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Compassion Clubs, Canada's 'Grey Market' Pot Retailers, Face A Make-Or-Break Moment
It's not just the four joints he's smoked by mid-afternoon. Neev Tapiero is genuinely unconcerned that a slew of new commercial medical marijuana companies could put his underground cannabis club out of business.
The competition may be government-approved — and legal — but advocates for dispensaries and compassion clubs say they serve their members in ways the new players cannot and that will continue to give them a constitutional right to exist.
"If they can find a way to provide cannabis to sick people in a cheaper, easier format than what we do, then I'm all for it," Tapiero said as he rolled a joint in his office at the Cannabis As Living Medicine (CALM) dispensary in Toronto.
"If they have that, we sort of become redundant. But they're nowhere near that."
More than 50 compassion clubs and dispensaries operate in Canada's "grey market."
They exist because of a longstanding legal gulf between the judiciary and the government over patients' access to the drug for medical purposes.
The storefronts allow Canadians looking for access to marijuana for medical reasons to obtain various quantities and strains of unsanctioned weed. Compassion clubs are dispensaries that also offer wellness services, including acupuncture, counselling, nutrition and yoga.
Because dispensaries are not recognized by Health Canada, their offerings are not limited by stringent government requirements under the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.
The program, which came into effect April 1, aims to enforce quality control and regulation by taking growing marijuana out of the hands of patients and putting it in the hands of commercial-scale licensed producers.
A B.C. judge, however, recently sided with a patient coalition arguing the new regulations violate the patients' Charter rights to health and liberty. He granted an injunction allowing current patients to keep growing until a final ruling is passed down because the program does not provide adequate access and that some patients will be unable to afford marijuana at the licensed producers' prices.
There have been other growing pains in the nascent industry, including the RCMP seizure of Health Canada-approved shipments to two licensed producers and a recall and suspension of another producer.
The decision and discrepancies between levels of government underscore the legal grey zone that has allowed dispensaries to thrive. That has led law enforcement to turn a blind eye to most of their illicit activities.
"It's clearly not legal, but it's clearly not illegal, because we need a ruling as to the justification under the Charter for the clubs," said York University law professor Alan Young, who won a federal ruling in 2008 stating parts of Canada's medical marijuana laws were unconstitutional.
"If the government program was completely transparent and had remarkable access and affordability, the clubs would not have that grey area zone to work within," Young said.
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"Yes." [In response to the question: "Which of you are ready to admit to having used marijuana in the past?"]
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"The White House said today that Judge Clarence Thomas, President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, had smoked marijuana while in college."
"I experimented with marijuana a time or two."
"To kick things off, [television show host Andy Cohen] asked the last time Winfrey had smoked marijuana. 'Uh … 1982,' Winfrey replied. 'Let's hang out after the show,' Cohen joked. 'Okay,' Winfrey laughed. 'I hear it's gotten better.'"
"When I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point."
Until licensed producers can match the services that dispensaries provide to patients, the illegal dispensaries have a Charter argument for their existence, he said.
While licensed producers are only permitted to sell dried marijuana, dispensaries offer alternatives like capsules and balms that some patients prefer. Dispensary staff can speak one-on-one with customers and sell marijuana on the spot, while licensed producers mostly ship through the mail.
On an early April afternoon about a week after the new federal marijuana rules came into force, Tapiero's employees were busy tending to a steady stream of patients — from those looking for a quick pick-up of their favourite strain to others seeking advice on how to fill out the new government documents.
It isn't easy to get into the secured building, and patients know the procedure well.
First, they knock while holding a photo ID membership card up to the peephole on the door to the unmarked converted home. After approval from a security guard, they wait in a room that might pass as a typical doctor's office except for the glass display of various cannabis edibles and the distinctly skunky, smoky cloud that looms.
Employees greet patients, most by name, then lead them to one of two salerooms to choose as little or as much of their strain of preference. They can choose from 76-ounce Ziploc containers stuffed with various indica or sativa strains grown by trusted suppliers.
The purchase amount — both in terms of cost and weight — is then logged for comparison against inventory at least once a day. The careful bookkeeping is to deter internal theft and in preparation for an audit. CALM has been subjected to both.
Tapiero said he tries to operate the club as legitimately as he can, requiring patients to have either a Health Canada authorization or a note from their doctor saying their marijuana use is for medical reasons. He has even registered for an HST number in case the CRA comes knocking for taxes, even though what he is selling is illegal.
He founded his dispensary, dubbed CALM, in 1996, a year before the Supreme Court ruled that patients must have access to medicinal cannabis. It was a time when newspapers still put the word "medical" in quotes when referring to marijuana, Tapiero said, making air quotes through the cloud of smoke in his office, which is filled with posters from pro-marijuana rallies and lighters and bongs scattered among boxes of files.
The police have mostly left his club alone, but it was raided three years ago after neighbours complained about the smoke. Tapiero was charged with trafficking and held overnight before the charges were dropped.
CALM has served about 4,500 patients, some of whom are "like family," Tapiero says. The regulars come in as much for a willing ear to talk about their dosages, their day-to-day and their pain as for their medicine.
Members have a lot of questions about the new federal marijuana rules. They are worried about switching to the new program and fear it means they will no longer be able to rely on CALM. Some – even those who were authorized under the old program – are finding it difficult to get a doctor to approve them under the new system.
Compassion clubs are also medical marijuana activists working to legitimize themselves as much as possible.
The Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries has laid out a code of conduct for its members that includes requirements to obtain medical documents (not necessarily from Health Canada), enact quality control measures and manage inventory effectively, among other standards.
In addition, the association encourages support services, such as helping the 40,000 patients who use dispensaries to find appropriate strains and to track their side effects and progress.
"We've been just kind of waiting for Health Canada to do the kind of system that we can take part in and that will help our members. We're still waiting for that," said Jamie Shaw, one of the board members of the group.
Despite the clubs' extensive experience, Health Canada has had no interest in gaining insight from them, even after meeting with several dispensaries during consultations ahead of the new regulations.
The federal agency begrudgingly took on the role of overseeing the distribution of medical marijuana in 2001 after the Supreme Court decision. Health Canada is quick to point out it that regards marijuana as an illicit narcotic with no proven medical benefit and, as such, is something that it does not endorse.
Its position on compassion clubs and dispensaries is also at odds with other levels of government.
The Senate lambasted the old Medical Marihuana Access Regulations program more than a decade ago for its lack of consideration of the compassion clubs' experience and expertise. The Senate also criticized the regulations for failing to facilitate access to therapeutic cannabis and for failing to include derivatives such as hashish and cannabis oil. It recommended that Health Canada take measures to encourage the development of compassion clubs and dispensaries.
"The practices of these organizations are in line with the therapeutic indications arising from clinical studies and meet the strict rules on quality and safety," it said in a 2002 report.
"No attempt has been made in Health Canada's current research plan to acknowledge the considerable expertise currently residing in the compassion clubs."
Not much has changed under the overhaul of the program.
The new federal program forbids patients from growing their own pot, but many will not be able to afford the $5-$12 per gram currently charged by licensed providers, he said, leaving more patients to turn to dispensaries.
More dispensaries have opened since the announcement of the new Health Canada rules than in the last decade, Shaw said. He believes the growth could continue under the new system because it puts up even more barriers to access for patients, including higher prices.
Health Canada considered the increased cost to users, estimating it would send starting prices up more than five-fold to $7.60 a gram from $1.80 a gram. But the federal agency ultimately decided the benefits to public safety, government coffers and the economy outweighed that burden on patients.
That increased cost has already been recognized by one court as an unfair barrier to access.
In addition, patients must buy at least a quantity that will make it worth their while to pay shipping costs and can purchase a maximum of 150 grams, which would cost anywhere from $750 to $1,800 plus shipping.
"A lot of people can't afford the delivery fees and a lot of people can't afford to buy a whole month's supply all at once," Shaw said.
Some patients visit dispensaries every day to ration their dose so they don't get out of control and can buy as little as $10 to $20 worth at a time, the cost of one to three grams (an average daily dose),Tapiero said.
There is also a health cost to consider. A patient who is epileptic and needs treatment immediately cannot afford to wait until it is shipped through the mail, he added.
Compassion clubs see themselves as not only a storefront, but an important community service that gives patients the face time they can't get from doctors, who are for the most part reluctant to consider cannabis as a treatment option.
Although many U.S. states and the Netherlands are moving toward the dispensary model, Health Canada said dispensing is disconcerting to pharmacists, professional licensing bodies, as well as provinces and territories.
Licensed producers may offer customer support by phone or email, but they are forbidden from distributing product to patients through a storefront.
"Shipping is a safe and secure way to minimize the potential of diversion and to ensure the safety and security of our communities," said Sean Upton, a Health Canada spokesman.
He did not specify how shipping through the mail reduces the chances of product ending up on the black market.
The federal regulations do allow patients to pick up their drugs at doctors' clinics, and a physician in London, Ont., is set to become the first in Canada to provide that service.
Only time will tell whether dispensaries will continue to have justification for their existence, as more and more licensed producers get up and running, fuelling price wars and potential changes to how the program operates, lawyer Alan Young said.
"There is great hope that the licensed producer program can really undercut what dispensaries have done in terms of price, but can they undercut dispensaries in terms of quality of service and diversity of product — that's really the big issue for the licensed producers."
If prices are driven down, the most compelling Charter argument for the existence of dispensaries might become their willingness to provide cannabis in alternative forms, such as oils, extracts, concentrates, balms and tinctures, Young said.
Health Canada's new rules allow the sale of only dried marijuana, which patients and doctors say is the most dangerous way to consume the drug because it leaves users with little choice but to smoke it, which is dangerous to their health.
The reasoning?
"The only clinical studies on the therapeutic uses of marijuana that have been carried out to date use dried marijuana," Upton said.
The legal future of compassion clubs may lie in providing alternatives to dried marijuana, thanks to Health Canada's refusal to accept those methods of consumption, said Tapiero.
"Health Canada is very resistant to extracts, which is nonsensical, but they've dug in."
Health Canada might allow alternatives to dried plants a few years down the line, when they have the confidence the program is working as they wanted, Young said. It's similar to the way the government first allowed casinos but waited 10 years to make dice games legal when " they felt the gaming industry had some integrity."
"But we're really far away from that right now, because we're in the initial stages of a program that is off to a rocky start," he said.
At the rate it is taking the system to settle, Young said, compassion clubs might not know whether the shakeout will leave them with a constitutional justification until 2015 or 2016.
The courts could force an answer sooner, however, if the owner of a compassion club in Kamloops, B.C., pursues his plans to launch a constitutional challenge to the law, arguing that banning their operation violates patients' rights. A decision would be Canada's first ruling on the legality of dispensaries.


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5. Baseball America Wins World Championship
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Perfect Game Staff
Monday, December 30, 2002
West Palm, FL
- For the second time in three years Baseball America took home the title. It was far from easy, but in the end the BA talent was undeniable. The team lost its first game of the tournament and just barely made it into the championship round. Over
500 major league scouts and college coaches
attended the event, which has become the top scouting attraction in baseball.
of the most talented teams from all over
Puerto Rico
and the
Dominican Republic
came to Jupiter with hopes of winning the championship rings and displaying their skills.
Jared Hughes
RHP (CA) who threw up to
96 mph
and dominated was named the
#1 prospect
at the event. Team mate,
Ryan Sweeney
LHP/OF (IA) was named the tournament
The following story appeared in Baseball America.
By Allan Simpson
October 28, 2002
JUPITER, Fla.--Baseball America's bats were strangely silent throughout most of the Perfect Game/Baseball America World Wood Bat championship, but they suddenly came alive when it counted most.
BA scored four times in its last at-bat in a 4-1 win over Team Puerto Rico in the semifinals, then had its biggest scoring output of the tournament in the championship game as it beat the South Bay (Calif.) Sharks 8-2. Prior to that BA had scored only 18 runs in six-plus games.
An all-star team of many of the top high school players in the Draft Classes of 2003 and 2004, BA relied on another strong pitching performance in the final, this time by righthander Matt Bush (Mission Bay High, San Diego), who normally played second base or shortstop and was making his first pitching appearance of the tournament. Bush, the No. 2-ranked player in the High School Class of 2004, worked the first six innings against South Bay, striking out seven while allowing four hits. Righthander Jeff Allison (Veterans Memorial High, Peabody, Mass.), a projected first-rounder next June, finished up. In eight tournament games, BA pitchers gave up only one earned run--in its final game.
"I said from the start that we had enough pitching to win this tournament," BA coach Johnny Rodriguez said. "Fortunately, our bats started to come around at the end. Our pitching kept us in every game."
It was the second championship in three years for Baseball America, which was the pre-tournament favorite but didn't even finish first in its own pool in the preliminary phase of the 72-team competition. Consequently, it was relegated to a No. 19 seed in the 36-team championship bracket, which began Sunday.
In order, BA beat the No. 14 Austin (Texas) Baseball Club 2-0, the No. 3 seed Team Florida USA 6-4 and the No. 22 seed All-Star Baseball Academy (Pa.) 2-0 before finishing off No. 31 Team Puerto Rico and the No. 12 Sharks.
Baseball America two-way star Ryan Sweeney (Xavier High, Cedar Rapids, Iowa), who excelled on the mound, at the plate and in the field, was named the tournament MVP.Sweeney pitched a three-hitter in the semifinal win against Team Puerto Rico, then drove in two runs with a single and double in the win over the Sharks in the final.
"He did it all for us," Rodriguez said. "He hit, and he pitched against a team that I didn't think anybody could beat, because of all the drums and the music that were going on in the background." Overall, Sweeney had 13 hits in eight games and allowed no earned runs in 10 innings. Playing five games in little more than 24 hours to finish the tournament, Sweeney, understandably was as exhausted as his teammates. "All our arms are a little sore at this point," Sweeney said, "but I just sucked it up and pitched. I'm the type of pitcher that gets a little better as I go, so I felt pretty good in the fourth and fifth innings."
Puerto Rico broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning when catcher Brian Opdyke (Catalina Foothills High, Tucson) threw the ball into left field on a steal of third, allowing the runner to score. Sweeney then beared down and showed his best stuff of the game, including an 88-mph fastball. As well as he pitched, Sweeney was in danger of losing his second game of the tournament until BA rallied with four in the bottom of the sixth. Sweeney's single loaded the bases with none out, and Jared Kubin (Oakton, Va., High) followed with a game-tying sacrifice fly before Opdyke broke it open with his two-run single. BA then erupted for 11 more hits in the final against South Bay, putting the game out of reach with two runs in the fifth and sixth innings.
"This was an impressive achievement for these kids," said Rodriguez, a manager in the Florida Marlins farm system, "because everyone in this tournament was gunning for Baseball America. Everyone threw their best pitcher at us and went all out to beat us. But our kids knew they were supposed to win, so they played hard. They didn't want to be embarrassed by losing."
For Baseball America and South Bay, the final game was a case of how you finish, not how you start. Both teams dropped their opening games of the tournament on Friday and stormed to the final with six straight wins.
Sweeney, in fact, was the loser in Baseball America's 1-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies Scout Team with the only run of the game scoring on a controversial play. A line drive appeared to hit Sweeney on the foot and kick straight up in the air. It was caught on the fly by BA second baseman Lance Zawadski (St. John's Prep, Ashland, Mass.) who doubled off the base runner at second. Or so he thought. The runner believing the ball had hit the ground first, broke for home and scored on the play. The umpire ruled in the runner's favor, resulting in the game's only run. Sweeney then threw out two runners at the plate from right field in Baseball America's next game, a 1-0 win over Cincinnati's Midland Redskins and it never lost again.
South Bay, which brought its regular club team intact to the tournament, lost its opener to the East Cobb (Ga.) Astros. The highlight of its comeback was an upset of the No. 1-seeded Gold Coast (Fla.) Yellow Jackets 1-0, in the semi-finals. Former Team USA national youth team standout Andy Beal (Peninsula High, Palos Verdes, Calif.) worked the first six innings of that game. But the Sharks had little pitching left for the final as they used five pitchers against Baseball America.
Gold Coast, made up of players from 10 high schools in and around West Palm Beach, earned the No. 1 seed by going 3-0 in pool play, while allowing just one run. It then won three more games in bracket play to reach the semi-finals before falling to the Sharks.
Interestingly, the two semi-final winners hold a unique distinction. As 15-year-olds, Sweeney and Beal were recognized by Baseball America's annual Baseball For The Ages program, which identifies the best player in the nation at each age level. Sweeney was the 15-year-old winner in 2000; a year later, Beal was acknowledged at that age after pitching Team USA to the World Youth title.
The two starting pitchers in Monday's championship game were also members of this year's Team USA national youth team, that finished second in an America's qualifying tournament in Venezuela. Bush fared better than Sharks righthander J.T. Trelatsky (Agoura High, Agoura Hills, Calif.), who lasted only an inning. Trelatsky was pulled after allowing two runs, but he had just saved the Sharks win over Gold Coast by pitching a scoreless seventh.
BA, the 2000 champion, never got untracked offensively until the final eight innings Monday, but it got outstanding pitching throughout the tournament--especially Monday.
Righthander Quentin Andes (Cibola High, Albuquerque, N.M.), pitching in his third game in four days, went the distance in shutting out the All-Star Baseball Academy 2-0 on a three-hitter in Monday's opener.
"That was a key win for us," Rodriguez said, "because it enabled us to save the rest of our pitching staff for the next two games. It allowed us to save Bush and Allison for the final."
Opdyke also played a key role for Baseball America on the final day. He contributed the big hit in the win against Puerto Rico and caught all three games in 90-plus heat because the team's other catcher, Justin Brashear (Barbe High, Lake Charles, La.) was forced to return home a day early.
But no one performed as well as Sweeney, a possible first-round pick next June who has verbally committed to San Diego State, where new coach Tony Gwynn has assured Sweeney that he would be able to play both ways. "I enjoy doing both and would like to continue doing both as long as I can," Sweeney said. "Coach Gwynn has assured me that I can do both. I really swung the bat well here."
In other quarter-final games played Monday, Team Puerto Rico erupted for four runs in the top of the seventh to beat the California Blaze 6-3, the Sharks beat the Florida Crush 6-2 and the Yellow Jackets topped the Riverside ABD Bulldogs 4-1.
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HORROR OF DRACULA, originally released under the more simple but often-used title of DRACULA, is one of the earliest and best Hammer horror movies. It is the one that introduced Christopher Lee and the late Peter Cushing to their most famous roles – Count Dracula and Professor Van Helsing, respectively – and in doing so, made them kings to future generations of brilliant film fanatics as diverse in talent and influence as George Lucas, Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, and Tim Burton (all of whom cast either of the two repeatedly, in their own films). HORROR OF DRACULA also co-stars a young Michael Gough, who later appeared in Burton's BATMAN and SLEEPY HOLLOW.
HORROR OF DRACULA is considered by many horror fans to be one of the truer adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel, which is ironic because it takes so many liberties with the original plot in order to adapt it to film. As in the novel, the story begins with Jonathan Harker travelling to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count, but under the guise of starting work as his librarian, not handling his real estate affairs. Harker is really there with the intention of killing the evil Count (already a huge change from the book), but when given the chance he inexplicably chooses to stake the Count's Bride rather than the Count himself. Big mistake: Dracula kills Harker. (A massive change from the book.)
Van Helsing tracks down Dracula's castle, arriving to find Harker turned into a vampire. He dispatches his friend off-camera (though the Hammer films didn't shy away from blood and murder on screen, they also used a fair amount of class and restraint) and heads back to London to inform Mina, who in this telling is not Harker's fiancée. Instead, Lucy is. (More changes!) As in the novel, Lucy is turned vampire by Dracula, although by the time she appears in the movie, she's already been bitten. She eventually becomes a full-on vampire and Van Helsing has to handle that also.
I could go on and on about the changes from the book – Dr. Seward's role is reduced to a couple cameos as the family doctor, there is no Renfield, etc. – but I think what the scholars mean when they applaud HORROR OF DRACULA and its fidelity to Stoker's novel is that the spirit of the adaptation feels right. Dracula is the most compelling character in the movie – with a surprising minimum of dialogue, Christopher Lee plays him as a tall, dashing figure; ominous and threatening to men yet somehow magnetic to women (maybe he's threatening to men because of that magnetism for women).
Moreover, Van Helsing is the true protagonist of the film, and a perfect counterbalance to Lee's Dracula. Dracula in this film is like a coiled snake or some other dangerous animal – he's silent and still, bereft of emotion until he flares up and strikes at his victims – while in contrast, Van Helsing is an emotional figure, constantly fighting a horrific battle and laboring under the weight of constant loss, but he carries himself with the most English reserve. I like the scene where Van Helsing sits in his babe lair, propped up with the most rigid posture, listening to audio tapes of his own voice, dictating vampire-killing methodology. It's a lonely life.
Also, a lot of the changes make sense, at least for a movie not much longer than an hour. Van Helsing is always the most important of Dracula's arch-enemies, and this particular story doesn't suffer too much from the absence of Dr. Seward or the American, Quincey Morris. Michael Gough's character, Mina's husband, is named Arthur, so in that way he's a stand-in for the novel's Holmwood. Since a team eventually assembles by the novel's latter half, it makes a kind of sense that Van Helsing and Harker were a vampire-fighting team. At the very least, it's a creative, thoughtful change rather than a travesty. I could have done without the extra-long, extra-shticky scene at the shipping clerk's office (you'll know it when you see it), but maybe that's a mid-century British cinema thing.
Overall, HORROR OF DRACULA is a cool, classy Dracula film, a must-see for completists and real-deal horror fans, and a great gateway into the Hammer world.
On the other hand, probably don't start with this one. Not that THE BRIDES OF DRACULA isn't worth seeing, but it's like picking a book up in the middle. Or more like that episode of Lost where Jack hung out with Bai Ling and got a tattoo.
With Christopher Lee's character out of commission due to the ending of HORROR OF DRACULA, Peter Cushing has to fly solo in this outing as Van Helsing, which would fine except that he doesn't show up until at least halfway through the movie. What I initially liked about BRIDES OF DRACULA is also its biggest downfall. An opening narration announces that "Dracula is dead" but there are still vampires to be fought – in other words, it picks up not long after HORROR OF DRACULA left off. (It's the KARATE KID 2 of vampire movies!) The initial promise of that continuity quickly fades, as the movie spends a bit too long following a young French schoolteacher who is invited by a creepy baroness (I mean really creepy; for quite a while I thought she was a male actor in drag) to stay at her mansion, only to be served up as a potential supper for the baroness's son, who is a vampire.
So the title is incredibly misleading – there is no Dracula to be found here. The main villain, Baron Meinster, is a blond ponce of a sub-vampire; he looks like the character actor Danny Huston in a blond wig. To my mind, it's difficult to make blond guys scary. I don't know why that is. There's just something about blond hair that doesn't sit well on top of monstrous features. This is one of the least intimidating vampire villains I've seen.
Don't let me scare you off this movie entirely. There is a scene where Van Helsing fights a large bat. And that's amazing, obviously. But truth be told, that's as close to Dracula as we get.
The most interesting thing about BRIDES OF DRACULA is the way that filmmakers of yesteryear weren't remotely as skilled at hacking out sequels as our modern filmmakers are. When Count Dracula was killed at the end of the last movie, they take that literally, and try out a replacement vampire, rather than looking for a convoluted and shameless reason to write him back in. They eventually got the hang of it, of course, and Dracula returned in eight more Hammer films, including the Shaw Brothers co-production THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES, in which a bunch of vampires jump around in funky masks doing kung fu. (I'm serious.)
Next up: Clint Eastwood will return in: THE BRIDES OF DRACULA COUNTY. (I'm not serious.)
((I wish I were serious.))
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WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6
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ThemeAddict: WWE The Music, Vol. 6 is a compilation album released by WWE in 2004. It mostly features recent theme songs of wrestlers on the roster at the time. The album reached a peak of #38 on the Billboard 200 and #2 Billboard Top Soundtracks chart.
Track listing
- Composed by Jim Johnston (unless noted).
- Evolution - "Line in the Sand" (performed by Motörhead)
- Carlito Caribbean Cool - "Cool"
- Theodore Long - "MacMilitant" (vocals by Miestro)
- Christian - "Just Close Your Eyes" (performed by Waterproof Blonde)
- Heidenreich - "Dangerous Politics"
- RAW Diva Search Theme - "Real Good Girl"
- Chavo Guerrero - "Chavito Ardiente"
- The Undertaker - "The Darkest Side (Remix)"
- Eugene - "Child's Play"
- Victoria - "Don't Mess With" (vocals by The Hood$tars)
- Shelton Benjamin - "Ain't No Stoppin' Me" (vocals by Lucien "Lou$tar" George)
- Billy Kidman - "You Can Run" (vocals by Lorddikim Allah)
- SmackDown! Theme - "Rise Up" (performed by Drowning Pool)
- Gail Kim - "International Woman" (performed by Dara Shindler)
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield - "Longhorn"
- John Cena (featuring Tha Trademarc) - "Untouchables" (composers: John Cena and Antonio Hardy)
- The CD was released with a bonus DVD which featured the songs set to entrance videos. All but Christian's are featured on the DVD since Christian didn't start using the Waterproof Blonde entrance theme "Just Close Your Eyes" until after the album's release. Unlike the version he used for his entrance music, the version on the CD has extended lyrics.
- There is a hidden Easter Egg on the DVD of John Cena promoting his then-upcoming album You Can't See Me.
- Undertaker's current theme is featured on the DVD, but not on the CD.
- There are time differences between the tracks on the DVD and the CD. Some tracks on the DVD version are longer than the CD's counterpart, and vice-versa.
- The song "Rise Up!" is a remake of the instrumental song used in SmackDown! 5th Anniversary Special.
- Randy Orton's theme song "Burn in My Light" was originally on the tracklist featured on various promotional advertisements in select WWE PPV DVD's. However, it would not be released until 2006, on the album WWE Wreckless Intent.
- Nicki Minaj sings the vocals along with The Hood$tars to Victoria's theme song, "Don't Mess With". She is credited as Nicki Maraj.
|WWE Albums
|The Wrestling Album • Piledriver – The Wrestling Album 2 • WrestleMania: The Album • WWF Full Metal • WWF The Music, Vol. 2 • We Gotta Wrestle • WWF The Music, Vol. 3 • WWF The Music, Vol. 4 • WWF Aggression • WWF The Music, Vol. 5 • WWF Forceable Entry • WWE Anthology • WWE Originals • ThemeAddict: WWE The Music, Vol. 6 • WWE Wreckless Intent • WWE The Music, Vol. 7 • Raw Greatest Hits: The Music • WWE The Music, Vol. 8 • Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9 • WWE The Music: A New Day, Vol. 10 • WWE The Music: The Beginning
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Re: TableHeadings
In a message dated 12/9/98 7:41:28 AM, rmason at sparky2.esd.mun.ca writes:
>I wish to tabulate the values returned by a function of two variables,
>with the columns and rows labelled using the TableHeadings option to
>TableForm. The code I am using is given below.
>s[n_,c_]:=If[n<c^2,"n < c^2",If[n>c, "n > c",(n-c^2)/(c-c^2)]] (*
>function definition *)
>TableForm[Table[s[n,c], {c, 0.1, 1, 0.1}, {n, 0.1, 1, 0.1}],
>This, of course just labels the first row and first column with c and n,
>respecitvely. What I want is to have the appropriate numerical values
>of c and n, as used in the function s[c_,n_], as labels. can it be done
>using TableHeadings? I not, what is the best way to accomplish what I
Try something like:
TableForm[Table[s[n, c], {c, 0.1, 1, 0.1}, {n, 0.1, 1, 0.1}],
Join[{"c=0.1"}, Table[PaddedForm[c, {3, 1}], {c, 0.2, 1, 0.1}]],
Join[{" n=0.1"}, Table[PaddedForm[n, {2, 1}], {n, 0.2, 1, 0.1}]]}]
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Kong Lor Cave
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The cave is a fresh newbie attraction where taking a long tail boat is the only way to explore the darkness wonder. The boat takes three people and costs 115,000 kip. We've seen many caves but this one was something else it was creepy, scary and cool. The entire ride on the long tail boat lasted about 2hr with a short walk passing stalactites and other funky cave formations. Shinning with weak torches we explored in deeper, it was truly an ancient underwater experience. Inevitable a though of gusting water and collapsing cave kept me alert and my imagination flowing. The height of the cave can reaches 100 meters, a huge dark dome. Highly recommended for cave lovers.
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Major Canadian Law Firm Announces Plans to Unwind
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Canadian law firm Heenan Blaikie LLP is shutting its doors, following a slew of partner exits amid a challenging legal market.
The firm's partnership voted on Wednesday night to "proceed with an orderly wind-up of the Firm's operations," according to a statement released by the firm. The process is expected to take a few months. A spokesman for the firm declined further comment.


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Focus And Find Mysteries: Walkthrough Guide, Hints and Tips
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Put in to bat in the heavyweight Group C clash, England had manoeuvred themselves into a promising position with Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood forging an 81-run stand spanning 19.3 overs.
But just as England prepared to launch a late assault in the final 15 overs of their innings and propel themselves to a commanding total, they lost three wickets for one run in seven balls and slumped to 138 for seven.
It took an unbroken 71-run partnership between wicketkeeper Paul Nixon and Liam Plunkett to rescue England's cause and guide them to a competitive 209, although the average score at the Beausejour Stadium is 240.
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Series: The Road to Redemption
Jonathan McLeod
Mark 16:1-8
And [the angel] said to them, ''Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was cruci-fied. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him'' (v. 6).
If the Gospel of Mark was a biography of a normal person, chapter 15 would be the final chapter of the book. But Jesus Christ is not a normal person.
[Read Mark 15:40-16:8.]
What do you do when you get good news? You share it with other people. (When a woman becomes engaged, she calls her mother. When a child wins a prize at school, he tells his parents. People now share their good news on Facebook or Twitter.)
What about the resurrection of Jesus? We are often afraid to share the good news of the resurrection. Why? (There is a difference between a woman sharing the good news of her en-gagement with her mother and a Christian sharing the good news of the resurrection with someone who might not want to hear it.) There is the fear of offending people, the fear of getting tongue-tied, and the fear of being ridiculed.
There is no better news than the good news of the resurrection, so we must overcome our FEAR and SHARE it.
How can we overcome our fear of sharing the good news of the resurrection? We should con-stantly remind ourselves of two truths.
1. There is an abundance of EVIDENCE in favor of the resurrection.
The case for the resurrection of Jesus is sort of like a murder case. A murder case is usually built on several pieces of evidence. The case for Jesus' resurrection can also be built on several pieces of evidence. (Of course, a defense attorney usually has an explanation for every piece of evidence against the defendant, just like the skeptics have an explanation for every piece of evidence in favor of the resurrection.) Some of the pieces of evidence in favor of the resurrection include (1) the empty tomb, (2) the di ...
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Looking forward to seeing David LaChapelle's new documentary on krumping, the "improbable love-child of breakdancing and hip-hop clowning" from Los Angeles. LaChapelle directed some of my absolute favourite promos, particularly Christina Aguilera's Dirrrrrrty and No Doubt's It's My Life.
Katie Puckrick has a great run-down of Madonna's latest krump-fest video and the other dance styles she's popularised via MTV:
Disco: Disco dance is the fruity little brother of swing, mambo and merengue. Popularised by Saturday Night Fever and tantalising accounts of Studio 54's VIP decadence, disco's partner dancing is fleshed out by line dances and flashy solo moves.
This genre is the wellspring of Madonna's very Madonna-ness, and naturally enough, a discotheque is the standard setting for many of her videos: Hung Up, Music, Beautiful Stranger, Everybody, Into the Groove. In them, Madonna is always the disco maypole, with the less-fabulous dancing a respectful hustle-length away.
Perhaps her ultimate disco re-enactment is Deeper And Deeper - Madonna in eyebrow-less Angie Bowie mode, cavorting with hippies, trannies and Roman Polanski international-perv types at her own personal Studio Fifty-Faux.


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By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO Even during an economic meltdown, when companies are scrambling to cut costs, businesses are wasting billions of dollars by leaving their PCs on at night.
U.S. organizations squander $2.8 billion a year to power unused machines, emitting about 20 million tons of carbon dioxide — roughly the equivalent of 4 million cars — according to a report to be released Wednesday.
About half of 108 million office PCs in the USA are not properly shut down at night, says the 2009 PC Energy Report, produced by 1E, an energy-management software company, and the non-profit Alliance to Save Energy. The report analyzed workplace PC power consumption in the USA, United Kingdom and Germany.
Wastefulness does not just affect a company's bottom line, it creates environmental concerns, the report says. If the world's 1 billion PCs were powered down just one night, it would save enough energy to light the Empire State Building — inside and out — for over 30 years, it says.
"Workers do not feel responsible for electricity bills at work, and some companies insist PCs remain on at night so they can be patched with software updates," says 1E CEO Sumir Karayi. He says 63% of employees surveyed said their companies should take more steps to save PC power.
"It is scary how much energy is wasted," says Michael Murphy, senior manager of global environmental affairs at Dell, a business partner and customer of 1E. It has used 1E software to efficiently manage its 50,000 PCs globally, saving about $1.8 million a year.
Simply shutting down PCs at night can save a company with 10,000 PCs over $260,000 a year and 1,871 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, the report says.
"PCs can be a tremendous drain on electricity," says Doug Washburn, an analyst at Forrester Research. "During a nine-hour workday, it isn't always in use because of lunch, meetings and other things."
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A great 30 degree bag with ample room for a fully clothed me (at 5 foot 9 inches tall and 170 pounds) which makes it useful at even lower temperatures.
The Hydrogen is cut a little wider than the WM Ultralite, so if you might feel constricted in the Ultralite's narrow confines, I suggest trying this bag as your next option.
The Hydrogen's shell and liner are crafted from relatively durable 1.2 oz./sq. yard ParaLight DWR 30 denier yarns used with abrasion and tear resistance in mind. The feel of the fabric suggests that it, along with the fabric used on the Big Agnes bags, is the most durable of the bags in this review. The Hydrogen has an excellent DWR application. Marmot uses stretch tricot baffles which provides strength, durability and good down control. Marmot's velcro-free face muff design is the best. The muff keeps the drawcord and zipper away from your face and provides a snug, comfortable fit of the hood as it is being tightened. I get a snug fit well in advance of the hood being closed all the way. The hood drawcord is positioned for easy access yet remains out of the way.
Zipper guards, second only to the Western Mountaineering bags, help repel biting zipper coils. Smaller and shorter zipper to minimize weight, 38" long. One hang loop on outside of foot box– the bare minimum. Generously down-filled draft tube significantly minimizes cold leaks through the zipper. The baffles are continuous down to the middle of bag (at zipper's end) so that down may be shifted in response to the weather conditions. The baffles are side blocked below the end of zipper which keeps the down in the lower part of the bag evenly distributed. Classic trapezoidal foot box for more foot room.Aug 12, 2007 at 12:55 pm #1398279
Steve BalsterBPL Member
@stevebalsterLocale: Central Montana
What Size is the bag?Aug 12, 2007 at 1:33 pm #1398288
It's a 6' bag, black.
Stuff Size: 6 x 10 in.
Shoulder: 62"
Hip: 58"
Foot: 40"
JonathanAug 12, 2007 at 4:09 pm #1398324
Steve BalsterBPL Member
@stevebalsterLocale: Central Montana
Thanks – I need the long size.Aug 13, 2007 at 3:03 pm #1398455
Jon OrmsbyMember
@phantomLocale: Great Lakes
I have a Hydrogen long I would like to sell. Just bought it less than a year ago, only been used one week. Will sell for $260 including shipping. E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you're interested. Thanks.May 1, 2008 at 1:42 pm #1431116
David PostonBPL Member
@dgpostonLocale: NYC metro
I'm interested in the bag. If it's still for sale, email me at email@example.com 1, 2008 at 1:53 pm #1431119
Chris VatlandBPL Member
@chrisvLocale: Pacific NW
I also have a 6'6" – still new with tags, never used. It is also a 2007 (black with the half-zip). I'll offer the same deal as above if anyone else is still looking.
pm or email me at email@example.com if interested.
(hope this isn't stepping on anyone's toes)May 1, 2008 at 4:17 pm #1431149
Tom CaldwellBPL Member
@coldspringLocale: Ozarks
I'm sure there are a lot of folks that would sell theirs for that much! Try offering it for less than $225. I've been seeing unused longs go for $210-215, shipped, lately.May 1, 2008 at 4:38 pm #1431152
Chris VatlandBPL Member
@chrisvLocale: Pacific NW
I agree and would be fine with offering less for mine.
I don't want to undercut anyone else's deal here. Maybe I'll wait and repost separately.May 1, 2008 at 5:14 pm #1431158
frank martinBPL Member
@sriprankLocale: NORCAL
They have the new 2008 Hydrogen w/ full zip at Campsaver
20% off with promo code 'mayday'
comes to 263.16 with free shipping
i didn't see any regulars.May 1, 2008 at 9:53 pm #1431206
Thanks for inquiring about the Marmot Hydrogen bag. When it didn't sell, I talked myself back into using it for one more season, so currently it's not for sale. It's a very comfortable bag, however, so I do recommend that you look for other sales. The half zip is a disadvantage, but not too serious.
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1. To the recently divorced, attractive colleague of mine who is in her mid 30's and is now not-so-discreetly dating the brand new baby science teacher: First of all, good for you, girl! And second of all, nothing says (screams, really) "Hey! We're sleeping together!" like coming to work together in the morning. (Inner Priss is having an issue with this one.)
2. Staring at piles of papers to correct, I silently impart wisdom on some of my students- "Hey, Dummy! If you'd actually do some homework once in a while and maybe didn't sprawl all over the desk during class and sat up and paid some attention, you'd have done lots better on that test!"
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6. I feel guilty for not wanting to have a speaking component to my final- mostly due to logistics. Anyone have any advice? Suggestions? I've got Spanish 1 and 2 right now. We use the book "En Español" (hate it).
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This year, the Fourth of July brings with it the usual fireworks, barbecue and midsummer sun (we hope), but also another special something: a genuine three-day weekend. And for that, we're cracking some Independence Day beers. Here are our five favorites (roughly in order of cachet).
1 Rainier
A tradition as old as eating outdoors with friends (not really, but close), this local lager is a never-fail Northwest gulper.
2 Hilliard's Saison
This Ballard brewery only started in 2011, but it has fast become a local favorite. The Saison is a perfect plein-air pale ale.
3 Manny's Pale Ale
Aptly described by makers Georgetown Brewing Company as "darn tasty beer," this medium bodied, semi-hoppy brew has become ubiquitous at the city's hipper suds spots. If Seattle had a beer mascot right now, this would be it.
4 Reuben's Brews Roggenbier
Brewed by English expat Adam Robbings, this rye hefeweizen won a silver medal at the World Beer Championships in 2012 — a fact that will mean nothing to you as you guzzle it with your bratwurst
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Author has written 84 stories for Rurouni Kenshin, and Yu-Gi-Oh.
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Favorite pairings: KenshinxKaoru, SanosukexMegumi, BattousaixTomoe, YahikoxTsubame
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Dear #RurouniKenshin fans on social media. In light of the live action movies' astounding global success, we are offered an unparalleled opportunity to finally see our dream of getting the Revenge Arc properly adapted, either through anime or a final live action adaptation.
With social media, we fans have power like never before to make our collective voice heard. Other social media campaigns have resulted in TV shows that were slated for cancellation being given an extra season. It does work! What I'm proposing is our own social media campaign to get a live action adaptation of the Revenge Arc done. Keishi Otomo has said that he would be willing to do more #RurouniKenshin movies if Warner Bros would green light the project.
What we can do is tumble, tweet and Facebook update our desire for this by using the hashtags #ruroken #RurouniKenshin #jinchuuarc #人誅 #jinchuuhen or #revengearc in our posts to Warner Bros (@warnerjp on Twitter, warnerbros on Tumblr and Warner Brothers on Facebook). If they see enough of this, they will know we want this and would indeed go to see this movie and buy the DVDs, online movies, etc.
We'll never know if we don't try!
I've been an anime/manga fan since 2003. My favorites are Rurouni Kenshin, Berserk, Inuyasha, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, Yuugiou, Shaman King, Nightwalker, Wolf's Rain and Fullmetal Alchemist. There are others too, but those are the main ones. I think anime is infinitely superior to any of the crap that's put out in America. In the 80s, it was exactly the opposite, but since the 90s, animes have improved immensely.
That said, I strongly prefer manga to anime. Manga is the original medium that many animes are based on. The animes often leave out characters or even entire plots. Violence, blood and swearing are often removed from the story to make it more palatable to the masses. The manga usually has all the good stuff intact.
The Kenshin fanfics I write are all based mostly on manga canon. I believe Watsuki's genius can never be improved upon by TV executives. This means no references to crazy train trips, no Ayame/Suzume, no sumo wrestlers, circuses, crazy pseudo-Christians, German invaders, feng shui artists and absolutely no Seisouhen! The RuroKen story is, in truth a happy ending. In manga canon, Kenshin does not leave the dojo to continue wandering after Kenji is born. Kenji does not grow up hating his father. Kenshin and Kaoru do not get a disease and die after only 15 years of marriage.
These links are to the true end of Rurouni Kenshin: the Jinchuu Arc, Yahiko no Sakabatou and Haru ni Sakura. Enjoy!
As a Kenshin fan who has read the manga, I can say without a doubt that Seisouhen is the most heinous betrayal of a manga by its anime counterpart that I've ever seen. The manga has a happy ending, where Kenshin stays with his wife and raises his child. There is never any mention of him leaving again to wander, getting a disease or any of this other garbage.
Everything in this OVA beyond Kenshin giving Yahiko his sword is filler and is in no way canon. The characters are bastardized beyond words. Kenshin becoming a deadbeat dad and negligent husband, Kaoru as this whiny, weepy woman who tells him it's OK to walk out on her and their son and "walk the spiritual path of atonement" and that she'll "wait as long as she has to" for him to return and then when he does return, asks him to infect her with his disease so she can follow him into death. Yeah, right! Really in character, really canon!
The background animation is well done, to be fair. But the characters themselves! They all have these weird, sunken, haggard features. Their eyes have no emotion in them. Kaoru's eyes are brown! What's up with that? Why did they feel the need to turn Kaoru into a Tomoe clone?
The supposed animation of the Jinchuu Arc is such a ripoff, it doesn't deserve to be called that. If it's the Jinchuu Arc, where are Gein, Banjin, Kujirinami, Otowa and Mumyoi? Where's the doll? Why doesn't Kenshin go to Rakuninmura? Where are all the others when Kenshin goes to the island to get Kaoru? They're not there because all of that, and thus the whole meaning of the story, was butchered out!
Kenshin's fight with Enishi is complete crap too. Kenshin actually allows Enishi to kick his face into the sand and offers his life in exchange for Kaoru's? I can look through all my manga volumes and say that that is most definitely not canon!
It seems like the message of this OVA is Kenshin was never able to let go of his grief and guilt over Tomoe, Kaoru never gained the strength and resolve needed to keep Kenshin stable and that Kenshin became self-destructive after giving the Sakabatou to Yahiko. Again, I can look through my manga volumes and say that this is not canon.
This OVA betrays the message of Watsuki's manga, which is that one can best atone for one's sins by living instead of dying. The message of the OVA is that peace can only be found through death. Uh-huh. Really canon. My only prayer is that someday the real Jinchuu Arc will be animated and this betrayal, this blasphemy will pick up dust on the shelves.
I loved the first RK live action movie. Granted, it takes (quite) a few liberties with the Tokyo Arc's time line, but that is generally what live action adaptations of comics and cartoons do, due to time constraints and such. Over all, it's a fun romp with many touching and humorous moments. Satoh Takeru makes a deliciously adorable Kenshin with his heart-shaped face, large almond eyes and superbly kissable lips.
I'm looking forward to the Kyoto Arc sequels, Kyoto Taikahen and Densetsu no Saigohen, which aren't due to be released in theaters until next summer and probably won't be out on DVD until almost 2015! I really hope we get to see Takeru barechested when he fights Shishio and his kimono gets all torn up from the Guren Kaina!
So I saw Kyoto Taikahen. This was such an epic movie, I couldn't even get my brain around it. It's like Japan's answer to LOTR. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but it was so cool to see Shishio and Juppongatana breathed to life and to see Takeru's Kenshin struggle with his inner hitokiri. Some of the scene are are very difficult to watch because they're so raw and heartbreaking.
Sites about Meiji Era Japan
Vanderbilt University: Topics in Japanese Cultural History Japanese History: Meiji Era Wikipedia article on Meiji Japan Photographs from Meiji Japan Japan from Tokugawa to Meiji Japanese Reference
Eastern Age Reckoning/Kazoedoshi
A note on the ages of the characters: Up till 1902, the Japanese used a method of counting one's age called the kazoedoshi, which counted a person's age from their conception, rather than their birth. Thus when a person was born, they were counted as a year old. They are granted a second year upon the following New Years Day, even if they were born the day before. Kamiya Kaoru was born in June, 1862 and met Kenshin in February, 1878. By our standards, she'd be 15-16. In the kazoedoshi, she's 17. Thus, when I say that a character is so many years old in a fic, they are a year younger by our standards.
Watsuki aged all of the characters according to the kazoedoshi, except Kenshin. This was because the editors didn't want him to have a 17-year-old woman sharing her place with a 29-year-old guy. Thus Kenshin is called 28-29, when in the kazoedoshi, he'd be 29. I follow the kazoedoshi entirely, thus making Kenshin a year older than Watsuki portrayed him, since I'm not bound by editors. This necessitates moving Kenshin's year of birth from 1849 to 1850. In that way, Kenshin will be 29 in January of 1878, according to kazoedoshi while according to Western standards, he'd be 27 going on 28. So yes, I am breaking with canon, but it's nothing major.
Another minor break with canon: I leave Kenshin's hair long. I understand that cutting it is symbolic of breaking away from the past, but I simply prefer him with the long hair.
Those interested can read my fics in chronological order by following this list...
My beta readers will now be mentioned by name at the beginning of each fic.
I have a beef with FF.net. I think they should allow people to upload whatever kinds of stories they want. When they enacted their no-lemon and no CYOA rules, they did as they pleased instead of what the users wanted. This is very bad PR. A good site does what the users want, not what they themselves want.
My lemons are on my Adult Fanfiction.net and Mediaminer.org accounts, since FF.net are a bunch of prudes.
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Competition issues in resources projects: sharing infrastructure - .PDF file.
Users of open-access supply chains frequently seek to collectively negotiate various arrangements between themselves and with the supply-chain operator. These negotiations and subsequent agreements often involve discussions among competitors of price matters, non-price matters and capacity allocation.
Users therefore risk breaching the cartel provisions, the exclusionary provisions, the secondary boycott provisions and the anti-competitive agreement provisions in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth). Users may apply to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for authorisation of discussions and agreements that may breach the act.
This article outlines key competition issues that may arise in sharing infrastructure and seeking authorisation to collectively negotiate and make agreements…
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