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As Spain Goes, So Goes Europe?
Santiago Sebastian de Erice is lucky: The recent Madrid college graduate has a job. Yet the 24-year-old junior manager for retailer Cortefiel still leads a precarious existence. Like many other Spaniards he is a temp, working under a six-month renewable contract that could be canceled with little warning. And with unemployment at a shocking 22%, a layoff is a scary prospect.
Sebastian blames the policies of the ruling Socialist Party for his predicament. "I'll vote for anyone but a Socialist," he says. On Mar. 3, Sebastian will have his chance. That's the date for legislative elections, when, barring a political miracle, the government of Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez will go down in defeat after 14 years in power.
Ready to take over is conservative Jose Maria Aznar, whose Partido Popular aims to convert a bloated welfare state into a modern free-market economy that can create jobs. Aznar also pledges a clean government to replace a regime that has been dogged by charges of corruption and allegations of state-sponsored terrorism against the separatist Basques.
GROWING CONSENSUS. A turning point for Spain, the elections could also lead to important fallout for the rest of Europe. The entire continent needs to attack the excessive workplace rules and welfare programs that boost deficits and spoil competitiveness. Spain is among the worst offenders. But in contrast to strike-torn France, it's one of the few nations where a consensus for change is growing. Even many labor leaders agree that Spain can't afford its generous benefits. Business executives are hoping Aznar's reforms will free them from heavy taxes and regulations, cut the high cost of borrowing, and put spending money back in consumers' pockets. If Aznar succeeds, his regime could give Europe a valuable "Spanish model" for recasting the welfare state.
These are ambitious tasks for Aznar. Nicknamed El Bigote--the moustache--this former tax collector is short and bland. He cuts a less impressive figure than his brainy and energetic wife, Anna Botella--another civil servant and occasional talk-show host--who may play a government role. "She's our Hillary," says Fernando Gonzalez Urbaneja, editor of business daily Cinco Dias, referring to America's First Lady.
Dull though he is, the 42-year-old Aznar is a firm leader who has assembled a strong team of centrists eager to give Spain an urgently needed dose of free-market economics. His likely economics minister is a convinced free marketer, Rodrigo de Rato Figareda, an MBA trained at the University of California at Berkeley.
Aznar aides say he has learned a lot from the mistakes of the French conservatives, who botched their chance for profound change after coming to power last May. Aznar blames the French failure on lack of consultation with pressure groups, plus slowness to act. He promises meetings with labor leaders the day after he takes office. Aznar plans quickly to merge government ministries and cut state jobs, saving $2 billion this year. He'll change the law to prohibit off-budget state spending--a common practice that often equals 2% of gross domestic product or more. The new regime will speed up privatization, aiming to raise $24 billion over three or four years, including $4 billion this year. Aznar has a secret list of 10 companies, which insiders say include Iberia Airlines and electric utility Endesa Nacional de Electricidad.
TAX CUTS, TOO? These measures are meant to boost Spain's credibility in financial markets, so interest rates can fall. That would spur growth and jobs. And if Aznar can slash spending, he promises a gradual cut in the highest marginal rate on personal income tax from 56% to 40%.
Equally crucial, Aznar is likely to cut unemployment benefits that even unions agree are killing off jobs. Companies are loath to hire permanent workers because layoffs in Spain are Europe's most costly--45 days' pay per year worked. When Gillette Co. closed a Seville plant last year, the average employee took home three years' pay--and started collecting unemployment that doles out up to 90% of his old wages for four years. That's why most companies now hire only temporary employees like Sebastian at Cortefiel. Cortefiel's chairman, Gonzalo Hinojosa, admits this practice is "unfair." He wants Aznar to kill many of the layoff benefits so he can afford permanent hires.
Aznar's plans sound promising. But can "the moustache" deliver? Some observers fear he'll lack power for a broad overhaul. His party is an amalgam ranging from center-left reformers to rightist diehards from the Franco era. Many foresee internal PP feuding. Basque terrorism is another threat: Unlike the Socialists, the PP opposes regional autonomy. Some observers fear a stepped-up wave of assassinations could destabilize the new regime. Aznar's party may also lack a parliamentary majority, since polls show the PP winning 40% of the popular vote and the Socialists 30%. Aznar might need the support of splinter groups, most likely the centrist Catalan Party--which has helped keep Gonzalez in power.
Yet if Aznar can eke out a legislative majority, his chances for a serious attack on Spain's excesses seem strong. Luckily for him, the Spanish economy is among the few in Europe that's still growing, even though growth will likely slow this year to 2.5% from last year's 2.9%. Much of Spain's growth stems from currency devaluations in recent years that cut the peseta's value against the German mark by 26%.
LABOR BOOST. The devalued peseta has offset rapidly rising costs that had started to deter foreign investment and dampen exports and tourism. Four years ago, Ford Motor Co. executives were stunned to learn that a car built at their Spanish plant cost the same as one built in Germany. No more. "Our Valencia plant is our most productive in Europe," with unit costs some 30% below German plants, says Stephen G. Lyons, managing director of Ford Espana. Thus, Ford has picked that plant to make its new Ka, a small car for all of Europe, and is investing $1 billion in a new engine plant. General Electric, BASF, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, and others all plan new investments.
Aznar will get a boost from a labor movement that has turned moderate. The largest union, Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras, recently elected a bright, pragmatic young boss: Antonio Gutierrez, head of a bank employees' union. He's moving the former communist confederation to the center, backing European Monetary Union, and accepting looser labor rules. Less regulation is acceptable because "it's clear our companies must become more competitive if they're going to create jobs," says Jorge Aragon Medina, the union's economic guru.
It may well be that El Bigote--if he wins--will find Spain just as tough to change as France. Yet "at least we have a chance with Aznar," says Hinojosa of Cortefiel. "The PP means hope." Among those who will be hoping are Spain's hordes of temporary workers. Most of them crave a permanent job in a promising economy--even if it means giving up some of Spain's lush benefits. If Aznar can achieve such a turnaround, he'll be giving Europe a gift as well: an important new role model.


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SO … Taylor Swift and One Direction's Harry Styles have been pretty inseparable since the pair started dating at the start of this month. The pair were together for Taylor's recent 23rd birthday, which is significant I think, but this week they have truly cemented their love affair. Harry went and got himself a tattoo here in LA and Taylor was right there with him … like the loyal girlfriend she is. Check out photos of Haylor together at Shamrock Tattoo here in West Hollywood, CA. last night.
He's already amassed a sizeable collection of body art since shooting to fame in One Direction two years ago. But it would seem Harry Styles' penchant for tattoos is far from over, as he sported a brand new inking on Tuesday night. The 18-year-old singer, accompanied by his doting girlfriend Taylor Swift, 23, made the Shamrock Tattoo Parlour his first port of call when he jetted into Los Angeles, California, with his One Direction bandmates. And the star certainly didn't opt for a subtle addition to his collection of etchings, having a large ship design decorate almost all of his upper arm. Looking a little red and sore, the new tattoo sat next to the large heart Harry already has on his bicep. In spite of the pain associated with the inking, Harry beamed away as he posed for a photograph with his tattoo artist at Shamrock, which is also a favourite haunt of footballer David Beckham. Taylor made sure she was close by to hold Harry's hand through the procedure, with the singer chatting to a female pal as her boyband beau went under the needle. The I Knew You Were Trouble hitmaker appeared to have embraced her grungy new surroundings, taking part in a game of pool with her friend as Harry underwent his newest inking. Looking stylish in a monochrome swallow-print dress and a slick of red lipstick, the country music star beamed as she posed alongside the One Direction hunk for a series of photos.
HMMM … a ship tattoo, you say? Where have we seen a ship tattoo on the arm of a guy standing next to Taylor Swift before? OH THAT'S RIGHT … in her new music video I Knew You Were Trouble actor Reeve Carney (which was released last week) sports a very similar-looking tattoo:
Do you think Harry decided to get this tattoo because he was inspired by Taylor's music video? Lord, I hope not but … kids! Kids do the craziest things. At least Harry didn't get Taylor's name inked on his arm or anything silly like that … but give him time, it may yet happen. 0

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A World Record For Virginia Industrial Agriculture
By Elena Day
May is my favorite month. Fields turn green and flowers delight the eye. One anticipates the abundance of summer. I think of Beltane, the ancient Irish May Day celebration when bonfires were lit, fertility was celebrated and cattle were moved to lush green summer pastures.
It hurts my heart that in more recent years more and more fields in Central Virginia green up and then just as quickly turn yellow and brown. Today's agriculturalists spray glyphosate herbicide (Monsanto's Roundup)* to deaden growth in order to monocrop Roundup-resistant corn and soybeans. These in turn are fed to our cattle and pigs and chickens. U.S. (and South American) corn and soybeans travel as far as China and Southeast Asia to feed their industrial meat production facilities. Energy efficiency and sustainability in such a system of intercontinental food transport were deep-sixed decades ago.
Recently I read in an issue of The Progressive Farmer about the 2013 world record corn yield per acre winner right here in Tidewater Virginia. Mr. Hula's no-till fields are "Rounded-Up" and planted with Roundup-resistant corn. Mr. Hula listed applications of germination stimulants, products to protect against cutworms and wireworms, additions of products from a company called Biovante that provides BioRed—soil microorganisms-and feeds these with complex sugars with product names like BioMate and Assist 45. Fertilizer is regularly added by "fertigation," the application of nutrients via irrigation. And finally, at brown silk stage Mr. Hula orders two helicopter applications of what he calls Kritter's Kryptonite, which includes more fertilizer, amino acids, BioMate, Headline AMP (fungicide) and Tombstone insecticide.
All this occurs on Curles Neck Farm or Plantation (east of Richmond on the James River), which dates back to 1635. Industrial farming has come a long way from small plots of hills of corn fertilized with fish heads and companion plantings of squash, pumpkins and beans.
The Progressive Farmer has lots of information about pesticides and herbicides and fungicides. I cannot say it is happy bedtime reading.
Atrazine is now routinely used to control marestail, which has developed glyphosate or Roundup resistance, in corn and soybean fields. Atrazine is one of the most widely used weed killers in the U.S. and its highest use is on Midwest corn. Ninety-four percent of drinking water tested by the USDA has been found to be contaminated with Atrazine. Higher contamination levels occur from April to July. It has been banned in Germany and Italy since 1991, and in the European Union since 2004. Although studies have linked Atrazine to adverse effects on amphibians and fish and to birth defects in humans, EPA remains adamant regarding its regulatory safeguards.
I recently read the May 2014 National Geographic issue "The New Food Revolution." The author is trying mightily to make the case for a new agricultural model combining modern industrial farming and organic methods. Within this article this particular subtext has stayed with me: "Though small farms tend to lag behind industrial farms in yields, they often deliver more food that actually ends up feeding people." Once again, "small is beautiful."
In the end we may pay heavily for the environmental degradation resulting from an agricultural system that currently showcases giant combines in Kansas harvesting wheat at 25 acres an hour. Note the disappearance of Monarch butterflies (an indicator species) from the vast farm fields of the Midwest as most milkweed on which these insects feed has been wiped out by herbicides that are integral to this method of feeding the world's growing population.
Last week Vermont passed a GMO labeling bill and Governor Peter Shumlin has promised to sign it. The bill includes funds to fight the challenge that will likely be brought by the Grocery Manufacturer's Association (GMA). Pepsi, Coke, Kraft, Kellogg's, Monsanto, etc. all are GMA members. Although GMO-labeling initiatives were defeated in California and Washington, efforts to pass "right to know" what you eat legislation continue in both states as well as in Oregon, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, and Colorado.
Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo (R) is sponsoring GMA's dream legislation, The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014." H.R. 4432 allows for "voluntary" GMO labeling and prohibits states from passing mandatory GMO labeling laws. Food manufacturers could continue to use the word "natural" on products that contain GMO's.
A couple of weeks ago there appeared a long article in the Washington Post about Monsanto developing new seeds that are not genetically engineered. I figured it was an attempt to get some good PR. (Monsanto is forever buying full-page ads in the Post about its achievements feeding the world its "chemically challenged" food.) Monsanto and other chemical companies are calling "mutagenesis" plant breeding the old fashioned way in the greenhouse. Mutagenesis subjects plants to radiation and chemical baths to scramble genes to produce traits suitable to industrial agriculture. The USDA Organic certification allows for mutagenesis although it disallows irradiation of food. Clarification is necessary.
Don't forget, the Crozet Farmers Market opens May 3.
*A study released early in April found glyphosate in mothers' breast milk as well as at levels 10 times higher than in Europe
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I believe industrial and organic farming can be compatible, and it's indeed the most sustainable way to provide food in the quantities required for a growing population, but probably not with the same kind of industrial mechanization as in conventional farming, which contradicts many principles of organic farming. There are currently no machinery adapted to the specific needs of organic farming, namely lightweight robotic weeders, since weeding (labor) is one important cost in organic farming. This kind of technology would also benefit conventional farming because several weeds like marestail are already resistant to glyphosate and even other herbicides. The only form of weeding that does not create resistance is mechanical, not chemical.
Hey, I didn't notice the name of the city until you mentioned the market day. Can you even find crozets in Crozet? These delicious buckwheat pasta squares are a specialty of the Alps, usually served with some local dry aged mountain cheese (Beaufort).
http://www.marmiton.org/magazine/tendances-gourmandes_crozets_1.aspx (in French, sorry)
Agriculture is a broad stoke of a brush and agriculture has changed. There is a need for smaller business ventures in agriculture and the support mechanisms for such operations are virtually nonexistent. The challenges for overhead cost, economic return and sustainable markets for the smaller enterprise are just some of the daunting factors that confront the local grower/supplier industry. The need to feed the world and economics has driven the conventional farm business model to mechanization and global commodity markets. That is not a bad thing and this is where the enduring farm family business still resides. These families can go back many generations and have been central to the legacy of American Agriculture that this country and the world have always been the benefactor.
It becomes pretty easy to overlook the real solutions; they become obscure and at times are found in unexpected places. Mr. Hula and his family are a microcosm in numerous ways. If you look into Mr. Hula's stewardship relative to his crop management system you will be pleasantly surprised. There are a great number of folks that would argue that Mr. Hula and his family are highly regarded as pioneers in protecting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Hula has been recognized by many in the industry and by those in the environmental and academic institutions for his accomplishments. Mr. Hula and his family are one of several farm families that go back several generations and have ventured into diversified products and local supply markets. These individuals have dealt with the certainty of supporting an agricultural business in a changing world and their story is compelling.
The folks at the local Soil & Water Conservation District would be glad to furnish details for anyone interested in additional information.


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After 17 years with Liquid Force, winning everything in sight and being a WakeBrother, Phil makes some changes.
After exhaustive research, Wake Devil RJ Pabon comes up with the top ten collegiate wakeboarders for the 2012-2013 school year.
We spent a day in Orlando with Byerly, Watson, McKee and Czeschin checking out the new Nautique Surf System.
Find out how proper nutrition can keep you on the water longer, reduce your chance of injury and prolong your rides.
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HCL @ Gartner BI Summit 2012
Gartner BI summit is a premier BI event that sees attendance of close to 1200+ senior IT and Business leaders from Fortune 500 organisations. This year's event explores the latest trends, technologies and strategies that are shaping successful BI initiatives with in-depth coverage on BI Strategy, Big Data, Cloud and SAAS, Mobile BI, Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics.
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Our long history in short.
Our Collections
How our collections were formed.
- A Brief History of the Collections
- History of the Library
- History of the Palaeontology Department
- History of the Mammal Department
- History of the Exhibition and Preparation Department
- History of the Education Department
- History of the Minerals Department
- History of the Anthropology Department
- History of Ichthyology
- History of the Australian Museum Society (TAMS)
Education Resources
History information and education programs.
Highlights and milestones since we were established in 1827.
Museum Stories
A selection of our favourite anecdotes, events, tales and yarns.
- The oldest diorama in Australia?
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- Lord Howe Island connections
- A Pride of Lions
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- Giant Tortoise Sectioned
- Dear Mr Darwin - The Long Gallery
- Films For Mr Everyman
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Endotracheal Tubes for Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (PreVent)
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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Researchers are looking at three different types of breathing tubes to see if any of them are better at preventing pneumonia than the others. Two of the tubes have design features to prevent leakage of fluids from the mouth and throat into the lungs. This is importance, since leakage of small amounts of fluid into the lungs may lead to pneumonia. The third tube is the standard tube used at most hospitals.
The hypothesis is that the use of a breathing tube that reduces fluid leakage into the lungs will reduce the risk of developing pneumonia, compared to the standard tube. The study will also look at the safety of the modified breathing tubes, compared to the standard tube.
This study is a small, "pilot" study that will determine if it is possible to perform a larger study that will provide more certain results.
Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia
Device: PVC ETT
Device: PUC ETT
Device: PUC-CASS ETT
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Pilot Trial of Tubes to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (PreVent)
- Tracheal bacterial colonization [ Time Frame: Between Day 2 and Day 4 of intubation ]The proportion of patients with quantitative culture growth from tracheal aspirate specimens of >1,000,000 CFU between Day 2 and Day 4 of tracheal intubation/mechanical ventilation. Proportions will be compared between the three study arms.
- Feasibility [ Time Frame: Up to 2.5 years. ]The feasibility of performing a Phase III, randomized, controlled, single center trial comparing two tracheal tubes designed to prevent VAP with conventional tracheal tubes, in a mixed population of medical and surgical patients undergoing emergency tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation will be assessed. Parameters will include validation of VAP definition, data algorithms and randomization procedures; assessment of compliance with the followup questionnaire; estimation of actual vs. expected recruitment proportions.
- Invasively Diagnosed VAP [ Time Frame: During mechanical ventilation (expected average of day 4 post-intubation) ]The proportion of patients who develop invasively-diagnosed VAP at any point during their hospital stay.
- Cumulative Organ Dysfunction [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of their hospital stay, an expected average of 10 days. ]The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score will be compared between groups.
- Length of Stay [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of their hospital stay, an expected average of 10 days. ]ICU and hospital length of stay will be compared between groups.
- Mortality [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of their hospital stay, an expected average of 10 days. ]ICU and hospital mortality will be compared between groups.
- Duration of Mechanical Ventilation [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of their hospital stay, an expected average of 10 days. ]Duration of mechanical ventilation and ventilator-free days will be compared between groups.
- Safety measures [ Time Frame: 48 hours and 2 months post-extubation (expected average of day 4 and day 62 post-intubation) ]In addition to tracking device-related adverse events and serious adverse events, the PreVent study will assess airway complications by various measures, including assessment for stridor, reintubation, dysphagia, and dysphonia within 48 hours of extubation, and assess long-term airway complications via telephone survey 2 months after extubation.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: PVC ETT
Polyvinylchloride cuff endotracheal tube
Device: PVC ETT
Placement of a PVC-cuffed ETT in the setting of emergent intubation.
Other Name: Mallinckrodt Hi-Lo Oral/Nasal ETT Cuffed. Murphy Eye.
Experimental: PUC ETT
Polyurethane cuff endotracheal tube
Device: PUC ETT
Placement of a PUC-cuffed ETT in the setting of emergent intubation.
Other Name: Mallinckrodt Seal Guard, oral/nasal ETT.
Experimental: PUC-CASS ETT
Polyurethane cuff with continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions endotracheal tube
Device: PUC-CASS ETT
Placement of a PUC-cuffed in the setting of emergent intubation, followed by continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions for the duration of mechanical ventilation.
Other Name: Mallincrodt Evac Oral ETT, Seal Guard, Murphy Eye
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 years or older;
- Emergency intubation with a study device either in the field by Medic One, (the Seattle Fire Department program that provides basic and advanced life support services to the city) or at HMC;
- Absence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest;
- Absence of major burns, penetrating trauma or absence any major trauma with systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg at the time of tracheal intubation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Use of a non-study designated intubation device (such as nasal intubation, tracheostomy, intubation in the operating room, intubation outside the study network such as occurring in an outside hospital or by other emergency response providers);
- Patients with permanent tracheostomy;
- Federally protected populations: Children (age <18 years), pregnant women, and prisoners.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01744483
|United States, Washington
|Harborview Medical Center
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
|Principal Investigator:
|Miriam Treggiari, MD
|University of Washington
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Miriam Treggiari, Professor, University of Washington
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01744483 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
5R34HL105581-02 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
|Study First Received:
|November 29, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 23, 2013
Keywords provided by Miriam Treggiari, University of Washington:
endotracheal intubation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Cross Infection
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
Lung Injury
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 25, 2017


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Tony Oates ... wonders about the presumption of innocence. John Mokrzycki
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After 16 months' imprisonment, the former Bond executive talks to Mark Drummond.
On June 19 last year Tony Oates was in the garden of his home in the Polish seaside resort of Sopot.
Minutes later, the former Bond Corp director was packing a bag for a long flight back to Perth after three officers from the Gdansk Central Bureau of Investigation turned up with extradition papers.
When Oates farewelled his wife Jolanta, it was the last time he was free in almost 16 months until last Wednesday night, when he was finally released on bail from Hakea Prison after his two- month trial on corporate fraud charges had been aborted in its final days.
In his first interview since leaving Perth for Poland in 1991, Oates says he still resents being denied bail on charges relating to his alleged role in stripping $1.2 billion from Bell Resources 16 years ago.
However, Oates says his time behind bars in Hakea was a pleasant change from the cramped Polish cell he shared for seven months in the winter of 1996 with a local man accused of illegally selling coal.
"Compared to Poland, Hakea is wonderful," he says, relaxing at his rural property in Middle Swan.
"The [Polish] jail was 100 years old, it was built very much in the style of the old Fremantle prison. There were no facilities for exercise, you ate your food in your cells and you were locked in your cells all day and all night.
"You were allowed out for your visit once a month and you showered once a week."
One enduring legacy of the time Oates spent in that Polish cell is that he suffers reduced breathing capacity after being denied proper medical treatment for an asthmatic condition.
However, what appears to irritate him most about the combined two years he has spent in prison in Poland and Perth awaiting trial is that he was repeatedly considered too much of a flight risk to be freed on bail.
"They can't honestly believe you're going to be stupid enough to run around for the rest of your life hiding under rocks," Oates says.
"It's just ludicrous. They didn't for one minute suggest that they had any real evidence that I was likely to run away.
"When they said to me we're going to object to bail because you're a flight risk, I thought to myself 'On what basis? Who are these nameless people who decide these things and what are the politics behind it?'
"They made the same stupid suggestions in Poland that I was trying to escape and hide - and here I am working in a damn brewery and going to the same place every day.
"When you're sitting in the court listening to the barristers speaking to the judge and hearing the judge's response, you sometimes feel there's lip service given to this concept of innocence until proven guilty."
Oates says that being imprisoned in Hakea made it difficult for him to mount his defence - and had he not been incarcerated, the prosecution blunder which led to his trial being aborted on October 1 may have been avoided. A retrial has been scheduled for July next year.
"It was obviously much more difficult than if I was outside and it obviously cost me a lot more money than if I'd been able to do some of the work. If I hadn't been locked in there it may well have been that I would have discovered this piece of paper that the prosecutor tried to ambush us with.
"Certainly I would have had time to go through all of the information, whereas the only information I was given the opportunity to look at was the information which the Director of Public Prosecutions provided on disks which I was able to read in prison."
The 12 years Oates spent in Poland before being extradited to Perth last year was hardly a life on the run.
His working career centred around transforming old breweries, where he introduced the Australian-inspired beer brand EB. He shared a passion for the theatre and the arts and with wife Jolanta attended parties at the Australian embassy in Warsaw.
Oates says suggestions he had fled to Poland in 1991 to avoid the law in Australia are also ill-founded. The Bell Resources charges were laid in 1995 against Oates and his co-accused, Alan Bond and Peter Mitchell, both of whom pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
Bond has since moved to London, while Mitchell, the only former Bond executive Oates stays in touch with, returned to America, where he has real estate interests.
"Fair-thinking people would recognise that a suggestion of that kind is really quite an improper use of spin because anyone who knew the facts knows that I was there [in Poland] for the reason I was offered a job there," Oates says.
"From a work point of view, my time in Poland has been the most exciting period of my life. I was able to do things and create things on a scale that I never dreamed would be possible."
On the guilty pleas lodged by Bond and Mitchell, Oates says: "They chose their course and I've chosen mine, which is to try to rectify, by defending myself, some of the quite improper beliefs that have grown up around about this whole event."
Oates says he is still coming to terms with the concept of freedom. "It's almost an unreal feeling. I didn't feel it when I was released from Poland because Jolanta picked me up and I went home to things that are familiar to me. But here I'm without her and I'm sort of camped in a location where I haven't been for 13 or 14 years."
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I just watched a video on youtube and it had sound, only bad thing is you can hear other players in different cars :/ from what I heard its not group b style but thats not gonna stop me wanting to drive it.
You know what I think? I think you all need to stop hyper focusing and whining on minute details in a SAMPLE VIDEO. Unless you're a game developer or someone who actually knows what they're talking about you should keep your childish points to yourself. This game won't be released for atleast 5 months and a demo hasn't yet to hit the PS store. Seeing all of you complain throughout these posts of updates on the game really is gross to read. You aren't entitled to anything so stop acting like you are.
I think there will be a longer version of this track… At 0:55, don't you see some sponsor signs going uphill, away from the layout?
Does anyone know if a clutch button will be available?
i hope so.
The clutch was a good feature in forza. I know you can stall the car in gt5 with the wheel set up.
I was playing in the skyline black edition tuned gt academy car thats the prize for the 15th anniversary event. I noticed the back fire nose sounded awesome and the boost from the interview. Got faith for some really good sounds.
Looks beautiful!!!
OH nooooo
Look at the way the revs blits down on up changes. Very characteristic of how a sequential box or flappy paddy gearbox works and I do not think the S1 had either back in the day. It was a normal shifter. So as far as I can see PD still not able to recreate the way the engine revs up realistically when doing down changes or how the rev counter responds when shifting up!!!!
I wonder why the put flappys on?
Looks great! but the only thing that disturbs me was some of the pop ups ( i did not like that) please fix. and make the engine sound better…
Yeaaaah Switzerland :D
This looks terrible. Like they designed it on Course Maker and spruced it up with some high altitude scenery.
I go skiing every year in Zermatt. A bit difficult to recognize things without the snow ;)
Looks like they forgot to add the skilifts
If you drive past the yellow-red building you drive more or less on a skislope
I think Matterhorn gonna be my fav track… i like the view, a bit like Eiger Nordwand. But there are jaggies everywhere like GT5… and the audience suddenly pop up… hihi :p ..i hope that will be fix in full version.
Lol,the most imprortant thing we want to know is skipped,the engine sounds!
looks like S**T, sorry.
it's like Eiger/Cape ring mixed into one
IMO,it's not looking good and seems an easy way to impress people by getting a scenic view in the mountains…i'm not a F***** tourist!
I agee, I wasnt much into cape ring due to it being in the clouds. Eiger is a fun track, especially the rallys.
I think the game looks stunning, new rendering engine, physics, suspension, aerodynamics, I mean Polyphony have really pulled it out the bag, everything looks better, the tracks look fabulous. All we need to find out now is content, you can guarantee that the single player campaign will be in keeping after the disappointing GT5 single player, I can see huge content and some new innovations, I can't wait to get my hands on this game. Kaz was quoted as saying he's very happy with the game, that comment alone is enough to ensure that GT6 is going to be absolutely awesome. : )
Very true. He wasnt happy at GT5 because it wasnt finished. With ps4 technology PD will be able to create his vision. Cant wait for GT6 & to hear the quattro lol.
Hey everybody, and Jordan I hope this is cool with you but I would like some people to go to autoblog.com and read the post they have on gt6. For some, including myself that have they doubts about gt6, or just want some more information. They went into a little more detail about the new things they are adding into the game, pretty good read if you ask me, and jordan you might want to read that too because I was thinking maybe if you went a little more in detail is some of the posts on gtp and on some things regarding gt6 it might curb some of the questions, misunderstandings, arguements and speculations that some of the gtp community might have. Thanks Jordan and the GTP community!
I would love more real world tracks, I mean the fictional ones are fine and all but there is nothing like driving on the nurburgring, le mans, laguna seca, tokyo, fuji, spa, and many more knowing that if you can drive well here within Gran Turismo you can more than likely do it in real life. My bucket list has me going to the nurburgring in the near future, renting a nice sports car, 370z, audi mercedes or something and spending a few days in germany at the ring, and I feel very good that because of the time spent on Gran Turismo on the ring, give me the right car I know I could go and do a 8 minute lap. Thats real world tracks for ya.
You do know that you're not permitted to take "rental" cars around the Nurb anymore.
@AERO_HDT – doesn't that depend on the rental car company?
Admittedly, it's been 7 years since my uncle went there, but he told me that some companies will not allow their cars to be driven on the Nurburgring while others do… ie, the tourist element is taken dare of if they want to do that!
I heard this too. You get banned from renting a car for life over there if could. I think just banned from the company, cant really remember.
Don't worry. You can rent track-prepared cars to drive the Nordschleife (from a Clio or Golf, to a GT86 and a 911). They come with semi-slicks, a rollcage and… Stickers!!
Thats pretty cool
I took a trip over there with a mate and did a good few laps in my own motor, and my mate on his Ducati – he got banned after only 3 laps though (too noisy, as apparently there's three noise sensors around the track set at with a limit of approx.100 decibels). As a result we went to a specialised rental company in nurburg village and he rented out a stage 2 tuned Suzuki swift (burg suspension setup, 2 bucket seats, rollcage and semi-slicks), wasn't the quickest but handled great!! I tried a couple of laps in it too and some of the most fun I've ever had behind the wheel of a car, both of us giggling at how well it handled – taking faster cars on the outsides of bends… Some great video footage to remember it!
I know how you feel Jordan, sometimes my Ghost ticks me off too… lol JKJK
No… the crowd started throwing trash onto the track ;) LOL, the haters are out early this season.
Looks very good, but the racing line always makes it just too unrealistic for me, but besides from that this look awesome!
Same, its a distraction
Am I the only one who recognized the really bad buildup of track graphics??
If you look closely you can see the bystanders pop in the view just 100m or so in front of the car.
Even complete buildings are displayed way to late and appear out of the nowhere…
I know its a really early version (maybe only ALPHA state)
I hop they will fix this.
Looks like there is some decent vibration in the dashboard. Is it just me?
A moment of silence! Thanks for that. Easier to focus on track and your driving skills…
Really PD? Eiger 2.0? I feel kind of ripped off after seeing this.
Difference between this and Eiger is that I would actually use this track.
Lol oh yeah dude? You feel "ripped off"
Kind of plain looking. Reminds me of Grindelwald though, and that is a plus. Still, the track needs more foliage.
More foliage at 3000 meters above sea level? There is only grass and very few boreal bushes up there.
Layouts on this track???
Woops! Just realised my mistake!
Oh nooo, there's no pit road. That's a bummer, track would've been awesome for some GT3 endurance racing!
That is a Short Course…
I think the Main Track has an Pit Line…!!!
We dont know yet if Matterhorn is a standalone course with multiple layouts Longa23.
^OOPS I stand corrected my bad ^
The larger (Rally) course at Eifel would nice if paved. But, I thought rally was a point to point affair like Pikes Peak, Dakkar or Gumball.
I think there might be a pit road. Look at 2:35 when the crash happens there seems to be a grandstand on the hill with a building on the opposite side to the grandstand.
I'm sure glad it's not out yet. I've got a lot of things to catch up on and GT5's bad enough. I mean face it, you don't "play" GT… it's a way of life…
@1:46 Is that Eiger? (the mountain not the track)
And also, this track is better than Eiger. Already can tell
I doubt that mountain is Eiger, it's more likely Matterhorn. However, Eiger is about 67 km away in a straight line from Matterhorn.
Is.it sad that I already have some photoshoot locations picked out on this track? Lol
I can't wait to see some more video footage from Jordan :D
No front page feature? :P It was cool chatting with you man. Hopefully we meet again tomorrow! :D
Looks like there might be multiple configurations. At 1:19 you can see a different part of the course go off to the left, complete with rumble strip. :tup:
Looks good cant wait to take a spin!!!!!
Nice scenery, but pretty short track. More configurations available???
I hope we get to design our own mountain passes
I think I notice more driver head movement in cockpit view that we have in GT5? When Jordan hit the brakes, the vision field dropped closer to the dash and pulled back on acceleration. It also seemed to bobble a little sideways while braking and entering a corner. Is this new to GT6 or have I just not been paying close enough attention in GT5. I only remember seeing this in GT5 when you hit something head on.
Ive also noticed this, in addition i noticed on earlier gt6 videos that when the car went over the kerbs the whole screen vibrated, all these effects are to give you a feel of imersion and are new to gt6
Nice work Jordan! This new track looks pretty special.
Nice. I like it uhlot.
Awesome course.
Can't they fit some nice "Italian Job Intro" mountain passes? I getting bored of all these wide circuits with safety barriers etc…
The Audi Quattro S1 is one of my top 3 favourite cars of all time. I really hope they get the engine sound right with it – will be really disappointed if it sounds like the rally cars in GT5.
It would make sense to get a premium rival to the S1. Sooo, which will it be? The Lancia? The Peugeot? 959? Yeah… ok, I know ;)
I'm hoping it's the Lancia Delta S4!
Ford RS200!
Ford RS200. Both rally and road models.
The scenery looks nice but the track itself is like one of those awful track generator circuits with blind crests and awkward hills mid corner.
Yep, very generic, probably from the course maker. Regards location, have PD confirmed Bathhurst as location?
@Samus @mef Those are 2 very idiotic comments, typical of the kinda fan who loves motorsport but has absolutely no knowledge of the sport. There are many real world tracks that have such characteristics as this 1, thunderhill for example. Think b4 u blog, don't be a queef!
Samus just described Eau Rouge, LOL – but I agree with his point. The corners look great, but they look 'artificial' as if PD just wanted to show off the skybox by giving you a panoramic view coming out of a 40 degree uphill hairpin exit. I smell Rollercoaster Tycoon… :P
No need to apologize for the video glitches, Jordan. PD will have you to thank when they're able to sell at least 1,000 more copies of GT6 on release day thanks to all the excitement from your previews! Matterhorn looks better on track than I had expected. I can't wait!!!!
A nice uphill downhill touge track.I guess we'll have to wait till day 3 till we get to see GT6 in detail.
Loving this track it's gonna be brill…shame about the sound and picture quality…get your camara sorted dudes…does any one think the driving line indicator is a little different now?
Slight side question…what car was under the cover ? Did we find out yet or what?
That feels alot like a Mt Aso track, but with better scenery.
A few people have questioned this location, saying it looks similar to Eiger!
IT IS Eiger!
If you go to Eiger Short Course in GT5, do a quick race, watch the replay and go into photo mode, you can find it!
Take your "camera" to the section of road by the town at the highest point on the track, manoeuvre the "camera" so that the town is on your left, look straight ahead and tilt the "camera" up a little. Pan a little to your right and you SHOULD notice what looks like a piece of road sticking out of the mountain… THIS IS THE MATTERHORN CIRCUIT!!!
Just yes.
If you've ever spent any amount of time with a PC sim you know how important audio is to the experience. It's probably safe to bet the audio in gt6 will improve slightly, if at all, due to the fact we've not heard anything to the contrary.
Glad to see the physics look spot on and can't wait to drive the demo.
haha nonsense. I've been playing sims on the PS for a very long time, and what I've learned is that audio is irrelevant when you have better physics. netKar PRO doesn't have great sound, but it doesn't matter because it's physics are leaps and bounds better than anything else. We don't play sims to listen, we play them to drive. Iracing as well, incredible sim, sounds improving but not great, doesn't matter. PHYSICS > SOUND
@TomBrady No it isn't nonsense, it's just preference. Good audio can add a level of immersion sometimes more than superb visuals can. I play ArmA 2 and they have audio mods (ArmA 2 isn't too visually outstanding), it really gets me into it even more. Physics help too and although I do love audio, it's okay when it isn't insane quality. It isn't exactly physics over sound, but you need a good blend of both to have a great experience. Personally, these flexing tires under load and other new physics and reworks is worth more than just an audio revamp. I can wait for GT7 to pull in audio improvements on PS4, when it can be turned up to 11… Literally.
This track reminds me of eiger, and a corse maker track, BUT IT STILL LOOKS COOL!!!!!!! I will pre order GT6 on amazon
Nice one @jordan great job with bringing us the latest news and vids – thanks LOADS!!
People gonna drift on this track like f**king crazy!!! :D
Oh wow, that looks like fun and beautiful, rally course? O,O Can't wait to drive on this track with the Audi S1 Rally car. :)
that's a highway compared to a rally special stage… Costa di Amalfi or Citta Di Aria would be better choices to storm around in the rally legend
Saw some iffy shadowing, but I'll bet that it can be ironed out. Weather cycles would be AMAZING on this track I bet… Road Rally in the rain…
I'm betting I'll enjoy this track…
Looks just like driving on US 421 except the game has lines on the road and more guardrails and room to run off the road surface.
I am noticing extremely slight pop in graphics in the video! I am already liking Gran Turismo 6 alot more!
This is def going to be a fun track to drift, just like Eiger :)
I want to see the Dino and the Tesla Model S now!!!! HAHA!
Looks like a fun track.
uh… rolling start, we meet again :(
Actually, that's normal in practice mode.
I think it would be interesting if they were to have our car auto-drive out of the pit instead.
Nice! It looks like a the race track version of a downhill course (alpine skiing).
Amazing track! Perfect for rally cars. Can't wait to throw an RS200, a Delta, an Evo or an Impreza around that track.
Did the Audi at least sounded like a 5 cylinder? If it does, then perfect.
This looks decent I like tracks like this with all the elevation changes
Aha, Jalopnik put this up if you wanna know – they credited you of course.
At least two signature corners on that track. It looked like you were driving up the corkscrew at Laguna Seca, and then that jump with the braking zone into a sharp right hander is almost a carbon copy of Pflantzgarten at Nurburgring. Maybe the corner itself is a bit sharper angle, but very similar in that you have to brake before the car gets in the air. I hope more "fantasy" tracks incorporate realworld legendary corners like this. Very good.
shadows are still kind of boxy, but it looks decent over all
Probably more to do with Youtube's compression.
Gran Turismo 6 is going to triumph GT5!
Thumbs up!
Lol they're hiding the sounds because they're still horrible and the PD's are idiots and don't even notice like they're deaf or something
stop being such an ignorant bum. the sound capture didn't work. that was Jordan's fault, NOT Polyphony Digital's.
As Jordan doesn't work for PD…I doubt it.
Jordan, what a dunce. lol kidding kidding
Thanks for putting this video up.
Track is too short
Be cool,this kind of location will be well usefull.
Well utillized.
There are multiple layouts.
Looks like a good, technical track with so many elevation changes. I think it is longer than Eiger.
too zoomed in, zoom the camera back out
What's with the same strange grey tarmac and odd green coloured grass as with Eiger? No Swiss roads look like that. This track could have been so much more impressive.
Grass is green, tarmac is grey,track is fantasy.
Worst reply ever. Well done.
Severe flickering in some objects. Low distance pop ups. I guess it's still WIP.
Light effects in the car are much better although the background shadows still have that crazy erratic behavior.
But most importantly the sensation of speed is much better.
Jordan. Pah. looool.
Sound capture does not work. looool.
Wow, just wow.
Wow, a fantasy track without PD's signature tunnel. Now we're really getting somewhere!
Careful because it looks like that track has variants.
Reminds me of the first time I drove on Grand Canyon in GT4…amazing! Jordan, did the layout have a pit road? Pretty cool if there is one to setup endurance races/night-to-day transitions on this circuit. Thanks.
That would be deadly at night…but fun.
There's so much clipping, I hope they will fix that.
Anyway, thanks for uploading this video so quickly there is a lot of good things.
A very realistic Sound of silence :))
Hey they fixed that sound everyone complains about!
I want to see a video of the main menu such as dealerships, gps stuff like that
This is the demo build still, I think, so maybe the full menus will be, but the dealerships and some other stuff won't be in there yet.
Oh… it doesn't look as fun as it did in the video.
Very pretty surroundings and I can't wait to take to it in photo mode but.. frankly the track looks boring in my opinion.
Cheers for the upload J.
Very nice! Thank you for posting this.
Looks like Forza 5
It looks slightly better, which I love. Even better because forza 5 is for Xbox one and gt6 is ps3. Gotta love gran turismo.. Been playing since 1997 and nothing quite compares
You're blind.
Not this video but if you watch trailers gt compares to forza. Looks more realistic… Forza is over saturated and looks arcadey. Sure it's detail is smooth but bright doesn't mean better
Looks arcadey. My goodness. You haven't even played the game.
PD, take off the crowd of the track…to earn in realism…
Wow, I think I see you were trying to approach corners GT5-style… Guess PD REALLY did a good job in terms of physics!
Looks like a quality track with epic scenery and also looks like possibility of variations
Thanks, the track looks great !
loving the really long braking distances
Driving impressions Jordan, pretty pl0x! :)
the track looks soooo epic!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow what a track, that will make outstanding pics for photomode, cant wait!
Probably because it's the demo but holy mother of popups batman!
I like it. Reminds me of like a Bathurst. In fact, what exactly happened to GT and Bathurst? No update on that?
*Like a mini Bathurst
I'd imagine it'll still be in the game. They scanned it after all. I got a similar vibe, and it looks like this track will have multiple layouts!
Looks great. Even with just this footage I can already see some of the weight transfer differences among other small details.
I guarantee that although without any audio, someone here will still complain that the car doesn't sound right.
Haha! +1
I see that happening.
Also, looks like you we're braking later than it told you to, nice work :)
The track looks absolutely beautiful and imensley fun!
lol crcn11 :D
thanx for posting this jordan from what you could hear was the sound any good?
If you read the short accompanying article, it says it there.
Wow that track looks amazing cant wait till gt6 comes out
Why don't you just say what you liked from the demo sound so far? Is it a huge difference with GT5?
ALso what about the new susspension? Juding from the video it seems a lot more real looking (baking in, nose diving etc)? Also tire model, anything new?
What I never read anyware, what about the damage model ? Is this now releastic or still like crap ? And also are you able to play against PS4 owners when I'm playing on the PS3? (maybe ask it)
There's several previous posts answering all your questions, including the damage one on this site.
Thanks for the effort, keep up the good work.
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Kuo pointed out that MSI will be showing at CeBIT 2011 three new additions to its F Series, including the 15.6-inch FX620DX and the 17.3-inch FX720 and FR720. They all come equipped with the high-performance Intel second generation Core iTM processor. The FX620DX and FX720, in particular, come with the nVidia GeForce GT Series discrete graphics card with 1GB of display memory and support DirectX11 which greatly enhances picture resolution for a richer multimedia and game experience. The FR720 comes with Intel's built-in HD Graphics 3000 display chip. These powerful new chip provide improved display performance on par with that of discrete graphics cards.
2nd generation Intel CoreTM processor: The FX620DX, FX720, and FR720 all feature the 2nd generation Intel Core iTM processor for better performance and the new generation Turbo Boost 2.0 vastly enhances performance in each core. The Quick Sync Video revs up efficiency when ripping, synchronizing, and editing multimedia files.
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Through a new video posted on YouTube, Yokkao has announced that Stefania Picelli has opened up a new Muay Thai Combat shop, this time Muay Thai Combat Cagliari in Cagliari, Italy. The shop will be home to Yokkao gear for the area and one of the hubs for Yokkao gear in Europe, as Muay Thai Combat is the exclusive retailer for Yokkao gear throughout Europe. Muay Thai Combat currently has shops in Cagliari, San Marino, Milan and Taranto with offices and distributors in Paris, San Francisco and Sao Paulo as well, helping to make Yokkao one of the biggest brands for muay thai gear in the world right now.


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A notice of violation has been issued for several apartments in the Aviara apartment complex in southeast Gainesville.
Code enforcement officials say that many people are living in hazardous conditions.
Those include sewage problems, appliances not hooked up, roach infestation and water damage.
Tiffany Pineda says she has issues from the toilet paper dispenser falling off the wall, to cracked tiles on the floor and outlets sparking.
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Pilooski's Discodeine LP to Feature Jarvis Cocker and Matias Aguayo
Discodeine is the Parisian super-group, comprised of disco destroyer Pilooski, Morando (AKA Pentile) and Cédric Marszewski. To date, they've released several EPs on the d-i-r-t-y sub-label Dark & Lovely, most recently Singular, a track featuring vocals from former Closer Musik member, Matias Aguayo.
Along with Aguayo appearing on the Discodeine full-length, productions featuring contributions from Jarvis Cocker and Baxter Dury (son of Ian) will be included. Further details of the album, like the title, track list and official release date, have yet to be revealed, but d-i-r-t-y says to "expect pop music, analogue basslines, steel drums, weird disco and more".
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BeschreibungRegional seismograms are dominated by the phases Pn, Pg, Sn, and Lg. More often Sn and Lg are used to infer the attenuation structure of the lithosphere. The seismic phase Sn is a high-frequency shear-wave (typically from 1 to 4 Hz and occasionally higher) that travels in the lithospheric mantle above the negative velocity gradient which usually marks the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary. Sn has been reported out to distances of 35° (e. g. , MOLNAR and OLIVER, 1969; HUESTIS et aI. , 1973). Sn arrives as a high-frequency wave train lasting tens of seconds and up to 1 to 2 minutes. Sn velocities are typically 4. 7 km/s in stable continental and oceanic lithosphere (HUESTIS et al. , 1973) and as low as 4. 3 km/s (KADINSKY-CADE et al. , 1981) in more tectonically active regions. Lg is a complex short period guided wave consisting of high-frequency P and S energy which travels primarily in the earth's crust at frequencies typically between 0. 5 and 5 Hz. It has been modeled as higher-mode Love and Rayleigh waves as well as a sequence of multiply reflected post-critical S waves trapped in a crustal guide (BOUCHON, 1982; KENNETT, 1986; BOSTOCK and KENNETT, 1990). Lg has been observed not to propagate in oceanic or very thin continental crust (PRESS and EWING, 1952; SEARLE, 1975; ZHANG and LAY, 1995).
InhaltsverzeichnisPreface: Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
Tomographic Imaging of Lg and Sn Propagation in the Middle East.
Mapping Crustal Heterogeneity Using Lg Propagation Efficiency Throughout the Middle East, Mediterranean, Southern Europe and Northern Africa.
Application of Regional Phase Amplitude Tomography to Seismic Verification.
Sedimentary Basins and the Blockage of Lg Wave Propagation in the Continents.
A Hybrid BE-GS Method for Modeling Regional Wave Propagation.
Calibration of Regional SIP Amplitude-ratio Discriminants.
Calibration of the Regional Crustal Waveguide and the Retrieval of Source Parameters Using Waveform Modeling.
Untertitel: Regional Wave Propagation and Crustal Structure. 2001. Auflage. Book. Sprache: Englisch.
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Date of Stay: December, 2009
We stayed at this campground quite a few years ago and were not much impressed with it, but after reading some recent reviews we decided to give it another try while visiting family over the Christmas holidays. We found it much improved and would recommend it. The sites are mostly pull thrus and for the most part level with easy in and out. The camp store was adequately stocked (probably much better in season) and they have a small area set up with tables and chairs for coffee. We did miss having internet access on site but the cable TV was more then adequate. We would return here in warmer weather (Christmas in Pa. in a 5th wheel was not one of our brightest ideas)
Date of Stay: November, 2009
This is our 4th visit to this park. Unfortunately, our latest visit has raised some questions about the viability of the park. Upon arrival we found a building that was under construction last season at a virtual standstill and appears has not been worked on in some time. Our biggest disappointment was the condition of the pool area. Some work was being done last season when we were here, but the area now is weed choked with much other "debris" laying around and it appears a pool is not a reality of the near future. The sites remain the same and are much nicer then most although the overall maintenance seems to be somewhat less then we saw in the past. Showers and rest rooms remain very nice and are kept clean as is the laundry area. Overall it is a nice campground but many of the things the owners told us about don't seem to be on the immediate horizon.
Date of Stay: October, 2009
Huge campground and really spread out. Roads are paved and really busy with golf carts, pedestrians and vehicles. Sites are a bit crowded. The "lake" appears to be quite low and there is no access from the campground. Sites are paved but they also have sites on grass. These are also quite close and there is no privacy. Lots of activities. The pool is quite small for the number of sites here. Shopping is about 20 miles or so. We are not golfers but the course appears quite nice. We may return for a short stay but would not want to spend a long time here. Too busy. Not many trees. Too far from towns for us.
Date of Stay: October, 2008
For us, this is another campground that is OK for an overnight or at most a couple of days if you need to do something in the area. Access roads from the interstate (I-81) are good 2 lanes, but the campground is somewhat out of the way. Roads in the campground are dirt in near poor condition. We found mostly seasonal occupancy but most units were in good condition and reasonably well kept. There are also several park models. The swimming pool is across the road at the associated motel complex as is the office for RV check-in. Utilities were adequate. Campground was quiet at night. It was raining when we were there and we noted quite a few low areas within the sites that contained standing water as did the roads. The sites are advertised as being gravel but all we could see were grass. Sites appear to be reasonably level. TV reception with off-air antenna was decent. There were no Satellite dishes in view anywhere and we did not attempt to use ours. We would probably try to find another campground in the area that might be more convenient.
Date of Stay: October, 2007
After 6 years of being on the road full time and having stayed at many, many campgrounds across the country, this one comes in at number one. We found this campground last year and spent most of the winter season here. We're back this year for the whole season and hopefully for many more to come. Phase II (50 new full hookups sites including 100' long pull thrus)opens tomorrow, which brings the capacity up to 150 sites, all concrete pads, paved driveways, full hookups including cable. Contrary to one other post I see, there is nothing cheap here. The shower and laundry facilities are exceptional and the main clubhouse is like nothing we've seen anywhere. Everything is top rate and the whole campground is groomed and clean. The pool complex is under constructon as I write this with completion projected for spring. Two free form pools, covered open air pavilion, large wood deck and large fish pond complete with waterfall and gristmill with operating water wheel. One of those "you have to see it to believe it" things. The campground is owner built and managed and the pride they have in what they've accomplished here is well deserved. The campground is located between Ocala and Gainesville with all the shopping and entertainment you could want. We highly recommend this campground, and space just doesn't permit all that could be said about it. We would definitely suggest to anyone who finds themselves in the area to stop in and take a tour.
Date of Stay: January, 2007
This is an old KOA park that has been recently taken over by new management. It is a large spread out campground with quite a few buildings and they have their share of not in very good condition RV's that appear to be rather permanent. We were told that improvements were ongoing but it's evident much work needs to be done. The sites are all dirt, sand or a combination of both. They all appeared to be level, but most would benefit from raking and picking up. The wireless system is good as long as you go to the office to use it (they have a computer room there). Out in the park it is not accessable. The staff all appear to be friendly and helpful and most are workcampers. The pool is large and clean and although heated, not very warm. They appear to have some activities. Even though it is next to an interstate,traffic noise was hardly noticed. For as large as it is, it was a very quiet campground. All the facilities were adequate. The reason for the low rating is mostly due to the disparity between the high daily rate, and the present condition of the property. Until further improvements are made, the word "resort" should be removed from the name. It's an ok place for a few days.
Date of Stay: October, 2005
This is a good park to use as a base to tour the Savannah area. We were here for a week and saw no problems with sewers or anything else. The laundry room was heavily used and was never shut down. We used it twice. The mobile home park next door is mostly single wides and is well maintained, clean and quiet. We saw no problems with this. The campsites up front are mostly all long FHU pull-throughs: easy in and out. The sites by the lake are back-ins but are also good size, level, gravel sites with plenty of room for jockying the rig around. Wi-Fi is available but can't be "hit" from all sites. Some folks have to go sit near the office or in the laundry room. Staff was very accommodating and helpful. The only problem we saw was ants which were a problem for everyone who is here for longer then a few days. The park does try to keep the critters at bay but it helps to spray around the rig every couple of days. This was not a problem for us. We would recommend this park.


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Lunch provided, teachers give lessons at Ferguson library
FERGUSON, Mo. - While the unrest in Ferguson continues, school is delayed for students in the schooldistrict and some parents are scrambling to arrange their schedules to accomodate.
Teachers and volunteers at the Ferguson Public Library have been spending the last two days teaching kids and providing lunch since school won't start until Monday.
The parking lot was jammed and more than one hundred kids were inside the library Wednesday afternoon.
They were divided up by grade level and teachers taught all subjects while volunteers helped with crafts and other activities.
The doors at Griffith Middle School and all schools in the Ferguson-Florissant district remain closed as a safety precaution as unrest in the area continues.
Parents of students said they have had to re-plan the entire week since their kids were supposed to be in school.
"It's just really, really not fair to the children at all," said Ronda Sargent, a parent.
Other parents said they're doing some school work at home until school starts Monday.
"We've been tracing letters, learning left and right, and when I do laundry I have her separate all the colors for me, you know, she's just going into kindergarten so I try to do some educational things," said parent Jessica Dunkins.
Dunkins' 5-year-old daughter Mesiah said she just wants one thing.
"I ready for school to start."
Wednesday afternoon, teachers and volunteers created a learning environment at the public library.
Amy Brady said, "The kids are the ones that are impacted a lot by this and not being able to go to school is not their fault and they deserve to be able to come learn."
More than a hundred kids were divided by grade level and teachers taught students all subjects while volunteers helped out with arts and
"A lot of parents need a place to bring their kids, you know, if they have work or anything like that," said Brady.
The library opened up extra rooms for the overflow of kids.
The teachers and volunteers said they will be here from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day for the rest of the week.
Local food companies and the district said they also will continue to provide lunches.


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On Tuesday, CCP Games, the maker of space-themed massively multiplayer online game EVE Online, announced a new console MMO set in the same universe.
At the interactive games and entertainment convention Gamescom in Germany, the Iceland-based developer unveiled DUST 514, which will feature both first-person shooter and real-time strategy gameplay elements.
According to the press release, DUST 514 will interact directly with EVE Online, currently on PC and Mac, for "one of the most massive cooperative play and social experiences ever." The new game takes place in EVE Online's New Eden, and will allow players to engage in "brutal" ground combat on the surface of the galaxy's planets.
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text: The family and I are in Missouri for our family Christmas gift. Instead of putting senseless gifts under the tree, we decided to use the money and go on a hunting/sightseeing trip. We decided on Kansas City Missouri. I have a friend out here who is a avid waterfowler. We went hunting with him this afternoon. My daughter, Coli(Nicole), had yet to seal the deal on a duck or goose. Well today was her day to make it happen. We literally saw tens of thousands of geese and ducks. We only had one flock that worked the decoys, but out of the six birds, three never left. Coli made a nice crossing shot on a nice big honker. She was pretty tickled as well as myself. My wife was also hunting with the camera. The girls and myself were just blown away by the number of birds we watched flying around. Hopefully tomorrow is as much fun. Here are a few hero shots from the hunt.


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Had better here. Wings had been there awhile. Slow to bring out fresh. Staff friendly. Selection was less than the norm.
Has a good variety of Chinese dishes. Every thing we have eaten there has been good. The seating is very tight which is a little uncomfortable for getting back and forth to the buffet. We would eat there again.
Not much on the buffet but will eat here some. Both places are good but do like the first one a little better. Owner is a great person and the food is good for the money.
I was disappointed in the food. They are still very friendly and such but the food quality seemed to be off. It wasn't good. It took forever to bring out more food.
QQ is our home town Chinese buffet. Tony, the owner, is friendly and wonderful, always asking after my mom and our children. The food is standard Chinese/American fare, but good, fresh, hot and tasty. Prices are resonable, but they do not take checks. We've been...More
My husband and I went there a few years ago and it was horrible. We had read a brochure stating what lunch and dinner items they had on their menu, and when we got there, nothing that we were looking forward to was available. Nothing...More
It is a Very Good Place with Very Good food and plenty of it. There is something for everyone, Chinese-American cuisine.
The salt and pepper shrimp in the evening is very good. If you go at normal meal times the food is always fresh and they bring more out quickly. Lunch time during the week can be a little crazy with the high school kids which...More
QQ is great. I love the black pepper chicken and crab Rangoon. One of the few good places to eat in charleston.
This is a typical buffet in a strip mall, but the food is good, we had a birthday party there once and they took good care of us. Classic american chinese.


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Discussion: The Jewish Communal Agency--An Historical Perspective
Jewish Communal Service Association of North America (JCSA), National Conference of Jewish Communal Service, Fall 1964
The author responds to Charles Zibell, who in his article "The Jewish Communal Agency: An Historical Perspective" argues that the distinction between the "religious" synagogue and the "secular" agency is a false one and that today's Jews function in a similar communal mode to their ancestors. The author, however, believes that there has been a sharp break and discontinuity between the traditional and the modern Jewish communities, as well as between traditional and modern Judaism. Jews are no longer unified in faith, Jewish functions are no longer considered primary over non-Jewish ones, and the synagogue dominates in Jewish life over communal agencies. In order to overcome the fractures that have developed in Jewish life, so that agencies can serve all Jews fully, the community must educate according to a common purpose for Jewish survival that is fulfilled by experiencing a group culture and adhering to group ideals.
Topic: Congregations and Synagogues, Jewish Communal Service, Jewish Organizations, Community Development, Unity, Synagogues and Congregations
Name of Publication: Journal of Jewish Communal Service
Editor: Sherman, Sanford N.
Volume/Issue: Vol. 41/No. 1
Page Number(s): 83-87
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Coverage: United States
Language: English
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Ducoff, Bernard. Discussion: The Jewish Communal Agency--An Historical Perspective. Journal of Jewish Communal Service. Jewish Communal Service Association of North America (JCSA),National Conference of Jewish Communal Service. Fall 1964: 83-87. http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=4857
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These concertos span Rachmaninov's career, from his farewell to Russia (the piano concerto No 1 of 1891) to his uneasy exile in the new world, where he encountered 1920s jazz and big bands but wrote works which were understood neither as old or new (his piano concerto No 4 of 1927). Eventually he had success with his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, premiered in Baltimore in 1934. According to the CD essay, the baleful pianist-composer downed a crème de menthe before every performance – not, as far as one can tell, a requirement here. The virtuosi Macedonian Simon Trpčeski and St Petersburg-born Vasily Petrenko combine in taut, poetic performances with notably coruscating brass playing from an RLPO on impressive and expressive form.
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