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Saturday, December 27, 2008
BA and Qantas merger talks fail
The pair revealed earlier this month that they were in discussions about joining forces through a dual-listed company structure.
But in a statement today, BA and Qantas said it had not been possible to come to an agreement over the key terms of the merger. They did not provide further details.
Labels: British Airways, merger, Qantas
Monday, August 11, 2008
BA will give up hundreds of U.S. flights to forge American Airlines pact
The slots are worth tens of millions of pounds, but BA chief executive Willie Walsh sees it as a price worth paying to secure a three-way tie-up with AA and Spain's Iberia.
The alliance would give the joint venture huge dominance in transatlantic flights.
It would have 46 per cent of all the slots and handle 62 per cent of all transatlantic passengers.
On one route - Heathrow to Houston - the combined group would control 100 per cent of all scheduled flights.
BA will meet US Department of Justice officials early this week and offer to give up the flights.
In return, the airline hopes to win immunity from prosecution under US anti-monopoly laws, allowing it to press ahead with its link-up without the risk of a lengthy legal battle.
When BA last tried a deal with AA in 2002, it was told it would have to surrender 16 flights a day to win anti-trust immunity.
That figure was deemed too high at the time, but this time round BA hopes to convince US authorities a much lower figure will satisfy their concerns.
BA is planning a full merger with Iberia and wants a deal to share costs and revenues with AA.
Walsh believes such a three-way venture is the only way airlines will be able to survive at a time of soaring fuel costs and falling demand.
He is shuttling between London and Washington to lay the groundwork for a successful application. This will be the third attempt by BA to link up with AA.
BA will run into tough opposition from rival Virgin Atlantic, which has pledged a full-blown campaign of opposition.
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Steve Ridgway said: "This alliance would give them a stranglehold on Heathrow-US flights. BA and AA will not face enough competition on their huge network to stop them raising prices."
The open skies agreement signed last year between Britain and the US means the domination of the transatlantic route by BA, American, Virgin and United has gone.
A further six US airlines have since been allowed to land at Heathrow.
Even more significant from BA's point of view is the fact that its rivals - Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Air France, KLM and Alitalia - have all won anti-trust immunity.
Faced by such a huge challenge Virgin is looking to merge with another airline. Its first choice would be to buy BMI, which has 11 per cent of all the slots at Heathrow.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Labels: american airlines, British Airways, merger
Friday, July 04, 2008
BA to seek clearance for AA and Iberia merger
The deal would allow the companies to combine nearly all aspects of their operations, including sales, purchasing and marketing, leading to lower costs and greater economies of scale. Legal sources in the United States said that a submission to the US Department of Transport was expected as soon as next week.
The operational partnership may also provide a foundation for a full merger of the carriers should foreign ownership rules in the United States and Spain change. BA said two months ago that it was in talks with AA and Continental, another American carrier, about creating an alliance, but Continental has since walked away.
BA and AA have continued their discussions and are believed to have invited Iberia - in which BA has a 13 per cent stake - to be the third member. BA said last night that its talks with AA were continuing but a decision had yet to be made.
If BA and AA do seek regulatory approval to merge their operations, it would be their third attempt, having been blocked by regulators in 1998 and 2001. The authorities in Britain and America were concerned that the
two carriers would have a dominant position on many North Atlantic routes and demanded that the airlines sell Heathrow slots to reduce their traffic.
However, sources familiar with BA's discussions said that the airline was more optimistic of gaining approval this time because of the liberalisation of air travel rules between Europe and the US. In addition, the dire state of the airline sector, which is striving to cope with high fuel prices, may force regulators to accept the deal.
AA lost $328 million (£164.7 million)and Iberia €28.3 million (£22.5 million) in the first quarter of this year. BA has given warning that it may struggle to stay profitable this year.
An analyst said: "There is a lot of pressure on BA and AA to do this deal and cut costs. It's inevitable." Another added: "Including Iberia makes sense, as it would give the alliance a strong position across both the North and South Atlantic."
Meanwhile, BA said yesterday that it had bought L'Avion, a French business-class only airline, for £54 million. L'Avion is the last of the survivors of the rush two years ago to launch all-business-class transatlantic services. Silverjet, MaxJet and Eos have all gone out of business.
L'Avion will be merged with BA's new OpenSkies service, which flies from Paris to New York. The purchase price includes L'Avion's £26million in cash and two Boeing 757 aircraft.
Source: timesonline.co.uk
Labels: american airlines, British Airways, Iberia, merger
Sunday, June 01, 2008
United Airlines, US Airways drop merger talks
The nation's second and fifth largest airlines began talks in late April, after Continental Airlines had rejected United Airlines' merger overtures. The three airlines had been weighing consolidation as an option since mid April, when Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines proposed a deal that would create the world's largest carrier.
Glenn Tilton, the chief executive of United Airlines, and his counterpart at US Airways, Doug Parker, both wrote statements to their employees on Friday saying consolidation will not take place "at this time."
Tilton said the deal was dropped "due to issues that could significantly dilute benefits from a transaction."
"The U.S. (airline) industry is facing a $20 billion increase in fuel (prices), and United, at current prices, is looking at a $3.5 billion increase over last year," Tilton wrote. "It's clear that the status quo is not sustainable. The magnitude of the challenge the industry faces demands unprecedented change."
United is the dominant carrier at San Francisco International Airport with 48 percent of the flights, and employs 10,000 people in the Bay Area.
US Airways' Parker wrote, "It is simply unlikely that anything will happen in 2008 as our industry continues to struggle with how to function in a world" with crude oil costing $130 a barrel.
Both executives remain advocates of consolidation in the airline industry, and thus left a door open.
They gave no reason for breaking off talks, but analysts believe a merger would be too problematic. The announcement almost certainly means there will not be another attempt by major airlines to merge before year's end.
There is a perception that the Justice Department of the Republican administration of President Bush would be more accommodating to a merger than would the department in place during a Democratic administration. Even so, Bush was in office in July 2001, when the Justice Department said it would oppose the first United-US Airways merger attempt, saying it created a near-monopoly on approximately 30 routes.
Henry Harteveldt, the airline analyst at Forrester Research in San Francisco, said Friday that he thinks it is a good thing for United to be pursuing independence for now. "A merger with US Airways would not have solved United Airlines' problems. It would not bring much to the table that United cannot do on its own," said Harteveldt.
"The products and the cultures are so different that had the two airlines merged, it would have been extremely problematic and potentially cost the airline business as corporate clients and others avoided traveling on the airline until things got sorted out," he said.
Harteveldt said United now "has to work on ways to grow its revenue and develop ways of serving more customers who are willing to pay the prices United will have to charge to earn a profit."
U.S. passenger and cargo airlines spent $16.4 billion on fuel in 2000 and $41.2 billion in 2007, and will spend a projected $61.2 billion in 2008, according to the Air Transport Association in Washington, D.C., representing the major carriers.
Six carriers have gone out of business since December: MAXjet, Big Sky, Aloha, ATA, Skybus and Eos. A seventh, Champion, quit business Friday and an eighth, Air Midwest, is to fold June 30. A ninth, Frontier Airlines, filed for bankruptcy protection April 11 but continues operating.
A British all-business airline, Silverjet, that served Newark, N.J., ceased flying Friday as well.
Source: sfgate.com
Labels: merger, United Airlines, US Airways
Return flight to bankruptcy possible for U.S. airlines
But with cash bleeding fast, fuel prices high and credit tight, nothing they do may be able to stop several major airlines' return flight toward bankruptcy, and possibly liquidation.
Unlike when four of the six legacy carriers filed for bankruptcy protection between 2002 and 2005, airlines facing bankruptcy in this climate may find it tougher to reorganize because of tight credit markets and they have fewer unencumbered assets to use as collateral for loans.
"It may be Darwin's law of the fittest. If one of the carriers goes into bankruptcy and liquidated, it would take a lot of seats out of the market and other carriers would benefit," Calyon Securities airline analyst Ray Neidl said.
A handful of small carriers in recent months have filed for bankruptcy protection or gone out of business altogether.
With losses piling up for most of the major airlines, maintaining a strong cash position is important to avoid the same fate.
Spiralling fuel costs and limited means to trim other costs quickly makes that a tricky proposition.
"Unlike 2002, 2003, 2004, when it was largely a revenue problem that drove them into distress, this is largely a fuel price problem," said Fitch Ratings analyst Bill Warlick. "You could argue that the risk associated with fuel price spikes is largely uncontrollable in contrast to the revenue problem post 9/11, which was addressed through a variety of measures such as cutting costs."
Several of the carriers used their first trip through bankruptcy protection to wipe away debt, resize their fleets and terminate employee pensions.
"There are fewer opportunities to restructure now that the initial work is done," Warlick said.
American Airlines, the largest U.S. carrier, teetered on the verge of bankruptcy before winning employee concessions in 2003. Because of high pension and debt obligations, as well as the hefty price of fuel, the unit of Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp. is again facing the possibility of a future cash crunch.
It had US$4.5 billion in unrestricted cash at the end of March, but Neidl projects that AMR could have a negative cash balance by the end of 2009 if oil prices remain at the current level of roughly $130 a barrel. Covenants on some of American's debt require the airline to maintain at least $1.25 billion in unrestricted cash at the end of each quarter through at least the middle of next year.
At the current fuel price level, Chicago-based UAL Corp., parent of United Airlines, and Tempe, Ariz.-based US Airways Group Inc., both of which have had trips through Chapter 11, also face the potential for precarious cash positions by the end of next year, according to Neidl's projections. Fitch Ratings said Thursday that US Airways would face a growing risk of violating one of its debt covenants if adverse fuel trends persist through the remainder of this year.
The debt covenant issue wouldn't necessarily force a bankruptcy filing, as airlines could re-negotiate debt agreements with lenders or sell assets to pay off debt. Neidl believes airlines would take drastic actions before the end of 2009 if current fuel trends continue.
Having few assets that aren't already being used as collateral on existing loans and the tight credit markets could make it difficult for US Airways, for instance, to raise financing to allow it to reorganize in bankruptcy if it had to file for the third time since 2002, Warlick said, adding that under those circumstances liquidation could result.
US Airways declined to make an executive available to discuss the airline's financial situation.
Atlanta based Delta Air Lines Inc. and Eagan, Minn. based Northwest Airlines Corp., which are seeking to combine, had a combined total of $5.8 billion in unrestricted cash at the end of March, but at current fuel prices Neidl projects that could dwindle significantly by the end of next year. Delta also has said it expects to incur $1 billion in one-time integration costs from its acquisition of Northwest. Both Delta and Northwest exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection just last year.
Neidl's cash projections include unrestricted cash and short term investments, but exclude auction-rate securities.
The airlines are furiously trying to remove domestic flights from the air to reduce costs. At least two have announced plans to cut U.S. capacity by double digit percentages and trim thousands of jobs. Others are putting off buying certain new planes.
The price of oil has doubled in the last year. But fare increases have fallen well short of keeping pace with the price of fuel. As their finances have been buffeted, stocks of most major airlines have plummeted by double digit percentages over the last year.
"Obviously, there are things that are outside of our control," said Beverly Goulet, American's vice-president of corporate development and treasurer. "The first thing that comes to mind is the price of jet fuel."
But Goulet said American, by cutting U.S. capacity, imposing new fees on travellers and taking other measures, has been working hard to position itself to remain viable in the current economic and fuel environment. The airline currently isn't considering bankruptcy.
"It's an interesting reflection on perceptions out there to hear people talk about the benefit of walking away from obligations," Goulet said. "Would it be easy to walk away from debt? Yes. But as a manager of this business, as people who take on obligations to those stakeholders, we don't think that's the appropriate way to think about those kinds of tactics."
Goulet said the airline industry will have to change in the face of persistently high fuel prices, and she insisted American doesn't plan to give up.
Neidl said in a recent research note that mergers, which are supposed to make the industry more efficient, may not work in the current environment because there is a large cash outlay up front and high execution risk. He believes the current crisis, which he described as the biggest challenge the industry has ever faced, may serve to cool the merger frenzy.
For their part, Delta and Northwest insist they are pushing ahead with their plans to combine in a stock swap deal that would create the world's largest carrier, and officials dismissed speculation by some analysts that Delta could possibly walk away from the deal. United and US Airways had been discussing a possible combination of their own, but on Friday the companies said there won't be an agreement "at this time."
Source: news.google.com
Labels: bankruptcy, merger, US
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Antitrust review is the next step for Delta and NWA
Labels: Delta, merger, Northwest Airlines
Sunday, April 27, 2008
American Airlines in talks with Continental, US Air
Labels: american airlines, Continental Airlines, merger, US Airways
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Delta and Northwest agree on merger
The new airline, which will be called Delta, will provide employees with greater job security, an equity stake in the combined airline, and a more stable platform for future growth in the face of significant economic pressures from rising fuel costs and intense competition as the two carriers said.
Source: euronews.net
Labels: Delta, merger, Northwest Airlines
Friday, April 04, 2008
Airlines Vueling, Clickair to start merger talks
Labels: clickair, merger, vueling
Friday, December 21, 2007
Two Indian airlines announce merger to cut costs
Labels: Air Deccan, India, Kingfisher Airlines, merger
Friday, November 23, 2007
United Airlines looking for a merger: report
Source: uk.reuters.com
Labels: merger, United Airlines
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Delta, United talk of merger
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Air France-KLM eyes carriers
Labels: Air France-KLM, Alitalia, Iberia, merger
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Air China to look at merger with China Southern
Labels: air china, china southern airlines, merger, Singapore Airlines
Monday, August 27, 2007
Indian airline merger becomes a reality
bangkokpost.com (page not found)
Labels: Air India, indian airlines, merger
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Air-India merger may end reign of maharaja mascot
in.today.reuters.com (page not found)
Labels: Air India, maharaja, merger
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Decks cleared for Air India-Indian Airlines merger
Labels: Air India, indian airlines, merger
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Delta Air Lines Rejects US Airways' Hostile Takeover
Labels: Delta, merger, US Airways


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Will Malai Malai save Arun Vijay?
Directed by A Venkatesh, the shooting is almost nearing its end.
Recently the calender launch was held at Hotel Accord Chennai. Vaali, the veteran poet released the first sheet of the calender and wished that the actor may achieve several feats in his profession with the grand success of Malai Malai.
Vaali said, "On many occasions, I have wondered why Arun Vijay's is struggling for a place in the industry. He has the looks and the skills. I hope that he would make it soon."
The film features Vedika opposite Arun Vijay and Prakashraj would also be seen in a prominent role.
On his part, producer Mohan said, "When I approached many heroines to act in the film, a majority of them were against the offer as they felt acting with Arun Vijay will do them no good. I vouch that they would change their opinion after Malai Malai's release.
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Cheese & Sausage Board: 14
Yachtwurst, landjaeger, 5 yr cheddar, butterkese, candied walnuts, apricot & cranberry chutney. Served with Düsseldorf mustard & warm baquette
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Mader's Oxtail Soup: 9
Braised oxtails with tomatoes, sherry and beef broth
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Thinly sliced onions served in a Burgundy demi broth topped with Swiss cheese
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It Was A Selfish ReasonI had a vasectomy after my third daughter was born.
I seem to have struggled through the first two children, and was shocked when my wife said the third was on the way. I cried, rather selfishly, thought I would not cope. When she was born, beautiful of course..I cried again, this time with love for her and my wife. It was then that I decided to book in for my vasectomy, I knew deep down I could not cope if my wife were to fall pregnant again. Call me rather unsensitive, but my wifes feelings never came into it. I had the snip and we carried on a while, then things strated to go wrong, only had myself to blame/ Now I live in a sexless marriage, where we both do our own thing. Would I turn back the clock....... no I dont think I would.
You gave her 3 children its not your fault she is unthankful and all she wants is what she wants. Grateful women dont turn their back on their man and punish him sexually.
I'm sorry that you couldn't take into consideration the feelings your wife may have had. Unfortunately my husband is doing the same and I can already tell you the thought of having sex after its done makes me sick, so I think we will be in the sexless marriage boat as well. I sure hope he enjoys it.
Im sorry you cant take into consideration the feelings of your husband its not the end of the world. Muster up some estrogen and be a women. How would you like to be in his shoes and be cut off emotionally and sexually. You act as if he cheated on you which by the way if you cut him off sexually he will cheat on you.
Really? I don't know if I'm cold blooded but... 3 children!!! the guy seems to be struggling making a living for 5 persons and then he is selfish? He didn't cheat for god sake, he wants to give a nice life to the one's he has now, or at least... i see it that way
I understand what it is you wanted/needed to do. Maybe you and she just need to have a long, deep conversation? I have no idea, I'm not good at the whole relationship thing. Best of luck, love.

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LEFT TO MOURN: A man held a child as he wept Wednesday outside a mortuary, where he was waiting to receive the body of a relative who had died in a collision of two trains near Arakkonam, southwest of Chennai, India. Ten people died and at least 50 were hurt in the crash late Tuesday. (Aijaz Rahi/Associated Press)
MINNESOTA FIRE: Smoke billowed over the Pagami Creek wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northeastern Minnesota on Tuesday. The haze from the fire reached as far south as Chicago, 600 miles away. (Clint Austin/Duluth News-Tribune/Associated Press)
SEE NO EVIL: A chimpanzee peered through a window at Gut Aiderbichl's Sanctuary for Traumatized Chimpanzees and other Primates in Gaenserndorf, Austria, northeast of Vienna, on Wednesday. Some 38 chimps were released into the sanctuary Wednesday after decades living in laboratories. (Herwig Prammer/Reuters)
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(Cell phone vid and News story) Mentally Disabled Forced Into 'Fight Club' at Texas Home
Night Shift Made Cell Phone Videos of Residents at Facility in Corpus Christi
Terrified residents at a Corpus Christi, Texas, state school for the mentally disabled were forced to be part of a brutal "fight club" operated by night shift employees, who made videos of the sessions with their cell phones, the newly released videos show.
Mentally disabled residents forced to brawl as employees prod and laugh.
On the videos employees can be seen and heard laughing and prodding the residents to fight.
One resident is seen on the video trying to run away from his attacker and a large group of employees and residents tracking him through the halls. When cornered, he wails and moans and tells the employees, "I will behave."
The videos were discovered by police in March when one of the school employees left his phone at a hospital and it was turned over to police. In an effort to find its owner, officers saw the disturbing videos.
A judge ordered the tapes released to an attorney suing the state on behalf of a former resident also forced into the "fight club."
"It happened for over a year and it happened for many nights out of the week," said the attorney, Bob Hilliard.
Hilliard's client, Armando Hernandez, says he was told he would "go to prison" if he did not fight.
Hernandez, who is mentally disabled, says he was fearful to even tell his mother of what was happening inside at night.
"They say 'snitches get stitches,'" Hernandez told ABC News.
A judge ordered police to provide the tapes to Hilliard on Friday for use in his lawsuit against the state, without any restriction on their use. They were played twice in open court.
"There are no words as strong as the faces of these residents," Hilliard said. "It's a place past fear. It's a place where they have almost accepted that the school where they're locked into could very well end up being a coffin for them."
A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, which oversees the state schools, says the agency was "shocked and disgusted by the unconscionable actions of a few employees." Spokesperson Cecilia Fedorov said the department has taken a number of steps to "stop this kind of abuse again," including hiring additional security and increased supervision of night shifts.Mentally Disabled Forced Into 'Fight Club' at Texas Home
Night Shift Made Cell Phone Videos of Residents at Facility in Corpus Christi
Terrified residents at a Corpus Christi, Texas state school for the mentally disabled were forced to...
Terrified residents at a Corpus Christi, Texas state school for the mentally disabled were forced to be part of a brutal "fight club" operated by night shift employees, who made videos of the sessions with their cell phones, the newly released videos show.
Former Employees Indicted, Charged With Causing Injury to a Disabled Person
Six former employees were indicted last Thursday on charges of causing injury to a disabled person.
Prosecutors identified the ring leader as Timothy Dixon, 30, who police say can be heard on the video calling the play-by-play of the fight as if he were a ring announcer.
Dixon and the others are to make their first appearance in court at an arraignment hearing next week.
The cell phone videos are the latest example of troubling conditions at the 12 Texas schools for the developmentally and mentally disabled.
More Than 800 Employees Suspended for Abusing Facility Residents
A federal civil rights investigation, completed last December before the cell phone videos were discovered, found that more than 800 employees had been suspended or fired "for abusing facility residents" since 2004.
The federal report, sent to Texas Governor Rick Perry, concluded, "numerous conditions and practices at the Facilities violate the constitutional and federal statutory rights of their residents."
Perry, a Republican, introduced "emergency legislation" in February designed to make the state schools safer.
Some state legislators say the problems began with Perry administration budget cuts in 2003 that reduced money for health and human services in Texas.
"I think what you are starting to see now are the negative effects of those decisions," said State Representative Abel Herrero, a Democrat who represents Corpus Christi.
A spokesperson for Governor Perry told ABC News the governor was too busy dealing with the state legislature to provide an interview on the new cell phone videos.
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I blame welfare to work programs and the nursing shortage... it's beyond discusting, how this goes on for a year and the poor guy's never tell. It's only when the moron loses his cell and it get turned in to police is it discovered.:(
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they have a new club where these people are going its call ASS-RAPE CLUB.... enjoy prison
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This embarrasses the crap out of me. I hope they get more than they can handle.
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bastards need to go to jail, and meet bubba and his 14 inch whopper cock
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reminds me of the movie 'disorderlies'
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Just fekin terrible.
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When they go to prison they will be biting their pillows to muffle their screams of pain. Better get used to sleeping with one eye open fellas.
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I won YAY! I won Yay! I won YAY!
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The "people" responsible for this need to spend the rest of their lives in jail. Scum.
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Anyone know when the next disabled fight happening? Good stuff
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i think he families should beat the shit out of them...then when they try to run away, shoot them with tazers so they can keep beating them.
but that's just me.
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Thats pretty crazy that they lost the phone and police found it.
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I got $10 on the idiot kicking the morons ass
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sick fucks. i volunteer for the next fight club opening they have....or, maybe they could come here and we'll charter a branch....either way works, really
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I didn't watch the video. I didn't have to. Whomever is responsible should be put in a cage with the Iceman. We haven't changed in a thousand years. Still just violent scared monkeys making the innocent make us feel better about being born a cancer.
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Worthless, garbage in which need to be cleaned!!!
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Thats just wrong.
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People are just great.
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While you were shoveling snow from your driveway and dreaming of Florida or the Caribbean Islands, Evie Wakulenko was mushing through the middle of Alaska through white-outs and sub-zero temperatures.
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Wakulenko, a graduate of Genoa High School and Bowling Green State University, completed the Serum Run, which commemorates the efforts of sled-dog teams in 1925 that relayed diphtheria serum to residents of Nome, Alaska.
This year's start in Nenana, Alaska began Feb. 20 and Wakulenko arrived in Nome – a distance of about 800 miles – on March 14.
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After voters strongly supported a 1.1-mill levy last November for the Harris-Elmore Public Library, Georgiana Huizenga, the library director, expressed her gratitude for their support.
It was the first time in the library's history it had gone to voters for local millage and cuts in state funding had forced the library to enact reductions in service.
"I am very proud of the communities of Elmore and Genoa coming together to pass the first ever library levy," she said at the time. "Two communities: one library system. We are very grateful to all of our supporters and to the levy committee that worked so hard. We are very excited that we will be better able to serve our patrons."
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Administrator Mike Beazley said he and Mayor Mike Seferian are looking at ways to maintain city services with fewer people as the city deals with reduced revenue this year.
"It's come to my attention there's been a number of retirements lately," Beazley said to council at a meeting earlier this month. "As we look at our revenues and we discuss this year's budget, we've been on a go slow mode on filling vacancies. We do want to make sure we continue to meet essential service needs looking at both police and streets. I've been talking with the mayor and obviously looking at issues associated with those vacancies to make sure we can maintain the service level that our citizens expect within the revenue that we're actually getting. We wouldn't contemplate filling all the vacancies, but we're going to look at making sure we continue to fill our shifts appropriately."
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Tim Krugh, president of the Lake school board, said Rudolph/Libbe submitted the lowest of three bids for the first phase of the construction project.
The school board and administration will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new school March 27 at 2 p.m. at the school campus at 28080 Lemoyne Rd.
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Thanks to the Internet, it's getting more and more difficult to come up with a list of sleeper picks for your fantasy draft. After all, is Player X really a "steal" if 50 websites list him as such? Nonetheless, I'll list 10 of my favorites.
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by Darryl Dobbs - November 12, 2012 11:25 AM UTC
While many locked-out NHLers dominate other leagues – some are struggling mightily.
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Heavy explosions rocked the Libyan capital at dawn on Thursday, as opposition fighters wrested two key villages in the western mountains from forces loyal to embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Six explosions were heard in the center of Tripoli, near the fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound of Gaddafi, with smoke could be seen rising in the area at dawn.The compound has been the target of a number of NATO air strikes after the western alliance imposed a no-fly zone in the country in March.
On the other hand, opposition fighters snatch two villages in the western mountains, as they continued to push deeper into government-held territory south of Tripoli.The two villages in the mountain area about 150km south-west of Tripoli had been used for months by pro-Gaddafi forces to shell opposition-held towns.
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> Interestingly, none of the games I have installed is causing that :-) They
> event weren't on the device until last Thursday. If it's app-related, it's
> some of the apps, and AFAIK none of them is native to OS5; they're all
> OS4.x. I'm afraid that's the root cause and even thinking of having to
> find replacements makes me feel sick.
The game that I have the issue with is Legacy, a first person RPG style
game. The main issue is if the T3 is not fully extended when you start up
the game the bottom half of the screen stays dark and you cannot get to the
menu selections to abort the game. Once you have the T3 open it seems to
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9 Responses to "Admitting that Javascript was a Mistake"
I see your lips moving but I'm not hearing any words coming out of your mouth.
Let me rephrase my criticism in a way that might be more constructive:
You'd like to throw out one of the 4 major components of the modern web (http, html, css, javascript) because it's too slow and not multithreaded, and replace it with … python?
I love python, but to claim that more people are working on python than on javascript is ludicrous.
I'm sorry that you encountered a performance problem when constructing your site. I don't think that waving your hands and proclaiming everything to be garbage on the basis of that single use case and your inability to optimize your code to be useful feedback.
(side note: doesn't flash also use actionscript, which is just javascript?)
all the (function(){})() syntaxy boilerplate everywhere, and lack of typechecking and automatic currying certainly has me pining to write a Pure or maybe Haskell browser one of these days
and a DSL to mash up CSS selectors with basic dom transformations and bindings – a jqueryish metalanguage
"purely functional programming languages provide closure-based programming"
I'm not sure what you meant here. Pure functional languages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming#Pure_functions) can't share data dependencies across functions. By definition a closure is a bundle of data that you're passing around… it's an object in the OOP sense. Those functions are closed over the "this" pointer that's implicitly being passed between them. In pure functions this is forbidden because that bundle is a bundle of mutable state, and sharing it means that you're impure by definition.
"eschew saving state and lock-less data structures that result in a high degree of automatic parallelization"
I'm not sure I follow. Functional languages like Haskell and Clojure can save state and use lock-free data structures, in fact Clojure goes a step further and uses functional data structures, data structures that can keep a history and allow multiple versions to cohabitate (mostly for thread safety and functional purity reasons).
"The most widely deployed functional programming language to date is Javascript."
I think you just made every Haskell programmer hemorrhage. Javascript can do functional programming-like things, like higher-order functions, but makes no effort to do what most functional coders would consider 'functional programming' (type theory, kinding, monads, and an array of other techniques no one outside of FP has heard of)
"Control of a GUI is something that is fundamentally procedural."
This is not correct. GUIs and procedural languages are actually very difficult to wrap together, as those who struggled through the early years of GUIs remember. How many times using an application have we said "yes, I know you're loading, but why can't I click ahead of time and tell you what I want?" The idea that well-behaved GUIs need multiple threads says something of the shortcomings of procedural programming.
"Attempting to force something that is procedural in nature into a functional programming language, like Javascript, leads to the awful, sinking feeling"
Going along with what I mentioned earlier, there's a field of research specifically aimed at things like GUIs called reactive programming (I'm not sure how much Wikipedia article will help v. confuse – caveat lector: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_programming). The gist of the idea is that things like GUIs have events, events are reactive in nature, not imperative. You don't tell the application to push the button, you push it and then it reacts to you. What happens after that should be able to mix with other events safely.
"Empirically Disliking Javascript"
Besides the comments about closures and threading, most of your complaints here are tools or library-related. I don't think it's fair to dock JS points when you're not commenting on it directly.
"Python does just fine when as a multi-threaded app or when running as an event-driven program."
Not sure what you mean by "just fine". Though you can "make it work", threading in Python is generally worse that most other languages because of its global interpreter lock. Some work has gone into fixing this, but Guido is less than optimistic: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=214235
"procedural Model-View-Controller programming model."
MVC is actually a fairly tepid approach, as it makes no allowances for reuse or testing, it spreads state around, has few patterns for deeply parallelizing your application, or responding to events (you can shove them in controller and call them from view, but you really want an async third party doing this for you so you don't taint yourself with implementation details), or sorting your functionality into expert domains, enabling flexible "scripting" layers between engine and changing requirements, or… I'll stop there, you get the drift.
Sadly, I'm not saying I have a better 3-letter acronym. I wish I did.
"we are going to have to empower web developers by fundamentally rethinking the Javascript mistake"
I'm going to assert, and this is just my opinion, that Javascript did more for the web than you're giving it credit for. It's terse, it's familiar (C-like or Java-like), and it's quick. Yes, you can come up with lots of bad designs with it. But it gets things done, and has some bonus higher-order things built-in. The end result is far less rigid than it might have been. Imagine if we'd had to program our web pages in C… could there ever have been a hobbiest web developer revolution?
"Things are getting better, and they could be much worse — at least it wasn't HTML+Lisp."
What?! You might not like the parentheses… I'll grant you that. But I could easily imagine a Lisp-driven browser that isn't affected by most of your JS issues, while having the bonus of being generally faster. Not to mention we wouldn't need things like base object extension toolkits because in Lisp things are far more compositional in nature (by design).
Not to say that Lisp is perfect, but I'm continually stunned at how much comes from the Lisp community. I doubt OOP would have progressed as far as it has without closures and CLOS. Aspect-oriented programming wouldn't have been possible without metaobject protocols. Lambdas, garbage collection, REPLs, metaprogramming… lots of stuff was born and developed in Lisp before they found their way into other languages.
You could argue that all object oriented languages are functional in nature, or you could simultaneously argue that most popular object oriented languages are not considered "functional languages" by the function language die-hards. I see can see both arguments.
Right, which is why I avoided that, opting to point at languages like Clojure and Haskell(and ML) as opposed to Lisp. In some sense, even Lisp isn't a functional language, but if we include closures in our definition, then you're right, both Lisp and Javascript (or JavaScript or ECMAScript… no clue what the correct name is these days) fall under a similar category.
Perhaps the title should have been "Admitting that Current Javascript Environments Are Inadequate" or something like that.
any of the scripting languages that I listed would have been able to do that
Definitely a fair point. I could imagine most scripting languages would be just fine where JS is. Though, I think this weakens your title thesis of "Admitting that Javascript was a Mistake". It wasn't, no more than picking Python might have been.
(defmacro defhtml-region (name)
`(defun ,name (&rest args)
(let ((attribs (and (consp (first args)) (first args)))
(strings (if (consp (first args))
(rest args)
(apply #'concatenate 'string
(append (list (tag-begin ',name attribs))
(list (tag-end ',name)))))))
I'm sure we can find particularly mealy examples in many successful languages. For example, C++'s template facilities allow you to create vectors of any type, instead of having to write a new vector class for each type you want. But the templates also make for some hairy code in the details.
Your Lisp example is a "defmacro" example, which is similar to C++ templates, but more powerful. It's going to be a bit hairier than the code the user would see. Think library coder v. everyday coder. The library coder will be generally more skilled, and will need more serious tools, so that he/she may support the user more completely.
Cribbing from the Clojure book I just got, this is what I'd imagine most HTML/Lisp users would see:
(defn new-snippet []
(form-to [:post "/"]
(text-area {:rows 20 :cols 73} "body")
(submit-button "Save"))))
Which I'm sure you'll agree is far more palatable, and possibly even shorter than equivalent Javascript.
Take a look at Aptana Studio, and its JavaScript debugger. I've been using it for the last few months on an all-JavaScript application, and it has saved me more time than I can count on my fingers, toes, and other appendages.


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Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy, the indefatigable Isabel Dalhousie, one of fiction's most richly developed amateur detectives, is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life's questions, large and small.
In this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's endearing Isabel Dalhousie series, the Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth answers an unexpected appeal from a wealthy Scottish collector who has been robbed of a valuable painting.
One afternoon over coffee at Cat's delicatessen, a friend of Isabel's shares a call for help from Duncan Munrowe. Crafty thieves have stolen a prized painting from his collection, a work by the celebrated French artist Nicolas Poussin that was earmarked for donation to the Scottish National Gallery. Munrowe has been approached by the thieves and hopes that Isabel will assist him in recovering the painting. Never one to refuse an appeal, she agrees, and discovers that the thieves may be closer to the owner than he ever would have expected.
Against the backdrop of this intriguing case, Isabel copes with life's issues, large and small. She and Jamie have begun to suspect that their three-year-old son, Charlie, might be a budding mathematical genius. What should be done about it? Then there is the question of whether Isabel should help a young couple who want to move in together—against the wishes of the girl's parents. The boyfriend is hoping Isabel might intercede.
As she wrestles with these problems, Isabel finds herself tested as a parent, a philosopher and a friend. But, as always, she manages to use the right combination of good sense, quick wits and a kind heart to come to the right solution, proving once again why Isabel Dalhousie has become one of Alexander McCall Smith's most beloved characters.
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Deputy AG McNulty: U.S. Attorney Was Fired Without Cause
Paul McNulty's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday confirmed there was no cause for the removal of Arkansas prosecutor Bud Cummins, but the deputy attorney general said six other U.S. attorneys were fired for poor performance. Here are reports from the AP and the New York Times.
As we recently wrote, Cummins himself was surprised by the call for his resignation. When asked by Senator Charles Schumer whether it was accurate to say that Cummins did nothing wrong, McNulty replied, "I do not dispute that characterization."
The NYT reports today that McNulty also disputed Democrats' allegations that the firings appeared to be aimed at rewarding Republican allies and at avoiding the Senate's role in confirming appointments.
"We never have and never will seek to remove a United States attorney to interfere with an ongoing investigation or prosecution or in retaliation for a prosecution," he said. He reprised Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's remark that U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president and added that about half of the 93 prosecutors appointed to their jobs by Bush in his first term had already left voluntarily.
The Washington Post gives some more interesting quotes from McNulty: "The attorney general's appointment authority has not and will not be used to circumvent the confirmation process," he said.
And, in response to Schumer's charge that the firings "reek of politics" and don't "sound like business as usual," McNulty said, "When I hear you talk about the politicizing of the Department of Justice, it's like a knife in my heart . . . Your perspective is completely contrary to my daily experience."


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Hello, I want to tell this community a little about myself. I recently discovered Bitcoins, a virtual currency that can be traded online for a variety of goods and servces. Now, the beauty of Bitcoins, is that it is un-traceable and totally unregulated. So... as would follow, many gambling sites have popped up across the internet specializing in bitcoin transactions and wagers.
So, when I learned about this, I had an idea for a site (i am a small time web developer). Why not give people a chance to compete in a game of skill to win bitcoins from eachother... so i wrote the scripts based on an already existing chess engine, Webchess. The site is finished now, and all it needs are chess players.(reference: btcchess.com)
OH, big part, pretty important... the chess games are acctually a variation of the typical chess style this community is familure with. I did this to keep people from using bot's to control their moves for them and thereby cheat... so basically what I did is change the knight so it moves 3 and 1 instead of 2 and 1. I think players can adapt to this new style, while computer programs have to be entirely re-written.
So... there you go guys, that's my pitch. I hope i didn't break any rules by advertising this site on these forums. I didn't really see any rules for conduct. If i did, please contact me and I will remove it right away. I'll check back on this thread over the next few days and respond to any questions you might have for me... or complaints :P
Here's the site one more time: btcchess.com
Lol, so now knights are restricted to one colour! That won't be an easy adjustment for chess players, and if a player did make the adjustment, then it would hurt their regular chess skill! That wasn't the best move.
Do you have a better solution to prevent players from cheating? Perhaps another variant?
A go server? Computers are lousy at go.
Seriously, I think it would be easier for me to modify an existing simple open source engine for your superknight than to adapt my own play ...
You say you are a developer but naively seem to completely forget that it would be trivial for a well written engine to be modified to change how the knight moves and still play at a high level.
There is a reason why gambling sites with chess never went anywhere. And as long as it's actually chess (which in your case it isn't) then that won't change.
Put your energy into something with legs, like poker. I have always felt that if the U.S. government and its states don't do something sensible about the regulatory environment then technology will eventually find a solution. Bitcoins may not turn out to be the eventual answer but they at least hint at the possibility.
Seriously computers suck at go, but only when you compare them to master players, and if you play on a small go board computers do reasonably well, computers get decreasingly strong as the board size go up (at least those engines which tries to brute force), well some engines do pretty well on the larger boards when they don't use the brute force, in chess brute force is pretty reasonable due to the "few" game trees available, combined with the computer speed.
Why try to do something where you just change one piece very little, thus cribbling humans who have played real chess for long, but not really doing a lot to cribble computers ? Why not go in another direction for instance atomic :D
Sorry, not playing on a site that changes knights like that. How about giving people a method of reporting cheaters instead?
In a bitcoin casino website, there is a provably fair gaming system. Maybe you can also integrate it to your chess website to prevent players from cheating and enjoy the fair gaming system. What do you think?
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Chess for money/wagering will never work online. Sorry.
Just changing the way the knight moves isn't going to deter cheaters. It wouldn't be too hard to write or modify a chess engine for that variant. If someone thinks they can cheat and win, they'll do it, and granting money as a prize just provides even more incentive.
How many different people do we need to say that it would be easy to modify a chess program for this? Do you people even read the comments before posting the same thing that three people have already said?
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Tuesday's comments came after John McCain and Lindsey Graham met with top military and civilian leaders in Cairo as part of a flurry of international efforts to resolve a standoff with supporters of the ousted president Mohammed Morsi.
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Hungary to Tax Foods It Thinks Unhealthy
The Hungarian government Tuesday approved the so-called hamburger tax on foodstuffs the authorities regard as unhealthy. The new levy will be enforced Sept. 1.
Hungary plans to tax foodstuffs with high sugar, salt, and carbohydrate content, and products containing more than 20 milligrams of caffeine per 100 milliliters of the product, shows a copy of the bill obtained by WSJ Emerging Europe prior to submission to parliament. These categories of foods include chips, snacks, salted nuts, energy drinks, certain prepackaged foods such as chocolates, sweets, cakes, cookies, jams, ice creams and instant soups. Despite its popular nickname, the tax, however, won't apply to hamburgers as the law would only tax prepackaged foods.
The tax will be 300 forints ($1.63) a liter for energy drinks, 400 forints a kilogram of chips or other salted snacks, 100 forints a kilo of ice cream, 500 forints a kilo of instant soups and sauces. It will be 10 forints a liter of sodas with high sugar content, a charge that will rise to 15 forints from 2012. A kilo for prepackaged sweets will be taxed with 200 forints, which will rise to 250 forints from next year.
Manufacturers or — if the foodstuff is imported — the company that first sells it in Hungary will need to pay the tax.
The tax is aimed at preserving and improving Hungarians' health, which is below international standards and lags Hungary's economic and social development, the bill says. The less that Hungarians spend on unhealthy habits, the less the state will need to spend on healthcare, it also says. The government plans to use the proceeds on public health projects, the bill adds.
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"Although this is a Western room, it is really pretty, more like a sophisticated Western lodge," said designer Anneta Glavin. A variety of textures and materials, including suede leather fabrics, wrought iron, rich wood and even a touch of crystal, were used to create a rustic and refined hideaway.
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The starting point of the room was designing the bed, which is custom made from alder wood and features a large headboard with delicate hand carved leaves. "It's a large and heavy piece, but it's also very pretty and textural," says Glavin. "It doesn't feel like some guy went out and cut some logs and put a bed together."
Glavin says the owners like to read in bed, so she had two large alder night stands created to hold a pair of tall handcrafted wrought iron lamps. The light fixtures are topped with laced leather shades and feather tiebacks. Metal stud insets and a slightly sanded surface give the nightstands a worn mountain lodge look.
Throughout the room, small touches create continuity and details of interest. For example, the bedding, throw pillows and draperies are all fringed in a unique twisted deer hide. Atop the draperies are buttons made from antlers, a detail which is repeated on the soft leather Euro shams.
Faux wall paint creates a soft suede-like look and picks up the natural feel of the room. "Faux paint is so much more interesting. It softens it, adds interest and makes the wall become something special," says Glavin.
To add a bit of romance, crystal prisms were incorporated in the design of the heavy iron chandelier that hangs from the rustic wood-planked ceiling. "The crystals glow in the light and add another unexpected soft element to a western environment," Glavin explains.
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Glavin recommends finding furniture that is big and textural, "Everything in this room had to have a bit of weight to it, especially to balance that heavy wood ceiling." She cautions that it is easy to go overboard when creating a room theme. "I think one of the mistakes people make is putting everything they love in a room, and then when it's all done thinking, 'Wow this didn't come together at all.' The elements in this room all relate to each other," she notes.
"We pulled from the natural elements that exist in our area—deer hide, antlers, the twiggy motif on the headboard," she says. "The home is in a natural setting and the owners love bringing the great outdoors in and surrounding themselves with it. They wanted this to be a special room. It's definitely Western but it's prettier."
Established in 1975, Topnotch Furniture and Interior Design provides a unique collection of home furnishings, featuring handcrafted items from the Northwest and around the world. They specialize in helping clients create custom designed furniture, which is then built to specification.
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In the wake of the Tucson shootings, the left-leaning Courage Campaign is calling on House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa to "investigate the ties between violence and increasing calls for it in our national political dialogue."
The back-and-forth has been less than cordial.
The Courage Campaign issued a letter to members Monday from activist Cleve Jones urging them to write to Mr. Issa, a conservative California Republican, asking for hearings "on the environment that led to the deaths" and citing comments made by Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and conservative talk show host Glenn Beck as examples of "toxic political discourse."
Mr. Jones, who campaigned with San Francisco politician Harvey Milk and went on to create the AIDS quilt, also mentioned Mr. Milk's 1978 assassination, saying "for me, political violence has never been hypothetical."
He suggests that Mr. Issa should prioritize hearings on the attacks in his investigative plans. The Courage Campaign launched a website earlier this month called IssaExposed.com, to track Mr. Issa's activities as Oversight Committee chairman. It has been vocal in criticizing his early days on the job.
Kurt Bardella, spokesman for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said the effort was "nothing but a cheap and incredibly distasteful publicity stunt designed to advance a political agenda by callously capitalizing on this tragedy."
"The fact that this group actively advances the 'toxic political discourse' they are assailing is hypocrisy of the worst kind," added Mr. Bardella.
Mr. Jones said that he believed the letter-writing campaign was "particularly appropriate," that he thought there was a difference between "passionate" and violent discourse, and that he probably would have made the request of a Democratic-controlled committee too.


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Will Rowlands is handed a first team contract having previously been part of the London Wasps Academy. Buster Lawrence, Thomas Young and Alex Lozowski will all join the Club from Moseley, Gloucester Rugby and Leeds Carnegie, respectively.
Rowlands will graduate from the London Wasps Academy having previously been a part-time member, while also studying for an Economics and Management degree at Oxford University. The 22-year-old second row made his London Wasps debut in last season's LV=Cup match against Leicester Tigers. A product of the close link between London Wasps and Oxford University, Rowlands will join an experienced group of locks at the Club next year.
Buster Lawrence, who is equally at home in the back row and second row, has impressed with his physical performances for Moseley in the Championship after being named Supporters' Player of the Year last season. The 22-year-old will join a weighty pool of players in both the back and second row, with recent signings adding to an already formidable group.
Thomas Young, the son of Director of Rugby Dai, will join the Club from Gloucester, having come through the academy system at Cardiff Blues. The 21-year-old openside flanker has been a regular in the Welsh age grade set up, playing at U16, U18 and U20 levels, including the Junior World Championship in 2011, and will join a very competitive back row grouping at the Club.
Alex Lozowski, the son of former Wasp and England centre Rob, made his debut for Leeds Carnegie last season against Pontypridd in the British and Irish Cup. The 20-year-old fly half has recently represented England Students and will re-join London Wasps, having been a part of the Academy system before his move to Leeds.
On the news of the four signings, Director of Rugby Dai Young said: "With new funding at the Club, we have been able to announce the signings of some higher profile players in recent months but the development of talented young players is also crucial to our future success. I am hugely excited by the prospects of all four of these players and I am looking forward to overseeing their development over the next few years."
Rowland, Lawrence, Young and Lozowski join a number of high profile signings who have already been announced as joining London Wasps next season. These include Samoa centre/wing Alapati Leiua, Wales lock Bradley Davies, Italy prop Lorenzo Cittadini, Scotland fly-half Ruaridh Jackson, Worcester Warriors hooker Ed Shervington, England Saxons back-row James Gaskell and Saxons full-back Rob Miller.


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In this new tutorial we'll composite the interior of an airplane as the wing bursts into flames. We'll cover green screen keying, 3D tracking with Camera Tracker, particles and compositing live action elements. I've also included a dropping Oxygen mask in the project file for people that want to add an extra layer!
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Breathalyzer results tossed in court ruling
MARIETTA - The Marietta City Law Director's Office is considering appealing a recent ruling by an Ohio Supreme Court appointed judge that affected a handful of local drunken driving cases.
In a ruling handed down Thursday, Visiting Judge Teresa Liston-a retired Franklin County Municipal Court Judge- found that blood alcohol content (BAC) readings taken on Intoxilyzer 8000 machines by the Marietta Police Department, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and Belpre Police Department were inadmissible in nine cases where they had been used and challenged.
Marietta attorney Dennis Sipe started the initial motion to suppress the findings of the local I-8000 machines due to reliability issues with the machine.
"I'm very pleased," Sipe said of the ruling. "There were a lot of issues reported."
The I-8000s were approved for use by the Ohio Department of Health in 2008 and issued to departments free of charge in 2010. But the machines' reliability has been questioned from the start, prompting the Ohio Supreme Court to authorize local municipal courts to decide on the I-8000's admissibility for themselves.
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* A breathalyzer machine tested by the Ohio Department of Health and approved for use in Ohio in 2008.
* The Marietta Police Department, Belpre Police Department and Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol all received an I-8000 free of charge through ODH around 2010.
* Questions as to the machine's reliability began surfacing soon after release.
* Visiting Judge Teresa Liston, a retired Franklin County Municipal Court judge, issued a ruling suppressing the I-8000 breath results for nine local defendants who had been charged with OVI using results from the machine.
* Liston listed concerns about whether the machine has been properly tested for radio frequency interference, whether it is subject to operator manipulation, and whether it fails to filter substances similar to ethanol out of breath samples.
* The Marietta City Law Director's Office is considering appealing the decision.
Sipe said one of the arguments against using the device was that there was great disparity in the two required readings taken from the same person on many occasions.
The decision does not affect department's current operating procedures as they all reverted back to using the older BAC Datamaster breath machines after the reliability of the I-8000's first came into question.
"For years experts have been saying it couldn't happen that way in four minutes-it just couldn't happen," he said.
As challenges arose they began looking at the nuts and bolts of how it was made and the science behind it, Sipe said
"The science was even dubious with the way this machine operates," he said.
Specifically Liston cited three concerns raised by the defense when handing down her decision-whether the machines have been tested to address radio frequency interference from devices such as smart phones, whether the machines are subject to operator manipulation, and whether the machines fail to filter substances similar to ethanol out of breath samples.
However, Liston noted that her decision only affected the nine defense cases listed in the ruling.
"Due to ongoing software changes and with additional research and testing, this decision does not preclude the possibility that the I-8000 could, with modifications, meet the standard of reliability necessary for its admission in future cases," she wrote.
Liston heard and ruled in favor of the I-8000 in another county, said Assistant City of Marietta Law Director Daniel Everson.
However, the notable difference in that case was that the defense presented no evidence.
"In that case, she did not suppress the (I-8000) test results hearing only state witnesses," he noted.
The city is in the early stages of considering an appeal, but until the I-8000's have a favorable ruling, local law enforcement agencies will be instructed to continue using their old breathalyzer models, predicted Everson.
Thursday's ruling will not change any procedures for local departments who possess an I-8000, all of which reverted back to using the older BAC Datamaster breathalyzer machines as soon as the I-8000's reliability was first brought into question locally.
"We're using the Datamaster and it's a pretty reliable piece of machinery. We've had it for over 20 years," said Marietta Police Chief Brett McKitrick.
However, there is some concern that certification on the old BAC Datamasters is becoming harder to obtain, and that the Ohio Department of Health will eventually phase out the older machine, he added.
"It used to be they sent a testing administrator to the department three times a year. Now you're lucky to get one once or twice a year at your department and sometimes you have to travel to other departments," said McKitrick.
Everyone who uses the machine is required to undergo yearly certification for it, he added.
Phasing out the BAC Datamaster would not likely happen until the I-8000s have been approved statewide, said McKitrick.
So far, 98 percent of local municipalities have ruled in favor of the state and the reliability of the I-8000, noted Ohio Department of Health spokesman Robert Jennings.
Kate York contributed to this story.