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Four newspaper printers were planning a celebration with tea and biscuits after yesterday winning back the jobs they lost for drinking beer during their lunch break.
The workers were fired last year after being caught on video, days after their company told employees it would not tolerate any consumption of alcohol at its new Chullora plant in Sydney.
Nationwide News lost its appeal against an Australian Industrial Relations Commission order in February that the men be given back their jobs.
The company's managing director, Peter Wylie, said it was arranging for the four to return to work. They had been at home on full pay for the six months it took for the appeal to be heard by the full bench of the commission, he said.
Amanda Perkins, printing division secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, said the men were "really keen" to get back on the job. "They're not going to be celebrating with a drink though, more like tea and biscuits," she said.
The full bench of the commission upheld Commissioner Frank Raffaelli's finding that the terminations were "harsh" given the four workers' length of service and the lack of previous warnings.
But the commission agreed Nationwide News had a valid reason for firing the men.
"The commissioner . . . said that he endorsed the [company's] determination to enforce its no-drinking policy," the commission's decision stated.
"He said that in the future, if employees subject to the policy were found to have breached it and had their services terminated, they might be advised not to waste their time and effort making application to the commission."
Mr Wylie said the firm took its obligations under the occupational health and safety legislation seriously and would not tolerate any breach of its "unambiguous policies" on alcohol. "We will not allow the consumption of alcohol prior to or during work."
Ms Perkins said: "The union supports drug and alcohol policies and we don't support drinking during work hours - but the policy has to be fair and applied equally."
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R.A. Dickey's streak of brilliance this year has some odd twists, particularly for a knuckleballer.
Dickey's knuckleball, which he throws 87.2 percent of the time according to Fangraph's PitchFx data, is thrown with more velocity than others before him have thrown it. At 77 mph, Dickey's knuckleball generates more swings and misses than the common knuckleball, and he currently leads the majors with 103 strikeouts.
Those that rank behind Dickey in strikeouts, players like Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia and Matt Cain, all throw at least 90 mph. Obviously Dickey relies heavily on the movement of the knuckleball to generate swings and misses, but he's also throwing it harder this season (up from 76 mph in 2011).
Over Dickey's last seven starts, he's striking out more than 10 batters a game. His two most recent starts, back-to-back one-hitters against the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles, yielded 25 strikeouts.
Also of note: Chasing Dickey's knuckleball almost always had a negative effect on the opposing club in its next several games.
When Dickey faced the Reds, Pirates, Padres, Cardinals, Nationals and Rays over the last month, every team but the Pirates and Padres had an increase in strikeouts over their next five games when compared to the five games before they faced Dickey. Here are those numbers:
May 17, Cincinnati: 7.6 strikeouts per game to 9.8
May 22, at Pittsburgh: 11.6 strikeouts per game to 6.6
May 27, San Diego: 7.8 strikeouts per game to 7
June 2, St. Louis: 7.8 strikeouts per game to 10.8
June 7, at Washington: 7.8 strikeouts per game to 9.2
June 13, at Tampa Bay: 6.4 strikeouts per game to 9.25
In games against Dickey, only the Nationals struck out fewer times when facing the 37-year old knuckleballer than they do on average per game this season. In fact, according to Chris Dial of Baseball Think Factory, Dickey's 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings would be the most all time for a knuckleball pitcher of at least 100 innings. Tim Wakefield had 7.9 K/9 in 2001.
Another couple weeks of stellar pitching, and Dickey could find himself starting the All-Star game in Kansas City. Then the National League will just need to find somebody who can catch a knuckleball.
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Patrick Johnson will take his case for selection in either or both of the Olympic individual sprints to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after his original appeal was turned down yesterday.
Johnson, the only Australian to break 10 seconds for 100 metres and the fastest man in the world last year, missed this year's domestic season with hamstring and back injuries and was not able to achieve the extra 100 metres time set for him by the national selectors before the July 5 deadline.
Despite that, Johnson had previously achieved the Olympic A-standard for both the 100 and 200 metres within the overall time frame set by the selectors and is one of only four Australian athletes qualified in two events.
The selectors named national champion Joshua Ross in the 100 metres.
Ross has achieved only the B-standard and his selection blocks the path for Johnson unless Ross also achieves the A-standard.
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Despite criticism from Ross's coach yesterday, Johnson's manager Clive Stephens said he was within his rights.
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Stephens said that Johnson "got a fair hearing" at the Athletics Australia appeal, "but we were surprised at the outcome".
Three other athletes were also unsuccessful at the Athletics Australia appeals tribunal.
Annabelle Smith had appealed over her non-selection in the individual 400 metres and Tim Williams and Paul Pearce against their exclusion from the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relay squads, respectively.
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Ross's coach, Tony Fairweather, who was one of Ross's representatives at the appeals hearing, criticised the uncertainty yesterday.
"Josh has been selected for the Olympics and he hasn't been able to enjoy it 100 per cent because of all the uncertainty," Fairweather said.
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Pearce said yesterday he also would take his appeal to the CAS. Williams will accept the decision in his case.
Smith will wait until Wednesday's deadline before deciding whether to continue her appeal against non-selection in the individual 400 metres.
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"It's shady and beautiful through that little park," Slusser said.
The area of the connection is still in need of some follow-up work, Slusser said. For example, the trail crosses streets at some points along the route.
"We don't want the trail to touch roadways" when that can be avoided, Slusser said. "We want to keep it all off-road. We'll get that fixed eventually."
Possible solutions, used elsewhere along The Loop, involve routing the trail under streets.
Slusser said plans also call for restoring the natural appearance of some sections of the route.
"We've got the connection, but now we'll do the environmental restoration projects," she said. "We'll try to bring back the shade canopy in there."
On StarNet: See more photos of The Loop trail at azstarnet.com/gallery
See a map of The Loop trail and pieces of it that are underway on Page A4.
"This allows people throughout our community to enjoy cycling and other non-motorized travel."
Ramón Valadez, chairman of the Pima County Board of Supervisors
loop trail etiquette
• All trail users yield to people with disabilities.
• Bicyclists yield to all other users.
• Control your speed and be prepared to stop.
• Keep to the right of the trail. Save the left for passing.
• Always announce your intentions when passing.
• When in a group, travel single file and don't block the trail.
• Keep pets under control and leashed.
Source: Pima County
Contact reporter Doug Kreutz at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 573-4192. On Twitter: @DouglasKreutz


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$ 828.00
The heritage collection is a beautiful casual hand knotted range of rugs with a soft wool ground and art silk motifs. Each piece is skillfully overdyed to create a vintage look and give surface interest. The rugs are uber soft with a sense of antiquity and luxury.
Care Instruction:
- (1) Your wool + silk and/or art silk rug will look great for year to come with proper care and vacuuming regularly
- (2) Never saturate or soak your wool + silk/art silk rug with water – this will damage the silk fibers
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Fall is my favorite season of the year. Fall is one season you can feel and smell in the air. Along with fall comes the time for some of my favorite activities of the year.
Football is one sport I can not get enough of in the Fall season. Whether I am at home watching a great game between two college teams or out in the back yard playing catch with my nephews I am a happy man. Every year about this time my family gets together for some great back-yard football on the weekends.
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Another of my favorite Fall hobbies would have to be fishing. My brother and I make it a point to take the boat out on Salt Fork Lake at least a few times during the Fall season. Many times we sit there not catching a thing but this does not lessen my enjoyment in the activity. Floating along in a ten foot bass boat listening to the Ohio State game with my older brother is the most relaxing way I could spend a lazy Autumn Saturday.


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Anthony Rapp started his career at the age of six, and received his first professional job at the age of nine. His breakout came when he originated the role of "Mark Cohen" in Jonathan Larson's production of the Broadway musical "Rent". He can be heard on the original cast recording.
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Report: Minnesota teen pregnancy rates at historic lows, featuring Jill Farris, June 2017
Teen births down in Minnesota, but sexually transmitted diseases up, featuring Jill Farris, June 2017
What happens to kids whose parents are incarcerated, featuring Rebecca Shlafer, April 2017
Beverages Shown on TV Shows May Adversely Impact Youth Health, featuring Marla Eisenberg, February 2017
Expert Perspective: 1-in-4 U.S. men has HPV strains linked to cancer, featuring Annie-Laurie McRee, January 2017
Strong provider recommendation can make significant difference in HPV vaccination rates. Annie-Laurie McRee discussed her research for Health Talk. August 25, 2016.
Pregnant, in prison and facing health risks: prenatal care for incarcerated women. The Conversation. featuring Rebecca Shlafer, February 2016.
Good Question: What do healthy bodies look like? WCCO, featuring Dr. Michele Strachan. January 28th, 2016.
Children of the penal system learn hope on the dance floor, featuring Rebecca Shlafer, June 2015
Rebecca Shlafer comments on the associated outcomes of children with incarcerated parents.
The successes of the Minnesota Prison Doula Project, featuring Rebecca Shlafer, April 2015
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Adrian Peterson case brings corporal punishment back into the spotlight, featuring Iris Borowsky, September 2014
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Minnesota now bans the use of restraints while inmates are giving birth, and guarantees birthing coaches during delivery.
Calm Hearts, Bad Behavior, featuring Amy Gower, August 2014
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RSA Laboratories
Life After DES
Burt Kaliski, Chief Scientist
RSA Laboratories
Ever since DES was first proposed in the 1970s, it has been criticized for its short key size. Proposals for "brute-force" DES crackers have been circulated every so often, though until recently no DES cracker is known publicly to have been built. But the message has been the same for the past two decades: a 56-bit key would someday no longer be sufficient for security in many applications.
As a result, researchers have proposed a number of replacements for DES over the past 20 years. Not surprisingly, many proposed replacements have been broken. Indeed, it was not until the early 1990s that researchers in the open crypto community began to appreciate the design principles behind DES. The work of Eli Biham and Adi Shamir on differential cryptanalysis (which DES designer Don Coppersmith acknowledged was known previously to the DES design team) unlocked an entire series of research results on block cipher design. Still, no block cipher has emerged as a standard rivaling DES.
The announcement in 1997 that NIST would be developing an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/aes_home.htm) has changed the landscape significantly. As the U.S. government's replcement for DES, the AES process gives a focal point for the research on alternative algorithms. Previously, the many proposals were distributed among research conferences and analysis was primarily of an academic nature. Now, 15 AES candidates (including one from RSA Laboratories (http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/rc6/) are being analyzed together by an international group of experts.
The AES is at least a year and possibly more from completion, so developers who wish to move away from DES do not yet have a clear place to go. The financial services industry has developed ANSI X9.52, a standard for "triple-DES" encryption, as one interim solution. In triple-DES, each 64-bit block of a message is encrypted with three successive DES operations rather than one, and the operations involve two or three different keys. Triple-DES offers an effective key size of 112 bits in typical applications, as opposed to 56 bits for DES -- but the encryption and decryption time per block is three times that of DES.
Another interim solution, a kind of "lightweight" triple-DES, is DESX, an algorithm developed in the 1980s by Ron Rivest for RSA Data Security. In DESX, secret values are exclusive-ored with a message block before and after an ordinary DES operation (the X stands for exclusive-or). DESX provides an effective key size of about 120 bits for exhaustive search -- with essentially no impact on encryption and decryption time. DESX also offers greater resistance to certain other types of attack than DES, though triple-DES is even stronger. An analysis of DESX can be found in an article by Phillip Rogaway in the Summer 1996 issue of RSA Laboratories' CryptoBytes newsletter (http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/cryptobytes/).
Some perspective on the choices involved in triple-DES, as well as on DES and AES, can be found in the Summer 1998 CryptoBytes article by Eli Biham and Lars Knudsen.
Both triple-DES and DESX are appropriate interim steps while waiting for AES. Also, by building in support for alternate algorithms, designers can pave the way for the eventual transition to AES.
The AES will culminate two decades of research in block cipher design with open discussion unlike anything during the development of DES. With its key size of 128 bits and larger, AES will have more than enough security against any brute-force search envisioned. While analysis of the basic design of the AES will need to continue as a means of providing assurance about the security of AES against other kinds of attack, an "AES Challenge" based on brute-force search is not something we're likely to see any time soon.


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Just for Kicks! David Beckham Smolders at Soccer Practice (PHOTOS)
David Beckham spent his Friday bonding with his LA Galaxy teammates — including a new addition!
Footballer Robbie Keane (number 14) stepped out at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. (where the Galaxy play) for his first practice with his new team.
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Establishing supportive housing as an essential component of reintegrating ex-offenders into communities
Each year, over 600,000 individuals are released from prison and over 7 million are released from jail. They typically return to impoverished communities facing significant barriers to reintegration. Co-occurring and untreated mental and physical health conditions within this group frequently lead to behaviors that prompt community complaints resulting in police intervention, re-arrest, and re-incarceration. These individuals also represent the most frequent and highest cost users of both corrections and safety net institutions (hospitals, clinics, shelters, and public agencies). The purpose of this project is to advance the concept of re-entry supportive housing as a core component of community-wide strategies targeting individuals leaving or at risk of returning to prison and jail. Supportive housing can help stabilize this population and get them into treatment through on-site care and referrals. The project will be led by the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), a national technical assistance and fiscal intermediary that works with federal, state, and local policy makers; service providers; community groups; developers; and financial institutions to build supportive housing as a solution to address chronic homelessness. With funding from the JEHT Foundation and the Open Society Institute, CSH developed a model that targeted and met the needs of individuals incarcerated on average 100 days in any given year and who are at the highest risk of recidivism due mainly to mental and physical health problems and lack of social support. An evaluation of this model in New York City showed decreased recidivism and higher rates of treatment. Under this project, CSH will develop 750 units of re-entry supportive housing in New York City and Los Angeles. In addition, CSH will provide limited assistance to states that face similar challenges and have a significant commitment to re-entry initiatives.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $6,000,000.00
Awarded on: 1/26/2006
Time frame: 2/1/2006 - 5/31/2009
Grant Number: 53461
Corporation for Supportive Housing
61 Broadway, Suite 2300
New York, 10006-2807
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Newcastle surged into top-four reckoning with a 32-14 win over Penrith on Sunday, but all either team's coach wanted to talk about after the game was the refereeing at Centrebet Stadium.
Knights coach Wayne Bennett was dumbfounded by the decisions of the video referees to award Penrith their only two tries of the game, while the Panthers' Ivan Cleary was more concerned with a contentious knee by Kade Snowden that left lock Adam Docker with a fractured cheekbone.
The Knights leapfrogged Cronulla into fifth position on the ladder with their third consecutive victory. However, of more pressing concern to Bennett than his team's form was what he said were blatant mistakes by video referees Luke Phillips and Justin Morgan in awarding Dean Whare the opening try of the game and Clint Newton Penrith's other four-pointer.
Bennett was adamant Whare put a hand into touch before grounding the ball, and said he believed Cameron Ciraldo did not get a boot on the ball that led to Newton's try.
''The games are so tightly contested - this was a tightly contested game again - and you just expect them to get those things right because they've got [the benefit of] the replay.
''They've got hindsight; they can watch it five, six times,'' Bennett said. ''[Whare's] hand was on the sideline; that's clear evidence that it wasn't a try. His body weight was going down. There's no way that he's taken a hand off the ground and then replaced it there. You can't do that. It just doesn't happen.
''It didn't impact on the game, at the end of the day. We're always at them about [the fact] you've just to to live with the decisions, get on with it and don't use it as an excuse. Unfortunately, they won't get every one right and today was no different.''
While Cleary did not agree with his counterpart about the legitimacy of Penrith's two tries, he questioned whether a knee by Snowden in the third minute that injured Docker was intentional.
Neither was he impressed by the refereeing that ensued after repeated incidents in which Newcastle players stayed down after copping a knock in a tackle.
''I wasn't happy with the fact one of our players had a broken cheekbone from a fairly dubious knee,'' Cleary said.
''We had two calls where we had blokes put on report because the guy carrying the ball stayed down, whereas our man Adam Docker stayed down having made a tackle, but the play went on and in the end there was no repercussions for it except that he's got a fractured cheekbone.
''I'm not happy about that.''
NEWCASTLE 32 (A Uate 2 D Boyd N Costigan C Gower K Snowden tries T Roberts 4 goals) bt PENRITH 14 (C Newton D Whare tries L Walsh 3 goals) at Centrebet Stadium. Referee: Adam Devcich, Ashley Klein. Crowd: 10,240.


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1 | Terms & Conditions
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Terms and Conditions of SCB Rewards Program
1.1 "Bank" means The Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited
1.2 "Card-member" means a member of any credit card issued by the Bank except for a member of SCB Family Plus Credit Card, SCB PRIVATE BANKING CARD and a member of any other Credit Cards as prescribed by the Bank.
1.3 "Credit Cards" means all types of credit card issued by the Bank except for SCB Family Plus Credit Card, SCB PRIVATE BANKING CARD and any other Credit Cards as prescribed by the Bank.
1.4 "Service Provider" means a manufacturer and/or distributor and/or the product owner and/or the places at which the services are provided, all of which directly related to the rewards specified in the catalog pursuant to SCB Rewards Program and the Card-member shall be entitled to such rewards in accordance with the terms and conditions specified by the Bank.
Calculation Method and Points Accumulation
2.1 For every Baht 20 payment through the use of a Credit Card will receive 1 point of SCB Rewards, except the SCB Platinum Credit Card will receive 2 points of SCB Rewards (from 1 normal point).
2.2 The Card-member will receive points of SCB Rewards automatically through domestic and/or overseas use of Credit Card for payments for goods and/or services. The Card-member will not receive points of SCB Rewards in the case of cash advance and Call for Dee Jung, Dee Jung Transfer, utility (electric, water) cash advance fee, purchase of funds, use of Credit Card in the manner of trade/business purpose, transfer of money into Credit Card account which results in increasing credit line amount so that such credit line amount exceeds the credit line amount as prescribed by the Bank, other fees, penalty fee, interest and any of additional payment in accordance with Clause 3.1.1(2) and any other cases as specified by the Bank on a case by case basis.
2.3 The Card-member who will receive points of SCB Rewards must be a Card-member whose status, at the time the accumulated points of SCB Reward is obtained, remains valid and normal with a good payment record and without defaulting in payment pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Bank and without breach and/or violation of any regulation and/or condition for being the Card-member. In this regard, the Bank shall have the right to claim the accumulated points of SCB Rewards back if it is found later that the qualification of the Card-member is not correct.
2.4 The point accumulation under SCB Rewards Program will be valid until 31 December 2016, however, in the even that Bank needs to change the validity of the point accumulation, Bank shall inform the Card-member in advance as the Bank may deem appropriate.
2.5 The Bank will calculate the Card-member's points of SCB Rewards obtained in each month in accordance with the total amount of payments for which each of the Credit Cards is charged in respect of each of such items and pursuant to each period the statements of use of the Credit Card is issued to the Card-member.
2.6 The Card-member will be informed its monthly points of SCB Rewards obtained as shown in each of the statements of use of the Credit Card and such points earning also be available through telephone call at SCB Easy Call Center, number 02-777-7777 press 3 for Credit Card Services and press 7 for SCB Platinum Credit Card.
Redemption for SCB Rewards Merchandise
3.1 Terms and Conditions for General Merchandise Redemption:
3.1.1 The Card-member can redeem its SCB Rewards points for merchandise by either of 2 options:
(1) Redemption for merchandise by using the accumulated points of SCB Rewards solely; or
(2) Redemption for merchandise by using parts of accumulated points of SCB Rewards together with making additional payment for the balance required for such Merchandise; and, will inform the additional payment amount charged to the Card-member by notifying in the statement. However, the Bank reserves its right not to accumulate the points from this additional payment.
3.1.2 The Card-member, both kinds of primary and supplementary are entitled to redeem for the merchandise pursuant to the SCB Rewards Program by using the points of SCB Rewards in its own Credit Card except for the Card-member of the primary Credit Card which can use the points of SCB Rewards in any of supplementary Credit Card under its own primary Credit Card. In this regard, the combination of the points of primary Credit Card and/or supplementary Credit Card shall be in accordance with the conditions specified in Clause 3.1.5.
3.1.3 The Bank reserves its rights to accept the redemption made by the Card-member whose status, as of the redemption date, remains valid without overdue of the payment of the outstanding balance. Should the Credit Card have been refused to be renewed/ there be no existence of the Credit Card but the points of such Credit Card still remain, the Bank reserves its rights not to allow the merchandise redemption in any event or for whatever reasons.
3.1.4 To redeem points of SCB Rewards for merchandise (other than mileage redemption under Royal Orchid Plus Program), the Card-member may choose one of the following 5 (five) options:
184.108.40.206 Complete the merchandise redemption form as provided in the catalog and return such completed form to the Bank by mail with return receipt.
18.104.22.168 Complete the merchandise redemption form as provided in the catalog and return such completed form to the Bank by fax number 02-777-6813.
220.127.116.11 Redeem through the Bank's customer service officer contact number 02-777-7777.
220.127.116.11 Redeem through the Bank's automatic answering machine contact number 02-777-7777 and follow the instructions automatically given during 24 hours a day, everyday.
184.108.40.206 Redeem through SCB Easy Net on-line.
In this connection, the merchandise redemption form will be deemed duly sent and valid only in the event that the Bank is in receipt of accurate and complete information and the Bank agrees on such redemption. In case of the redemption through the Bank's automatic answering machine in accordance with Clause 22.214.171.124 above, the Card member shall not be entitled to change or cancel such redemption after the redemption order is completely given via the system.
3.1.5 A combination of SCB Rewards points among Credit Cards for redemption of merchandise:
22.214.171.124 Combination between the primary Credit Card and supplementary Credit Card; this is allowed only for a Card-member holding the primary Credit Card to be entitled to redeem points of SCB Rewards for merchandise pursuant to the SCB Rewards Program; however, points from supplementary Credit Card may be combined with those of the primary Credit Card for redemption purpose.
22.214.171.124 Combination among several primary Credit Cards; the Card members holding several primary Credit Cards up to 3 Credit Cards for redemption purpose. The Card-member who owns of such 3 Credit Cards must also have the same surname. In addition, a Card-member holding more than one primary Credit Card may combine points of SCB Rewards earned from those primary Credit Cards for redemption purpose as well.
The combination of SCB Rewards points among the above-mentioned Credit Cards must be subject to the manner and condition of each of Credit Cards that whether the points of SCB Rewards are allowed to be combined with those of the Credit Cards, or not.
3.1.6 The Bank reserves its right to refuse any request for change of merchandise reward and/or any statements selected and specified by the Card-member in the merchandise redemption form or such merchandise redemption selected by the Card-member in accordance with Clause 3.1.4 (as the case may be) after such merchandise redemption form is in receipt by the Bank.
3.1.7 The Bank reserves its right to cancel any merchandise redemption selected by the Card-member pursuant to the merchandise redemption form or the redemption under Clause 3.1.4 (as the case may be).
3.1.8 Should there be any Card-member wishing to redeem for merchandise prior to a cancellation or termination of the relevant Credit Card, such Card-member must express its intention to redeem to the Bank at least 30 days prior to the cancellation date of such Credit Card. In such event, the Card-member's right of redemption shall be limited to the option under Clause 3.1.1(1) only.
3.1.9 SCB Rewards points may not be changed and/or exchanged for cash and/or transferred and/or assigned to any other Card-member.
3.1.10 To redeem for the annual fee of any type of a Credit Card, the merchandise redemption form must be sent to the Bank or the redemption right must be exercised in accordance with Clause 3.1.4 (as the case may be) at least 1 month prior to the date on which the relevant annual fee is due for payment, so that the points of SCB Rewards may then be used as such annual fee payment.
3.1.11 To redeem for the air-ticket, package tours, hotel vouchers and the mileage exchange under Royal Orchid Plus Program, the Card-members must comply with the terms and conditions specifically prescribed by the Bank for redemption of such types of rewards in addition to the general terms and conditions for general redemption.
3.2 Terms and Conditions of Redemption for the air-ticket, package tours, and hotel vouchers in addition to those specified in Clause 3.1 above are as follows.
3.2.1 The Card-members itself must contact the relevant Service Provider directly for reservation in advance prior to delivery of the merchandise redemption form to the Bank or prior to proceed the redemption. However, any rewards of the air-ticket, package tours and hotel vouchers, which is redeemed under the SCB Rewards Program shall be not included any travel insurances, airport taxes, fuel costs and any fees and any costs and any expenses or the fee applieds for visa and/or passport.
3.2.2 All information in details in respect of air-ticket, package tours and hotel vouchers under the SCB Rewards Program must be inquired and verified directly with the Service Providers by the Card-member solely according to the list of such Service Providers specified in the catalog. In addition, the Card-member is also required to comply with any terms and conditions set forth by the relevant Service Providers.
3.2.3 With regard to any of air-ticket, package tours and hotel vouchers rewards, the Card-members shall exercise its right with the Service Provider only.
3.2.4 With regard to any of the air-ticket rewards, the Card-member must request for an issuance of the relevant air-ticket within the 31 December 2014 and the round trip of such air-ticket shall be used within such period.
3.2.5 The Bank reserves its right to refuse for any refund for any SCB Rewards points and/or of any monetary payment to the Card-member in the event where a Card-member cancels the flight after the air-ticket or package tour or hotel voucher has been issued in accordance with the request of such Card-member.
3.3 Terms and Conditions for Mileage Exchange under the Royal Orchid Plus ("ROP") Program
3.3.1 The Card-member has to apply for a member of the Royal Orchid Plus Program prior to proceed the mileage exchange reward with SCB Rewards Program
3.3.2 Once the SCB Rewards points have been exchanged to miles under the ROP Program completely, the Bank reserves its right not to allow the Card-member to transfer back such changed miles to be the SCB Rewards points in any event or for any reason.
3.3.3 Mileage Exchanging shall be complied with the terms and conditions of Mileage Exchanging under the Royal Orchid Plus Program.
Delivery of SCB Rewards Program's Merchandise
4.1 The Service Provider shall be sending all merchandise rewards to each of Card-member at its address as per to the following conditions:
(1) In the event that the SCB Rewards merchandise is redeemed pursuant to Clauses 22.214.171.124 or 188.8.131.52, the merchandise will be delivered to the address specified in the merchandise redemption form; or, to the address to which the statement is delivered if no specific delivery address is specified.
(2) In the event that the SCB Rewards merchandise is redeemed pursuant to Clauses 22.214.171.124, the merchandise will be delivered to the address informed by the Card-member to the Bank's customer service officer during the process of redemption
(3) In the event that the SCB Rewards merchandise is redeemed pursuant to Clauses 22.214.171.124, the merchandise will be delivered to the address where the statement is delivered. In the event that the Card-member wishes to have such merchandise delivered to a different address, the Card-member must inform the delivery address to the customer service officer via telephone call number 02-777-7777 prior to the relevant redemption.
(4) In the event that the SCB Rewards merchandise is redeemed pursuant to Clauses 184.108.40.206, the merchandise will be delivered to the address where the statement is delivered.
It is agreed that the delivery of SCB Rewards merchandise to the Card-member at its designated address in accordance with the procedure specified above, is a successfully deliver. The Service Provider shall not charge any additional fee for a domestic delivery.
4.2 SCB Rewards merchandise will be delivered to the Card-member within 2-4 weeks commencing from the date on which the Bank is in receipt of information of such redemption order except in case of such redeemed merchandise is out of stock, or in the manufacturing process, the delivery shall take longer period.
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Spring Cleaning can be done all year round. Here's how:
You can Reduce, Reuse and "Recycle More. It's Easy to Do."
No, it's not spring but the urge to clean out, clear out and de-clutter comes anyway. Once you get started do you actually know what to do with all the stuff? Garbage can? Recycling cart? Yard waste cart? Thrift Store? Drop-off at a local recycling collection event or recycling site?
King County's Spring Cleaning all year round, is here to show you what to do with all the items you no longer want or need with tips called "The Clean Out", and to reduce the clutter in the first place with tips called "The Recycling System".
Now click on the room in your house where you need to apply our Clean Out/Recycling System tips to get rid of clutter:
Living room, home office, attic or store room
These rooms often serve several purposes. They are a combination office, spare room and store room. Here are tips on how to organize and clean this room up.
The Clean Out
Electronics. As of October 2005, computers, monitors, laptops and TV's are not allowed in the garbage. Round up all your old computer equipment and cell phones that are past their prime and do one of the following:
Reducing paper waste. Sign up for electronic billing to minimize paper waste.
Junk mail. You can stand over your recycling bin every day as you sort through your mail, or you can go one step further and reduce the amount of junk mail you receive.
Accumulated magazines, newspaper, books and files. Everyone has piles of magazines and newspapers accumulated. Books and files too. All these materials are recyclable but there are other choices to be aware of.
Electronic media; Audio cassettes, VHS tapes, CD's and DVD's. These items are one type of electronic equipment and can be recycled.
Fluorescent light bulbs and tubes. The home office isn't the only place old light bulbs and tubes turn up, but it's as good a place as any to keep a collection container for burned out lights.
Spare or old furniture, beds and clothing. Pieces of used furniture and clothing are often still usable and should be donated. If your furniture or clothing is no longer usable it goes in the garbage or to the transfer station for disposal.
The Recycling System
Although most recycling takes place in the kitchen, people with recycling bins placed throughout the home tend to recycle more. Make recycling easier in your home office with these simple tips:
Kitchen and pantry
The Clean-Out
Edible and non-edible food. Dig into your pantry, fridge and freezer and identify food that can be donated, is expired or is no longer edible. Following these tips:
Appliances and cooking tools. Do you have appliances that no longer work? What about that unused juicer you got as a gift? Or that toaster that no longer toasts? Spring is a good time to sort out what works and what doesn't and find new homes for both:
Plastic bags. Do you have a stash of plastic grocery bags taking over a corner of the kitchen? Here's how to deal with that mess:
The Recycling System
The kitchen is the recycling hub of your home. To keep it clean and free of clutter, devote dedicated space for durable recycling containers and post recycling do's and don'ts instruction sheet:
Compostable bags: If you choose to use a reusable plastic, metal or ceramic container, try lining your container with an approved compostable bag to contain the scraps and help keep the container clean. Find retailers in your community that carry compostable bags.
The Clean Out
Packaging material. Online shopping and boxes from electronics and appliances mean loads of cardboard boxes filled with packing materials. Packing materials include packing peanuts, polystyrene and expanded polystyrene (EPS) blocks. Here's how to put those in their place:
Paint and chemicals and insecticides. Do you have old household hazardous products stored in the garage? These are products that contain ingredients that are toxic, flammable, reactive, or corrosive. Here's how to handle these items:
Accumulated magazines, newspaper, books and files. Everyone has piles of magazines and newspapers accumulated. Books and files too. All these materials are recyclable but there are other choices to be aware of.
Scrap metal. Recycle scrap metal in your curbside recycling cart. As long as pieces don't exceed 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 2 ft. and don't weigh over 35 pounds, you're good to go.
Scrap wood and other construction or remodeling debris. Construction and demolition debris, also known as C&D or CDL, includes materials that results from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition of buildings, roads, or other structures. C&D includes, but is not limited to, wood, concrete, drywall, masonry, roofing, siding, structural metal, wire, insulation and asphalt. Visit the What Do I Do With…? website to find recyclers near you.
Bulky items. This includes couches, beds, furniture and carpet.
Electronics. Computers, monitors, laptops and TV's are not allowed in the garbage. Round up all your old computer equipment and cell phones that are past their prime and do one of the following:
Oil and grease. You know it shouldn't go down the drain, but it probably shouldn't sit in your garage either. Here's what to do with that large container of cooking grease or used motor oil sitting in the garage.
The Recycling System
To help organize the garage and keep it that way, try this:
As soon as those bins or shelves fill up, you'll know it's time to take a trip to a donation or recycling site.
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Day 2 from France only saw the running of nine heats, but still some solid action going down in the water. Kai Otton stomped Nathaniel Curran, Arritz Aranburu handled Frenchman Jeremy Flores, Bobby Martinez took care of Drew Courtney, and Greg Emslie made an appearance and took down defending event champion, Adrian 'Ace' Buchan. Check out all the photos below and stay tuned to transworldsurf.com for the latest from France.
SEIGNOSSE, France (Thursday, September 24, 2009) – The Quiksilver Pro France presented by Orange, Event No. 7 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, got back in motion today at the event's main venue of Les Bourdaines in consistent-but-testing five-foot (1.5 metre) waves.
Battling against elements with strong currents coming into the equation, Round 2 competitors put on a show of strategic game plans and athletic ss, holding their line-up positions and taking off on fast-breaking five-to-six foot wave faces to grab their Round 3 tickets.
With most top seeds getting the job done in various ways, from solid scores to tight heat results, surprise came with the eliminations of highly-touted competitors Jeremy Flores (FRA), 21, and defending champion Adrian Buchan (AUS), 27, losing to Aritz Aranburu (EUK), 23, and ASP Dream Tour veteran Greg Emslie (ZAF), 32, respectively, creating the biggest upsets of the day.
Emslie eliminated Buchan in the dying minutes of their exchange, netting a solid 8.00 point score to stamp his authority and get away with the win. Emslie, ASP World No. 33, was able to catch-up with Buchan's early lead using his experience and patience to wait for a good opportunity and rush to victory.
"It's super challenging out there and I knew that we'd be getting 4s and 5s and it would come down to whoever got that one smoker," Emslie said. "That wave came to me right at the end of the heat and was able to stand-up for me really well. I was stoked when I heard the score."
Emslie, a former runner-up in the Quiksilver Pro France (2007), has not had any stellar results on tour this year, the South African sitting on four 17th places and a couple of 33rds, and will be looking to get through another few rounds to get back into the ASP Top 27, the re-qualifying group for next year's ASP World Tour.
"For sure, I was definitely thinking about Ace winning here last year," Emslie said. "I was also thinking about when I was in the Final the last time I came here to so that gave me a bit of confidence. I'm currently sitting 33rd right now, but Europe is a great place for you to bang out a few good results and if you can remain consistent, you can really make some ground up."
Aranburu caused the other major upset of the day by eliminating current ASP World Tour No. 19, Flores, in Heat 8, and advancing through to Round 3 for the second time this year. Aranburu, who tamed the fast lefthanders of Les Bourdaines using his powerful and vertical backhand attack, led the exchange from start to finish to defeat national surf star Flores, peaking with a 7.50 point ride en route to victory.
"I was warming up my legs before the heat because I knew I would need them strong for the heat," Aranburu said. "There are some heavy sections out there and you have to complete your maneuvers to get the bigger scores."
Aranburu, who has finished a disappointing 33rd in all ASP World Tour events but one this year (in Tahiti where he reached the Semifinals), gave himself a bit of air today his result guaranteeing an equal 17th place finish at least in the Quiksilver Pro France. The only Basque surfer to ever qualify for the ASP World Tour, Aranburu's backhand talent will be a threat to any of his upcoming opponents in the event.
"I knew Jeremy (Flores) would be really tough in these conditions," Aranburu said. "Although he's hurt a little bit, he's still very dangerous out here. It's an important part of the year for me. I have had only 33rds and one 3rd so I think 3 isn't necessarily my lucky number. I'm happy to advance through to Round 3 and hopefully I can keep going."
Kai Otton (AUS), 28, current ASP World No. 16, was another of today's standouts, the renowned goofy-footer putting on a solid performance to oust ASP Dream Tour rookie Nathaniel Curran (California, USA), 25. Otton, who chose the inside lefthanders to show his ss to the ASP judging panel, surfed twelve waves throughout the 30-minute heat finding his rhythm despite the strong current washing down the beach.
"I just tried to keep busy, it is a tricky rip and there is a lot of water moving around and obviously I didn't want to paddle against it and would rather catch waves. So that's what I did, kept catching waves."
Posting a convincing 14.26 point score to Curran's low 5.17 point combination of two scores, Otton stuck to his game plan and will surf in Round 3 of the Quiksilver Pro France.
"Obviously I didn't start very well this year but I feel I am in form now and surfing pretty good," Otton said. "I had a good result at Jeffreys Bay and got through a few rounds at Trestles so it would be good to keep it going here. I love France and there's some swell so it's looking good."
Event officials will re-assess conditions and make a call tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. for a possible 8 a.m. start.
First out will be Heitor Alves (BRA), 26, up against Jay Thompson (AUS), 26, when Round 2 of the Quiksilver Pro France resumes.
Highlights from today's Quiksilver Pro France will be available at quiksilverprofrance.com.
The Quiksilver Pro France will host the world's best surfers from September 23 to October 4, 2009.
For more information, log onto aspworldtour.com.
Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) 13.34 def. Drew Courtney (AUS) 10.37
Heat 6: Kieren Perrow (AUS) 9.84 def. David Weare (ZAF) 9.50
Heat 7: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 9.84 vs. Jihad Khodr (BRA) 6.13
Heat 8: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 14.50 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 11.23
Heat 9: Kai Otton (AUS) 14.26 def. Nathaniel Curran (USA) 5.17
Heat 10: Mick Campbell (AUS) 12.17 def. Michael Picon (FRA) 11.57
Heat 11: Tiago Pires (PRT) 14.33 def. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 12.33
Heat 12: Greg Emslie (ZAF) 12.33 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.83
Heat 13: Dean Morrison (AUS) 10.50 def. Dayyan Neve (AUS) 10.17
Heat 14: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 15: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. Roy Powers (USA)
Heat 16: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Chris Ward (USA)


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With this installation, JMAR now has systems installed in four of its target markets: beverage bottling quality assurance, water utility operations, cruise ship water monitoring, and homeland security. JMAR recently announced the successful completion of the first phase of BioSentry testing at Kimpen, S.A. de C.V., Mexico's leading beverage development and manufacturing company. Kimpen subsequently purchased two units for operational testing. BioSentry is also currently undergoing beta-testing at two additional sites. Olivenhain Municipal Water District has employed three BioSentry systems to monitor raw influent water, treated effluent water and distribution system water at its water treatment facility. A BioSentry test unit is also installed on a ship operated by a major cruise line with the objective to monitor water quality for onboard drinking water, spas and swimming pools.
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The BioSentry(TM) is a laser-based, contamination warning system that provides continuous, automated monitoring of drinking water. This unique system is designed to monitor, detect and classify waterborne microorganisms in real time, assuring water purity. Prospective applications include beverage bottling quality assurance, water utility operations, cruise ship water monitoring, and homeland security for building water supply and water distribution systems.
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JMAR Technologies, Inc. is a leading innovator in the development of laser-based equipment for imaging, analysis and fabrication at the nano-scale. The Company is leveraging over a decade of laser and photonics research to develop a diverse portfolio of products with commercial applications in rapidly growing industries while continuing to carry out research and development for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and support for the U.S. Government's Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) semiconductor fabrication facility. JMAR is targeting the nanotechnology, bioscience and semiconductor industries with its BriteLight(TM) Laser; X-ray Light Source; Compact X-ray Microscope - for 3D visualization of single cells and polymers; and its X-ray Nano Probe - enabling interaction, analysis and materials modification at the nano-scale. JMAR also develops, manufactures and markets its BioSentry(TM) microorganism contamination warning system and maintains a strategic alliance for the production of the READ chemical sensor for homeland security, environmental and utility infrastructure industries.
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The retroviral RNA genome encodes for three enzymes essential for virus replication: (i) the viral protease (PR), that converts the immature virion into a mature virus through the cleavage of precursor polypeptides; (ii) the reverse transcriptase (RT), responsible for the conversion of the single-stranded genomic RNA into double-stranded proviral DNA; and (iii) the integrase (IN) that inserts the proviral DNA into the host cell genome. All of them are important targets for therapeutic intervention. This Special Issue provides authoritative reviews on the most recent research towards a better understanding of structure-function relationships in retroviral enzymes. The Issue includes three reviews on retroviral PRs, seven on RT and reverse transcription, and four dedicated to viral integration.
The viral PR plays a critical role at the last stage of viral replication by processing of Gag and Gag-derived polyproteins at a limited number of sites. Detailed analysis of the substrate specificity of retroviral PRs reveals the existence of two types of cleavage sites with different specificities. However, it is not possible to give a consensus substrate sequence, based on known processing sites. Substrate specificity in retroviral PRs is addressed in the review by Tözsér [
The approval of first-generation HIV-1 PR inhibitors such as saquinavir led to the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1995. HAART has been a revolutionary treatment towards the control of AIDS. However, antiviral drug resistance, deriving from viral replication mutability, and also the high price of PR inhibitors and problems of tolerability, toxicity and tolerance has triggered further research on HIV PRs. Second generation inhibitors designed to inhibit PRs resistant to first generation inhibitors have been developed to minimize side effects and improve dosing. Examples are lopinavir, atazanavir, tipranavir and darunavir. Developments in this area, as well as descriptions of novel inhibitors in the pipeline, such as PL-100, brecanavir and GS 8374, and others targeting PR dimerization or the flaps are discussed in the review by Pokorná
The molecular mechanisms associated with PR inhibitor resistance, mediated by mutations that alter PR interactions with inhibitors or substrates, or dimer stability; as well as distal mutations that transmit changes to the active site of the enzyme are discussed in the light of the structural information available in the review authored by Weber and Agniswamy [
The reverse transcription of the viral single-stranded (+) RNA genome into double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is an essential step in retroviral replication, and therefore an important target for therapeutic intervention. Retroviral RTs have two distinct activities: (i) a DNA polymerase activity which uses either RNA or DNA as template; and (ii) an RNase H activity, which degrades RNA from RNA/DNA hybrids. HIV-1 RT is a heterodimer composed of two subunits of 66 kDa and 51 kDa, and the major target of anti-AIDS therapies. Singh
Retroviral RTs are devoid of 3´→5´ exonucleolytic proofreading activity and their mutation rates are around 10-4 to 10-5, well above the values reported for cellular DNA polymerases. Their contribution to mutagenesis, and therefore to the emergence of drug resistance is discussed in a review on the intrinsic fidelity of retroviral RTs [
Reverse transcription is a relatively complex process (reviewed in [
The sequences at the 5´- and 3´-ends of the viral RNA genome are identical, and this characteristic allows the (-) strand ssDNA to hybridize with the 3´-end of the viral RNA. As DNA synthesis continues, RNase H degrades the RNA strand. A specific sequence, rich in purines (termed as polypurine tract or PPT) near the 3´-end of the viral RNA is relatively resistant to cleavage by RNase H and serves as primer for the synthesis of the second (+) strand of the DNA. Synthesis of (+) strand viral DNA is a tightly regulated process that can be reproduced in the laboratory in the absence of accessory viral and host factors. The communication between RT and the RNA/DNA hybrid is necessary to promote these events. The interaction between RT and its cognate PPT has been studied by using sophisticated biophysical techniques (
The role of the HIV-1 RNase H activity in reverse transcription, its structure and catalytic mechanisms, and potential ways to inhibit the enzyme are discussed in the review by Beilhartz and Götte [
Synthesis of proviral DNA is catalyzed by the viral RT, but other viral proteins such as NC play an important role as nucleic acid chaperones, during the strand transfers required to complete viral DNA synthesis [
Integration of the proviral DNA into the host chromosome is an essential step in the retroviral life cycle. The viral IN recognizes the two viral DNA ends and through relevant 3´-processing and strand transfer activities completes the integration reaction. In the review by Kessl
The last review of the Issue focuses on the contribution of host proteins to viral integration in the murine leukaemia virus (MLV) [
I hope that this collection of reviews will contribute to a better knowledge of the field, while encouraging research and promoting interest in retroviral enzymes among graduate students and young scientists. Finally, I would like to thank authors for their valuable contributions and all reviewers for their constructive critiques.