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Marcial: Why Pros Are Sweet on Nestleby
When shares of global packaged-food goliath NestlÉ (NSRGY) toppled to a 52-week low in early March, some institutional portfolio managers seized the opportunity to add to their holdings in the stock. NestlÉ got hammered partly because of the worldwide recession and consumer spending slowdown. But Edwin Walczak of Swiss-based asset manager Vontobel increased the firm's stake in NestlÉ from 4% of its portfolio to more than 6%.
"The concerns about the stock—including fears that its stalwart performance last year already exhausted its upside potential, and a slowdown in sales in emerging markets—don't exceed the positive virtues and valuation of NestlÉ's quality business," says Walczak. "NestlÉ isn't just the world's largest, but the best food company [on] the planet," adds the analyst, who believes the stock is trading at bargain-level prices based on its price-earnings ratio, potential for growth, and attractive dividend yield of nearly 4%.
L'Oreal Stake on the Block?
Headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, and trading in the U.S. through American Depositary Receipts, NestlÉ is known worldwide for its broad range of 8,500 food products, including its famous chocolate bars Baby Ruth and Butterfinger, NestlÉ Quik, NescafÉ coffee, Carnation milk, Coffee-mate creamer, Stouffer's frozen dinners, Perrier mineral water, and Alpo dog food. The company's ADRs reached a 52-week low of 29 on Mar. 3, down from a 52-week high of 50 last June. On Apr. 28 they closed at 31.90.
NestlÉ also owns assets in nonfood businesses: It has held big stakes in two companies, New York Stock Exchange-listed Alcon (ACL), a Swiss-based eye-care company, and French cosmetics leader L'Oreal (LRLCY), which trades over the counter in the U.S. NestlÉ has agreed to sell its 51.7% Alcon stake to Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis (NVS), which has already paid NestlÉ for half of the stake.
NestlÉ's interest in L'Oreal, valued at about $15 billion, also is believed to be on the block, but no bidder has yet surfaced, notes Daniel Grüneisen, CEO of Vontobel Securities. He figures that NestlÉ ADRs are selling "at historic lows" and are an attractive investment for the next three to five years. They deserve to trade at much higher price-earnings ratios, he says. When stripped of both Alcon and L'Oreal, NestlÉ would trade at 9 times its projected 2009 earnings of $2.72 a share, figures Grüneisen. That kind of valuation is below its historic p-e average as well as those of its peers, he notes. Major food company Kraft (KFT) trades at 13 times, and European food stocks trade at around 11 times, says Grüneisen. In fact, NestlÉ deserves to trade at a premium to its peers, he suggests.
Industry-Leading Growth Ahead?
"NestlÉ's top-of-class ranking warrants a sizable premium to its peers," says analyst Andrew Wood of Sanford C. Bernstein, who rates the stock outperform with a price target of 43 a share. He describes NestlÉ as the "strongest and most balanced company in the European food group." He adds: "We have seen excellent operating results from NestlÉ in 2006, 2007, and 2008, and we expect this to continue in 2009…despite the tough environment."
NestlÉ reported first-quarter results on Apr. 22, which Wood says "were good, but not great." Nonetheless, the earnings showed that "NestlÉ remains well positioned to deliver strong top-line [revenue] in 2009, plus healthy margin development, given easing commodity costs." He says that NestlÉ remains his top pick in the European food sector for 2009.
Morgan Stanley's (MS) European consumer team also has praise for NestlÉ: "The breadth of NestlÉ's growth geographically continues to stand out within the European food group, and we view it as the most defensive stock operationally. We expect NestlÉ to achieve industry-leading organic growth of close to 5% this year."
In the U.S., NestlÉ ADRs are owned by some large institutional investors, among them Harris Associates, which owns 10.3 million, and State Farm Mutual, with 9.3 million.
Among analysts, only two in the U.S. follow NestlÉ and both rate the ADRs outperform. One of them, Jefferies' (JEF) Simon Marshall-Lockyer, put this headline on his recent report about the company: "NestlÉ: Solid as a Rock."


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Two city councillors are at the centre of another law suit involving Vancouver City Hall.
The latest suit is alleging Geoff Meggs and Kerry Jang each had a conflict of interest related to the re-zoning decision over Heather Place at Willow and 13th, that they failed to disclose.
Jang says many launching the suit are members of the NPA or COPE and this is nothing but a politically motivated smear tactic.
"We were advised that we were not in a conflict of interest. I can't really say much other than that other than it is before the courts."
In April, City Council approved the new development with 230 rental units, with 52 being subsidized.
The current building offers 52 subsidized and low market rental units.

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|Oh god it hasn't even aired yet.
Worn at Kitacon 2012, got lots of nice comments the day after as people didn't realise it was me (Kus, COSPLAYING A GIRL?!?)
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I am bringing my trusty toothbrush again.
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To inspect the bottom box, do I remove the entire top box with frames in it?
If I put a queen excluder on top of the 2nd box now and add on another box of frames/foundation will I be able to extract some honey for ourselves, while allowing the bees to continue building strength for winter?
Primary source? Do you mean where did I get the nucs? A queen breeder in Port Hope, Ontario. I can dig out his name if you want it, just let me know if that is what you meant.
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Long Beach Arena - March 12, 1975
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RE: New Video in Maryland?
This is some f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c f-o-o-t-a-g-e. It always amazes me how these clips of Zeppelin appear on this website after years of not even knowing they existed? We must say "thanks" to all the people who filmed these shows even though the arenas and the band's management were dead set against it. Then again, if nobody took the chance of getting thrown out for filming, there would be no historical documents from the Zeppelin shows such as this one. Keep the videos coming.....


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The I/O panel is a work of wonder as you get the full complement of audio connectors, a mini Firewire, six-pin Firewire, dual PCI-E Gigabit LAN and eight USB 2.0 ports. The only legacy ports are a pair of PS/2 for your mouse and keyboard so eight USB ports gives you huge scope for connecting your peripherals and if you have ports mounted on your case there are headers for four more USB ports and one more Firewire.
On the downside there are no activity or power lights on the board so you can't be sure whether it's safe to install or remove components, and that's quite disconcerting.
The layout is good but the top graphics slot blocks the memory latches and you can't release a double slot graphics card unless you push the 'wrong' end of the retention pin. As both graphics slots have equal billing in the BIOS you're better off installing a single graphics card in the second slot. If you do decide to run CrossFire then you'll have to face these minor annoyances and will also lose the use of one PCI-E x1 slot and one PCI slot, leaving two PCI-E x1 slots and a single PCI slot available for expansion.
You don't get any eSATA ports though there are two eSATA brackets that connect to internal SATA ports. Each bracket supports two drives and there are eight SATA ports on the board so that gives you all the storage options you could reasonably want.
Although Gigabyte includes the dual BIOS chips we have come to know and love, it seems that this is not enough so Gigabyte has added a system where you can also update from a BIOS file on a CD or hard drive.
X38 includes some novel features that take the overclocking fight to nVidia. There's support for XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) which is Intel's answer to SLI memory and is reserved for use with DDR3 memory. Compatible memory modules contain SPD settings that are triggered when the memory is used with a compatible X38 motherboard. The significant point is that Intel appears to be embracing overclocking for the first time in living memory.
We're also told that Intel has come up with software named Extreme Tuning Utility as an answer to nTune. Our test motherboard came with the software on a CD-R that appeared to be complete however there was no sign of the utility.
Then there's the point that the dual graphics slots not only support 16 lanes of PCI-E each but they are compliant with the PCI-E 2.0 standard, which has double the bandwidth of the original PCI-E standard. We clearly had stacks of bandwidth in every part of the system so we lined up some top components for your testing including a Core 2 Extreme QX6850 processor, 2GB of OCZ PC3-1600 memory with the all-important XMP profile, two PowerColor HD Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics cards and a Hitachi 7K1000 hard drive, all running on Windows XP SP2.
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I've been reading around Proudhon quite a bit lately, trying to establish contexts as a step towards further clarifying his ideas. And I have been in search of 19th century English translations of the French socialists, as a step towards establishing the contexts for people like William B. Greene and William Henry Channing. There are large chunks of the writings of Charles Fourier, Victor Considerant, and a number of the important French socialist-feminists tucked away in the pages of American papers. The translations are often partial, and occasionally untrustworthy, but I've been setting aside time each week for searching, double-checking and correcting, and slowly but surely I'll start posting the various versions online. Some time ago, I posted a link to part of Louis Blanc's "The Socialist's Catechism," which appeared in translation in 1850 in The Spirit of the Age. (It's not always easy to know when you have a complete translation, but this seems to be complete now.) Blanc was, of course, one of Proudhon's main antagonists in the 1848 period, and in the course of another search, soon after digging up the later sections of his Catechism, I ran across some works in French, from his Nouveau Monde, critiquing Proudhon. The titles are delicious: "Men of the People, the State is You!" and "The State-Anarchy of Citizen Proudhon." In the latter, I found reference to another "Socialist Catechism," that appeared in the Voix du Peuple, which Blanc, without quite attributing it to Proudhon, nonetheless claimed represented Proudhon's "ideal." The piece was unfamiliar to me, and didn't show up in a text-search on Proudhon's works. A broader search revealed that it was an article written by Charles-François Chevé, who fired the opening shots in the Proudhon-Bastiat debate on interest. And a couple of days of wrestling with it produced a translation. It's a very interesting document, and probably was fairly close to the vision shared in Proudhon's circle at that time. It's well worth a look.
But I was really stealing time away from another project to work on the translation, and to do the inevitable research on what else of Chevé's I could track down online. With about half of this second Catechism translated, I went back to the job of tracking down articles for a collection of writings by William Henry Channing. That took me back into the pages of The Spirit of the Age, which I've been paging through to find articles left out of the published indexes. And that brought me to a pair of translations from "The Last Word of Socialism" (no author noted) which looked interesting enough to pursue. And, while there don't seem to have been as many "last words of socialism" as "solutions of the social problem" or "socialist catechisms," that title seemed awfully familiar to me. Oh, yeah. Our pal Chevé wrote a book called Le Dernier Mot du Socialisme, par un catholique in 1848. And it turns out that what I had found was two chapters from that work, including another chapter in roughly catechistic form on "The Landlord and His Tenants." But posting those will have to wait for another day...
Neo-Proudhonian Mutualism.—Between Contr'archy and Guarantism.—The Multiplication of Free Forces is the True Contr'un.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Two Socialist Catechisms
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Thanks for that. Very interesting -- confirms my reading of Proudhon's ideas at that time.
I have to ask, what issue of "VOICE OF THE PEOPLE" is it from? Also, where did you find it? Is there an on-line archive somewhere?
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- Shawn P. Wilbur said...
Louis Blanc cites the issue as October 29, 1849. It was published separately in 1850.
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UPDATES: Bloomberg, Booker and tri-region govs give Irene updates
Sunday, August 28
[UPDATE 5: The governor's office has announced the city's subways--with a few exceptions--will be up and running by 6 AM tomorrow morning.
But here are the exceptions:
o 3 trains will operate between 137th Street/City College and New Lots Avenue; Substitute bus service will be provided between Harlem 148th Street and 135th Street connecting with the 2 train.
o C trains suspended; A trains will make all local stops from 207th St. to Lefferts Blvd.
§ No service in the Rockaways. (Rockaway Blvd. to Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park)
o 6 trains runs local in the Bronx
o 7 trains run local
o S Franklin Avenue Shuttle (FAS) Suspended
o N trains terminate at Kings Highway. Shuttle bus service between Kings Highway and Stillwell Terminal.
· The Staten Island Railway will resume normal service at midnight tonight.
[UPDATE 4: Governor Cuomo's office announced FEMA added an additional 10 counties to receive disaster assitance. On top of the five boroughs of New York City and the Long Island counties of Suffolk and Nassau, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties have been added.]
[UPDATE 3: Mayor Bloomberg gave a press conference on the city's status post-Irene. The notes are below.]
[UPDATE 2: Governor Christie's press conference earlier is posted below.]
[UPDATE: Governor Cuomo has closed the Tappan Zee Bridge due to flooding on the NY Thruway.]
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave an upbeat press conference earlier today. The big news was that the evacuation order will be lifted by 3 PM today, and that the city's transit system remains crippled by the storm. Officials wouldn't give a timetable for when service would be restored.
"The good news is the worst is over, and we will soon move to restore and return mode," the mayor said. "We do not yet know the full extent of the damaged caused by the Category 1 storm, but so far, as I said earlier, there is no confirmation of deaths or injuries from the storm. We are really very grateful for that."
The mayor said flooding and power outages were still being reported, as 62,000 New York City residents wait for electricity service to be restored. Bloomberg said ConEd expected all service to be restored no later than Tuesday.
Still, the head of the MTA, Jay Walder, said there was no timetable for subway service restoration. The mayor said New Yorker's should prepare for a difficult commute in the morning, as trains might not be running by then.
The mayor said that the city had heard no reports of deaths or mayor injuries because of the hurricane. Likewise, arrests last night were well below the average for this time of year, and NYCHA houses were expected to be cleared for residents to return by 6 PM.
"All in all, we are in pretty good shape because of the exhaustive steps I think we took to prepare for whatever came our way," Bloomberg said.
Governor Christie spoke about New Jersey's response to Hurricane Irene a little bit ago. The video is below.
Good morning! Hopefully you're relatively dry and, if you lost power, it'll be coming back on shortly. There are reports of flooding damage, downed trees and power outages throughout the city and region. Check out this crowdsourced map to see where people are reporting damages, and to include any info you might have.
A couple quick notes after the storm:
- The north tube of the Holland Tunnel was closed earlier due to flooding.
- The governor's office is reporting some 750,000 people across the state are without power as of 10:30 AM this morning.
- MTA service remains suspended.
New York Governor Cuomo was in the Catskills earlier to checkout storm damage. His Flickr page has photos and video of some of the flooding.
New Jersey Governor Christie was on "Good Morning America" earlier to talk about Hurricane Irene's impact on the state.
Saturday, August 27
[UPDATE 3: Governor Cuomo brought the total activated National Guard count to 1,900. The governor's office also reported an earthquake outside of Albany.]
[UPDATE 2: Video from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's 2 PM press conference is posted below.]
[UPDATE: Hoboken and New Jersey City evacuation information]
From By Karen DeWitt, WXXI Capitol Bureau Chief
Governor Andrew Cuomo witnessed the deployment of the first of around 1,000 New York National Guard troops headed for key sites in the New York City area. He also continued to warn those who live in upstate to be prepared, as well.
Cuomo says the National Guard troops will be stationed at Stewart airport in the Hudson Valley and the Farmingdale airport on Long Island. The sites will be used as staging areas to distribute water, ready to eat meals, and emergency generators, if they are needed in the wake of hurricane Irene. The governor has also signed a memo with the federal Secretary of Defense for joint command of the troops, and says FEMA will also be bringing in supplies.
"Government has an important role in a situation like this," said Cuomo.
The governor says citizens have a role to play as well. He says those asked or ordered to evacuate should leave, if they haven't yet. He says others in the path of the storm should be prepared with extra water, non perishable food and batteries, and should stay home and keep off the roads.
From the WNYC Newsroom
New York City's biggest utility says it could cut power to the city's most vulnerable areas if Hurricane Irene brings serious flooding.
Consolidated Edison spokesman Chris Olert says the utility doesn't expect to cut power before the storm hits, but flooding Sunday could bring a shutdown to areas including the southern tip of Manhattan and parts of the West Village.
He says nothing will be done proactively.
Flooding could cause severe damage to underground cables, transformers and other equipment if power were left on. He says a shutdown "allows us to do repairs more quickly and safely."
By Colby Hamilton
Mayor Bloomberg was in Coney Island earlier today, urging residents in evacuation zones to heed the city's order and get out.
"We expect a strong Category 1 storm to hit us tonight with winds between 55 and 75 miles an hour," Bloomberg said. "Now people get confused and say, 'Oh, that's down from 115.' The great danger to us here is from the storm surge, and there's no evidence that the forecast for that is changing. It is going to be a very serious thing as far as we can tell now."
The mayor said the 91 emergency evacuation centers around the city could handle upwards of 70,000 people (our evacuation zone map shows the locations of the centers). Additionally, teams of firefighters in each borough are looking for home-bound elderly and nursing home patients in the evacuation zones. Bloomberg said 7,000 patients had already been evacuated.
Police officers will be broadcasting evacuation messages over loudspeaker in the communities ordered to leave. The city is also shutting down elevators in NYCHA housing that could be affected by flooding. The Staten Island ferry is scheduled to close at 10 PM this evening, though the mayor did say that time could be pushed up if wind conditions worsen.
"New York City doesn't have a lot of real-life experience with hurricanes," the mayor said. "We've watched then from afar as they've ravaged other parts of the nation, and thank God we've never really experienced that kind of destruction here. But that does not mean that it can't happen. It can, and we must be prepared."
New Jersey City is issuing evacuation orders for the following places as of 4 PM today, Saturday, August 27, according to Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy's office.
Evacuations have been order for residents in basement or first-floor apartments in the following areas:
- East of Green Street from Essex St North to Christopher Columbus Drive
- East of Washington Boulevard from Christopher Columbus Drive North to 18th Street
- Port Liberte
- Society Hill
- Country Village
Jersey City has also opened evacuation centers in:
- MS#4, 107 Bright Street
- MS#7, 222 Laidlaw Avenue
- PS#17, 600 Bergen
- PS#28, 339 Stegman Parkway
- Dickinson High School, 2 Palisade
- the Jersey City Armory, 678 Montgomery Stree
By Colby Hamilton
Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has ordered an evacuation of all basement and first-floor apartments. The order is effective immediately. A shelter has been established at Wallace School at 1100 Willow Street in Hoboken. Residents who require assistance should call 201-239-6643. Additionally:
Mayor Zimmer says it is critical that residents with their vehicles parked on City streets drive them out of Hoboken as soon as possible because she is expecting they will all be underwater. Officials are expecting a five to ten foot flood throughout most of Hoboken when the Hudson jumps its banks and the City is hit with stormwater run-off from Jersey City Heights.
Friday, August 26
President Obama granted Cuomo's federal emergency request. "I thank the President for his quick response. We are working hard at all levels of government to prepare for this storm and we appreciate the federal government's support," Cuomo said in a statement. The emergency area includes all of New York City, as well as Suffolk and Nassau Counties on Long Island.
Governor Cuomo just announced the following tolls and fares in the New York City area are being suspended starting at 8 PM today:
- Tolls will be suspended on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
- Fares will be suspended on buses throughout the city.
- Fares will be suspended for subway and rail passengers at stations in the mandatory evacuation area.
The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are getting their states ready for the weekend furry that will be Hurricane Irene. Here's a quick rundown of what each state has said so far:
New York
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving a statement now on the current city plans for hurricane preparedness.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave a press conference earlier. Here are the highlights. Check out WNYC's interactive map to see which zones you or people you know live in:
- The city is opening 91 emergency facilities starting at 4:00 PM today.
- A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for residents living in Zone A of the city's hurricane evacuation plan. This includes Battery Park, Coney Island, and large portions of Staten Island, as well as both Zones A and B on the Rockaway Peninsula. The evacuation deadline is 5 PM tomorrow.
- The MTA will suspend service at noon tomorrow. Service might not be restored by Monday morning rush hour.
- Homeless shelters in Zone A are shutting down. People in those facilities are being moved to inland facilities.
- The city has issued a stop-work order at construction sites starting at 2 PM tomorrow, and lasting until 7 AM Monday, August 29.
- Beginning at 9 PM tomorrow "zone fares" for taxis will reduce the costs of traveling, and ride sharing is being encouraged. Livery car will be allowed to make street pickups.
- The city's bridges may be closed if winds reach 50 MPH or more.
- All city permits have been revoked after 2PM tomorrow for activities like street fairs and block parties. The city's beaches will be closed Saturday and Sunday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency for New York yesterday, allowing the state greater access to resources and control over government operations. He held a press conference today at noon to discuss coordinating efforts between the state and local governments. Evacuations have begun on Long Island and parts of New York city (check out WNYC's map of evacuation zones). "We are communicating with our federal and local partners to track the storm and to plan a coordinated response, and we will deploy resources as needed to the areas expected to be hit the hardest," Cuomo said in a statement yesterday. Here is the latest info about the state's actions:
- The New York Army and Air National Guard will deploy up to 900 soldiers and airmen and over 100 vehicles to support civil authorities; those troops have already begun to report.
- The Metropolitan Transit Authority will institute a system-wide shut-down when trains and buses begin their final runs starting at approximately noon on Saturday; the shut-down will include subways, buses, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, and Access-A-Ride
- If sustained wind speeds exceed 60 mph, all of the following bridges will be closed to all traffic: George Washington Bridge, Tappan Zee bridge, all bridges operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, and the following Hudson River bridges: Bear Mountain Bridge, Newburgh-Beacon, Mid-Hudson (Poughkeepsie), Kingston-Rhinecliff, and Rip Van Winkle (Catskill)
- The New York State Thruway and possibly other major highways will also be closed if sustained wind speeds exceed 60 mph; further closings will be announced as the storm progresses
- LIPA will have 2,500 line workers and tree trim personnel available throughout the weekend for emergency repair work, its largest emergency roster ever
- 175 extra ambulances and personnel will be deployed in regions expected to be hit the hardest by the storm
The mayor is holding a 1:30 PM press conference to update city resident's. You can view it live at NYC.gov.
From the AP
- Forecasters predict Irene to make landfall Sunday as a Category 1 storm between New Jersey and Cape Cod.
- The National Weather Service has issued a hurricane watch and a flood watch for Long Island, New York City and Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties.
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the evacuation of nursing homes and hospitals located in low-lying coastal areas, such as Battery Park City in lower Manhattan, Coney Island in Brooklyn and Far Rockaway in Queens, beginning Friday.
- The governor declared a state of emergency and the state's Office of Emergency Management has increased staffing in its underground bunker.
- Last hurricane to hit was Hurricane Gloria in 1985 on Long Island as a Category 2 storm with winds gusts of up to 100 mph. Since then, numerous remnants of hurricanes that have struck the state.
- The governor says New York City's public transit will halt around noon Saturday because of the hurricane.
New Jersey
Governor Chris Christie has also declared a state of emergency. He's suspended tolls and ordered traffic diversions as the New Jersey shore is being asked to evacuate. From Christie's office yesterday:
The Governor is calling on people to leave voluntarily and in order to support these coast evacuations is authorizing several measures that will make evacuation easier. The Governor is temporarily suspending tolls on all parts of the Garden State Parkway south of the Raritan River and the Atlantic City Expressway beginning at 8:00 a.m. Friday morning. Furthermore, Routes 47 and 347 in Cape May County will be closed to eastbound traffic and will use all lanes to move traffic westward beginning Friday evening at 6:00 pm. As part of this process, all ramps will be tightly controlled and additional personnel will be used to ensure safety.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker told city residents they should be prepared to be without power for 'up to 72 hours' after storm.
This is not just a routine declaration. This is a serious state of affairs.
You can read the rest of Booker's statement here or watch:
From the AP
- Forecasters predict Irene to make landfall Sunday between New Jersey and Cape Cod.
- Hurricane warning in effect for the coast up to Sandy Hook.
- Mandatory evacuations ordered for Cape May County, coastal Atlantic County and Long Beach Island.
- Governor declared emergency for the state.
- Last hurricane to directly hit the state was remnants of Hurricane Floyd in 1999, which caused major flooding inland.
- Atlantic City casinos began canceling bus trips as gamblers scrapped reservations.
Governor Daniel Malloy has declared a state of emergency as well. Today he closed the state's parks and campgrounds.
"Hurricane Irene is forecast to hit Connecticut on Sunday afternoon and will be a powerful, dangerous storm," Governor Malloy said in a statement. "Although I recognize the inconvenience of having to pack up and leave earlier than planned or having to cancel a day at the parks with family, it is imperative that all of our state residents and visitors be in a secure, safe location until this storm passes. I urge everyone to monitor weather conditions and be prepared for all contingencies."
Malloy will be updating the media at 6 PM tonight on the state's emergency plans.
From the AP
- Forecasters predict Irene to make landfall on Sunday somewhere between New Jersey and Cape Cod.
- Hurricane warnings have not been issued.
- Mandatory evacuations have not been ordered.
- Last hurricane to hit was Bob in 1991.


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My name is Sara and Im a stay at home mom of a one half year old girl. We do lots of activities and like to read. I am cpr certified and 1st aid cert. for four years.I have a little training for nurse aid duties. Im very caring and patient mother I will treat each child like my own.
Age Specific Experience
9 years of paid child care experience with:
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- Toddlers (1 to 3 years)
- Preschooler (3 to 5 years)
- Grade School (6 to 11 years)
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- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
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Willing to consider working as a live in care provider
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Languages Spoken:
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Additional Services:
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Barbara Imperiali,
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biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver
the chemistry department's annual Lucy W. Pickett Lecture
Wednesday, March 12, at 8 pm in room 302 of the Reese Psychology
and Education Building. The title of her talk is "Chemistry
and Biology of Asparagine-Linked Protein Glycosylation."
Imperiali's highly interdisciplinary work is at the interface
between chemistry and biology, integrating organic synthesis,
state-of-the-art spectroscopic analysis, enzymology, protein biochemistry,
and molecular biology.
Her research focuses
on diverse aspects of protein structure, function, and design.
She is concerned with the molecular details of the enzyme-catalyzed
process of asparagine-linked protein glycosylation, as well as
the development of new chemical and biochemical tools that can
be implemented for the investigation of complex biochemical processes.
Imperiali is the recipient
of an A.P. Sloan Fellowship (1993), a Camille and Henry Dreyfus
Teacher-Scholar Award (1993), the American Chemical Society Arthur
C. Cope Scholar Award (1996), and the Caltech Feynman Prize for
Excellence in Teaching (1998). In 2001, she was inducted into
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The lecture is named for Lucy Weston Pickett '25, a distinguished
member of the MHC chemistry department from 1930 to 1968. Upon
her retirement, students, friends, and colleagues established
the lectureship in her name to honor outstanding women scientists.
Pickett was one of the first two MHC professors to be named Mary
Lyon Professor, a rank no longer used at the College. She also
held the title of Camille and Henry Dreyfus Chair in Chemistry.
She was the recipient of numerous fellowships, two of which led
to study abroad at the Royal Institute in London and the University
of Liege in Belgium. Her research in ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy
of organic molecules was supported by grants from the Office of
Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, the Petroleum
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The biggest Iraqi Shi'ite opposition group says it will boycott a US-hosted meeting of opposition factions tomorrow.
It also says it will not recognise a US-installed interim administration for Iraq.
A senior leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, Abdul Aziz Hakim, told a news conference here today his group would not be going to the meeting of US officials and Iraqi political parties opposed to ousted President Saddam Hussein in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
"We will not attend the meeting in Nasiriyah because the Iraqi people won't accept preparations for an administration imposed by foreigners. It is against Iraq's independence," said Hakim, who is a younger brother of the council's leader, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim.
"We have informed the Americans of our decision," Hakim said.
Hakim, who heads the council's military wing - the Badr Corps, said his group would also not accept the interim administration, headed by retired US General Jay Garner, that is expected to begin operating in Baghdad within the next two weeks.
"We will not accept a foreign-imposed administration. Iraq needs an Iraqi interim government. Anything other than this tramples on the rights of the Iraqi people and will be a return to the era of colonialisation," Hakim said.
He said the Garner-run administration would violate agreements reached last year in London when Iraqi opposition groups "agreed that an all-Iraqi transitional government will replace Saddam Hussein, not a US-imposed one".
Hakim said his group did not believe the US and British forces should stay in Iraq "even for one day after the criminal Saddam regime is totally uprooted". But the Badr Corps would not fight the US-led coalition forces.
"Our policy, for the time being, is to avoid armed clashes with them," Hakim said.
Early on in the war in Iraq, which began on March 20, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned Iran not to allow the Badr Corps to cross the border into Iraq. The council, which is based in Tehran, is reputed to have thousands of Badr Corps fighters in Iran.
Asked whether he would be sending Badr corps fighters into Iraq, Hakim said: "We have troops inside Iraq, 10 times more than we have in Iran. We don't need to send any troops across the border."
The council has never revealed the troop strength of the Badr Corps. In interviews, both Abdul Aziz Hakim and Ayatollah al-Hakim have said the group has "tens of thousands" of fighters.
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While there is little news to report on the economic front, the all-dreaded B-20 underwriting guidelines proposed by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) kicks in today (Nov 1st). For the average borrower, it will mean nothing changes. But, there are a few points worth noting.
The first one is that home equity lines of credit (HELOC) have now been limited to a maximum loan-to-value of 65%. They can still be registered at 80%, but the re-advanceable portion cannot exceed 65% and the other 15% must be amortizing. An unfortunate change as lines of credit are often used for investment purposes like the Smith Manoeuvre, buying investment properties or injecting funds into a (new) business.
Secondly, institutions under the supervision of OFSI can no longer offer 100% financing, or better known as, 5% cash back mortgages. This rule was originally changed in one of the previous rounds of government announcements to forbid 100% financing in its strictest sense. When that happened, some lenders took it upon themselves to offer a 5% cash back that could then be used as a down payment, effectively providing 100% financing. This was a great work around, but the clients ended up paying a significantly higher rate in order to do this and if they broke the mortgage early, they had to repay the prorated portion of the cash back. OFSI has now disallowed this practice so their lenders cannot offer any type of mortgage that would equate to the client being 100% financed. They want to see that the client has some skin in the game, whether through their own resources or a gift.
Lastly, the third major change and probably the one that will have the greatest impact is the requirement that all variable rate mortgages and mortgages with a term less than 5 years, must now be qualified using the mortgage qualifying rate or contract rate, whichever is higher. That rate is currently 5.24%, which is significantly higher than current market rates for 1-4 year terms. This will certainly discourage buyers, especially first time buyers, from going with a term less than 5 years and it also makes qualifying for a variable rate mortgage that much harder.
You may be thinking that you thought this rule was already in place, and you're correct. It is, in place, but it only applied to high ratio, or CMHC mortgages. The new rules now also extend to conventional, or non-CMHC mortgages. So whether you have 5% down, or 50% down, this rule will apply universally to everyone. Although variable rate mortgages aren't en vogue right now, when they do come back into the spotlight, it will make it a little harder for some borrowers to qualify. That's where I see the biggest bite coming from.
What is also surprising is that these rules don't apply to all institutions, and not at the same time. The guidelines state that these rules must be implemented by a lender by the end of their fiscal year. For most lenders, and every bank, this is October 31st. So effective today, all these lenders have to play by the new B-20 underwriting guidelines. Where this gets interesting is that lenders like ING that have a December 31st year end have an extra couple months to play under the old rules. This could help them pad their year-end results as I'm sure it will mean an influx of business that would otherwise get sent elsewhere before the rule change. Great timing since they just launched a HELOC product earlier this year.
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A Binghamton University professor of English has been given a national forum to discuss his opinion of the recent Huckleberry Finn controversy.
Thomas Glave wrote an essay in January called "Obscuring the Past" as part of the New York Times' "Room for Debate" spotlight. The feature included 11 authors and professors offering their takes on a new version of the Mark Twain classic that replaces the words "nigger" and "Injun" with "slave" and "Indian," respectively. Edited by Twain scholar Alan Gribben, the NewSouth Books edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is now available in paperback and digital formats.
"In 2010 (and always), we must be brave and honest enough to face the hard facts: replacing the word 'nigger' with the word "slave" in Twain's masterpiece 'Huckleberry Finn' will neither erase nor vanquish the ugly history out of which the novel and the offensive word emerged," Glave said in his essay.
Glave, who was asked by the New York Times for an essay, said he was outraged when he first heard about the censorship.
"I don't think they should mess with Twain or any author's work," the award-winning writer said. "It sets a dangerous precedent. If you are going to do that to Twain's novel, you can do it to Faulkner, who uses the word 'nigger' to depict Mississippi. There's Joseph Conrad's The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'. Toni Morrison's novels use the word. The word is still there."
Glave also opposes "the blurring of history" in the new edition. The word should cause discomfort in the 21st century and be discussed, he said.
"There's a way in which this kind of edition can absolve people of some of the guilt they may feel and really sidestep the issue," said Glave, who is on leave this semester to write two books. "The fact is, this history happened."
Glave compared the Huck Finn censorship with discussing World War II without mentioning Jewish ghettos and the subsequent treatment of Jews.
"The more you don't speak about (the word 'nigger') and isolate it as something that's not discussable, the more power it has," he said. "People pick up that it's not to be talked about – it's a deeply negative and frightening conversation. We are so afraid to talk about it."
Scott Henkel agrees. The assistant professor of English teaches a course at Binghamton University called Banned Books and Stories Not Told that includes an examination of Huckleberry Finn.
"To eliminate the language that Huckleberry Finn uses is to eliminate the way for us to understand those injustices – the legacy of slavery and the legacy of racism," he said. "To paper over those things is to obscure them and make them harder for us to understand. Deleting nigger and Injun from the book makes it more difficult for us to combat racism – not easier."
Henkel concedes that Gribben and NewSouth Books have every right to alter the Twain book under U.S. copyright law, but it is still "a grievous mistake" to do so.
Gribben is making an old argument that is not persuasive, Henkel said. The editor believes that by removing offensive words, more people will read the book. Instead, Gribben is "taking some of the things that make the book so powerful and sweeping them away under the rug," he said.
Huckleberry Finn has always been a lightning rod for controversy, especially with parent or community groups who have not wanted the book in schools or libraries.
"It has had a long history of being banned, but the reasons for banning it have changed" Henkel said. "At the moment of publication, very few people took issue with the word nigger because in 1885 it was common parlance. People then wanted it pulled from library shelves because it showed images of working-class people and severe child abuse. … It was seen as 'low-class,' so 'respectable' people ought not to read it."
Henkel said many students in the Banned Books class grapple with whether to say the offensive words aloud. Some do and some don't, but the conversation is always mature, he said.
"In discussing the book, I choose to say it because it gives us an opportunity to discuss it," Henkel said. "Not to say it gives it a certain power over us and I don't want to give it that power. I want it to be something that gives us a window into the particular injustices of 19th century racism and slavery on the idea that the degree to which we can understand it is a similar degree to which we can combat it."
Both Glave and Henkel said the controversy has generated a productive debate.
"I think it's wonderful that we are having this debate," Glave said. "It's essential that people have these conversations. It's important that white people and black people talk with each other about these issues. … These discussions don't have to happen at a high pitch, but if they do, that's OK. Maybe people need to get angry because these are very charged subjects.
"Until the feelings we have as a society about our history are resolved and our current racial realities are resolved, this book is going to be considered controversial," he added. "It's a flag of the history that people don't want to look at."
"I would imagine that most creative writers dream of writing a book that gets talked about for more than 100 years after its publication," Henkel said. "People continue to read Huckleberry Finn, debate it and be challenged by it. I think that is great."


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Anna has grown up haunted by her younger sister's death. In the life she constructs as a barrier against the emotional wreckage of her family tragedy, Anna settles comfortably into a career as a teacher of deaf children. But a challenge arrives—in the form of a young girl. Adrea's disarming vulnerability and obvious need for love offer Anna the possibility of reconnecting with the world around her—if she has the courage to open her heart.
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Fernanda Pelogia, DDS, MS / Luiz Felipe Valandro, DDS, MS, PhD / Vinicius Brigagao, DDS, MS / Maximiliano Piero Neisser, PhD / Marco A. Bottino, PhD
This study aimed to compare the microtensile bond strength of resin cement to alumina-reinforced feldspathic ceramic submitted to acid etching or chairside tribochemical silica coating. Ten blocks of Vitadur-a were randomly divided into 2 groups according to conditioning method: (1) etching with 9.6% hydrofluoric acid or (2) chairside tribochemical silica coating. Each ceramic block was luted to the corresponding resin composite block with the resin cement (Panavia F). Next, bar specimens were produced for microtensile testing. No significant difference was observed between the 2 experimental groups (Student t test, P > .05). Both surface treatments showed similar microtensile bond strength values. Int J Prosthodont 2007; 20:532�534.
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Jacky Cheung joins JSTV new year show, will perform duet with Jay Chouby kelvin@multistars - 21st December 2012
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Yesterday, JSTV announced "God of Songs" Jacky Cheung will be performing at the Jiangsu concert on the 31st of December, not only will he be performing a duet with Jay Chou, he will also bring with him many of his classics, showing off the charm of the "God of Songs", this is the first time Jacky Cheung has performed at the end of the year concert in Mainland China. At the writing of this article, JSTV stars include Jacky Cheung, Jay Chou, Show Luo, Leehom Wang, Elva Hsiao, Emil Chau, Karen Mok, Sandy Lam, JJ Lin, Yoga Lin, Richie Jen, Huang Ping Yuan, A Niu, Tiger Huang, Hsiao Huang Chi, Kim Hyun Joong, SJ-M, EXO-M and boyfriend, it is labelled the strongest lineup in history for the end of the year.
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Fiera Milano cheap and chic room
Size12 m²
Floor No.6(with elevator)
- Breakfast
- Internet/WiFi
- Balcony/terrace
- Lockable room
- Elevator in building
- Disabled access
- Kitchen
Accommodation summary
|via zurigo, 20147 Milan, Italy
|Property type
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The room is a lovely Asian solution for both business and leisure: has a double futon bed resting on two tatami and an armchair.
The apartment is located in a complex surrounded by a large garden and comes with concierge service and a tennis court. Possibility to rent garage and bicycle hire. At 50 meters from the MM Bisceglie stop (red line) and well served by surface transport.
The bathroom and kitchen are shared.
A 10 minute walk takes you to the beautiful Parco delle Cave to relax on the shores of the lakes, pay a visit to Cascina Linterno where he stayed on to Petrarch or Cascina Monastero, the old convent of the Friars Olivetani with beautiful frescoes recently restored. Even a 5 minute walk and you are in the old village of Baggio, rich in history, anecdotes, legends and great ... old trattorias that Lorenzo can advise you with many ideas, tips and discount coupons! Nearby you can easily reach the Stadio San Siro, a water park and two stables.
Just in front of the condo is a bus stop 63 and 58 are convenient for the city center without haste or 100 meters from the bus 49 which will take you past the San Siro stadium. A few meters away you will find the bus stop 67, which takes you into the village of Baggio, of which Lorenzo will provide educational materials and a number of directions to visit and eat in its typical restaurants. If you are in Milan on business and you need to move quickly, at a distance of 50 meters is the MM Bisceglie stop (red line) in 10 minutes will take you into the city center or to the FAIR Milanocity, in 25 'to the new FAIR Rho, in 20 'in the Central station. If you are arriving by car, your room is at only 800m. from the exit of the western ring road and 10 minutes by car from the fairgrounds of Rho, which is about 10 KM; about 6km on the ring road takes you to the Assago Forum in the evening to enjoy a concert or a show.
House rulesno smoking
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
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Reviews of this property
I' ve been in milan for work and this experience was very pleasant
Lorenzo and Paola welcomed me with great kindness, has done everything to put me at ease, alone in another city 'I felt like home
The room was friendly and relaxed, in my favoutite colour, pink. The whole apartment very clean and quiet
Nearby are many shops and the subway stop
Very closet to Milano rho fiera and the center
I really suggest Lorenzo's rooms, i'll be back for sure
Thank you very much
Abbiamo soggiornato qui per due notti!!! Ci siamo trovati molto bene! L'appartamento é pulito accogliente la camera molto bella e Romantica! Lorenzo e Paola sono due persone favolose molto disponibili e cordiali!!! L'appartamento si presta molto bene per vedere tutta milano e per l'expo!!! Vicinissimo alla stazione bisceglie!!! Lo consigliamo! Top!!!
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We arrived at Milan at 02:00 in the morning but this was not a problem for the owner of the apartment, very flexible and amable. The apartment is well situated and has all the amenities required for the stay. I have no doubts in recommending the apartment.
I enjoyed the stay the hosts were nice people, attentive to everything, I plan to return safe
Me ha encantado la estancia los anfitriones muy buena gente, atentos a todo, tengo pensado volver seguro
Lorenzo is an excellent host. he was very flexi le with check in and check out, and he es so kind. We were 5 people and everything was ready for our rooms: clean sheets and towels, wifi, water to drink, coffee and cofee machine, refrigerator and something to eat for brekfast. The appartment was so comfortable, close to the Metro (subway).
We recommend Lorenzo as host and his appartment as a good place for staying in Milan during this Expo time.
Paola and Lorenzo welcomed us with kindness. Very well located accommodation, just steps from the subway station that leads in the center. Comfort and small attentions quite substantial in the apartment, spacious, clean. We had a mishap, independent housing, and Lorenzo has shown an incredible availability. Thank you again for everything!
Paola et Lorenzo nous ont accueillis avec gentillesse. Logement très bien placé,à quelques pas de la station de métro qui conduit en plein centre. Confort et petites attentions fort appréciables dans l'appartement, spacieux, propre. Nous avons vécu une mésaventure, indépendante du logement, et Lorenzo a fait montre d'une disponibilité incroyable. Merci encore, pour tout!
We have been working in Fiera Milano Rho. Okay, 10 minutes by car and also has amtro stop, red linia that direct to fair.
Very friendly and slope you Amfitrion arrival, departure, when we have told smoothly, plus all find a minimum of courtesy: a bottle of wine, water, beer, milk, coffee to appreciate breakfast, tambine some cookies ... Clean environment, clean towels for all, and very quiet zone. We have been well and will be back next year and available.
from Madrid
Nosotras hemos estado para trabajar en FIera Milano Rho. Muy bien, a 10 min en coche y ademas tiene parada de amtro, linia roja que directa a feria .
El amfitrion muy amable y pendiente te la llegada, de la salida, a la hora que le hemos indicado sin problemas, ademas de encontrar un minimo de todo por cortesia: una botella de vino, agua, cerveza, leche, cafe para el deasyuno, tambine unas galletas... Limpio el ambiente, , toallas limpias para todos, y la urbanizacion muy tranquila. Hemos estado bien y volveremos el proximo año y esta disponible.
de Madrid
Stayed for 2 nights. Great place to stay with very good connection with the metro.
Very clean. Comfortable and cozy apartment. Fully equipped. Lorenzo and Paola are wonderful people. Very nice and kind. No doubt this is highly recommendable place to stay in Milano.
I came here to visit the fair in Milano Rho. I slept 2 nights in the "Spazio Zurigo 28". At the moment there lives Peter next to you, a pleasant young medical student. Here are my impressions:
+ Lorenzo is a great and friendly guy
+ check-in/check-out was very flexible
+ milk, water, coffee (Nespresso), a can of beer, cola and a bottle of wine free of charge
+ gas stove and fridge
+ work desk and free internet, if you have to work
+ balcony
+ all is clean and quiet
+ 5 min to the next underground station
+ 35 min to the fair center Milano Rho (http://bit.ly/1kziZZq)
+ good and quick connection to the city center (i.e. Duomo)
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I really can advise this flat. As Lorenzo wrote - it is a good possibility to stay in Milano for work or on vacation.
Thank you! Great welcome! and a lot of kindness and service
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What To Expect From Mobile World Congress 2016?
Posted by Thomas Husson on February 7, 2016
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From February 22 to 25, Barcelona will be the center of the business world. Do not expect a specific industry focus but expect announcements impacting any industry: from payments to automotive. Why? Because "mobile is everything".
For me, the 2016 edition's tagline means that mobile is still driving the most powerful change in consumer behaviors ever. It also means that mobile will remain at the center of new connected experiences. Smartphones have become a sort of black hole integrating a huge array of sensors, but mobile is now exploding back out to our environments. Sensors and connectivity are expanding beyond smartphones, on our wrists, bodies, cars, TVs, washing machines, but also in invisible places in buildings and the world around us. While there are lots of discussions about mobile simply being a subset of this broader Internet of Things (IoT) revolution, I believe mobile is the key to unlock IoT. We will hear a lot about this theme at MWC.
Unfortunately, most attendees will still be technology managers and vendors. The largest tech and marketing vendors will be at the show, releasing new solutions or announcing partnerships with more agile mobile-centric players. Mobile is redefining the vendor landscape. That's precisely because mobile is a catalyst for business transformation, and why we'll see more business leaders and marketers attend the show. For marketers, let's face it: MWC isn't close to SXSW, Cannes Lions, ad:tech, or dmexco as a leading marketing and advertising event. However, there will be plenty of relevant announcements on how mobile will be a key driver of cross-channel marketing, commerce and payment initiatives. Underlying these trends, expect a greater emphasis this year on identity, privacy and security. Also, expect demonstrations on how mobile will start enabling brand innovation with Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial intelligence (AI).
Over the past few years, Mobile World Congress (MWC) has morphed from a B2B telecoms technology trade show to the one of the largest business conference around the globe. MWC and CES have a lot more in common than they used to. Both events are increasingly centered on tech innovation and the Internet Of Things (IoT). MWC is more global and more focused on the business impact of mobility while connected TVs and tech gadgets are more common in Las Vegas.
Don't get me wrong. We will continue to hear too much about technology, from 5G to beacons. As always, this will be the Asian device fashion week with the new spring/summer device collection (e.g Samsung Galaxy S7, Huawei's P9, HTC's One M10, and many other devices and wearables). However, here I agree with my colleague Dan Bieler that this year will see more device commoditization than true innovation.
The value for business leaders and marketers is precisely to look beyond the media headlines: understanding how mobile is disrupting businesses, discovering mobile specialists offering advanced intelligence, attribution and engagement solutions, meeting innovative entrepreneurs gathered at 4YFN (4 Years From Now) connecting startups showcase, figuring out the dynamics of the app economy, and shifting the focus of innovation from the Silicon Valley to emerging countries.
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Qantas warned of Heathrow union battle
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Qantas could face widespread industrial action at Heathrow Airport if it pushes ahead with plans to base more of its 35,000-strong workforce overseas without the support of Australian unions, the London-based International Transport Workers Federation warned yesterday.
Amid revelations of Qantas cost-cutting plans to base 25 per cent of international flight attendants overseas, the federation's aviation secretary, Shane Enright, said Qantas could face an industrial campaign of the same magnitude as action that crippled British Airways in July 1997.
The Flight Attendants Association of Australia has already warned cabin crew will strike in December if Qantas pushes to break the existing cap of 370 overseas flight crew based in Auckland and Bangkok.
Internal documents obtained by the Herald this week reveal plans to set up a London crew base with 400 flight attendants, and build offshore crew numbers to about 840.
"We will do everything that we can to support them [the Australian union]," Mr Enright said.
British Airways lost tens of millions of pounds during its 1997 dispute with flight attendants. The International Transport Workers Federation helped co-ordinate a widespread picketing and publicity campaign against the airline.
"Qantas needs to understand that the problem doesn't come on the day the dispute starts. The problem comes when the public is aware there is going to be a dispute," Mr Enright said.
But he was not against the plans as long as Qantas had the approval of Australian unions. United Airlines had set up an 800-strong crew base at Heathrow in 1991, he noted.
Air New Zealand approached the international union before setting up its crew base at Heathrow five years ago.
The head of Air New Zealand's international division, Ed Sims, conceded wages were much higher in Britain but said hotel bills had been cut.
"Having crew domiciled in London makes good sense financially. And from a customer service perspective having British crew is not a bad thing when 70 per cent of the customers you fly from Heathrow are British," Mr Sims said.
Air New Zealand's Heathrow-based crews fly to Los Angeles, where they hand over to Auckland-based crews.
The Australian union says the average Qantas flight attendant is rested for three days in Singapore or Bangkok and two days in London on a 52-hour return trip to London.
The head of the US-based Association of Flight Attendants at Heathrow, Kevin Creighan, suspects the Qantas plan is aimed not only at reducing costs but also at weakening the union base in Australia. "Hiring 400 people on temporary non-unionised agreements is just a way to get rid of unionised staff in Sydney," said Mr Creighan, who relocated to Britain as a United Airlines flight attendant in 1991.
"They don't care if people have 15 years' experience or 15 minutes' experience. All they care about is getting staff on board with half the costs."


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The head of Edith Piaf's waxwork, wrapped in plastic, is seen at the Grevin Wax Museum's workshop in Paris before it is shipped to a new branch in Prague.
A singer drinks from a bowl of beer on-stage after performing at a club in Beijing.
Venezuelan artists Cristobal Ochoa and Jean-Paul Fowler promote the Brighton Festival on the city's seafront.
A man throws himself down a giant 90m (295ft) water slide that was installed along Park Street in Bristol.
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Austria's Daniel Habesohn eyes the ball as he serves to China's Ma Long during their men's quarter final match at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
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Truck OEMs that offer only diesel engines using selective catalytic reduction (SCR) after-treatment systems to meet EPA 2010 emission regulations have reacted strongly to the recent lawsuit filed by truck and engine maker Navistar against the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
That suit, filed July 5 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that under certain conditions - considered by Navistar feasible to occur in real-world truck operation - those SCR systems fail to control emissions levels to the degree for which they were designed to certify engines as emissions-compliant under the 2010 federal rules.
In the suit, Navistar states the result is that "... EPA unlawfully and preferentially helped (and intends to continue to help) SCR engine manufacturers by making it easier for them to compete with other emission control technologies by reducing or eliminating the need for drivers to refill with DEF, which in turn allows SCR engines to become heavy polluters above the lawful emission standards."
Not so fast, say competitors that responded to Fleet Owner queries seeking their reactions to the lawsuit.
"Given the history, we're not surprised by this - it sounds like more of the same," said John Walsh, Mack Trucks director of media relations. "The irony is that, a year and a half after the regulations went into effect, they [Navistar] still can't meet the standard without credits, and their trucks are still spewing two-and-a-half times the pollutants allowed.
"We [Mack] think their complaint has no merit," Walsh added. "We intend to file a motion to intervene."
Brandon Borgna, manager of media relations for Volvo Trucks North America, essentially concurred. "We intend to file a motion to intervene," he stated. "We think the [Navistar] complaint is frivolous, and that it won't go anywhere.
"The market has already decided that SCR-equipped engines are the preferred choice in terms of performance and fuel economy, as well as the environment," Borgna continued. "And EPA has said they believe the technology is highly effective."