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It's okay. It's decent. I didn't ask for my money back.
But the essential truth is that Iron Man 2 is a potboiler. It's pure product. Very professional, but no heart like the first movie. This is a super-sleek conveyor belt blockbuster that cashes in on the popularity of the first movie and sets the audience up for the Marvel movies to come.
The storyline is a big, big mess. It's a jumble of ideas rather than a focused story. There are so many plotlines going on that either continue from the first movie, set up the next movie, set up future Marvel movies, or all of the above, that there is barely time for this one to have any identity of its own. Iron Man 2 ends up being more-or-less a comedy with some great CGI work. Downey riffs with everyone, but he shouldn't still be doing it by the supposedly exciting climax when lives, including his, are in danger. But that's the tone of the thing.
Iron Man 2, more than anything, reminds me of Lethal Weapon 4. It's essentially a cast reunion, with some brand new actors to show off, some impressive action to look at, and a token attempt at a story.
Iron Man 2 is amusing but an absolute waste of potential. When many superhero sequels are superior to their originals, IM2 seems very lazy and half-assed.
There is no Marvel/DC rivalry. Most of the great comic creators worked for both; Jack Kirby, Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, Walt Simonsen, Gil Kane, Steve Ditko, John Byrne, Steve Englehart, Mark Waid...even Stan Lee.
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Salesforce.com announces Force.com for App Engine
December 8th, 2008 | Published in Google Code
This morning Salesforce.com announced Force.com for Google App Engine, a Python library for apps running on App Engine that enables simple and robust access to the Force.com Web services API. Using this library, App Engine developers can now build and deploy scalable web apps that manipulate and display data stored on Force.com. App Engine developers interested in building enterprise-class applications can now build anything from browser-based tools for members of your organization to personalized, customer-focused apps that scale to meet demand.
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Hirajima Natsumi
From Wiki48
|Hirajima Natsumi (平嶋夏海)
|Nacchan (なっちゃん)
|Birth Info
|May 28, 1992
|Tokyo, Japan
|Blood type
|Current Age
|24 Years Old
|Professional Info
|18 Promotion
|Social Networks
|Idol Career Info
|Former Group
|Former Team
|Team B
|October, 2005 / 1st Generation
|January, 2012
Hirajima Natsumi was a member of AKB48's Team B. She is now affiliated with 18 Promotion.
- Motto: "Smile as much as possible." (できるだけ笑顔でいること)
- Saying: "Do it when you can do it." (やる時はやる)
- Hobbies: Collecting manga and books, teddy bears
- Hairstyle for Team B 1st Stage was inspired by Tanaka Reina's latest look
- Has said she doesn't admire any historical figures; the person she respects most is her father
- Personality quizzes from MCs during Team B 1st Stage have revealed she will be an otaku in the future, and was a princess in a past life
- Has had the nickname Nacchan since elementary school
- Was the vice president of her student council in the first year of Junior High School
- Wants to be an actress in the future
- Admires Yonekura Ryoko because she's cute and can be a bad girl
- If she could be born again, she'd like to be a boy
- Likes science, but isn't so good at maths or English
- Takes her own lunch to work, with a set given to her by Urano Kazumi
- Wants to visit a transvestite bar
- Starred in the movie X Game 2 with fellow AKB48 member Ota Aika, to be released on the spring of 2012
- She was involved in scandal with fellow AKB48 member Yonezawa Rumi about having violated the 'no dating rule'
- She was given a chance to apologize but decided to resign from both AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai
- Former leader of Watarirouka Hashiritai
- She is the graduated member with the most performances in the AKB48 theater (838 performances).
AKB48 Senbatsu Elections
- 1st Senbatsu Election - #26 (Undergirls)
- 2nd Senbatsu Election - #26 (Undergirls)
- 3rd Senbatsu Election - #26 (Undergirls)
- 4th Senbatsu Election - Didn't Participate
- 5th Senbatsu Election - #62 (Future Girls)
AKB48 Janken Tournaments
- 1st Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Chikano Rina)
- 2nd Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Komori Mika)
Team History
- Team A → Team B → Graduation
Singles Participation
AKB48 A-Sides
AKB48 B-Sides
Albums Participation
AKB48 Albums
- Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to (Kamikyokutachi)
- Renai Circus (Koko ni Ita koto)
- Koko ni Ita koto (Koko ni Ita koto)
Watarirouka Hashiritai
- Hatsukoi Dash / Aoi Mirai
- Yaruki Hanabi
- Kanpeki Gu~no ne
- Akkanbe Bashi
- Seishun no Flag
- Gyu
- Valentine Kiss
- Hetappi Wink
- Kibou Sanmyaku
Stage Units
- A1 (PARTY ga Hajimaru yo)
- Hoshi no Ondo
- A2 (Aitakatta)
- Nagisa no CHERRY
- A3 (Dareka no Tame ni)
- Nage Kiss de Uchi Otose!
- B1 (Seishun Girls)
- Ame no Doubutsuen
- Fushidara na Natsu
- Cinderella wa Damasarenai
- B2 (Aitakatta)
- Glass no I LOVE YOU
- Senaka Kara Dakishimete
- Rio no Kakumei
- B3 (Pajama Drive)
- Pajama Drive
- B4 (Idol no Yoake)
- Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate
- H2 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)
- Bye Bye Bye (Revival)
- B5 (Theater no Megami)
- Locker room boy
Concert Units
AKB48 First Concert "Aitakatta ~Hashira wa Naize!~"
Live DVD wa Derudaroukedo, Yappari Iki ni Kagiruze! AKB48 Natsu Matsuri
AKB48 Masaka, Kono Concert no Ongen wa Ryuushutsushinai yo ne?
Nenwasure Kanshasai Shuffle Sumaze, AKB! SKE mo Yoroshiku ne
"Kami Kouen Yotei" AKB48 NHK Hall Concert 2009
AKB104 Senbatsu Members Sokaku Matsuri
Yokohama Arena 2010 'AKB48 Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpi Ryouron'
Surprise wa Arimasen
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2011
AKB48 Super Festival at Nissan Stadium
AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~
- Tokyo Dome
Other DVDs
- [2010.10.20] Hashire Natsuyasumi (タイトル未定) (With Watarirouka Hashiritai)
Media Appearances
Variety Shows
- AKB 1ji 59fun
- Shukan AKB
- Nemousu Terebi (AKB48ネ申テレビ) (Season 4/8/9)


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Just what is Social Networking?
Social networking, we have all likely hearded of it previously, but not everyone knows what it indicates? If you were asked to define what social networking was, would you have the ability to give an accurate definition. Unfortunately, most people can easily not, even though it is most likely that they take part in some kind of social networking, especially on-line.
Social networking is defined as the grouping of individuals together into to specific teams, commonly like a small society or an area. Although social networking is possible in person, especially in schools or in the workplace, it is most prominent online. This is due to the fact that unlike many high schools, universities, or workplaces, the net is filled with millions, if not even more, of people who are aiming to fulfill other net individuals and develop friendships.
When it comes to social networking online, internet sites are made use of. These websites are known as social networking internet sites. Social networking internet sites are, in a method, like an on-line area of net users. Relying on the social networking internet site in question, many of these online neighborhood members share a common bond, whether that bond be hobbies, religious beliefs, or politics. Once you are granted access to a social networking site you can easily begin to interact socially. This socialization may include reviewing the profiles or profile pages of other members or even calling them.
The pals that you can easily make are just one of the many perks to social networking online. Another one of those advantages consists of variety. Unlike in most schools or workplaces, the internet provides individuals, from all around the world, access to social networking sties. This means that although you are in the United States, you could establish an on-line friendship with someone in Japan. Not just will you make a new buddy, you however could additionally learn a thing or two about a brand-new society.
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London Region
The map below (source:
TfL) shows the current limits of the London Congestion Charge scheme (as at
March 2014). This scheme was installed in 2002 to the City and West End
with a Western
Extension into Kensington and Chelsea introduced in
2007 despite overwhelming public opposition in the previous public
consultation exercise (go to this page for more details of those objections
and the ABD campaign against it:
There is a charge per day for driving anywhere within the zone boundary.
This was originally set at £5 per day but rose to £10 at the end of
2010, when the Western Extension was scrapped. It is proposed to raise the
charge to £11.50 per day from June 2014.
The original justification
for the charge was that it would solve London's perennial road traffic
congestion (environmental benefits were not an argument used because it was
known they would be minimal). But it has not solved congestion with that
soon returning to the same level as before. The environmental claims made by
some have also been shown to be false with air pollution within the zone
basically unchanged as a result. Neither does it raise any significant funds
for public transport improvements because almost all the revenue from the
scheme goes in operating costs. Indeed if it was not for the accidental
fines people collect from forgetting to pay the charge, it would lose money.
Note that the Congestion Charge was introduced by socialist car-hating Mayor
Ken Livingstone. It has impacted the poor more heavily than the wealthy and
hence is a very regressive tax. His final parting shot before being ejected
from office by the electorate was to sign up London for a multi-year
contract with the operators which is too expensive to cancel.
Congestion Charging and
Road Pricing
following articles have been published on Congestion Charging
(particularly the London Congestion Charge or "Tax") and on road usage charging
by ABD members:
These articles were written in 2006 on the effect of the scheme on air
Congestion Charge Tax
Congestion Charge and Air Pollution
article was written in 2006 on why business people should oppose congestion and
road usage charging:
Business Must Oppose Congestion Charging
This article was written in 2007 after a TV debate on the Road Pricing and
associated issues:
article was written on the London Congestion Charge after publication of the 5th
Annual Monitoring Report:
following article is a report on a debate on road pricing held in Cambridge in
May 2008:
about "gridlock" due to rising vehicle numbers are commonplace. See this article
for a rebuttal:
This press
release was issued following the publication of the Sixth Annual Monitoring
Report on the London Congestion Charge by TfL in August 2008:
Press025, and it is
clear that congestion is back to where it was before the charge was introduced,
with the Western Extension also providing no benefits at all since it was
introduced a year ago.. For a more detailed analysis, read this note:
Note that
our campaign against a proposed Congestion Charge in the Greenwich (which took
place mainly in 2007) is covered on this web page:
For a summary
of the latest changes to the Congestion Charge and a review of traffic trends in
London, see this article published in December 2010:
In March 2014
it was proposed to raise the charge to £11.50 and this was a note the ABD
submitted in response to the consultation on that change: "The proposed increase
in charges is outrageous. Since the Congestion Charge Tax was introduced in
February 2003, the Retail Price Index has increased by 41%. The original
Congestion Charge fee was £5 per day, and it is now proposed to be £11.50 -
which is an increase of 130%. The charge should be reduced not increased.
In addition, it has been made more and more difficult to pay the charge with
limited hours on the phone service (and long response times), no retail
outlets supported and other steps taken to raise more and more money from
users. It is clear that this scheme is all about raising revenue and not
about reducing congestion. Indeed congestion has not come down, and TfL
don't even bother to publish figures for it any more - presumably too
embarrassed to do so, or wish to hide the true facts. This tax should be
scrapped, not increased."
In January
2017 the London Assembly Transport Committee published a report on the
congestion in London with some recommendations for action. That follows severely
worsening congestion in recent years with more private hire vehicles, more LGVs
delivering internet orders, and the general increase in the population and
business in London. A summary of their recommendations and the ABD's comments on
them are present in this blog post:
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By Richard Clarke
Arsène Wenger may unveil a new signing against Middlesbrough on Saturday - a Dutch striker called Robin van Persie.
Ok, the 24-year-old is a familiar and welcome face at Arsenal having hit 41 goals in 125 appearances since arriving from Feyenoord almost four years ago. But, if he starts this weekend after his substitute appearance at Wigan last Sunday, even his manager believes it will feel like a fresh acquisition after a season beset by injury problems.
"He is [like a new signing]," said Wenger. "He has only played the first eight games and scored five goals. At the time you thought that could make for an interesting total towards the end of the season. Now I feel he can give us the last push. He can give the final ball, take free kicks, he's dangerous on corners and, of course, he can score.
"We lost Eduardo recently, so the pressure was on Adebayor. But with Robin back and Theo Walcott aswell we now have three or four who can score and that's very important."
Despite the absence of Van Persie and latterly Eduardo, Arsenal have hardly struggled in front of goal. Their tally of 57 in the Premier League is one behind top-scorers Manchester United.
"Yes Adebayor has got 19 and we did not count for that at the start of the season," said Wenger. "But I was hopeful about him. However Hleb has got a few so has Eduardo and Fabregas. Rosicky got some as well, that is why I want him back from injury too. And Walcott is starting to score as well so that is all good for us."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Justice Sotomayor Speaks at Hostos Graduation
New York, NY —
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told graduates of Hostos Community College in the Bronx that the school played a big role in her family's success.
REPORTER: She said her Puerto Rican-born mother had put off going to college, and by the time she was raising two teenagers, she figured it was impossible. But then Hostos opened in the late 1960s.
SOTOMAYOR: And this opening opened the door to my mother's dreams and it opened the path to where I am today.
REPORTER: Twenty-nine year old Katherine Henriques was at last night's commencement. The Ecuadorian immigrant said she found the Justice's speech about her mother very emotional.
HENRIQUES: It made me cry a little bit just thinking about it. And like she said, like we all struggle and I'm sure she also did.
REPORTER: Sotomayor's mother, Celina, was at the ceremony, and received an alumni medal for being among the first graduates of Hostos.


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Definition of legion
1 : the principal unit of the Roman army comprising 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers with cavalry Caesar and his legions defeated the Gauls.
2 : a large military force; especially : army 1a the French Foreign Legion
3 : a very large number : multitude won him … a legion of devoted followers — Irving Kolodin
4 : a national association of ex-servicemen the American Legion
Examples of legion in a Sentence
Legions of people came to see him perform.
joined the French Foreign Legion
Origin and Etymology of legion
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin legion-, legio, from legere to gather — more at legend
First Known Use: 13th centurySee Words from the same year
Definition of legion
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the obstacles that the programmers had to overcome have been legion
Origin and Etymology of legion
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Definition of legion for English Language Learners
: a large group of soldiers in ancient Rome
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Tech might seek waiver for Robertson
Texas Tech strong-side linebacker Pete Robertson has missed the last four weeks with a shoulder injury and might not return this season.
Coach Tommy Tuberville said Tuesday if Robertson isn't ready after Tech's Nov. 5 game at Texas, the Red Raiders might seek a medical hardship waiver for the true freshman. The waiver would restore Robertson's freshman-year eligibility.
"He tried to practice a little last week," Tuberville said, "and he was one-armed. In this game you can't play with one arm. We need him out here, we need him on special teams and he wants to play. But after maybe the Texas game if he's not ready to go we'll just keep him out."
Robertson impressed the Tech coaching staff during preseason camp and worked his way into the two-deep first at free safety, then at strong safety before ultimately moving to linebacker.
He played in Tech's first three games and recovered a fumble against New Mexico.
Welcome, Mountaineers
Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said was a bit surprised about reports that West Virginia is the likeliest candidate to replace Missouri in the Big 12 Conference.
The fans and the football program are good, he said, but traveling there is difficult — particularly for Tech's other sports. Tuberville said the only way to get to Morgantown, W.Va., is to fly into Pittsburgh.
"I guess they thought it was a good fit," Tuberville said. "I thought probably Louisville was a choice they'd look at just because it's five minutes from the airport to the stadium. But I guess they looked at it in terms of tradition and being able to get in on the East coast with television, which makes sense. They didn't ask me.
"It's a very good football program. ... Their fans are good football fans and they've got a nice stadium."
Tuberville also said the addition will help Tech's recruiting. The Red Raiders landed freshmen defensive linemen Branden Jackson and Delvon Simmons out of Pennsylvania this year.
The second-year Tech coach said he hates that Missouri seems set on leaving the conference.
"Is Missouri gone? I guess we just told them to leave," he said jokingly. "I hate that. I hate it for them. You look at their roster, they got half their team from Texas. I guess they'll still come here, but it'll be more difficult."
Okafor getting 'healthier'
Texas Tech right tackle Mickey Okafor didn't play Saturday against No. 3 Oklahoma, still dealing with an ankle injury he suffered against Nevada. But coach Tommy Tuberville said he's getting healthier and could play some Saturday against Iowa State.
"He's going to have to play this week," Tuberville said. "He's our next man up. I would have liked to get him some (snaps) last week but things were going so well. Not being 100 percent against those guys can give you some problems.
"Hopefully we can get him back some this week and more in the Texas game."
Terry McDaniel has started in place of Okafor, who Tuberville said will be Tech's top backup Saturday.
Good with the bad
Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said Deveric Gallington, who was pressed into playing center virtually the entire game at Oklahoma, wound up with "about a dozen" bad snaps, most of them low.
"We're not going to complain about it," Tuberville said, "because he got back there and blocked pretty well. He made everything else good."
Gallington switched from right guard when center Justin Keown suffered a knee injury on the second play of the game. Fielding the low snaps made quarterback Seth Doege's 441-yard, four-touchdown passing performance more impressive, especially considering Oklahoma entered the game ranked second in the nation in sacks.
"It was rough on Seth, fielding those ground balls knowing somebody's coming after him pretty fast, and having to come up and find his reads," Tuberville said. "Snaps going every which way and he's got the fastest defensive line he'll see this year. That was a heck of a performance."
Tech probably will have the same starting line this week against Iowa State. Tuberville said Keown might not practice until Thursday and he doesn't expect him to be available for more than limited duty Saturday.
In brief
SLB Blake Dees (ankle), NT Donald Langley (knee) and FL Darrin Moore (ankle, knee) all practiced Tuesday, Tuberville said. ... LT LaAdrian Waddle graded the best of Tech's offensive linemen against OU. He held his own against OU sacks leader DE Frank Alexander. "He had a heck of a game," Tuberville said. "He's got a wingspan so big, I don't care who's rushing. That's the reason he's going to be an ideal guy at the next level." ... Dees' being out led to SLB Zach Winbush getting a few snaps against OU. It was the most important playing time Winbush, a 6-1, 219-pound sophomore, has gotten so far in his career. "We've got to get him more experience," Tuberville said. "He's too good an athlete. He's probably light enough, he should be playing safety, but he's going to be big enough in the future to play linebacker, so that's where we've got him."
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A devoted husband and wife who died two hours apart are carried into their funeral in the same coffin.
Kevin and Christine Shearson, both 64, were cremated side by side in the casket. It is thought to be one of the first funerals in Britain with an adult couple sharing a coffin.
Their eldest child Kelly, 38, said it had been the "perfect send-off".
She added: "It all went really well. The casket was taken to the crematorium in a horse-drawn carriage.
"It was definitely nice to know they were together right until the end. That gave us a sense of comfort."
Multiple sclerosis had left Kevin with a string of health problems, and last month he was admitted to the intensive care unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Bucks.
Christine, who was Kevin's carer, kept a vigil at his bedside but she was struck down by a chest infection.
The mum, who was treated in the next room, told family she knew her husband would not survive.
She died on May 18 before retired driving instructor Kevin succumbed to pneumonia.
The pair, who had four children and lived in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, died a week before their 40th wedding anniversary.
Emotions ran high at the funeral in Watford when the 150 mourners saw the casket which had "Mum" and "Dad" carved on the sides.
Tim Morris, of the Institution of Cemetery and Crematorium Management, said he had never heard before of a married couple being cremated in the same coffin.


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Calexico's story begins in 1990, when bassist Joey Burns, a music student at the University of California Irvine, met percussionist John Convertino, who was playing drums with Howe Gelb's long-running band Giant Sand. Burns soon signed on to play bass with Giant Sand on a tour of Europe, and then relocated to Giant Sand's home base of Tucson, Arizona. During downtime from Giant Sand's projects in 1993, Burns and Convertino teamed with guitarists Billy Elm and Woody Jackson to form the Friends of Dean Martinez, a group that fused lounge-influenced pop melodies with the musical flavors of the Southwest. The Friends of Dean Martinez soon developed a loyal following on the alternative rock scene, and Burns and Convertino began collaborating with an impressive number of well-respected musicians, including Richard Buckner, Neko Case, Bill Janovitz, Lisa Germano, Victoria Williams, and Barbara Manning.
In 1997, Burns and Convertino recorded an album together that was released in Europe under the title Spoke. However, when it was later issued in the United States by Quarterstick (a branch of the outstanding indie label Touch & Go), the duo opted to use the group name Calexico, and a year later they issued a second Calexico LP, The Black Light, which expanded on the cinematic feel and dry, evocative sound of the debut. Calexico's reputation as a live act grew after opening for the likes of Lambchop, Pavement, and the Dirty Three, and the group's sound and membership grew with their third studio album, Hot Rail, as violins and horns were added to the arrangements; Calexico's membership would remain fluid over the years, with various musicians assisting Burns and Convertino as the group pursued different projects.
In 2000, Calexico released Travelall, the first in what would become a long series of live albums the group made available to fans through their web store or at the merchandise table at their shows. Burns and Convertino began collaborating with the group Mariachi Luz de Luna, and they joined Calexico in the studio for the 2001 EP Even My Sure Things Fall Through, a collection of new tracks and alternate versions of previously released tunes.
With 2003's Feast of Wire, Calexico began edging into something closer to mainstream popularity -- it was their first album to chart in Billboard, grazing the Independent Album and Heatseekers surveys. One year later, Burns and Convertino recorded a tune with Nancy Sinatra for her self-titled comeback album. And after years of Calexico's music being described as cinematic, filmmaker Michael Mann confirmed it by featuring their song "Guero Canelo" in the movie Collateral. In 2005, Sam Beam of Iron and Wine teamed up with Calexico to create a collaborative recording, and the EP In the Reins was the result; the two groups launched a joint tour to support the release.
Calexico returned to working on their own for 2006's Garden Ruin, which became their first album to crack the Billboard Top 200 albums chart; Garden Ruin peaked at number 156, a solid showing for an independent release. By this time, Calexico also had a growing following abroad, especially as a live act, and they toured Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands more frequently than the United States. For 2008's Carried to Dust, Calexico invited several special guests to join the recording sessions, including Pieta Brown, Iron and Wine, and Doug McCombs of Tortoise. It was Calexico's last album for Quarterstick Records; in 2009, the label scaled back their operations and ceased releasing new material.
For 2012's Algiers, Calexico partnered with Anti, an artist-friendly division of Epitaph Records. The band returned in 2015 with an especially ambitious new album, Edge of the Sun, written and recorded during a sojourn in Mexico City and featuring appearances by Neko Case, Gaby Moreno, Sam Beam, Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell, Devotchka's Nick Urata, and members of the Greek ensemble Takim. ~ Mark Deming
Selected Discography
Track List: The Guard Original Soundtrack
Track List: Edge Of The Sun (Deluxe Edition)
Track List: Spiritoso (Live)
Track List: Algiers
Track List: Algiers (Deluxe Edition)
Track List: Selections from Road Atlas 1998-2011
Track List: Carried To Dust
Track List: Live Sessions EP
Track List: Garden Ruin
Track List: Garden Ruin (Bonus Track Version)
Track List: Convict Pool
Track List: Feast Of Wire
Track List: Even My Sure Things Fall Through
Track List: Hot Rail
Track List: The Black Light
Track List: Spoke
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Sri Lanka Telecoms mobile subsidiary Mobitel says that its 4G LTE mobile broadband services are now live in Colombo, Jaffna, Kandy, Hambantota, Galle, Matara and Kalutara, following the announcement at the end of last year that the network was ready for commercial launch. Mobitels website says that the areas currently offering LTE coverage are: Colombo (Nugegoda town, Mount Lavania town, Pamankada town, Bambalapitiya, Kollupitiya, Slave Island, Fort, Colombo University, Nugegoda Town Hall and Borella); Jaffna (Jaffna town, Jaffna University and Pallali airport); Kandy (Kandy town, Peradeniya University and Digana); Hambantota town; Galle town; Matara town; and Kalutara town; as well as the university campuses of Kelaniya and Moratuwa; and Katunayake Airport (north of Colombo).
Devices supporting LTE in the 1800MHz band may be used on the new 4G network, whilst all Mobitel users with Mega Internet broadband packages can enjoy the service at no additional charge on top of their existing tariffs, using either a dongle or smartphone. Additionally, all other post-paid voice, pre-paid and post-paid broadband package subscribers (with no Mega Internet plan) can use LTE free of additional charge with a smartphone only (no modem access).
Source: TeleGeography.
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- Remove all references to the word "operational" so that arbitrators would not have to sift through mountains of railway operational data. This would add costs and a burden that would diminish the power of the legislation.
- Delete all reference to "statutory obligations to other shippers and third parties". We do not believe it was the government's intent to have external and irrelevant information drawn into an arbitration over a very specific service failure between a shipper and railroad.
- Insert a new stand-alone section to define "adequate and suitable accommodation" and "service obligations". Shippers and the railways have already agreed we must hold firm on what a service agreement should address. Otherwise we risk diluting the legislation over time.
OTTAWA, Feb. 26, 2013 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) supports the intent of the Fair Rail Freight Service Act, Bill C-52, to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and reliability of the rail system but it recommends changes to help reduce the regulatory burden and help the legislation reach its stated intent. FPAC appeared today before the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities that is studying the legislation. The bill was brought in by the Government to level the playing field and address the imbalance in market power between shippers and the monopoly power of the railways. "The bill is an important step forward in helping to ensure that rail shippers can deliver their goods in a timely, predictable and cost effective way to meet the needs of global customers be they in China, Europe or the United States," says the President and CEO of FPAC, David Lindsay. "However we want to make three recommendations that would improve the bill and help restore balance in the rail system." FPAC recommends: