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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0451190009, Mass Market Paperback)The dynamic crime-solving duo of Butch Karp and his feisty wife, Marlene Ciampi, is back, and this time they have an extra set of brains: their 7-year-old daughter, Lucy. Falsely Accused is Robert K. Tanenbaum's eighth book in this ongoing series featuring Butch and Marlene as they uncover big-city misdeeds, sleaze, and corruption. In this edge-of-the-seat thriller, Butch is working as a litigator for a New York law firm, defending a bigwig client named Murray Selig, who was recently fired as chief medical examiner. The circumstances surrounding Selig's dismissal are questionable to say the least, and very soon a veritable hot pot of political wrongdoings is exposed. Meanwhile, Marlene is busy burning the candle at both ends--she's a full-time mom to the precocious Lucy, and she also heads a detective agency specializing in the protection of battered women--here she encounters more troubles. Tanenbaum brilliantly blends together several subplots and mininarratives--what is the secret of the two refugee children? What are the mayor and D.A. hiding? What is the story behind the deaths of several New York cabbies? Tanenbaum convincingly (and amazingly) pulls together these separate plots into a gripping conclusion.
Falsely Accused is more than just a suspenseful thriller--it is a fascinating exploration of legal and courtroom procedures, recounted in scrupulous detail. Fans of Butch and Marlene (and Lucy!) will not be disappointed.
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Former Assistant D.A. Butch Karp and his wife Marlene Ciampi find themselves embroiled in a case that involves government officials, law enforcement agents, and corporate "suits" in New York City.
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Brazil real estate – exclusive ecolux house for sale in Bahia, Brazil
This exclusive ecolux beachfront villa for sale is located in a small, exclusive residential resort development on the laidback island 'ilha dos tubaroes' in Camamu Bay in Bahia Brazil.
The barefoot luxury development consists of only 28 villas built with environmentally friendly materials and with respect for the local flora and fauna. The development enjoys 325 metres of golden sandy beachfront and covers a total area of 6.2 hectares.
The island is the ultimate island hideaway for complete privacy. There are no cars and the only way to get there is a by the resort's speedboat. During the journey across Camamu Bay's calm waters you may see turtles, dolphins and all kinds of tropical birds.
Alternatively you can get there by helicopter, using the private heliport located within the resort.
The private location also means that this may well be one of the safest places on earth. The island is full of character and a place where people live in harmony with the environment and where the local fishermen are using the same kind of wooden canoes as they did 100 years ago. Few tourists visit the island and the word 'violence' is unheard of.
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This villa, which is designed by architect Marcela Tavares, is built over two floors, using natural and renewable material, on a plot of 1,073m² bordering the beach.
The overall ideas behind the design of the houses was to merge indoor and outdoor living and provide a strong connection with the surrounding landscape while at the same time make the least possible impact on the environment. The result is open plan architecture with few internal walls and extensive use of glass for the external walls. The villas enjoy lots of natural light and large volumes with high ceiling heights and open space allowing the different areas of the house to naturally integrate.
The main entrance to the house is via a large glass veranda with comfortable lounge furniture and from which you have amazing views of the beach, tall palm trees and the sea. Further inside, you will find a separate dining area, a large kitchen and living room with double height glass walls with doors opening out to the private pool. The ground floor also host 2 of the three bedrooms.
A beautiful staircase leads to the mezzanine floor and the spacious master bedroom with separate dressing area and ensuite bathroom as well as a private balcony.
The veranda floors and much of the interior floor is made of garapa wood, a Brazilian hardwood that is naturally resistant to rot and naturally scratch resistant, making Garapa a perfect wood for both interior and exterior use.
The floor in the kitchen and dining areas are high quality Brazilian tiles.
The house, which features a total living area of 256m², is sold fully furnished with custom made furniture in exotic woods such as Angelin Pedra, Cumaru and Pau d'arco. The chandeliers are all handmade, produced by artists and artisans.
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Unlike ordinary resorts, there is no specific recreational area but that does not mean there is nothing to do.
Instead of the communal pool, each house enjoys its own private pool and the sandy beach offers endless opportunities for watersports, boat trips, beach volleyball, …
There is also a small fishing village located not far from the resort and it is possible to accompany them on fishing trips in their canoes and it is also possible to rent boats and bikes for your own excursions.
And to give you as much time as possible to relax and enjoy the island and your unique piece of Brazil real estate, gardening, maid service and house cleaning are offered. The management company will also ensure that the fridge and the freezer are well stocked with your favourite food and drink and that any maintenance issues have been taken care of.
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U.N. chief to recommend intervention troops for Congo: official
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will recommend to the U.N. Security Council that a peace enforcement unit be deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to take on the M23 rebels and other armed groups, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.
The intervention unit of a few thousand troops would aim to prevent armed groups from expanding territory in the resource-rich region by overpowering and disarming them. The unit would be contained within the existing U.N. force, known as MONUSCO.
"It is not simply peacekeeping, this is peace enforcement. It's a much more robust stance," said the official, who declined to be named. "It will be a deterrent against the armed groups."
Diplomats and U.N. officials say that peace enforcement missions allow the use of lethal force in serious combat situations, while peacekeeping operations are intended to support and monitor an already existing ceasefire.
The Congolese army has failed to quell a growing nine-month insurgency by M23, which has dragged Congo's eastern region back toward war and has received cross-border support from Rwanda and Uganda, according to independent U.N. experts. Both governments strongly deny the accusations.
MONUSCO, which has a mandate to protect civilians, suffered a severe blow to its image after it chose not to intervene as well-armed M23 rebels seized control of the eastern city of Goma in November. The rebels withdrew after 11 days.
A peace enforcement brigade within MONUSCO would be able to quickly respond to such operations by armed groups in the future and the official said it was hoped that the force could be on the ground in three months.
The official said one battalion already operating within MONUSCO would become part of the intervention unit along with two new battalions. The new troops would not increase the total MONUSCO force beyond its authorized mandate of about 22,000. Continued...


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Education Advocates Decry Lack of Minority Students in Gifted Programs
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Education advocates are telling the Bloomberg administration, "I told you so." They say they warned education officials that mandating one standardized test across the city would lead to lower minority enrollment in the gifted and talented programs.
Leonie Haimson, of the group "Class Size Matters," says the city needs to go back to the old system where school districts would set standards.
HAIMSON: Kids come in lots of different shapes and sizes, kids come from lots of different backgrounds and the same kid can perform very differently on a different day and so you don't make these decisions based upon these rigid benchmarks.
REPORTER: But a Department of Education spokesman says that method is unfair because there's no consistent standard, and some districts would reflect no diversity in their programs.
The report also showed that overall enrollment in gifted programs dropped by 50 percent.


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How to get great vet care for your pet? Kill us with kindness'¦please!
Yesterday's sickest patient was a perfect example. Jefferson came in at nine AM with no appointment. His owner explained (in dulcet, southern accented tones dripping with apology) that he just wanted to weigh his dog on a proper scale, as he seemed to be losing some weight.
After the technician weighed Jefferson and confirmed a ten-pound drop over six weeks, the client asked if he could take the first available appointment. Touched by his sensitivity to our schedule, the tech made sure I saw this nine year-old black Lab as soon as I was able…within about twenty minutes.
Jefferson seemed to be perfectly normal except for the dramatic slim-down and…oh yeah…a gigantico mass in his caudal abdomen. Oops…was that his prostate? A couple of X-rays of a [very wiggly Jefferson] later, it sure looked like it. It was so big, actually, that it seemed as if it was pushing his intestines up into his liver.
While the X-rays were being taken, I apologized for the length of the process. (Jefferson was generally unwilling to lay on his back while the presence of an unknown mass seemed to preclude sedation at this point.) Jefferson's owner returned with one of the nicest things I think I've ever heard a man say about his dog:
"It's no problem, doc, I'll sit here all day if I have to. This dog here is my number-one priority."
It was so heartfelt a statement that our crankiest tech (whom we cloister in the back room to spare the clientele), upon overhearing the remark, actually popped her head in the door and said something really nice to this man (and she doesn't even like men!).
A blood draw and a phone call later, I'd managed to beg an appointment for the internist to perform an ultrasound later that morning. Sure he'd have to wait 'till 11:30 (over an hour from now) but he was going to use his time wisely: he said he would stop by his wife's work to pick her up so they could both be with Jefferson during his procedure.
"Awww, how sweet!" cooed the receptionists, by now madly in love with this perfect man.
After Jefferson's exit, the lab tech and receptionists badgered the lab until the bloodwork arrived—in record time. I then drove across the street to deliver it to the internist—by hand—and had a discussion with her about Jefferson's case.
At about this time, the internist's tech (a macho kind of guy with a swarthy look and a goatee) interrupted us to thank me for the excellent referral. He'd just come from discussing basic intake procedures with Jefferson's owners and he, too, was entranced by the extreme canine commitment exhibited by the couple—not to mention their politeness. Sure, I've been thanked for referrals before—but never by a tech.
Jefferson was in and out of the specialists' hospital in under two hours. The ultrasound had been performed. The mass had been aspirated. The trio left with a promise of results within 24-48 hours. And I'm sure they made it home just in time for a tardy lunch.
This kind of service is not typical. Usually, non-critical emergencies require time—lots of time. Reworking schedules, squeezing in a procedure here and a procedure there between appointments. Jefferson was in no way in dire straits—weight loss, dramatic though it might be, is no cause for immediate alarm to anyone but the owner. Ordinarily, Jefferson would have waited a couple of days for a proper appointment.
So let this be a lesson to you (and a reminder to all us service workers who get complacent when dealing with others in similar positions), sweetness and light is everything to a vet hospital. From the vet to the minimum wage kennel worker, we can often make things happen faster and better than is typical—if only you adopt a cheerful disposition and a grateful demeanor.
Jefferson's owner was so charming, in fact, that none of us batted an eyelash at the obvious: Jefferson was not neutered, likely making way for the condition he was currently suffering. My only consolation on that front? As if making a promise to God, he readily agreed to submit Jefferson to the snip-snip—"if we can just get him through this, doc."
How to get great vet care for your pet? Kill us with kindness'¦please! originally appeared on PetMD.com


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Students are reminded to remain vigilant during examinations. Follow these tips: Make sure your room windows and doors are properly closed and locked when leaving hostels or student residences, even if it is just for five minutes. Make sure the windows are also closed during the night. Avoid parking vehicles in isolated areas. Park vehicles […]Read more


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The World Bank is launching a program to help nations put a price tag on nature, similar to GDP, to underscore its value to global economies and protect its future.
"We're here today to create something that no one has tried before: a global partnership that can fundamentally change the way governments value their ecosystems," World Bank President Robert Zoellick told reporters Thursday as he announced the five-year pilot program in in Nagoya, Japan.
Delegates from more than 190 countries are Friday wrapping up a two-week conference there of the United Nations' Convention on Biological Diversity. They aim to set targets for fighting the rapid loss of plant and animal species from deforestation, exploitation and climate change but have yet to finalize an historic accord, reports the Associated Press.
"For economic ministries in particular, it's important to have an accounting measure that they can use to evaluate not only the economic value but the natural wealth of nations," Zoellick told Reuters in an interview. "It's not a silver bullet. It's a way of trying to help people understand better in economic terms the value of natural wealth."
The overuse and pollution of Earth's natural resources have become so extreme that, at current rates, a second planet will be needed by 2030 to meet the world's needs, a WWF report warned earlier this month. The report said the planet's 6.8 billion people were living 50% beyond Earth's sustainable means in 2007, the latest year for which figures are available.
Wendy Koch has been a reporter and editor at USA TODAY since 1998, covering politics and social issues. She's begun a quest to build the most eco-friendly home her budget allows. She'll share her experience and give you tips for greening your home. More about Wendy


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Although im not sure if any other people found it creepy!
Id love to cosplay Naru at some point too but i doubt i could do him justice (he just exudes awesomeness!!) ... and i dont think im narcisstic enough haha XDXD
Im really not sure which of her many outfits i want to do... cause im not sure whether i want to do her school uniform or not... <.<; hmmmm Well, i'll have to watch more of the series (well, listening to it anyway, since i'll probably be hiding under my hoodie's hood most of the time like the whimp i am!) and see if there are any outfits which i really really like XD
I think i'll do her outfit in episode #6... If i can get my hands on a doll then i reckon some cool photos could be taken.. XDXD
If a meet-up for Somerset cosplayers goes ahead in the Easter hols i may wear this then, cause it wont stand out much XDXD Mua ha ha ha XD
Skirt is complete so now i just need to find a tshirt that i can modify and then paint the house and palmtree design on to it.
Ghost Hunt cosplay! Woo!
I'd love to see pictures of teh finished thing! The skirt is really cute ^^
I love some of Mai's outfits, particullarly from some of the title and profile pages in the manga. It'd be awesome to get a full Ghost Hunt group together one day...
woo another Ghost Hunt cosplayer!!! I'm also doing Mai, but her school uniform! Skirt is looking really cute!


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User—robot personality matching and assistive robot behavior adaptation for post-stroke rehabilitation therapy
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This paper describes a hands-off socially assistive therapist robot designed to monitor, assist, encourage, and socially interact with post-stroke users engaged in rehabilitation exercises. We investigate the role of the robot's personality in the hands-off therapy process, focusing on the relationship between the level of extroversion–introversion of the robot and the user. We also demonstrate a behavior adaptation system capable of adjusting its social interaction parameters (e.g., interaction distances/proxemics, speed, and vocal content) toward customized post-stroke rehabilitation therapy based on the user's personality traits and task performance. Three validation experiment sets are described. The first maps the user's extroversion–introversion personality dimension to a spectrum of robot therapy styles that range from challenging to nurturing. The second and the third experiments adjust the personality matching dynamically to adapt the robot's therapy styles based on user personality and performance. The reported results provide first evidence for user preference for personality matching in the assistive domain and demonstrate how the socially assistive robot's autonomous behavior adaptation to the user's personality can result in improved human task performance.


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So when i bought that M-44 a couple months ago, I had no idea that i was going to become addicted to collecting WWII era rifles. I went to a gun show Sunday, and i was not going to buy anything, but i couldnt help myself.
I was looking to see if they had either a nice Mauser or an SKS. Well, i ended up coming home with this absolutely MINT, unissued, never fired Turkish Mauser.
I mean there is not a dent or a scratch anywhere on this thing. Its still full of that grease junk they pack inside it when they store the surplus guns. I really want to shoot it, but i kinda dont want to pop its 64-year old cherry :) (this one was made in 1944).
Here's the M-44 you've probably seen in my other thread.
And i decided to drag out Dad's old 1903, since it will belong to me one day, anyway :D
I doubt this was actually issued either, because it is in such good condition.
So here's the group photo.
Im sure the collection won't stop growing, so i'll probably be adding to this thread. I dunno if you guys get excited about these old guns, but I know I sure do!


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Helmed by Chef Mario Curko of Rao's fame, Midtown favorite Destino summons all of the iconic flavors of southern Italy, serving up fresh and vibrant dishes that aren't to be missed. Drawing from 40 years of industry experience, Curko executes his homeland's favorites with elegant simplicity.
With this deal, pay $30 and get $50 to spend on food and drinks at this Midtown staple. Start with succulent appetizers like the calamari alla griglia—grilled calamari and fennel served on a bed of baby arugula and tossed with a light lemon vinaigrette. For a heartier main course, try the gnocchi del vitello and bask in pillowy potato gnocchi in a delicate sauce of braised veal. Or opt for the pork chop grilled to perfection and topped with hot and sweet cherry peppers and served in a rich reduction. The dessert is well worth it too, as all of the gelato selections—vanilla, chocolate, and coffee to name a few—are made fresh in-house.
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Probiotics Reduce Diarrhea and Respiratory Infections
A daily dose of probiotics can reduce the occurrences of diarrhea or respiratory tract infections in children who attend day care according to a new study.
Probiotics are live microorganisms that are similar to the natural and beneficial microorganisms found in the gut. They are often referred to as "good bacteria."
In a study in Mexico, researchers tested 336 healthy children ages 6 months to 3 years who were attending day care centers. Half received a daily dose of Lactobacillus reuteri, a beneficial gut bacterium naturally present in many foods and in most people; the other half got an identical placebo.
The children were given probiotics or the placebo for 3 months and then followed for another 3 months without the supplements. During the study, 69 episodes of diarrhea were reported in the placebo group and 42 in the group receiving the probiotics. The placebo group had 204 respiratory tract infections, compared with 93 in those taking L. reuteri. And the placebo takers spent an average of 4.1 days on antibiotics, while the supplement users averaged 2.7 days. The differences persisted during the 12-week follow-up.
"What's notable here is that they used a specific probiotic in a good design and they also did follow-up," said Stephen S. Morse, an infectious disease specialist at Columbia University who was not involved in the study. "This strengthens the evidence for the value of probiotics, but we still have a lot to learn."
The research group concluded that a daily administration of probiotics in healthy children in day care centers "had a significant effect in reducing episodes and duration of diarrhea and respiratory tract infection, with consequent cost savings for the communities".
Probiotics have been added to many food and beverage products making it easier for parents to add them to their child's diet.
The most common food is yogurt but some manufacturers have added probiotics to ice creams, granola bars, cereals, juices and yes…even pizza.
Some parents swear by probiotics saying that they have eased their children's symptoms of colic, eczema and intestinal problems.
Antibiotics kill bad bacteria, but they can also kill the good bacteria and throw a child's gut flora out of balance - leading to gastrointestinal distress. Previous studies have shown that adding supplements or foods containing probiotics to a child's diet can have a positive affect on his or her bacterial balance.
The study was published in the journal Pediatrics and was supported by a grant from a manufacturer of probiotic supplements.
Sources: Nicholas Bakalar, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/probiotic-eases-ills-in-children/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Nancy Gottesman, http://www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/feeding/healthy-eating/probiotics-the-friendly-bacteria/


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Typical Wisconsin Foreclosure Time Frame – Average Wisconsin foreclosure period is approximately 90 days, however it can take up to one year.
Judicial Foreclosure – Yes
Non-Judicial Foreclosure – Yes
Types of Security Instruments – Mortgage and Deed of Trust
Right of Redemption Period – Yes, only until court confirms sale
Wisconsin foreclosure laws provide lenders with both judicial and non-judicial foreclosure options to correct a mortgage that is in default. A judicial foreclosure may be used in the event of a mortgage contract not including a power of sale clause. However, if a power of sale clause is included in the mortgage contract then a non-judicial foreclosure must be used.
For a judicial foreclosure in Wisconsin, the lender is required to sue the borrower in order to obtain the courts permission to foreclose. If the lender waives their right to a deficiency judgment the sale may be held in six months. If the deficiency is not waived then the lender must wait one year to sell the property. If however, the property was abandoned it may be sold in two months. If all parties agree to the sale then it may be held sooner.
In a non-judicial foreclosure the lender is required under Wisconsin foreclosure law to follow all terms and conditions set forth in the power of sale clause. If the terms and conditions of the sale are not set forth then Wisconsin foreclosure law provides the following guidelines that must be used.
A notice of sale is required to be recorded with the county recorded. In addition, a copy must be served on the borrower. Wisconsin foreclosure law also requires that the notice be published a minimum of once a week for a minimum of six consecutive weeks in the public newspaper in the county in which the property is located. In the event that the owner cannot be located, a copy of the notice must be posted in a conspicuous location on the property itself and served upon any occupants living on the property.
The sale itself is required to be a public auction held in a public location at the time and date set forth in the notice. The high bidder at the sale will receive a certificate of purchase from the person conducting the sale. In the event that it is necessary to postpone the sale Wisconsin foreclosure laws allows the sale to be postponed.
Under Wisconsin foreclosure law, if the court has not confirmed the sale, the borrower has a right of redemption period of 12 months. If the lender applies for court confirmation of the sale the right of redemption period expires when the court confirms the sale. The lender is required to state in his application for confirmation any intent to sue for a deficiency judgment. If the intent is not stated in the application, the lender loses the right to sue for a deficiency judgment.
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Booking that block of hotel rooms for out-of-town wedding guests may be the most challenging task during the entire planning process. But it's the discounted rates they will appreciate! Upon arrival, be sure to provide them with a bag filled with hometown memorabilia. The example, pictured above, is from Maryland. It includes: Utz crab chips, Fisher's popcorn, Candy Kitchen taffy, Bergers cookies, visitor guides and maps. Get more inspiration here.


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This wireless microphone offers lyrics to some of your child's favorite songs, preventing that awkward moment when they learn they were singing the wrong lyric their entire childhood.
Oh, we've all been there. Whether it's holding Tony Danza close or looking for a bathroom over on the right, we all have one lyric we don't fully understand until, oh, about our mid-40s. And there's always that one horrible evening when our friends yell HEY EVERYBODY, THIS DWEEB THOUGHT "LADY IN RED" WAS ABOUT BREAD! and the whole bar shakes their head in disgust.But with this microphone, your child will get music and streaming lyrics, which will potentially save them from a horrifying loss of self-esteem! And what's more important in today's society than self-esteem? NOTHING! Except for maybe tone and echo and reverb, which the iPad app will help generate. And don't forget the built-in pitch correction. Please, don't forget it. We beg it of you.


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Chibi's in trouble Chibi's in trouble.. doo doo doo la la la. Life is so good!! I'm the golden child! More attention for me!! YIPEE!!
Chibi's been doing a few potty no no's in the house... she even peed in the bed this morning!! ::GASP:: I know right!!
I showed mommy what a responsable tinkler I am and she was so proud.. EAT THAT CHIBI!!
Oh its a good good day. I'm nothing but smiles.. I'm enjoying every minute of Chibi's misery... is that wrong? I made sure she saw me with BOTH bully sticks this morning... boy did that make her mad.. hehehee Well Mom ended up putting one in her crate... which kinda sucked but I'm still the best pup in the house right now
I know its wrong to enjoy someone elses plite but don't tell me you didn't get tickled pink when your sibling was BUSTED!!
Name: Connah Mara
Age (in dog years): 6-8 months
Age (in human years): probably about 7 or 8
Breed: Miniature Pinscher
Fur color: I guess kind of a redish brown
Fur Patern: I'm pretty much one solid color. Though there is a brushing of darker black like fur at the tips of my hair
Size: Small
Weight: 14 lbs
Nuetered/Spayed: Spayed and proud of it.. I think?
Where are you now: sitting next to my mommy... well err now I just decided to stretch out on the sofa
How many brothers/sisters did/do you have: No idea about any biological sisters or brothers. I have a new puppy sister (Don't get me started on her) and two human sisters some of my best buddies by the way and a mommy and daddy
Do you have any strange markings: no I'm a pretty straight forward color
Were you adopted from a pound: Yes I was and I'd perfer not to think about that.
Food: Ask me what I DON'T like to eat and I'll give you a shorter list
Sleeping spot: In bed with my mommy and daddy. I like to snuggle against my mom's back
Walking place: Where ever my mommy goes
Bone: Bully sticks... they were just ok until chibi started hording mind. Now they are the best things since sliced bread
Treat: What ever my mom is serving
Animal to chase: cats... I do not like cats... my mom thinks a cat hurt me when I was little.
.:Top 3:.
Who's you #1 friend: My family
#2 friend: I've never met a stranger. There are only a few people I don't like.
#3 friend:
Whats you #1 toy: Teddy Bears!!
#2 toy: Kong
#3 toy: What ever else might be there.
.:Have you ever:.
Been to the beach: No but I will go
Seen snow: I might have... my mom just doesn't know about it
Traveled out of your town: Yes! I've been to Nashville and loved it. I love to travel.
Bite a person: I use to be a play nibbler until I was getting out of control. I wasn't being bad but it wouldn't have led to good places as I got older. So I know the "No mouth" command very well.
Been bit BY a person: Yes I have! My human sister who is 7 has watched Snow Dogs one too many times and thought it was a "training" technique... Thank goodness Mommy was right there!
Ate a frog: Just a wee bit worried about the dog who has... must have been a french dog.
Broke a leg or paw: Not that my mommy knows of. She does suspect I might have hurt my leg when I was super little, but the vet says its nothing to worry about.
Most annoying a human can do: Not give me attention... seriously? They honestly have better things to do than love me?
Most awsome this a human can do: Love me!
boyfriend/girlfriend: Yeah... you must have missed the whole spay question and answer
Do you wear a collar: Yes its my "bling"
If so what color: Black patent leather
Well, its not been quite a week since Chibi came into my life. Before then I was top dog. I missed having a buddy but I didn't realize that by having a buddy I'd have to give up attention from my mommy 24/7.
I've been kind of a baby about it. Mommy includes me in everything and she has room in her lap for both of us, but what can I say I'm a diva at heart.
I tried the whole "looking confused and betrayed that you are giving another dog other than me love" approach and its not worked for me.
At least I have an official spot I can live with. On the right side snuggled right next to my mommy on the couch. I probably should be fair and a good sport and give up my mommy's left side...I mean its the side I NEVER favored anyway. And come to think of it I did get a new treat today... and a new shirt the other day. Maybe I am being a baby..
I am the queen and I shall reclaim my kingdom... just don't tell my mommy
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10 tips to get more traffic from Google Images!
So over the last few years I have been using Google Images to drive traffic to a numerous number of web properties for my own projects and also for client related project I work on.
An example looking at one of my personal websites from last year we see some decent levels of traffic coming in from Google Image search!
Now you may ask how do I get more traffic from Google Images? Well here are 10 decent tips to get more traffic from Google images:
Tip 1. Always make sure you name the file of the image related to the product, example an image of Sydney call it sydney.jpg, you can also be more detailed in the way you name images, but only be descriptive with images to name them what they are do not go overboard naming images with words which do not relate to the image.
Tip 2. Always make sure you use ALT text on high quality images, you do not have to go and label alt text on every single button on your website, but if you have a high quality image make sure that you use a descriptive ALT text on the image.
Tip 3. Track what your competitors are doing on Google Image search, this is a decent tactic to see how many images on Google your competitors have indexed type in the syntax "site:competitorurl.com" for example. (to do this you need to switch your version of Google to the basic search version, see below) Also search for images which are high in traffic and review the page content around that image look for the common factors which equate to ranking for the specific image, reverse engineer what your competitors are doing.
Tip 4. On the page where you have the image make sure that you have detailed information which is related to that image, I have noticed that pages where they are content rich and related to the specific image perform well.
Tip 5. If you want share the image URL via 3rd party sites for example you can upload the image to new websites and link back to the main URL as a "source". This way you can build image links to the image as image attribution.
Tip 6. Use reverse image search to find people who are taking your image content and ask them to link back to the original image source or page source page where the image is hosted. A great service to do reverse image searching with is Tiny Eye – www.tineye.com
Tip 7. From my testing medium-higher quality image work better for image search listings. It is advisable to make sure that you use images which are not distorted too because if you want people to share your image content then it has to be high quality.
Tip 8. High level of social sharing from an on page element can have a positive impact on the image SEO for the website. So be sure to implement social sharing of the image for example Facebook Like buttons, Twitter Tweet button and the capability to share the image on image sites such as Pinterest.
Tip 9. Keyword Research for image search is another tactic you can implement, you can use the image trend/ related terms in Google Trends under the image search section: http://www.google.com/trends/
Tip 10. Be sure to tag images with watermarks always, I have noticed with some web properties I own if people steal your content and share it on social networks you can still get direct type in traffic from the image.
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TorstenFebruary 25, 2013
Hi James,
since Google has drastically changed the way it displays pictures in it's images search we have noticed a very serious drop of visitors (I am having an IT News Magazine while my friend has a community for designers). Any idea how to solve that issue (if google doesn't change this itself)?
Cheers from Brisbane
SEO, Social Media & DomainsMarch 9, 2013
Hi Mate,
Very good point, Google has recently only implemented this change where they show a grey area around the image in preference to showing a transparent image. Their were a few tricks you could do with JavaScript overrides but Google has blocked a lot of this. It is all about testing new methods to drive more traffic, if I find a new fix I will let you know.
Kind Regards,
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Or his car is not well maintained, noway a 325 manual would beat a 330 auto, i know how both drive, 330 would be victorious anytime
I believe you are mistaken. The OP is correct in his research into the 0-60 times.
The 330 auto is rated at a fraction of a second faster 0-60 than a 325 manual. The difference is so small a good driver or less weight, maintenance etc could easily produce a result where a 325MT could beat a 330 auto.
At higher speeds, the 330 would have the advantage of the extra HP.
A 330MT on the other hand would need to be poorly driven/maintained to be beaten by a 325MT.
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Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
(Joint-Monday, 6 February 2012)
Senator THISTLETHWAITE
Dr STONE
Mr FORREST
CHAIR (Mr KJ Thomson)
Prof. Sood
Ms BIRD
Dr Green
Senator FAWCETT
Dr Green
Senator URQUHART
Dr STONE
Senator BIRMINGHAM
Senator FAWCETT
Senator THISTLETHWAITE
Dr STONE
Mr FORREST
Senator BIRMINGHAM
Senator URQUHART
Ms BIRD
Ms Tan
Mr Nelson
Senator FAWCETT
Mr FORREST
Dr STONE
Ms Dorrington
Senator BIRMINGHAM
Mr Kruse
Senator FAWCETT
Mr FORREST
Mrs Stawyskyj
Mr Smith
Senator FAWCETT
Mr FORREST
Mr Wood
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NELSON, Mr Paul, Manager, Marine Environment Standards, Marine Environment Division, Australian Maritime Safety Authority
TAN, Ms Poh Aye, Section Head, Maritime Policy Section, Maritime Policy Reform Branch, Surface Transport Policy Division, Department of Infrastructure and Transport
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
CHAIR: Welcome. The committee will now take evidence on the proposed amendments to MARPOL Annex VI on Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships by Inclusion of New Regulations on Energy Efficiency for Ships—Resolution MEPC.203(62)—and on Revised MARPOL Annex V: Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships—Resolution MEPC.201(62). These treaties were tabled on parliament on 22 November and 2 November 2011.
Although the committee does not require you to give evidence under oath I should advise you that this hearing is a legal proceeding of the parliament and warrants the same respect as proceedings of the House and the Senate. The giving of false or misleading evidence is a serious matter and may be regarded as a contempt of parliament. If you nominate to take any questions on notice could you please ensure that your written response to questions reaches the committee secretariat within seven working days of your receipt of the transcript of today's proceedings. I invite you to make introductory remarks.
Ms Tan : Today we are discussing amendments to Annex V and VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, known as MARPOL. MARPOL has six annexes. Annex V is concerned with pollution of the sea by garbage from ships. Annex VI is concerned with air pollution from ships.
On 15 July 2011 the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation adopted a revised Annex V, which will place additional restrictions on the discharge of garbage from ships at sea. On the same day the committee adopted amendments to Annex VI of MARPOL to introduce mandatory carbon dioxide emissions standards, or a required Energy Efficiency Design Index, for ships to be built after 1 January 2013.
Revised Annex V will prohibit the discharge of all garbage waste at sea, except in limited circumstances that will only apply while the ship is enroute, as far as practicable from the nearest land. The discharges permitted in certain circumstances include food waste, cargo residues and animal carcasses. A major change will be that ships will no longer be able to discharge garbage such as paper, cardboard, wood and metal.
Annex V applies to all ships, except as expressly provided otherwise. Every ship of 12 metres or more in length and fixed or floating platforms will be required to display placards notifying passengers and crew of the discharge requirements. The current requirement for every ship of 400 gross tonnes and above and every ship certified to carry 15 persons or more to have garbage management plans has been extended to apply to every ship of 100 gross tonnes and above and to fixed and floating platforms.
Revised Annex V is expected to have minimal cost impact on Australia as many Australian ship owners and operators already follow a policy of not discharging waste at sea, other than food waste in some circumstances. This is fully consistent with revised Annex V. The expansion of the requirements for placards and garbage management plans to fixed and floating platforms is expected to have minimal administrative impact. Australia already has mandatory requirements for livestock management in shipment, including requirements for the disposal of animal carcasses.
With the new regulation, it is expected that demand for waste reception facilities in ports may increase. As waste removal services for ships in Australian ports are almost exclusively provided by private waste removal contractors, any increase in demand is expected to be made through commercial arrangements. Revised Annex V will be implemented by amendments to the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 and Marine Orders Part 95. The proposed amendments to Annex VI represent the first mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reduction measures for an international industry sector. It will help to close a gap in the existing international climate change framework, which currently excludes the shipping sector from emissions reduction targets. Adoption of the proposed amendments is expected to drive uptake of energy efficient technologies by international shipping.
The Energy Efficiency Design Index, or EEDI, is a non-prescriptive, performance based mechanism that sets the emissions target for each new ship. The choice of technologies to use in a specific ship design to meet the emissions target is left with industry. The regulations would apply to all ships of 400 gross tonnes and above, excluding ships solely engaged in voyages within waters subject to the jurisdiction of the flag state.
The Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan, or SEEMP, establishes a mechanism that requires operators to improve the energy efficiency of ship steering operations. Each international ship of 400 gross tonnes and above would be required to keep on board a ship energy efficiency plan developed in accordance with IMO guidelines. Adoption of the measures by the international shipping sector is expected to remove between 45 and 50 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually by 2020 compared with business as usual, depending upon the growth in world trade. This reduction is expected to be between 180 and 240 million tonnes annually by 2030. Australia's adoption of the proposed amendments would assist in ensuring broad international acceptance and would demonstrate our support for global efforts to reduce emissions from the transport sector.
The EEDI requirements would apply to new bulk carriers, gas carriers, tankers, container ships, general cargo vessels, refrigerated ships and combination carriers. Other ship types, such as passenger vessels and vehicle carriers are not included to date as further analysis of data on these vessels is in progress. The required EEDI would be reduced over three phases, 2015, 2020 and 2025, with the amount of reduction varying according to ship type. The amendments to Annex VI will be implemented by amending the Navigation Act 1912, the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 and Marine Orders Part 97. The proposed amendments would incur little or no cost to Australia as the EEDI regulations would only apply to prescribed ships built after 1 January 2013 for international trade. These regulations will not apply to Australian ships that are currently in operation. However, existing Australian international ships that are over 400 gross tonnage would be required to carry on board a SEMP, which is an operational document. This can be achieved at a minimum cost. Administration and enforcement will be largely through AMSA's port state control inspections.
The amendments to Annex V and VI of MARPOL will enter into force automatically. They will be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2012 unless prior to that date no less than one-third of the parties to the relevant annex or parties the combined fleets of which constitute not less than 50 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet have communicated IMO their objection to the amendments. There may be some objections to the annex VI amendments in the IMO from a small number of developing countries, but these are unlikely to be sufficient to prevent the amendments from being accepted. If as expected the amendments are accepted, they will enter into force generally and for Australia on 1 January 2013.
CHAIR: Thank you for your comments. Can I ask you about annex VI? Our notes tell us that marine debris is one of the major threats to the marine environment, estimated to kill more than one million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals each year either by eating them or becoming entangled in them. I can imagine that this question of monitoring the extent of marine pollution and garbage in the sea is a seriously major enterprise. Who does that? Who monitors it and how effect is it at telling us about the extent of marine pollution—whether it is getting worse or getting better or remaining the same?
Mr Nelson : It is a difficult one. With garbage on the beach it is sometimes difficult to establish whether it has come from a ship at sea—which is obviously the area we are concerned about—or some other land based source. We have arrangements with a lot of organisations in Australia—nongovernment organisations and government—so that whenever they do things like beach surveys and beach clean-up activities, they let us know and we try to give them advice on how to tell the difference between something that may have come from a ship at sea and something that may not have. For example, a package that might be in a foreign language or something that has some sort of barnacle or sea crustacean on it indicates that it has been at sea for a while.
It is a challenge in working out what is ship sourced and what is not but we have some data. We do not have a lot of data in Australia but there is a lot of international data that has indicated that the problem is getting worse. We do what we can in Australia but there are certain challenges to interpreting the data.
CHAIR: Does MARPOL, the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, have a framework or a structure for trying to get this data in to measure and monitor the extent of marine pollution that is going on?
Mr Nelson : No, the convention itself does not. That is up to the member states working through the International Maritime Organisation. They have a committee called the Marine Environment Protection Committee. Any member states that have data on the marine debris problem that indicates that it is getting worse or getting better or which is relevant brings it to that committee meeting and the committee members determine whether any amendment might be necessary to the convention. So the convention does not have anything explicit in it in terms of monitoring and data. It is up to the member states, working through the International Maritime Organisation.
CHAIR: There was reference in the introductory comments about amendments being needed to legislation, such as the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act. What are our current legislative requirements for the disposal of garbage at sea?
Mr Nelson : The current legislative requirements reflect the current version of annex V of MARPOL. That current version says that ships are able to discharge certain types of garbage at sea. For example, if a ship is more than 12 miles from the nearest land, at the moment they are able to dispose of some types of waste, such as bottles, paper, cardboard and so on under certain circumstances. These amendments are essentially tightening that existing requirements. From 1 January 2013, ships will no longer be able to dispose of those types of waste more than 12 miles from sea. It is essentially a tightening of the whole regime.
Ms BIRD: I am just trying to understand how this works. Does it apply a requirement on signatories to ensure there is an on-land capacity to deal with the garbage? I note that you say the commercial sector can take it up, but what happens if they cannot? Is there an obligation on us? Do we have to do an assessment of the capacity of the private sector to manage it? I am just trying to get my head around how that works.
Mr Nelson : There is an obligation on all parties to the convention to ensure that facilities are available in ports to receive garbage from ships. In Australia that issue tends to be up to the states and I am aware that Queensland and New South Wales have specific legislation that applies. Other states, for example, might have the requirement as part of the licensing requirements for ports. So states look after it in a different way, but there is an obligation on parties. From the perspective of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, we have a program in place where we go and audit ports, not a lot but we aim to do two or three ports every year. We will go and look at the facilities that are available in the port and test them against the International Maritime Organisation guidelines. They have audit guidelines that we follow. Sometimes there are communication problems and so on, but most of the issues we have tend to be in some of the bulk ports, the major ports up in the north-west of Western Australia and in Queensland—it is very difficult to drive a waste removal truck up next to a ship if a ship is berthed one or two nautical miles offshore on a narrow jetty. So some of those infrastructure issues can be a problem in some of the bulk ports, but otherwise the system seems to work okay. As it says, if there is a need to dispose of waste and the ship agents will pay money to do it then the waste removal contractors tend to be available.
Ms BIRD: Is there consultation with the states on capacity when we go into an arrangement like this, which we presume will increase the demand?
Mr Nelson : Yes. When these amendments were adopted last year we certainly wrote to all of the ports and people like the Australian Customs Service, because it is relevant to them as well as there will be more waste coming ashore that will quarantinable. There are a lot of stakeholders involved in the issue of providing facilities, so we have been in touch with states, ports, customs, and quarantine.
Dr STONE: One of the amendments is to do with fishing gear. We all know about the problems of ghost fishing. One of the major hazards for marine life is lost overboard or deliberately abandoned fishing nets off ships. I understand the idea is that now when someone has lost some fishing gear they are to report this to the ship's flag state. Then the coastal state will take over. What incentive is there for the ship to report the loss of the fishing gear overboard, the nets and so on? Are there any sanctions? I can understand a ship and its company would be very regretful if that happens. It is a big cost to them. I am wondering what changes, other than saying, 'Will you please now report this.' Are there any sanctions, inspections, efforts to identify the found fish net with the source and so on?
Mr Nelson : One of the additional stakeholders we have consulted with that I did not mention before is the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. We have certainly contacted them about these amendments and we propose to discuss more with them about how to roll these requirements out for the fishing industry in Australia in terms of whether that requirement to report can be made part of a licensing obligation. Whether they intend putting sanctions in their legislation at this stage I am not sure. You are right: with ships at sea sometimes sanctions can be difficult. We tend to rely on inspecting the ships when the ships come into port and making sure their record keeping is accurate and making sure that, as far as the inspection goes, the ships seems to be meeting all the requirements of the convention. What they do out at sea can sometimes be difficult to monitor.
Dr STONE: So if we found a substantial amount of netting that we could identify with a particular type of fishing and maybe there is some identifier whereby we can actually locate its source, under this new agreement, what happens?
Mr Nelson : Potentially they could be subject to prosecution.
Dr STONE: Who would prosecute them?
Mr Nelson : We will have to talk about that with the Australian Fisheries Management Authority because it is essentially their legislation that would be amended. But under our legislation if the vessel contravenes MARPOL they are subject to penalties and it is up to the Director of Public Prosecutions to mount a case based on evidence.
Dr STONE: So it is still a work in progress, basically?
Mr Nelson : For the fisheries side of it, yes.
Dr STONE: It would seem that a suggestion that people notify when they have lost their gear overboard does not hold many teeth.
Senator THISTLETHWAITE: You mentioned earlier the audits that are undertaken by the department of the port facilities throughout the country. Have those audits uncovered any possible redevelopment of ports that will need to be undertaken to ensure compliance with the convention, and will there be any costs associated with that and who will bear those costs?
Mr Nelson : Certainly one of the things we do as part of the audits is try to look at what new port developments are happening in the next few years. There are a lot of Australian ports that are growing, particularly the bulk ports. So essentially we try to ensure in the planning stages of any new facilities, if it is a wharf or jetty, that they take into account the need to accommodate some sort of waste removal process, whether it be access for trucks alongside the wharf or access for a barge that can come alongside the ship and take the waste. These audits are not subject to any legislation at all; it is purely voluntary at this stage. So our advice to the ports is to ensure that they put into their planning and licensing requirements the need for berths for ships.
Senator THISTLETHWAITE: Are there any current port facilities that will pose a problem?
Mr Nelson : We did an audit in Dampier in 2010. There is obviously a lot of development going on up there. Again, we passed on the information that any new berths for a ship needs to take into account the need to remove waste from that ship. In terms of potential problems, we would have to go back and have a look at how that plan is coming along. I think we are doing another audit in Townsville sometime this year. Again, I think that is a port that is growing as well, so we will be looking at that with some interest.
Senator THISTLETHWAITE: So there should be no costs to the government for implementation?
Mr Nelson : No. Again, any costs would be on the company installing the new facility just to ensure there is access to the ships to remove waste.
Senator FAWCETT: From garbage to the energy efficiency side of MARPOL, how many ships in the Australian flagged fleet are in that category of being more than 400 gross tonnes?
Mr Nelson : I will have to take on notice the exact number, but I think there are fewer than 100 ships over 400 gross tonnes.
Senator FAWCETT: You will probably have to take this notice as well then, but do you have any feeling for the age of the fleet? The purpose of the question is that I note the requirements apply to new builds after 2013 or to major refits. So obviously if a sizeable portion of that fleet is old that will then impose on the owners either a decision to scrap and build new, to run an existing ship without the upgrade, which will have a higher cost, or to do the refit to meet the new standard. Any of those outcomes is a higher cost for the owners, so I am just interested to know what that impact is on Australian industry.
Secondly, it talks about the flag nation government or their delegate essentially carrying out the surveys and certification to check that these things are in place and are working. Is AMSA going to be the body that does that in Australia?
Mr Nelson : No. We authorise what we call classification societies in Australia, such as Lloyds Register of Shipping, Det Norske Veritas and the American Bureau of Shipping. I think there are six or seven authorised in Australia to do this. We call them recognised organisations. We have formal arrangements in place with those organisations to do that work for us.
Senator FAWCETT: So they would wear the cost of upskilling and putting their own procedures in place for people to do that sort of certification?
Mr Nelson : Yes.
Senator FAWCETT: Lastly, it says ships in the existing fleet that are over that 400 gross tonnes have to have the energy efficiency management plan. Whatever their baseline energy use is, is there a target that that plan is supposed to achieve or is this largely a rubber-stamping exercise—'I have a plan; it does not do anything, but I have a plan and therefore I can trade'?
Mr Nelson : No, there is a target. They call it the energy efficiency operational index, I think—I can provide that. There is an IMO guideline on the target for the shipboard energy management plan.
Senator FAWCETT: Has there been consultation with Australian industry as to whether they believe that those targets are reasonable and do not impose undue costs on the operation of their legacy ships?
Mr Nelson : Yes. We have consulted with the Australian industry over several years during its development at the International Maritime Organisation. Every time we have a delegation going to that meeting we consult with the Australian shipping industry. In fact, occasionally the shipping industry send delegates as part of the Australian delegation. We have been consulting on this all the way along. There were initially some concerns about passenger vessels, but the passenger vessels' EEDI has not yet been developed because there are some problems with calculating the efficiency design index when you are not carrying cargo but are carrying passengers. That is ongoing work at the IMO, the International Maritime Organisation. But on the other types of ships, the Australian industry has not expressed any concerns about that index.
Mr FORREST: In the opening remarks and again in the national interest assessment it is said that there will be minimal cost impacts to shippers. In the interests of my exporters, I want you to assure me that some sort of comprehensive assessment has been done that justifies that statement, or is it a throwaway line? What sort of economic assessment has been done that can justify the statement that there would be minimal costs?
Mr Nelson : Are you talking about the Annex VI amendments, the EEDI?
Mr FORREST: All of it. The comment seems to apply to both Annex V and VI. Perhaps you could clarify that. Have you done a comprehensive economic analysis that justifies that statement?
Mr Nelson : Probably the short answer is no. However, as I said, we have consulted with all the stakeholders right through this exercise. For something like the energy efficiency design index the only cost in terms of an existing ship is ships will have to have a plan on board. The only additional cost for a new ship will be that when a new ship is built it will be built to certain design criteria. The new ship may end up costing more, but for existing ships the only cost will be that they will have to have a shipboard energy management plan on board. Those plans generally, if the ship follows them, would reduce costs. Ships would use less fuel and cost less to run, so there is an incentive for all operators to follow those plans. On the garbage issue, it is a matter that ships simply cannot dispose of as much garbage at sea, so they will have to bring it back to port. The additional cost would be unloading the garbage in port and additional costs in reception facilities in port.
Dr STONE: Sorry to interrupt your line of thinking, but that is the worry I have. If you are now going to be charged for having your garbage collected in port, that would be a major incentive to dump it out at sea, wouldn't it?
Mr Nelson : Yes. This is the arrangement that has been in place for many years and is currently in place. We are saying that these amendments will likely increase the demand for facilities in port. If you are a ship coming into port, instead of unloading maybe four or five tonnes of waste you might be unloading 10 tonnes of waste. Yes, there will be an additional cost and I do not disagree in some ports—very few in Australia—a flat fee would be charged for waste removal as part of the port fees. That would mean no extra money would be paid by the ship for disposal of waste; it would be paid regardless of whether they use it or not. That removes that incentive. That is an issue, I agree, and internationally it is recognised. I think some ports in Australia—Geelong is one example—apply a flat fee, but most ports have a fee-for-service arrangement. You are right, that can be a disincentive.
Dr STONE: Not to mention the additional landfill and potentially noxious waste sites that we will need to have near ports in Australia.
Mr Nelson : I guess the other thing is that one of the reasons with these amendments that we have been able to do this or the industry has been able to do this is that the technology on-board ships is improved a lot. They now have much better shipboard incineration, much better compacting of the waste, whereas previously those sorts of facilities were not generally available. So the technology on-board ships for dealing with waste has also improved. That is another reason that this could happen.
Mr FORREST: I gather you do not stand by the statement that there will be minimum cost impacts to my exporters.
Mr Nelson : We do, yes.
Mr FORREST: You do.
Senator BIRMINGHAM: Thank you both for your evidence today. The NIA for the amendments to annex 6, at para 24, says that AMSA will carry out investigations and prosecutions of alleged breaches where it has jurisdiction. What are the limits on jurisdiction for such prosecutions of ships using ports in Australia?
Mr Nelson : For MARPOL Annex VI or all MARPOL legislation generally, the arrangement is that if a state has its own legislation implementing those requirements they will have the jurisdiction for any enforcement action. If the Commonwealth has the legislation and the state does not then it would be the Australian Maritime Safety Authority with the jurisdiction. Under Annex VI of MARPOL no state currently has legislation that gives effect to these requirements, so if there is any breach of this legislation in an Australian port it would be within the jurisdiction of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
Senator BIRMINGHAM: So there is no restriction to jurisdiction that relates to the flag of the vessel in question or anything like that.
Mr Nelson : No.
Senator BIRMINGHAM: You indicated, Ms Tan, in the opening statement that there were some countries likely to reject the amendments to Annex VI. Are you able to tell us whether any countries have already done so?
Ms Tan : In terms of adopting the amendments to Annex VI, we will have to take that on notice because, as we mentioned, the amendments were adopted last year and I think many countries would be undertaking a similar process of assessing whether their government would want to adopt. But we would be happy to take your question on notice.
Senator BIRMINGHAM: Thank you. And for any countries that do reject adoption of the amendments to Annex VI, do the provisions of Annex VI still apply equally to those ships in terms of enforcement were they to enter Australian ports?
Ms Tan : Yes, it would apply.
Senator URQUHART: This is the fourth time in two years that AMSA has indicated that a new set of inspection measures will need to be implemented through its usual processes. Will these obligations require AMSA to seek additional funding to undertake these?
Mr Nelson : No. When our marine surveyors go on board a ship to do what we call a port state control inspection, there is a fairly extensive list of documents they have to sight. I think the MARPOL Annex VI amendments will add one additional document to that; two additional documents if you count the SEEMP, the energy efficiency plan. So there will be two additional documents our marine surveyors will have to look at. It might take an extra time during the port state control inspection but at this stage we are not envisaging any additional resources needed for these amendments.
CHAIR: As there are no further questions, thank you for attending to give evidence today. If the committee has any further questions, the secretariat may seek further comment from you at a later date.


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Windsor Spitfires defenceman Patrick Sieloff is making a big impression — quite literally — on the Ontario Hockey League in his rookie season.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound native of Ann Arbor, Mich., has impressed with his bone-crunching physical play, earning a spot on the preliminary roster of the United States team in advance of the upcoming world junior championship in Russia.
After spending two seasons with the USA Hockey National Development Program (NTDP) in the USHL, Sieloff's transition to the OHL has been a smooth process.
"Every game has been a new step for me," said Sieloff, who was selected in the second round, 42nd overall, by Calgary in the 2012 NHL draft. "I think what has helped my adjustment is that I've been playing against players who have been a few years older than myself the past few years while some of the other rookies here with the Spitfires are only a year out of bantam hockey."
Sieloff has quickly earned a reputation for being one of the OHL's most ferocious hitters, delivering solid open-ice checks to Kitchener's Justin Bailey and Erie's Hayden Hodgson.
"When it comes to hitting or throwing a big open-ice check, I'm not about to pass up an opportunity to do just that," Sieloff said. "I'm not going to get caught out of position to throw a check, but if someone has their head down and he's got the puck, he's a lost cause.
"I find that making the big hit really gets my adrenalin going and if I have to fight afterwards, than I will."
In four of his five fights so far this season, the opposing player has been assessed the instigator penalty.
"I'm here in Windsor because of the way I play and I'm not about to change," the 18-year-old rearguard said.
One former NHL player thinks Sieloff should a minor adjustment to his game.
"I don't think it's right that Patrick has to fight after giving a clean, hard check," said Todd Warriner, now a colour commentator on Windsor home television broadcasts. "I think sometimes he should just skate away.
"He's more valuable to the Spitfires when he is out on the ice."
In 30 games with Windsor this season, Sieloff has three goals and nine assists along with 59 penalty minutes.
He acknowledges that he's unlikely to develop into a big offensive threat from the blue-line.
"I'm not going to score 50 points in a season, or even put up 30 points," Sieloff said. "But with my shot I can pick up the odd goal from the point or have the shot deflected."
Spitfires head coach Bob Boughner, himself a former Calgary Flame defensive stalwart, knew his team had a special player after Sieloff arrived in Windsor and made him an assistant captain quickly.
"We were so impressed with his compete level from the start of training camp that we had to put an 'A' on his jersey right away," Boughner said. "He practises as hard as he plays and he knows only one way.
"I hate to try and pull the reigns in on him because I think that is what is going to make Patrick Sieloff a great pro."
The stay-at-home defenceman has a firm grasp on his role with the Spitfires this season.
"I love to play against the other team's top line, no matter how old they are or what skills level they have," he said. "I love shutting down the top guys and getting under their skin, but not in a dirty way.
"I take pride in not getting scored on and I see penalty killing as being a big part of my game."
Sieloff attended the Flames' rookie camp a month after the NHL draft and came away impressed.
"I was there during the Stampede and it was a ton of fun, even during the summer, everyone was talking about the Flames," he said. "It's going to be awesome playing in a city where hockey is No. 1 all year around."
Boughner, who captained the Flames during one of his seasons with the club, already has a good idea of how Sieloff will be embraced in Calgary.
"He's going to be a true Calgary Flames player right from the start of his pro career," Boughner said. "The hard-working fans in Calgary are just going to love this guy.
"He's going to have the Saddledome rocking on Saturday nights."
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Guwahati, May 22 (UNI) Defending champion West Bengal today drew their last league match against Asom in the Under-21 National Football tournament here.
Both the teams had already qualified for the semi-finals after winning their ties against Kerala and Delhi, the other two teams in Group A.
The first goal came just 15 minutes into the match when Ayan Choudhury's shot found the net for West Bengal.
The defending champion maintained their one goal lead late into the match. The equalizer came for Asom in the 82th minute when Sunil Basumatry scored for the host team.
In the other Group A match of the day, Kerala beat Delhi 2-1.
with both teams already out of the race, the result had no bearing on the semi-final line up.
Both the goals for Kerala were scored by V V Farhat in the 21st and 43rd minutes. Kulbhusan Manderwal was the lone scorer for Delhi in the 39th minute.
With today's matches, the league stage is over.
In the first semi-final on May 24, Asom will take on Punjab, while on May 25, West Bengal will play Goa.
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By Alexandra Ulmer
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Across Latin America, the faithful rejoiced that the new Pope Francis was one of them.
Even though some commentators said he had a reputation as being as conservative and inflexible as his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, Latin Catholics celebrated that cardinals had, in Francis' own words, gone "to the end of the world" to find him.
"A Latino is more open to others, while a European is more closed. A change like this, with a Latin American, will be very important for us Latin Americans ... (he will be) more open, more honest," said 75-year-old Ana Solis, a retired hospital worker, outside Santiago's Metropolitan Cathedral in Chile.
"I'm happy because another European pope would be like eating the same bread every day," Martin Rodriguez, a 49-year-old Mexico City cab driver, said of Argentina's Francis, the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years.
The cardinals had faced a tough task in the conclave in finding a leader capable of overcoming crises caused by priestly child abuse and a leak of secret papal documents that uncovered corruption and rivalry inside the Church government.
The new pope will take up a burden that Benedict declared in February was beyond his physical capabilities.
The reaction from Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who two years ago accused the Vatican of hampering an inquiry into child sex abuse by Irish priests, summed up the thoughts of many.
"We pray that he will have the strength, the good health and the spiritual guidance needed to lead the Catholic Church in the many challenges it faces," Kenny said. Continued...


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By the author of At Risk Students: Feeling Their Pain, Understanding Their Plight, Accepting Their Defensive Ploys (2nd Edition)
Apples, tomatoes, eggs, and students are graded according to various comparative qualities and are given letter grades. Since the dominant characteristics used for teaching students are their chronological age and grade-level assignment, the variability of letter grades students receive reflects their individual differences in learning ability and readiness for the instruction mandated for that age and grade-level group. Academic ability exists on a continuum from high end to low end students sorted within that grouping.
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