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Crystal Cruises Announces 2007 Fuel Surcharge
Crystal Cruises has announced that, due to the continual rising cost of fuel, and the impact on Crystal Cruises' daily operations, effective July 17, 2006, the cruiseline will institute a fuel surcharge of $5.00 per person, per day on all 2007 voyages. The cruiseline will protect any 2007 bookings that are made and paid prior to July 17, 2006, at the current fare, without the fuel surcharge. There will be no change to the current fuel surcharge of $4.00 per person, per day that is currently in effect for all 2006 voyages.
Poly Shield Launches New Sulfur Treatment System
Poly Shield Technologies Inc. announced the launch of its DSOX-15 system. The system, with its new approach to sulfur removal, is expected to enable ship operators to efficiently and economically comply with the new 2015 emission regulations set to take effect in January 2015. Poly Shield's CEO, Rasmus Norling, commented, "We believe that our new DSOX-15 system will not only remove the sulfur but will also reduce the financial burden associated with current exhaust scrubber
Experts say Cruiselines Defend Security Plans
AP reported that was the real-life situation the crew and passengers of the Seabourn Spirit found themselves in off Somalia last weekend. With piracy common in some areas and terrorism fears present after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, cruise lines say they train their crews and have security measures to respond effectively to these threats. But security experts say that despite all the preparations, cruise liners are vulnerable to attacks like this one or the deadly bombing by
NTSB to Assist in Cruise Ship Fire Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board has sent an investigator to Jamaica to assist in the investigation of today's fire on board the Bermuda registered cruise ship Star Princess. The United Kingdom's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) will lead the investigation. "This is an important industry for the United States because every year millions of Americans enjoy their vacations on board cruise ships. We appreciate the opportunity to work closely with the MAIB in this
New Cruiseline Opens Offices in Seattle
The Majestic America Line, specializing in river and coastal cruising, has opened offices in Seattle. The newly formed line is operated by Ambassadors Cruise Group LLC, a subsidiary of Ambassadors International Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif. Majestic will have a staff of roughly 800, though only about 50 of them will be based in the line's headquarters at Fourth Avenue and Blanchard Street, company officials said.. The group was formed by merging Portland-based America West Steamboat Co
Cruise Ship Lists, Passengers Injured
Crown Princess in New York Photo credit: Princess Cruises The Crown Princess, Princess Cruises' 947-ft. vessel that was launched in June, listed heavily yesterday after leaving Port Canaveral, injuring several passengers. Princess Cruises, a unit of Carnival Corp., said, "Crown Princess experienced an unexpected list to the port side as she began sailing north toward her final port of New York." CNN reported that at least 93 passengers, 16 of them seriously


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Miranda Kerr on Coconut Oil and Her Favorite Beauty DIYs
PS: How are you prepping for Summer beauty-wise?
MK: Body brushing is very important. It detoxifies the system, gets the blood circulation going, and is really reenergizing. It's one of my favorite rituals — I do morning and night. I also love getting body scrubs. I exfoliate my skin every second day, and I wash my hair every second day. I use KORA Organics cream exfoliant, because it's gentle enough to use every second day, but it also really clears the dead skin cells so that the products can be penetrated.
PS: Are there any DIY scrubs that you've tried at home?
MK: I do a body scrub with sea salt and coconut oil. It's energizing. Coconut oil is a great, very multipurpose [product] — you can cook with it! It's also in all of the Clear products, like the intense hydration mask. You can sleep with it in the ends of your hair. I also have a water filter on my tap at home, so that when we take baths the water is filtered. I put epsom salts in the bath — it feels so good. So I'll use my body scrub and then the bath, and I put KORA rosehip oil on my body. I used to suffer from dry skin on my legs, but if you're exfoliating regularly and then applying body oil and body cream, it's really good for you.
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Skipper returns to Wilmington after last leading team in 2008
By Wilmington Blue Rocks | November 1, 2013 12:18 PM ET
Wilmington, Del. -- Darryl Kennedy will return to the First State in 2014 for his second stint as manager of the Wilmington Blue Rocks. Kennedy, who last managed in Wilmington during the 2008 season, will bring an experienced coaching staff with him to the Riverfront, led by pitching coach Steve Luebber, hitting coach Jose Castro, bench coach Justin Gemoll, athletic trainer James Stone and strength coach Joe Greany.
Kennedy piloted the Blue Crew to a 69-71 record in 2008 and helped Wilmington earn a trip to the Mills Cup playoffs that year. He becomes only the second manager in franchise history to make a second tour of duty as Wilmington manager. John Mizerock, who skippered the Rocks from 1995-1997 and again in 2007, is the other.
Kennedy spent the last four seasons as the manager of the Surprise Royals in the AZL. Surprise finished the 2013 campaign 22-33. He also captained the Idaho Falls Chukars (2009) and the Burlington Royals (2007) within the Royals organization, as well as the Frisco RoughRiders (2005-06), the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. A 37th-round pick by the Rangers in 1991 out of the University of North Florida, Kennedy was a college All-American as a senior. He also attended and played baseball at Manatee Community College.
Luebber returns to the Riverfront for his eighth season with the Rocks and his 47th year in professional baseball overall. He is the longest-tenured coach in franchise history.
Gemoll is also a familiar face at Frawley Stadium. He played in Wilmington during the 2002 campaign, part of a seven-season playing career. He batted .310 with 20 doubles, 49 RBIs and 56 runs scored as a Blue Rock. The 2014 season will be his seventh as a coach in the Royals organization. He served as the Rocks' hitting coach in 2009 and 2010.
Cruz is new to Wilmington. He was the Royals' minor league assistant hitting coordinator in 2013, joining the organization that offseason from the Seattle Mariners, where he served as the Minor League hitting coordinator for five seasons. That stint included 2010, when he worked in several roles, including interim Major League hitting coach, and was named the organization's Coach of the Year.
Stone will be in his second season as Wilmington's trainer, while Greany is in his first season with the Rocks.
Vance Wilson, who managed the Blue Rocks each of the last two seasons, will skipper Double-A Northwest Arkansas in 2014.
The Blue Rocks drew over 290,000 fans to Frawley Stadium in 2013, helping the Carolina League establish a new overall attendance record. In 2014, Wilmington will welcome the California/Carolina League All-Star Game to the First State. The festivities begin on Monday, June 16 with a special hitting challenge and will continue on Tuesday, June 17 with the All-Star Game itself. Full season seats as well as mini-plans are on sale now, while group packages for the 2014 campaign are available beginning November 6. For more information call 302-888-BLUE or visit bluerocks.com.
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Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
|This report is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information
Publication Number: FHWA-RD-95-197
Date: December 1996
Development of Human Factors Guidelines for Advanced Traveler Information Systems and Commercial Vehicle Operations: Comparable Systems Analysis
The selection of the comparable systems was accomplished in two phases. The objective of the first phase was to compile a comprehensive list of existing ATIS/CVO-related systems. The list was compiled from several sources: Proceedings of IVHS America Meeting 1993; commercial presentations (booths) at the IVHS America Meetings of 1992 and 1993; ITS Clearinghouse on-line network; literature provided by Task A, Literature Review (Dingus, Hulse, Alves-Foss, Confer, Jahns, Rice, Roberts, Hanowski, and Sorenson, 1993); interviews conducted by Battelle in Task B, Development of Objectives and Performance Requirements (McCallum, Lee, Sanquist, and Wheeler, 1993); and telephone calls following up on prior leads.
In the second phase of the selection process, a total of seven systems were selected for the Comparable Systems Analysis. Two were mandated by the Statement of Work. The remaining five were selected based on the following criteria:
Two ATIS systems, TravTek and UMTRI, were required by the SOW. In addition, a similar system, Navmate, was selected.
The TravTek System
Travel Technology (TravTek) is an in-vehicle route planning and navigation system manufactured by General Motors.
The comparable systems analysis of TravTek was unique in that the TravTek operational field test was recently completed. Unlike the other ATIS systems, TravTek has been subjected to more than 1.6 million km of user testing. An in-depth field test on this system commenced in Orlando, Florida, in 1992, in which TravTek was installed in 100 cars (75 were rental cars) and participants were surveyed after they returned the rental cars. Twenty-five cars were used for research and development testing. The TravTek field test is the largest evaluation of an ATIS system to date in the United States. It was anticipated that the initial TravTek research, in addition to available knowledge about the TravTek design process, would provide the greatest number and most relevant ATIS lessons. Therefore, this section contains data not only on lessons learned in the design and development of TravTek, but on valuable lessons learned from the initial results of the TravTek field tests (based on the participation of one of the authors in that evaluation).
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
Under the sponsorship of the FHWA, UMTRI has performed a series of laboratory and field studies over the past 4 years on the development of in-vehicle interfaces for driver information systems. The emphasis in Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) has been in the design of the controls and displays, the presentation logic, and the sequencing of information. Dr. Paul Green of the UMTRI Human Factors Division has directed much of this research, and approximately 16 reports are being submitted to FHWA. The objectives of the UMTRI program of research are to "develop a safe and easy-to-use in-car traffic information system and guidelines, and methods for their evaluation" (Paelke, Green, and Wen, 1993).
The Navmate System
Navmate is an in-vehicle route planning and guidance system designed and manufactured by Zexel Corporation. Plans for the first prototype began in 1989 and it was developed in 2 years. It was included as an additional ATIS system in this study because it was very accessible. Five Avis rental cars in San Jose, California, are currently instrumented with the Navmate system; this allows analysts to perform an informal usability study on the system. Navmate will be installed in another 95 rental vehicles in the next year to expand this data collection effort. This data will be used to evaluate the interface, features, and functions of the current prototype, and to improve the system in the next prototype.
Two systems were selected to obtain lessons learned in the application of in-vehicle display systems to CVO. One system was selected directly from the commercial vehicle domain. The other was introduced because it applied ATIS technology to emergency service vehicles.
The OmniTRACS System
OmniTRACS is an on-board, two-way communication system developed by QUALCOMM. It was first installed in a commercial trucking fleet of 5,000 vehicles in 1988 and now exists in over 50,000 trucks. It is a two-way, satellite-based data link system between drivers and dispatchers. While it was not intended to be a route planning or navigation system, it does have that capability. This system enabled the analyst to learn lessons about methods for displaying, entering, and retrieving information with an in-cab system, as well as methods for storing and retrieving information for a large trucking fleet, and methods for communicating between a commercial vehicle and a control center (i.e., dispatcher).
The analysis of this CVO system provided insightful information and lessons learned in the design and development of driver-dispatcher communication systems in the trucking industry. Since this system has been available in the commercial market since 1988, additional lessons were discovered concerning the deployment of this system that will have to be addressed by future ATIS systems in order to penetrate the commercial market.
The TravelPilot System
The in-vehicle component of the TravelPilot system evolved from an earlier ETAK product named Navigator. Navigator was intended to provide information regarding the current position of a vehicle and a destination referenced to the road system. TravelPilot then evolved as a product for commercial applications that featured route selection and two-way communication to a dispatch centerðCfunctions that were not available in the consumer-targeted Navigator system. TravelPilot by ETAK is currently installed and used in trucks from the Seattle Fire Department. This on-board display system provides a communications link between emergency response vehicles (e.g., fire engines) and the Seattle Fire Department Dispatch Center.
The information on this system originated from the following levels of analysis: reviewing a chapter from the Seattle Fire Department Computer-Aided Dispatch System manual on the Automatic Vehicle Location Operations; on-site visit of the Seattle Fire Department Dispatch Center made by Battelle Seattle Research Center personnel in which the operation of the system was observed; and interviews with managers, dispatchers, and drivers.
Two of the selected systems were required to be non-highway transportation systems. The selection of these systems also was based on the criteria described above to ensure that the systems would provide information relevant to ATIS/CVO applications. A number of major areas were investigated (e.g., maritime, aerospace, aviation, and nuclear power) to determine the feasibility of contributing to Task D objectives. The criteria of accessibility eliminated many potential systems that were either proprietary or still in the planning and research stages. In the end, the area of advanced rotorcraft navigation systems seemed to best fulfill the selection criteria.
Crew Station Research and Development Facility (CSRDF)
This advanced rotorcraft simulator at the NASA Ames Research Center includes a number of technological features, such as head-tracked helmet-mounted display, digital map, touchscreen technology, voice interaction, and dynamic information flow. The pilot-vehicle interface was designed by a team of human factors specialists working for the Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate and the simulator facility was manufactured by CAE Electronics. This system was accessible to analysts and fulfilled several of the selection criteria in terms of aided navigation using digital maps.
The Sikorsky Cognitive Decision-Aiding System
This system features a digital map that incorporates the output of a cognitive decision-aiding system to assist the rotorcraft pilot in selecting alternate mission plans and routes. This system incorporates advanced display technology and navigation decision aiding-features of direct relevance to ATIS/CVO.
The lessons learned and guidelines presented as a result of this analysis are based on a small sample of existing systems. Several other candidate systems may provide excellent material for lessons learned. To verify and extend the recommendations and lessons learned from this analysis, other systems could be investigated in greater detail. The ATIS-related systems that could be explored further include the following:
The "corridors" are undergoing operational testing and are composed of "intelligent highways" and Traffic Management Centers (TMC's). These systems involve monitoring traffic conditions (e.g., volume, vehicle flow, speed, congestion) from various highway and in-vehicle sensors, and highway videotape. Lessons regarding two-way, real-time information flow and corresponding effects on in-vehicle interface are worthy of detailed analysis to produce additional human-interface guidelines.
Other non-highway systems also could provide additional information. Some worthy candidates are:


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Rangers may soon be allowed to search people's bags, picnic baskets, eskies and even drinking bottles in some of Sydney's most popular parks.
Civil libertarians are horrified by the proposed laws, which could give the park rangers more power than police to search citizens in the 360 hectares of land covered by Centennial Park, Moore Park, Queens Park and Fox Studios.
Unlike most police search powers, there is no requirement in the draft rules for rangers to suspect criminal activity before conducting a search - and if park visitors refuse, they could be removed and fined $175 if they try to come back.
The draft rules state anyone must "open any bag, container or other thing" they have and "permit inspection of its contents" if asked by an "authorised person". The Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust has proposed the powers and released them for public discussion.
When asked why rangers might need such powers, spokeswoman Julie Hunter-Wardoffered the example of searching suspected ticket scalpers. They would target "persons acting suspiciously in connection to any illegal activity", she said, insisting that "they are not going to go up to an ordinary person and say, 'What's in your bag?"'.
But the proposed regulation would give rangers the power to do just that. While most might not misuse the power, others could, particularly if unaccustomed to searching people, according to Cameron Murphy, president of the the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. He condemned the plan, and was adamant that "people's bags should only be searched where there's a reasonable suspicion that they've committed a criminal offence".
"I think it's an important point - people have the right to go about their business," he said. "All it's going to be is a fishing exercise ... that will humiliate people."
Mr Murphy said that while police and law-enforcement authorities may need the power to search bags when investigating criminal offences, park rangers did not. "Where do you stop? Today it's searching bags, next it's searching houses."
Ms Hunter-Ward said the trust would "absolutely respect" people's civil liberties, and may change the provision after receiving public comments, which close on July 28.
"That's why it is out for review," she said.
Rangers working in City of Sydney parks, the Royal Botanic Gardens or the Domain have no power to search people's bags, although a botanic gardens spokeswoman, Stevie King, said searches were conducted at some, usually private, events.
Retailers have long asked to inspect bags as customers leave, but according to guidelines endorsed by the NSW Department of Fair Trading, they risk assault charges if they look in bags without consent.
A spokeswoman for the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust, Karen Grega, said bag searches were a condition of entry to both the SCG and Aussie Stadium.
"It's quite simple, [if] people don't want to show us their bags, they can't come into the ground," she said. "There's very few issues any more. It's not really something that's terribly new."


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NEW YORK--The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Friday approved the application by Boiling Springs, MHC and Boiling Springs Bancorp, both of Rutherford, NJ, to merge with Ridgewood Financial, MHC, Ridgewood Financial, Inc., and thereby indirectly their bank subsidiary, Ridgewood Savings Bank of New Jersey, all of Ridgewood, NJ.According to standard procedure, the proposal cannot be completed for 15 days. The Reserve Bank acted under authority delegated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.


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{Calelon's POV}
With every step I took I neared the front entrance to Darren's cabin. I thought of her panicked face as she was seized and pulled into the van. She looked terrified as the doors closed, blocking her from me. Anger built in the pit of my stomach and moved upwards. But so did grief and worry. I was scared I would never see her smiling face again, or her brown hair shimmer in the sunlight.
I reached the door and turned the handle, making my way into Darren's home. He was at his usual spot at the kitchen table, waiting for us since it is the night of the third day.
"Calelon, my boy! Did Anika fall behind?" He asked as he stood with a smile on his face. It soon fell. "You don't look happy. What happened?" He asked with his caring fatherly tone.
"The Authorities thought they would take her from us," I said choosing each word carefully. Darren's face paled and he leaned on the table, making his way to the nearest chair.
"Three days. That was it…how did the Authorities know?" He mumbled more to himself than to me. He sat up quickly, "who betrayed her?" He asked seriously.
"Sarah," I said glumly. "I do not mean to pry…but who betrayed you? I have noticed you are always happy, even with the smallest gesture, and you speak about family bonds a lot. You care about her so much," I said to him.
"Even after losing my parents to the war, shortly after my brother left, I tried to be optimistic. I was only ten at the time but I remained strong because I knew they wouldn't be proud if I succumbed to grief. I phoned my brother often and I would get supplies from our neighbors. My brother would visit me when he could, but just like he wanted, he found himself a girlfriend, later to become his wife, who would bear a child. A girl. She would be named Anika and she would be the apple of her parents' eyes. They brought her here quite often and the three of them had the strongest bond you could ever imagine. When Joanne was still pregnant I found myself a woman. She was incredible. She was so beautiful, too. But for some reason our family name – Cardin – had been marked by the Authorities. After we wed, and she was pregnant, the Authorities came into our home in the night. They slaughtered her and the unborn child and left me with the scar on my back – I am sure you have seen it. To this day I do not know who betrayed us to them, but since then I changed my last name to Walker. But my wife died while she was pregnant with our daughter because someone betrayed us, I will not treat this lightly."
"That is awful. I am truly sorry you had to go through that ordeal on your own," I said and bowed my head. "Sarah was always so genuine towards Anika, though. That makes this even harder to believe."
"Why would she do this?"
"The Authorities told Sarah that her mother, the one who they took and killed, was still alive. They baited her into Anika's capture…Anika for her mother."
"She didn't see her mother though, did she?"
"No. Her mother has been dead for years, now."
"This is awful. How are we to protect Anika from your brother if we don't have her here? …Are you alright…?" Darren said, noticing the way I was clutching my side.
"Well…" I said as I removed my hands.
"Oh my god, you were shot?! Quickly come to the bathroom, I will do what I can but you will have to see your Healers for a proper treatment. I do not think it would be a good idea for me to remove the bullet," he said as he guided me to the bathroom, and then rummaged through his cupboards until he found a red box. I removed my shirt and he began dabbing at the wound.
"You know what the worst part is?" I asked.
"What's that?"
"This whole thing could have been avoided."
"How so?"
"Last night I told Anika I would go see Caleleth. I thought maybe she had seen something regarding what was happening in Dellyn. I left Sarah's 'safe house' quite late and didn't reach Aelmere until early this morning. When she saw me her face paled and she told me I had to leave…"
"Calelon, what are you doing back?" She asked.
"What is wrong?"
"You need to go! Where is Anika?"
"She is in Dellyn, why?"
"You will not see her again."
"I've seen it. You will not make it back in time. She will be gone, Calelon. Oh, why did you come here?"
"I needed to ask you if something was going to happen in Dellyn…"
"Something is happening! You need to go! Now! You might have enough time! Go! If you make it…bring her here. She isn't safe from Daechir in the open, or these humans in black."
"Thank you, sister."
"Go!" She urged.
"If I stayed with Anika…she would be here with us. I blame myself."
"It is not your fault. The Authorities are hard to get ahead of. I tried and failed many times."
"But you finally succeeded?"
"I did."
"How?" I pleaded.
{Anika's POV}
"Please, do not resist! We are not going to hurt you!"
"Yeah right!" I said as I slapped the needle filled with sedative out of the guard's hand.
"We need to put you under; we can't have you back here fighting with us! We also can't allow you to know the location of the Head Quarters."
"I could care less where you're situated. You are not sticking that needle in me."
"Fine, have it your way. Fight all you want, but it will end badly for you."
"You mean like yesterday when your colleague decided to strangle me to death?"
"Excuse me?"
"Oh please!"
"What do you mean, miss?" The guard asked me, suddenly very concerned.
"You don't know?" I asked. He shook his head. For some reason I felt I could trust him.
"I was in the City yesterday and…Sarah took me to a shop, and the 'employees' were so friendly to us. After we left, the Authority office tower was on fire and the three of us were separated. I went back to the shop since it was close and I saw that the workers were actually Authorities. I was grabbed from behind by a man and taken to the basement. He revealed who he really was: a guard I shot the night you guys ambushed the Renegades. He basically blamed me for his life going to hell and my guard was down for one second and then his hands were around my throat. Jake, one of the three of us, managed to get there in time," I said. I noticed the guard was looking at my neck. He noticed me looking then quickly glanced away.
"Sorry…" he mumbled.
"It's fine."
"But…I know who you are talking about and that man was just a minor Officer. I don't know why he was allowed on that mission. He hadn't even reached Guard status. He was fired after that night. He is not an Authority," the man said to me. "Where is he now?"
"Dead. If the fellow ex-Authorities who were with him haven't removed his body yet, you could ask your accomplice, Sarah, where the shop is," I said as I crossed my arms.
"Did you kill him?"
"No. Jake did," I said knowing they wouldn't be able to connect that name to Calelon.
"I'm sorry that had to happen to you, miss."
"It's fine now that I know it wasn't by the Authority's doing."
"All of us on today's mission were under strict guidance: you are not to come to any harm while under our watch."
"Why? I'm not complaining…but why? You know this makes it hard to hate you guys. Talking to you makes me realize that you're just men doing your job. I don't know what I pictured you as before…but…it still doesn't change the fact that you tore my family apart," I said looking into my hands.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that. Since that time, we've had a replacement in leadership. But I hope one day you will change your views about us. However, I know that it will not be today," he said as I felt a pinch in my neck, and then he backed away with the needle in his hand.
"Please, no…"
"My orders, miss. Forgive me," he said. I could feel the sedative working its magic already. My head was spinning and I was feeling drowsy. I closed my eyes and lowered myself to the floor of the van to avoid falling once I was out. "Hang in there," the man said as he moved to the front of the van. I closed my eyes and everything went black.
"…Her father…" a voice said.
"Really?" A different voice replied.
"She was taught to hate us. She will try to escape," the first voice replied.
"I don't know. She's just a teenager. She didn't seem all that bad when we had our brief conversation," the second voice said. It was the man who sedated me.
"How long did you say the sedative would last for?" A third voice butted in.
"She should be out for a good while after we've reached HQ."
"Good," the third voice replied. So I was still supposed to be under, but I wasn't…did the man give me less? Did my metabolism somehow use it up faster? But I don't know where we are in terms of the Head Quarters, so we could be just arriving, or still several hours from it. I thought I should at least play the part. I kept my eyes closed and as if just waking up, made slow, heavy movements. I opened my eyes as if there was a downward force wanting them to stay shut.
"Wha –" I said sleepily.
"I thought you said…"
"I did…" the man who sedated me said. He added quietly to his colleagues, "maybe she has a fast metabolism…" score one for me...
"Where are we?" I said as I pushed myself up.
"We ain't at Head Quarters, which makes me wonder why yer awake," a man said as he ducked into the back to join me. He knelt beside me and brought his face level with mine. It was covered in scars and one of his eyes was blinded. I couldn't help but look away. "Ain't a pretty sight, eh? This is what would've happened to yeah if ya'll got on the wrong side of the previous leader. Either severe beatin's or death."
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked.
"Jus' saw yeahs looking, is all. The name's Landon, in case yer wonderin'."
"Okay. Um…when will we be there?" I asked.
"Should be at HQ 'round twenty minutes, tha's fer sure."
"But," a man I hadn't seen yet said as he came into the back. "We're going to need to put you under again."
"But why?!"
"You cannot know the location."
"How am I supposed to know, there are no windows back here…just blindfold me or something! I don't want another needle in me."
"I don' see what harm a blin'fold could do, sir," Landon agreed.
"Ugh, whatever. But you're the one who has to watch her then."
"Fine by me, sir!"
"Yeah, yeah. Save it yeah dick," he said as he went back to the front of the van.
"Thanks, Landon."
"It's no trouble. If yous don' wan' a needle pokin' yer skin, I can understand tha'," he said. "So you from Dellyn?"
"I am. Originally…but…well, yes, I am," I said not wanting to talk about living in what the Authorities 'classify' as Wastes. "Judging by the way you speak, I take it you're not?"
"Nah ma'am. I'm from Reddell. Very far away from Dellyn, but when yer movin' up in them ranks, ya'll gotta move ter HQ eventually."
"So…is that how it works?"
"How what works?"
"The ranking system?"
"More or less, yeah. O' course it's a little more complicated."
"Naturally," I said.
"How old are yeah?"
"Eighteen…last month," I said as I thought back to my birthday. Was Sarah still planning to turn me in back then? I doubt it…she never did anything suspicious. And the Authorities knew I was coming back for sure this time. Only because the month I was gone was enough time for them to make a plan for when I came back…but even then, how did they know I would come back?
"Tha' was a bright age fer me. I was a lot younger back then. It was just the start of the war. I was in the army and the Authorities were still a small group then. They recruited the best-fit men from all the differen' corps from around the world to fight fer 'em."
"How many men have you killed?" I asked.
"Not as much as yer thinkin', I can tell yeah tha' much. How did yeah manage to be the Renegades' leader at only eighteen, ma'am?"
"My grandmother was the previous leader…my mother was never into the rebel group and that was when she was neglectful."
"Yous were neglected?"
"Not entirely. I always had my grandmother."
"And yer father?"
"…No. Not really."
"Sorry, ma'am."
"It's okay. Why are you being so nice to me? Aren't I a prisoner?" I asked.
"Not quite," Landon said.
"Blindfold time!" Someone in the front shouted.
"Sorry, ma'am. Precautions."
"I know, I chose to be blindfolded," I said as he slipped black cloth over my eyes and tied it at the back.
"I'm gonna go up fron' now, hang in there, youngin'."
"Thank you, Landon."
"Course." He left and I sat without vision, feeling every bump in the road. We drove for another ten minutes when someone in the front shouted.
"Gate ahead! Mission: successful!" Everyone "wooed" and cheered. I carefully peeled down the blindfold and looked into the front of the van where the Authorities were celebrating. We were approaching a large building surrounded by forest on either side. The 'gate' was a huge slab of metal. I quickly and quietly crept backwards and folded the blindfold over my eyes once more.
"Alright, Anika!" The man who sedated me began in a much lighter and happier tone. "We have reached HQ and we will take off the blindfold as soon as we have passed through the gates." A large buzzer sounded and then he continued, "we are through. Thank you for your…somewhat cooperation. We'll get you to a room so that you can wash up before dinner."
"Wait…" I began as he removed the blindfold. "Aren't I a prisoner…I'm not saying I don't like this, but shouldn't I be treated as one?" I asked confused.
"If you were a prisoner, you would be locked up, you would not be at the Head Quarters, and I most certainly would not have invited you to dinner. Now, excuse me," he said while I got onto my feet and stood in what felt like forever. Landon came into the back.
"Yeah ready ter get out of the van?" He asked with a goofy smile. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Course I must ask yous not ter run. I know yeah wouldn't but there's sure lots'a men wit' guns out there."
"I know. I don't plan on running," I said as the back of the van was opened letting in the bright sunlight, "not yet anyways."


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PS Vita? What is this, Groundhog Day?Slim. It's the PS Vita - Slim. Also known as the PS Vita PCH-2000, if you enjoy a product code.
Ah, it's gone on a diet then? The 5/2? It's a fad.Hey now Sarcastic Sally, while it might look the same from the front, Sony's managed to shave off 3mm from the original Vita's 18mm body and -
3mm? Is that all?...and, if you'd kindly let us finish, a little more besides. The new PS Vita Slim also weighs 40g less and has a newer 5in IPS LCD display, as opposed to the old Vita's 5in OLED screen.
While the 960x544 resolution remains the same, you'll prefer the newer screen if you like your colours a little more accurate. A little less bouncy. Kind of a bit less fun.
Apart from those changes, it's playtime as usual: you can get games on memory card, download direct or stream whetever is playing on your PS4 wherever you can connect via Wi-Fi.
READ MORE: Sony PS4 review
Won't the battery life take a hit?Quite the opposite. Despite both models having the same 2,210mAh battery, Sony says the new PS Vita Slim will last for up to six hours a go, thanks to its more energy-efficient screen.
Not only that, but it's got 1GB of built-in storage, so no need to faff around with Sony's proprietary Vita Memory Cards as often. But you will still need to faff with them. What's wrong with microSD, Sony?
Sounds nice. Sounds expensive.It's the same £180 as ever for the Wi-Fi model, but you'll have to wait a whole week to get it - it hits UK shores on 7 February.
Or you can book a ticket to Japan (where it's been available for a while) and snap one up there if you're particularly rich and/or impatient.
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Crazy8s filmmaking competition ends with "Braindamage"
It was all over by 6 p.m. on February 15, when six wired and exhausted filmmakers delivered their finished product to the offices of the Crazy8s filmmaking competition.
Now in its 14th year, Crazy8s has been fertile ground for the local film community. For Kaare Andrews, a winner in 2005 for his short "Unwritten...", it was a gateway to the international market. For others, like 65_RedRoses director Nimisha Mukerji—one of this year's finalists with "In the Deep"—Crazy8s offers an irresistible challenge to a filmmaker already well on her way: to pitch, develop, and then make a short film, with only eight days for the actual production.
Roughly three hours before deadline, writer-director Matt Leaf—a working cinematographer by day—briefed the Straight on his project, a Phil Dickian sci-fi effort called "Braindamage".
"We did three 22-hour edit days in a row, starting on Monday [February 11]," he said, emitting a maniacal giggle and adding that he had "probably 10 hours sleep" in the previous week. Mercifully, it also turns out that the blazing eight days of production that went into "Braindamage" were light on problems, mishaps, or compromises—even though Leaf was determined to open his film with something he described as "the hardest shot you could possibly do in this business". It took two-and-a-half hours to capture the ambitious camera move, which begins with a close-up of an eye and then pulls quickly upward. Chump change in the real world, but enough, in this case, to push Leaf's assistant director, Gagan Brar, "into a frenzy". But they did it. Leaf said his mentor on the project, the aforementioned Andrews, told him: "You're the director. Don't let anybody else fuck with your vision; don't let anybody else call the shots."
"He gave me the permission to be authoritative, and for me that made the biggest difference," the filmmaker said. Leaf also saved himself a considerable amount of time by setting his film in a single location, one of the tricks he picked up at the Crazy8s pitching seminar back in December.
"With the way I designed my shots, it actually made it look like we were on the set of Alien," he continued. "Because we never mastered out and showed the whole world. If we'd done that, you'd see that we're actually in the 'mill' at North Shore Studios."
A few days later, Crazy8s executive director Erik Paulsson told the Straight that Leaf created an "amazing" world. "He's got a beautiful eye and he worked with a really fantastic design team. I mean, it looks like a huge-budget film," he said, adding that this year's finalists, in his view, are the strongest in Crazy8's history.
Perhaps more importantly, the competition is a vital bulwark against the tender fortunes of the business itself. "Virtually everyone in the Vancouver film industry puts in something to make it happen," Paulsson said, noting the donated camera, lighting, and insurance each production receives on top of a $1,000 budget. "I think it's really important to remember, especially as we're trying to lure foreign productions into Vancouver, that what we need to do right now is build and foster our domestic film industry."
You can judge for yourself when Crazy8s presents its gala screening of all six films at the Centre for Performing Arts on Saturday (February 23), followed by an after-party at the VAG that has grown legendary over the years.


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Ford (NYSE:F) gave a positive outlook yesterday when it presented its 2012 strategy at the Citi Global Industrial Conference. The company is planning to roll out new products in the European market, which will eventually put an end to the sales decline, for which the stock has been heavily punished. This can also mean that the losses in Europe have reached a bottom for Ford, and a turnaround is expected soon. If things work out the way that Ford has planned them, there are chances that the market will positively revise the stock's multiples.
Ford expects its EPS to be 30 cents this quarter, just a notch above the estimate of 29 cents. There are chances that the company may benefit from a lower tax rate, which can be $1.3 billion rather than the earlier estimated figure of $1.4 billion.
North America
Ford gets over 60% of its revenues from the North American market. The company has introduced some new cars in the market in the first half, and has planned to introduce more in the second half. The Focus Electric, Flex, New Escape, Mustang V6 and Taurus (new model) are some of the examples. There has been an increasing trend towards small cars that are more fuel efficient, and can be easily afforded by consumers, especially in recessionary times. That is probably why the Ford Escape, a small utility, was a big hit this August, with 32% higher sales YoY.
Ford plans to launch the All New C-Max Hybrid, C-Max Energi, All-New MKZ and a super duty truck in the second half of the year. Also, it has been creating a buzz for its new Fusion Sedan - the Ford Fusion 2013. Ford estimates a SAAR of 14.5-15 million for North America this year. The company enjoyed a market share of 15.4% in the first half, and expects the figure for 2012 to be a bit lower than the 16.5% share in 2011.
Product refresh rate was also disclosed by Ford. This is the percentage of sales coming from significantly refreshed or new products in a year. The rate is expected to accelerate in 2013, and remain robust in 2014. This was of primary concern to the market, as investors were worried that Ford's product cycle may slow down in 2013.
Overall, the company seems to be bullish on the North American market for the year.
Ford has shown concerns over the bleak macro conditions in Europe, from where it generates 23% of its total revenues. Earlier this quarter, it increased its loss forecast from European operations from $500 million to $1 billion. The data released by the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers for the month of August showed that new car registrations had fallen by 8.9% YoY. Even Germany, which is considered to be the strongest European economy, reported a 4.7% YoY decline in demand. That is probably why Moody's recently cut its global auto sales growth rate forecast for 2013 from 4.5% to 2.9%.
Ford has planned to execute the One Ford plan globally. Along with this restructuring plan, Ford has planned a vast product launch in Europe, which it expects can help pull the company out of losses. The company is set to launch 15 new vehicles in the next five years. Ford expects 20% growth in vehicle sales over the next five years. The product acceleration will include passenger vehicles, multi-activity vehicles, SUVs and pickups.
Ford enjoyed a market share of 8.1% in Europe in the first half, and is expected to have a share of 8.3% for the year.
The recent political tensions between China and Japan have led to massive anti-Japan protests in China. Honda (NYSE:HMC), Nissan and Toyota (NYSE:TM) are expected to lose sizable market share. They have already cut production guidance. In a zero sum game, Ford can also win from this situation, even though Ford's presence in China is way less than its Detroit rival, General Motors (NYSE:GM), and German manufacturers like Volkswagen and BMW. Currently, Ford gets 7% of its total revenues from Asia.
Ford is expecting a higher operating margin for its automotive division (5.6%) than 2011's margin of 5.4%. Ford is trading at a forward p/e multiple of 7x. A turnaround in Europe can mean a turnaround for Ford, and will lead the market to revise the multiples at which Ford is currently trading. Historically, the stock has traded at a p/e multiple of 10x. If the European division turnaround happens the stock can trade at its historical p/e multiple, which means an upside of 43% just from the expansion of p/e multiple (current p/e multiple of 7x vs historical average of 10x).
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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Skip to comments.Bishops Renew Plea To Congress And Administration To Repair Affordable Care Act
Posted on 06/28/2012 10:25:47 PM PDT by RitaOK
Bishops Renew Plea To Congress And Administration To Repair Affordable Care Act
June 28, 2012
Supreme Court decision does not address fundamental flaws in the law Legislation still needed to fix conscience, abortion funding, immigration problems
WASHINGTONToday the United States Supreme Court issued a decision upholding as a tax the provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires individuals to purchase a health planthe so-called "individual mandate."
For nearly a century, the Catholic bishops of the United States have been and continue to be consistent advocates for comprehensive health care reform to ensure access to life-affirming health care for all, especially the poorest and the most vulnerable.Although the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) did not participate in these cases and took no position on the specific questions presented to the Court, USCCB's position on health care reform generally and on ACA particularly is a matter of public record.The bishops ultimately opposed final passage of ACA for several reasons.
First, ACA allows use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions and for plans that cover such abortions, contradicting longstanding federal policy.The risk we identified in this area has already materialized, particularly in the initial approval by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of "high risk" insurance pools that would have covered abortion.
Second, the Act fails to include necessary language to provide essential conscience protection, both within and beyond the abortion context.We have provided extensive analyses of ACA's defects with respect to both abortion and conscience.The lack of statutory conscience protections applicable to ACA's new mandates has been illustrated in dramatic fashion by HHS's "preventive services" mandate, which forces religious and other employers to cover sterilization and contraception, including abortifacient drugs.
Third, ACA fails to treat immigrant workers and their families fairly.ACA leaves them worse off by not allowing them to purchase health coverage in the new exchanges created under the law, even if they use their own money.This undermines the Act's stated goal of promoting access to basic life-affirming health care for everyone, especially for those most in need.
Following enactment of ACA, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has not joined in efforts to repeal the law in its entirety, and we do not do so today.The decision of the Supreme Court neither diminishes the moral imperative to ensure decent health care for all, nor eliminates the need to correct the fundamental flaws described above.We therefore continue to urge Congress to pass, and the Administration to sign, legislation to fix those flaws.
Keywords: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Affordable Care Act, ACA, bishops, Supreme Court, conscience
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Well you wanted collectivist medicine and you got it. BTW, don't expect relieve from the courts.
They got what they wanted now they whine ..tough it was one of yours that pushed it through
The Catholic Bishops were only too happy to stick it to us, now we'll just return the favor.
The Catholic Bishops can just serve the big government master that they freely chose.
The bishops will eventually figure out that, along with socialized medicine, come regulations. Eventually the power to regulate will be abused. It happened to the Catholics pretty early in the cycle of Obamacare regulation. So some of them are mad. But even if the bishops reverse the particular offensive regulations for now, they will eventually come back because Obamacare cements the power of the religion-hating, secular humanists pretty much in perpetuity.
By not supporting the repeal of Obamacare, the bishops will thus become just another corrupt "stakeholder" in our neo-fascist empire.
The Catholic Bishops were only too happy to stick it to us, now we'll just return the favor.
The Catholic Bishops can just serve the big government master that they freely chose.
Yep. They were all to happy to make a deal with Satan and now they cry because he stabbed them in the back.
One of my responses to the upholding of ObamaRobertsCare will be to stop giving at my parish. I would always give the kids a few bucks each for the collection, so they'd feel some responsibility towards the operation of it. I won't do that again, and I'll tell them the Church is funded by part of the taxes withheld from my paycheck.
I should have stopped giving when the Church in NJ thought it was more important to give selective vouchers in minority areas rather than opposing the racial discrimination of affirmative action.
No hope for change there.
Jesus did not bid us to bow to the government and let bureaucrats care for our brother. He did not ask us to give to that cause at the point of a gun.
In November Catholics will vote 54% Dem to 46% Rep and blacks will vote 90% + Dem.
No hope for change there."
The last Pew survey BEFORE this ruling found White Catholics (2/3) support Whats His Name 57/37 over Obama and a PPP survey in North Carolina found 20% of Blacks voting for Whats His name over Obama. These FACTS dont square with your statements.
Ditto all the sentiments and I am regular mass attending Catholic. The Bishops have been making pacts with the Devil and now they whine when the bill comes due.
The talking heads must have recieved the tweet to now refer to ObamaCare as the Affordable Care Act. This way if things go wrong, it's not associated with Obama and "affordable care" has such a nice warm fuzzy feeling.
The Catholic church has long had and unholy alliance with liberalism. But they fool themselves if they think liberals respect their values. The bishops and pope are making deals with the enemy tryong to steal the souls of believers.
Catholics (and others) need to wake up.
I am a Roman Catholic Christian, and I couldn't be more frustrated with the American version of the Catholic Church leadership, who seem to enable socialism here, which the Church has vehemently oppossed forever.
I get the fact that even capitalism can be abused, even abusive, but come on. Playing footsie with government powers and supporting redistribution of wealth in a once free society in the name of the poor lacks foresight, and belies consequences to a free people.
TYVets is using the voting numbers that swept Obama into the White House, your polling numbers are meaningless, they sure aren't "facts", they are merely polling of no real significance at this early date.
That link doesn't work.
My personal predictions as to the catholic and black vote in November 2012 elections are just predictions.
They are not based on any "polls" and/or "facts".
To find out how accurate my predictions are we will have to wait until after all the votes are in and counted AFTER the November elections.
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Tom Brady got a new teammate on Friday night that some could consider a potential replacement one day.
But Brady told former rival QB-turned-NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner the New England Patriots' selection of QB Ryan Mallett doesn't change his plans.
"I did text Tom Brady after this pick and he wanted me to know for sure that he was planning on playing 10 more years," Warner said on NFL Network.
The Patriots chose Mallett -- a talented QB whose draft stock sank because of maturity questions -- with the 74th pick. Coach Bill Belichick said it was about building depth at the position behind Brady.
"When you don't have depth at that position, that can be a very big problem for your team," he said.
NFL.COM VIDEO: Belichick explains selection
Brady will be 34 this season. In 2008 he suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter of Week 1.
Almost a year later before returning for the 2009 season, he told SI.com he planned on playing another 10 years.
Brady is signed with the Patriots through 2014. A three-time Super Bowl winner, he won his second NFL MVP award last year.
Mallett said he's happy to sit and learn about being an NFL QB behind Brady.
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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Some Telstra BigPond dial-up customers have had problems accessing their email due to the inclusion of some additional measures to combat spam, a company official says.
Craig Middleton, corporate affairs manager, said some customers who accessed their mail from computers other than their home PC needed to make changes in their mail client.
"This has been detailed on the service status page since Friday," he said:
According to the details available on this page, a service dispruption was scheduled to begin on Friday, March 18, at 3.42pm and end next Friday, March 25, at 5pm.
"BigPond have introduced some additional measures to combat spam and have updated the way our members log in to the BigPond Email service. If you are having difficulty in sending or receiving Email, click here," the notice read, providing a link which leads to a page giving details of the changes which need to be made.
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Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's
Mary Poppins
- A musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film
- Original music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
- Book by Julian Fellowes
- New songs and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Watch Mary Poppins fly over the rooftops of London, and feel like a kid again! Remember, anything can happen if you let it. This family musical featuring the unforgettable songs from the popular Disney film—"A Spoonful of Sugar," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"—is practically perfect in every way.
Running time: Approx. 2 hours 30 minutes, including one intermission
"Sumptuous production…beautifully reacquaints audiences with a beloved old friend" —The Vancouver Sun
"Will grab you by the heart and make you sing your way home" —Baird Blackstone, BrokenLeg Reviews
"Mary Poppins is back and she's kicking butt" —Colin Thomas, colinthomas.ca
"Enthralling and inspirational" —Maria Figueiredo, Review Vancouver
"We were all beaming with joy (and we still are, a night after the show) from all the great feelings the show gave us: happiness, joy, sparkles of fun, you name it all. Thank you for such a spectacular experience!!"
—Aki, Vancouver
"Thoroughly enjoyed the production. Very professional, first class production. Loved it. Very impressed with the set."
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- Kayla James as Mary Poppins
- Susan Anderson as Mrs. Brill/Bird Woman
- Glen Gordon as Michael Banks
- Elizabeth Irving as Jane Banks
- Caitriona Murphy as Winifred Banks
- Milo Shandel as George Banks
- Scott Walters as Bert
- Katey Wright as Miss Andrews/Mrs. Corry
- Scott Augustine as Neleus/Ensemble
- Keiran Bohay as Ensemble
- Sierra Brewerton as Annie/Ensemble
- Bobby Callahan as Robertson Ay/Sweep/Von Hussler/Ensemble
- Jarret Cody as Northbrook/Poseidon/Sweep/Ensemble
- Julio Fuentes as Ensemble
- Shannon Hanbury as Annie/Ensemble
- Nathan Kay as Policeman/Ensemble
- Anna Kuman as Katie Nanna/Ensemble
- Brianna Loop as Fanny/Ensemble
- Jennie Neumann as Miss Lark/Ensemble
- Micheal Querin as Admiral Boom/Ensemble
- Nick Apivor on drums/percussion
- Ken Cormier on keyboard
- Henry Christian on trumpet
- Angus Kellett on keyboard
- Bruce Kellett on keyboard
- Sue Round on cello
- Director Bill Millerd
- Co-Musical Director Ken Cormier
- Co-Musical Director Bruce Kellett
- Choreographer Valerie Easton
- Set Designer Alison Green
- Lighting Designer Marsha Sibthorpe
- Costume Designer Sheila White
- Assistant Costume Designer Connie Hosie
- Sound Designer Chris Daniels
- Projection Designer Craig Alfredson
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Director Kaveri's Shilpa Munikempana bagged the Best Short Fiction award, while Iram Ghufran's There is Something in the Air walked away with the Best Short Documentary award. In the short fiction section, Barun De Joardar won the best camera person award and S Someetharan received the Special Mention for directing Mullaitivu Saga on Sri Lankan fight.
Best music video award was given to Anusha Nanda Kumar for her video 'Sitha Haran aur Anya Kaaniyan'. Documentaries You Dont Belong and Vertical City also got Special Mention. Chief minster Oommen Chandy gave away the prizes and certificate to the winners. Minister Sivakumar, Chalachithra Academy Chairman Priyadarsan, Mayor Adv. K Chandrika and jury chairman Syama Prasad were also present.
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Profits of SABIC Decline 37 Percent
The net profit of the Saudi Basic Industries Co. (SABIC) for the first nine months slumped down by 37 percent, totaling a $501 million.
According to official figures, the corporation's sales rose to 6.1 billion dollars compared to 5.66 billion in 2000.
SABIC deputy chairman and managing director Mohammad Al-Madi was quoted by AFP as saying that the decline is due the "lower prices and the increased cost of raw materials."
Additional costs covering loans from the Saudi General Investment Fund also impacted on the results, he added.
SABIC was established by Royal Decree in 1976 to set up and operate hydrocarbon and mineral-based industries in the kingdom. The Public Investment Fund provides long-term loans to SABIC on highly concessional terms. The balance of SABIC's capital requirements come from SABIC's a joint venture partner. In addition, SABIC can make use of normal commercial loans. With these sources of finance, SABIC is able to undertake industrial projects considerably in excess of its own authorized capital of SR10,000 million – Albawaba.com
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Party deregistration threat - DAP needs Plan B
YOURSAY 'DAP reps should be ready with their PKR or PAS membership forms in the event BN plays dirty by forfeiting them from being nominated.'
ROS holds DAP inquiry two days before nomination
Speechless: Whatever its reasons are for the Registrar of Societies (ROS) to conducting an inquiry into DAP two days before nomination day over complaints pertaining to a technical glitch during its party's elections, it has nevertheless created the perception that they have been instructed to do so.
Do not underestimate the fury of the people - we don't like bullies and DAP will be seen as another victim of power abuse.
De-registering DAP at this point will only act as the unifying factor for countless voters who will unleash their disgust and anger at what they will see as yet another desperate attempt by BN to win at all cost.
Those not so inclined to vote will turn up with great determination - remember Bersih 3.0?
Platform_sinking: The evil game plan this is: DAP would be de-registered after nomination day and all DAP nominees would be disqualified.
There would be no time for DAP to contest under PAS nor stand as independents. BN wins with a walkover in all DAP constituencies.
Anticonmen: DAP representatives should be ready with their PKR or PAS membership forms in the event BN plays dirty by forfeiting them from being nominated on DAP ticket.
Platform_sinking: Should DAP use the 'rocket' on nomination day? What happens if the biased ROS says DAP is to be de-registered after nomination day but before election day?
Now, DAP's fate is in the hands of ROS if nothing is done. This is an unacceptable and major distraction to DAP. In order to circumvent this, a major arrangement has to be made on nomination day.
Clever Voter: Whatever the outcome of the inquiry, DAP would be there on nomination day. It would be sheer stupidity if there is a conspiracy at this late hour. Surely the leadership would have Plan B and Plan C, and BN has other worries to be concerned with.
Bender: DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh, you may call this blatantly weird all you want, but you must remember that the enemy is known for being blatant about so many things.
Their "blatantly slanderous" behaviour lately is an indication of how they don't give a damn about public opinion.
But with this blatantly weird move by the ROS, the threat to DAP and the Pakatan Rakyat's agenda is real. Please consider devising back-up plans, just in case they want to play dirty.
Quigonbond: If the ROS holds its inquiry two days before nomination, and think that it can throw Pakatan into topsy turvy, they will only be confirming once and for all that BN has no qualms committing gross abuse of power.
Natural justice would require that reasonable time be given to DAP to answer or show cause. PKR and PAS should also come out and say that it will support DAP in any manner possible, including making arrangements for DAP to contest under their banner.
It may augur rather well for Pakatan to show that they are truly multi-racial and multi-religious, and this will put BN's machinations to shame.
Ipohcrite: I hope good sense, governance and political neutrality prevails with ROS, otherwise they might be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back and unwittingly unleash a much-dreaded Malaysian spring.
Anticonmen: Now ROS talked about notices sent out to delegates. Earlier they could not find anything wrong on the correction to the technical glitch in DAP's elections. Where will this nitpicking witch-hunt go next?
Bemused Malaysian: DAP would probably be de-registered after nominations and by fiat, all nominations under DAP banner declared illegal.
By the time you take it to court, BN would have gotten its two-thirds majority and probably laughing all the way to the bank. Think about it, BN is capable of anything.
Jamil Suhaimi: If ROS wants to really play dirty, then get ready for Malay votes from Umno to swing to PAS and PKR. Umno-BN will be buried to rot forever for all the nasty things they have done to the people in this country.
When Pakatan is in Putrajaya, the ROS team will be properly dealt with and no plea bargain will be accepted from anyone of them.
This is a serious matter and we urge DAP candidates, both for parliament and state assembly seats, to take preventive measures. We will continue to support you in whichever party (PKR or PAS) you contest under.
LittleGiant: Umno-BN will be very happy to see DAP de-registered by ROS and probably wants ROS to do it before nomination day on April 20.
To a large extent, the rakyat have seen and regarded DAP as a credible opposition party. Even those who support BN would want DAP to continue as a strong opposition to checkmate BN, if Pakatan fails to win the elections.
Should ROS cause undue harassment to DAP or if ROS takes the extreme measure to de-register the party, all DAP candidates should contest as PKR and/or PAS candidates.
It will be a foregone conclusion that these 'ex-DAP' candidates will easily trounce the BN candidates. Even BN supporters would be annoyed and could offer their support to Pakatan.
BN leaders can forget about dreaming that they can use ROS to destroy DAP. Their evil plans would only backfire on them.
Onyourtoes: Those pseudo moralists and half-baked writers should come up to support the move by ROS to hold the enquiry, and if possible, deregister DAP before nomination day.
I can give you some pointers if you have run out of ideas to spin - you see, DAP has violated election rules during its party election recently; there were complaints from disgruntled DAP members; and yes, laws and regulations must be applied strictly without fear and favour by the ROS.
So why are you fellows waiting for, go for it, spin further.
Harapanbaru: By now it's obvious that the top management of ROS will be out of a job when Pakatan takes over. They will be in good company, of course.
Safety First: They failed their dirty mission against Suaram, now they target DAP. But the spirit of rakyat to change government will increase tremendously if ROS dare to deregister DAP.
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42 U.S. Code § 13574 - Air quality enhancement program
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Air quality enhancement program
(a) Eligible projectsProjects supported under section 13572(a)(2) of this title shall—
utilize technologies that meet relevant Federal and State clean air requirements applicable to the unit or facility, including being adequately demonstrated for purposes of section 7411 of this title, achievable for purposes of section 7479 of this title, or achievable in practice for purposes of section 7501 of this title; or
(b) Priority in project selectionIn making an award under section 13572(a)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall give priority to—
projects whose installation is likely to result in significant air quality improvements in nonattainment air quality areas or substantially reduce the emission level of criteria pollutants and mercury air emissions;
projects for pollution control that result in the mitigation or collection of more than 1 pollutant; and
(c) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out section 13572(a)(2) of this title—
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No technology, or level of emission reduction under subsection (a)(2) shall be treated as adequately demonstrated for purpose of Section [1] 7411 of this title, achievable for purposes of section 7479 of this title, or achievable in practice for purposes of section 7501 of this title solely by reason of the use of such technology, or the achievement of such emission reduction, by one or more facilities receiving assistance under section 13572(a)(2) of this title.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXXI, § 3104, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title IV, § 421(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 759.)
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Do you remember the cartoon Captain Caveman? That's exactly the image that comes to mind every time I hear someone mention the Paleo diet. Don't worry. I'm not going on a tyrade about how it's the latest diet fard or even questioning the legitimacy of its claims…or wondering out loud why it pretends like we haven't evolved over the last 10,000 years.
What if we ate like our Paleolithic ancestors? That would be lots of lean meats, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables; no grains, salt, sugar, legumes or dairy products. Some people do, and it's called the Paleo diet — short for Paleolithic, which refers to the era before agriculture took hold, a movement away from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle that resulted in settled societies, and, eventually, Twinkies and couch potatoes.
I would like to start a conversation about the ethics of this diet.
Did you cringe when you saw the picture at the beginning of this post? Many yogis choose to eat a vegetarian diet based on the first yama on the Eight Limb Path of yoga, ahimsa (non violence). And yet the paleo diet is becoming more and more popular in the yoga world. So how about it, what do you think about yoga and vegetarianism?
Eating meat is inherently inefficient, as it takes 16 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of flesh. And because the industrial world is exporting grain to developing countries and importing the meat that is produced with it, farmers who are trying to feed themselves are being driven off their land.
Is this dietary regimen sustainable for our planet?
Weigh in.
Do you follow the Paleo Diet? How does it conflict with or support your yoga practice, on and off the mat?