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Have you ever had to roll up your windows to keep from choking on the exhaust from an older car in front of you? Did you wish that car was a Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) like the extraordinary Honda FCX Clarity FCEV?
The only emission that the FCX Clarity FCEV produces is water vapor. That's because revolutionary technology allows the FCX Clarity FCEV to power its electric motor with electricity generated from a hydrogen-oxygen chemical reaction. With a maximum output of 134 horsepower and 189 lb.-ft. of torque, the FCX Clarity FCEV has responsive acceleration that is ideal for city driving. Plus, the FCX Clarity FCEV is practical for a wide range of typical daily driving trips in today's world.
In July 2002, Honda's FCX was certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB), making it the first and only fuel-cell car in history to be approved for commercial use. CARB and the EPA have also certified the FCX as a Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV), Tier-2 Bin 1the lowest possible national emission rating.
In December 2002, the City of Los Angeles began leasing the first of five Honda FCX models, which were used in normal, everyday activities by city officials. And as the official pace car of the L.A. Marathon from 2001 to 2007, the FCX has proudly served in some not-so-everyday activities as well.
While the 2005 Honda FCX was our second-generation fuel-cell vehicle (FCV), it was the first to be powered by a Honda-designed and manufactured fuel-cell stack. And it was certified by both the EPA and CARB for commercial use. The 2005 FCX achieved a nearly 20-percent improvement in its EPA fuel economy rating and a 33-percent gain in peak power (107 hp vs. 80 hp) compared to the 2004 FCX.
With an EPA city/highway rating of 62/51 mpkg (57 mpkg combined) and an EPA-rated driving range of 190 miles, the hydrogen-powered 2005 FCX delivered nearly a 20-percent improvement in fuel efficiency and range versus the 2004 model that had an EPA rating of 51/46 mpkg (48 mpkg combined) and a range of 160 miles. In terms of energy efficiency, one mile per kilogram (mpkg) of hydrogen is almost equivalent to one mile per gallon (mpg) of gasoline.
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My husband and I are trying to get pregnant.
The start of my last period was October 16 so we had sex Oct. 27 28 29 30 & 31. It is now Nov. 4. Today when I went to the bathroom I had a white milky discharge. Is this a sign of early pregnancy? Or a sign that we miscalculated our ovulation date? I had ovulation pains on Sunday all day. Please help! I can't text really until next week, would just like some hope at this point that we are pregnant, since we had a miscarriage back in August. Thanks!
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How long was your period? In counting days for ovulation you should start counting on the 1st day of your period. What I am saying is based on a 5 day cycle (mid ave length) If your period is longer, add the difference & if its shorter, subtract the difference. Sperm live in your body 3-5 days after sex (depending on your body chemistry) So, if you started on the 11th, then you had sex daily the 27th-31st then you had sperm in your body from the 16th-20th days of your cycle. The 'ave' person ovulates on days 12-16. So based on that ave, you had sperm in your body on the last day of ovulation. This is an ave. Some ppl, ovulate earlier & some later. I ovulate later & you may too, so it's pos you're preg. I'd buy an ovulation test kit to find out when you ovulate. Then have sex every other day the wk before you expect to. This way your DH's count stays high & there are always sperm in your body for 7-10 days. chk this out: http://www.justmommies.com/articles/how-to-get-pregnant.shtmlposted 11/05/2010 by JenniferAnne1976
I started my period on the 16th, I have an average 5 day period. So I counted from the day I started my period I started having sex on day 11 and had it 11 12 13 14 15. So I had sex all the way leading up to my ovulation and then one day past it correct?posted 11/05/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
I agree I am reading early pregnancy symptoms like it's going to tell me, "yup you're pregnant" I know I just have to wait. But sore breasts is a good sign for sure! I had that last time it was probably one of the most prominent signs! You should be able to test now right? Let me know how it turns out! Good luck to you too!! I hope we both find our answers soon! :)posted 11/04/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
It sounds like you were calculating your potential ovulation date right. Sometimes when you ovulate you'll notice a clear, stretchy discharge, a little like raw egg whites. From what I'm reading, noticing a lot of white discharge can be a sign you're pregnant. It happens when your mucus plug is being made. I'd watch for other signs, too. Are your breasts sore? Did your tempature spike a little? Nausea? Bloating? Constipation or diarrhea? Mood swings? Headaches? A lot of these can be signs of PMS, but they seem stronger when they're a sign of pregnancy. I've heard it takes the average couple three to six months of trying to get pregnant. Good luck - I hope this month is your month!posted 11/06/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
I'm in the same boat. My period was the 11th, so we had sex from the 19th to the 24th or so. I've been making myself crazy reading the early pregnancy symptoms online. Extra discharge is definitely one of them. I've also had very sore breasts (which would be a first for me), and bloating. My symptoms are starting to lessen, so now I go back and forth - am I or am I not? I'm sorry about your miscarriage. Best of luck to you on this attempt.posted 11/04/2010 by zestydexri
I am so glad the last person posted something like that! I am also having a brownish pink discharge and am supposed to start my period on Saturday. I took a test yesterday and it was negative but I'm hoping what i'm experiencing is implantation bleeding and not an early period. Please if anyone has any words of advice or this has happened to them let me know! I'm grasping for straws here , I just want this so bad!posted 11/10/2010 by tnsincavage
ok so it has been 4 days and I have some more symptoms maybe. I now have tender breasts but they are not quite sore and I have had diahrrea for the last 3 days. I feel "full" all the time. Technically today is too early to test still so maybe in a couple of days. Hopefully these are all signs and I am not just making things up in my head!posted 11/08/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
I also had a miscarriage in August. I started my last period on October 9th after my 2nd round of Chlomid, and had sex on the 23rd until the 26th. Last week my breasts were extremely sore. I have had cramping, lower back pains, difficulty sleeping through the night. Last night I was so bloated I had to take off my wedding ring in the middle of the night. Last night my husband and I had sex (haha just for the fun of it not because it was scheduled) and I noticed there was a slight red tint when I went to the restroom. I am hoping this has something to do with the implantation, but only time will tell. I also go back and forth, each time I go to the restroom I expect to get my period. I had a negative pregnancy test yesterday and have decided to wait until Friday to check again. I think the unknown is the worst part of this experience, thank you all for sharing because it helps to know that you are going through the same thing. Good luck to all of you!posted 11/10/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
my problem is i have harmonic in my bodyposted 11/06/2010 by buamajubay
IF you know when you ovulate or you ovulate when the average person does. If you are just guessing, there's no way to really know. That's why I recommend using an ovulation kit--i recommend the 20 day one at 1st--to determine when you, personally, ovulate. Cervical mucus isnt always accurate as any number of things can affect your mucus--smoking, alcohol, illness, stress, PCOS, etc,.posted 11/05/2010 by JenniferAnne1976
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This week at Macquarie Island: 24 May 2013
Celebrating Craig's birthday!
On Monday 20 May we celebrated young Craig's birthday! Out came the balloons and streamers of blue and yellow to represent his favourite Rugby League team, the Parramatta Eels.
We celebrate this young lad and keen sports fanatic - the kind of guy that enters an 82 kilometre trail run from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair limited to 50 runners just for fun, an unstoppable darts fiend who carves up the mess dance floor on late nights and is known to sing, hitting the high notes while he sleeps.
For his birthday he received a toy telephone, a fishing and golf magazine and a handcrafted bottle opener made by Dave.
The night included a few beverages at the bar and a game of darts followed by a delicious variety of pasta dishes and a scrumptious rainbow flavoured Parramatta Eels cake made by our chef Tony and decorated by Patty.
As he blew the candles out on his birthday cake, we saw Craig transform before our very eyes from young lad into a chest beating man of men.
Happy birthday Craig - you're a little ripper!
Bringing the greens to the table
Well it's all happening in our hydroponics thanks to the masters Aaron and Craig. The pair have been planting seedlings, caring and nurturing for them with all their loving hearts.
Chinse whispers is that the secret to their success of such tasty veggies is in the serenading and crooning of each plant.
The plants are busting out the loving in gratitude! We've had some amazing lettuce and blow-your-mind tasting rocket lettuce so far and there's more to come.
The boys have planted zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, chillies, capsicums, silver beat, okra and sage - yep, yep, yep! The greenhouse is pumping.
Thanks boys - we look forward to the tasty 'freshies'.
On the hunt
The MIPEP hunting team have been perusing the hills of Macquarie monitoring the island for the final signs of any last remaining rabbits. The 2013 team arrived in March of this year and are into their second month of solid monitoring.
The island is split into three hunting or monitoring blocks that are being scoured with a fine-toothed comb using a combination of scenting dogs and hunters to scope the ground. May saw our first real fall of snow for the year, an event that can assist the monitoring process as the snow would easily show any prints or recent sign.
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Down to Mt Jeffryes by boat
Last week the VHF Repeater (Channel 21) on top of Mt Jeffryes stopped operating. A plan was devised to get the repeater up and going again.
Because certain equipment had to be transported to the repeater a boating trip was organized to get the gear near to the base of Mt Jeffryes, which is around 27 kilometres south of the station. The weather cooperated and the boat trip was organized for Saturday. After setting up three IRB's, nine crew headed down to Landing Beach and were on the water heading south around 10am.
As the days are getting shorter we made a beeline for the coastal area at the base of Mt Jeffryes. It was a stunning trip south with the sun poking through the clouds every now and then enhancing the beautiful vivid colours of the eastern island slopes. Fortune was on our side as one of the crew spotted a whale further out to sea. It was an awesome sight seeing the small dorsal fin and fluked tail occasionally break through. We passed the familiar Brothers Point Hut and further south we saw three small figures of Dean, Tom and Mike on the balcony of Green Gorge Hut.
Being out on the boats gives one an amazing perspective of Macca's rugged coastline. The scenery is just stunning. We soon passed Waterfall Bay Hut and then another highlight as we continued south past Lusitania Bay and its huge number of resident king penguins. Soon after Lusitania Bay we arrived at the coast directly under the slopes of Mt Jefferyes. We slowly scoured the rocky coast looking for a suitable landing spot. There were four waterfalls flowing down the steep ravines into the preferred bay, but the southerly swell made it difficult for a safe landing. After careful deliberation it was decided to try further north for a wider beach landing. The final choice was a long pebble beach north of the penguin colonies at Lusatania Bay.
All three IRB's landed on the beach and our two passengers - Greg and Mark - disembarked with all the required gear, while the rest of the crew steadied the boats. Steve and Angela, a couple of the MIPEP crew, were up on the slopes and would slowly make their way down to meet up with Greg and Mark so as to give them a hand to carry the gear up the steep slopes.
The three boats then proceeded north again. This time, we were fortunate to witness the pronounced dorsal fins of two killer whales. They popped up around 300 metres seaward of our boats. We also saw a 'raft' of many giant petrels who were feeding on the scraps left by the feeding orcas. We had a quick lunch stop at Green Gorge hut, where we were warmly greeted by Tom, Mike and Dean. After a nice hot cuppa, it was back on the water with Dean and Tom replacing the two we left down the coast. The return journey north was just as spectacular, even more comfortable as we were now heading in the same direction as the decreasing swell. Again we saw four orca dorsal fins out to sea.
After covering a total distance of 64 kilometres we arrived back at Landing Beach around 3:30pm. We then had the boats cleaned and all the gear packed away a little after 4pm.
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Stronglight crankset?
Peugeot Mavic tubeless?
Simplex or is this also Peugeot?
Just 3 tubes or the entire frame?
I am going to break this bike down but I would like to identify the components. I am not a Peugeot expert.
Stronglight crankset?
Peugeot Mavic tubeless?
Simplex or is this also Peugeot?
Just 3 tubes or the entire frame?
1) Stronglight 104 bis
2) Mavic Montlery Championat du Monde tubulars
3) I don't know what you are referring to - derailleur, freewheel or dropouts? The derailleur is some derivative of the Simplex SX series, most likely a 610 or an 810
4) Main triangle is 531, stays and probably fork are not
N-1 is my long-term goal
ricohman....although some of the parts are branded as Peugeot they were made by another company like Stronglight or Simplex. AFAIK Peugeot never made any of their own parts.
Thanks guys. I knew the experts would know. I did not know about Peugeot not making their own parts.
In the pic with the RD. I was refering to the freewheel. I guess its not Peugeot!
The crankset is Stronglight.
The frameset is a PKN-10 Competition, circa 1980. It is the same double butted (renforces) Reynolds 531 main triangle (3 tubes) as the PX-10, but with cheap seamed carbon steel forks and stays.
The freewheel is probably Atom or Normandy -- remove the rear wheel and read the inscription on the exposed bearing cone.
The chain, if original, is a Sedis. Good, but probably worn out.
Since almost everything except the SunTour shifters looks original, it would be a real shame to break that one down or to part it out. These are fabulous bikes, and I would still be riding mine if it had been a couple of cm shorter.
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Capo [dschaw'-poe]: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger, S/N 42624
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1981 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
Hello Antipodes, how can you tell only the main triangle is 531? is it the placement of the decal or you indepth knowledge of Peugeot?
Bianchis '87 Sport SX, '90 Proto, '90 Campione del Fausto Giamondi Specialisma Italiano Mundo, '91 Boarala 'cross, '93 Project 3, '86 Volpe, '97 Ti Megatube, , '90 something Vento 603,
Others but still loved,; '80 RIGI, '80 Batavus Professional, '87 Cornelo, '09 Motobecane SOLD, '?? Jane Doe (still on the drawing board), '90ish Haro Escape
It's the decal layout. If you could see the left hand side of the decal, the bottom line it says " 3 tubes renforces" (i.e 3 butted tubes). That, plus the fact that 531 is written horizontally. The full 531 set has 531 printed at an angle. I believe the only exception is the special Schwinn decal for the full 531 set. It's has the 531 printerd horizontally, with stars on both sides of the 531, IIRC.
"Three tubes"?? So it's like a "Tretubi" frameset as Columbus used to make?
Didn't know that they did the same with Reynolds framesets.
Does that RD have plastic pivots? if it is, I think it's one of those flexy "Criterium" model DRs. If the pivots are metal, then it could be an better LJ model. The "Super LJ" model with all aluminum construction is very sought after and could be considered as Simplex's own version of the Campy SR (Although I don't think it approaches the SR's quality). I wouldn't mind snagging one of those SLJs RD and FD (NOS hopefully) for my PSV one of these days for a good price.
Nice to see a Stronglight 104 Bis on a bike again. It was the last gasp of the drilled and pantographing trend that was around in the 70's. Actually had the 104 Bis on my Peugeot PH10 as an upgrade mod in the early 80's. The drilled rings made it such a beautiful crankset. It seems to be just starting to get the attention of collectors at the auction sites so if you are restoring a classic 70's/80's French bike, it would be good to get one if you can still find it for a good price.
84 Peugeot PSV
Last edited by Chombi; 08-19-09 at 11:55 AM.
Hi there
I also think this is a 1980 Competition model, should say 'Competition' on the top tube, near to the seat post.
All tubes, including forks are 531, the same as on the PX10 of the era.
On a 1980 PKN10, I am pretty sure the freewheel would a Sachs Maillard 6-speed with the following number of teeth: 13, 15, 17, 20, 24, 28
And I need one desperately, so if you are going to break it up, please let me know?
These sites are probably familiar to you but just in case:
and you might find this interesting: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/vie...ghlight=stolen
it is the story of how I repossessed my stolen 1980 PKN10E, with a good catalogue pic of the same. It would seem that only some markets got the drilled chainset that you and I have - my bike has French text on the Reynolds sticker - the UK market bikes got an un-drilled chainset, as far as I can tell.
If you are breaking up this bike - which I think is a real shame, I would dearly love any of the following if you have them:
1. Original 1980-ish Peugeot
cycle computer on handlebars - looks like a calculator
2. Sachs Maillard 6-speed freewheel, 13, 15, 17, 20, 24 and 28 tooth
3. Some reasonable Lytotard 45CA alloy pedals
4. Simplex SJA102 front mech
5. Gallet leather saddle
6. The little wheel 'lead-ins' that fit under the brake block securing studs and
nuts to help put the wheel back in fast. These are alloy (I think) and have
rubber or plastic-covered ends.
7. Wheel reflectors (see pic in listing url above)
8. Rear reflector and bracket.
Actually, i am babbling in my last post: the PKN10 has the 3 tubes reinforcee sticker and thus three 531 tubes and the fork is not 531 as far as I know. The PX10 had a fully chromed fork with a 531 sticker on the side.
Peugeots are a bit tricky though, I think they used up whatever parts they had lying around sometimes.
Can you tell me the number stamped on your frame? This will give the year if not the model exactly.
No one seemed to notice the front derailleur's French style braze-on mounting. The unusual FD mounting might be another reason why this bike might not be a good candidate for breaking up because the proper FDs are getting harder to find out there. So the person buying the frameset might have a little bit of trouble finding one unless the FD is sold with the frameset. I think the mounting boss can get in the way of a mounting band clamp on conventional derailleur.
84 Peugeot PSV
thanks T-mar
Bianchis '87 Sport SX, '90 Proto, '90 Campione del Fausto Giamondi Specialisma Italiano Mundo, '91 Boarala 'cross, '93 Project 3, '86 Volpe, '97 Ti Megatube, , '90 something Vento 603,
Others but still loved,; '80 RIGI, '80 Batavus Professional, '87 Cornelo, '09 Motobecane SOLD, '?? Jane Doe (still on the drawing board), '90ish Haro Escape
It's comparable to the earlier PR10. The stays and fork are the standard Peugeot tubing. You can see the seam running down the back of the fork.
The rear derailer in not a Super LJ. It doesn't even resemble one.
The catalog specifies Normandy Luxe Competition hubs, but I prefer the Maillards. Too bad they used those zinc-plated spokes.
Do I see rust bubbles on the chaistay near the BB?
Last edited by Chombi; 09-28-09 at 09:00 PM.
Yes!, IMO/my experience, most slant paralleloram RDs shifts better than straight parallelogram RDs. That's why pretty much every manufacturer went to that design during/after the 80's
I would have kept the SX610 on my PSV longer if it only looked better than it did, but i'm a sucker for beautiful components too, so a Cyclone MkII replaced it after about a year I owned the bike.....Now some may ask why I have a straight paralellogram Mavic on my PSV today........like I said, Im just a sucker for beautiful components, specially now that I don't do the daily miles like
I did in college, so shifting performance isn't as big a priority anymore.
Last edited by Chombi; 09-29-09 at 12:13 PM.
My only experience is with a slant Parallelogram SLJ 6600 and I have three SX610s. The geometry appears to be identical. I can't feel any difference in the way they shift. The SLJ is about 35 grams lighter.


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An Iraqi health official says the death toll from a bomb attack on Shiite pilgrims near the southern port city of Basra has risen to 53 people.
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Minicab drivers with private hire company Addison Lee have been told they risk losing their licences after their employer told them to flout bus lane rules.
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A third baby for Gwyneth Paltrow? It's a possibility, but not likely. You see, the actress has long been out of the diaper phase and now can't imagine going back.
When asked recently if she and husband Chris Martin will have another baby, Gwyneth Paltrow replied, "I don't think so. I would love to, but I sort of feel like I don't know if I can go back to diapers and things like that. I'm so past that, I think I may have missed the window."
The mother of 8-year-old daughter Apple and 6-year-old son Moses, who has been open about her struggles with postpartum depression previously, continued, "I think if maybe when Moses was three, I would have done it, or four even, but now he's six and such a guy, I feel like I'm out of the baby phase. If it happens, it happens."
Next month Gwyenth Paltrow will celebrate her 40th birthday, an occasion she seems ready to welcome. "When you're midway through your life, it definitely raises questions, but it hasn't been about vanity or aging," she shared while speaking to the Daily Mail.
"It's more about what I've achieved, what do I want to achieve for the rest of my life, and what direction do I want to go in? But I like being older. It's nice to actually know yourself and feel relaxed. And I actually think I look better now than I did when I was 24, so I'm very comfortable with myself."
"I feel like motherhood has given me all my happiness and a real life: a husband, my children and everything that's invested in that," Gwyneth Paltrow added. "Every woman is different, but for me that's where I've gotten my real happiness."
Every woman is indeed different, but it just so happens I share Gwyneth's two-and-done stance. For a short while after my second son was born I considered having a third, not knowing if our family yet felt complete. Nothing specific happened to finally shut that door for good, but I suppose you could thank time for erasing any longing for a third pregnancy.
The farther we got away from diapers and up-all-nights, the more freedom we found to move and adventure as a family, the less we wanted to go back. I know some people do have kids with huge age gaps, but it boggles my mind to consider doing so myself! Like Gwyneth Paltrow said, I like where I am and I don't want to go back…and I'm especially OK with no more diapers.
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Molyneux: Industry 'Failed' To Make Gaming Entertainment
A few weeks ago I went to a reading of several local writers. One of the writers was a very nice, but obviously washed up middle aged rocker who clearly came of age during the punk rock days of the 1970s, and still thinks that the things which were true about her generation are true for kids today, which made the piece she read about Occupy Wall Street hilarious. In her mind, Occupy Wall Street was this thing that apparently has direct ties to the leftist activists of the 1960s. She talked about it as though it were a boomer-driven phenomenon, and as though these kids today – you know, the millenials who made up like 99%* of the OWS movement? – were apathetic and detached and needed to be inspired to get involved, just like her generation did.
It was maddening, and I was reminded of that when reading some interesting, but (I think) ultimately mistaken comments by Peter Molyneux in an interview with GI. Speaking generally, Molyneux offered this unusual assessment of the state of the gaming industry:
"Back in the '80s, the dream that we all had in this industry was that we would be truly another form of entertainment," he said. "You know what? To a certain extent we failed on that dream. We failed in it because we've made some fantastic experiences for a very small number of people. Now is the opportunity to make fantastic, amazing, unique experiences, to use all this technology to make amazing, delightful, incredible worlds for millions of people."
I wish they'd pushed him to elaborate on that point, because I am absolutely dying to know what the hell Molyneux is talking about here. Perhaps there's some nuance that makes this crazy comment sound less like nonsense, and guaranteed, if I ever manage to meet him, I'm going to ask. I'm not sure how you can call the 22+ million people who bought Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas a small group. For a more recent example, I'm fairly certain that 26 million copies of Modern Warfare 3 isn't exactly something to sneeze at either. Even less spectacularly successful games appealing to different kinds of people routinely sell in the millions of copies, and most of them also achieve their goal of being fun. And let's not forget the fact that gaming has out-earned movies and music at several points over the last decade and is probably the current healthiest, from a profit perspective, entertainment platform in the country. Really, as far as being an entertainment form, video games are already some next level sh*t y'all.
Perhaps the failure he refers to is the fact that the games which have become culturally shared experiences aren't extremely challenging, intellectually complex creations that push the boundaries of art? Well I hate to break it to him, but welcome to the history of every entertainment and art medium ever, like since the first cromagnon painted boobies on a cave wall, and subsequently drove the guy who painted a blistering representation of the ox god into bankruptcy.
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* The U.S. believes Russia is firing artillery across its border at Ukrainian military positions, the State Department said, an assertion that Moscow is playing a more direct role in the conflict. (http://on.wsj.com/1jXUWsX)
* An Air Algérie jetliner with at least 116 people on board crashed in northern Mali on Thursday, the airline and officials in Africa said. (http://on.wsj.com/1nYQ7uJ)
* Demand for new homes slowed sharply during the first half, a development that threatens to reverberate beyond the housing market and throughout the broader economy. Sales of new single-family homes fell 4.9 percent through the first six months of the year and June sales fell 8.1 percent from the prior month, according to Commerce Department data. (http://on.wsj.com/1x9huHU)
* After years of fighting for survival, U.S. airlines are finally able to show investors the money. American Airlines Group Inc said on Thursday it will buy back $1 billion of its stock and begin paying a quarterly cash dividend of 10 cents a share. United Continental Holdings Inc said it will launch a $1 billion share repurchase plan over the next three years. (http://on.wsj.com/1qDpgwf)
* GM on Thursday reported a profit of $278 million, off 80 percent from a year earlier. A $2.5 billion pretax bill for safety recalls and a victims' compensation fund slashed General Motors Co's second-quarter profit and highlighted the work it must do to close a profitability gap with rival Ford Motor Co, which reported stronger results for the quarter ahead of a critical product launch. (http://on.wsj.com/1kXV3A9)
* Argentina hasn't made many friends on Wall Street. But that hasn't stopped bankers from trying to bring the country back into the bond market. The largest financial firms spent much of the first part of 2014 devising an escape route for Argentina from a legal standoff with some hedge-fund bondholders that threatens to throw the nation into default for the second time in 13 years. (http://on.wsj.com/1qDqBmH)
* Wal-Mart Stores Inc's U.S. chief, Bill Simon, will leave the company on Aug. 8 and will be replaced by Asia head Greg Foran, a New Zealander who has never worked in the United States. Foran steps into the job at a time when Wal-Mart's U.S. namesake stores are stuck in a rut. (http://on.wsj.com/1pOQLxL)
* Barclays PLC fired back against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, arguing that the prosecutor used misleading information and cherry-picked facts to support his allegation that the bank lied to its clients about the activity of high-speed traders in its "dark pool." (http://on.wsj.com/1rAXUES)
* OSI received one of its first pieces of good news in days as McDonald's said it would stick with the meat provider in China, using OSI's other factories in China, despite saying earlier this week it may have been misled by officials at Shanghai Husi Food. The burger giant's vote of confidence signaled OSI's importance to McDonald's and points to the close ties the companies have formed over six decades. (http://on.wsj.com/1rEFRiL)
* Investors are selling junk bonds at the fastest pace in more than a year, as fresh interest-rate fears and geopolitical turmoil amplify valuation concerns following a long rally. Prices on bonds issued by lower-rated U.S. companies tumbled to a three-month low this week, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch index. (http://on.wsj.com/1mLki8q)
* Zillow Inc is in advanced talks to buy rival online real-estate information service Trulia Inc, in a deal that could give their fast-growing websites even more power in the home-sale market. Terms of the potential deal couldn't be learned, but Trulia's stock-market value was nearly $2 billion. (http://on.wsj.com/1nzadQt)
* Comcast Corp, the largest cable operator in the United States, has quietly begun extending fiber optic cable all the way to customers' homes in certain parts of its service area, a significant shift that could help the company better compete with all-fiber providers like Verizon Communications Inc and Google Inc on internet speeds. (http://on.wsj.com/1lBLeb2)
* Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services is challenging the nearly $49 million 2013 pay package given to Sprint Corp's chief executive and opposing the re-election of a board member to the compensation committee. ISS said it opposes Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse's pay package because a special equity award of $18.7 million was entirely time-based, lacking connection to any performance criteria.(http://on.wsj.com/1rQw2f0)
* U.S. President Barack Obama threw himself into the politically charged effort to block U.S. firms from reincorporating overseas for tax reasons, calling the relocations "wrong" and urging Congress to stop them through quick-fix legislation. (http://on.wsj.com/WNHbTz)
Lloyds Banking Group Plc is expected to announce early next week that the British bank would pay between 200 million pounds and 300 million pounds ($509.52 million) to settle benchmark interest rate (LIBOR) fixing allegations.
Balfour Beatty and Carillion Plc, two of Britain's biggest construction companies, are in merger talks to create a 3 billion pound construction giant.
Barclays Plc urged the dismissal of a lawsuit from the New York attorney general alleging the bank lied to clients about its high-speed trading venue.
The European Central Bank said on Thursday its website had been hacked and about 20,000 email addresses and other contact information stolen but insisted no market-sensitive data was compromised.
British insurer Lancashire Holdings' founder Richard Brindle, who stepped down from the company earlier in the year, has left with a third of shareholders' return on equity with his package of cash and warrants.
* Amazon.com, which is embroiled in a very public conflict with the publisher Hachette, announced second-quarter losses nearly double what Wall Street predicted. (http://nyti.ms/1nYTEZZ)
* The International Monetary Fund said that the world economy was expanding less than it had previously forecasted, slowed by weaker growth in the United States, Russia and developing economies. (http://nyti.ms/1zaqdwo)
* U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called for Congress to strip away tax advantages that have encouraged a rush of mergers and acquisitions that give companies an overseas base while they maintain their presence in the United States. (http://nyti.ms/1pORqPE)
* Under pressure to reduce smog and carbon emissions, China is considering a mandatory cap on coal use, but it would be an adjustable ceiling and would allow coal consumption to grow for years. (http://nyti.ms/1zapgEv)
* Of all the financial implosions in the eurozone, few matched last year's collapse of tiny Cyprus in terms of drama and chaos. Frantic Cypriots queued up at banks to drain their accounts. Russian oligarchs scrambled to repatriate hidden fortunes. European officials, fearing another bout of market contagion, orchestrated an audacious 17 billion euro rescue package - forcing depositors to bear a large part of the cost, unlike other bailouts. Now, the foundation of the bailout, an analysis by bond giant Pimco, is being challenged by economists, lawyers and politicians in Cyprus. (http://nyti.ms/1x9tc5i)
* General Motors, hit by a spate of recalls over defective ignitions and other safety related charges that cost the company $3.8 billion, would be in worse shape financially without the surging sales of its large sport utility vehicles, which many once wrote off as artifacts of prerecession excess. (http://nyti.ms/1kevDn2)
* Morgan Stanley and securities regulators finalized a $275 million settlement on Thursday stemming from the Wall Street bank's role in the sale of securities backed by subprime mortgages. (http://nyti.ms/1rEI11J)
* The International Accounting Standards Board, issued a new accounting rule that will give banks much more leeway to write down the value of loans, something that both regulators and bankers demanded in the wake of the financial crisis. Yet the rule could also make it less attractive for banks to make loans in the first place because every loan will lead to an immediate reported loss. (http://nyti.ms/UwEZ0Z)
** Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory has written to the city's integrity commissioner, asking whether her investigation involving current Mayor Rob Ford will be completed in time for the October election. (http://bit.ly/WOuNm2)
** Two children and a woman on her first overseas trip are among five Canadians missing after an Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people across the Sahara desert changed course to avoid a storm, disappeared from radar and crashed. (http://bit.ly/1zbrN16)
Reports in the business section:
** If BlackBerry Ltd Chief Executive John Chen is worried about International Business Machines Corp and Apple Inc combining their efforts in enterprise technology, he's not letting on. In an interview with the Financial Times, he likened the team-up to when "two elephants start dancing," and suggested that his drive to transform the troubled handset maker is making the company nimble enough to compete with all. (http://bit.ly/1um0JNM)
** A United Nations committee has told Canada it should free the man with no name - an immigrant who has been detained for seven years because the Canadian government can't identify who he is, or to where he should be deported. (http://bit.ly/1jYWEKA)
** An Ottawa doctor who caused a public health scare in 2011 after her endoscopy clinic failed a health inspection has agreed never to practise medicine again. Dr. Christiane Farazli was publicly reprimanded Thursday by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons for disregarding the safety of patients and ignoring the fundamental principles of infection control. (http://bit.ly/1keQtCS)
** Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd is seeking potentially billions in tax relief from the Canadian government in exchange for opening new markets for Canadian natural gas, as it inches closer to a final investment decision on a British Columbia export terminal. (http://bit.ly/1lCLl6i)
** Making improvements to its fresh food business helped Loblaw Companies Ltd stay at the leading edge of a brutally competitive grocery sector in the second quarter. (http://bit.ly/1rQgwQn)
- The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) told banks on Thursday to properly set loan terms for small and micro enterprises in order to avoid a mismatch between loan term and operating cycle. The commission also asked lenders to diversify loan products to better meet financing needs of companies and reduce their repayment burdens.
- The Agricultural Bank of China, the country's third-largest lender, will start offering interest rate discounts for first-home mortgages next month in Shanghai. The bank will offer discounts of 5 percent from the benchmark lending rate for customers with sound credit history, the bank said.
- The China Banking Regulatory Commission rolled out specific measures on Thursday asking financial institutions to facilitate loan renewals for eligible small and micro enterprise without limited frequency.
- The Shanghai Audit Office reported that 3.09 billion yuan ($498.8 million) from 67 government-invested or dominated projects was misappropriated in 2013, while about 24 projects had cost overruns on unauthorised changes on project construction or deviation from original pricing plan.
- China should take the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 as a lesson and be alert to the challenges presented by hegemonism and power politics, the paper said in a commentary.
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Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc said it would spend 100 million pounds creating a research and development facility for its consumer healthcare division in Hull.
Almost 1,250 British jobs are lost as one of the largest independent suppliers of car parts, workshop tools and garage equipment, Unipart, was plunged into administration.
The Guardian
Trade unionists have called for Royal Mail Plc to take legal action if its mandate to deliver to even the most remote homes in the UK comes under threat.
Barclays Plc is mounting a vigorous defence against allegations that it defrauded its customers - accusations levelled by the US attorney general last month that sparked a fall in its share price and led to customers withdrawing their business.
The Telegraph
Communities are to be paid 1 million pound a year simply to discuss the possibility of having a radioactive dump built beneath them, under the latest Government attempts to find a burial site for Britain's nuclear waste.
Wind farm developers who fail to secure a subsidy contract this year will be forced to wait and attempt to secure funding in future years, with no guarantee of how much money - if any - will be available.
Sky News
Two of Britain's biggest construction firms Balfour Beatty Plc and Carillion Plc are in merger talks to create a 3 billion pound powerhouse whose flagship projects would include London's Olympics Aquatics Centre and the redevelopment of Liverpool's Anfield home.
Business Secretary Vince Cable will say on Friday that the Insolvency Service, a Government agency, is referring three partners of Deloitte, the professional services firm, to ICAEW, which has the power to impose substantial fines or strip accountants of their licence to operate.
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By Jorge G. Castañeda Translated By Kyle Moore 8 July 2014
Edited by Emily France
Spain - El País - Original Article (Spanish) The humanitarian crisis caused by the new migratory tide from Central America and Mexico to the United States has provoked a welcome reflection and greater redefinition of policies in all of the countries involved. No one has stayed on the sidelines of the turbulence arising out of a number of factors. That includes the perpetrators of violence in the originating countries, among others, and the war on drugs in these small Central American nations; it includes Mexico, both a transit and an originating country, which has for years held a flagrantly reproachable track record of abusing immigrants from the south (including the years during which I was Secretary of Foreign Affairs); and it includes the United States and its unbelievable ambiguity and moral, political and legal confusion on the topic.
It is not known exactly what set off the current massive flow of undocumented and unaccompanied minors coming from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico to the United States. The number of children detained at Mexico's border to the north has doubled in the last few months; it is estimated that in the current U.S. fiscal year — from October 2013 to September 2014 — that number will reach 100,000. Three-fourths of these minors come from Central America and 25 percent from Mexico, although it is assumed that the children are being truthful when they are asked where they are from. It makes sense to hide one's Mexican nationality because it is much more difficult to deport minors to Central America than to Mexico.
The legal explanation for the influx is simple. Since 2002, any minor detained in the United States without papers coming from a non-contiguous country (Mexico or Canada) must be transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services within 72 hours, at the latest, of being taken into custody by the authorities. After a little less than a month, on average, due to the scarcity of resources and personnel available for processing and detention, they are freed and handed over to family members in the United States, and begin their wait for a decree from a court exclusively dedicated to immigration cases. In other words, for all practical purposes, any non-Mexican minor that enters the United States without papers has a high chance of staying in said country for years before being deported, and of doing this legally. Last fiscal year, of the over 50,000 minor immigrants detained by the U.S. Border Patrol, only 2,000 were returned to their countries of origin.
Therefore, when the governments of the United States, Mexico and Central America denounce the polleros, coyotes or smugglers for deceiving people and spreading the rumor that children sent to the United States will be able to stay there legally, they too are deceiving people. If the children reach the Mexico-U.S. border and are handed over to U.S. authorities, they will have achieved what millions of undocumented adults have still not attained: a legal status in the United States. In the long run, perhaps, they will be deported. But what does "in the long run" mean to a 15-year-old youth who is fleeing the Salvadoran gangs, or an eight-year-old Honduran girl searching for her parents in New York? It is true that in recent weeks, a growing number of minors accompanied by their mothers or other female family members have crowded the courts and ad hoc detention centers set up by the federal and state governments for that purpose. The adult women accompanying the children will be promptly expelled; the minors will not.
A second factor is, without a doubt, the role of human traffickers, who are acting in a rational manner at this point. It is logical for a coyote, especially if he works in what is called organized crime, to spread the good news that, by paying less than $1,000, a Honduran or Salvadoran mother can send her children to the United States with a good chance of them arriving safe and sound. Or perhaps not so safe and sound, since on the way, especially in Mexico, all sorts of atrocities happen to them. But somehow, with a cynical resignation to the hardships that prevail in their countries, the parents overlook that cost and incorporate it into the price that is paid to the smuggler — especially in the way that they verify that what the traffickers are saying is truthful.
The third factor, which is of course very important, is the lack of security and the crime wave that exists in these countries. It is not a new wave. It dates back to the civil wars of the '80s and the sequels in the following decades, but the intensity and cumulative effect are obviously starting to take a toll. What is not clearly distinguishable is the tipping point that detonated such a mass exodus in recent months.
It is understandable that Barack Obama's government is not able to find a solution to the problem within the borders of the U.S. The only possibilities would necessitate a repeal of the law, signed in 2002 by George W. Bush, that requires that minors be transferred to health authorities, or a change to the process in use so that the deportation hearing at the beginning of their stay is much more expeditious. The versions and announcements of intentions along these lines have already spurred criticism and rejection, from the New York Times to the Catholic Church. Plus, it would imply increasing the number of judges and public defenders for the children, and quickly finding who to deliver the children to in their countries of origin.
In light of these difficulties, it is understandable that Washington would want these problems to be handled in Central America or in the transit country: Mexico. Since the circumstances in Central America — violence, lack of security, unemployment, gangs — are not likely to change, it is probable that Washington, through Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Guatemala, urged the Central American leaders to forcefully stop minors from leaving or entering their respective countries. And perhaps Obama himself requested the same from the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, through a telephone call a few days ago. All of these are very bad solutions.
None of them are possible or desirable. None of these countries has the capacity to secure its borders against entry or exit. The only thing that would happen if we agreed to the Americans' dirty work in Mexico and Central America is more corruption, extortion, abuse, rape, human rights violations, prostitution, etc., through repressive state apparatuses that are poorly suited for these purposes. The solution can be nothing short of regional, and must start with the comprehensive immigration reform that is so often talked about and so overdue in the United States. Only in exchange for this will the other countries be able to exert the enormous effort to control their borders and respect their laws. The worst way out of the crisis would be for Washington to extend its failed and agonizing war on drugs into a tragic war on children.
Jorge G. Castañeda is a political analyst and a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.


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TAMPA – There's a rainy forecast for today's game at Steinbrenner Field between the Rays and Yankees.
Derek Jeter arrived in the clubhouse this morning but didn't give an itinerary for his day, though it did not include participation in the 10 a .m. minor league exhibition game across the street.
Here at GMS Field, the players are out for warmups. The lineups…
1. D. Jennings, CF
2. K. Johnson, 2B
3. B. Zobrist, DH
4. M. Joyce, RF
5. S. Duncan, 1B
6. Y. Escobar, SS
7. R. Roberts, 3B
8. J. Molina, C
9. S. Rodriguez, LF
SP: J. Hellickson, RHP
1. B. Gardner, CF
2. E. Nunez, SS
3. I. Suzuki, RF
4. K. Youkilis, 3B
5. T. Hafner, DH
6. J. Rivera, 1B
7. B. Francisco, LF
8. F. Cervelli, C
9. J. Nix, 2B
SP: A. Warren, RHP followed by David Aardsma and Boone Logan


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Not All Who Wander Are Lost-
(Yes Sinatra was a musician Miss Transue, I mention him because afterwards my grandfather ranted about how the music intustry is filled with no-talent harpies who can't even get drunk in the right way like Sinatra. c[:)
'…And even from the grave, for hundreds of years he's been inspiring the greats and you could be great too my dear.' I remember this always as the last line of my grandfathers rant of the truly inspiring literature of Shakespeare giving life to some of the other greatest works in writing (following this rant he taught me a thing or two about music mainly of his love of Frank Sinatra.). It was this that made me feel the deep need to read Mr. Shakespeare's works…and to ultimately study them. After all, I had to find out how to stand the test of time and funny enough, once I started reading his works....for a few weeks after my mind would start to think in odd manners. I would literally be thinking in Shakepearean with the worlds 'thy' and 'thou' commonly springing into my head and would have to catch myself to I didn't say it to often infront of people. This poem right below this paragraph is a product of this, with some modifications to fit school standards. I wrote it when I was in seventh grade, on the phone with one of my best friends directly after I read A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare for the first time and watched the movie (The Christian Bale version of course. (=)
Perilous cries,
Oh-lonley nights,
The fruitless moon recives many plights
From thy stars
Shooting across your darkened canvas
But what is night?
But a grieving companion by jealous day?
Who is wracked with many troubles,
Of the moons pale beauty,
Of it's many compainions.
Though of hate,
Love lies behind the brightest.
For when they fall at night,
It is not just of thy spiteful hate,
But of love so great,
One can only fall to the ground and wait,
That thy lover may catch and soften the blow.
But one cannot wait for the moon in the sky.
It itself is waiting for day to come to relieve it of thy sighs.
Unknowing it brought it's lover into a most fatal abyss.
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Kuwait - Environment Protection Society (KEPS)
BirdLife Affiliate
Members: 400
Staff: 11
Address: PO Box 1896, 13019, Safat , KW
Tel/Fax: Tel. No.: +965-24848256; Fax No.: +965-24837856
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.keps.org.kw
Recent Achievements
KEPS Organised a work shop in July 2011 about one week in ( Ways of Accounting Birds ) conducted by Dr. Mohammed Shobraq , 10 trainees attended this course .
Issued the annual report of number eight, ninth and tenth for Birds of Kuwait.
In May 2011 the Birds Monitoring Protection Team (BMPT) in KEPS had shared the world in the occasion of The International Day of Accounting Birds by organizing trip to shore of Kuwait Bay to account the sea birds.
In October 2011 BMPT organized a work shop in KEPS head quarter about OverHunting in Kuwait introduced by Cristeen Conzila member of the team , the attendance were from different sectors from the government , the goal of this work shop is to focus on the overhunting problem that going in Kuwait and the dangerous on the birds migration which could reduce the number of the birds crossing over Kuwait and how can we minimize shooting and apply the law on those shooters whom violating Gun Law in Kuwait .
In December 2011 BMPT have organized a work shop and introduced plan called ( Strategic Plan for Sustainable Hunting in Kuwait ) shared by all the important government sectors in Kuwait , the goals of this workshop are:
1- Identify and determine the causes of the overhunting in Kuwait .
2- Identify the species that most exposed to hunt .
3- Identify the important migrating areas that shooters were always visiting to hunt .
4- Gather the hunters under an official umbrella .
5- Determine specific season and days for hunting .
6- Identify the birds that on the red list extinction to hunters .
7- Engaging the hunters on the decisions regarding the hunting organized .
Under going on printing of the Field Guide of the Birds of Kuwait contain 391 birds recorded in Kuwait , the book will be ready by the end of this October 2012 , the details of the book consists of :
1- Message of KEPS
2- Acknowledgment .
3- Index .
4- Introduction of Kuwait .
5- Kuwait Weather and Climate .
6- Birds Forms and Graphics .
7- Birds Plates
8- Birds Identifications
9- Site of Monitoring
10- List of the Birds
11- References .
This page represents NGOs/civil society organisations and not nations or states.


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