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While the traditional "Law & Order" mold has long been described as 'ripped from the headlines,' in his tenure as showrunner of "Law & Order: SVU," Warren Leight and his staff of writers continually seem to be just ahead of the curve when it comes to breaking news.
Season 13's "Personal Fouls," about a basketball coach abusing his players, aired just as the Jerry Sandusky/Penn State scandal was coming to light, while this season's "Jersey Breakdown" episode about corruption in the Garden State hit the air mere days after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was called on the carpet for some ethically questionable maneuvers.
Now, comes Wednesday's installment, which features a narrative about an incident involving college football players that seems to echo a real-life storyline a bit too closely for it to be mere coincidence; it appears more like Leight and his staff has some sort of pre-cognitive radar in effect here.
"Sometimes we feel like we write our story, then that exact story breaks in the media. This is absolutely one of those times." explains Leight.
Leight is referring to a February 9, 2014 interview in which college defenseman Michael Sam announced that he's gay, becoming one of the first publicly out college football players. Since that declaration, Sam has entered the NFL draft and if signed by a team in May, will become the first openly gay NFL player.
Speculation has run rampant about how Sam will actually be received within the confines of the National Football League.
With regard to this week's 'SVU,' Leight goes on to say, "That's the basic question that we're asking, 'Is college football ready for an openly gay player; is the NFL ready for an openly gay player?' We started out just wanting to delve into the topic of the bullying and hazing that takes place at both the college and the pro level, and then we moved into wanting to discuss the homophobic culture of football, and many team sports really, and the effect that that lack of tolerance can have on players within that team structure."
Once again it's not only the power of the subject matter here but the incredible timeliness of the questions posed by the exploration of this topic that make the episode, entitled "Gridiron Soldier" so apropos.
"In the episode, we show how in the football setting, there's often this pressure from other players for new recruits to prove that they're a 'real man,'" reveals Leight. He goes on to break down the episode a bit more by saying, "We start our story with a high school senior who comes to New York for a recruiting weekend, which is another sort of corrupt part of the college football world in that during these trips the best players in the country are flown in and lavished with what are more or less bribes and/or sexual favors to get them to appreciate the school and sign on to attend. But, this kid, who the team really, really needs, isn't signing, so the players decide to prank him and that prank begins a tailspin for him that leads to an examination of the whole campus football team."
Talking about the uncanny timing of the episode, Leight disclosed that Sam actually came out the week after the episode was shot. "This thing was literally being edited before Michael Sam even made his announcement. It was just one of those odd, but ultimately amazing, coincidences."
This episode, shown at any time, would raise critical questions about shared attitudes and awareness with regard to football and the gay community, that it comes on the heels of what could be a societal altering pronouncement makes it that much more significant while still remaining focused on the central question being asked – is the NFL really ready, or, will this make them ready to accept openly gay players without question?
Leight believes that the shift in theme for this episode, moving away for just a moment from a story about female or child victims, lends itself to welcoming new viewers as well, saying, "We continually deal with some pretty tough issues on our show and this one does fall under that heading, but I'd really like to encourage the women who watch regularly, and who we are most grateful to have as fans, to get their husbands or boyfriends to watch with them. I really think that men with be alright with the arena that we're working in this week and my hope is that they'll really take something away from this episode."
If wanting to stay slightly ahead of what's about to trend is Leight's goal, and he makes no secret that it is, saying, "Yeah, I want to be 15 minutes ahead of the zeitgeist. That seems a good place to be," then it's obvious that for some reason, whatever reason that may be -- whether it's a cosmic trade-off of some sort, a load of good karma banked years ago, or something so utterly unbelievable that it cannot even be fathomed – it really doesn't matter how this ability has been acquired, as long it's being used in a satisfactory manner, and clearly it is.
"Law and Order: SVU" airs Wednesday nights at 9e/8c on NBC.
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IWC Schaffhausen's passion for the world of filmmaking continues undiminished. As the Official 'Festival-Time' Partner the Swiss watchmaker honors the Tribeca Film Festival® with a special edition.
Swiss Blockbuster - Destined for Stardom
2 April, 2013 - 3 years, 2 months ago
Two new models grace Portuguese collection
26 March, 2013 - 3 years, 3 months ago
The Portuguese collection from Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen are masterpieces of precision engineering. The delight of watch lovers round the globe for over 70 years, they are landmarks in the history of mechanical timekeeping. Two elegant and stylish newcomers now grace this successful IWC watch family: the Portuguese Chronograph Classic and the Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound.
IWC Schaffhausen's unique Tribute to the Trib...
18 March, 2013 - 3 years, 3 months ago
IWC Schaffhausen celebrates the world of Filmmaking this year as the Official 'Festival-Time' Partner of the Tribeca Film Festival® in New York. To honor the festival and support its nonprofit affiliate, the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI), IWC along with TFI will auction a unique one of one piece at Antiquorum Auctioneers, the world's premier watch auctioneers of modern and vintage timepieces. The auction which will take place on April 10th, 2013 at Antiquorum's US headquarters on Madison Avenue in New York City with the entire proceeds supporting the Tribeca Film Institute®.
A Precision Nautical Instrument With Added De...
7 March, 2013 - 3 years, 3 months ago
For the seventh consecutive year, IWC Schaffhausen demonstrates its commitment to philanthropy and skills in beautifully designed timepieces by releasing a limited special edition in aid of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
Solution competition WATCH INTERNATIONAL 4/20...
31 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
Solution to "Guess Who" competition WATCH INTERNATIONAL 4/2012, Mr. Wernher von Braun.
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At the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva, IWC Schaffhausen hosted around 800 international guests and media representatives from around the globe for the launch of its new Ingenieur watches. The latest collection aptly expresses the spirit of the new partnership between the Schaffhausen watchmaker and the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team.
21 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
The completely remodelled 2013 Ingenieur watch collection from IWC Schaffhausen focuses entirely on its new partnership with the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team.
Where Power Meets Precision
21 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
With its spectacular Ingenieur Constant-Force Tourbillon, Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has secured itself a leading position in the Constructors' Championship of haute horlogerie. To ensure a particularly regular rate, the watchmakers integrated the patented constant-force mechanism in a tourbillon – an impressive example of engineering at its best.
Pole Position in the Battle of the Titans
21 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
The Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month comes with a large date display, a sporty design and a case made of titanium aluminide. Like the hybrid boost button on the steering wheel of a Formula One™ car, its quick-action switch supplies maximum power precisely when it is needed at the end of the month.
High-Tech Timepiece in a Carbon Case
21 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
In 2013 IWC Schaffhausen starts a 3-year period as Official Engineering Partner of the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team. Worldwide, the two companies stand for outstanding craftsmanship, innovation and performance engineering. To mark their cooperation, IWC presents a new timepiece in a carbon case. Available with either red or yellow design elements, the Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance is limited to 100 watches in each version.
Greetings from Schaffhausen to Affalterbach
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Since the start of their cooperation in 2004, IWC Schaffhausen and Mercedes-AMG have forged a strong partnership. The precision, efficiency and manufacturing quality of AMG cars and the Ingenieur watches from IWC hold an irresistible appeal for technology enthusiasts. In 2013, IWC is dedicating the Ingenieur Automatic AMG Black Series Ceramic to the two companies' many years of cooperation.
Two Ingenieurs for the Racetrack
21 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
Materials used in Formula One™ inspired the cases of the Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium and Ingenieur Dual Time Titanium. Technically speaking, too, the two timepieces are ideal for the motorsport's premier discipline. While the Double Chronograph records lap times, the Dual Time helps to keep track of the time during the racing season despite constant time-zone changes.
Tribute to a Legend
21 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
With its Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil, IWC breathes fresh life into the legend of the historic Mercedes-Benz racing car. The designers took their inspiration from the illustrious W25 while the technicians equipped the chronograph, as only fitting, with a highly efficient IWC-manufactured movement.
Purist and Timeless
21 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
The new Ingenieur Automatic is the most classic Ingenieur model in the current collection. Elegant, functional and conscious of its tradition, it consistently reflects the design elements defined by legendary watch designer Gérald Genta.
New boutique in the heart of Hong Kong at ifc...
4 January, 2013 - 3 years, 5 months ago
The Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen opened a new boutique in the International Finance Centre mall, a highly prestigious business location and home to international luxury brands as well as hospitality and financial institutions.*
IWC Schaffhausen Is the New Official 'Festiva...
17 December, 2012 - 3 years, 6 months ago
IWC Schaffhausen underlines its passion for filmmaking with another major commitment. The Swiss watch manufacturer is now the Official 'Festival-Time' Partner of the worldrenowned Tribeca Film Festival®, which will be held for the twelfth time in spring 2013.
IWC Schaffhausen celebrates its passion for f...
11 December, 2012 - 3 years, 6 months ago
Luxury Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen and the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) presented the prestigious IWC Gulf Filmmaker Award at an exclusive ceremony at the One&Only Royal Mirage last night in the presence of celebrity guests such as Cate Blanchett and Kevin Spacey.
At home out on the circuit
3 December, 2012 - 3 years, 6 months ago
IWC Schaffhausen set to enter the motor-racing season in 2013 as the Official Engineering Partner of the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team. To mark their cooperation, IWC is launching the Ingenieur Chronograph Racer in stainless steel with an engraving of a Formula One™ racing car on the case back.
Triple gold for IWC boutiques
30 November, 2012 - 3 years, 7 months ago
The Boutique Exclusive Edition from IWC brings together three successful and stunningly beautiful models in red gold.
IWC Schaffhausen Unveils New Flagship Boutiqu...
23 November, 2012 - 3 years, 7 months ago
Yesterday, IWC Schaffhausen celebrated the opening of its Flagship Boutique in Beijing, China. Friends of the Brand and selected guests were among those in attendance at the spectacular unveiling ceremony in the Parkview Green Mall, followed by the premiere of an IWC Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia dedicated to Beijing; an evening to remember.


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2010 Ford Youth World — July 31
July 31, 2010
Bright Lights, Big City – This is Haymanot "Hemi" Kebedes' first Ford Youth World.
He was wide-eyed when he saw the Jim Norick Arena at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City for the first time on Friday, July 30. Not only was it his first time at the Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show, it was also his first time at any horse show larger than a county fair.
Haymanot "Hemi" Kebede, 16, can't believe his luck that he's competing at the 2010 Ford Youth World.
"It's a really, really cool experience," he says. "I've never been to something so big. I'm used to going to little state fairs. I've never been here before and I'm really excited – I hope we do good."
Hemi and Mr Be Counted, a 2009 sorrel gelding by Count This Kid Cool and out of Downtown Sunshine by Mr Be Downtown, were finalists in yearling geldings.
Even though he has designs to move into western pleasure and other riding classes, Hemi has a profound respect for the halter horse and sees himself showing halter horses for a long time. He especially likes the conformation and form of the halter horse.
"They have to be really nice horses. I like the muscling of really nice horses. It takes a really special horse to win a class," he says.
To prepare for his halter class at the Ford Youth World on Saturday, July 31, Hemi banded his gelding, "Sammy," on Friday night . Knowing that Sammy likes to get dirty, Hemi blanketed him, too. When he arrived at State Fair Park at 4 a.m. on Saturday, Hemi fixed any displaced bands, blackened hooves and brushed off his equine comrade. He had help from his "pit crew" — fellow Texas youth competitors Carey Nowacek and Amanda Brightwell.


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Locally, she began to rally support to undertake archaeological work to find the location of the original Habitation. Unable to raise the necessary funds in Nova Scotia during the Great Depression, she began fundraising in Massachusetts and Virginia. With money in hand, C.C. Pinckney, an archaeologist with experience at Williamsburg, Stratford and Mount Vernon, was hired to oversee the archaeological work in Lower Granville (now renamed Port Royal). It is believed today that Pinckney was close to the location of the Habitation but not exactly correct. The location deemed to be the central well at the Habitation was more likely the location of a forgotten 19th century well. Without the benefit of hindsight, Richardson continued to raise funds with a new plan in mind; the reconstruction of the entire site.
As the Depression worsened, funding for the reconstruction proved somewhat more elusive. Fortunately for Richardson, the Canadian government was looking to invest in projects which would get people working. (Would this be poor timing to remind our current federal government that depression era spending on a heritage project is still paying dividends seventy years later?) With assistance from Ottawa, a crew of local workers were hired to begin work on a reconstruction based on Pinckney's archaeological work and detailed research in France. The Habitation opened to the public in 1940.


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To promote human advancement by engaging the poor in rural Guatemala through health, education and community development to effect long term change in families and their communities.
Teachers Helping Teachers Houses for Living, Skills for Life Healthy Homes - clean drinking water, Chapina stove, composting latriine Scholarships for junior high and high school students Health Care clinics Building water projects and schools
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I have been involved with People for Guatemala since its inception and am truly amazed at what has been accomplished in that time---water projects, stoves, medical and dental clinics, educations projects and much more. In every project the recipients are expected to be involved in the planning and implementation of the project and to give back in some way.
My involvment has been in the area of education. I have developed a kindergarten teacher training program and reading and math curriculum. Currently 40 teachers have/are being trained. Kindergarten students in rural villages are being taught to read and perform higher level math skills. The teachers are thrilled to have materials and to be able to teach kindergarten children more than just social and fine motor skills.
People for Guatemala is an outstanding organization which I highly recommend to anyone who wishes to contribute or be involved in some way. You can be certain that whatever is contributed will go directly to its designated project.
This non-profit organization is relatively new, but their accomplishments have far surpassed anyone's expectations. They are not a hand out organization. Their approach is to help communities organize and participate in projects that improve their own lives. As a result the people they are helping are not only acquiring new skills but experience a sense of accomplishment and self confidence that is invaluable. For example, if the community decides their number one priority is a water well, they are involved in the project from the beginning and provide much of the manual labor required as well as contributing financially, even if its just a small percentage of the total package. What's especially outstanding about this organization is that 100% of all donations go directly to the people of Guatemala.
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I have been privileged to work with People For Guatemala for the past two years. I have brought a total of over fifty nurse practitioner and graduate nursing students and nursing professors from Florida Atlantic University for a cultural immersion in primary care in this region of Guatemala. Through the seriously hard-working efforts of the entire staff of PFG we have been able to assess and treat over a thousand patients on each trip. The trusting relationship that Ken and Lois and their staff have established with these underserved communities has been our "gateway" into the lives of the indigenous Maya population. It would have taken us years to build that relationship on our own. We are deeply indebted to PFG for their passion for bringing access to health care and education to these communities. I hope to spend the rest of my life helping them. All of my students state that they are "forever changed."
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Our foundation Nursing Heart Inc is a proud associate of People for Guatemala. Without them, the nurses and doctors who come to Guatemala could not bring their care. People for Guatemala and their sister organization, Hombres y Mujeres en Accion do the development for the projects that we carry out in Guatemala. I cannot thank them enough for the kind of assistance that they have provided our organization by preparing the communities that receive our care. They are FIVE stars!
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I have worked with People for Guatemala for four years now. I continue to grow in respect for their integrity and care for the people of Guatemala. I have experienced the transformation they are bringing about in the communities of San Martin Jilotepeque. Groups that I have pulled together have worked in projects coordinated by People for Guatemala. In the community of Pacoj we participated in a project in 2010. And, two years later, another group went back to the same community for another project. It was amazing to experience how the community had developed through the support of People of Guatemala.
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I was referred to Lois by the Executive Director of my organization because I am trying to build an effective community health program. Not only are Lois, Ken and Amilcar exceedingly kind and generous but the work they do is an invaluable example of how development and aid by non-profits must be undertaken in developing-world countries. In the day that I spent with them, observing, I watched as they guided and empowered multiple communities to think critically and cohesively about mobilizing various projects that would provide the community access to basic necessities. I was shocked to learn that there are entire communities of people without any access to water. I cried when board members of one community entered to personally thank Lois and Amilcar for their aid in their community water project. Each man's voice shook with emotion as they expressed their initial doubts in Amilcar, their satisfaction with the completed project and their gratitude for their support. People for Guatemala not only delivers justice to people by supplying basic necessities but also creates stronger communities. I was amazed and moved.
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I was blessed to go with Lois and Ken (People for Guatemala INC) and some of their staff to several of the villages they serve. Their compassion, understanding, care, expertise and knowledge, love, dedication, and great resourcefulness have aided many. They work under the principal of letting the people help themselves, by providing them the tools and knowledge. I saw the village people deeply respected and loved and genuinely cared for by all the staff. I was able to see them helping "in action", and will forever be blessed by that experience. Thank you, People for Guatemala INC for all you do for those that so need your help! You make the world a better place!
The villages People for Guatemala serve are far from the town of San Martin Jilotepeque. In some of these villages there is no water distribution services. When water projects are done in these communities everything changes: the health improves when they have clean water, the high percentage of intestinal diseases is reduced, specially in children; even general sanitation training is provided to the villagers, they can have a shower every day, wash their clothes, have clean fruits and vegetables. And these are things that normal people have to do every day, close your eyes and imagine a day at your home with no water...... they really change their lives forever!
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Lois &Ken Werner/People for Guatemala are "the real deal." I have been going on mission trips for many years with several different types of groups; educational, medical, construction and I am totally sold on People for Guatemala. They have focused on San Martin, built a strong team and developed a vision that has brought so many diverse groups to Guatemala to work with the villagers. This model helps develop "their" needs to improve the lives of the children and villagers. So many groups come into a region and do what they feel is needed then go home.
Lois & Ken Werner/People for Guatemala have developed programs based on the needs of the people and require participation thus developing a true partnership and helps develop a pride in the village that will last for a lifetime. I have personally been involved with a school kitchen in Pacoj Tres Cruses; medical clinic in Candeleria and am anxiously awaiting going to Curz Nueva on November 8th to build another school kitchen. The work site is prepared by villagers. The building has been engineered. The material is on site. There are men, women and children that are so excited, so willing to help, but most importantly so humble/thankful for the improvements to their village.
People for Guatemala exemplifies the old proverb, "Give someone a fish you feed them for a meal; teach them to fish and you feed them for a lifetime" then goes one step further and leaves the fishing pole!
People for Guatemala is truly changing San Martin one project at a time; one village at a time!!
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Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Lois and Ken Werner are doing amazing work in several Villages in the San Martin area of Guatemala outside of Guatemala City. They are involved in health clinics, clean water projects, education, installing cooking stoves and many other worthwhile efforts. They formulate a plan by asking the women in the villages their needs according to their priority and work along with them to make their needs a reality.
Excellent organization! They involve the people in their communities in both the decision making and the problem solving and they are ultra good stewards of the donor resources. They know how to make a little bit go a long way and they know how to get at the heart of the problem. As a long time volunteer and neighbor of the organization in Guatemala I see the work that they are doing every day and greatly admire them.
This is a very special charity! The leadership has focused on the needs of one community in Guatemala, working with citizens there to bring better education, clean water, health care, and many other contributions to living a productive life. The model of participation and commitment from members of the community is the glue that makes this one of the best non-profits in Guatemala.


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As with any other disease, vulnerability to addiction differs from person to person. In general, the more risk factors an individual has, the greater the chance that taking drugs will lead to abuse and addiction. No single factor determines whether a person will become addicted to drugs. The overall risk for addiction is impacted by the biological makeup of the individual—it can even be influenced by gender or ethnicity, his or her developmental stage, and the surrounding social environment, such as conditions at home, at school, and in the neighborhood. Scientists estimate that genetic factors account for between 40 and 60 percent of a person's vulnerability to addiction, including the effects of environment on gene expression and function. Adolescents and individuals with mental disorders are at greater risk of drug abuse and addiction than the general population.
YES. Addiction is a treatable disease. Discoveries in the science of addiction have led to advances in drug abuse treatment that help people stop abusing drugs and resume their productive lives.
Addiction need not be a life sentence. Like other chronic diseases, addiction can be managed successfully. Treatment enables people to counteract addiction's powerful disruptive effects on brain and behavior and regain control of their lives.
No. The chronic nature of the disease means that relapsing to drug abuse is not only possible, but likely. Relapse rates (i.e., how often symptoms recur) for drug addiction are similar to those for other well-characterized chronic medical illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, which also have both physiological and behavioral components. Treatment of chronic diseases involves changing deeply imbedded behaviors, and relapse does not mean treatment failure. For the addicted patient, lapses back to drug abuse indicate that treatment needs to be reinstated or adjusted, or that alternate treatment is needed.
Research shows that combining treatment medications, where available, with behavioral therapy is the best way to ensure success for most patients. Treatment approaches must be tailored to address each patient's drug abuse patterns and drug-related medical, psychiatric and social problems.
Different types of medications may be useful at different stages of treatment to help a patient stop abusing drugs, stay in treatment and avoid relapse.
Behavioral treatments help engage people in drug abuse treatment, modifying their attitudes and behaviors related to drug abuse and increasing their life skills to handle stressful circumstances and environmental cues that may trigger intense craving for drugs and prompt another cycle of compulsive abuse. Moreover, behavioral therapies can enhance the effectiveness of medications and help people remain in treatment longer.
Getting an addicted person to stop abusing drugs is just one part of a long and complex recovery process. When people enter treatment, addiction has often taken over their lives. The compulsion to get drugs, take drugs and experience the effects of drugs has dominated their every waking moment, and drug abuse has taken the place of all the things they used to enjoy doing. It has disrupted how they function in their family lives, at work and in the community, and has made them more likely to suffer from other serious illnesses. Because addiction can affect so many aspects of a person's life, treatment must address the needs of the whole person to be successful. This is why the best programs incorporate a variety of rehabilitative services into their comprehensive treatment regimens. Treatment counselors select from a menu of services for meeting the individual medical, psychological and social needs of their patients to foster their recovery from addiction.
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health


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05 October 2004
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A Full Court will soon be asked to rule whether the Trade Practices Act allows damages actions to be brought in respect of cartel conduct occurring over 20 years or more.
A Full Court will soon be asked to rule whether the Trade Practices Act allows damages actions to be brought in respect of cartel conduct occurring over 20 years or more, following a recent decision.
While there is a conventional six year limitation period for the right to bring a claim for damages for a breach of the Trade Practices Act, the six year period commences from the time that damage is "suffered", not the date of the contravening conduct.
In the recent case which involved a power transformer, the Federal Court considered claims for damages suffered in the acquisition of electricity transformers at excessive prices over a 20 year period. The court held it was at least arguable that when a buyer overpays for goods or services as a result of the market having been "rigged" by a cartel, the loss is not suffered until "it was discovered that the market had been rigged". According to the applicant's argument, (which the court provisionally accepted as at least arguably correct), without knowledge of the cartel's existence, it is impossible to establish the true market value of the equipment in question, and therefore the loss. Hence, claims could be pursued over a cartel discovered in 1998 which related to capital acquisitions made over the previous 20 years.
The applicant also relied upon section 87 of the Act which permits a claim for compensation as a matter of discretion in any proceeding in which an injunction is sought. There is no specified limitation period applicable to section 87(1).
To determine limitation periods under the Trade Practices Act has always been complex. In cases of misleading representations, the High Court has ruled that relevant loss or damage may be suffered many years after the misleading representation has been made, such as when the defendant begins to act contrary to a prior representation - see for example the recent High Court decision in Murphy v Overton.
"Fraudulent concealment" of the wrongdoing?
The Federal Court also ruled that the common law doctrine of "fraudulent concealment" does not apply to the Trade Practices Act. Under the rules of "fraudulent concealment", US courts have held that in fraud and cartel cases, limitation periods do not commence to run until the fraud or cartel has been discovered.
However, these rulings are provisional, because the Federal Court ruled that all questions of limitation periods should be determined at the trial and should not be determined as a preliminary point in the proceedings as attempted by the defendants in this case, who sought to pre-empt much of the applicant's case.
The court also ruled that claims for the tort of deceit could be pursued, on the basis that the conduct of cartel members in submitting tenders in accordance with the regulated tender process constituted the making of "representations", viz, an implied representation that the process was being conducted in a proper and lawful manner and that bids lodged were genuine and competing bids.
On appeal, we expect that the Full Court will also allow these questions to go to trial. However, if the current case is settled, as occurred in other recent cases on these issues, the question of the true limitation periods under the Act will remain a continuing area for debate, and uncertainty, and a stumbling block to cartel members trying to settle their liability and "to put their conduct behind them".
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Named after the former mayor of North Las Vegas, the James Seastrand Helping Hands organization has been assisting low-income senior citizens since 1998. Their mission is "to assist the frail elderly in our area by providing a variety of services which foster independence and enables them to remain in their own homes rather than be institutionalized."
According to program director Marcia Black, James Seastrand Helping Hands saves the State of Nevada $3,000 per senior citizen by helping them maintain their independence instead of moving to nursing homes. Among the services the organization provides are escorted transportation for medical appointments and errands, minor home maintenance and repair, and a monthly distribution of paper goods such as toilet paper and facial tissue. Any low-income senior citizen in Clark County are eligible for these services, which allows them to then use their funds for other items such as utilities, food, and prescriptions.
While local businesses donate goods for the paper product distribution, the frequency may vary from month to month. The organization is continually in need of toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, and facial tissue to distribute to 1000 senior citizens each month. Donations may be dropped off at the James Seastrand office located at 3432 Bruce St., Suite #7 between the hours of 9:00am to 2:00pm Monday through Friday.
If you would like to volunteer, please call their office at (702) 649-7853. Volunteers must be 16 years old to assist in the office, and 18 years old to assist with the escorted transportation service. For more information on volunteer requirements, visit the organization's website.
For more information about supporting or participating in the James Seastrand Helping Hands main fundraiser and annual play, click here.
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Fanning the flame
Sequel adds some interesting plot twists
By Tim Pompey 12/05/2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Directed by Frances Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language.
2 hrs., 26 min.
Katniss is back and as feisty as ever. Truly the poster child for dark-eyed stares and gritty determination, you can't help but root for her, even if she's sometimes buffeted by a recycled tale.
Still, adding some interesting twists, Hunger Games: Catching Fire carries on its predecessor's tradition, elaborating on the love story (or stories) and eventually providing enough spunk to make it worth watching.
Most of the main characters have returned. Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Effie. But some new faces appear as well, including new gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and allies such as Beetee (Jeffrey Wright), Finnick Odair (Sam Claflin) and Wiress (Amanda Plummer).
Picking up where we last left off, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) are forced to endure a series of victory tours flaunting the power of Panem. Instead, the tour shows President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and his cohorts that the country is edging toward rebellion.
Wanting to fend off civil war and kill his newest winners, Snow and Heavensbee decide to put Katniss and Peeta back in the ring. For the 75th Hunger Games, they force the games' surviving winners to come back and fight each other.
The interesting twist is that Haymitch advises Katniss and Peeta to form a series of allies, but who can they trust to work with them and against the others? You see, these games are more like Apprentice or Survivor. The ones who cultivate allies with the right set of skills have the best chance of surviving.
Director Francis Lawrence (Water for Elephants) has the formidable task of re-creating a new and interesting Hunger Games. His biggest challenge is to keep this behemoth story and bulging cast moving along with some clear focus and enough action to keep it exciting. A new setting helps — the lush and mysterious landscapes of Hawaii.
Unfortunately, the opening chapters are obligatory and predictable, kind of like those annoying recaps to your favorite TV shows. But as Lawrence gets closer to the games themselves, the pace picks up and he is able to re-create them with a sharp sense of excitement and drama. Some new challenges also add extra spice: warring monkeys, poisonous fog, even time itself.
Call him blessed to have the talents of Academy Award-winning writers Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine), whose spare but gritty style is particularly succinct, not only for Katniss, Peeta and Gale, but also for the snarling President Snow and gamers such as Finnick, Beetee and Wiress.
Give credit to the cast as well, which somehow manages to take a retread story and give it some sense of depth. It's as if there's something bigger here they're all trying to communicate about the fragility and importance of love and family.
So Lawrence, Hutcherson and Harrelson recapture their previous chemistry and are assisted by the additional screen time given to Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth), Ellie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), President Snow and Hoffman's smiling but dangerous Heavensbee.
In addition, Catching Fire successfully complicates the love triangle that exists between Katniss, Peeta and Gale. The question hinted at in the first film is more fully explored here: Who does Katniss really love? Moreover, what might have been a stereotypical love story is tightened not only by Katniss' alliances and loyalties, but by her own need to survive and protect.
Catching Fire has a little something for everyone. Action, love, humor, drama. It manages to return to the well one more time and find new waters. Not an easy task for a sequel. Still, I suppose it's true: If you're fighting for your life and the stakes are high, you can't afford to let your guard down. Call it the will to survive. It's what keeps this film interesting.
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Young the Giant know you've probably got a few questions in the lead up to their performance on this Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. Like, for example, who the heck are they?
"Yeah," frontman Sameer Gadhia laughed. "You might not know who we are, but we're in Hollywood already preparing [for the show], and we're very, very excited to play for you guys."
So, yes, while the California quintet are relative unknowns — though, chances are, you've heard their hits "My Body" and "Cough Syrup" on rock radio — all that will likely change following Young the Giant's VMA performance . Which, sort of makes them this year's version of Florence and the Machine, who rode their bombastic performance at the 2010 show to Stateside success.
"We're definitely in the Florence slot," Gadhia said. "We consider it a real honor."
But that brings us to another question: Just what will that performance entail? Well, from the sound of things, it could be one for the ages … the Mesozoic ages.
"For our VMA performance, [guitarist] Jacob [Tilley] is actually at work, breeding pterodactyls, and he's prepared for just this one event," Gadhia smiled. "We're going to be flying in on pterodactyls. They're going to do an air show; they're going to drop us in, fireworks, we're going to have Jimi Hendrix performing, it's going to be amazing."
Seriously. And while we suspect Gadhia was joking (especially since Tilley added "We're not really doing any gimmicks, it's just us doing what we do: playing live with lots of energy,") there's no debating the fact that their VMA performance is a very big deal for Young the Giant. And for proof, all you have to do is check their schedule, which, until very recently, included high-profile slots at the U.K.'s Reading and Leeds Festivals.
"We canceled Reading and Leeds because of the VMAs," Gadhia said. "I mean, we always watched them, ever since we were little … and we're from Los Angeles, so we figured it would be a great opportunity. Hopefully people in the U.K. will forgive us. I know some people are already annoyed."
The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live Sunday, August 28, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET/PT, following the Selena Gomez-hosted pre-show at 8. See the list of nominees, revisit last year's highlights and vote for Best New Artist by visiting VMA.MTV.com.


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Severe weather and other natural disasters have reinforced the importance of developing, managing, and maintaining business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) plans for large and small organizations alike. Because today's organizations rely so heavily on IT for sustained operations, careful continuity planning is essential, with multiple provisions for emergency power, communications, mirrored computing sites, and secure off-site data storage.
A business continuity plan encompasses strategies and solutions to help ensure continuous uptime and high availability of IT systems as well as secure and swift data storage, backup, and recovery. For example, a physical or virtual business continuity solution that enables you to automate movement of data can help you optimize performance and security at an acceptable cost/performance ratio, while enabling seamless failover.
From a business continuity perspective, virtualization can simplify disaster recovery by reducing the number of physical machines. It offers numerous ways to build a DR solution that scales alongside your virtual servers to protect your infrastructure and maintain access to data.
Unlike traditional environments, virtualization allows you to consolidate multiple applications on a single machine in the recovery data center for maximum efficiency. The ability to recover quickly from failure is a huge benefit.
Although a virtual machine is independent of the physical hardware that it's running on, you still need protection against failures within physical server hardware. Reducing the amount of hardware means that the availability of each physical server becomes more important. Loss of a server within a virtualized environment affects each VM running on the platform. This must be factored into business continuity planning.
Integrating DR capabilities into your virtual environment from day one lets you take advantage of the scalability that virtualization offers. A key strategy is to look at virtualization and DR as a combined unit. Put aside the notion that disaster recovery means a 1:1 ratio of live to redundant machines. What you really need is a flexible solution that grows to match your requirements as they evolve.
It is just as essential for small and remote offices to have a plan in place to recover critical data and get up and running after a disruption. Back up your data regularly and frequently and rotate and replace your backup media periodically. Test your restore process, and if you have issues, take time to resolve them. Don't wait for an emergency to try to restore your data for the first time.
Your written DR plan should include instructions for finding your backups, using the backup and recovery software, testing the system, and synchronizing restored data. Web-based solutions may help simplify your backup and recovery process, since your data is backed up off site. If the application is Web-based, you can log in securely from another location to access your data. In your DR plan, include a copy of your vendor's Service Level Agreement, contact information, instructions for activating disaster recovery, and verification that the solution complies with any applicable regulations.
Comprehensive emergency power systems—including UPS solutions—support IT availability and reduce the likelihood that a power failure will put your organization at risk and damage sensitive equipment. These systems ensure a reliable, 24/7 power supply while reducing energy consumption and delivering uninterrupted power for equipment, precise temperature, airflow, and humidity control.
A virtualized environment inevitably makes the smaller pool of resources you rely on that much more important. That's why it's vital to build a storage solution with advanced data protection capabilities. The agility offered by SANs enables better recovery, increased resilience, and seamless failover for planned or unplanned downtime. Take advantage of automated recovery processes designed to work hand-in-hand with virtualization. This helps reduce recovery time objectives (RTO) and keeps critical applications and data online and available.
To ensure that your virtualized environment is paired with a DR solution that matches your organization's needs, it helps to do your homework and find out what vendors offer the features you want. PC Connection's Customer Briefing Center (CBC) lets you experience demonstrations of cutting-edge virtualization and storage technologies in person or online in a real-world environment. You'll meet with our knowledgeable IT professionals and take part in interactive sessions that show you the ins and outs of business continuity and DR in virtualized environments.
Storing, securing, and managing valuable data get easier with PC Connection. Services such as our Storage Assessment, Storage Healthcheck, Backup and Recovery Services and Colocation and Disaster Recovery Services can help you create solutions to meet your business continuity goals.
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Whips, chains and blindfolds – oh my! Oh yes!
Whether you're a woman or a guy, by now you've probably read – or at least heard of – the "Fifty Shades of Grey" phenomenon. The fastest-selling trilogy of all time depicts the S&M relationship between virginal Anastasia Steele and young business mogul Christian Grey.
What exactly made these books so appealing to women of all ages? The idea of allowing a man to tie you up and make you submit to all of his sexual desires seems to go against everything feminism and Gloria Steinem ever taught us. But despite the scary descriptions you've heard about bondage in the bedroom, a little kink can bring you and your partner endless pleasure and joy between the sheets. Whether you just want to tie each other up, smack one another around, or go all out with nipple clamps and anal beads, bondage can be your new BFF in bed. (Read any dirty books lately? Find out why you should in Beyond "Fifty Shades:" How Erotica Can Improve Your Sex Life.)
Why S&M?
Just looking at those two words – sadism and masochism- put side by side is enough to turn anybody off of S&M. You're probably conjuring up mental images of a fat guy called The Gimp tugging on his leash as he eye-fucks Bruce Willis in "Pulp Fiction".
But S&M can work for normal, run-of-the-mill folks as well … unless you've been living in a crate underneath a pawnshop. That was probably The Gimp's problem.
S&M can bring out a playful side of you and your partner that you've never witnessed. Plus, S&M and bondage is founded on mutual trust and communication, which can bring you and your partner closer together than ever before.
Bondage & S&M for Beginners – What You Need to Know
An estimated one in five couples dabbles in S&M and one in 20 engages in extremely serious role play. In other words, bondage is more common than you might think. Before you go bending your partner over a couch, let us give you a brief Bondage 101.
The most important thing to discuss before you invite S&M and bondage into the bedroom is boundaries. You both need to be on the same page when it comes to how far you're willing to explore the darker side of sex. If you want to tie your partner up but he or she only wants to experiment with a tickler, it's not going to work. As we said before, S&M is all about communication. It's absolutely necessary for both of you to trust and respect one another's boundaries. Before you get it on, sit down and have a serious discussion about what you want to get out of S&M and how far you both want to go with it.
It's also important to have a safety word in the bedroom. This ensures that if things get too hot and heavy for one of you to handle, you can just say the safety word and take a breather. This word should have nothing to do with sex. "Turnip" should do it.
Toys, Tips and Tricks
So now that you're ready to explore a bit of S&M and bondage in the bedroom, you need to load up on fun and kinky toys. If you're new to all of this, start light and skip the face masks, bull whips and vaginal balls.
Start off with furry handcuffs or rope, a blindfold and a tickler or small crop. You can usually get a set with all of these included. Beginning with lighter, playful toys enables you and your partner to accustom yourselves to them in the bedroom and then move on to more serious gadgets if you so choose.
On the first couple of nights, just experiment with tying each other up and finding your individual comfort levels. Pay attention to if you like being tied up or doing the dominating. And be sure to communicate everything you are feeling and thinking.
Bondage Moves Not for the Faint of Heart
The more you and your partner explore S&M and bondage, the more you'll be willing to test your boundaries. For those of you who want to push the limits, there are plenty of bold moves that S&M and bondage offers.
Ball gags are a fun way of keeping your partner silent. If you use one, be sure to come up with a hand gesture or signal that implies you want out – you won't be able to utter your safeword after all.
You can also get clothes pins to lightly clamp onto different body parts. Mixing pain and pleasure is definitely erotic and will make for an intense and explosive orgasm.Adding a bit of role play to the antics is also a great idea. Try having a dominant and submissive character, such as a teacher and student or doctor and patient.
Bondage Bringing You Closer
Not a lot of people would think that spanking and hog tying your hubby would strengthen your relationship, but it really can.
Women especially are afraid that allowing a partner to tie them up and dominate them in the bedroom will play out in the rest of their relationship, but this is not true at all. S&M is strictly reserved for the bedroom, and men who want to have control over their girlfriends in real life have power issues that should be addressed by a counselor.
If done right, S&M and bondage will increase the trust and faith you have in one another and open doors you never thought existed, including one to greater sexual pleasure. (Did the sex play in "Fifty Shades" pique your interest – and your curiosity? Read 9 "Fifty Shades" Questions You Were Too Afraid to Ask.)
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With the new film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes now in theaters, it is a good time to look back at the original Planet of the Apes movie series which ran from 1968 to 1973.
Planet of the Apes (1968): The only true classic in the series, Planet of the Apes is a witty and thought-provoking film that established Charlton Heston as a science fiction movie icon and featured one of the most memorable twist endings in movie history. Even in the face of the amazing makeup in Tim Burton's otherwise dreary reimagining of the story and the incredible CGI effects of the most recent Apes films, the prosthetics used to turn such stars as Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter and Maurice Evans into simians are still impressive. The original Planet of the Apes movie is also the most quotable of any apes film. "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty ape!" and "I never met an ape I didn't like" are just two of the many well-remembered lines in this film.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970): With Planet of the Apes such a huge hit, it was inevitable that there would be a sequel. Beneath the Planet of the Apes had astronaut Brent, played by James Franciscus, attempting to find George Taylor (Charlton Heston) and instead discovering, as Taylor did before him, a planet where apes rule and humans are primitive dumb mutes. He also discovers an underground race of mutated humans who worship a doomsday bomb. Not nearly as good a film as its predecessor, Beneath the Planet of the Apes is nevertheless good, goofy fun, a movie filled with over-the-top performances and exciting set-pieces.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971): The only film in the original series that comes close to the intelligence and quality of the original film, Escape from the Planet of the Ape has the chimpanzee couple Zira and Cornelius (Kim Hunter and Roddy McDowall) from the first two films arriving on Earth and becoming instant celebrities. When one scientist realizes that their appearance on Earth could inevitably lead to the destruction of mankind, things take a nasty turn for the loving chimp couple and their newborn baby. Before Escape from the Planet of the Apes reaches its exciting chase-filled ending, it spends much time gently mocking the fashions and trends of the late sixties and early seventies. The film remains highly enjoyable with top-notch performances by Hunter and McDowall.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972): Although it features Roddy McDowall's best performance of the series, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is a movie where interesting ideas and potentially exciting sequences are hampered by budget constraints and lackluster backgrounds and sets. The film wants to be an apocalyptic nightmare, but the battle between the apes and the humans seems to take place on one four-block radius of Los Angeles. The film's original dark ending did not play well in previews, and was softened to make the apes more sympathetic and the fate of humanity not quite as bleak. A film more impressive for its ideas rather than its execution, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes would have still been a much better conclusion to the series than the actual final film.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973): When the performance of songwriter Paul Williams as an ape is the best thing about a movie, you know you have a dog of a film on your hands. This is not an insult directed at Williams; he truly is terrific as philosopher ape Virgil, right-hand man (or ape) to Roddy McDowall's Caesar. But Battle for the Planet of the Apes was expected to wrap up the series in a circular way, bringing us back to the original film, and instead, it is merely a cheap, tedious and half-hearted remake of Beneath the Planet of the Apes. The television series that followed, although short-lived, was much more entertaining than this half-baked disappointment.


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Reuters Poll Indicates Up To 60% Of Japanese Companies Impacted By Production, Supply Chain Disruptions
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Don't Japanese companies use JIT process? Yes they do! Whoopsie daisy! That means little inventory. I cant wait to see how the global chain breaks apart this May! BADABING!
Yet the problems do not appear severe enough to spur a large number of companies to move factories, change suppliers or shift their target markets, with 79 percent of respondents saying they were not considering moving offices or factories, or shifting suppliers.
They may reconsider moving factories when their employees cannot show up for work anymore...
Where are they going to go? It's almost certain that many of their needed parts are coming from highly specialized factory lines. It takes from one to five years to plan, design, tool, and build a manufacturing facility. In war time the Govt. can increase the pace by pouring gobs of money on the problem - but these companies don't have that kind of capital at hand. Chances are they are still paying consultants to do option studies. Make no mistake, this is a major world wide supply chain mess.
By the way, most of the electronics for our defense industry have been off shored to Japan and Korea since the 1980's. There is a good chance the Navy had to back off from Libya because they realized they couldn't replace the fancy smart missiles and bombs they love so much. Shit -> Fan!
I dont know Micheal Ruppert to well, but I watched one of his videos the other day and he speaks of the possible effects that Japans circumstance may have on the rest of the world.
I am by far a novice, at best, when it comes to the stock market but I think this video may be worth watching.
while many denials as to the cessation of QE2 are being bandied about here and across the more enlightened financial blogs across the net such as Jim Sinclair, Trader Dan, and of course Turd's Spot, it is becoming apparent, especially with the latest Goldman pullback on commodities and doctor copper that we are approaching a real watershed event in June/July which Mr. Ruppert suggests will coincide with the quarterly earnings reports due in June. His cohort Chris Martensen, a real gold bug if there ever was, has been calling for the temporary cessation of quantitative easing since early March. This in concert with Martin Armstrong's expectations of a significant retracement in the precious metals June 13/14 is the handwriting on the wall (street). Get ready! The image of a financial deflationary earthquake sucking global liquidity into its vortex only to inundate the markets with a tsunami of hyperinflationary fury is not only highly counterintuitive but quite possibly inevitable.
well, shit! make lemonade!
kondratieff winter---in the good old summertime!
got PMs? cash? food? luck?
good thing we have a printing press &
it can't happen here!
For a second, I took this to mean we shut down the federal reserve http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE73C7NQ20110413?ca=rdt
Such a predictable outcome in a JIT economy, eh?
Given that the whole world is now pretty much a JIT chain, not just in automotive, but electronics too where Japan provided many key copmponents, watch the slow domino acclerate into mayhem. May-hem... yup, probably next month.
MEanwhile, you can bet that some products being produced right now are sub-par, with manufacturers rushing existing vendors to up production to keep manufacturing apace.
Tragic reason, but the system was strung too tight, it had to give, one way or another.
Yup...I mentioned this a couple weeks ago.
I've experienced the supply disruptions first hand....
A delivery reliant on parts from Japan was delayed, and delayed, and delyed, and delayed.
Any other first hand accounts from ZH posters?
I am disrupting, and disrupted.
One key part for an industrial component I sell could not be purchased, so I failed to deliver a product to a major car maker. This component is used in the assembly line for a very popular car. If any of the equipment that uses this component for whatever unfortunate reason, the production may stop. Although, I don't expect that to happen since I am pretty confident that that car maker would be able to pull that component from some place or another.
Some other stuff have seen are
>Initial hoarding by Toyota Coroporation (Not Motors). By the way, they have stopped hoarding a while ago.
>Loading an extra tank of diesel to pick up products manufactured in distressed areas where gas is not available.
>Complete unavailability of some key parts. Many seems to be resin related.
>Rescuing critical dies from suppliers located in nuclear evacuation areas to continue production elsewhere.
I expect the manufacturing business to be pretty much back to normal some time during June.
Just another phase in the surreal state of non-depression enveloping the old alliance economies. Destruction of infrastructure, supply-chain and commerce? Not to worry, a freshly minted cash infusion will solve the problem. Just let the central bank play the part of the end-consumer of goods and services Without actually consuming such goods and services, yet paying for them at full price. And if the US and Eurozone are doing the same you can;t get in trouble. It's a utopian world we live in indeed!
Japan shakes semiconductor industry - Wafers, batteries, some chemicals in short supply
12 April 2011, by Aude Lagorce - London (MarketWatch)
o oh, domino. roll me over there ya go. 60 after a few weeks, 70 next, 80? 92 when only 2 of the islands are habitable? The optimism of rebuilding is incredible. All the old partially spent fuel that never stops glowing and giving out good vibes is hanging around in all the old reactors and no one will bury it for anyone else.
Our leaders are so smart they scared to go near it. Political hot potato irradiating the voter!
One wonders how many fronts the Japanese can fight on simulataneously. Fukushima and the condition of the other northern Honshu nuclear power plants has got to be tying up much of the engineering and management staff of Japan's electric utility industry yet getting adequate power available for the summer is crucial for the Japanese economy.
The Japanese government managed the Kobe earthquake very well but where you have a far more powerful seismic event coupled with that godawful tsunami maybe a far more difficult problem to deal with. Infrastructure isn't just damaged its gone! Toss in TEPCO's disaster, for which Japan was clearly not prepared and the notion that the Japanese government is just overwhelmed and demoralized at this point is not unreasonable to believe.
All that leading to a moderate to outright severe economic depression in Japan would be my guess. It will take years to rebuild infrastructure and lot of capital. I see a major debt default coming, just to speed things up.
"The Japanese government managed the Kobe earthquake very well"
Yes, but let's not forget that a big slug of the 220% of GDP debt mountain was as a result of the rebuilding after Kobe....
Good observation and logical conclusion:
Scary as well.
Good Vid TnX.
I notice Mike has his window opened. A gentle breeze blowing the fresh radiation in.....
How is japan going to generate a surplus to buy our treasury bonds?
This may be the bond surprise of the year. Not the end of qe2
With the levels of Cesium-137 making it's way to the US. I think the last thing people should be worrying about is the availability of consumer electronics and such.
Does no one value health? Have you all gone mad?
Here is a visual for you and as of today it looks even worse than ever.
A longish article critical of the "bounce back" thesis, on Bloomberg:
Where Chernobyl Outlook Is Shakier Than Ground: William Pesek
It's a BS theory...most funds are lining up bets on a recovery charge in stocks. I hope they loose billions. Oil was at 147 when (pre) Lehman was decimated, so the markets corrected as CM's froze, big deal. CB's have been printing ever since, they send oil upward and food prices + Japan barely functioning as an economy = FUBAR. It remains to be seen how much cash will end up in stocks, when half their businesses may go bankrupt or are bailed out by Japans gov.
Bulls are leveraged up like 2008, they just have CB's gov guaranteeing, printing...
The mind boggles as dumb-ass journalists blowing of the Fuckashima meltdown and a oil inflaion wipeout for Japan
You mean no iPhone 5s until fall, and I still have a long wait for an iPad 2?! WTF am I going to do? I'm shaking from withdrawl of new, shiny, Apple toys.
yeah. things might slow down a bit for a while. they call that a recession. again, that's why i think da big boyz called the bullshit they did the last coupla daze. japan is the world's what? 3rd largest economy? pretty devastated. unbelievable! not good for global supply chain grooves. not good for capitalism for things to slow/shrink a bit, now. not good for "securitization".
of course the whole freakin place is getting really good at pretending everything is wunnerful, wunnerful, no matter what. we just fukin threw, like several $ tril. into this criminal maelstrom of fraud and shady accounting practices, and now this?
nanny state central planning and fiat banksterism may get their fukin lights punched out!
Those morons (BRICS) have just drawn a line under $100.00 (oil), you think the middle east will allow oil to drop?
*(Dow Jones)--The state development banks of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa signed an agreement Thursday to open credit lines in their national currencies to each other, the latest concrete step by developing nations to reduce their reliance on the U.S. dollar. The grouping of five developing nations, known collective as BRICS, said separately in a joint statement that they support reform of the international monetary system leading to "a broad-based international reserve currency system providing stability and certainty," an apparent reference to a diminished role for the U.S. dollar as the world's primary reserve currency. The framework credit-line agreement was signed on Wednesday by Russia's Vnesheconombank, Brazil's Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social, China Development Bank, Eximbank of India, and the Development Bank of South Africa, according to the statement.
That was their intention. They are tiring of Chairsatan's inflation. Perhaps Barry didn't get the memo about the work that needed to done to protect US interests while he was vacationing in several of these countries. Perhaps GS called a commodity top so they could BTFD before their customers.
perhaps GS called a commodity top because their econometric models turned bright freaking red when they factored in Japan.
666: as far as the "new reserve currency" goes, and the line under oil, we've been hearing this bullshit since timmah g. called out the chinese for not valuing their currency right, years ago. in a way, it's just bullshit: a bunch of fiat bankster bullshit about the race to the bottom and how to stay on top, too. one good fiat deserves 5-6 others. it just seems so much like noise to me, at times. propaganda 1; 2; 3; rinse, repeat; 2; 3...and so on. what's the big dill? i fail to see it!
Fair point on GS, they could actually place the financial interests of their customers above their own.
The problem with the fiat banker bullshit is that the consequences are now expanding from the paper banking world into the brick and mortar world. Politicians haven't liked food riots on their watch since at least Louis XVI- and this season heads are actually rolling. So if the price of global economic stability is that US consumers must pay more for shit, then the rest of the world is perfectly ready to pay that price.
Name suits you, chump. "Those morons", right... Look no further than the US Fed and investment banks. Why trade in dollars when you have a deliberate policy to undermine its value? Been working since 1913, about time other countries wake up to this reality.
SCM, Logistics, Transportation, Procurement, Warehousing all getting thrown down the well -- this will take more than a Quarter to recover from kids
I have a car Audio store. SONY, Kenwood, and JVC are telling us HUGE supply problems over the next 90 days and beyond due to the expansion of the Radiation zone. Chip sets and knobs that were made in Japan....the companies were wiped off the map. Also....Sony and Kenwood just announced across the board price increases TODAY because of the dollar falling. Here we go. 3% to 6% accross the board as of Tonight. Ouch.
I expect anecdotes like this to continue to appear, almost like a tsunami. Right now, we're all just seeing the wave approaching on the horizon.
Good luck to you, sir.
In a social setting this past Saturday, I asked a pal who works for a large building technology company. Microprocessors are the most scarce item and prices increased from $1-$3/each to $30-$40 each. JIT was not his main reference; single sourcing was the issue. His company and his competitors are doing some interesting steps: 1) hoarding; 2) talking daily with Japanese suppliers about progress, by walking the plants in Japan, 3) accelerating new product introduction to a faster date (ie replacing current tech with new);4) scouring the earth for new suppliers;5) abandoning single source and planning to add costs of multi sourcing going forward;6) planning for margin compression due to higher key component costs (2nd quarter);7)generally freaking out. He said his whole division worked harder this week planning for contingency than ever. First quarter results will not show a problem. Q2 will. I found the possibility of accelerating new innovations to be a very interesting outcome of this problem. A normally slow and conservative corporation is now in fast track innovation adoption mode out of necessity to keep the volume sales going and revenue numbers in line to keep stock price signal constant. Flipping out inside these companies. Oh, and all products need microprocessors. Plus all plastics have some Japanese element to them so plastic packaging is tight. And no suppliers are saying much except apologies for the slight delay.
Japan turmoil disrupting U.S., Fed survey finds
13 April 2011, by Greg Robb - Washington (MarketWatch)
The Japanese earthquake may be having more of an impact on the U.S. economy than previously believed, according to the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book survey of current economic conditions released on Wednesday.
A majority of the Fed's 12 regional districts reported "actual or expected disruptions to sales and production" as a result of the Japan earthquake.
Surprisingly most of the districts that reported difficulty as a result of the Japan tragedy were on the East Coast or in the middle of the country.
The Minneapolis Fed said it was surprised when a quick survey of the factories in its district showed that 41% of them indicated that they had been unfavorably impacted by the disaster in Japan.
"Inputs from Japan are expected to be in short supply soon if they are not already," the Boston Fed reported.
One must ask, previously believed by whom? Dumbasses who can't put two and two together?
Maybe you guys dont find it surprising that the treasury market may tank due to a weak japan unable to buy the expected amounts of treasury bonds......
But it will be a surprise to the bond market and almost all treasury bond owners.
The end of qe2 is already priced in. Later if japan cant maintain a trade surplus it might increase bond yields.
... ....
Well, it's hit Australia already.
Toyota has a substantial manufacturing facility in Victoria. Announced today, half shifts "until the problem is resolved".
See: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/ford-to-slash-jobs-from-its-broadmeadows-and-geelong-plants/story-fn7x8me2-1226039113907
3,300 jobs at Toyota's factory. Getting a bit messy, one would think........
Most Toyota plants in Japan aren't moving until next week.
They will start moving at 50% capacity next week using inventories.
(Just because they are JIT, does not mean they have zero inventory)
Nothing compared to whats going on in Japan.
Good thing we didn't put microprocessors into absolutely everything...
Someone should have said it already - Complex structures are prone to breakdowns. The more complex they get, the more vulnerable they become and it's harder to mend the disruption in the technological chain. There has been a lof of discussions about this in the recent years, at theoildrum and other forums. We have a glaring example of that today when we look at Japan and how it already affects and will be affecting the world economy further on
(scuze me for that pathetic mentoring tone - i can't help it xP)
Your commets are very true, if we were talking about the financial sector.
In the manufacturing sector, I believe that the difficulty of mending depends more on the size than complexity.
Think about it.
Which takes more time to fix?
A seamless pipe manufacturing plant or a semiconductor plant?
Even if a complex equipment breaks down, it can be replaced if somebody can make that make it and if its small enougth.
However, replacing it will not be easy if its huge.
I am not an expert in either manufacturing or microelectronics (or financials or pretty much anything else lol). From my layman point of view it's the fact that the world economy has been pushing its limits in terms of interconnectedness and complexity. Take a look at this article:
and the comments section:
"I design electronic products and many of my products are facing shortages on some components, which basically puts the entire product on hold.
For some reason there are certain components or products that seem to be mostily specialized to particular countries or parts of the world".
It sounds pretty damn obvious, but that's what it is. Yes, maybe you could set up production of those certain components and products at some other location (eg, in China or S. Korea) quite fast - but you could also lose out on quality. But it's not even the disruption in the production chain that is the problem here. What's the cause of it? Energy. Japan's got its power system disrupted.
"Even with the current three-hour rolling blackouts, industry is complaining that it cannot keep its factories running. TEPCO says the rolling blackouts will have to go on at least through the end of April, and are likely to be necessary again in summer when air conditioners add to the load on the grid"
"Energy consumption is said to be closely linked to GDP. Even if the situation appears to be less critical than before for oil and gas, the ongoing shortage of electric power, Japan's most important energy source, will inevitably have a deleterious effect on the economy. Industry is now waiting with bated breath to see how long this energy bottleneck will throttle the economy".
My whole point is Japan is not a black swan - we have been building our way towards this point. It's a symptom of the way the world economy is unraveling.
If we could solve problems of the current magnitude fast - it would be awesome. But we can't - with our current means we can't.
Thank you for your insights.
I just ordered the collapse of complex societies on amazon and I actually agree with almost 100% of what you said.
But the reason cars in tuxedo black can not be produced....is not because cars are complex.
It is because the plant that produces the paint is huge, thus requiring lots of time and effort to recover.
The risk of a complex product with many different parts bares a higher risk of using a product produced in a plant with huge equipments.
However, the length of the delay will be capped by the lead time of the product arriving last. It will not exceed that by far.
Huge items are manufactured using humongous equipments. For exampble 4 meter wide pipe for drilling oil will be delayed much further than complex hybrid cars if the plant is hit by a quake. Also, production lines for huge products are usually very limited making it much more difficult to replace or outsource.
And, yes.....energy is a extremely critical factor.
Plants that make huge items and run huge equipments, tends to require constant supply of energy. Power disruption is already a major concern, and my point is ..... size matters.
Please believe me, I visit many factories every week, and size do matter more than most people think.
Also, I believe that size do seriously matter in finance/economy/society as well.
Just...look at this.
In my opinion, the size of the problem determines the damage when stuff hits the fan.
The complexity determines the ability of the fan to avoid the stuff.
I feel that things are getting bigger and more complex, both in the real economy and finance, and it does not look good to me also.
Didn't Michael Crichton write a bestseller in the 90s about that very thing? Something about dinosaurs if memory serves me. (All the investors in that "park" were Japanese BTW)


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The joy (and frustration) of heart rate monitors
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Ok, so I finally figured out how to use the heart rate monitor I got. (whoo hoo! I'm not dumb anymore!)
Anyway, so I was really excited to see exactly how many calories I'm burning and what heart rate I'm reaching when I'm out strolling around outside, or jogging.
I am disappointed that at the gym I'm not burning as many calories as I thought I was! I think mostly because I stick to my favorite machines. My body has gotten really used to two in particular, the elliptical and the arctrainer. They are similar in design, but work different variations and inclines.
Well apparently on the elliptical I'm really only burning about 80% of what the machine says I am. So that sorta stinks, but isn't too bad. My FAVORITE machine? The arctrainer. According to my heart rate monitor I'm only burning 60% of the calories the machine says I am. Basically, I need to work out TWICE as long in order to burn what I want.
That'll teach me for using the arctrainer as my main sorce of fitness. I do switch up my routine. I also utilize the treadmill, stationary bike, stair climber, stair stepper, arm machine....and I think that's all of the cardio machines I do. But I didn't really do them that often because I couldn't torch the calories on them, like I (thought I) could on the arctrainer!
The one I dislike the most (the treadmill) seems about 95% accurate according to my heart rate monitor, probably because I don't do it very often!
So again, I think it's cool to see the calories I'm burning. But I'm super bummed that I'm either going to have to work out longer or eat even less than I am eating now!
No wonder I've been stuck for awhile!
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I love the sound of that heart monitor. I must put it on the list! :) Sorry you aren't burning as many calories as you thought. :( It sucks that you aren't burning like you thought. Keep up the good work!
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That is cool and an excellent point. Are we really burning as much as we think we are? Hmmmm.....
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Hey! Which HRM do you have? I have the Polar F6 and I love it!! I too realized that the calorie counts on the machines were way off from what I was actually burning (and NOT in my favor, but hey, I think I'd rather know the truth). That's because the HRM is specific to you and reads your HR more accurately because of the chest strap, while the machine is just guessing based on the age and weight you type into it. Like you, I too find that the treadmill's calorie count is the most accurate of the machines. I noticed that the treadmill actually says "Polar ready" on it so maybe somehow it reads the signal from my chest strap since I have a Polar HRM? That is my best guess as to why.
Does your gym offer fitness classes? I get bored on the machines sometimes so I switch it up by taking a few classes a week too. Sooooo much fun, and with an HRM you can see how many calories you burned in class too. I usually burn WAY more calories in cycle and combat than I burn on any machine, unless I am running on the treadmill.
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Once again, the White Ghost storyline overshadows the L.A. case in Tuesday, March 4's episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles," 516, "Fish Out of Water."
The Los Angeles part of the "NCIS: LA" team is brought in to investigate when there's an explosion at a fish market, and while that means Deeks pulling out a red herring with that grin of his – "It's a red herring. …Come on, man, this is an actual red herring." – and there's a serious threat to the city, it's hard to be too invested in that when all we really want to know is more about the White Ghost. They end up in a joint investigation with the DEA, as one of their agents was undercover, but she just seems to be there to serve as someone who represents one path Deeks and Kensi's relationship can go, as she too once had a partner and had to make a choice. She chose the DEA. They do manage to stop the bombers before they can blow up an event of 5000 people, controlling the situation so when the bomb does go off, it's in a mostly-empty parking lot on the beach.
A couple of side notes from the Los Angeles part of the episode: Callen still has a love life, and Hetty may or may not have invented the Internet. Sam tries to get Callen to come over for dinner with Joelle, but Callen wants to keep some things private. "You make Howard Hughes look like an extrovert," Sam says, reminding his partner that he still doesn't know his name. Meanwhile, Hetty continues to surprise everyone when she shows off that she has skills and reveals that she was there when they invented the Internet. "I'm pretty sure she's master of the universe," Deeks says when he introduces her to Talia. He's probably right.
Now let's get into the more intriguing part of "Fish Out of Water." In Afghanistan, Kensi's woken up when she hears Granger talking and finds out that they lost a helicopter in the same area Sabatino ditched her. Then Booker reports that the White Ghost is nearby, and so Kensi gets her gear, gets on a bike and goes to do what she's there to do. However, there's a problem. When she sees the White Ghost's face, she visibly reacts and just shoots him in the arm before she has to retreat. When she returns to base, she tells Granger she didn't have a good shot and only barely saw his face. No, it's not Sabatino. But given her reaction, it has to be Jack, right?
As the episode ended, Deeks begs off a private sushi tasting to chat with Kensi "as planned," but she doesn't reply. That has to be because she's struggling with the knowledge of who her target is. All signs seem to be pointing to the White Ghost being Jack, and if he isn't, who is he? Why does she react like she does then? Or should we be thinking about that red herring comment from Deeks and applying it to the White Ghost?
"NCIS: Los Angeles" season 5 airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on CBS. What did you think of episode 16 "Fish Out of Water"? Do you think Jack is the White Ghost?
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