusting slut with greasy (fake) blonde hair who does things with guys who have girlfriends and nasty older ugly dudes and probaly has maggets in her vagina.Thinks she is so amazing and that everyone loves her but no one wants to be her friend because she steals thier boyfriends some how even though she looks like a rat.
Oh god she is so turning into a Kylie.
מאת ginger&blondie69 24 ביוני, 2011
when a woman sits on a person's face and forces them to fight for air
she totally kylied that dude into the hospital!
מאת Roger Mattson, 18 בפברואר, 2008
Really pretty but is a dumb blonde at heart. Just like normal blondes she can be really hard headed and not know what shes doing.
Kylie is so dumb sometimes.
Her hair is so blonde.
Her hair is so blonde.
מאת AnyaMy 6 בדצמבר, 2009
A large girl who cakes on enough layers of make-up to make her globe (aka her huge head) look 3 times larger than it really is. She likes to be a big slut and sleep with guys after meeting them a few times. She sucks at math, logic, and being a good person in general. She dyes her hair every week just so she can make sure no one really knows what she actually looks like. She thinks no one dislikes her but she's really a large ugly loud eye sore.
Hi my name is Kylie, I am large and love to cake on my makeup and dye my hair all the time, because if anyone knew that I actually look like a large stallion with a million freckles no one would like me.
מאת murharharhar 23 ביולי, 2010
what happens after a long night of drinking, usually involves hugging a toilet
" dude i got so drunk last night i kylied all over the bathroom!"
"man you look like you just kylied for hours"
"man you look like you just kylied for hours"
מאת cheffy_girl 29 באפריל, 2009
A kylie is when a guy has no more strength to go on during sex, this usually happens after prolonged session of sex
i was so kylie'd after that night with janet
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Richard B. Cheney is the consummate con man of modern American politics. He was taken as the ultimate Washington power figure, cool and always several calculations ahead of his rivals, a brilliant businessman, a cerebral strategist. But Cheney's reputation was put together with smoke and mirrors—or more to the point—with a combination of silence and bulldozing based on what most people in the room always assumed to be superior knowledge. In the meantime it has become clear that Cheney was a disastrously bad businessman. As the head of Halliburton he dragged the company from one catastrophe to the next, concluding a calamitous deal struck on the golf course for Dresser Industries. He then bogged the company down in a massive corrupt liquefied natural gas project in Nigeria that just cost its shareholders $579 million in civil penalties. (The Bush Justice Department rushed the deal to a conclusion before Cheney left office, concluding to the smirks of observers that Cheney had no personal exposure in a matter run by an officer he handpicked and oversaw.) But Cheney's corporate stewardship was stellar compared with his record at the helm of the nation's national security apparatus. Every harebrained scheme the country was dragged into over the last eight years seems to have had its start in Dick Cheney's office. And now, the more Cheney talks, the more manifest his delusions and poor judgment become. Why, in particular, has Cheney been on a campaign to persuade Americans that torture is good for them? Andrew Sullivan gives us a diagnosis in the Sunday Times:
So what was Cheney thinking? My guess is that he fears he is in trouble. This fear has been created by Obama, but indirectly. Obama has declined to launch a prosecution of Cheney for war crimes, as many in his party (and outside it) would like. He has set up a review of detention, rendition and interrogation policies. And he has simply declassified many of the infamous torture memos kept under wraps by Bush. He has the power to do this, and much of the time it is in response to outside requests. But as the memos have emerged, the awful truth of what Cheney actually authorised becomes harder and harder to deny. And Cheney is desperately trying to maintain a grip on the narrative before it grips him by the throat.
The threat, however subtle, is real. Eric Holder, the new attorney-general, while eschewing a formal investigation, has told Republicans "prosecutorial and investigative judgments must depend on the facts, and no one is above the law". The justice department is also sitting on an internal report into the calibre of the various torture memos drafted by Bush appointees in the Office of Legal Counsel. The report has apparently already found the memos beneath minimal legal credibility, which implies they were ordered up to make the law fit the already-made decision to torture various terror suspects. But the big impending release may well be three memos from May 2005, detailing specific torture techniques authorised by Bush and Cheney for use against terror suspects. Newsweek described the yet to be released memos thus: "One senior Obama official . . . said the memos were 'ugly' and could embarrass the CIA. Other officials predicted they would fuel demands for a 'truth commission' on torture"…
The documents detailed horrifying CIA practices that the Red Cross unequivocally called torture – shoving prisoners in tiny, air-tight coffins, waterboarding, beatings, sleep deprivation, stress positions: all the techniques we have now come to know almost by heart. And torture is a war crime. War crimes have no statute of limitations and are among the most serious crimes of which one can be accused.
Dick Cheney needs good defense counsel. Maybe Ramsey Clark will take on his case?
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The family of a murdered Jackson County woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her husband's estate. Family members of Linda Culp are suing the estate of Gary Culp. He was found dead last week of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Missouri hotel room.
Culp was the target of a multi-state manhunt in late July. He was suspected of killing Linda Culp, his 55-year-old wife. She was found buried in a shallow grave July 22nd near the couple's home in Kenna.
Linda Culp's family is seeking $3 million in compensatory damages and $15 million in punitive damages. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Jackson County Circuit Court by Parkersburg lawyer Richard Hayhurst.
The money would go to Linda Culp's four sisters and their children, who were supported financially by her. One of her sisters, Pamela Yates, says Gary Culp inflicted a great deal of pain and suffering on the family.
Gary Culp's family could not be reached for comment Tuesday morning. No attorney had been named to represent his estate Monday.
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Bryce Harper Has Knee Surgery
by Robert Littal | Posted on Saturday, October 26th, 2013
No such thing as minor knee surgery, but this shouldn't be anything major.
#Nats also announce Bryce Harper had surgery Wednesday to denture and repair bursa sac in L knee. 4-6 week recovery time.
— Mark Zuckerman (@ZuckermanCSN) October 26, 2013
That should say Harper had surgery to "debride" and repair his L bursa sac, not "denture." Though that would've been more interesting…
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Dani Sordo leads the Rally of France into day two, having put Mini into first position for the first time in its World Rally Championship comeback.
The Spaniard went into the afternoon in a close third behind Citroen's Sebastien Ogier and Solberg Citroen's Petter Solberg.
Ogier lost ground on the penultimate stage, fearing a problem with his car, and Solberg moved into the lead.
But Sordo then jumped both of them with an excellent time on the leg-closing Salm stage.
"I'm really, really, really happy," said Sordo. "I thnk we worked so hard for this and now it's in a good place.
"There are still two days to go but today was critical. To be leading the Citroens is very nice..."
Solberg will start day two exactly one second behind the Mini.
"The only thing is to go flat-out, that's the main thing," said Solberg.
Ogier completed the loop in third, 1.8s down on Solberg and 2.8s off the lead. He remained puzzled by his car's performance, having feared an engine problem on SS7.
"I don't know what happened exactly," said Ogier. "It smelled a lot of fuel in the car.
"I can be faster than that, I tried to push, and I lost time all the time. The team have to check it."
Kris Meeke escaped a spin on Salm to finish the day in fourth ahead of the two Fords, with Jari-Matti Latvala now ahead of Mikko Hirvonen, after another excursion for the title contender on SS7 dropped him down to sixth.
"We are a little bit behind, we should be a few places higher, but okay," Hirvonen admitted.
"It's been a difficult day, the rhythm hasn't been the best. Tomorrow I have to get at least two positions higher, so hopefully I can achieve that."
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My advice would be to shoot a roll of film of the same subject at all shutter speeds and adjust your aperture to compensate; if there are any major differences in speeds, this will show up when you process the negatives.
Personally, I've never heard of this problem specifically with FM2's and have been using them for years. However, as John Koehrer mentions, any camera model/manufacturer's shutter may produce a speed with a slight variation on what it's supposed to be firing at, but it won't be significant enough to produce over or under exposure.


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On last Sunday's Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Kris Jenner has an interesting philosophy on what makes your heritage, your heritage.
Sure, Kris grew up deciphering Tex-Mex menu options, but she's also indigenous to Neiman Marcus and fluent in Tanning Booth. If you look at the Kardashian family crest, it's basically just a giant sombrero holding a shopping bag. See, the truth is, the Kardashians didn't come from anywhere. They were born out of our need for them, and as long as we need them, they'll survive…kind of like los parasito.


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What's the steerer tube ID? Will a quill stem fit?
I wouldn't expect it to, but I'd love to know before I buy one.
What's the steerer tube ID? Will a quill stem fit?
I wouldn't expect it to, but I'd love to know before I buy one.
It should be 22.2mm (7/8"). But I thought Dimension primarily makes only theadLESS fork steerer for the disc brake hybrid 700c fork. I've only seen 1 inch threaded with cantilever posts. It should fit a road quill stem but that's not what we did for my wife's bike. After my last experience trying to thread a spanking new Tange Prestige fork w/ 1 inch steerer, I wore out the Park FTS-1 24 tpi cutting die and had to spend more money to buy a new one. For her bike, I got a 1 inch low-end threadless headset and got a shim for the 1 inch steerer above the headset. The shim is slotted so when clamped, it compresses and grabs the steerer really tight. Then standard 1 1/8th inch stems, washers, etc. just fit (except for the star nut which is for 1 inch steerers). But that makes for much easier tuning and adjustment than a threaded headset or quill stem. I adjust everything practically with a single 5mm allen key. No 6 mm allen, then dual 32mm headset wrench, or worrying about exact spacer height and insufficient threads on the headset lock ring, etc.
Yes, I can roll my own potsticker skins!
A quill stem should fit but you won't be running one unless the fork is threaded. New fork, why bother? Just get a cheap 1" threadless headset and 1" stem (or 1 1/8" stem with a shim) and enjoy.
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Because the steeerer tube isn't long enough to replicate the handlebar postition I currently have with a Technomic stem. And I've seen 1" threadless steerers that would accept a quill stem.
My plan would be to install a threadless headset with a clamp-on cyclocross cable stop to preload the headset. If that wouldn't prove to be strong enough, I suppose a cut and filed smooth junk stem would accomplish the same with a stronger hold. Then I could use a non-Technomic lengthed quill stem in the uncut steerer tube.
That's why I want to know if anyone who has the fork can tell me what the ID is or if a quill will fit.
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I'm going to have a spare 1" cyclocross fork with canti mounts and a disc tab. it's got good steer tube length. let me know what your budget is and if you can hold off for a couple weeks. I can get you a steer tube length, if you're interested.
They do sell stem extenders for threadless setups that achieve what a Nitto Technomic provides. You can also purchase stems that have a faster rise angle.
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Optimizing HealthIs Program Topic
Dr. John Walck will discuss how to optimize your health and invest in your future at 6:15 p.m. Aug. 13 and at 10 a.m. Aug. 21 at Kitsap Chiropractic Clinic, 200 Bethel Road in Port Orchard.
He will cover being proactive with the aging process and its natural cycles like menopause, male menopause, stress and reducing cancer risks; and rejuvenating yourself from chronic conditions like diabetes, cholesterol, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, PMS, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, weight problems, sleep problems, allergies and heart disease.
Call (360) 876-4171 to reserve a spot.
Family CaregiverClass Is Planned
The American Red Cross, in partnership with Kitsap Alliance of Resources for Elders, is conducting a course in family caregiving from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 18 at 3594 NW Byron St., Suite 205, in Old Town Silverdale. The fee is $10.
The course will include the modules on "Legal and Financial Issues." "Positioning and Helping Your Loved One Move" and "Caring for the Caregiver." Presenters are professionals in the fields of elder law, physical therapy, social work and nursing.
The course gives specific information to the untrained family caregiver, neighbor or friend on some of the typical issues facing caregivers. Students also will have a chance to ask questions and to find resources on their specific concerns.
Caregivers who need respite for their loved ones while they attend this class should contact Tawnya Weintraub with the Division of Aging and Long Term Care toll free at (800) 562-6418 for assistance.
To register, call the American Red Cross at (360) 377-3761, Ext. 10209, or e-mail email@example.com.
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Yoga for Health will host its annual free month of yoga during August with outdoor classes to be held on Mondays and Wednesdays. The Monday class will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at 1674 Miracle Mile Drive in Port Orchard; parking is along Miracle Mile Drive. There is a short but steep hike down to the beach.
The Wednesday class will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Overlook Park at the Brownsville Marina.
Participants need to bring a yoga mat, three twin-size blankets and a yoga strap. An old sheet for ground cover is highly recommended water would be useful.
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They might be talking 30k in gross sales, but that's not Net Profit.
Now, I didn't do a lot of mowing in my first year, and it was strictly landscaping stuff.
First year 5-6k
second year 15k
third year 30k
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Those first three years I had a part-time job also. I just let the biz slowly grow into itself.
I don't want to talk numbers for this year, but I'm still showing growth in the 7th year and it looks great.
As we start to max out for the size of the business in terms of being me and mostly one part-time employee, we are still showing 10% growth or better this year over last.
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What does Nick Foles have to do to take over the Philadelphia Eagles' starting quarterback job?
Foles has led the Eagles to victory in five of the six games he has started this season. He has thrown 16 touchdowns without an interception. His 128.0 passer rating on his 162 attempts is the fourth-best since at least 1991, according to Stats, LLC.
But despite Peyton Manning-level numbers, Foles still hasn't secured the job. Coach Chip Kelly would only call Foles his starter this week—which means nothing, since Philadelphia is on a bye week. If Kelly is to be believed, Foles could return to the bench if Michael Vick is recovered from a hamstring injury when the 6-5, first-place Eagles face Arizona on Dec. 1.
To put Foles's historic pace in perspective, he's nearly matched Kurt Warner's 1999 Super Bowl-winning start with the Rams. Warner, stepping in for injured starter Trent Green, had a 131.5 rating in his first 162 pass attempts.
Foles's season has surpassed Tom Brady's 2007 start when the Patriots finished 16-0 in the regular season, Aaron Rodgers's MVP season in 2011 and Drew Brees's Super Bowl-winning season in 2009.
Foles has even left himself room for regression. Even if he throws interceptions on his next eight throws, Foles's rating of 102.4 would still top Vick's best-ever 100.2 in 2010.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. – Kids and curious adults can check out a Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplow if they visit the 20th annual Transportation Fair on Saturday in Rochester.
MnDOT will be part of the free event sponsored by Parents Are Important In Rochester, the School Readiness program and Rochester Public Works.
The event is at Goose Egg Park, 199 8th St. N.W. in Rochester across from the Northrop Education Center. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Visitors can meet Tracy Taylor, a MnDOT snowplow operator in Rochester, who will talk about her work. They can also look at the truck and see how sophisticated the machinery is that Taylor and other MnDOT workers use to clear snow from the state's roadways.
The event features hands-on tours of dump trucks, snowplows, law enforcement vehicles, community service vehicles, recreational vehicles and big trucks, as well as a chance to meet the people who drive the vehicles. Face painting and family resources are also available.
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NEW DELHI—India's once-highflying airline industry is encountering serious financial turbulence.
The rapid expansion of the commercial-aviation sector in India during the past decade has symbolized the nation's economic progress. But a dire combination of rising costs, sinking ticket fares and high levels of debt has left carriers reeling and looking for government help.
The most pressing crisis surrounds Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., which faces a cash crunch. The carrier, controlled by billionaire liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, will release quarterly results Tuesday. It has grounded dozens of flights in recent days to reduce costs, and is engaged in talks over how to raise capital and pare back its $1.2 billion in debt.
Other carriers are facing their own problems. Jet Airways Ltd., India's largest airline by market share, last week posted a loss of 7.13 billion rupees ($142.6 million) for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with a profit of 124 million rupees a year earlier. Discount airline SpiceJet Ltd. said it also swung to a loss. State-owned Air India Ltd. continues to be weighed down by big losses despite attempts to restructure its sizable debt pile and slim down its work force.
Kapil Kaul, South Asia chief executive of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, predicts Indian carriers will post combined losses of at least $2.5 billion in the fiscal year ending in March. "We have a chronically loss-making industry and a seriously underperforming one. It's also severely undercapitalized and fundamentally unviable," Mr. Kaul said. One exception, he said, is Indigo Airlines, a closely held carrier that is generating profit and growing quickly because of efficient management and prudent fund-raising.
A variety of woes have befallen other Indian carriers, analysts say: Many Indian airlines have pursued aggressive debt-fueled expansions, adding routes without strengthening their balance sheets for difficult times. The rupee's depreciation of late has increased real costs. Rising global oil prices have hit Indian carriers particularly hard because they face government fuel surcharges that add 60% to 70% to their bills, Mr. Kaul says.
All of that is compounded by an aviation system that is generally inefficient, with runways and air-traffic systems not being run optimally.
The government is considering a variety of plans to restructure Air India to keep it aloft, but its losses continue to mount.Among the government's options for private carriers are to offer some relief from the fuel surcharges and loosen restrictions on foreign investment so that foreign airlines can buy stakes in Indian carriers.
Signaling the possibility of government help for Indian airlines, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday that "private-sector airlines have to be managed efficiently but if they do get into difficulties we have to find ways to help them." A day earlier, the Civil Aviation Ministry had issued a statement shooting down news reports that a bailout of Kingfisher was pending.
The Indian commercial-aviation sector stagnated through the 1990s, even as it began to slowly liberalize and privatize. The sector's growth accelerated in 2003 as new carriers entered the marketplace and as an emerging middle class began to increasingly turn to air travel as a viable transportation option. Domestic air-passenger traffic increased from 11.7 million in 2003 to 51.6 million in 2010, according to the government.
But, similar to the mobile-phone industry—another symbol of Indian modernization that has turned unprofitable amid recent price wars— the competition in aviation has taken a toll. Price cuts have left all carriers bleeding revenue.
The markets haven't been kind to the sector. Kingfisher's shares closed up 8.7% to 21.35 rupees on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday amid speculationthe company is moving to cut debt and raise capital, but the stock have lost nearly three-quarters of its value in the past year. Jet Airways has seen its shares fall 71% during that span.
The decline of Kingfisher marks a low point for Mr. Mallya, who controls one of the world's largest liquor companies, United Breweries Group. Outside of business, he is known for owning a cricket franchise in the Indian Premier League and sponsoring a Formula One racing team. The airline, which he launched in 2005, was viewed as a way to cross-promote his flagship Kingfisher beer.
But Kingfisher Airlines hasn't fared well. It racked up losses of 42.75 billion rupees in the three years through March 31, 2011. Its financial situation has been exacerbated in recent months by the high cost of servicing its large debt burden. For the financial year ended March 31, the company's interest and related payments comprised 20% of its gross income.
The cash crunch has lately been hurting operations. The company says that salary payments for employees have been delayed and 100 pilots have quit Kingfisher amid its struggles.
In response to a request for comment Monday, a Kingfisher representative cited a recent statement by the airline's chief executive, Sanjay Aggarwal, that the carrier doesn't see any risk to its long-term viability. "The whole Indian aviation industry is struggling due to high costs and lower yields," Mr. Aggarwal said. "We are no exception. Like any other prudent business we are taking steps to improve our financial performance."
In April, the company restructured a part of its debt held by Indian banks by getting an extension on the repayment of its loans and by converting about one-third of its debt into stock. Government-owned State Bank of India, was allotted 5.7% of Kingfisher's equity.
Recently, Kingfisher asked bankers to increase its credit limit due to a "significant increase in operating costs" amid higher fuel prices and rupee devaluation, Mr. Aggarwal said in a written statement. Bankers have been hesitant, saying they would need Kingfisher to raise fresh capital before reconsidering any further debt restructuring. One of the options being discussed with the airline is a sale of some of its assets, State Bank of India Managing Director Hemant Contractor said Monday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Mumbai.
Kingfisher has said it is considering the sale and lease-back of some of its aircraft. A person familiar with the company's deliberations said it is considering raising $60 million to $80 million in the next six to 12 months without forcing Mr. Mallya to put down a big chunk of his own cash.The company has also been keen on raising cheaper loans outside India, but that is easier said than done.
In one attempt to cut costs, Kingfisher said Saturday it would stop operations of 40 unprofitable local flights. But analysts say this won't be enough to end the airline's troubles, and the company needs to cut its debt at least in half if it hopes to turn profitable in the near future. "Interest costs are constant," said Sharan Lillaney, a research analyst at securities firm Angel Broking Ltd. in Mumbai.
Nearly 60% of the company stock is held by Mr. Mallya and companies owned by him, including UB Group. An additional 23% is held by banks and financial institutions.
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Oh brother... Federalist Society law students everywhere demanding to know her LSAT scores in 3... 2... 1...
If you're white and get admitted to HLS (without a legacy advantage), you are presumptively smarter than 99% of the lawyers in the country. Her grades are irrelevant.
"If you're white and get admitted to HLS (without a legacy advantage), you are presumptively smarter than 99% of the lawyers in the country. Her grades are irrelevant."
Her grades are still interesting to know. It was easy as hell to get into HLS 25 years ago.
" It was easy as hell to get into HLS 25 years ago "
Comparatively, I bet not.
Doesn't matter..she is a shoe in right?
Don't count on it.
It's all performance driven for the Judiciary confirmations now.
Sorry to say that's not the standard for either the legislative or executive branches of our government today.
Her grades matter not a whit. The real problem is her HLS-driven ideology. Will she opine that defference be given to a litigant's race/sex/ethnicity/sexual orientation and not to the law, the facts and stare decisis?
The left thinks that there is nothing wrong if Kagan leans toward the former. And that's exactly why Obama nominated her.
WSJ thanks for not showing her picture. Everything about her is irrelevant, they are all the same, serving their lying thieving Politico masters and special interests. Of course, that does not apply to Scalia but there is only one of him.
Kagan's thesis lamenting the decline of socialism in the U.S. shows her early love affair with radicalism.
Additionally, the fact that Obama, a U.S. hating Marxist, has selected her for the Supreme Court demonstrates that she must still share Obama's obsession with forcing socialism/Marxism on us.
The fact that Kagan lacks a "paper trail" and is "agreeable" just makes it easier for Obama and his comrades to fool people into believing that she is not dangerous.
It's is obvious, however, that if Kagan is nominated, she would do her best to help Obama transform the U.S. from a prosperous, capitalist, FREE country into another failed, poor, socialist, ENSLAVED country.
"Comparatively, I bet not."
It was still harder than other schools 25 years ago, but it's not nearly like the competition that exists today.
any Obama appointee must be vigorously opposed. If you value liberty and freedom and oppose Obama's agenda to enslave us taxpayers to Gov spending and spending then oppose Kagan and vote the bums out this Nov and 2012 ...if its not too late to repair the damage he's done already while smiling and lying happily away.
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What percentage of the class at law school did better than Kagan -- what was her class rank?
This article is affected by obvious bias. The author does not list a single one of the courses in which Elena Kagan earned an A or A+ during her three years at Harvard Law, and reluctantly acknowledges only that she earned virtually straight A's after the fall semester of her first year, even when she was also carrying out the time-consuming obligations of an editor on the Harvard Law Review. The author takes pains, however, to list both the name and the specific grade of any course in which she earned less than an A, almost all of which occurred during the first semester of her first year.
Anybody who thinks that "it was easy as hell to get into Harvard Law School 25 years ago" has no clue what they are talking about. Then, as now, Harvard and other law schools had rigorous admissions standards, and the admissions process was highly competitive. Changes in the LSAT exam (which used to be scored on an 800-point scale rather than a 180-point scale), the increasing prevalence of LSAT prep courses, and other factors may have changed the apparent credentials of admitted students. It was quite difficult to get into Harvard Law (or Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Chicago or any other highly competitive law school) 25 years ago, though. Then, as now, students admitted to Harvard Law were among the most intelligent, focused, organized, self-disciplined, hard-working and accomplished law students in the country. To claim otherwise is simply ignorant.
The author of this article does not list any of the courses in which Elena Kagan earned an A or A+ during her three years at Harvard Law. The author reluctantly acknowledges only that she earned virtually straight A's after the fall semester of her first year, even when she was also carrying out the time-consuming obligations of an editor on the Harvard Law Review. The author takes pains, however, to list both the name and grade of any course in which she earned less than an A, almost all of which occurred during the first semester of her first year. As the author does not claim that Kagan got a low grade in Constitutional Law, she apparently earned an A or an A+ in that subject.
Pete: You may want to fix your panties, they seem to be in a bunch. I don't think there was any bias by the author. Kagan had 14 A/A- grades. It would have been boring to list them, and it certainly is more interesting to post the 3 grades where Kagan did less well (and it is not like a B+ is bad).. Additionally, the author even gave the text of a recommendation which addresses the lower quality of the 3 non-A grades.
I do have to agree with you on the Harvard of 25 years ago still being a very prestigious institution. It may have been slightly easier to get into Harvard 25 years ago than it is today, but nonetheless, it is an impressive achievement.
I have to agree with Pete, I think the author is showing some bias against Kagan. Whether that is the author's true opinion or an attacking tone is more interesting is hard to say, but it makes me question the author's intentions nonetheless.
In particular, the following sentence seemed written specifically to make Kagan sound like a boring, uninteresting person:
"Apparently it was too much for someone whose signature academic work would be a 2001 law review article assessing executive branch management strategies; she dropped the class after deadline."
Dustin, I don't think the author meant to make her sound uninteresting. I think to most readers of this blog, the class she dropped -- "a study of poetry as the history and science of feeling" -- sounds uninteresting and generally terrible. I say that as a person who finds time to read lots of prose and likes to think of myself as having "broad intellectual interests." Kagan's decision to drop makes her seem level-headed and competent to me.
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Altheia Duroncelay, 47, a native of Schriever and a resident of LaPlace, died at her home, Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at First Baptist Church in Schriever. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in the church cemetery.
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We inherited this plant from my wife's auntie, who had it for years. It has survived a move from a temperate to a colder climate where it has thrived on neglect. Propagation seems to be a very hit and miss experience. Its very drought tolerant and attractive to spiders. Quiet happy in a pot and a great conversation piece.
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I have several sedums in my garden, and this one is at the top of my favorites list. I bought it a couple of years ago, before I was keeping good records, and I can't remember where I bought it. Luckily, it's doing well, and a piece that broke off has started another plant after I stuck it in the dirt.


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Oh surely, it was, to begin with a way for slaves to put each other down. But we forget that back then, they were slaves, we're just the progeny of people who were slaves, then second-rate citizens, and then simply an impoverished (in more ways than one) minority. We're down the timeline and only know, by historians what it means (and apparently many people don't know that it was used as a way to refer to—nay, describe the Africans, before it was used in a derogatory way). Now the meaning is different, again. The connotation is different. There are plenty of words like this. I already mentioned "fag" but think about it deeply. Where did it come from? A Faggot, which originally meant a bundle of wood for burning. Apparently in antiquity they wrapped up homosexuals with kindling and burned them, probably a lot like witches were burned at the stake. Sometimes it's used derogatorily and sometimes as a term of endearment or a friendly chaff or even a jab.
Words have as much power as human intention gives it. Thats why it's always context which must be considered, and even then... some people will say things they don't mean, sometimes.
Here are some other words, kinda like that, ranging from insensitive to downright offensive in some connotations
Canuck – an insensitive way to refer to a Canadian, but is also one of their Hockey teams (Vancouver)
Cabron – a term that has lots of (vulgar, insensitive, disgusting) meanings, but is also used casually by men of Latin descent to refer to each other--
Fag, -got – need I say more?
Dyke – even the Wiki for it says "it has to some extent, been reappropriated"
JAP – No, not that one, Jewish American Princess
Jew – yes, Jew. Ironically.
Native American – it offends some, and yet others may refer to themselves as this, as well as:
Indian – what a foible, Christopher Columbus made...jeez.
Packie – a Packistani
Gypsy – some say it was started due to the predessecors of modern day nomadic Romani being directly from Egypt (They were referred to as "Egyptsies", apparently), but now its actually considered a slur to many. However, some would use it casually.


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Into Honduras
Our first impression of Honduras was unanimous: GREEN. It's beautiful and incredibly green.
We crossed late and wanted to make it all the way to Santa Rosa tonight, but it was getting dark and foggy quickly. We climbed up to about 2000 meters on the drive and were pretty much in the clouds. We were going pretty slow and eventually it got dark. We violated one of our major rules – don't drive at night – but managed to follow a random car to Santa Rosa centro. The ole' "these strangers must know where they are going" trick fortunately worked for us this time.
We quickly found a place to stay and walked to the normal town square to find a restaurant and grab a quick dinner. It was pretty bad. Bode made friends with the owner and he was adamant to have a conversation with Bode in Spanish. Bode was hesitant to talk, but we're pretty sure he understood a fair amount. We're not sure how to encourage him to chat in Spanish. I certainly didn't do it in English as a child.
The next day I was up at sunrise for no particular reason and decided to walk around the town while Bode and Angela slept. Nobody was up, except for the folks in the church. I was thrilled to buy a $0.50 cup of coffee an hour later when a cafeteria finally opened. Then, I found a farmer's market and bought some pastel de leche – milk cake! The Breakfast of Champions. Another lady had fried banana chips that I couldn't pass up for another $0.50.
We made the decision to skip the Copan ruins and the adjacent town – we've seen enough Mayan ruins to last a good long while. We heard good things about the town of Gracias (a Dios) so we headed there next. There were only a few police checkpoints along the way. All of these guys were pros and didn't hassle us at all – they just wanted to see the normal paperwork. We even managed to bypass one police checkpoint by pulling into a gasolineria – I'm sure the drug smugglers haven't figured this one out.
Gracias is a nice little town and was once the capital of all of Central America. It seems like the Spanish moved the capitals around quite a bit. Nice place with cool mountain weather, and a good place for a bike ride. It was Angela's turn to be sick, so she recuperated while Bode and I wandered the town. Lots of really nice people here.
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Look's like those training wheels will be off soon. He's balancing pretty well in the photo. Go Bode Go!
It was probably fried plantains you had. The bananas are "reserved", by the monstrous fruit conglomerates, Standard Fruit (Dole) and Chiquita, to be shipped north to the 'Gringos'. Hence the name 'Banana Republics". An interesting topic, if you can get someone to talk about it. Try them with the red sauce. But make sure it's your day to be sick. (and here's a side quest for you, see if you can get someone to tell you what they think the origin of the word "gringo" is. It may be derogatory so be… subtle.)
On the way to Nicaragua skip Tegucigalpa (Tay-goose, for us gringos) if you can, and depending on which route you choose…
North thru Estelli: Meet the Estelli cigar makers. They rival Cuban Cohibas, easily. North of that in Jinotega and Matagalpa you can find the Sandinistas turned flower farmers. One of the strangest reversals of fortunes I have come across. They still carry their rusty pistolas and sharpened machetes daily, but now to cut flowers. It's ironic and beautiful. And the produce is unbelievable; the street side stalls are filled with such abundance of colorful vegetables and fruits they can be mistaken for flower venders.
South thru Leon: Leon is Granada without a neighborhood association or a marketing department. (you'll see Granada and it'll make sense.) but it is great to learn about the Sandinistas vs. the Contras, as in the Iran-Contra affair. Yeah, I've heard of it too, but never knew where the hell it was referring too. (there you can see where a waiter was so disgruntled with the imbalance of power, the presidential family had granted themselves Nicaraguan land the size of all El Salvador, that he killed the dictator at a dinner. It's currently an uneventful site, but I day-dreamed of that waiter meeting Bush.) Don't bother with Leon Viejo, however, I do recommend volcano boarding (it is what it sounds, surfing (really knee-boarding) down a volcano). At the moment I don't think it is done anywhere else in the world. And there is a reason why. It is crazy amazing, but you will come back maybe missing a tooth, your ass kicked, and definitely bleeding with some scars.
More of Nicaragua when you get closer…
Travel on,
If you are going to La Ceiba be sure and check out the ex-pats club.
We met you (Angela and Bode) very briefly in Guanajuato Mexico. My husband and son (Declan, 8) and I studied for a week in Guanajuato at Escuela Mexicana and lived with a family there and loved it.
We want to do a similar thing (one week school, one week travel) someplace else next year but we have only two weeks (school vacation).
Where do you recommend? We want to study (Spanish) again and live with a family, then travel for a week. We loved Guanajuato for many reasons: it was beautiful, but it was also big enough to warrant a weeks stay.
So far we're considering two places: San Cristobal de las Casas (haven't been there yet) or Guatamala (antigua maybe?).
We have been many times to Mexico (mostly Central and pacific) and love it but are thinking we should branch out.
What do you recommend?
Love following your blog.


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SA tuner tweaks Polo GTI to 150kWComment on this story
Johannesburg - Rob Green Motorsport's latest vehicular enhancement involves VW's Polo GTI – the sixth generation version with a 1.4-litre super- and turbocharged engine.
The well-known Randburg-based tuning company is offering a Stage 1 (or simply S1 in RGM-speak) package which includes a Plug and Play tuneable chip, a 76mm stainless steel RGM-Techniflow exhaust downpipe (which starts just after the turbocharger and ends midway under the car) and a K&N or BMC serviceable performance air filter.
The conversion is rounded out with a full set-up on RGM's dynamometer to fine-tune the engine's electronics, and is done in under eight hours.
RGM quotes power at 150kW and 300Nm (versus 130/250 stock), and says in-house testing reflected 0-100km/h times dropping from 7.7 to 6.8 seconds at reef altitude. At sea level RGM estimates an even quicker 6.5 second sprint.
The upgrade costs R11 500 and includes a six month/20 000km warranty on all work done.
RGM can be contacted on 011-792-8352.
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