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Jul 18, 2014|
Christian asks five questions with topics ranging across the entire sports world.
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Again just taken national topic storyline to this. Performers with the west are all national please -- we got we got some if we're gonna keep it on a local flavor okay go ahead so the first one. Patriots can't start next week so obviously you know the big names no big players -- -- movement deliver for the patriots. Who'll be the -- under the radar impact players. Okay now under the radar doesn't mean you can say -- college nationally. Well we're not talking natural -- you got everyone in here no attention to Jamie -- people are watching Jamie Collins to see. What he's going to do so therefore he's not under the radar we are all paying attention to them we know. He's got that he has -- we we think he's gonna have a figure him packed full year especially after what he did flasher in the playoffs against Indianapolis Colts. So he's you can't use you can't see a guy like that but I to use on an idea earlier you can give whoever you want to is why it. James why does a good -- explain. Because as I was one up before retirement running backs I think if you're a rookie running back and you don't have a significant. Starter in front of you you can make it even if you do sometimes. You could make a major impact in this way. And I think that why they have bodies in front of him on the depth chart not when they can't be passed with -- above average performance so I do think that there's a crack for him to you run through literally and figuratively to become an impact player on his teams although it. -- an impact apple doesn't necessarily need -- rookie of the year for sale or not even he doesn't have to have. -- a thousand yards rushing you know he doesn't have to have you know sixty receptions the last nine OK but I like yours -- -- the guy that. You'd say you look at the debt target like okay he's he's he's behind Steven Ridley and Brandon Bolden. And he's a rookie so I didn't really -- -- what he's doing but yet he's running back -- mine. I stayed on the opposite side also and out like a Cape Canaveral Hopkins now. Michael whole whole bottom when you. He's the guy I'm looking at being that. That under the radar packed player. So your -- -- -- and I felt like if peace but they brought up much different guys that he would have assigned anybody. I know -- be looking at bringing in other tight ends you kind of feel avoid that it became castle -- probably five but. All most. Offenses you really need two guys and that other guy. To serve a bunch of different roles and have a big purpose up on offered so. OK these bodies under utilized as a receiver just run great routes. We've got great hands and he's big enough that when he hit the ball and he's gonna make you pay when he runs really when he runs with. I mean you look at -- film of him when he was a street Louis catcher -- -- seam route and -- running over people running over -- jumping over them. Had only had one touchdown not a kind of reception when he was evolved over 54% of the plays off the last year -- the support guy that. At a position that I think needs it. You know hostile Watson Ben lots of little brother rookie this guy just don't you like ten feet tall. Seems to be intriguing at east Carolina. But I think -- out of all the guys on the list I think here's a guy that people look at that. Because I think he's just going to be a role player but I think he did have an impact. On its feet on this -- IQ question -- -- is that like this side number two. -- so let's just say you had a ton tapped it yet -- -- talent and you could play any ice for you want it to but that talent. It would it would only take you to the division one ranks and after that division one -- was over after you played the division one. You would you would not be able to play. A pro sports we're good enough to play as good at what professionally OK okay so what these sports would you choose. Basketball. Basketball yes why basketball because -- can make the star on the college level. It's gonna get -- chicks. And after I'm done playing I can still use that skill on a pick up level to impress people when I go from college 62 years. Yes I. Why would you not take. What did you because if you could be great at football pick the most popular sport why would pick back to. The ball because you're more of an individual star in the basketball level and beyond that like I said you can still actually go around -- play pick -- games of basketball whenever you want yeah but if your plan picked up. Football game if you're really good old boy -- probably really good and everything else. -- US so okay so I can't get back basically your question is what I rather be. A star point guard. At Boston College. Or what I rather be a star quarterback at Boston College. If I'm not gonna go to the pros and either my answer is still basketball basket. Well what I asked is this question to a few my friends. And the popular answer with gulf. Because all that's ridiculous won't know if you think about a golf. You can play it until your 67 need. Maybe even eighty years old you'll have that held for your whole entire life that sort of lamb salad basketball's most likely still be a good basketball player picked up level tablet -- even though we look at it professionally you can use that talent you have in your life you know. What he's going to your golf games. No it's nobody's there at the band that she'll -- golf practice or your golf tournament Whittier College. You're gonna use that talent you wanna maximize it for. Brave face or you can go and play -- but you could learn to play golf after your career in college is over. You could pick up some clubs and -- because. What the business is done on the golf course to pick it up late lately like no big deal. But football you're going to be good at anything -- -- gonna have a national stage. Athlete everybody all the tainted I have brought -- English. Every march you still see Bryce drew shot every march is still -- sheets march jumper against Syracuse. You know these are guys that didn't go on -- much after they did play professionally but you know. -- remember what they did. In the NBA. They're known still to this day those those names mean something because of college basketball I don't think the impact would be what is much -- -- -- Yeah and if it's just a four year span and you wanna maximize your fondness. And your experience. Today in golf would beat -- last thing if you put your friends in the face when they said that. I would that somebody kicked them and in the but after that. No I mean I I think it's it's a logical choice to make sense I understand why they chose and I wouldn't choose -- personally but I wish in life. I'd I'd she's football on the football -- yet know all the regulators I don't get it to you don't school down cells may be held north Florida state of Florida State -- just. Party it up enjoy life. Actors -- -- don't wanna be -- it's possible graveyard that guy -- I tip so beat just posted it first World Cup rankings -- I just came out and America. The US actually fell two spots. So give Robert there's no -- you don't want not know what your problem is that -- irritates you at all after all the success after beating got knocked. And because I did exactly what they. Did in the previous World Cup's they got to the same around the end they won one game. One game in the World Cup why should they be elevated all that much more when like experts who just it was a blustery and agrees with the Netherlands and -- -- -- ranked below America before this World Cup that's another and I think that they they were keepers rankings -- That's that's -- issue how could the Dutch ever be beneath the Americans. In the first place. In all I'd die I don't have a problem because the whole system screwed up to begin with and even -- the system was right what do they do generally advance themselves all that much based on their. Recent track record of success -- if you get out of the pool play get into the round of sixty. You feel little bamboozled you feel little lake. Like I'd just played with based on all the coverage -- out there always are words they don't -- or higher that the US got its assured that the US take its best award best best moment. But he -- And then that rankings come out he realized they drop. But it would -- -- so well I guess it's all well why they dropped Christian I'm more concerned about how Joey does his wedding and how a team USA does in the fifa rankings. Bet he paid attention soccer ball -- well not actually saw a founders. Wait so it Seattle's founder's birth the Portland Timbers if you want a seat. You we watched those games and it looks like a riot squad the Seattle founders roll out they marched to the game. And today there are holding banners. There there there there busted out smoke smoke bombs that are staring at them it looks like it it is Seattle riots there right. And I was there for that. Possible problem that -- so the next one. Aren't there ago big baseball tops view. All right so role playing if you arbitrage and right now do you trade Jon Lester now. Why. I all they refused to third you hold onto on. And use weight to hope you can reach -- after the season's over because you're kind of gambling is at right now do like trade him right now to report before the trade -- -- it. I go to. Ownership and I say what is the maximum contract I can offer him. And that would be would think if it's 150 million dollars or fifty I offered -- He says yes race. Because that's something you're gonna have to make your decision you're gonna have to -- our total 150 million dollars the SE traded to try to get something of course yeah but I guess that's the most important -- -- -- need to find out. What his mind that is is he does he does he really wanna -- is the city convinced himself that he wants to go somewhere else that the -- -- yet more money so we're alliance your question is no I'm Max out my offer before -- I don't way to reagents to Max out my offer him accept my offer now and then it he says no that actually. -- -- All right so the next one. This is supported him in -- your request. About a coming answered I would I would. I would do basically same -- August I would need to find out how much is gonna trade him -- to find out if he says Melvin that I have freedom to get something for. You know Lexus and a walk away from it. I certainly -- doubt the last two questions are all about role playing. So. Actually. Don't switch off the GM I -- out of our head and GM. Has the toughest job to get his team to win a title. Which Boston tea with Boston GM. Dayton this rally going or age gap from this point going forward -- lost yet has picked -- this time. Beating this team do what it. -- -- Just a price said that why because in the NBA elite player too especially in the east and but don't you think it's really -- -- has. Got a good setup the way it is right now what's the most importance earlier -- in -- all star charity project start. -- again. But I would say charity because they think there's the most work to be done before what you -- last place team right now that. Very well may lose its -- you don't know what's gonna happen with the second best pitcher you're probably gonna trade that third best pitcher. You got no power in your system whatsoever to speak of your best power hitters eating in David Ortiz and your second baseman you've got signed to a long long term contract. Is. Apparently under performing the back into the deal already. Give it -- just -- breeds -- would give me what's the one thing they're missing. Right now what's the one thing they're missing their Red Sox the -- under one player away about one player now when my -- as -- always. All we've been talking about is okay they need a power bat. All they need that they don't get anything but they're not just they won power that if they can get -- because if you think yes the toughest time I think he would have the top -- Danny Ainge is defined two really good players making content in the east. Master out they gauge would be to god has the toughest job right now I think I don't believe that argument but I'm just saying you could find yourself you good players. Put them on an NBA team. Look at. Look at the wizards are still the fireworks yet there it means there are no fireworks there he's the way away from finding any fireworks any one or two players -- Rondo may be out the door markets -- be your main guy. You're you have all the junk all the -- played all these assets. But nobody wants them. So I mean I -- your point with the Red Sox but I feel like they're set up pretty nicely with the with the prospects the way they -- with the young players playing already. They're already getting that spears there aren't getting that that I've played the big leagues. The pitching set. There's just one player really a power bat away from being in contention they had twenty games they lost by one point. Twenty the only thing that was missing was someone who could hit a live. -- they're also a last place team that very well fly three weeks from now might have traded. The third best pitcher they're closer maybe their best pitcher and then you don't know what's we're -- A sounds daunting to me. Yes will be but you were picked liberalism. And the patriots are pretty set up for Burnett out of resorts in Iowa advocate just went through -- All right. 6177797. Under through seven so we are allowed to allowed we are allowed to have the callers call in -- their opinions yes -- the 485 yes that's it they might like it at all they might -- added on me like they can respond. To the question -- -- -- yes about the patriots impact player -- about if you could play any sport but not play professionally. -- paying and the two Red Sox -- charity related -- yes. It still behold I wanna play golf as my sport that I could play college but it wouldn't play after college and not be professional is. Perplexing to me like why I you can learn golf. Eighty if you want to it yes -- added it peoples still not want to play. They don't waste or don't waste your talent. Play golf acknowledge. -- ball as ours that some people are holed the want to go back to the Brady Manning things from media. Poll question Harris poll that we I don't earlier about the regularity it -- music threats by the way like that to CK -- and like that it. Heard a -- -- both for your car. You've heard the rest now -- through the best we got topics we got to upgrade we've got at all. Laborious five -- -- had its books for years I thought god. I had wheel blood that you don't ever trust him. With anything so ever trust. A lot of dates the wedding. Or does that there. Brandon in -- a brand if you can play any sport will get your point about out Peyton Manning and Tom -- you good place for not professionally. What would be the answer Christians question. Really couldn't go yeah if you take it all the way to NCAA division one if you wanted to you when you aren't. And I got a computer. And let's go to that site -- manipulating and -- you is I could beat Keith Smart. -- -- -- one shining moment would have meetings every yeah okay you -- also the hail Mary pass like Doug Flutie. Plus I'll start. -- go ahead would you what to say about that Manning vs -- thing that we are talking about the four. And another called it armed what I read -- and Netanyahu mentioned a -- have been brought up on previous topic let. It's important because that's a -- group like this that and that's when without some -- like any particular -- -- and showed that the popularity. I think. And -- it's just been so good for the past decade longer arms and every school studying people just have this like jealousy against new England and I'm. I'm not any patriots and Eagles and Bruce -- -- by apple at the Celtics. The people of Britain I think that's important are currently pretty that it just because they're women as people tend to say screw them about the go to guy who you know on the title. You know three times the last decade I can only Syria stopped on maybe to -- -- tort law. -- jealousy is a lot to do it and thanks a car brand thanks wade but I do think jealousy has a ton to do with it. I just would advance the notion that people are really jealous of Peyton Manning to. Because as -- point saudis and Eagles fan. Having worked in a number of different markets before I came to. Boston in both the pro careers of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. You can sell about the same negative adjectives in the same negative sentiments. That fan XYZ. In any NFL market as towards one of them and user for the other you have to be talking about a from week to week. I mean you can go to Philadelphia and at the Eagles by chance and it would happen there because divisional on it but by chance if they played the Denver Broncos one week in the patriots the next week the same complaints about Peyton Manning would be uttered by Philadelphia fans that will be -- by Tom Brady fan Ervin would be -- about Tom Brady. Yeah and it's this -- this moving through this city and being here as long as I have it is it just recently I've never seen anything like it like. There's just there's not a -- college sports. And it bit beard -- heart addicted to their pro sports and every sport is represented. By either a hall of Famer. You know great history. Some great moments. Great coaches I mean it's just each team is represented equally outstanding they've had their ups and down the pats have been down the brunt -- it down. You know the Red Sox seem like they've always kept their fans. -- never seen a city like this because it doesn't work like this in Seattle Hillary does some really Jeremy can you main -- think of another city -- it's built the way this. Citi is -- -- provincial -- sure yeah I think a lot of northeastern cities in some midwestern cities her prevent Mike Watt. -- Pittsburgh was very practical. Columbus. Ohio is -- state. Either of their markets Cincinnati or Cleveland -- one -- -- -- very provincial. I think you're looking at a very different perspective is I think it starts to change the further west again are specially west of Denver that's -- LA still does not have a football team. I would never have people bolted because people just don't care. There's been the -- so transient people come in and out of their people. Who are born there usually leave in its base day. There's just other things they'd rather do or they rather you know cheer for their college team there -- -- for US let's just let's say you do a lot of college football much the same way in Georgia when it comes to Georgia were. Alabama when it comes to Alabama. As far as return love affair further football team yet all I -- I got a middle of the estates for Alabama and Auburn what father is up so it doesn't matter they have nothing else to cheer for Tom called from the Cape -- the united -- seven. And it thanks so I'll let you go typical quick for the militants while on everything you -- one point is now -- -- -- -- And I delivered in New York in a back -- Turkey. And the people up there they'll create heat -- -- telecheck but that it -- cubic upbeat -- that never answers. On the same point you get shot patent a couple of years ago -- but -- -- -- and sit. Up with thirteen herding cats aren't so microphone under the bench here in the stadium the only entity and takes the brunt of that. But nothing sticks to and Morse takes to to read like -- -- back -- -- But because of perception the saints world warm Fuzzy story when they won their first Super Bowl. Common back from the hurricane and everything else Drew Brees the feel good story. Pictures real feel good story for the first Super Bowl -- that when -- he came out it felt like it was tainted somewhat. From the outside. The outside perception. And I think that's your right about that a lot of things stick to the patriots now negatively acting briefed fights that perceptual. -- in comparison to Manning and and maybe breeze and Rodgers -- on this list too graphic at a German reporter Roger was not -- he was the top ten wasn't. Or big quarterbacks were on the top ten actually Aaron -- ones yeah they're they're like behind Brady. Yes OK that's not that I'll ask you this question -- from New York a lot at MI right. In putting forth the argument. That even though we don't wanna admitted here in New England. People attached spy gate to the legacy of Brady the patriots and Belichick way more than patriots fans want to hear. Oh yeah that's absolutely and one reason is they've done everything to gather Belichick is that coach. When he willing to Cleveland really never in any thing is all winning percentage. Is you know riot -- talk radio upgrade yet but it. Ballots back so I mean wherever you go you gotta go out. Here you know the other thing is that we will talk about it that the women on the list so -- one player Michael Jordan was retired in the top ten who made the list. And for the women on the top ten list. There's four vote Mia Hamm. Billie Jean -- who hasn't played -- four amber Chris Everett who was tied for eighth an -- king is still regarded as one of the most. Popular female athletes. Zealot but yes your kid got and then beach volleyball player you'll probably like misty may trainer train number yet. I mean so me so there's four out of ten who door to play -- My courses. Who's next in not years ESP -- who's next who's up next. -- EC. -- really -- probably and you're gonna Sierra commercial batters -- somebody to follow 61777979837. When we come back all. This kind of goes a lot of what you just brought up in 45. About. The question that you -- about what would you like to play. The comments of the after the Washington Nationals about how much she hates baseball. Yes I gotta I -- brother -- is a former athlete yourself we're gonna bring that up to you we come back as 90% -- -- media.


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What happens when you can't find the car - because its been stolen? And to make it worse the car isn't yours--- it's a rental! How do you deal with a stolen rental car? Does your insurance cover it? Should you have spent the extra money on the company's insurance? This is not a hypothetical scenario. It happened to North Carolina man on a business trip in Atlanta. And he called our Call for Action volunteers to see if they could help.
"I called down about my car. 'Can you please bring my car? He was like we can't seem to find it right now.'" 15 minutes later, the hotel valet told Scott Hoar this story about his rental car. "We can't seem to locate the keys"
Another 15 minutes went by and the valet manager told Scott, "We think possibly one of the valet people took the car home or took the keys home or possibly we gave it to the wrong guest but it'll back about 3 pm."
What? If they didn't know who had the car or the keys, how could the valet company know when the rental car would be back? Scott says, "I was appalled. I was scared. I was like. 'Okay, where's my car at? This does not happen to people.'"
Scott's rental car company told him to call the police' and report the car stolen. Wait until you hear what the police told Scott. "You gave up your rights to the car when you gave it to the valet. I was like 'What?' 'We can do a report as it missing but that's about it.'"
The situation gets worse. The valet company told Scott it had 30 days to investigate. So Scott's rental car company charged him $35 a day plus taxes and a late fee for the car. Seven days and $381 dollars later, the valet company found the car.
Scott says the valet company told him "The car's been driving around Atlanta back-and-forth to the hotel as a block of cars for the Fast and Furious franchise - which is ironic since the movie's about stolen cars."
Scott is still on the hook for $381.The valet company told Scott they'll cover the cost but they haven't yet. We'll stay on top of them to make sure they pay it for him.
And you might be thinking of course the valet company's at fault - so they should pay. Not necessarily. Usually if someone really steals a vehicle off their lot... the valet company is not responsible.
Another note to add - even if Scott bought the car rental insurance - it wouldn't have covered him. It's splitting hairs, but technically Scott wasn't driving the car - the valet was. The insurance only covers the driver.
Your regular auto insurance may have some safeguards. It should pay to replace the car if have comprehensive coverage on your own car. If you use a credit card to pay for the rental car, that could also give you protection. These are all answers you should have before you go to rent your car.

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DETROIT -- Chicago Bears defensive tackle Stephen Paea wore a walking boot on his left foot after Sunday's loss 40-32 loss to the Detroit Lions, but isn't expected to miss time with what he called a minor turf toe injury.
Moving over from his customary spot at nose tackle to the 3-technique tackle spot in place of Henry Melton, who is out for the season with a torn ACL, Paea contributed two tackles, including a stop for lost yardage. A three-year veteran, Paea came into the game with six tackles, half a sack and two tackles for lost yardage.
Although the injury isn't considered serious, it's likely Paea will appear on the injury report headed into next week's game against the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field. Paea said the medical staff encouraged him to wear the walking boot to take pressure off the toe during travel back to the team's facilities from Detroit.
But if Paea winds up missing time, the Bears could be in a difficult situation given there's not much depth behind him and Nate Collins, who assumed a starting role due to Melton's injury. As it stands, Paea, Collins and Zach Minter, who was inactive on Sunday, are the club's only bona fide defensive tackles.
The Bears can move starting defensive end Corey Wootton inside to tackle. Defensive end Julius Peppers has also lined up at tackle on occasion.
The club's franchise player, Melton contributed five tackles and a fumble recovery in three games before suffering the torn ACL during the team's Sept. 22 win over Pittsburgh. Paea recognized the difficulty of trying to fill the gaps up front without Melton, a 2012 Pro Bowler.
"He's done some great stuff," Paea said of Melton. "Obviously, the next guy up has got to step up, including myself. I've played some 3 [technique] before. It's just a matter of time, repetitions and practice."


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Fontbonne Hall Swimming Strokes Past St. John Villa
Sunday, January 14th found the Varsity Bonnies of Fontbonne Hall Academy swimming against Saint John Villa High School, of Staten Island. The Bonnies entered the contest with a 5-2 record in the dual meet season.
Villa's swimmers showed some strength in the breaststroke and backstroke events but the depth of the Bonnies squad carried the meet.
Senior Lauren O'Hara led the team with a first place finish in the 200 yard IM (3:02.6). In the relays the depth of the Fontbonne squad showed, the 4x50 IM relay finished 1st, 2nd; 4x50 free relay finishedfirst, second and third and the 4x200 free relay 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Other individual finishers included Katie Losquadro 1st in the 200 free, (2:41.1), and Elaina Anastasio 1st in the 500 freestyle, (7:13.3).
Sporting a 6-2 record the Bonnies look forward to a tough match next week against perennial powerhouse Notre Dame Academy of Staten Island.
The Fontbonne swimming profile is on senior Janine Crivelli, a resident of Saint Anselm's Parish where she swam for the Saint Anselm's CYO while in grade school. After entering Fontbonne, Janine joined the Bonnie Varsity swim team as a freshman. Janine has swum the last four years, specializing in the Breast stroke. She has no plans to continue swimming competitively in college where she hopes to study something in the math and science area, perhaps accounting or engineering.
Janine is considering attending, Marist, Manhattan, Siena, Scranton, Lafayette, Boston University, Villanova or Cornell.


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One of the most anticipated releases of recent times has been pushed back to 2018.
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Crackdown 3's release window narrows
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Star Citizen dev promises to share current production schedules
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Persona 5 hit by delay
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1TB and 500GB Xbox One S UK dates confirmed
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Xcom 2's console arrival suffers slight delay
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Inside releasing on PS4 this month, report claims
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Tiny delay for No Man's Sky on PC
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Telltale details its take on the Batman franchise
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Microsoft confirms August 2nd launch for 2TB Xbox One S
The Xbox One S will debut on August 2nd, Microsoft has now confirmed.
Pokemon Go UK release 'within a few days'
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Batman: Return to Arkham may not be out this year
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PS4 Neo WILL launch this year, report claims
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Destiny: Rise of Iron dated, will skip PS3 and Xbox 360
As was rumoured, Rise of Iron will be the big Destiny in the latter half of the year.
Persona 5 launching in the US next February
The latest entry in Atlus' cult JRPG Persona series will be hitting American shelves at the start of 2017.


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Company IGB Automotiv Comp is a member of the German IG Bauerhin group, a company that's specialized in car seat heating, electronics and sensors production.
From the beginning of this year VIP has put a lot of effort into promotional activities toward the automotive supply industry sector, in which the previously elaborated strategy recognized a great development potential of Vojvodina. The arrival of this company is a confirmation of the strategy goals and a very important event, especially heaving in made the reputable companies which IG Bauerhin supplies: Audi, BMW, DC, Fiat, Ford, GM, Hyundai, KIA, Opel, Porsche, Renault, Saab, Skoda, Smart, Volvo, VW, Rolls Royce, Maybach, Maserati, Lamborghini. Bauerhin has a staff of approximately 2.000 people worldwide. Beside Germany, production locations are in Canada, Mexico, Korea, Slovenia and the Tszech Republic, and as of September this year the production started in Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia.
Beside our country the investor was considering the investment possibilities in Bulgaria and Romania, but mainly because of the professional support in the orientation phase, they decided to start the production in Vojvodina.
In our country the investor considered six municipalities in Vojvodina, which satisfied the criteria determined by the enquiry (Beocin, Srbobran, Indjija, Novi Sad, Zrenjanin and Novi Becej). After a detailed tour of locations the investor decided to invest in the Municipality of Indjija. As the crucial factor for this decision the investor pointed out that the location itself, as well as the Municipality of Indjija, is very near to the capital of Serbia – Belgrade, and therewith near to the highway and airport. The effective administration of the Municipality of Indjija cooperated with the investor in order to ease the start of production.
The production value stands at €1.8 million, and the expected turnover is €580,000, whereas the expected turnover in the second year is €3.7 million and €7.5 million in 2009.
In the first phase 300 workers will be employed, out of which 280 in production. The employed labor force comes mostly from the textile industry. The production will kick off with seat heating. And if the results are satisfactory, the company will also relocate its sensor production line to Indjija. Overall over 500 workers in the next 5 years should be employed. The complete production process will be realized according to the quality standards for environmental protection.
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Remembering P.O. Alcamo's Sacrifice
By Brian Magoolaghan
Monday marks a somber anniversary for the NYPD and the 100 Precinct in Rockaway Beach, because on that day 15 years ago a 31-year old police officer and soon-to-be father died in the line of duty in Rockaway.
Police Officer Joseph Alcamo, badge number 24524, died at Peninsula Hospital Center on March 26, 1992 about two hours after he suffered massive head injuries when the patrol car he was a passenger in smashed into a utility pole on Beach Channel Drive and Beach 105 Street.
Alcamo and his partner, who survived, were responding to a call for assistance from an NYPD Housing officer at the Edgemere Houses on Beach 54 Street when their racing patrol car skidded on wet pavement and slammed into the utility pole.
Wave photos of the crash scene show the patrol car's front passenger -side door took the brunt of the impact with the utility pole. The rear, passenger-side tire of the vehicle, a Chevrolet Caprice with the number 4129, whipped up onto the grass between the street and the sidewalk.
Alcamo was married at the time of his death, and his pregnant wife was due to give birth as he was laid to rest. Thousands of uniformed police officers from throughout the eastern United States attended his funeral service at Sacred Heart Church in Glendale on March 30, 1992, to pay their respects to the fallen officer.
The 100 Precinct established a fund for Alcamo's family and, on March 24, 1994, dedicated a plaque in his honor inside the precinct's stationhouse. The plaque, which features Officer Alcamo's likeness and badge, hangs in the precinct, just outside the office of the commanding officer.


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Sunday, 9 May 2010
by: A.R. Wickramaratna,
Until the early 1990s, potatoes were grown and consumed in Europe,
North America and countries of the former Soviet Union. Since then,
there has been a dramatic increase in potato production due to the
demand in Asia, Africa and Latin America. At present, of the world
potato production, which is 330 mm mt in 2008, 52 percent is produced by
the developing countries.
China is the biggest potato producer (74 mm mt in 2008), followed by
the Russian Federation and India. Europe takes the first place in terms
of per capita consumption of potatoes and it is about 3 times higher
than the average world per capita consumption of potato, which stood at
31.4 Kgs.
The per capita consumption of potato in Asia is about 24 Kgs with the
highest per-capita in China. The corresponding figure in Bangladesh and
India is about 24 Kgs, 17 Kgs respectively.
However, since there are many varieties of alternative tubers such as
sweet potato, manioc and other non traditional yams and also rice being
the staple food, the per capita consumption of potato in Sri Lanka
remains low and at present it remains about 7 Kgs per annum.
The cultivation of potato in Sri Lanka dates back to the period of
Dutch and since then potato has been cultivated in several districts
where the climate and the soil type is conducive for this crop.
At present, there are about 30,000 growers involved in potato
cultivation, of which 80 percent occupies less than 0.4 ha (1 acre).
Potato is cultivated mainly in the Badulla and Nuwara-Eliya districts
in an extent of 3982 ha (2008/09).
In addition, the cultivations also carried out in other areas such as
Kalpitiya in Puttalam, Hanguranketha and Jaffna.
The cultivation in these areas is confined to around 40-50 ha.
But there has been a drop over the past few years due to declining
profitability as against the rising cost of production.
For instance, the extent under cultivation was around 5500 ha in
2004/05 has declined to 3982 ha by 2008/09.
This drop has taken place in both Badulla and Nuwara-eliya districts.
The cultivation in other districts also shows a slight decline over
the past years.
However, with the eradication of terrorism, in the North, there is a
potential to increase potato cultivation in the Jaffna district in the
Cost of Production
The average cost of production of potato greatly varies due to the
type of seeds and other agronomic practices. Assuming the seed cost is
Rs. 8750 per 50 Kg and productivity is around 6000 Kgs per acre, the
cost of production is estimated at around Rs. 292,000.
The locally produced good quality seeds are limited and it caters
only for 10-15 percent of the seed requirement.
The price of good quality imported seeds is 30-35% higher than the
locally produced seeds.
It is also estimated that 2500 Kgs of seeds are required for one
This shows that the seeds itself accounts for about 55-60 percent of
the total cost.
Most of the farmers (65-70%) therefore tend to use the locally
produced seeds or the seeds obtained from the previous harvest.
The quality of these seeds is quite lower and it leads to reduce the
This mainly attributed to the low profitability of potato growers.
Seasonality and the Cultivation Pattern
Potato cultivation in the Badulla district, particularly in Welimada,
Bandarawela, Uva-Paranagama and Kappettipola areas is done in Yala and
Maha seasons.
The cultivation in Yala takes place in May - July and the yield is
ready to be harvested by the end of September - November.
The Maha crop in the same district starts by the end of November and
is harvested by March-April in the following year. The potato
cultivation in Yala in Nuwara eliya starts by January - February and the
harvest is ready by April. The Maha cultivation in Nuwara eliya is
limited and is undertaken only in certain locations in the district. The
cultivation in these areas is ready to be harvested by early October and
continued until early December.
On the whole, the domestic potato production is available during the
months of March-April and September to early December.
The highest production is expected in the period from September to
October, which is about 35,000-40,000 mt. Of this harvest, 10-14 percent
is used as seed potatoes. Therefore, the actual quantity available for
consumption remains around 28,000-35000 mt.
Domestic Production and Import
The domestic production of potato has decreased by 24 percent from
2005 to 2007. In the meantime, there has been a significant increase in
the import of potato.
The quantity imported in 2009 was more than two fold compared to that
of 2005. This has been mainly attributed by the reduction of taxes on
the imported potato. After potato was named as an essential food item in
2007, it was subjected to a Special Commodity Levy (SCL) under the
Special Commodity Act. A levy of Rs. 20 per kilogram was then imposed on
the imported potato. From November 2009, this has been reduced to Rs.
10. However, before 2007, the imported potato was subjected to Custom
Duty of Rs. 20 per Kilogram and all other taxes such as PAL, SRL and
The custom data reveals that the import of potato has taken place in
different quantities throughout the year. Out of 95,000 mt of potato
imported in 2009, the highest quantity of 13217 mt has been imported in
This was mainly to maintain a reasonable price in the market during
the festival season.
The import was also high in January, June and July as the domestic
production remained low during these months.
The lowest quantity of 1580 mt of potato has been imported in
October. This is due to the harvesting of the Yala crop. However,
sometimes, the imported quantities are available in the market during
the harvesting season which prevents a good price for the local
Key Issues
* The potatoes which are locally produced are available in the market
mainly during two seasons; March- April and September-early November
(There may be slight variation due to seasonal effect). The importation
of potato should be reduced during these seasons.
* The increasing cost of production reduces the margin of the
growers. The high cost of seeds is the main cause for this.
* The shrinking of the profit margin of growers is also associated
with the price of imported potato in the market. The tax reduction has
encouraged the import and discouraged the cultivation.
The importation of potato could be done during the months of January,
February, June, July, August and December to minimize the negative
impact on the domestic growers.
During the harvesting seasons, the balance requirement can be
imported to ease the consumers.
The actual quantity to be imported should be determined based on the
per capita consumption.
The extent under cultivation be increased by 7500 ha by 2018 on an
average of 940 ha of new lands per year from 2011 onwards.
This could be done mainly in areas like Jaffna, Kalpitiya and in the
Kandy district.
The imports have to be reduced by 7500 mt per year from 2011 onward
to encourage the growers to invest in the cultivation. The domestic seed
production has to be strengthened by providing required infrastructure
and the human resources to the Potato Research Station, Seetha-eliya.
The writer is Assistant Director, Department of National Planning.
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Snake bite kit
Years ago, I bought one of those snake bite kits, that consists of, two large rubber suction cups, that fit together and contain several things that a person will need, that has been bitten by a snake. Including a small suction cup.
(The whole kit, being about 2" x 1")
I used to keep it in the clove compartment of my car, all the time, until I read an expert telling about how these kits, are a bad idea. And about how they dont work but actually make things worse.
Therefore I put it away, but recently I found it again.
Since then I have learned, that experts are a dime a dozen, because different experts are of different opinions.
Does anyone out there, know of anyone that has been bitten by a poisonous snake, and used one of these kits?
One of the most useless medical devices ever created. Throw it away, once you inject something into the human body, its gonna take a lot more than a little suction to get it out.
yeah, anti-vennin is about your only bet.. all that boyscout stuff if out-dated. ternicates are a no no too for all but the real trained experts.
However, from a show on snakes I attended years ago, the snake trainer advocated against using a snakebite kit. The primary reasons he argued against using one, is that the premise behind a snakebite kit is to "suck out" the poison before it can spread through the body. Unfortunately, within 1-2 heartbeats, any venom injected has already started to circulate in the body. Also, given that one of the most common reactions people have if/when bitten by a possibly poisonous snake is that their heart starts racing due to fear/surprise/whatever, those 1-2 heartbeats will likely have occurred within a second or less of the inital bite. Therefore, by the time all the work has been done to use the kite (making an incision, applying suction, etc.) the poison has already started circulating. Granted, some might actually be "sucked out" but I would question just how much could be removed in that manner and if it would make a difference since venom is already in the victim's system.
Now, in my copy of the U.S. Army Survival Handbook, it does mention that if medical care is over 1 hour away, a shallow incision can/should be made to try and suction venom away. On the other hand, the SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman specifically states...
I would be interested to see what people who have taken Wilderness medical programs like those offered by NOLS think of snakebite kits. Also, to out Australian members, particularly those with medical training, what are the snakebite treatment protocols in Australia, particularly for the First Responders? AFAIK, Australia is the only country where the hospitals stock snake anti-venom routinely.
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I guess the experts were right, in this case.
I will just avoid getting bitten.
Thanks to everyone.
I hate throwing things away.
Can anybody think of a good use, for this little container, and these suction cups?
this is going to sound really gross but here goes...
one of my kids had a huge pimple (maybe a boil???) on the back of his upper thigh.
He couldn't get a grip on it to squeeze it (I know, I know)
So he asked me to help him. It was awful.
I grabbed the snake bite kit and let 'er rip!!! It was like helping a volcano errupt. There is no way I could have gotten all that puss out by just squeezing. I feel sick just thinking about that. But it worked! All the swelling went down, and it didn't leave a bruise.
NOW the snake bite kit has a special place in our first aid cabinet. KEEP IT AROUND!!!
I had a large cyst like that once, I stuck a 20ga IV catheter into it and drained it with a 20cc syringe attached to the catheter.. Worked like a charm and a helluva lot less bleeding than cutting it out.
I've worked EMS in several states, most of it in snake country, and have NEVER seen a snakebite kit in a ambulance or hospital...All it does is further damage tissue that's already damaged...
build mini kits out of them ,may as well use the containers for something
best deal for snake bites is not to be bitten. which means you have to pay mind to where you sit,step,lay etc. If you are just get the hospital, stay calm all that good stuff. Unless you have a allergic reaction to the venom you have plenty of time to get there, so no need to think you'll die in 15 minutes and go all bat crazy. It'll just raise your heart rate more.
My advice throw it away : put a restrictive band to slow blood flow(not a tournaquit) keep limb below heart, avoid exertion, get yo a$$ to a hospitol
I'm a nurse and know a lot of emt/medics etc. & all well tell you to forget the snake bite kit , due to increased risk of infection and tissue damage. The upside is some snake bites can be "dry bites" and end up being minor compared to others. There was a guy in our local area who was handling (playing) with his friends pet rattlesnake and of course was bitten. The pics I saw showed his arm to be about 3-4 times its normal size He was laid up for awhile with multiple surgery's he's lucky to have an arm left.This all happened less than 3 miles from a Hospital, I don't think a kit would have helped at all. Best bet is to be careful & avoid getting bit.
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Current recommendation is 1) do not clean the wound because they may need to swab it to identify the venom and 2) wrap the entire limb like it had a sprain 3) splint it and 4) keep below the heart level. Seek medical attention.
That said there are two issues, kind of snake and kind of kit. Kits usually don't help bites from snakes with venom that affect the blood. One kit does have an effect on venom from snakes whose venom is a neurotoxin. That kit has a manual suction device. Most snakes in the US affect the blood not the nerves (the exceptions are the coral snake and the tiny ring snake.)
But I do have a kit because it is good for stingers, splinters, and spider bites.
What bothers me is they never give out advice for when medical help is a day or two away or more.
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As for the being no snake kits in ambulance or hospitals?? My wife spent six hours in pain on an ambulance run because doctor only gave her pain med for three hours, ride lasted over nine hours due to weather. And emt couldn't give her any pain meds, cause he didn't have orders to.
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Are You a Snake Charmer then forget the kit.
I just finished a Grid Down Medical Course. We had an experienced EMT, a nurse & a doctor doing the training.
About snake bites; Forget the kits. Use them for something else.
Here's the stats. 70% of snake bites the snake never injects venom either cause their empty or just wanted to get your attention. They usually only inject if they want to eat you. Your pretty big.
Less than 2 people a year die from snake bites. You have better odds of winning the lottery.
Don't cut the bite, you can damage underlying tendons & cartilage not to mention adding infection.
Now let me add what they said about spiders. I know its slightly off thread topic but;
Black Widow's bite like a bad wasp sting on most people.
Except the allergic reactions.
I carry an Epi pen in my first aid kit & you should get one for your medical kit to.
Epi pens; remove cap, place on thigh, push cap hold for 10 to 15 secs.
They can save lives when your airways are being compromised, either form something you ate or from allergic reactions to being stung or bitten by a Spiders, bees, wasps etc.
The little bugger to watch out for is the Brown Recluse Spider. Also called the Fiddler spider. They don't kill their victims the just rot them.
You should be absolutely familiar with what this little critters size & looks like(see Wikipedia for pictures & size)
A minority of brown recluse spider bites form a necrotizing ulcer(he death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply) that destroys soft tissue and may take months to heal, leaving deep scars. The damaged tissue will become gangrenous and eventually slough away. The initial bite frequently cannot be felt and there may be no pain, but over time the wound may grow to as large as 10 inches (25 cm) in extreme cases. Bites usually become painful and itchy within 2 to 8 hours; pain and other local effects worsen 12 to 36 hours after the bite with the necrosis developing over the next few days.
Serious systemic effects may occur before this time, as the venom spreads throughout the body in minutes. Mild symptoms include nausea, vomiting, fever, rashes, and muscle and joint pain. Rarely more severe symptoms occur including hemolysis, thrombocytopenia, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Debilitated patients, the elderly, and children may be more susceptible to systemic loxoscelism(localized death and decomposition of body tissue). Deaths have been reported for both the brown recluse and the related South American species L. laeta and L. intermedia.
The good news that don't usually bite you unless they get squished & the bad news treatment is a bitch. The nurse trainer got bit & he said the pain was awful. Felt good, then starting building like a burn till 15 mins. later he was begging for mercy. Took several months to heal & left some nasty scars.
Oh almost forgot these little buggers are all over North America.
Best defense is a good offense: KNOW YOUR ENEMY
As I was reading these responses, I just remembered something that I heard a few years ago.
I heard that if you are bitten by a poisonous snake, that if you use a taser on the wound, than that will stop the poison from spreading!
Something about how a Hi amp & low voltage shock, does something.
-Has anyone else heard about this!-
I dont own a taser, but if this was the case, it would be a good reason to get one.
1983 I was squirrel hunting in the woods of central Oklahoma. It was early fall, mid September and I had hiked in over a mile from my truck.
Mid day I sat down to eat lunch and a copperhead hit me in the back of the calf, just above the boot.
I knew from the intense fire that he had injected me. Now I had the ole snake bite kit and I applied it fast. Sucked out a lot of the poison right there. Then I put a restrictor on my leg and started for the truck. Over a mile hump with a leg that was hurting like hell. Then another 17 miles over to the Hospital at Norman.
No cell phone, no 911, no, Ive fallen and cant get up. It was just me.
The Doc said that little snake bite kite probably saved my life and at the least it didn't make matters worse.
Do what ya want or dont, as for me, I will continue to keep that snake bit kit around. Hell just two nights ago I had a copper head hit me twice but I had thick canvas brush pants so he didnt penetrate. I also had my trusty S&W and guess who lost..............
Only did that once when I reached into my gunsafe by the bed an accidentally touched the trigger on my taser & the contacts at the same time. My hand & arm came out so fast found myself in another time zone.
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During the past 2 decades, articles suggesting that stun guns be utilized to treat venomous bites and stings have appeared in both the lay and medical press. Although never widely considered to be standard therapy for venomous bites and stings, stun guns are still considered to be a treatment option by some medical practitioners and outdoor enthusiasts. A Medline search was performed using these terms: venomous bites, venomous stings, snake bites, spider bites, electrical, stun gun, high voltage electricity, low amperage electricity, direct current, and shock therapy. Articles selected included laboratory-based isolated venom studies, animal studies, and case reports involving humans in which a stun gun or some other source of high voltage, low amperage direct current electric shocks were used to treat actual or simulated venomous bites or stings. We concluded that the use of stun guns or other sources of high voltage, low amperage direct current electric shocks to treat venomous bites and stings is not supported by the literature.
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Mrs. Brashear's rooming-house on Grove Street wore its air of respectability like
a garment, clean and somber, in an environment of careful behavior. Greenwich
Village, not having fully awakened to the commercial advantages of being a
_locale_, had not yet stretched between itself and the rest of New York that
gauzy and iridescent curtain of sprightly impropriety and sparkling intellectual
naughtiness, since faded to a lather tawdry pattern. An early pioneer of the
Villager type, emancipated of thought and speech, chancing upon No. 11 Grove,
would have despised it for its lack of atmosphere and its patent conservatism. It
did not go out into the highways and byways, seeking prospective lodgers. It
folded its hands and waited placidly for them to come. When they came, it
pondered them with care, catechized them tactfully, and either rejected them with
courteous finality or admitted them on probation. Had it been given to self-
exploitation, it could have boasted that never had it harbored a bug or a scandal
within its doors.
Now, on this filmy-soft April day it was nonplussed. A type new to its experience
was applying for a room, and Mrs. Brashear, who was not only the proprietress,
but, as it were, the familiar spirit and incarnation of the institution, sat peering
near-sightedly and in some perturbation of soul at the phenomenon. He was
young, which was against him, and of a winning directness of manner, which was
in his favor, and extremely good to look at, which was potential of complications,
and encased in clothing of an uncompromising cut and neutral pattern (to wit; No.
45 T 370, "an ideal style for a young business man of affairs; neat, impressive
and dignified"), which was reassuring.
"My name is Banneker," he had said, immediately the door was opened to him.
"Can I get a room here?"
"There is a room vacant," admitted the spirit of the house unwillingly.
"I'd like to see it."
As he spoke, he was mounting the stairs; she must, perforce, follow. On the third
floor she passed him and led the way to a small, morosely papered front room,
almost glaringly clean.
"All right, if I can have a work-table in it and if it isn't too much," he said, after one
comprehensive glance around.
"The price is five dollars a week."
Had Banneker but known it, this was rather high. The Brashear rooming-house
charged for its cleanliness, physical and moral. "Can I move in at once?" he
"I don't know you nor anything about you, Mr. Banneker," she replied, but not
until they had descended the stairs and were in the cool, dim parlor. At the
moment of speaking, she raised a shade, as if to help in the determination.
"Is that necessary? They didn't ask me when I registered at the hotel."
Mrs. Brashear stared, then smiled. "A hotel is different. Where are you
"At the St. Denis."


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London Gazette (Newspaper) - January 30, 1762, London, Middlesex 0amk toiy p �4 -Si From ^atutCiap January 30, to ^utf&ag February' 2-, 1762. A M Seamn and Able-bodied on Board His Majejiys of War ; and for grafting Reward: 'ng fuch Seamen as Jhall conceal tbemfe GEORGE. R. Manni 31 ft*Day of March next, by any of Our Sea Officers1", employed for raifing Men ; the faid Rewards to*be ; paid for any Seaman or Seamen �b. difcovered and. taken in and'about London, ;by *he Principal Officers \, and Commiffioners of ourNavv;', and at the Out : Ports, by the-Naval Officers. where there.are any$ , .and .where there are no NavaLOfficers, by the Col-> Ieftors of Odr Cuftoms> immediately upon a Certf--ficate being produced to the faid Principal .Officers and Commiffioners of Our Navy, ? Nayal.Officen, I or Cqlle&ors of Our -Cullbms refpe�lively� by the Perfon who.may make Difcovery of any Sea (Seamen as -afdrefaid, certifying his Name, and. the; Name or Names, and Number of .Seamen procured * in Confequence of his Difcovery ; and thei faidCer-., tificate to be given by fuch Officer as may take .fuch Seaman or .Seamen for Our Service. Day of F'ebntdrj'y 1762, of-Our Reign. James*Si the^Second in- the Sfccond Year GOD Save the KING. The following Addrefs of the'Lord'Lieutenant,'* igh Sheriff, Gentlemen, Clergy, and"' freeholders o^theXourity 1 \ r� Fleet, We did, by Our Royal Proclamation bearing Date the 2zd Day of July laft, Promife-and Declare, amoUgft other Things, That the Bounties of Five Pounds for every Abie Sea-nan, and. Thirty Shillings- for every Ordinary Seaman, ihould be paid to every-fuch Able and Ordinary SeSman, not above the Age of Fifty, nor under the Age of Twenty-Years, who ihould, on or before the, 12th Day of September then following, enter th'emiHyes to ferve in Our Royal Navy, either } with the Captains or Lieutenants of OurShipsj-or the Chief Officers on Board fuch Tenders as ihould'] be emp-oyed for Raifing Men for the Service of Our Royal Navy : and that a Bounty of Thirty. 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In response to HSPD 12, the NIST Computer Security Division initiated a new program for improving the identification and authentication of Federal employees and contractors for access to Federal facilities and information systems. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201, entitled Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors, was developed to satisfy the requirements of HSPD 12, approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and issued on February 25, 2005.
FIPS 201 incorporates three technical publications specifying several aspects of the required administrative procedures and technical specifications that may change as the standard is implemented and used. NIST Special Publication 800-73, "Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification" specifies the interface and data elements of the PIV card; NIST Special Publication 800-76, Biometric Data Specification for Personal Identity Verification" specifies the technical acquisition and formatting requirements for biometric data of the PIV system; and NIST Special Publication 800-78, "Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification" specifies the acceptable cryptographic algorithms and key sizes to be implemented and used for the PIV system.
In addition, a number of guidelines, reference implementations, and conformance tests have been identified as being needed to: implement and use the PIV system; protect the personal privacy of all subscribers of the PIV system; authenticate identity source documents to obtain the correct legal name of the person applying for a PIV "card"; electronically obtain and store required biometric data (e.g., fingerprints, facial images) from the PIV system subscriber; create a PIV "card" that is "personalized" with data needed by the PIV system to later grant access to the subscriber to Federal facilities and information systems; assure appropriate levels of security for all applicable Federal applications; and provide interoperability among Federal organizations using the standards. These activities will be pursued as resources permit.
NIST announced the release of Special Publication 800-78-1 (updated 11/2013 - SP 800 78-1 has been superseded by SP 800-78-3), Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification on August 2nd, 2007. NIST has added a clarification regarding the effective date of this document.
NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication 800-78-1, Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification. The document has been modified to enhance interoperability, simplify the development of relying party applications, and enhance alignment with the National Security Agency's Suite B Cryptography. In addition, a new cryptographic migration timeline has been developed based on advances in cryptoanalysis of algorithms as well as operational deployment considerations.
NIST is pleased to announce release of an improved version of the PIV Data Generator. The Data Generator is intended as a reference implementation that facilitates creation of PIV test data objects. The data generator can be used to generate PIV test data that is conformant to the data requirements set forth in FIPS 201, SP 800-73, SP 800-76, and SP 800-78. Developers and integrators are welcome to use the reference utility and its generated data objects in test environments. The data generator has been enhanced to allow dynamic data production, include test data assertion, and be conformant to the PIV Data Model Tester. The Data Loader utility can be used to load the test data on to PIV conformant cards. These reference implementation aids are available at the Downloadable PIV Software site.
NIST is pleased to announce the publication of Special Publication 800-104, A Scheme for PIV Visual Card Topography. This document provides additional recommendations on the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card color-coding for designating employee affiliation. This document is intended to refine FIPS 201 to enable reliable visual verification of the PIV Card.
NIST is pleased to announce the release of a reference implementation of SP 800-73-1. The reference implementation includes a software simulation of a PIV card and an implementation of the End-Point Client Application Programming Interface. NIST has also developed mandatory functions of a PIV Card application on a Basic Card. The source code and binaries for both are available at the Downloadable PIV Software site.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will conduct a feasibility study of Secure Biometric Match-On-Card (SBMOC) technology, and invites providers of such technology to submit devices to be tested. The goal of the feasibility study is to determine if the state-of-the-practice in smart card products and biometrics technology have advanced to enable a new mode of operation. To implement this mode, certain functional and security properties must be achieved by the SBMOC technology while meeting performance requirement for a biometric authentication transaction. Complete technical requirements are presented in the Test Approach document.
Submission providers should complete and transmit the Intention to Participate form to NIST by 20 Jul 2007. Providers may transmit a submission package to NIST, as described in Materials Transfer Agreement, at any time before 20 Aug 2007.
On completion of the tests, NIST will publish a report indicating the number of successful submissions tested, and certain general qualities of the submissions stated in the Test Approach.
The presentation from the Secure Biometrics Match-on-Card Workshop has been posted.


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SAINSBURY'S is taking on 15,000 Christmas workers — the largest number of seasonal staff the supermarket has ever hired.
About 2,000 of them will be kept on a permanent basis.
Roles on offer at 1,000 stores nationwide include customer services, working on check-outs, shelf-stacking and assisting the online delivery teams. Job hunters can apply from today and will start work in November.
This year big-name high street stores are expected to take on 70,000 staff to cope with the Christmas rush. Emily Worf, 21, of Chigwell, Essex, joined Sainsbury's South Woodford store three years ago on a Christmas contract and is now a trainee team leader. She said: "I really enjoy being part of the team."
Sainsbury's customer service chief Gwyn Burr added: "The work is fast-paced, varied and rewarding. There are many opportunities on offer and the potential to learn a whole set of new skills."
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We tried various positions - round the back, on the side, up against a wall...
but in the end we came to the conclusion the bottom of the garden was the only place for a good shed.
She stood before me, trembling in my shed.
"I'm yours for the night," she gasped, "You can do whatever you want with me."
So I took her to McDonalds.
She knelt before me on the shed floor and tugged gently at first, then harder until finally it came.
I moaned with pleasure. Now for the other boot.
Ever since she read THAT book, I've had to buy all kinds of ropes, chains and shackles.
She still manages to get into the shed, though.
"Put on this rubber suit and mask," I instructed, calmly.
"Mmmm, kinky!" she purred.
"Yes," I said, "You can't be too careful with all that asbestos in the shed roof."
"I'm a very naughty girl," she said, biting her lip. "I need to be punished."
So I invited my mum to stay for the weekend.
"Harder!" she cried, gripping the workbench tightly. "Harder!"
"Okay," I said. "What's the gross national product of Nicaragua?"
I lay back exhausted, gazing happily out of the shed window.
Despite my concerns about my inexperience, my rhubarb had come up a treat.
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"I think so," I gulped. "Here we go, then," she said, and showed me the receipt.
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CRITICS of David Hicks have been eerily quiet since prosecutors dropped their court case aimed at seizing the profits from his book. The critics have been left covered in mud after prosecutors publicly conceded that evidence from Guantanamo probably would not pass muster in an Australian court.
Their admission is the closest we have come to a formal acknowledgment by any Australian authority that Hicks' military trial was defective by ordinary standards of justice. It would have been hugely embarrassing to the Howard government if an Australian court had officially thrown out the evidence and condemned George Bush's kangaroo court.
It is extraordinary that it took prosecutors so long to recognise what a world of lawyers, and much of the Australian public, have long understood - that evidence from Guantanamo was dodgy and Hicks' trial was unfair. The withdrawal of that case brings to an end the official harassment of Hicks under Australian law. It is not, however, the end of the story. While Hicks is now free to get on with his life, there remain lingering questions about his treatment by the United States and Australia.
The charge on which Hicks was convicted, providing material support for terrorism, is still being challenged in the US courts by other Guantanamo detainees. It is alleged that the offence was retrospective since it was unknown to the law of war or US law before 9/11. A decision is expected at any time.
Freedom from retrospective punishment is a sacred US constitutional right, and a human right under international law. It safeguards against arbitrary state power by preventing governments from designating their opponents as criminals after the fact.
If the offence is knocked over in the US courts, the basis of Hicks' conviction will collapse. There are also unanswered questions of accountability facing the Australian government. In opposition, Labor attacked the Howard government for supporting Bush's military trials, arguing that they violated the laws of war, human rights and basic justice.
Once elected in 2007, Labor went hypocritically quiet. It has rebuffed calls for an inquiry into Hicks' treatment. In the absence of domestic human rights laws, Hicks is unable to expose his mistreatment in the Australian courts.
One avenue remains open to Hicks. In 2010 he lodged a complaint against Australia with the United Nations, alleging violations by Australia of an international human rights treaty. The committee is expected to deliver its decision soon, after hearing Australia's response.
Hicks argues his offence was retrospective and contrary to international law. By enforcing his sentence in an Adelaide prison, Hicks believes that Australia took over responsibility from the US for his unlawful punishment. Australia detained him unlawfully under international law because his offence was retrospective and he did not receive a fair trial.
While prisoners are often transferred to prisons in their own countries for humanitarian reasons, this must not involve prison based on a flagrant denial of justice. Australia should have done what Britain successfully did - insist that none of its citizens be prosecuted in an unfair trial at Guantanamo, and demand their immediate return home.
While Hicks pleaded guilty, he argues that his plea was obtained under duress, given his harsh treatment and conditions at Guantanamo Bay. His plea required him to surrender his right to appeal, freedom to speak openly, and freedom from undue interference by law enforcement. In his UN complaint, Hicks says Australian officials were involved in various ways in the plea deal, which implicates Australia in denying these rights.
Further, by interviewing Hicks in US custody to gather intelligence, and in utilising that evidence in its control order case, Australia participated in his unlawful treatment by the US. That included ill-treatment, unlawful detention and inhumane conditions of detention. Australia's support for Hicks' trial is also likely to constitute unlawful assistance to the US in Hicks' unfair trial.
It is no secret that Hicks was abused in US custody. But Australia failed to independently investigate credible allegations of torture made by an Australian citizen, where the US had failed to explain his injuries.
Finally, Hicks says the anti-terrorism ''control order'' imposed on him was neither necessary nor resulted from a fair process. As such, the restrictions it placed on Hicks' rights (including liberty, privacy and communication) were neither necessary nor proportionate. The control order was also imposed on the basis of the same conduct for which he had already served a criminal sentence, violating his freedom from double punishment.
Australian politicians have a convenient habit of looking forward, not backwards. But justice requires accounting for the past, including for people we may dislike, and even if it makes governments squirm.
Fortunately, the United Nations can provide back-up where national political and legal systems fail to do justice to their own people.
Ben Saul is professor of international law at the University of Sydney and counsel for David Hicks in his complaint to the United Nations.


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SPCC May 10th Deadline for Farmers has Passed!!!
FREE Seminars Offered in Idaho to Clear Up Confusion
Nationally recognized environmental engineering firm, agCompliance, will hold SPCC educational training seminars alongside two different cooperatives in Idaho.
Southern Idaho – July 16th, 2013 – agCompliance has announced local seminars providing SPCC education to farmers and ranchers in the Southern Idaho area. These seminars will provide updated information about the SPCC law and how it pertains to cooperatives, farmers, ranchers, and fuel distributors. During these seminars, agCompliance will give information regarding the May 10, 2013, and September 30, 2013, deadlines, regulations and compliance solutions.
Fourteen seminars will be held from July 29 –August 2, 2013, at the following locations:
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· Wednesday, July 31, 2013 @ 10 A.M., 1 P.M., and 4 P.M.-Department of Labor: 127 West 5th North, Burley, ID
· Thursday, August 1, 2013 @ 10 A.M., 1 P.M., and 4 P.M.-Senior Citizen Center: 40 South 2nd West, Rexburg, ID
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The seminars are co-sponsored by Valley Wide Co-op and Valley Co-op. Refreshments will be provided at each seminar. For more information regarding the SPCC Law, getting into compliance, or any of the Idaho seminars, please contact Craig Martin at (855) 755-7526 Ext. 119.


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