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|"Dark Reign: The List - Punisher" #1 on sale in October
When youâre waging war against the most powerful people in the Marvel Universe, youâve got to expect the unexpected. Frank Castle - The Punisher - is one of the worldâs most experienced soldiers but even he will be caught off guard by the events of Octoberâs âDark Reign: The List- Punisher,â a special one-shot that escalates the Punisherâs war against Norman Osborn and sets the stage for new chapter in the Frankâs life that kicks off in Novemberâs âPunisherâ #11. CBR News spoke with âPunisherâ writer Rick Remender about âThe Listâ and the new âPunisherâ storyline - âFrankencastleâ - as well as the remaining issues of the seriesâ current arc, âDead End.â
Featuring art by Tan Eng Huat, âDead Endâ finds the Punisher bringing all his combat skills and high tech weapons to bear against the Deadly Dozen, a team of formerly deceased supervillains that were resurrected by the Hood. The penultimate chapter of the arc, âPunisherâ #9, is in stores now, and before the story concludes in Octoberâs issue #10, Frank Castle will have finished his business with Microchip, The Deadly Dozen, and The Hood, Osbornâs general in the supervillain underworld of the Marvel Universe. Tying into that story is "Punisher Annual" #1 by Remender and Jason Pearson, which features Leetha and Lascivious, two of the Deadly Dozen.
âIssue #10 is pretty exciting stuff. Without giving too much away, the Hood has come up with a way to torment and mess with Frank,â Rick Remender told CBR. âFrank is no schlub when it comes to tormenting and messing with people either, so these two going at it is more than just fisticuffs. Theyâre trying to tear each others' guts out.â
The Punisher and the Hood wonât be engaging in a straight forward hand-to-hand combat. Remender feels the Hood would use his sheer mystical power to overwhelm and kill the Punisher. âFrank is well armed, though, and by that I donât just mean his weapons. Iâm also talking about his combat skills and cunning and the fact that he knows heâs going to have a face-to-face with the Hood before it happens,â Remender explained. âHeâs been anticipating this and heâs ready for it in a way that gives him a nice card to play. So they basically square off and start playing cards against each other. Theyâve been targeting each other for some time now. Each one is obsessed with hunting the other down. So the end result here is a lot of preparation and by the time itâs over with Frank is in a new place, which will lead into âThe Listâ special.â
|Art from "Dark Reign: The List - Punisher" #1
âDark Reign: The List-Punisherâ is in stores October 14 and features art by John Romita, Jr. â Iâve seen Johnâs pages and theyâre astounding. Theyâre just painfully beautiful,â Remender said. âThe Hood plays his hand in [âPunisherâ] #10 and Norman Osborn plays his in âThe List.â Everything that weâve set up since the first issue has a payoff here.â
The action in âDark Reign: The List-Punisherâ involves bad things happening to a number of people, especially the title character. âI think people will be surprised at how it all goes down while still being classic Punisher stuff. Itâs a survival story. Frank lives with a singular purpose, he stabilizes himself with his mission, but he may have it all taken away from him,â Remender revealed. âIn âThe Listâ heâs dealing with the repercussions of that. Heâs a man broken down to his lowest point being hunted by Norman Osborn, the Dark Avengers, and all of H.A.M.M.E.R., which has dedicated an entire afternoon to finding and killing Frank.
âFrank was prepared for the Hood. He knew the Hood was coming and was a threat that heâd have to face. So he just might have an ace up his sleeve that he can use to deal with Norman as well. This will lead into the new chapter of Frankâs life, âFrankencastle.ââ
Marvel has teased the âFrankencastleâ arc with a series of âRest in Piecesâ variant covers and a special âBuild a Frankâ download from Marvel.com. These seem to suggest that after the events of âThe List,â the Punisher will become some sort of patchwork Frankenstein-style monstrosity. âThe Punisher is a very changed character, but tonally the core of the book is the same,â Remender said. âWhen we catch up with whoever or whatever Frank Castle has become heâs/itâs at his lowest point. Everything has been taken from him -- the tag line for this arc is âMonster inside. Monster outside.â The things that have always been inside Frank are now represented externally.
âIn issue #7, I played around with the idea that the Frank and Jigsaw dynamic is what it is because the scarred, cut up nastiness of Jigsaw is an external representation of what Frank is on the inside. [Former co-writer] Matt Fraction and I played around with that dynamic a good bit in the âJigsawâ arc of âPunisher War Journalâ and I fell in love with the potential for real depth in their relationship.â
|Art from "Dark Reign: The List - Punisher" #1
Along with his monstrous new looks, the Punisher will also have some monstrous new allies. âThere are some familiar supporting characters playing roles in this story arc, but basically the Punisher is going to find himself in league with the Legion of Monsters,â Remender revealed. âWeâll reveal whatâs been going on with the Legion. Theyâre sort of where mutants were in the â80s. Theyâre misunderstood and hated and theyâll play a role in whatâs coming up.â
Many of the ideas for âFrankencastleâ came from discussions Remender had with his longtime collaborator, artist Tony Moore, with whom he created the Dark Horse series âFear Agent.â âFor about the last five years Tony and I have been working together on various things like âFear Agentâ and âXXXombies,â so weâve got a history together and one of the things that always got us excited in our work on âFear Agentâ was genre mixing,â Remender explained. âWe did things like sci-fi westerns, or sci-fi horror, and itâs the same thing [in âFrankencastleâ]. Tonally itâs the same, itâs a Punisher book, but the result was something that everybody got excited about. Based on that encouragement this new direction is going to be the face of the book for the next year at least.â
Remender knows the idea of mixing the traditionally street-level Punisher with the supernatural might make some fans uneasy, especially ones who remember a late â90s incarnation of the character who operated as an angelic agent of vengeance. Remender cautions those fans that âFrankencastleâ isnât what theyâre expecting. âI know thereâs going to be some people who are going to judge this before they actually see it, but contempt prior to investigation is low thinking,â he said. âUltimately what weâre doing here is very different than giving Frank the power of God and guns that shoot hellfire. What weâre doing is high concept but itâs much truer to the character. If youâve read any of the work that Tony and I do, you know that we do fun, pulp-style stuff and the aesthetic here is going to be reminiscent of things from â50s and â60s comic books, films, and television shows. Thatâs what we like. Using the trappings of kitsch and pulp for the visuals we then work tirelessly to tell a hopefully solid story with a modern sensibility. Weâre taking an area of the Marvel Universe thatâs been underutilized and throwing the Punisher into it to see what happens.â
Remender usually plots out âPunisherâ in ten-issue arcs, so the next few months are a good time for new readers to jump aboard. âIf youâre not currently reading this series, âDark Reign: The List-Punisherâ is a great place to start giving the book a try. Or if you want to start with the beginning, the âPunisher: Dark Reignâ hardcover -- which collects the seriesâ first five issue arc, âLiving in Darkness.' -- is out and it printed Jerome Opeñaâs magic art perfectly,â Remender said. âI really hope people pick up this series and give it a chance. Iâm damn proud of it, and Iâm especially proud of the things weâve got coming up.â


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Monday, May 11, 2015
Brach's Milk and Dark Chocolate Caramel and Nut Mix
Brach's has expanded their line of stand up bag offerings. I spotted these at Target: Brach's Milk and Dark Chocolate Caramel & Nut Mix. It sounds like a much simpler Bridge Mix.
Like most Brach's products, the package is vague about the product once you get past the name. There's a list of ingredients, but other than that, I was kind of left to guess what was in my mix.
So, what do we have? Pretty much what the name says. There's an assortment of two different shapes of chocolate covered nuts ... peanuts and almonds. Then there are some gumdrop looking things that are caramels and some oblong bits that are chocolate covered brittle.
The whole mix smells sweet, a little like peanuts and cocoa. The sweetness has a fake vanilla note to it that isn't very encouraging, though the appearance of the mix is pretty attractive. The panning is good, everything is shiny and smooth.
Milk Chocolate Peanuts are satisfying. There's not a lot of chocolate, but far better than Nestle's Goobers. There's a little hint of salt to make these much more of a snack than a sweet.
Dark Chocolate Peanuts also have a hint of salt and a noticeable bitterness to the chocolate which again keeps the whole mix from getting to sticky sweet.
Milk Chocolate Caramels were lackluster. The texture was excellent, the caramel was chewy but not too stiff and it had a smooth consistency. However, it lacked actual caramel flavor and didn't offset the milk chocolate coating much.
Dark Chocolate Covered Peanut Brittle are easy to spot. They're large and have a thick coating of chocolate. The brittle center may be big, but it crunches easily. The nutty flavor is not front and center, this piece is more about the textures of the crushed nuts, the dark chocolate and the sugary brittle. The nut bits are quite small, so it's almost like the sesame brittle found in Kosher delis.
Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds are one of the larger pieces, though some are small enough to be mistaken for peanuts. The almonds have a light blanching, they're not overly roasted. They're crunchy and hold up well to the rather sweet dark chocolate.
This mix takes a lot of guess work out of what can be candy roulette. I liked all the pieces and didn't really long for anything else that wasn't in here. I thought the peanuts were great, and it all looked good in a little bowl. I certainly preferred it to the actual Bridge Mix that Brach's sells.
The product contains milk, peanuts, almonds and soy and is made on shared equipment with other tree nuts, eggs and wheat.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:33 am Candy • Review • Brach's • Ferrara Pan • Caramel • Chocolate • Nuts • Peanuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Target • Comments (1)
Monday, May 4, 2015
Strawberry Cajillions
Years ago, at my first visit to the All Candy Expo (now known as the Sweets & Snacks Expo), I was excited to see a candy called Gazillions. They were little boxes, probably sold for a quarter, that had tiny chewy candies in them, like mini Skittles but single flavors. They came in pineapple. And then I never saw them in stores.
Here it is, 8 years later and I finally found a package at Economy Candy. Except they're called Cajillions. They're billed as The Tiny Tasty Candies.
Ingredients: sugar, glucose syrup, hydrogenated palm oil, apple juice, citric acid, artificial flavor, gum arabic, malic acid, carnauba wax, artificial color (cochineal extract)
They're rather like teensy, rustic bits of deep fried Starburst chews. They're about the size of lentils.
I hesitate to say that they have an actual shell, but they're definitely coated and sealed, so they don't get sticky.
The strawberry flavor is rather clean. The outside is sweet and a little like cotton candy at first, but upon chewing the bits, it's tangy and pretty smooth. They're a lot like Skittles, except there's something that's not quite right about them. It might be the fact that they use apple juice, so there's a little note to it that's just a bit like apple peels to me. But perhaps a little metallic as well.
The shape is pretty good, they're appealing to look at, though there was a bit of a yellow cast to mine, which made me wonder about whether they were fresh. They don't roll around, but because they're so small, they're not easy to pick up with my fumbly fingers. About five makes a small taste, a dozen is a decent mouthful for a flavorful chew. I could see them working well in candy buffets, especially if they're available in a wide array of colors and flavors.
I don't have much interest in the other flavors, which are Blue Raspberry, Green Apple and Watermelon in addition to the Strawberry. No mixes, no Pineapple. I'll pass for now.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:09 pm Candy • Review • Foreign Candy Company • Chews • 5-Pleasant • China • Comments (4)
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Candyology 101 - Podcast Episode 13 - Skittles
If you were to make your own perfect mix of Skittles, what flavors would you include?
What new Skittles varieties would you like to see?
List in to episode 13 of Candyology 101 where Maria and discuss all things Skittles (that would fit into 50 minutes).
download the MP3 directly and take a look at our show notes.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Mike and Ike Cotton Candy
Just Born, which makes the class Peeps marshmallows and Hot Tamales also make Mike and Ike. Since these are classic candies, recently they've been marketing them in nostalgic packaging, sold especially at places like Cracker Barrel and in decade themed gift baskets. Every once in a while they revive a classic flavor mix, as well.
This year Just Born announced the return of their Mike and Ike Cotton Candy, which was discontinued in 2002, and Mike and Ike Root Beer Float.
I've been looking for these since they were announced and finally found them at a Dollar Tree in Pennsylvania (but not at two I checked in California). I'm always curious how Mike and Ike does these limited mixes, especially since I know that cotton candy isn't much of a flavor.
There are two colors in the mix, pink and blue, but it's unclear if they're intended to be different flavors of cotton candy.
The box smells like the box, no fruity or floral aromas, nothing that reminded me of the county fair. Cotton Candy isn't much of a flavor to begin with. Originally cotton candy was just spun sugar, so the flavor is toasted but otherwise just sweet. But somewhere along the way cotton candy was colored (a great choice, in my opinion) and given different flavors. The flavoring of cotton candy is usually subtle, often strawberry or blueberry.
The blue and pink jelly rods tasted the same to me. They're sweet, with that burnt sugar note and a the lightest hint of strawberries. There's no tartness, no zest, not much else ... these could be sold without any color at all as minimalist Mike and Ike.
I found the flavor pleasant and clean. The texture as good, they felt fresh, kind of like that feeling I have about 10 minutes after a nice cup of jasmine tea.
I don't know if I would buy these specifically for the flavor, but because of the extra mild flavor and the pastel colors, they'd be great for a party favor or decorating baked goods.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:22 pm Candy • Review • Just Born • Jelly Candy • 7-Worth It • United States • Dollar Tree • Comments (1)
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Choceur Dark Chocolate Covered Superberries - Pomegranate
There's a strange new genre of candy, which I can only call the" nuggets of dark berry flavored jelly candy covered in dark chocolate." It started with Brookside Chocolate, which made several versions with combinations like Blueberry & Acai or Goji & Raspberry and the trendy Pomegranate. The candy went over so well that Hershey's bought the company, even though they never bothered to name the candy. Trader Joe's at least called its version Powerberries, which is probably the best name they've had so far. Since then other companies have come along with their versions, like Brach's and Target's house brand Simply Balanced.
I found this new Aldi version in the earlier this month. They at least have a real name: Choceur Dark Chocolate Covered Superberries Pomegranate. There was also a blueberry acai version on the shelves, in a blue package. At $2.99 for a 7 ounce package, they were certainly better priced that most other candies of this kind.
The style of the candy is an intensely flavored jelly center is covered with chocolate. The early marketing for these candies capitalized on the idea that berries and chocolate were have lots of antioxidants in them. Though certainly not healthy, the idea was that there was at least some value to eating this indulgence.
These particular candies diverge quite a bit from that original mission. The chocolate isn't particularly dark (though there's no mention of the percentages) and the "pomegranate juice drop" centers are actually made from corn syrup, sugar, corn starch and then a concentrated blend of pear and pomegranate juice, malic acid and some natural flavors.
The pieces are big and quite attractive. They're about 3/4 of an inch across and the rounded dome pieces are about 1/2 inch high.
The curious thing about them is that they're definitely gumdrop style, except that the center is intensely flavored. They're floral and tangy and do actually have a little note of honey and pear to them. The texture is very smooth, though a little tough. The dissolve of the centers, though, was wonderfully smooth with the bright flavor consistent throughout as the chocolate disappeared faster than the jelly.
The chocolate was okay, it was a little sweet for this type of candy, but smooth and had a well rounded flavor that was mostly overshadowed by the tartness of the fruit.
The centers are uncolored, and actually quite translucent if you take all the chocolate off. So, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there's not much in the way of antioxidants here. It's just good tasting candy.
As long as we admit we've left the world of health food, there's no reason the flavors can't be expanded to include citrus or raspberry.
Superberries are made in the USA. They contain soy and milk and may have traces of peanuts, tree nuts, wheat and eggs.
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DOVER, Del. -- Reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski lost points off the track for the second time this season.
The Penske Racing driver was docked six points Tuesday while crew chief Paul Wolfe was fined $25,000 because the front end of Keselowski's No. 2 Ford was found to be too low during inspection after Sunday's race at Dover International Speedway.
Penske Racing claimed in a statement that the car was too low because of a broken part.
"The Penske Racing No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion experienced a part failure during Sunday's Dover Sprint Cup Series Race which resulted in the car's front end being too low when presented for post-race inspection," the team's statement said. "The problem is being addressed internally to ensure it does not occur again and the team is not planning to appeal the penalty."
Keselowski finished fifth in the race and moved up two spots in the standings to eighth. But Tuesday's penalties dropped Keselowski to 10th in the standings, eight points ahead of Jeff Gordon. Penske Racing owner Roger Penske also was docked six owner's points. The team said it does not plan to appeal the penalties.
Wolfe, who already was on probation for violations discovered before an April race at Texas, will remain on probation through Dec. 31.
Wolfe and other top Penske crew members returned from a three-race suspension -- two point races and the All-Star race -- at Dover. The suspension, for unapproved parts in the rear end housing, was reduced from six point events during the appeal process.
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Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
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The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.
My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem.
Ahimas is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.
I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.
I don't believe in stereotypes, I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis. The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men. An eye for an eye will make the whole world go blind.
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WASHINGTON – President Obama and European leaders pledged Wednesday to bolster the NATO alliance and vowed that Russia would not be allowed to run roughshod over its neighbors. But the military reality on the ground in Europe tells a different story.
The United States, by far the most powerful NATO member, has drastically cut back its European forces from a decade ago. European countries, which have always lagged far behind the United States in military might, have struggled and largely failed to come up with additional military spending at a time of economic anemia and budget cuts.
During the height of the Cold War, U.S. troops in Europe numbered around 400,000, a combat-ready force designed to quickly deploy and defend Western Europe – particularly what was then West Germany – against a potential Soviet advance.
Today there are about 67,000 U.S. troops in Europe, including 40,000 in Germany, with the rest scattered mostly in Italy and Britain. The Air Force has some 130 fighter jets, 12 refueling planes and 30 cargo aircraft. At the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, it had 800 aircraft in Europe.
The U.S. Navy, meanwhile, has dropped to 7,000 sailors and Marines, down from the 40,000 sailors who were stationed at nine major Navy bases during the height of the Cold War. Today, there are no U.S. aircraft carrier groups based in the Mediterranean, although the Navy does have one destroyer deployed at Cádiz, Spain.
In other words, "the limited ground forces in Europe are not designed to suddenly project power against Russia in a number of days," said Anthony H. Cordesman, a military analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Basically, the most constructive thing you can do is not create such a challenge that Russia would feel compelled to respond."
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European officials, who are balancing their own budget cuts, have made clear their distaste for engaging militarily in Ukraine. So far NATO has taken a series of relatively modest military steps to reassure its East European members, including sending two NATO surveillance planes to patrol Polish and Romanian airspace.
Obama, meanwhile, is getting low marks for handling Russia's incursion into Ukraine and that took a toll on his overall job approval in a new Associated Press-GfK poll released Wednesday. Fifty-seven percent said they dislike Obama's handling of the Ukraine situation.


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PARIS — French authorities contend the gunman in a killing spree in Toulouse took the path to religious radicalization behind bars, with neither teacher nor network.
The investigation will show whether gunman Mohamed Merah, who claimed al-Qaida links, acted alone in the three March attacks that killed seven people, and may help decipher his path to radical Islam.
But in the meantime, his case has been seized upon by those who say the model for Islamist radicalization in prisons may be changing, away from networks of extremists and toward more individualized paths to radicalism.
President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered a study on the evolving threat in prisons after last month's killings, and the justice minister called for greater intelligence gathering in prisons and more Muslim prison chaplains.
Tracking such "lone wolf" radicals presents prison authorities with a new challenge: detecting the Muslim inmate who is not just turning to religion but turning the corner to danger. Some worry that even tighter surveillance may carry the risk of a double-edged sword, stigmatizing a Muslim population already deprived of the means to properly practice their faith behind bars.
In countries from Europe to the Middle East and Southeast Asia, prisons have long been known as incubators for Islamist extremism, where self-proclaimed imams or convicted terrorists prey on vulnerable inmates.
The problem is acute in France, the country with the largest Muslim population in western Europe, estimated at some 5 million, and, it is said, the most Muslim prisoners. France doesn't count inmates by ethnicity or religion, but one expert estimates that about half of French inmates are Muslim, far greater than the proportion in the population at large.
Yet there are only 151 Muslim prison chaplains to tend to the needs of prisoners of the Islamic faith, compared to 700 Roman Catholic chaplains. Islamic leaders say the dearth of chaplains and the failure to provide basics like halal food for imprisoned Muslims heightens the risk that inmates will feel rejected by the system and seek their own — possibly radical — path.
This parallels the emergence of "lone wolf" terrorists in the world at large. Experts say the lone wolf phenomenon is in a way a testimony to succesful Western intelligence, which has made it more difficult for networks to form — outside or inside prisons.
"In a way this is a modernization of terrorism. They don't need role models," said Farhad Khosrokhavar, who has written a book on Muslims in prison and another on Muslim prison radicals, and is currently researching the development of extremisms of all kinds in French prisons.
A terrorist cell in France, dismantled in 2005, was famously born behind French prison walls with members recruited by a convicted terror accomplice, Safe Bourada.
"My personal view is those parameters that identify ... radicalized (prisoners) have to be deeply revised because they are based on networks," Khosrokhavar said. He estimates the Muslim prison population at 40-60 percent of the 66,455 people in detention in France.
Justice Minister Michel Mercier recently announced he wants a full-time security official devoted to intelligence gathering in each large prison and closer working ties between the prison administration and intelligence agencies. He also wants an increase in the number of Muslim chaplains in French prisons.
"A new phenomenon has appeared, the self-radicalization of some prisoners," Mercier said. "Mohamed Merah read the Quran alone and it is his own interpretation that led him to radicalization."
Sarkozy has called self-radicalization "the worst thing for democracies," apparently referring to the difficulty in detecting this solitary transformation without trampling on civil liberties.
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Some members of the 450th Military Commemoration Committee have noticed that the war memorial, that has attracted so much attention lately, has plaques for World War II, Korea and Vietnam dead on three sides. There is a small plaque on the South side stating that it was erected by the Pilot Club in 1946.
Editor: The Jan. 21 article on the dangerous curve on Anastasia Boulevard and the City Commission's cure of asking the Florida Department of Transportation to do a study that "could take 90 days to begin" and who knows how long to complete and put into effect will only delay a solution and will not prevent speeders having accidents.
Editor: In regard to the $150,000 the First America Foundation is returning to the city of St. Augustine, money which has been budgeted and spent and was dedicated to support events leading to and including the 450th commemoration,
Editor: After last weekend's event filled calendar and the associated parking and traffic problems I foresee major problems for the next few years as we have more additional events leading up to our 450th Celebration. Some official entity needs to step up and take charge in creating an official Events Calendar for the next five years, not for a month or year but encompassing all of the next five years.
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I went over with Natalie (Nhcram) for a day outing as a foor passenger, perhaps just an excuse for a girly shopping day out. I was very impressed by the beautifully manicured flower beds in the middle of the roads & roundabouts.
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This looks like a beautiful place to spend an afternoon! Cheers - Sage
Nice tips for a good day out, i take note i cant stay the night in a sanisette even if im desperate!
Jo, fabulous little page, although I am surprised that you went on a retail therapy trip and then only build one shopping tip afterwards. However, the toilet tip is interesting. Well done.
I could do with some sunglasses too! So next time you need to take me along;) Great little page!
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Released: Jul 01st, 2000
Running Time: 82
Director: Michael Raven
Company: Sinister
Distribution Companies: Sin City Entertainment
Cast: Lita Chase, Monica (I), Heather Lynn, Caroline Cage, Lucy (I), Jennifer Leigh, Sophie Evans, Wendi Knight, Brandy (I), Others
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: All-Sex
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The Commission's decision on Charleroi
airport promotes the activities of low-cost airlines and
regional development
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The European
Commission took on 3 February a major decision of
significance for the future of air transport by ensuring full
competition between carriers operating out of regional
airports. It authorises certain forms of aid which permit
genuine development of new routes under clearly defined
conditions. However, other direct aid granted by the Walloon
Region and partly by BSCA is incompatible with the proper
functioning of the internal market and will have to be repaid.
The Commission is thus committing itself firmly to promoting
increased competition which will enable low-cost carriers to
establish themselves throughout the European Union, subject to
compliance with uniform rules on competition between carriers,
and for the maximum benefit of consumers. "This legal decision
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contractual relations between airlines and airports,
especially regional airports", stressed Loyola De Palacio,
Vice-President of the Commission with responsibility for
energy and transport. "It will also help the development of
'low-cost' operations, which are very clearly what consumers
want, whilst also ensuring equitable conditions of competition
for all airlines. All players in the same arena must be able
to play by the same ground rules. All airlines must be aware
of the possibilities offered and only genuine competition is
truly capable of safeguarding consumers' rights", she
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Today the Commission decided to raise no objections to the request from Italy to extend to 2004 and 2005 its scheme to reduce employers' social security contributions in the maritime cabotage sector. The Community guidelines on State aid to maritime transport allow reduced rates for all or part of contributions for the social protection of seafarers employed on board ships registered in a Member State. This scheme for the benefit of shipowners on the maritime cabotage market in Italy had already been approved by the Commission, first for the period 1999-2001, again for 2002, then a third time for 2003. The only change is that the rate of the reduction will be limited to 30% in 2004 and 50% in 2005.
Freedom to provide maritime services:
Commission decides to send a letter of formal notice to Greece
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The Commission decided today to send a letter of formal notice to Greece for incorrect application of European legislation on freedom to provide services to maritime transport within Member States (maritime Cabotage). Greece benefited until 1 January 2004 from a 12 years partial exemption from EU rules on market access to maritime cabotage. This exemption concerned scheduled passenger and ferry transport to, from and between islands. In 2001, Greece adopted legislation which, according to the Commission, proved not to be in line with the European legislation in force (Council regulation (EEC) 3577/92).
EP to debate on powers over terrorism
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MEPs will debate on 11 February a first reading report by Emmanouil MASTORAKIS (PES, GR) for the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism on new tasks for the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), which was originally set up to deal with marine pollution and safety following the Erika disaster of December 1999. MEPs in the committee back the Commission's proposal that EMSA should have the resources to enable it to operate specialised pollution response ships, as well as equipment for collecting oil and other harmful substances from the sea. Under the proposed legislation, EMSA would also play a decisive role with regard to seafarer's qualifications.However, while broadly welcoming the Commission's proposals to modify and update the agency's tasks, which are being made in the aftermath of the Prestige disaster of November 2002, MEPs in the committee are doubtful about the idea of widening the agency's remit to include security issues. They say EMSA could not be given responsibilities such as combating terrorism, which must continue to be an area for governments. The report therefore proposes several amendments to clarify and define more precisely the tasks and powers of EMSA.
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The US Treasury Department said it identified eight Iranian petrochemical companies as being under the control of the Tehran government, which subjects them to sanctions from the US. Since last year, the US has brandished sanctions against anyone who buys Iran's oil.
WASHINGTON -- The US imposed sanctions on Iran's petrochemical industry, vowing to
target more of the Islamic regime's sources of revenue after
curbing its vital oil exports.
"As Iran's oil revenues continue to fall due to
international sanctions, the Iranian government has
increasingly turned to other industries to make up for lost
profits," the Treasury Department said in a statement.
The petrochemical industry "is now the
second largest source of revenue for the Iranian Government,"
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Meanwhile, the State Department announced sanctions on
Dubai-based Niksima Food & Beverage Co., a Dubai-based
frozen yogurt and dessert company, saying the company received
payments on behalf of Iran's Jam Petrochemical Company, which
was put under the same sanctions.
The Treasury Department also identified eight Iranian petrochemical companies as being
under the control of the Tehran government, which subjects them
to US sanctions.
Since last year, the US has brandished sanctions against
anyone who buys Iran's oil. In its latest move, it punished
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allegedly assisting the Iranian National Tanker Company.
US authorities also took action against several individuals
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Released: Dec 01st, 1996
Running Time: 89
Company: Dream Team Video
Cast: T.T. Boy, Anna Malle, Kyle Stone (straight), Jonathan Morgan, Kimberly Kupps, Sunset Thomas, David Hardman, Lacy Rose
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Feature
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