text: Legalflyer Authors: Heather Manson, Patrick Farrell, Nino Di Bartolomeo, Helen Fielder, Frédéric Wilson, Ian Giles Publication | March 2012 Introduction Demystifying passenger liability insurance Material adverse change Personal Property Securities Act: Australian Government considering its options Airlines conducting business in Canada may be subject to Canadian privacy laws Reform of Air Passenger Duty New slots proposals for European airports ECJ upholds the Directive[1] applying the EU ETS to aviation activities Introduction Welcome to our March edition of Legalflyer. In February, we published our third transport survey looking (as in our previous two surveys) at the impact of the continuing global financial crisis on the aviation, rail and shipping sectors and the strategy of each sector for managing the impact of the crisis. In the first and second surveys, the mood amongst aviation respondents was quite subdued. In 2012 however, the overall mood is notably more upbeat and 2012 promises to be a year of opportunities as well as challenges for many in the aviation sector.In other news for 2012, I am delighted to announce that on 1 January 2012 the formal merger of Canadian law firm Macleod Dixon with Norton Rose Canada took place. As a result of the merger, Norton Rose Canada will have close to 700 lawyers in their offices across the country and it will add 60 lawyers in Latin America, based in Caracas (Venezuela) and Bogotá (Colombia), a 13 lawyer office in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and a team of lawyers in Moscow to Norton Rose Group.Returning to this edition of Legalflyer, we have chosen once again, what we hope readers will agree, are a series of topical and interesting issues relating to the aviation industry. In our lead article, Heather Wilmot, a Director with Norton Rose South Africa, seeks to demystify some of the misconceptions about passenger liability insurance. This week Heather together with aviation colleagues from across the aviation group will be hosting a special Africa aviation school for clients (details of which can be found on the link to the right of this edition).In our second article, Patrick Farrell (Partner) and David Murphy (Trainee) in our aviation dispute resolution team in London discuss material adverse change clauses and the extent to which such clauses should be relied upon. The article is a follow up a recent aviation seminar in London on the same topic, one of a series of aviation seminars run by the dispute resolution team in London for our clients.In our third article, Nino di Bartolomeo (Partner) and Helen Fielder (Know-how lawyer) both based in our Sydney office, take a look at the steps being taken by the Australian government to support the aviation industry, recognised as one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. Moving to Canada, in our fourth article, Frederic Wilson, an Associate in our dispute resolution team in Montréal considers the extent to which airlines conducting business in Canada may find themselves subject to Canadian privacy laws.In our fifth article, David Ward, a Senior associate in our London tax team provides an overview of the reforms proposed by the UK government to Air Passenger Duty. We then have a short update from Ian Giles, a Senior associate in the London competition team, on the EU's proposals to increase a more efficient and commercial approach to airport slot trading in European airports.In our final article and staying with Europe, Carol Aitken (Senior associate in aviation finance in London) and Clemence Perrin (a Consultant with our Brussels competition team) consider the impact of a recent preliminary ruling on a case before the European Court of Justice in the context of ever growing international opposition to the EU ETS, most notably from the US and China.As always, I hope that you will find our articles to be of interest and we would be delighted if our readers could provide any comments on the content (including editorial), or suggestions for future articles of Legalflyer, by using the feedback email. Likewise feel free to pass on the details of colleagues who may wish to receive Legalflyer.EditorPatrick Farrell, PartnerNorton Rose LLP, London Demystifying passenger liability insurance Aircraft passenger liability insurance is often misunderstood. As a consequence, the significant emotional and physical impact of an aircraft crash is compounded by uncertainty over whether insurance cover will be met.There are two broad themes in aircraft passenger liability insurance, namely the difference between private and commercial operators, and the role of the policy of insurance. Complex legislation requires certain operators to hold minimum passenger liability insurance cover of R1million per seat. This insurance relates to claims of passengers or their dependants against the operator. In light of the increasing costs of medical treatment and the impact injuries may have upon a person's earning capacity, R1million is not sufficient. Whilst this minimum cover is prescribed in the regulations to the two licensing Acts, not every operator in South Africa is required to carry this cover. Only commercial operators are under a legal obligation to carry this cover. Private or licensed operators who do not fly passengers for reward are not legally obliged to have passenger liability insurance cover, and often don't. Passengers and their families should therefore be aware that when flying with an unlicensed operator at no cost, there is a possibility that there is no insurance cover aimed at covering passengers for injury or death.An insurance policy is a contract between an insured (such as an operator) and its insurer. Any obligation on an insurer to indemnify or cover an operator is an obligation that is owed to the operator only. Generally, in the absence of insolvency, a passenger or their dependents have no right to claim directly against an insurer. The passenger liability cover is written as a benefit to the insured, not as a stipulatio in favour of a passenger. The rights of the passenger or their dependents are limited to making a claim against the direct wrongdoer, who may be the operator, pilot, maintenance organisation, etc. Once a passenger or their dependents make a claim against the wrongdoer, it is for the latter to then claim indemnity from their insurers.Insurers grant cover to operators, including liability cover, on certain conditions. These are set out in the policy. As with any contract, these terms and conditions must be complied with before obligations detailed in the contract are created. If an operator fails to comply with any condition, an insurer may reject the claim for indemnity resulting in no payment being made by the insurer. In this instance, an operator will still be liable to a passenger or their dependents, but it will not have the benefit of insurance cover. One can liken the situation to a person who has caused damage to another person's motor vehicle. The fact that the responsible person does not carry motor vehicle third party liability insurance does not vitiate the claim of the person whose car was damaged. The innocent party is however exposed somewhat in that the financial position of the uninsured person may not be sufficient to cover the claim.Commonly, in terms of an insurance policy an operator would be obliged to comply with all air navigation and airworthiness orders, to give ongoing notice to their insurer of any change to their operations that may vary their risk profile, to give their insurer immediate notice of any event that may give rise to a claim and to operate only within set boundaries both geographical and with regard to the type of flights. If an operator breaches any condition of their insurance policy, the insurer may be entitled to reject the claim.Passengers should also be aware of any ticket conditions which would form a contract between the passenger and the operator. Operators often seek to enforce limitations on their liability to a passenger or their dependants when issuing tickets. Most insurance policies require commercial operators to limit their liability to passengers to the equivalent of R100 500 (a limit prescribed in the Warsaw Convention). In South Africa, subject to provisions of the Consumer Protection Act being met, it is possible for parties to agree contractually to exclude or limit the claim of one party against another for domestic carriage. International carriage from South Africa is slightly different in that it is governed by a different set of rules set out in the Montreal Convention. Where tickets are issued or terms and conditions are agreed to online or otherwise, passengers must be aware of and look out for any limitation or exclusion of claims that they may make against the operator. Any insurance cover may also be adversely affected or limited where an operator fails to issue tickets limiting their liability towards passengers as required by the policy.One last point worth mentioning is that where passenger liability cover is held by an operator, it is generally placed together with third party liability cover in what is called a combined single limit. The third parties in the third party liability cover would be persons whose property is damaged or who themselves are injured as a result of an aircraft accident, or any object falling from an aircraft. These parties would have a claim against the operator for the repair or replacement costs of their property, or medical expenditure, etc. related to their injuries. In the event that the operator carries third party liability insurance, they would look to their insurers to indemnify them for these types of claims. The result of the third party liability and passenger liability cover being placed as a combined single limit is that where an operator faces claims from both passengers and third parties, and looks to their insurer to indemnify them for these claims, there is only one pot from which these claims will be paid. This pot may not be sufficient to cover all the claims and will be paid on a first come first served basis. In the event that the pot is depleted by other claims by the time a party (be it a passenger, their dependents or a third party) makes a claim against the operator, the operator is essentially uninsured. The R1million per seat requirement on commercial operators does not ring fence liability cover placed on a combined single limit basis for the benefit of passengers only. Whilst it is possible that passengers may hold personal accident cover, many life, disability and heath policies exclude aviation events.Passengers and others would be wise not to simply assume the existence of insurance coverage given the numerous factors impacting upon it. Steps such as negotiating conditions of carriage, and appreciating the category the flight and operator fall into are within the control of the passenger to consider. A better appreciation of the circumstances surrounding a particular flight and the role and interplay of insurance coverage in the event of any claim may alleviate the anxiety and frustration of a person facing the aftermath of a crash.Article first appeared in African PilotAuthorHeather Wilmot, DirectorNorton Rose South Africa, Johannesburg Material adverse change We have received an increasing amount of queries regarding Material Adverse Change (MAC) clauses over the last few months, which are a common feature of most facility agreements, leases and mandate letters.However, these clauses begin to attract considerable interest from lenders (or lessors) and borrowers (or lessees) at specific times, such as during an economic downturn or when a particular political event occurs (for example, the current economic situation or the terrorist attacks in the United States of America on 11 September 2001).The nature of the MAC clause gives rise to two main issues: the negotiation and drafting of the clause; and ensuring that sufficient grounds exist for a lender to invoke and rely upon the MAC clause correctly.DraftingOften the most negotiated part of any MAC clause is the actual definition of "Material Adverse Change". The lender will usually want this to be drafted as widely as possible (and possibly to capture other entities such as the borrower's group), with a subjective assessment of the material adverse change itself, i.e. that the event "in the Lender's opinion" falls within the MAC definition.On the other hand, the borrower will want to achieve the opposite: narrow the scope of the clause and replace the subjective test with an objective one. The borrower will likely also resist attempts to include 'potential' material adverse changes within the definition and instead insist on limiting the MAC clause to events which have had or definitely will have a material adverse affect.As a general rule, the MAC clause is designed to capture unpredictable and unforeseen events or circumstances which would otherwise be difficult to cater for. It is important to identify, at the outset of a transaction, which events the MAC clause is designed to cover (or not to cover) - if there are any specific risks associated with the transaction or the borrower it is preferable to cater for these as 'specific' events of default within the document.One of the major benefits of MAC clauses are that they can be used to cover a wide range of subjects, including:the business, operations, property, financial condition or prospects of a borrower or its group;the ability of a borrower, or a member of its group, to perform its (or their) obligations under the transaction documents; orthe validity, enforceability, effectiveness or ranking of any security granted in connection with the transaction documents.Unfortunately the main benefit of the MAC clause may also be its major drawback. MAC clauses may be drafted so widely that they become unworkable, and leave the parties exposed to an uncertain position when faced with a certain set of circumstances. This may lead to serious consequences if a MAC clause is invoked by a party, and the transaction terminated, without the grounds to do so.Invoking the Material Adverse Change clauseOne of the main questions we are asked (by both lenders and borrowers) is whether, on a particular set of facts, there are sufficient grounds to invoke a MAC clause?This is not always a straightforward question to answer, and much will depend on the particular set of circumstances involved and the wording of the MAC clause. However, the following questions may form a useful guide at an early stage when considering the above:Wording - is the wording sufficiently broad in scope and subjective enough to cover the event that has occurred?Knowledge - does the party have any prior knowledge of the particular circumstance which they wish to use to invoke the MAC clause? If so, this may prevent that party from relying on the event for the purpose of claiming that a MAC has occurred or is occurring.Certainty and evidence - can the party support its allegations that a breach of the MAC clause has occurred?Historically, (and possibly due to the factors discussed) MAC clauses are rarely called and there have been few instances of these coming before the English courts. It is difficult to predict how an English court would interpret them.One of the few cases to come before the English courts to deal with a MAC clause has been the case of Levison v Farin1. A purchase agreement included a MAC clause which included the wording:"Save as disclosed the vendors hereby jointly and severally warrant to and undertake with the purchasers that between the balance sheet date and the completion date: (i) the overall financial position of the company will not have changed adversely in any material way allowing for normal trade fluctuations; (ii) there will have been no material adverse change in the overall value of the net assets of the company on the basis of a valuation adopted in the balance sheet allowing for normal trade fluctuations"Following the purchase of the company, a 20 percent drop in the net asset value of the company was discovered. The court considered the wording of the MAC clause and the set of circumstances to determine whether the 20 percent drop could be considered as 'material'. It was held in this case that the 20 percent drop was material and that the purchasers were correct to call upon the material adverse change clause.ConclusionBecause of the issues associated with MAC clauses, they are rarely relied upon as a sole basis for terminating a loan agreement or a lease, as it is often difficult to be certain that a material adverse change has in fact occurred. Because of this, they are more often used in conjunction with other specific events of default which may have occurred (or are occurring) to give extra weight to a claim or to bring the parties back to the table to re-negotiate a deal on more favourable terms.AuthorPatrick Farrell, PartnerDavid Murphy, TraineeNorton Rose LLP, LondonFootnoteLevison v Farin [1978] 2 All ER 1149 Personal Property Securities Act: Australian Government considering its options Aviation has been recognised as one of the fastest growing sectors of the Australian economy. International scheduled passenger traffic in the year ending October 2011 was 27.946 million compared to 26.792 million in 2010, an increase of 5.5 per cent1 and domestic passenger traffic in the year ending October 2011 was 54.75 million, an increase of 5.8 per cent2. As a consequence it is expected that airline growth to accommodate the increasing passenger lists will grow exponentially over the next decade3.The Australian Government has recently introduced far reaching legislation at a national level that will affect personal property, including aircraft. The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) was passed on 18 December 2009 with operational commencement on 30 January 2012. The Australian Government is also considering whether it should accede to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Convention) and the related Protocol on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (Protocol) (together more commonly known as the CTC) that applies to "aircraft objects". Should the government ratify the CTC, security interests in all aircraft objects (other than smaller aircraft objects falling outside of the CTC definition of aircraft objects) will be regulated by the CTC.For aircraft registered in Australia, this will mean that Australian financiers and lessors will obtain significant benefits. Australia will at last be propelled into the international arena, when dealing with those other jurisdictions that have already ratified the CTC. Another benefit will be derived from the 2011 Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aviation (ASU) which took effect on 1 February 2011. On accession it will provide immediate discounts on minimum premium rates to borrowers in jurisdictions that have acceded to the CTC. In addition if Alternative A of the ASU qualifying declarations is made, there will be a reduction of risk associated with financing. Alternative A (which applies on insolvency) introduces legal predictability and eliminates risk of further delays and this in turn will reduce loss given default. At the same time, regulatory reserves under Basel II will be reduced (and when Basel III commences if reserve requirements are higher than Basel II the loss given default will become more valuable to financiers).The CTC allows creditors to register international, national and prospective interests on the international register. Standard remedies will be available to all jurisdictions that have acceded to the CTC. As a consequence, financiers in the aviation industry will have confidence to provide risk capital, leading to a reduction in costs. Debtors will also gain an advantage by obtaining protection against seizure and detention of aircraft objects if they have maintained their financial obligations.Under the PPSA1 whilst a creditor has the right to seize and detain aircraft in the context of default and in the exercise of its enforcement remedies, there is no provision to assist the creditor with deregistration and export of the aircraft from the Civil Aviation Register. The CTC, on the other hand, establishes clear rules to enable the creditor to seek deregistration and export in the form of an irrevocable deregistration and export request authorisation once the applicable CTC declarations have been made.The Australian Government recognises that aviation is central to its economy and has undertaken extensive consultation with stakeholders in the aviation industry. Support by aviation participants for accession to the CTC has been provided to the government which is currently working through the legislative changes required should it take that step. We expect the government to provide its response later this year.AuthorsNino Di Bartolomeo, PartnerHelen Fielder, Knowledge lawyerNorton Rose Australia, SydneyFootnotesInternational airline activityAviation - Domestic airline activity: Annual 2010 - 2011Qantas has recently placed the biggest order in Australian history for 110 A320 Airbus carriers Airlines conducting business in Canada may be subject to Canadian privacy laws The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the Commissioner) recently issued an important report laying out the test to be used to determine whether it has jurisdiction to investigate a complaint based on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) against a foreign airline which carry passengers to and from Canada.1The report was issued further to a complaint made in 2009 to the Commissioner against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) by a former passenger (the Complainant) who flew on the airline on his way back to Canada four years before. The Complainant alleged that KLM breached its obligations under PIPEDA because it had failed to give him access to the passenger-information record pertaining to him and his family and to provide him with their policies and practices regarding the management of personal information.The Commissioner found that even though KLM is headquartered in the Netherlands, it had jurisdiction to investigate this complaint since there was a "real and substantial connection" between the airline and Canada. The "real and substantial connection test" has principally been used to determine when a Canadian Court should take jurisdiction over a foreign defendant. It also served as the basis of the 2007 Federal Court decision Lawson v. Accusearch2 which ruled that even though PIPEDA does not have extraterritorial effect, the Commissioner has the power to investigate complaints with a sufficient connection to Canada.With respect to the complaint against KLM, the Commissioner found that there was a real and substantial connection for the following reasons: a) the Complainant is a Canadian resident; b) KLM offers services within Canada and has employees in several Canadian airports; c) KLM has a Canadian version of its website; d) KLM frequently operates non-stop flights to and from Canadian airports; e) the Complainant booked a flight from Toronto operated by KLM; and f) KLM has to collect personal data from its Canadian passengers in order to offer them services.After conducting an investigation, the Commissioner concluded that KLM had taken an undue delay to respond to the Complainant's request to access his personal information and that its on-line privacy policy did not provide sufficient information on its practices and policies with respect to the management of personal information. Because of the real and substantial connection with Canada, the Commissioner held that KLM's policies and practices must therefore be modified to ensure compliance with PIPEDA' even though they already met the standards of the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act.The Commissioner's findings in this report is relevant to any passenger airline conducting significant business in Canada as PIPEDA governs the collection, use or disclosure of any personal information in the course of commercial activities. While the Commissioner does not have the power to impose fines on organizations whose policies breach PIDEDA, a complainant may nevertheless rely on a Commissioner's report to apply subsequently to the Federal Court for damages.AuthorFrédéric Wilson, AssociateNorton Rose Canada LLP, MontréalFootnotesPIPEDA Report of Findings #2011-002[2007] 4 R.C.F. 321 Reform of Air Passenger Duty The coalition Government confirmed on 6 December 2011 that it will go ahead with the proposed extension of air passenger duty (APD) announced in the Autumn Statement. This will comprise the extension of APD to flights on private jets and smaller aircraft from April 2013.From 1 April 2013, APD will be charged per passenger on flights on aircraft with an authorised take-off weight of more than 5.7 tonnes (currently the de minimis weight limit is 10 tonnes). The guidance accompanying the draft legislation explains that there was no ready definition of a private jet, so, in order to extend the scope of APD to private jets, the de minimis weight limit for APD would be reduced in order to bring smaller aircraft (including private jets) within the scope of the tax. To put this into context, some six to seven passenger jets (such as the Bombardier Learjet 40XR) would now be over the authorised take-off weight threshold. However, some smaller private jets with a similar passenger seating capacity (such as the Beechcraft Premier IA or the Cessna Citation CJ2+) will continue to be outside the scope of APD by virtue of falling below the revised de minimis weight limit. Changes will also be made to the definition of a passenger for APD purposes, to include passengers who are not carried for reward (as may be the case for passengers on a private jet).The majority of passengers flying aboard private jets will pay APD at the same rates as passengers aboard commercial aircraft. However, the rate of APD will be doubled for private jets considered to be providing a premium service. This category of flights is defined by reference to a combination of the aircraft's authorised take-off weight and seating capacity; applying to aircraft with a certified authorised take-off weight of 20 tonnes or more and an authorised seating capacity of not more than 18 (excluding members of the flight crew and cabin attendants).This extension in the scope of APD to flights on private jets will follow an increase in the rates of APD. As announced in Budget 2011, from 1 April 2012, rates of APD will be increased by around 8 per cent. This is despite lobbying from the UK's travel industry for APD to be scrapped altogether or at least maintained at its current level. Airlines had argued that a higher rate of APD would have a detrimental effect on Britain's tourism industry and that the environmental effect of the aviation industry would be targeted by the expansion of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to include aviation. However, it is clear from the Treasury's explanation of the air passenger duty reforms released on 6 December 2011 that, above all, APD is a revenue-raising duty with only secondary environmental benefits. In March 2011, in its fiscal and economic outlook, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasted that revenue from APD would bring in £2.8 billion in 2012-13. The extension of APD to all flights on aircraft over 5.7 tonnes is estimated to bring around 50,000 additional flights within the scope of APD, raising further revenue.AuthorDavid Ward, Senior associateNorton Rose LLP, London New slots proposals for European airports Ten years after the CAA recommended introducing a market-based mechanism for airport slot trading, the EU has published proposals to achieve just that. Recognising that EU airport capacity is stretched - with Gatwick, Heathrow, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Milan Linate at saturation already - the EU's proposals aim to increase efficient use of airport slots by encouraging a market where slots will be owned by the highest bidder, and so used for the most commercially-attractive services.A "grey market" has already developed in some EU states, such as the UK (where the practice has been endorsed by English courts), under which airlines have swapped peak slots for unused off-peak slots together with a monetary payment. However, secondary slot trading remains prohibited in other member states (such as Spain). The new proposals allow straightforward slot transactions between airlines, either through slot exchanges accompanied by a payment, or simply one airline selling a slot to another. However, the proposals do not allow slot ownership by non-airlines (e.g., banks) which would allow airlines to use the value of slots as security for financing (as occurs in the US).The EU proposals also recognise the need to increase mobility in slot ownership. "New entrants", which have advantageous access to unused "pool" slots, will now be allowed to hold up to ten per cent of slots at an airport (up from four per cent) increasing their ability to build an attractive slot portfolio. The proposals make it harder for airlines to retain existing slots (under "grandfather" rights) by increasing the minimum usage from 80 to 85 per cent under the "use it or lose it" principle.With continued growth in air traffic forecast, these reforms will be welcomed by many, although a market value for slots may impact on the viability of less "valuable" regional routes as airlines will be able to maximise the value of those slots elsewhere. However, at congested hubs such as Heathrow, where 99 per cent of slots are already occupied, these changes will have limited impact. There are further reforms proposed around improved ground-handling to reduce turnaround times, which may increase efficiency - but the underlying issue of inadequate EU airport infrastructure for a growing market will remain.AuthorIan Giles, Senior associateNorton Rose LLP, London ECJ upholds the Directive[1] applying the EU ETS to aviation activities On 21 December 2011 the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) delivered its preliminary ruling on the legal challenge by the Air Transport Association of America and certain US airlines to the validity of Directive 2008/101/EC (the Directive), the Directive which brings aviation activities within the scope of the EU ETS [2]. The ruling is significant in the context of ever growing international opposition to the EU ETS, most notably from the US and China.In its ruling, the ECJ established which rules of international law (from those referenced by the High Court in England) could be relied upon for the purpose of assessing the validity of the Directive. Of note is its judgment that certain provisions of the Open Skies Agreement could be relied upon, but that the referenced articles of the Chicago Convention and the Kyoto Protocol could not. The ECJ also outlined certain principles of customary international law which could be relied upon for the more limited purpose of assessing whether, in adopting the Directive, the institutions of the EU made manifest errors of assessment concerning the conditions for applying those principles.Critically, the ECJ went on to uphold the validity of the Directive, ruling that an examination of the Directive "disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect its validity".Whilst the case has now been returned to the High Court in England for final decision, the ECJ ruling effectively extinguishes a principal line of argument against the measures implementing the Directive in the UK. The ruling will also provide welcome legal certainty for the European Commission in a period of intense international scrutiny of the Directive and the application of the EU ETS to aviation activities. It remains to be seen whether the ruling will be accepted by the wider international community. Press reports suggest that the Civil Aviation Administration of China has reinforced its position that the EU ETS breaches the principles set by the United Nations and ICAO in relation to climate change, and has directed Chinese airlines not to comply with the EU ETS without its approval. The possibility of further legal challenge, of international retaliatory action, and continued political pressure seem likely to dominate the debate over the coming months.A more extensive update on this case and other developments regarding the EU ETS will appear in the next edition of Legalflyer. In the meantime, please contact us if you have any queries regarding the EU ETS and its impact on your business.Key dates1 January 2012: EU ETS applies to aviation activities28 February 2012: free allowances for the coming year credited to each operator's registry account31 March 2012: submission of each operator's verified annual report for the previous year to its administering Member StateAuthorsCarol Aitken, Senior associateNorton Rose LLP, LondonClemence Perrin, ConsultantNorton Rose LLP, BrusselsFootnotes[1] Directive 2008/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Community[2] Air Transport Association of America, American Airlines Inc., Continental Airlines Inc., United Airlines Inc. v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Case C-366/10. 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We should have clans on the Manga website to make it more interesting. Like a Green Clan, Blue Clan, Red Clan, Yellow Clan, and etc........... What ever clan you join the background of your profile will be that color and you'll have the clan name also with clan symbol. We should do trivias for rank points and to see which clan knows more at the end of every week or every two weeks or we can do internet missions to find out which is the best clan I think it's a good idea for the website.
it might be fun if we can get more people to do it then 5 people OR those 5 people (hypotheretically) can make a clan by themselves and everybody else can feel left out (thats ok).
You know thats is a really good idea(I think anyway) "only fools are the greatest failor it is the small losess that break a man down "
but be careful they might kick you off if any rivalaries etc show up ( just a wraning)And Shepherds we shall be.For thee, my Lord, for thee.Power hath descended forth from Thy hand,That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command.So we shall flow a river forth to theeAnd teeming with souls shall it ever be
I think it's a cool idea.
do u want to be in my friends list then we could talk about manga stuff
if you want to be in my clan or friends list have to be a Okatu recuit or higher
yea i also think there should be colors if ur in a clan like around ur picture
maybe there is a clan
clans are cool
that would be so cooli hope it would happen "i am justice.."
ok lets do it we might not have colors or symboles but we can still have the names and in our signature we have to have the clan name in there. I'm making a thread to do soo
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On the once again issue of gun control and its consequences and/or outcome, I would first of all give my sincerest condolences to all of not only the victims of this outrageous tragedy, but to the......
Why doesn't Obama demand that the school HIS daughters attend immediately be turned into a defense-free zone? Because he's an elitist hypocrite who preaches the need to disarm the average normal citizen, while hiding behind men armed with fully automatic assault weapons.
Why does he react to a crime by trying to take guns away from all the people who DIDN'T commit it? He makes as much sense as reacting to a vehicular homicide by taking cars away from all those who drive safely and responsibly every day.
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What bugs me is the "It's time to pass some SENSIBLE gun laws" mantra, as if all the gun laws that liberals supported, and have already gotten, WEREN'T sensible? Then why did they ask for them? You have your National Firearms Act of 1934, that was supposed to prevent criminals from getting "assault weapons." You have your GUN CONTROL Act of 1968, that was supposed to be all the gun control we'd need to prevent gun violence. Before long, there were demands for MORE restrictions, and it seems like each time, the previous victories were forgotten, and THIS time we needed "sensible" gun laws. Each time, the mantra was "When will the NRA and gun makers allow some SENSIBLE gun laws?" which kind of concedes that all those gun laws that were already passed, WEREN'T sensible.
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Dr David Whiteside gained his Ph.D. at Bristol university in 1983. He has written papers including the first description of the basal sphenodontian Diphydontosaurus avonis and originated the theory that the lower temporal bar was secondarily derived in Sphenodon (Whiteside 1983, 1986). David has also written papers that give a specific date and palaeoenvironment to the Triassic fissures of West England (Whiteside and Marshall 2008). David has returned to research in the last few years though still has a day job supporting local authorities and their schools. David is an elected Fellow of the Linnean Society.
Selected publications:
- Marshall JEA, Whiteside DI. 1980. Marine influence in the Triassic 'uplands'. Nature 287:627-628: DOI: 10.1038/287627a0
- Whiteside DI, Robinson D. 1983. A glauconitic clay-mineral from a speleological deposit of Late Triassic age. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 41: 81–85. DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(83)90077-9
- Whiteside DI. 1986. The head skeleton of the Rhaetian sphenodontid Diphydontosaurus avonis gen. et sp. nov., and the modernising of a living fossil. Phil Trans R Soc London B312:379–430 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2396214
- Whiteside DI, Marshall JEA. 2008. The age, fauna and palaeoenvironment of the Late Triassic fissure deposits of Tytherington, South Gloucestershire, UK. Geological Magazine 145:105–147. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807003925
Selected abstracts:
- Whiteside DI. 1983. Modernising of a 'living fossil'. Palaeontological Association annual conference abstract booklet. 28-29.
- Whiteside DI. 2009. Faunal succession of the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic terrestrial tetrapod assemblages from the fissure deposits of south western Britain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3)S: 200A.


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From the Kien Valley a new chairlift leads high up to Ramslauenen, where you will have a magnificent view of the Blüemlisalp, the Kien Valley and Lake Thun. The Kien Valley boasts Europe's steepest PostAuto route, with a gradient of 28%. This spectacular ride, leading from the resort town of Kiental (Kien Valley) past the Tschingel Lake to Griesalp, is an unforgettable experience for everyone.
Griesalp in the Kien Valley, is the starting point of memorable mountain hikes and high altitude treks. About 250 kilometers of hiking trails take you through colorful flower-decked meadows, shady mountain forests, past rushing mountain streams and thunderous waterfalls. The Kien Valley's theme trails, which extol the uniqueness of the flora and fauna as well as the legends and lore of the valley, are in great demand.
As soon as the first snow falls, the Kien Valley becomes a winter paradise. The 7-kilometer toboggan run from Ramslauenen to the Kien Valley is a highlight for all ages! The Kien Valley also has an ideal skiing area for beginners and families. The beautiful panorama terrace and dining room of the Ramslauenen Mountain House guarantee many cozy hours.
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Your sunrise summary of everything you need to know about weather in H-town.
Warm and muggy, with partly sunny skies this afternoon.
We'll have a couple of more warm December days before much colder weather sets in.
The first of several cold fronts should reach Houston by Thursday afternoon or evening, pushing temperatures into the 40s on Thursday night and keeping them there on Friday. Skies will turn overcast and the region should see light rain or drizzle, National Weather Service forecasters say.
Colder air will filter into the region during the weekend, pushing overnight lows into the upper 30s. There's a slight chance of frozen precipitation this weekend — if it occurs it will most likely do so north of the metro area.
If you think that's cold, well, we're just getting started. Some global models indicate an Arctic air mass is likely to move into the region early next week. I asked Fred Schmude, a forecaster with ImpactWeather, for his thoughts on the possibility that this cold air will push Houston lows into the 20s on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
His reply:
Typically in these types of cold weather patterns it's the second push of air that is the coldest. Considering also we will have a significant ice and snow cover possibly as far south as central/north Texas also favors less modification of the second push of Arctic air and a higher risk of a hard freeze sometime early next week. Right now I think there's increasing chance of seeing lows falling into the mid to upper 20s on the north side and the upper 20s to low 30s on the south side with that second push of air. In addition, if there's any moisture still around I would not rule out a brief risk for some light frozen precipitation before the main push of colder air arrives.
Right now it doesn't appear likely that moisture will hang around, but if it does, whoo, boy.
Regardless, enjoy the moderate temperatures today and Thursday. After that they're gone until the middle of the month.
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Zachary Quinto on What He Misses About Auditioning and Live Theater
"I loved auditioning because it was just an opportunity to act. Whether or not I got the job was the next hurdle, but the idea that I would get to act that day was the thing that excited me the most about it." - Zachary Quinto
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Holbrook talks about working with the real-life Steve Murphy, what movie inspired his narration, and why shooting in Colombia was so challenging.
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This page provides important links, documents, and deadlines for Program Chairs.
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Hillary schools Congress
January 28, 2013
So many times during Hillary Clinton's testimony this week before Congress, I wanted to place one hand on the shoulder of every teenage girl in America, point at the TV screen with the other hand an......
Hooray for Hillary!
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What a hilarious column,one has to wonder what this airhead has been smoking. I suggest the cartoon in the print edition is far more accurate. The push is on, it will be fun to watch how the media "retools".
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Dustin Campbell joins Charles Torre to discuss Project Roslyn, the C#/VB compiler API that recently released in CTP state. Dustin is a developer on the Roslyn team. Questions were tweeted to #ch9live and answered by Dustin in real time. Thanks for submitting questions! Tune in and learn some things about Roslyn you may not know...
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There was a question about the Mono AOT compiler. "AOT" means Ahead-of-Time.
The Mono AOT compiler combined with the all-managed Mono implementation of the BCL (which I don't know that it strictly requires) basically does classical linking: it cuts down on the code you have to ship around, it can embed framework code inside your assembly and those things combined with a classical instruction emitter are interesting. In fact, C# support in Unity, MonoTouch and MonoDroid depend on this to generate all the native machine instructions up front so that it may run on the intended platforms.
I don't expect Microsoft to admit to having something like this in the labs if they do, or to run out and support it, but it'd sure be a nice option and I hope someone's looked at it and gone "huh". Roslyn would make it more plausible for someone in the community to attempt it, even if embedding assemblies P/Invoking code for other architectures still is a hard nut to crack.
Compile in the sky. If you already host code in the sky with TFS/Azure, it kind of makes sense, doesn't it?
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Introducing Get Ripped With Swimming
Sweating it out on a treadmill is fine but 30 minutes of swimming is as good as 45 minutes of any other cardio. And to prove it Gareth set off to show how easy it is to get ripped with swimming.
My name's Gareth. I've been going to the gym about three times a week for the past year but recently felt like I've hit a plateau.
After reading various articles on the internet about how good swimming was for you, I started 'gymming then swimming'.
I know what I'm doing at the gym and I know how to swim so it seemed a no-brainer.
Four hours a week for six weeks – that's 24 hours to build a lot of hard muscle. Could I do it?
Well I did. With a solid diet plan and the dedication of four sessions a week I got ripped with swimming.
Read my diary and follow my plan below and you can easily be like me. Ripped.
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The bathroom @ the fair smelled so bad, l had to Tijuana tunnel myself to keep from throwing up.
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The upper part of Malvaglia is one of the easiest canyons in Switzerland and ideal for breathing in some canyon air. The bright, open area makes for relaxed canyoning fun. It includes some stretches that are walked. The two spots for rappelling are not terrifyingly high, but they occasionally lead directly into clear water; the water slides give one a first impression of the various formations. The jumps are the clear highlight of this adventure. With about three hours of pure "canyon time", this tour is well suited for canyoning beginners.
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The lower part of the Val Malvaglia Canyon is deep, wet and challenging. Here one experiences action-packed rappelling and various techniques in a classical canyon. While it is the ultimate jump-canyon in the upper part, the lower Malvaglia turns into an increasingly difficult, adventurous canyon with spectacular spots for rappelling. Many narrow crevices, deep, bizarre sinkholes, and immense washed out formations in the beautifully grained rock define the canyon.
Some canyoning experience, or at least experience in rappelling, physical fitness and a good head for heights are required: The final rappelling spot is 80 amazing meters high and located on a vertical rock face directly adjacent to a gushing waterfall.
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I know there are people on here that don't like me, and I can honestly say I don't like a few of those ladies as well. That's life. No one is going to like everyone. I thought about leaving, I logged out and I vowed I wouldn't log back in. But something hit me. I'm not going to let a group of people ruin the one place I have to go when I have no one else to turn to. Where I go when I need someone to talk to or have something to vent about. I don't care if you comment on my post. I don't care if you put your snark in the box and press "post". I don't care. I'm going to continue to do what I'm doing. I do not have any other accounts. I have not made one before this, I did not make one during this one, and I will not make one after. I have no desire to act like someone I'm not just so a bunch of random girls will like me over the internet. That's not who I am. So, if you like me, cool beans. If not, that's cool too. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and make choices for themselfs of who they are going to talk to and associate with. I'm not asking ANY of you to talk to me or associate yourselfs with me. If I make a post, I'm not going to go cry in a corner somewhere because I didn't get any comments. If I vent and you think it's ridiculous what I'm upset about say it. If you don't like me, PAN me and say it so you don't get in trouble. I don't want trouble and I know none of you do either. But I will not stop posting and commenting. This is a site for everyone and I have just as right to be here as anyone else does. Say what you want about me. I don't care. Have fun with it even. If that's what gets your jollies off, have at it. End.
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When I lay on my back at night, I feel a little hard ball on the right side of my uterus. When I press it, it eventually goes away. Is that the baby curling up in that one spot or something different?
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Stunning red carpet fashions shall be revealed and winners announced, but for many eager fans Sunday evening is just too long to wait.
Don't fret: Celebrity psychic Thomas John is here to help.
John is internationally renowned for his abilities to predict Hollywood news stories before they occur – a gift that can prove especially beneficial come awards season.
In advance of this year's Globes, John provided his insight into the winners, surprises to expect from the show and what 2014 may hold for some favorite nominees.
Join us as we gaze into his crystal ball and get an edge on what's in store for Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Leonardo DiCaprio and many others.
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Myeloma Today: Please tell us a little about your life before myeloma.
Terry Herman: I had an average life. I am married. [Editor's note:Terry is married to Howie seen above with her.] I have a son who is going to be 33 and a daughter who is going to be 31. Both of my children have children of their own. I have a business – I own a travel agency with a partner. I've always thought I was extremely healthy. I exercised, took all the right vitamins and antioxidants, and ate all the right foods. I used to laugh because my husband Howie was always running to the doctor, always thinking that something was wrong with him. I used to say, "All you have to do is take care of yourself!"
MT: When were you diagnosed?
TH: In April, 2002, I had a stint in the emergency room because of some pain in my side. It turned out to be irritable bowel syndrome and acid reflux. But the blood tests revealed a high protein level. Of course, at the time I didn't understand what that meant. I had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. Then I got pneumonia, followed by bronchitis. My family doctor had been monitoring me very closely ever since the elevated blood protein level was discovered and he told me that as soon as I got better, I needed to go see a hematologist. He was hoping I had MGUS and had discussed it with me but I just wasn't paying attention. I didn't even bother to look up MGUS on the Web so I never realized that this could be something serious. After all, I felt healthy! But my family doctor just wouldn't let the matter drop. When I got over the bronchitis at the end of August, he insisted that I see a hematologist.
The hematologist wanted to do some blood work, a 24-hour urine collection, a bone scan, and a bone marrow biopsy. I said, "I am going to humor you. I'll give you some blood and all the urine you want. You can even take x-rays. But as far as doing a biopsy, that's out of the question." When the hematologist called me with the test results, I happened to have been playing around on my computer. He said, "You definitely have to come in for the bone marrow biopsy." I said, "What are you looking for?" He said, "I am not looking for anything. You have myeloma." So of course I type in the word "myeloma" into the computer and the search comes back "cancer of the plasma cell." I told the doctor that he had the wrong person. This couldn't be! Yes, I was anemic and I had a benign protein in my blood, but how can that be malignant? He tried to explain it to me but at that moment I was so stunned that there was no way I could deal with this kind of information. This is why, in my opinion, you always need to bring someone with you when you go see a doctor. It's important to have someone else there to listen to the information. A patient really can't process it all.
MT: What did you do?
TH: I called my husband. I kept saying, "I don't understand. The doctor is telling me that I have cancer. He must have thought he was talking to somebody else. Or maybe he mixed up the charts…" I couldn't get it through my head. My husband told me to call our family doctor. I received the diagnosis on Friday, October 15, 2002. Our family doctor was on vacation but called me back and spent at least 45 minutes trying to calm me down. I spent the whole weekend crying. I though I was a healthy human being. This was a very rude awakening.
I gathered my family. I said, "Listen, I just want to tell you all that I am going to be here for a while and I am going to take very good care of myself. I don't want you to treat me special. I want to be who I've always been. I want to be your mother. I want to be there for you. I don't want you to think that you can't talk to me because I'm going to die next week. That's not going to happen. My disease is in the early stages and every day the doctors are coming out with something new." And I am looking at my kids and they are sitting there stone-faced, and my son-in-law and daughter-in-law are crying. I said, "What's wrong with this picture? My children aren't crying. My in-law children are crying!" That's when we all laughed.
A cancer diagnosis is very hard to come to terms with. You really don't know where to turn. It would be very difficult to have myeloma and to have to deal with it on your own. We all need help to get through this.
MT: How do you cope?
TH: I have a great support system. I have a husband who's been just unbelievable. His mother was sick for many years and I should have known then, as I watched him take care of her, that I was going to be so lucky some day, that he was going to be there to take care of me. And he does. He makes sure I go to the doctor, and he comes with me. He's never missed an appointment. My daughter has also gone for doctor visits with me. I can email my hematologist with questions and get an answer from him within hours! We discuss my blood levels every month. He is trying very hard to keep me stable. And my family doctor still calls me all the time just to see how I am feeling. I have two wonderful doctors who work hand-in-hand.
A couple of months ago, I attended to my first support group meeting. I don't think that I could have gone earlier because I just wasn't ready. But now I find it very informative.
And I have found out that my friends are true friends, not just acquaintances. They are there for me and that is so important. They call me to before my treatments, they call after. They offer to take me to my doctor appointments, to sit with me during treatments. They browse the Internet doing research – when VELCADE™ received its FDA approval, I received so many calls from friends making sure that I had all the information. It's just unbelievable. I feel so loved and protected by everybody.
MT: How did you learn about the IMF?
TH: I found the IMF on the web. I ordered the free InfoPack and signed up for this newsletter. Your educational materials have been most informative. They help me to ask the right questions and communicate better with my doctor and that's very important. I think that people need help learning how to communicate. They need guidance. These are things I never needed before because I had never been sick before the myeloma. By the time a social worker came up to me in the hospital to ask if there was something I needed, I had already had a lot of help and information both from my doctor and the IMF. I had gone through every single page of the literature I received from the IMF. I felt that I knew what was going on and had a better view of where I stood. Even now, once every couple of months I still take out my health folder and re-read all the books because at each stage I absorb different information, even from reading the same text. As I've progressed since the diagnosis, I have been able to absorb more and more information.
MT: Why did you decide to participate in the IMF Mail For The Cure (MFTC) campaign?
TH: For years, I have been involved with a number of different causes. I lost a very dear friend on 9/11. His wife started a foundation for him and my husband and I have been very involved with it. And everyone has been extremely generous. Even my neighbors – and I've been living here for only 2 years – have donated to this foundation. Also, for years I have supported the American Cancer Society – my mother had breast cancer, as have several close friends. And my husband and I donate to several charities that my neighbors are involved with. So when I learned about the MFTC campaign, I thought that if I can donate to other causes, why shouldn't the people I know donate to a cause that's so important to me?
MT: How did you proceed?
TH: I sent in my order form to the IMF. The following week, I received a packet in the mail that contained hints on how to write a letter. So I wrote a letter and brought it home to my husband. He thought the letter was very good but I was concerned that I was asking for too much. I don't like to put people on the spot. He pointed out that the IMF does not disclose the amount of an individual donation so contributors can choose to give any amount they wish. Even if they send in just $5… that's $5 more than the IMF would have had otherwise. I started to figure out whom to send the letters to. First, I was just going to send them to my close friends, knowing that they would rally around me. But then I took out my address book and went through it from one end of the book to the other and sent letters to everyone I knew. And every night I would come home and find messages on my answering machine from people saying that they wanted to participate. I even heard from people who did not receive my letters but had heard about them from others. Everyone was offering to contribute. A company I worked for 16 years ago sent in a check for $500! I was overwhelmed that they should think enough of me to contribute to the IMF. The response has been unbelievable. I am overwhelmed with phone calls and the love and the concern and the offers of help. I know that these people will be there for me forever.
Gradually, I am finding it easier to cope with my diagnosis. I've come to understand that my health is in my hands, that I need to take it seriously, and be prepared for whatever comes at me down the line. I feel so lucky that everyone is there for me. I don't know where I'd be without my family and friends.
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Gov. Tom Corbett may not like ranking priorities, but the pension crisis facing Pennsylvania needs to be one of his top issues this year.
The problem is clearly apparent as the governor and top aides outlined to representatives from five Ogden Newspapers in Pennsylvania, including the Mirror, on Monday in Harrisburg.
Simply put: Bad decisions by previous legislatures and governors coupled with economic downturns that trashed investment returns for much of a decade have left Pennsylvania with a huge unfunded pension liability that threatens to swallow up larger and larger portions of the state budget.
As demands of the pension system grow, they will squeeze out other things in the budget and/or eventually leading to tax hikes.
Public school districts face the same dilemma because they and the state split the employer cost for pensions for public school employees.
Currently, there is a $41 billion shortfall between the funding on hand and what the State Employees' Retirement System and the Public School Employees' Retirement System are obligated pay out based on current formulas. And it's up to the state and school districts - i.e. taxpayers - to fill that hole.
It's important to note that state and school employees have contributed their required amounts toward the pension systems each year.
The same can't be said for the state and school districts. For years in an effort to soften the blow from lower investment returns, egislators capped what the state and schools had to contribute to the pension plans below the amounts needed.
This put off the pain until later.
Well, later has arrived.
The percentage of payroll that the state and school districts have to contribute to the pension systems will increase annually for most or all of this decade and then remain at those peak levels into the 2030s or beyond, a state Budget Office report shows.
Putting this in dollars, the state's share of the pension costs will increase from $1 billion this fiscal year to $1.5 billion in the next. This will rise to $4.3 billion in fiscal year 2016-17 and $5.1 billion in fiscal year 2019-20.
Those increases pose a huge problem.
While Corbett is providing an important service by alerting the public - much like Paul Revere did in the Revolutionary War - to fix this problem, the Keystone State is going to need a general forcing a plan of attack.
That's not likely to happen unless Corbett ranks it as a top priority.
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"I've gotten to know his family over the years and they're just amazing," the actor, 37, told PEOPLE Saturday at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Benefit in New York. "They're just an incredible lot of people."
"We have that connection – we're all from the same part of the world," he added, referring to their mutual upbringing in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Another attribute he and Fox have in common? A shared mission.
PEOPLE's former Sexiest Man Alive first teamed up with Fox, 52, in the fight against Parkinson's disease – which Reynolds's father also suffers from – five years ago when he ran the ING New York City Marathon, as the first celebrity chair of the foundation's fundraising arm Team Fox. Since then, the two actors have grown closer.
"He's incredible in everything that he does, from the foundation to his work to his work ethic," Reynolds says of the star of the new The Michael J. Fox Show, which marks the actor's first starring television role in 13 years. "There's a reason why everyone likes this guy so much – he's just unsinkable."
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A horrific day turned to a night of unspeakable grief as parents received formal notifications that their children were killed in the Connecticut school massacre.
The last of the dozens of bodies – most of them children – were removed by early Saturday from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as police narrowed in on a motive and released the names of the victims.
Investigators have found "very good evidence ... as to how, and more importantly, why, this occurred," State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance told reporters. He didn't disclose what this evidence was.
Earlier, Vance said police had "worked well through the night."
"Our objective certainly was to positively identify the victims to try to give the families some closure," Vance tells CBS News.
The gunman, identified by multiple law enforcement sources as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, killed 20 children and six adults, before taking his own life at the school. His mother also was killed at a different location, bringing the death toll to 28.
Eighteen children were pronounced dead at the scene, and two at the hospital. Eight were boys and 12 were girls. All the children were ages 6 or 7. Six adult women were pronounced dead at the scene.
When revealing the names, Patricia Llodra, Newtown's first selectman, asked reporters for "respect on this healing journey."
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For more than a century the University of Hawaii has brought together research and education to produce some of the brightest intellectuals in the state. But UH has also brought something else - money, and lots of it, statewide and in Maui County.
A recent study estimates that UH spent $2.32 billion in the 2012 fiscal year, more than half of which - $1.84 billion - was spent locally. Researchers with the UH Economic Research Organization, who released the study last week, estimated that UH's impact on the state's economy last year amounted to more than $3.6 billion.
With its 10 campuses statewide, the UH system is one of Hawaii's biggest economic engines.
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A human anatomical model stares down on Conrad Hornick's human anatomy and physiology class during a slide show lecture in the University of Hawaii Maui College's old science building Tuesday afternoon.
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Maui College physics professor Comron Nouri explains a point to his class Tuesday. A report by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization estimated that the university's impact on the state's overall economy amounted to more than $3.6 billion last year. Maui College employs 732 people and had an impact of about $85 million last year, the economists said.
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"This is just part of a series of reports UHERO has done since 2000 to show that we (the university) are an important part of the economy, and there are real benefits to the spending that goes on," said Carl Bonham, UHERO's executive director.
"We're not just a bunch of people doing research or teaching."
When calculating UH's economic impact, researchers analyzed its purchases from local businesses, its payments to employees and spending by students and visitors, Bonham said.
More than $1 billion of UH's expenditures last year was paid out in employee earnings. According to the report, UH accounted for more than 28,500 jobs in Hawaii, with about 732 of those jobs being in Maui County.
UH-Maui College spent more than $42 million last year. Taking into account how those dollars affected local businesses, student and visitor spending and a number of other factors, researchers estimated UH-Maui College had an economic impact of about $85 million last year.
"We have a substantial positive impact on the local economy, touching on everything from workforce development, to health care and the visitor industry," said Clyde Sakamoto, chancellor of UH-Maui College. "We're continually expanding our role as a key economic driver with the goal of adding value, reducing waste and solving problems."
Over the past 10 years, the Maui campus has brought in more than $115 million from "extramural funding," or sources outside the UH system, Sakamoto added.
Last fall, enrollment at the college totaled 4,382 students, 93 percent of them local residents.
A student at UH-Maui College spends on average more than those at any other UH campus in the state, with an average of $28,267 per year, not counting tuition. If tuition were counted, students at the university's flagship Manoa campus would be the highest spenders.
Today, UH-Maui College, which started as a vocational school in 1931, offers 49 programs in fields ranging from nursing and dentistry to business and culinary arts. The school also added three four-year baccalaureate degrees - in applied business and information technology, engineering technology and sustainable science management.
"We're very happy that the college is here, they've been providing high education for the community, and they're making the important transition from community college to four-year college," said county spokesman Rod Antone. "The Mayor's Office thinks that can only benefit Maui County."
Statewide, a direct benefit to the economy is the university's purchase of supplies from vendors. The additional sale by a wholesaler to the vendor represents an indirect benefit. A third benefit, called "induced" benefit, would be the amount paid by the vendor and wholesaler to employees.
A difference between private business and the university is that it relies on taxpayers for part of its funding. In fiscal year 2012, UH and its research arm spent $1.7 billion in support of the school's education mission. Of that, $376 million came from the state general fund. The remaining $1.4 billion was paid for by government research and training grants, student tuition and fees, bookstore revenue and federal matching grants.
Additional spending by the privately funded University of Hawaii Foundation, other student spending and spending by visitors attending UH conferences brought total UH-related expenditures to $2.32 billion.
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Ayad Alkadhi LectureJanuary 23, 2013 - January 10, 2013
Manoa Campus, Art Building
In Residence Jan. 18 - 30, 2013
Born and raised in Baghdad, Alkadhi currently lives and works in New York City. Alkadhi's work focuses on cultural and political topics of Iraq and the Middle East. His use of street art language, Arabic newspaper on mixed-media canvases, as well as his use of calligraphy, connects elements of traditional media to contemporary art. This collision produces images that ultimately express the artist's concern with the polarities of Middle Eastern politics.
Alkadhi received his MFA from the New York University's ITP Tisch School of the Arts. His most recent exhibits include: the Queens Museum, the Austrian Cultural forum and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum in New York; the Station Museum in Houston, Texas; the Maraya Art Centre in Sharjah in the UAE. Alkadhi's visit is sponsored by the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation, Shangri La, and SFCA. www.aalkadhi.com
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Windward Campus, Hale Kuhina 115
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Manoa Campus, Campus Center
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Manoa Campus, Burns Hall 2118, East-West Center
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Manoa Campus, Moore Hall 259
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Ivy got new shoes. I actually completely forgot I ordered them a while back from The Mini Social. She only has a pair of flip flops that fit her right now, so it was good timing when they arrived the other day! I am not sure if they are supposed to, but they smell like smelly pencils or scratch n' sniff stickers of yesteryear.
This afternoon we sat outside and she helped me "peel" the corn on the cob for dinner. She did a great job, too. Then I caught her sneaking bites of the (uncooked) corn. She is something else. I am really really really looking forward to my just me and her time when school starts for all three boys next month. It's going to be awesome.
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quote: The angled front isn't there to look pretty, it is there to reduce aerodynamic drag at high speeds, and it is important if you want the train to stay in one piece while moving that fast over long distances.
quote: That long, angled front is mostly for looks. A more blunt, rounded shape like the other picture is more aerodynamically efficient at subsonic speeds. Those principles of aerodynamics were figured out over a hundred years ago.
quote: Your 4,000 ton diesel-hauled freight train trundling along at 40 mph can have every single truck shaped like a brick and it will make no noticeable difference to efficiency. ... Your 400 ton electric-powered 200 mph passenger service is an altogether different story... The overall energy usage depends almost entirely on how much energy needs to be spent maintaining a high speed, and that is determined by how much rolling-resistance and aerodynamic drag it experiences.
quote: A long pointy nose might not be viable on a plane for weight (weight == fuel usage on planes) and weight-distribution reasons, but a couple of extra tons on the front of a train costs nothing compared with the rest of the weight and can help it cut through the air that bit more efficiently. Don't judge how trains should look by how planes do.