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There's an old driving adage. There are only two types of Canadian drivers: those who've hit a deer and those who are going to hit a deer.
I'm reminded of it each year when spring makes its sunny presence known. That time is once again upon us. The big melt is around the corner (anywhere from one to six months away depending on where you live) and that means our four-legged hoofed friends will be out in force.
What can I say about our dear deer or – as they call them up north – hood ornaments.
They love cars, but the feeling doesn't seem to be reciprocated. November is the most precarious month since deer migrate and mate between October and December. By spring, the product of all this deer love is running wild.
They are beautiful, graceful creatures, but bright they are not. Deer seem to regard the highway with the same delight that sugar-hyped kids reserve for the "ball room" at McDonald's. They are most active at dawn and dusk, when driving conditions are the most challenging.
A study by State Farm Insurance estimated that 1.23 million deer-vehicle collisions occurred in the United States between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012. These cost more than $4-billion in vehicle damage.
A few years back, science journalist Jacob Berkowitz wrote an in-depth feature on the phenomenon and reported that 60,000 Canadian drivers annually are involved in vehicle-deer collisions. Ontario led the way with 14,000 in 2008 (which the rest of the country would say proves what bad drivers Ontarians are).
White-tailed deer are particularly active around our nation's capital, where 1,000 are hit yearly. The city has started a "Speeding Can Cost You Deerly" campaign. This may be one reason so many deer are hit – they abhor puns and vehicle-deer collisions are their only way out.
Anyone who has hit a deer can describe how unnerving it is. There's blood, there's adrenalin and there's a dead deer. If the deer goes through your windshield, it can kill you.
If the driver is smart, he realizes that, aside from the danger presented by the animal itself, the greatest threat in deer-vehicle collisions lies in what happens when a motorist swerves to avoid Bambi. On a deserted highway with no oncoming traffic you're okay, but swerve to miss a deer when other drivers are around and you risk a far more potentially lethal collision – with another vehicle.
The best you can do when the worst happens is to aim your car where the deer was and brake.
City slickers might feel they are immune from the threat of hitting a deer. In a sense, that's the problem. It's not the deer that are running into us so much as it's us running into the deer.
The incidence of collision is going up because we humans continue to build new highways and expand our urban sprawl. Deer have nowhere to go, so they take it on the road. The more we expand our civilization into their habitat, the more we're going to see episodes of "Deer Meets Car."
The onus is on us. The same techniques used to avoid other roadside calamities can be used to prevent them. Scan the road when you're driving. Be aware of deer-crossing signs. When you see a deer, slow down and remember that deer move in herds, so if you see one cute creature nibbling grass by the side of the road, there are likely more about.
Deer whistles don't work. I'm no expert but I'd argue that rolling down your windows and playing the Captain and Tennille would be more effective at warding off wildlife. There's something about the tinny nihilism of Muskrat Love that strikes fear in most of nature's creatures.
It's important for drivers to be ready for deer season because it's unlikely that the deer are ready for us.
I'd like to believe that the deer were posting "how to avoid hitting car" articles on deer Facebook and tweeting about deer-vehicle collisions and that clever deer whom all the deer respect were writing articles about the threat of automobiles in deer newspapers, but I think, for the most part, their efforts in this department amount to "Oh, look, an acorn!"
So, this spring, slow down a little. Put yourself in their hoofs – be a deer and keep your eyes peeled. It's the least we can do.
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Pru Securities Isn't Secure YetChuck Hawkins
"It's all behind us now" says Hardwick Simmons, president and chief executive of Prudential Securities Inc. For the past several years, the brokerage subsidiary of the Prudential Insurance Co. of America has been plagued by lawsuits from angry investors who lost hundreds of millions of dollars in limited partnerships sold by Pru Securities brokers (BW--Mar. 4, 1991). The firm set aside $150 million in 1991 to cover litigation, restructuring, and other costs.
Yet to Simmons, who was hired to turn the firm around after former CEO George L. Ball's departure in 1991, Pru Securities is back to business as usual. It had record earnings in 1991. In the first half of 1992, it made $127.5 million before taxes, up from $98.7 million in 1991's first half. "Performance has improved dramatically," says a Prudential Securities spokesman. The firm has also launched an aggressive ad campaign. And most tellingly, it announced in July that it might resume selling some form of limited partnerships.
HARD-HITTING. Pru Securities' limited-partnership woes, though, appear to be anything but history. BUSINESS WEEK has learned that, in recent weeks, the Securities & Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) have expanded and intensified their yearlong investigations of Pru Securities. As a matter of policy, neither SEC Enforcement Chief William McLucas nor NASD Vice-President Douglas Henderson would confirm or deny the existence of any investigations.
Securities regulators in at least six states are pursuing their own inquiries into the sales practices of Pru Securities' limited partnerships. The result could be fines and additional payments to investors. In a written response to questions by BUSINESS WEEK, Pru Securities' spokesman, William J. Ahearn, said the firm does not discuss any "inquiries involving regulatory agencies" or "matters in litigation."
Although Pru Securities has settled many of the private lawsuits and arbitration cases, resolution of the remaining litigation seems far away. Several potentially damaging class actions remain outstanding. And Pru Securities' strategy of keeping secret any potentially harmful information produced by the litigation may be unraveling. All of this could significantly increase the firm's legal damages.
The cause of all of these troubles is some $6 billion worth of limited partnerships sold in the 1980s to more than 100,000 investors by what was then called Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. The partnership interests are now valued at only a fraction of their original selling price. The drop is due, in part, to hefty up-front fees, plummeting real estate and oil markets, and tax-code changes. In its earlier story, BUSINESS WEEK said that serious questions existed as to whether Pru Securities and Prudential Insurance properly disclosed potential conflicts of interest between James J. Darr, head of Pru Securities' direct-investment department from 1979 to 1988, and general partners of some firms that raised money through Pru Securities' brokerage network.
Darr, according to BUSINESS WEEK's investigation, had business dealings with some of the partnerships' sponsors. At issue is whether Darr's alleged conflicts compromised his responsibility to find the best partnerships to sell to Pru Securities customers. Darr's lawyer, Stuart Perlmutter of New York, says that Darr has cooperated fully with the SEC and that he does not believe his client is a target. "No regulator has accused him of doing anything wrong," says Perlmutter.
The SEC probe is probably the gravest new problem Pru Securities faces. Lawyers interviewed by SEC attorneys say they have been told that a formal order of investigation has been authorized by the commission. In recent weeks, SEC enforcement lawyers from Washington, New York, and Atlanta have been taking depositions from current and former Pru Securities employees, representatives of firms that sponsored limited partnerships, and lawyers retained by individual investors.
The SEC is said to be interested in whether Pru Securities violated the terms of an SEC settlement in 1986 of the so-called Captain Crab case. It concerned the manager of a Pru Securities branch in Atlanta who overrode directives from the firm's compliance department. He let two Atlanta brokers sell stock in a seafood-restaurant chain controlled by the father of one of the brokers. The SEC determined that top Pru Securities executives failed to supervise the branch manager. The former Pru branch manager declined comment.
Pru Securities agreed to be censured and to beef up its compliance department by following the recommendations of an independent outside consultant. The settlement required Pru Securities' compliance department to notify the firm's general counsel anytime that anyone in a branch or regional office failed or refused to adhere to compliance-department directives.
These rules were intended to apply to all operations, including units selling limited partnerships. As one plaintiff's lawyer, who recently gave a statement to SEC investigators, puts it: "What it boils down to is this: Did they make a mockery of the 1986 consent decree?"
ALL SETTLED? Probes into limited partnerships by state securities regulators are expanding. Formal complaints have been filed in Kansas and Florida. Kansas Securities Commissioner James W. Parrish says an agreement in principle has been reached, under which Pru Securities will accept a public censure. It will also pay restitution of nearly $700,000 to more than 40 Kansas limited-partnership investors. Many of the probes in other states now include a broad examination of Pru Securities' limited-partnership sales practices, including whether the firm's brokers sold customers unsuitable investments. Pru says it is working with Florida and Kansas to resolve their complaints "satisfactorily, and we expect that will be achieved."
A criminal investigation in Texas raises more troubling issues. A grand jury convened by the Dallas County district attorney's office is looking into dealings between Pru Securities and Graham Resources Inc. of Covington, La., which sponsored several energy partnerships. The first indictment in the case was handed down on July 15. It alleged that Jeffrey A. Schiller, a former Pru Securities broker, had fraudulently misrepresented to a customer the supposed low risk and high potential return of the Prudential-Bache Energy Growth Fund No. 3 limited partnership, which was sponsored by Graham and Pru Securities. Graham Resources could not be reached for comment.
Schiller, say former colleagues, is expected to contend that he relied on sales material developed by Pru Securities' direct-investment department to make those promises. That raises questions about whether the grand jury will focus next on higher-ups at the brokerage firm. Theodore P. Steinke Jr., chief of the Dallas district attorney's specialized crime division, comments: "All I can say is that there are a number of individuals we are interested in." Schiller will enter a not-guilty plea and expects to be vindicated, his lawyer says. Pru says it has "fully cooperated" with the investigation. "There has been no suggestion that any action is contemplated against Prudential Securities."
TEXTBOOK DEFENSE. Whatever its problems with government investigations, Pru Securities has been very successful to date in handling the flood of litigation brought by private investors. The firm has pursued a textbook defense strategy to minimize payments to investors. It has routinely pushed for out-of-court settlements with litigants' class-action lawyers, which almost always require confidentiality agreements. This has kept any potentially damaging information about its partnership problems out of the public eye, thus avoiding negative publicity. And it has allowed Pru Securities to settle many class actions for mere pennies on the dollar. Critics contend that with class-action lawyers eager to reach quick settlements and reap big contingency fees, it's little wonder that no Pru Securities class action has gone to trial. Complains one critic, Stuart C. Goldberg, a lawyer in Austin, Tex., who represents investors suing Prudential: "Class actions are for the benefit of lawyers and Prudential. The whitewashes I've seen are worse in the class actions than the original fraud."
Prominent New York class action attorney Stuart Wechsler denies that class-action settlements are inadequate or inappropriate. "People have the right to opt out," he says. Pru, for its part, says: "We are always willing to talk with investors and, where appropriate, reach settlements." It says that confidentiality provisions are "absolutely typical within the industry."
One key settlement involved VMS Realty Inc. A Chicago real estate syndicator, VMS raised $500 million by selling eight funds through Pru Securities brokers. In 1989, it ran into financial difficulties. Most of the funds, which were sold to investors at $10 a share, now trade at less than 50 . Investor lawsuits have accused VMS, Pru Securities, and other defendants of fraud.
In April, 1991, the parties agreed to a $66 million settlement: Pru Securities contributed $10.5 million, and VMS and other defendants put up the rest. The 35 law firms representing plaintiffs were paid $23 million in contingency fees. Plaintiffs' lawyers agreed to a broad secrecy order barring disclosure of such details as evidence of fraudulent activity they might have uncovered.
Pru Securities' tactics in winning unpublicized settlements are illustrated by the experience of Dr. William M. Bethea Jr., a Norfolk (Va.) internal-medicine specialist, whose case was mentioned in the earlier BUSINESS WEEK story.
Last November, an obviously agitated Bethea called BUSINESS WEEK. He was in the midst of an arbitration hearing seeking treble damages on his claim of $750,000 in losses. Bethea said he had rejected a $200,000 settlement offer a week before the hearing was to start. An attorney representing Prudential, he said, told his lawyer that if Bethea didn't agree to a $350,000 settlement, "something they found out about my past would be brought out at the hearing. . . . There was absolutely nothing there. It was a gangster ploy. And probably hundreds of people have been abused in the same way they've made life hell for three years for me and my wife."
But when BUSINESS WEEK called Bethea several days later, his wife said Bethea would never be able to speak to the press again "because we settled." Asked if the amount was satisfactory, she replied: "That's something we've agreed to never talk about." Bethea declines comment, as does Pru.
Now, Prudential's carefully crafted legal strategy is showing strain. For the first time, one of the general partners in two limited partnerships sold by Pru Securities has turned against the firm. In lawsuits filed early this year in New York and California, Edward M. Strasser alleges that he and the partnerships' some 650 investors, whose money was invested in two Manhattan buildings, were defrauded. He's seeking more than $180 million in damages for his firm. "In all my discussions with them," he says, "no one ever asked me what was the right thing to do for the investors."
`FALLACIOUS.' His lawsuits charge that during the 1980s the partnerships' former general partner, Clifton S. Harrison, made payments to senior Pru Securities executives through secret accounts in the name of Bache-Harrison Associates at two Texas banks. "The business interests of certain Prudential executives, in their individual capacities, and Harrison were intimately connected," says one of the suits. The suit also claims that Darr, who oversaw Pru Securities' limited-partnership program, and other executives at the firm "proceeded to divert and misuse investment funds" without disclosing this to investors.
Harrison denies the charges. "Mr. Strasser's statement is incorrect, and I am sure that in future weeks this will be proven," he says. Darr's lawyer calls the allegations "fallacious." Pru comments: "We believe Mr. Strasser's claims are totally unfounded."
Pru Securities' secrecy shield has been cracking. In late June, the firm and a Louisiana oil company it partly owns agreed to pay $35 million to settle a series of Texas lawsuits involving more than 5,000 investors in Prudential-Bache Energy Growth Funds No. 1 and No. 2. Pru Securities had insisted on a confidentiality agreement. According to the deal, investors in Fund No. 1 will receive 50 on the dollar, and those in Fund No. 2 will get 35 . After a 40% contingency fee to plaintiff lawyers, that works out to 30 and 21 , respectively.
But in an unusual turn of events, Pru Securities on July 1 disclosed details of the settlement to its 6,000 brokers on its internal message system. As a result, say brokers, the firm is letting brokers offer the same deal to some 12,000 other investors in the funds who hadn't sued and who weren't part of the settlement. If all investors in Growth Funds No. 1 and No. 2 who weren't part of the action come forward, BUSINESS WEEK estimates, the additional cost to Pru Securities' could be as much as $33 million. Pru says it told its brokers about the settlement "to keep financial advisers aware of relevant information." It says "further settlements" will depend on "the circumstances of any case."
NEVER AGAIN. Meanwhile, perhaps the largest of the private actions remains unresolved. It involves nearly 100,000 individuals who invested some $1.3 billion in a series of oil-and-gas partnerships known as Prudential-Bache Energy Income Funds. One plaintiff's attorney believes that the case will be settled for $100 million. Such talk is "premature," says Edward Grossman, the lead plaintiffs' lawyer seeking a consolidated class action. But Grossman confirms that negotiations with Pru Securities are under way.
Whatever the eventual damages, Pru Securities appears to be striving to make sure that such an embarrassing debacle never happens again. On June 29, the firm's general counsel, Loren Schecter, sent a memo to all employees reminding them of the firm's ethical code of conduct. It also established an ethics hotline for employees to pass along confidential tips about violations.
However laudable, the policy is too late for the thousands of Pru Securities investors who have received back only a fraction of their limited-partnership investments and for the thousands more whose claims are still unsettled. These individuals are not likely to forget their experience. Take Andrea Konig, a 28-year-old widow who lost most of her husband's insurance proceeds. On the advice of a Pru broker who attended her husband's funeral as a guest of a friend, she invested $200,000 in Pru Securities limited partnerships in 1988. When she tried to negotiate a settlement with Pru Securities' lawyers on the grounds that the Pru broker had sold her unsuitable investments, she was met with what she contends were bullying legal tactics. Afd now, she has an $8 million suit against the firm, which Pru contends is "baseless." Says Konig: "They're not going to get away with this. The rock they're hiding behind is crumbling."
That's probably an overstatement. But the rock is likely to show some serious cracks for a long time to come.


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HUNDREDS of thousands of young Catholics have packed the beach of Copacabana for the start of a week long religious event in Rio de Janeiro that includes gatherings with Pope Francis.
Rain clouds cleared in time and pilgrims from around the world waved flags, sang and prayed as the archbishop of Rio, Orani Tempesta, led a mass to kick off World Youth Day in the country with the world's greatest number of Roman Catholics.
Still, the Vatican sees its church in the region as under threat - to secularism and fast-growing Protestantism.
The pope was taking the day off one day after a rapturous welcome through the streets of the tropical city, but he sent greetings to his flock via Twitter.
"Dear young friends, Christ has confidence in you and he entrusts his own mission to you: Go and make disciples!" he tweeted.
Hours before the mass started, the city's metro system broke down due to a power failure, forcing throngs of pilgrims to cram into buses, find taxis or walk to the beach.
"The organisation was a bit messy, but we're figuring things out little by little," said Fernando Cila, a 22-year-old from Buenos Aires, the pope's home city.
The first pope from Latin America will travel to the Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida in neighbouring Sao Paulo state on Wednesday and then lead a mass on Copacabana on Thursday.
About 1.5 million people from 170 countries are expected to attend World Youth Day, which wraps up on Sunday.
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The Central Pulse have leapt clear of the mid-table congestion in the transtasman league standings to break into the top four with a patient win over the Southern Steel in Invercargill last night.
After a mixed start to the season the Pulse finally appear to be finding some consistency, backing up last week's thrilling extra-time win over the previously unbeaten Magic with another methodical performance against the Steel.
Locked in a goal-for-goal battle until late in the third quarter, the Pulse did not allow the frustration of being unable to stop Steel shooting machine Jhaniele Fowler-Reid affect their own attacking game. Instead they stuck to their task.
Heading into the match there were five teams all locked on six points, with only goal differential separating fourth from eighth on the table. The win ensured the Pulse have a little bit of breathing space from the chase pack heading into their bye round.
One of the cornerstones to Robyn Broughton's gameplan is patience on attack. She demands clinical execution - an area where the Pulse have not consistently delivered. But with the competition's most prolific shooter down the other end of the court in Jamaican Fowler-Reid, the heat was on to match the Steel's scoring power.
They proved equal to the task, taking a deliberate approach, working the ball around the circle while waiting for spaces to open up. When they did, the result was spectacular, with the veteran shooting pairing of Irene van Dyk and Donna Wilkins combining cleverly, this despite the former Silver Fern being hampered by a leg injury. Wilkins received attention to her left leg several times, but remained on court.
It was the ageless van Dyk's 99th ANZ Championship game, though 92 of them were in Magic colours.
Where the Pulse struggled was their ability to generate turnover ball, with not enough pressure through the midcourt to stop the long bombs being delivered into Fowler-Reid, rendering Katrina Grant and Te Huinga Selby-Rickit powerless.
It made for a rather one-dimensional goal-for-goal procession for much of the match until the Steel started to unravel late in the third quarter.
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The Pulse continued to frustrate the home side into making errors early in the fourth spell, quickly opening a six-goal advantage to prompt some desperate changes to the Steel defence. By that stage the momentum was with the Pulse.
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So Last week I bought the year preferred buyer thing from Amsoil. Hope this topic belongs here. Let me first start off by saying, wow their customer service sucks. Took 8 working days to arrive, and I'm 185 miles from the Warehouse.
First impressions - WRX, less engine noise and honestly a smoother idle. Also sounds crazy but from my logs, my ECT's are down 2Degress F at 60mph with cruise control on. And it is actually warmer out now, then when previously logged. On the same road, with the same load, even weighed the beast in and it weighed within 5lbs of the previous weigh in.
For the money... EHH... I will let you know in 5k or 10k whenever I decided to change it. I'm going to send a sample of my old M1 and Amsoil at the same time, M1 with 5k on it and Amsoil with 5k on it. I honestly think the response of the engine is a bit better (nothing to brag about or notice).
First Impressions - H22 Civic. WOW.. Simply amazing. Going from M1 10w30 to Amsoil 10w30 was night and day. The temps are actually up, or the gauge says so, but the response of the engine is very noticable. Engine noise was cut down considerably. All and all I do believe I will stick with it, plus I get it $.50 a quart cheaper than M1 now
I also spoke with Aaron at Pure Tuning in Toledo (think so) OH today, he was shipping out my Hondata S300 for the H22, and they just recently did a test between Emos vs. M1 in a K20. The results were pretty outstanding, and under high heat (back to back runs on the dyno, second of which with the hood closed and only a fan for the radiator) the K20 made 2.0whp throughout the powerband and peaked at I think 7whp over the M1. Don't know how that pertains to Amsoil, but proves that M1 does suck. And correct me if I'm wrong on the name, Emos, I had never heard of it until today.
Anyone else running Amsoil and have any thoughts on it? Long term results? With 85k am I too late?
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BOZEMAN, Mont. - Gallatin county voters will see a proposed mill levy on the November ballot for Gallatin College.
Administrators at Gallatin College are hoping to establish local funding support and raise $369,856 for the two-year college. Over the summer they proposed a county-wide mill levy. County commissioners gave the green light in August, putting it on this November's ballot.
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"Very much support education and having a two-year college is a very good alternative for so many people. It is just another opportunity for them to further their education," said Haydon-Canfield.
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Jon Schaffer, founder and creative force behind American metal icons Iced Earth, today released this statement about the Internet music-listening service Spotify:
"A lot of fans have contacted us regarding Century Media's decision to pull all of its bands from Spotify," Schaffer said regarding the 9 August statement from the metal label. "I want our fans to know that we had nothing to do with that decision. We understand Century Media's position. The music industry has been deeply and irrevocably affected by illegal downloading on the Internet. I understand that all too well. In fact, all professional musicians today understand that.
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Tyrone Archie, Farrell — Clarion
Devonne Barnes, Cathedral Prep — IUP
Matt Brown , Cathedral Prep — Gannon
Dewayne Burns, Farrell — Clarion
Paul Carpenter, McDowell — Lock Haven
Cy Carroll, Fort LeBoeuf — Thiel
Shaquwan Carson, Cathedral Prep — Edinboro
Jake DeHart, Cathedral Prep — Yale
Bryan Divido, Girard — Thiel
Austin Dudley, McDowell — Thiel
Joe Dunn, Girard — Thiel
Billy Fessler, Cathedral Prep — Penn State
Zach Fox, General McLane — Baldwin Wallace
Caleb Futscher-Decenso, Cathedral Prep — Notre Dame College
Bailey Giesbrecht, Northwestern — Edinboro
Josh Gillespie, North East — Mercyhurst
Alex Greenawalt, Cathedral Prep — Colgate
Luke Houpt, Greenville — Gannon
Shannon Jackson, Fairview — IUP
Alex Johnson, Eisenhower — Geneva
J.T. Joint, Cathedral Prep — Slippery Rock
Brett Kulka, General McLane — Maryland
Chris Laird, General McLane — Edinboro
De'quan Lewis, Hickory — Slippery Rock
Daulton Linton, Hickory — Duquesne
Felix Manus-Schell, Cathedral Prep — Slippery Rock
Warren Marlowe, Grove City — Youngstown State
Brian May , Cathedral Prep — Mount Union
Brian McNally, Girard — St. Francis
William Monono, Cathedral Prep — Slippery Rock
Ryan Morris, Corry — Gannon
Jake Murawski , Cathedral Prep — Allegheny
Randall Pebody, Greenville — Alfred
Blake Reddick, Lakeview — Edinboro
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Foster Reznor, Grove City — Gannon
Kyle Ritchey, Franklin — Westminster
Tyler Sanders, General McLane — Edinboro
Frank Serbati, Oil City — Allegheny
John Shelton, Eisenhower — Mount Union
Clay Smith, General McLane — Baldwin Wallace
Nate Smith, Corry — Lycoming
Cameron Spadacene, McDowell — Thiel
Tyree Spearman, McDowell — St. Francis
Ethan Stark, McDowell — Albany
Colin States, Iroquois — Westminster
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Established in 1954, the Gal Oya
National Park is in the southeast of Sri Lanka, West of Ampara about 314
kilometres away from Colombo. The Gal Oya Development Board was set up
to protect the catchment area of the Senanayake Samudra Reservoir and
then handed over to the Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1965.
Part of the national park is Inginiyagala which is famous for its
unique wildlife, elephants and ecology created by the forest and the
largest reservoir in Sri Lanka.
The Senanayake Samudra was built by damming the Gal Oya at
Inginiyagala in 1950. An important feature of the Gal Oya National Park
is that elephants can be seen throughout the year. Three important herbs
in Ayurveda medicine are among the popular plants of the forest.
The Gal Oya Development Board set up many protected sites to conserve
and sustain the catchment areas of the Senanayake Samundra and several
other reservoirs which helped prevent soil erosion caused by burning the
Thalawa grassland by the villagers. The protected areas established in
1954 are Gal Oya National Park, Senanayake Samudra Sanctuary, Gal Oya
valley north-east Sanctuary, and Gal Oya Valley South-East Sanctuary.
These reserves cover 63,000 hectares of land in the national park.
Administration and protection of the four protected areas, reducing
human-elephant clashes and enforcing the flora and fauna ordinance are
among the duties of the department and rangers are stationed in four
sites encompassing Inginiyagala, Mullegama, Nilgala and Baduluwela. In
1974, the Buddhangala Sanctuary was also designated. Buddhangala is a
monastery with ruins of a stupa and other buildings in the nearby
Malwattai area and thousands of pilgrims visit the Dighavapi stupa
annually. The stupa was built in the second century BC on the site where
the Buddha is supposed to have meditated on his third visit to Sri
Lanka. Danigala has historical importance as it was the home to the
Henebadde Veddahs. A rock near the Henebedde cave contains Brahmi
The elevation of the park varies from 30 m to about 900 m. Danigala,
Nilgala, and Ulpotha are the mountains of the park. Bird's Island in the
reservoir is an island used by birds for nesting. At the place where Gal
Oya falls to the reservoir, water flows in a natural tunnel known as
Makara Kata (Sinhalese for dragon's mouth) or simply Makara.
The vegetation of the forest is forest, shrub and grassland. The
national park contains a substantial area of Savanna grasslands known as
Thalawa in Sinhala and mountainous grasslands known as Pathana.
There have been 32 terrestrial mammals in the park including
elephants and axis deer endemic to Sri Lanka with a wide variety of
birds. Illegal logging has cleared 30 acres of the forest and smuggling
of medicinal plants also has been recorded.
There are not many ranger staff who work here, so it has been
difficult to enforce the law.
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Best hair color I've ever used
Posted by Reviewer2079761 on Aug 14, 2009 | Verified Purchase
Standing in the bathroom for 40 minutes waiting for the color to set had always been a miserable experience when I was using drugstore hair color. Herbatint has no ammonia fumes so it lets me breathe even in the winter months when I have all the windows closed. The color is better too. It doesn't get brassy after a while like the big name brands do. I buy it for myself and a friend so we can get free shipping. We love it!
Wow - great product and colour
Posted by AIM-FOR-GOOD-HEALTH on Mar 15, 2016 | Verified Purchase
I used this product now and then for a a few years and it did make my hair look lovely. However, it has colouring agents in it which are suspect - which is the case for ALL permanent hair colours sadly. It is NOT totally natural. Please do your research on this one. You can go to EWG's Skin Deep website to research many products for their safety. What you put in your hair gets absorbed into your bloodstream for good or bad. I have changed to using Rainbow Henna and am delighted with the results. (Feel free to visit my page for more reviews by clicking on my username.)
Posted by Ann23Maree on Mar 01, 2014 | Verified Purchase
I just love the colour and noone has noticed that I have put a new colour in as it looks so close to my original hair colour. The product is so refreshing to use without a feeling of harmful chemicals that would penetrate my scalp. I am looking forward to using this again very soon. It also makes me look so much younger and alive...thank you very much for your research on safe permanent hair colours.
Good colour
Posted by 5200081636994004753 on Apr 21, 2015 | Verified Purchase
Good colour - very natural and looks really honey blond as it is written on the box.
Good brand, bad review
Posted by Reviewer1262709 on Dec 01, 2016 | Verified Purchase
Very disappointed because I was hoping for the grey coverage which it had in the darker colors, but definitely not it in this one. Color is nice, exactly a honey blonde. As I've said before I rally like that you can take what you need and then have it for another day. My problem is that I have a bit of grey coming out at the temples and a little bit at the hairline, and this did nothing for that, maybe even made it more apparent. Thee packaging tells you that it'd you've ordered certain colors that it will. Or cover grey. But in the labeling On iherbs site I was promised something different, on iherbs site it says 100% grey coverage.


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Hampton Inn Houston I-10W/Energy Corridor
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Hampton Inn Houston I-10W/Energy Corridor
About the Hotel
Property Location
Located in Houston (Energy Corridor), Hampton Inn Houston I-10W/Energy Corridor is convenient to Houston Audubon and Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary. This hotel is within close proximity of Lakeside Country Club and Town and Country Village.
Make yourself at home in one of the 119 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary weekday newspapers.
Enjoy recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access and a picnic area. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the complimentary area shuttle that operates within 5 mi.
Take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours).
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Houston? This hotel has facilities measuring 400 square feet (37 square meters), including a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Outdoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Free WiFi
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
- Conference space size (feet) - 400
- Express check-out
- 24-hour business center
- Computer station
- Free breakfast
- One meeting room
- Free area shuttle
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Express check-in
- 24-hour front desk
- Free self parking
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Luggage storage
- Conference space size (meters) - 37
- Elevator/lift
- Picnic area
- Multilingual staff
- Accessible bathroom
- Fitness facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Total number of rooms - 119
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Room Facilities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Air conditioning
- Room service (limited hours)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Pay movies
- Private bathroom
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Iron/ironing board
- Free toiletries
- Free WiFi
- Microwave
- Hair dryer
- Free weekday newspaper
- Premium TV channels
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Cable TV service
- Shower/tub combination
- Refrigerator
- Desk
Hotel Policy
Know Before You Go
- The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Avg.Rate: 140,00 BRL - 240,00
Rating: 2 stars
Situated in Lorena City Centre, Hotel Colonial Lorena offers plain accommodation and a 24-hour front desk for assistance. On-site parking is free of charge. Each room boasts a TV, fan and a private bathroom fitted with a walk-in shower. Free Wi-Fi is access is provided in all the guestrooms and at Hotel Colonial Lorena's public area. Hotel facilities also include laundry service for a surcharge and a shared lounge for guests to relax. Hotel Colonial Lorena is 2 km from Lorena City's Bus Station and 90 km from Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport. Maggiori informazioni
Avg.Rate: 120,00 BRL - 240,00
Rating: 2 stars
Offering free WiFi throughout the property, breakfast buffet and home-style décor, Hotel Guarany is located 100 metres from Sao Benedito Church and 1 km from Lorena Bus Station. The rooms offer wardrobe, a fan, seating area and minibar. All come with TV and a private bathroom with shower. This property also features a 24-hour front desk and a common living area. Hotel Guarany is located 10 km from Aparecida and from Cachoeira Paulista. Guaratingueta Airport is a 30-minute drive away. Maggiori informazioni
Avg.Rate: 160,00 BRL - 180,00
Rating: 0 stars
Located in Lorena centre, this apart-hotel features a restaurant on the 8th floor. It offers a daily buffet breakfast and free Wi-Fi. Featuring a living area with an LCD cable TV, minibar and desk, the air-conditioned rooms boast a contemporary décor. Some are larger. Dom Apart Hotel is 900 metre from Lorena bus station, and 2 km from USP University's Campus II. Parking is free. Maggiori informazioni


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Usually I consider it bad form to criticize another publication's advice, but when the issue at hand literally concerns life and death, then attention must be paid. For years now it's become apparent that many adults traveling with babies have no idea how dangerous it is to allow infants and toddlers to fly on commercial airline flights as "lap children." And two recent reports indicate some journalists don't get it either.
Example one concerns this column: Surviving a Flight with Your Baby or Toddler. This choice of the word "surviving" clearly was not meant to be ironic, yet the embedded advice was counter-intuitive: "While car seats aren't required for young children, the Federal Aviation Administration recommends buckling kids into child restraint systems or a car seat. Those parents who can afford to buy their children separate seats may find their babies or toddlers are more comfortable and likely to sleep in car seats than on their laps."
In the second instance, the editor of a new travel magazine recommended "strapping in first" before tending to your lap child when traveling with a baby.
Both articles should have unequivocally advised against carrying lap children. This issue is so important it needs to be stated very clearly. In fact, since this advice can save a life, it's worth stating in all caps: NEVER TAKE A BABY ONTO AN AIRPLANE WITHOUT A SAFETY SEAT.
Life-saving logic
Now you may find yourself asking: If the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines don't require babies to travel in child safety seats, how harmful can it be to carry them as lap children? Well, actually the government agency tasked with ensuring our safety in the air has acknowledged the inherent danger of small children flying without safety seats. Here are the FAA's own words on the matter: "Did you know the safest place for your little one during turbulence or an emergency is an approved child restraint system (CRS) or device, not on your lap? ... FAA strongly urges parents and guardians to secure children in an appropriate restraint based on weight and size. Keeping a child in a CRS or device during the flight is the smart and right thing to do."
For many years, other experts have strongly concurred:
• As far back as the 1980s, the American Academy of Pediatrics stated: "An unrestrained passenger of any age faces a higher risk of death or injury in a survivable crash or severe turbulence than passengers who are strapped into safety seats or belts."
• The Association of Flight Attendants noted in 2004: "AFA does not believe that allowing a child under two to be held on the lap affords the child the same protections as the other passengers. For that reason AFA has advocated for the use of child restraints during takeoff, landing, and turbulence for 15 years. After all, per the Federal Aviation Regulations, everything onboard an airplane must be secured or properly stowed for takeoff, landing, and often during flight, except children under two years old."
• In 2001, the National Air Disaster Alliance called on the U.S. Department of Transportation, the FAA, and President Bush to approve an Emergency Order to "protect our children" on commercial flights. NADA pointed out: "Child restraint seats have been required since 1982 for children traveling in cars, traveling at 50-60 mph, a fraction of the 500-mph flight speed; and child restraint seats have long been required for all children on military flights."
Perhaps the most convincing arguments have come from the National Transportation Safety Board. As the result of several incidents and accidents in which lap babies were injured or killed, back in May 1999 the NTSB added mandatory child safety seats to its "Most Wanted" list of improvements being sought from the FAA. The two agencies debated the issue for years, and the NTSB eventually removed the request from its wish list in November 2006, even though that wish was never fulfilled.
So why hasn't the FAA required children under two to travel in restraint devices? The answer is it has to do with cost—the cost you would have to pay the airline for a seat to contain that device.
In August 2005, the FAA issued a public statement on why it would not mandate safety seats: "Analyses showed that, if forced to purchase an extra airline ticket, families might choose to drive, a statistically more dangerous way to travel. The risk for fatalities and injuries to families is significantly greater on the roads than in airplanes, according to the FAA. [In 2004] nearly 43,000 people died on America's highways as compared to 13 on commercial flights. 'Statistics show that families are safer traveling in the sky than on the road,' said FAA Administrator Marion Blakey."
You read that right. The thinking is that a condition known to be unsafe—allowing babies and small children to sit in the laps of adults on commercial aircraft—is acceptable because it is the lesser of two evils. According to the FAA, kids would be in more danger strapped into cars, where safety seats are required by law, because driving is more dangerous than flying (for the record, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration agreed with the FAA's decision). What wasn't adequately addressed, however, is:
• Evidence that a statistically significant number of families would choose to drive rather than pay for an additional seat
• Evidence that a statistically significant number of families would alter their travel plans
• An analysis of routes in which flying is less expensive than driving
By this logic, if seat belts and air bags increase the cost of automobiles, then these safety devices should be removed from cars to prevent parents and babies from traveling the highways on bicycles.
In a lengthy analysis published in 2004, the NTSB disagreed with the FAA: "Basing the evaluation of relative worth of a requirement for appropriate child restraints solely on the number of historic injuries and deaths overlooks the fact that every lap-held child traveler lacks adequate protection."
Whether you agree or disagree with the FAA's decision, it is what it is, and the airline industry adheres to it by not requiring safety seats (a rundown on the major carriers' policies is at left). So if the government and the airlines won't mandate safety for small children, it's up to every parent and caregiver in the country to mandate it on their own.
Cruel laws of physics
I know what you may be thinking. You're the child's caregiver. You love that little one more than anything in the world. You'd stand in front of an onrushing locomotive or walk through fire for that child. So of course you would hold on for dear life in an airborne emergency.
Well, unless you're from the planet Krypton, the simple fact is you can't.
The NTSB stated as much in its 2004 analysis: "Both laboratory testing and real-world accidents have proven that under high load force events when restraint is most important, arm strength is not sufficient to protect even a small child." That's because commercial aircraft are designed to withstand tremendous g-forces, but humans are not. And therefore a 25-pound baby could easily weigh three or four times that amount when you're struggling to hold onto it during an emergency, let alone dealing with impact, smoke or fire. You wouldn't climb the side of a sheer mountain with your baby in one arm and a pick ax in the other, yet the G-forces in that situation are many times less than in a pressurized airplane moving at .82 mach, or four-fifths the speed of sound. In addition, a baby strapped inside your own seat belt can easily be crushed by your weight during an emergency.
Unfortunately, these laws of physics have been proven time and again, in the most heartbreaking of circumstances. In several cases, lap children have been seriously injured and killed in accidents that were survivable. There also are documented cases—including a flight near Puerto Rico in 1990—in which lap children were the only serious injuries when a commercial aircraft encountered severe turbulence. These are sobering findings that can make any parent's chest constrict. But the stakes couldn't be higher, so it's critical that all those who are traveling with small children understand the gravity of their decisions.
The 1989 crash landing of United Airlines Flight 232 near Sioux City, Iowa was particularly illuminating. The NTSB's accident report noted there were four lap children on the airplane (one of whom was 26 months old), and as per procedure, when the passengers were instructed to brace for impact, the cabin crew told the parents to place those four babies on the floor. The report stated: "The mothers of the infants in seats 11F and 22E were unable to hold onto their infants and were unable to find them after the airplane impacted the ground." Tragically, the boy who had been held in seat 22E died of asphyxia secondary to smoke inhalation. That accident report included a recommendation from the NTSB that the FAA make child restraint systems mandatory.
In 2004, the chief flight attendant from Flight 232 testified at an NTSB Advocacy Briefing and described how she issued the instructions about placing those babies on the cabin floor. Jan Lohr stated: "We are required to secure all items from carry-on bags to galley items, including coffee pots, to comply with regulations aimed at ensuring safety onboard the aircraft. We do this because we are trained that in an emergency loose items can become missiles flying through the cabin. A lap child is one of those 'loose items' in the cabin that may not only suffer serious injury themselves but also injure others. Is this allowable exception truly creating a safe cabin environment? ... When preparing the cabin for an emergency, flight attendants should not have to look a parent in the eye and instruct them to continue to hold the lap child when we know there is a very real possibility that child may not survive without proper restraints."
Jan Lohr, who suffered the anguish of being confronted by the mother of the child in seat 22E at the accident scene after the child perished, summed up her testimony by saying: "No parent should find out in this way that holding a child on a lap is unsafe."
Confronting realities
Let's be clear: The best way to ensure your baby or small child will be safe while flying is to strap him or her into a safety seat. Is it a guarantee against injury or death? Of course not. But the scientific evidence is overwhelming.
What this means, of course, is that you need to purchase a seat for every member of your traveling party, regardless of age or size. There was a time not too long ago when you could be fairly certain of a nearby empty seat, so even without purchasing a ticket, you could bring a safety device onboard and the cabin staff would allow you to occupy an adjoining seat. But with passenger load factors at all-time highs, we all know the days of stretching out next to an empty middle seat are long gone.
Therefore the only solution is to buy a seat for anyone under two. Can that pose a financial hardship? No question. And I'm not ashamed to say that when my finances were squeezed and I couldn't afford to buy two round-trip seats, I passed on taking my son on several trips. Thankfully, some carriers — particularly Southwest Airlines — make it easier by offering discounted tickets for infants and kids. But if the FAA or the airlines won't say it, you need to say it yourself: If a trip is too expensive for a child's seat, then that's a trip that shouldn't be taken.
Many of us are old enough to remember when seat belts in cars were still an option, if not a novelty. Since I'm the youngest in a very large family, I spent the first decade of my life viewing the world from the third seats of several station wagons. At times, however, we folded those seats and stretched out as if playing Twister at highway speeds. That would be unthinkable now. Hopefully, within a short time, we'll view flying with small children as lap passengers in the same way. It was done once, but it's a nostalgic custom that needs to end. For good.
Bill McGee, a contributing editor to Consumer Reports and the former editor of Consumer Reports Travel Letter, is an FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher who worked in airline operations and management for several years. Tell him what you think of his latest column by sending him an e-mail at travel@usatoday. Include your name, hometown and daytime phone number, and he may use your feedback in a future column.
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Home of the Week: A Luxurious 'Georgian' on the Long Island Sound
Our newest 'Home of the Week' keeps us on the Route 95 corridor as we move up from our nation's capital to a Georgian style masterpiece just 20 miles outside of Manhattan, in Mamaroneck, NY.
Our newest 'Home of the Week' keeps us on the Route 95 corridor as we move up from our nation's capital to a Georgian style masterpiece just 20 miles outside of Manhattan, in Mamaroneck, NY.
Listed for $11.5 million by Edi Giguere with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, this home sits on the shores of the Long Island Sound but its signature Georgian architecture and sprawling gardens remind us of homes you might see in the most exclusive parts of London. Not only does the property harmoniously blend the old with the new perfectly, but the over 10,000 square feet of interior living space offers plenty of room for entertaining and unencumbered relaxation.
One of the distinguishing parts of this property are the wonderful water views one could enjoy from all living areas and master bedroom suites. Waterfront views come via the high-end pool/fountain as well as the lovely Long Island Sound. To take advantage of the easy access to the water, the estate comes complete with a private dock that can be used to house a boat or any other vehicle you'd use for water related activities. Add in the terraces scattered throughout and you have a home perfect for entertaining others or for kicking back and enjoying some good fashioned R&R.
And as if all of this wasn't enough, you're just a mere 20 miles away from the Big Apple! If you'd like to see more of our newest 'Home of the Week', click here.
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Burger King: A Cage-Free Future?
Burger King released a whopper of an announcement this morning with news that by 2017, all of its eggs will come from cage-free hens, and its pork will be sourced only from suppliers that have phased out use of gestation crates.
In 2007, the fast-food giant was the first major restaurant company to commit to using cage-free products, and had already been sourcing 9 percent of its eggs and 20 percent of its pork under these guidelines. But the latest announcement is seen as a game-changer by many in the industry simply because of Burger King's vast buying power and its massive breakfast program, which relies heavily on eggs and pork products like sausage and bacon. The announcement was being trumpeted by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), an activist group that has been pushing corporations to adopt more humane conditions for farm animals.
Burger King's change in policy also dovetails with legislative action in several states.
"California and Michigan have outlawed cage confinement for hens entirely," Matt Prescott, food policy director for HSUS tells TakePart. "And Ohio, which is the second largest egg producing state in the country [behind Iowa], passed a moratorium on construction of any new battery-cage-hen facilities–existing ones can stay."
Eight states, including California, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Colorado, Florida, Arizona, and Maine have laws on the books to prohibit or phase out gestation crates for pigs.
While Burger King's announcement is a headline grabber, other corporations have been making similar promises of sourcing more cage-free eggs, including Kraft, Sara Lee, Subway, Wendy's, Walmart, Costco, Unilever, and more.
The trend has some on the ag-side of the industry worried. When McDonald's announced it would require pork suppliers to outline their plans to phase out gestation crates, an editorial in meat industry magazine MeatingPlace proclaimed "game over" when it came to the use of gestation crates for pigs.
"The activist organization more recently has targeted Tyson, Hormel, and Seaboard in efforts to secure more such promises. But linking arms with McDonald's effectively ends any prevarication. Game over. For any pork producer still on the fence, the McDonald's announcement makes the move inevitable, whether or not they are a McD's supplier," they wrote.
While the nation's egg producers have teamed up with HSUS to change the way hens are raised, the pork industry has resisted. Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of HSUS, sends a chilling message on his blog on the heels of today's announcement.
"With the big three fast-food companies shunning gestation crates, the message is unmistakable to the pig industry: stop circling the wagons to defend an unacceptable production system and chart a future course without these crates."
Is Burger King doing enough? Are you more likely to eat there knowing they're starting to care about animal welfare?


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Dear Statalisters,
Suppose I have the following data set:
var1 var2 var3
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0.4 0.4 0.16
0.3 0.4 0.12
0.8 0.4 0.32
0.4 0.2 0.08
In this sense, I would like to generate a new variable, say var4, which
may take one out of the 5 values presented (with equal probabilities).
I could not think about an easy way to do that using Stata when I have
several observations and, in some cases, repeated observations as well.
Hence, I will be grateful for any help.
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