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IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, MUMBAI BENCH "L", MUMBAI BEFORE SHRI RAJENDRA SINGH, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI VIJAY PAL RAO, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA No.276/Mum/2012 Assessment Year : 2008-09 Sunil V. Motiani Income tax Officer 101 Victoria-10th Floor (International Taxation)-4(1) Sarojini Road Scindia House, Ballard Estate Vs. Santacruz West Mumbai-400 038. Mumbai-400 054. PAN No.ABBPM 7721 Q (Appellant) (Respondent) Appellant by : Shri Rakesh K. Milwani Respondent by : Ms. Neerja Pradhan Date of hearing : 21.02.2013 Date of Pronouncement : 27.02.2013 ORDER
This appeal by the assessee is directed against the order dated 14.11.2011 of CIT(A) for the assessment year 2008-09. Though the assessee has raised three grounds of appeal, the only effective issue is whether the assessee is liable to pay education cess and surcharge in addition to the tax @ 12.5% payable on interest income under the provisions of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).
2. The assessee is a non-resident based in UAE. During the relevant year the assessee had received gross interest income of Rs.7,55,187/- from the partnership firms in India in which the assessee was partner. The assessee was governed by the provisions of DTAA between India and UAE which had specific provisions of taxation of interest income. The AO in addition to taxing the interest income at the rate prescribed, also levied education cess and surcharge.2 ITA No.276/M/12
AY .08-09 2.1 The assessee disputed the decision of AO and submitted before CIT(A) that since there was a cap of 12.5% on the rate of tax under DTAA the said tax rate included surcharge also. CIT(A) however did not accept the contention raised. He referred to the judgment of Hon'ble High Court of Uttarakhand in the case of Arthusa Offshore Co. (216 CTR 86) in which it was held that surcharge was payable by the assessee in addition to tax rate of 12.5% as per DTAA. CIT(A) also observed that the interest income from the partnership firm was assessable as income from business and profession and therefore held that the assessee was not eligible for the preferential tax rate applicable in case of interest income as per DTAA. CIT(A) therefore confirmed the order of AO aggrieved by which the assessee is in appeal before the Tribunal.
3. Before us, the ld. AR reiterated the submissions made before the lower authorities and pointed out that under the provisions of Article-11(2), the interest income can be taxed in the contracting State in which it has arisen according to the law of that state and if recipient is beneficial owner of interest, tax so charged shall not exceed 5% of gross interest if the interest is paid by the bank and in other cases 12.5% of the gross interest. It was pointed out that Article 2(2)(b) clearly provides that income tax included any surcharge thereon and, therefore, tax @ 12.5% mentioned in Article 11(2) included surcharge also. It was further submitted that the nature of education cess was same as surcharge and therefore both education cess and surcharge were included in the tax leviable at 12.5%. The ld. AR referred to the decision of the Tribunal in the case of DIC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. vs. ADIT (Intl Txn-1) in ITA No.1458/Kol/2011 in support of the plea. It was also held in the said case that since surcharge was included in tax rate of 12.5% no further levy of education cess could be made. The ld. AR distinguished the judgment of Hon'ble High Court of Uttarakhand in case of Arthusa Offshore Co. (supra), relied upon by the ld. DR on the ground that the said judgment related to payment of tax under Article-14(2) of DTAA between India and USA and the High Court was not concerned with the interpretation of the Article-11 relating to taxation of interest.3 ITA No.276/M/12
AY .08-09 3.1 The ld. DR on the other hand supported the orders of authorities below and placed reliance on the judgment of Hon'ble High Court of Uttarakhand in the case of Arthusa Offshore Co. (supra). She also referred to the judgment of the Authorities of Advance Ruling in case of Airports Authoritiy of India, in RE (299 ITR 102) (AAR) in which it has been held that in addition to tax payable @ 10%, surcharge was also payable. The ld. DR further submitted that interest income was assessable as business income and therefore, it had to be taxed at normal rate under the treaty since the assessee was having PE in India and Article-11 could not be applied.
5. We have perused the records and considered the matter carefully. There is no dispute that the assessee is a non resident based in UAE. There is also no dispute that the assessee had received gross interest of Rs.7,55,187/- from the Indian firms in which he was a partner. The interest income is no doubt taxable as the same had arisen from the sources in India. However there is Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and UAE and, therefore, tax has to be computed under the provisions of DTAA which is beneficial to the assessee. There are specific Articles in DTAA dealing with taxation of income under different heads. The business profit is governed by Article-7 whereas interest income by Article-11. Under para-7 of Article-7 where business profit includes items of income which are dealt with separately in any other Article of the agreement, provisions of those Articles should not be affected by the provisions of this Article. In other words, in case there is provision for dealing with a particular type of income, such type of income has to be dealt with by those provisions. Therefore, though interest income may have been assessed as business income, there being specific Article to deal with interest income i.e. Article-11, taxation of interest will be governed by the said Article-11. Secondly interest income may be taxed in contracting State in which it arises, according to law of that State but if the recipient is beneficial owner of interest, tax so charged shall not exceed 5% of gross interest if the interest is received from bank and in other cases 12.5% of gross amount of interest. In this case, the assessee is the beneficial owner of interest and tax charged cannot exceed 12.5% of gross interest. Tax has been defined in Article-2(2)(b) as per which income tax included 4 ITA No.276/M/12 AY .08-09 surcharge. Therefore, tax referred to in Article 11(2) @ 12.5% also includes surcharge. Further, nature of education cess and surcharge being same as held by the Tribunal in the case of DIC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.(supra), in our view education cess and surcharge cannot be levied separately and will be included in tax rate of 12.5%. The judgment of Hon'ble High Court of Uttarakhand in the case of Arthusa Offshore Co. (supra), is not applicable to the facts of the present case as the Hon'ble High Court was concerned with taxability of income under Article 14(2) of the DTA between India and USA. The Hon'ble High Court was not concerned with interpretation of tax payable on interest income under DTAA. The judgment of AAR in the case of Airports Authoritiy of India, IN RE (supra), is also distinguishable as in that the court was concerned with taxability of business income and it was held that under Article 5(3) of DTAA with USA, preparatory and auxiliary type of work was excluded from the purview of PE and therefore, there being no PE it was held that income from software maintenance was liable to be taxed in India. The high Court was not concerned with taxability of interest income as per the treaty.
5.1 In view of the fore-going discussion, we hold that tax payable @ 12.5% under Article 11(2) of FTAA is inclusive of surcharge and education cess. We, therefore, set aside the order of CIT(A) and allow the claim of the assessee.
6. In the result the appeal of the assessee is allowed.
Order pronounced in the open court on 27/02/2013.
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It appears as though Bradley Manning isn't content with just serving time for espionage; he wants to do it in heels.
Following Manning's conviction on August 22 of 20 charges including espionage and theft for leaking more than 700,000 documents to WikiLeaks, the former Army private has announced that he is transgender and wants to be known as Chelsea E. Manning.
In an open letter to NBC's Today, Manning announced that he is "transitioning into this next phase o my life" and he "wants everyone to know the real me." Manning who was sentenced to 35 years in prison - but is eligible for parole in six and a half years - is seeking hormone therapy which is not provided to those incarcerated in the U.S. prison system.
What's worse, Manning's attorney David Coombs announced that he will proceed with a lawsuit to force the U.S. Army to provide Manning with any gender treatments "she" requests. During his interview with NBC's Savannah Guthrie, Coombs commented that he hopes that Fort Leavenworth would "do the right thing" and provide Manning hormone therapy.
"If Fort Leavenworth does not, then I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure they are forced to do so," Coombs vowed.
While Fort Leavenworth does not provide hormone therapy, Manning will be given psychiatric care, likely on the taxpayers' dime. Do the right thing? The right thing would have been for Manning to not release sensitive military documents to WikiLeaks and put our nation's national security at risk.
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If I could earn a living doing what I love most, it would be earning a living putting the bad guys behind bars and under lock and key. I would become a great detective. I would work diligently and would be entirely devoted to making the streets save for the people whether it be citizens that were born here or visiting diplomats, students, families, friends, or even tourists. When those people see how safe our roads have become they will then strive to make their homes better and safer from all who would do them and the people around them harm. I would become a voice for the victims and the victim's families so that they may gain the justice they so rightly deserve for revenge never solves anything. I will be a voice to those who cannot speak and to those who are to afraid to speak because of fear for how their loved ones would think of them and fear for themselves. I will become a detective that everyone looks up to and would strive to be. I believe that if I do the work that I love then I will never work a day in my life, even if it will be hard and long. To make the world safer we must start out at home in our own backyard and then work to spread our influence farther out into the world. If we do not change first how can we hope to change the world?


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Top Line: Future is now for Marc-Andre Fleury; more NHL playoffs links
An annotated guide to this morning's must-read hockey stories:
• With one year left on his deal and his 30th birthday coming up fast, Marc-Andre Fleury's performance in the playoffs will determine whether he has a future with the Penguins.
• The Blue Jackets' Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov might want to go online and check out Steve Kasper's highlight reel before they take on their Game 1 assignments.
• Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau has led teams to six division titles and won 300 NHL games faster than anyone in history, but he's never gotten past the second round of the playoffs ... and it's killing him.
• Just 22, Tyler Seguin has a Stanley Cup ring and 42 playoff games under his belt, but he's a different player for the Stars than the one who stumbled through a one-goal-in-22-games drought with the Bruins last spring.
• The adaptability of coach Darryl Sutter has the Kings poised to challenge for their second Stanley Cup in three years.
• Matt Moulson of the Wild isn't asking for much. Just a Stanley Cup and his own bed.
• Nathan MacKinnon of the Avalanche says that he was "pretty successful" during two playoff runs as a junior -- yeah, a Memorial Cup with 24 goals and 61 points in 34 games is pretty successful. Now the challenge is to prove that he can be a big-game player in his first shot at the NHL postseason.
• One Flyers player will stand up during the wedding of a Rangers player this summer. He's hoping to bring a buddy named Stanley as his plus one. The groom objects.
• Philadelphia coach Craig Berube made it clear early on that he wouldn't coddle his players. Perform, or pay the price. So far, his blunt approach has worked for the Flyers.
• Henrik Lundqvist ... what's he ever done in the Stanley Cup playoffs?
• Danny Briere's play during the regular season was a source of frustration for the Canadiens, but he can put it all behind him with another spectacular playoff run.
• Steven Stamkos of the Lighting says he feels like someone has been testing him all season. But now that he's headed to the playoffs for just the second time in his career, he knows the real test is still ahead.
• Reilly and Brendan Smith will take the feud out of their family basement and onto the ice when the brothers meet for the first time in the NHL playoffs.
• Jarome Iginla wasn't looking for a big payday when he signed with the Bruins last summer. He was looking for a chance to win the Cup. That road starts here.
• Could the cavalry be coming just in time for the injury-riddled Blues?
• Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville is experimenting with his lines ahead of Chicago's series with St. Louis. No telling if he'll stick with these for the opener or for five minutes, but if he does, this third line looks interesting.
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Research suggests that the formation of neighborhood social ties (NSTs) may substantially depend on the informal social contact which occurs in neighborhood common spaces, and that in inner-city neighborhoods where common spaces are often barren no-man's lands, the presence of trees and grass supports common space use and informal social contact among neighbors. We found that for 145 urban public housing residents randomly assigned to 18 architecturally identical buildings, levels of vegetation in common spaces predict both use of common spaces and NSTs; further, use of common spaces mediated the relationship between vegetation and NSTS. In addition, vegetation and NSTs were significantly related to residents' senses of safety and adjustment. These findings suggest that the use and characteristics of common spaces may play a vital role in the natural growth of community, and that improving common spaces may be an especially productive focus for community organizing efforts in inner-city neighborhoods.
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* By Sherwood Ross *
Americans run into trouble evaluating their past "when cherished stories that are part of our identity are investigated and made more complex," distinguished historian Edward Linenthal says.
This explains the controversies swirling around the battlefield at the Little Big Horn River in Montana where General Custer was defeated in 1876 and the National Air and Space Museum's(NASM) exhibit on the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Japan that abruptly ended World War II.
Linenthal, a professor at Indiana University and editor of the Journal of American History, says when histories accepted as reflecting accurately on events are revised, "The urge is to lash out at those doing it (the revision) as somehow being subversive."
When historians ask new questions about evidence or come across new evidence, or look at evidence in a different way, they are looked upon as "revisionists," he writes, adding: "To my mind, any historian who is not intellectually senile is a revisionist." Linenthal goes on to say:
"Flashpoint words like 'political correctness' and 'revisionism' sound like accusations when in fact we are constantly revising who we think we are, not only in history but in medicine and in art and in architecture, and in technology."
In an article he wrote for The Long Term View, a publication of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Linenthal noted that for a century the dominant interpretation of the Little Big Horn battle was the General George Armstrong Custer and his Seventh Cavalry troops "were Christ-like sacrificial heroes who died so the West could be opened for civilization." Until the mid-1970s, Native Americans played the role of "barbarians," he noted.
About that time, battlefield manager U.S. Park Service "began to understand that this was a public history site that had to accommodate the stories of different groups of Americans." Linenthal said the Park Service has been "very successful" in converting a shrine to Custer into a memorial that also tells the story of the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Crow warriors who fought there.
Linenthal says when he was asked to be on the advisory committee for NASM's exhibit on Hiroshima he did not see the storm clouds coming that challenged "how deeply invested so many people were in the heroic story of the dropping of the bomb" by raising the anti-nuclear issue.
The exhibit script's commemorative message was "Never Again", he noted, so when critics charged it was anti-nuclear "they were exactly right" when, in fact, "many veterans wanted instead a story line that focused on the Pacific War" with the bomb as "only the last and dramatic moment" of that struggle.
The historian criticized the media for its "irresponsible" role in fanning the controversy. "The Wall Street Journal," he said, took words out of the exhibit and put them in the mouths of the curators to make them appear pro-Japanese, and the Washington Post repeated it." Instead of talking about significant issues "journalists focused attention on the integrity of the curators," Linenthal said.
He noted, too, that it was easier to argue about the bomb in the late 1940s and 1950s than it was in the 1990s, "and that says something very dangerous about our cultural politics. Somehow, raising questions about our 'sacred stories' is wrong." Linenthal points out, "The purpose of heritage, unlike history, is to make people feel good and give them a sense of identity."
By contrast, "History is not meant to make people either feel bad or feel good. If we try to understand the complexity of our past, like any other past, we will be comfortable and have a sense of deep pride at times, and at other times we will feel a sense of shame and regret and reflect upon human nature. History is not supposed to be therapy, nor is it supposed to be simply an indictment of the past."
The Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, publishers of The Long Term View article in which Linenthal's article appeared, this August will open The American College of History and Legal Studies at nearby Salem, N.H., the first college ever in the U.S. devoted primarily to the study of history.
(Sherwood Ross is a media consultant to Massachusetts School of Law at Andover. Email: [email protected])
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16 Responses to "Historian Examines Why Americans Get Upset Over "Historical Revisionism""
My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
No, it's about social engineering, and subversion. What are the dominate themes promoted today, in America and Europe? Hate your past, open up to other cultures.
>>>…Not meaning any attacks just to stir dialogue. I am a 0311 from Vietnam, if you feel a little anger in my voice that is where it comes from..
Not a problem, Bil. At 63 years of age I'm still dealing with my demons, but I try not to let my anger show. With a little help from Mother Earth's best and a tankard of rum… As I said, I've learned to question after a hard-learned lesson.
After returning stateside in September '67(out in 3/'68) I got involved in "politics" in 1970. That was a mistake I never repeated!!! The corruption and dirty tricks made me vomit! These assholes have only their self-interests at heart. I just sit back and watch all the ass-biting going on and snicker. I only wish the sheeple would wake the hells up and get organized as they were during the '60s!
Cultural Marxism. hhhmmmm Interesting thought. What is cultural Marxism? Is that where you lose your soul to a central government entity?
Sounds a lot to me as similar to where one loses his or her soul to a global corporate entity?
Thanks Badcompany. Not meaning any attacks just to stir dialogue. I am a 0311 from Vietnam, if you feel a little anger in my voice that is where it comes from..
The ability to sort through hundreds of 1st hand accounts of the same battle for military historians is almost like SABR statisticians researching OBP and RISP BA.
A rookie private in his very first day of combat is going to give a different account than a hardened, battle experienced NCO who actually had a map to work from.
The phrase " I would rather be historically accurate than politically correct."
guides me through the process of writing my memoirs on Vietnam and Desert Storm.
Generals who won battles in the US Civil War will take a different approach than those that lost on the opposing side. US Grant's approach is perhaps one of the best from the era. He simply stated the five w's: who/what/when/where and why and refused to spin his exploits into gilding his own reputation.
Modesty in history is a rare and beautiful thing.
>>>…I read that immense amounts of public money had been invested secretly in developing the technology for television. It was realized before the first broadcast that this would be far superior to radio for shaping opinion, and thereby controlling the populace.
Andre, I recall the early days of television while we lived in Caracas, Venezuela. It was the early '50s and programming consisted of on-air times at 1700 with Felix the Cat cartoons. Then there were public service flicks re drinking water, mosquitos, public hygene, etc.. Then the rest of the evening was made up of programs such as "the Cisco Kid" and light entertainment.
I remember well how people would gather in homes that owned early TV sets and watch programs. It also served as a gathering place for discussions. The Government learned this and started holding political discussions and the game was on. We arrived in the U.S. in '55. I later heard about Nixon's reception in Caracas when his limo was nailed with rocks and people told him to get out.
That's when Nixon realized the power of the media, especially TV.
Yes, as we see today, the paid loudmouths just stir and keep stirring the pot of hate and Party of the Stupids doesn't question. They simply follow. Sad times!
If your Father is still living, tell him a '60s Vietnam Marine gives him a "Semper Fi" to a warrior of the Old Breed.
>>>…What are you trying to say Badcompany? The US Army was arrogant and incompetent?
Negatory, Bill. My point was with regards to what actually happened at the battle site compared to the fairy tales we are spoon fed as kids.
There's a two volume set entitled "Myth America" which I stumbled on years after I returned from Vietnam. I'm a Marine and was a German National when I volunteered for Vietnam(6/'65 to 9/'67). Naive as all hells I grew up on John Wayne heroics. The reality smacked me in the face after I joined.
Yes, I'm familiar with General Shoup. My Commander in Vietnam, General Lewis Walt also hated our involvement, but as many others remained silent. When he was being considered for Commandant lower grade officers where scared for their careers.
I believe the majority of the Marine Corps higher ranks actually read Joseph Stillwell's experience in China and Burma and were very aware of the French experience in S.E. Asia.
Anyway, if an individual actually takes time to dig into many of the cherrished stories handed down for generations about heroism and "glory", he/she will find it's all gloryfied fairy tales to make a people feel good.
I learned my lesson after Vietnam and learned to question.
I think the influence of film and television has been overwhelming in shaping our perceptions. I probably have read countless accounts of the Little Big Horn. I grew up in libraries, courtesy of my late father. But, the account I remember is that in "They Died With Their Boots On". Many years ago, I read that immense amounts of public money had been invested secretly in developing the technology for television. It was realized before the first broadcast that this would be far superior to radio for shaping opinion, and thereby controlling the populace. This is quite believable, given the effect of Orson Wells' radio "War OF The Worlds" broadcast. I remember my father refused to accept that his hero FDR knew the Japanese were going to attack Pearl. Yet, (like most Marines) he derided Mac Arthur for leaving his airfields undefended. We had many a heated argument when I pointed out that the B-17's lined up to be bombed might have been there for the same reason that the old battlewagons (but no carriers) were lined up at Pearl. As for the Bomb, pops showed me photographs of the naval guns in caves, looking down on the Kyushu beaches he was supposed to land on. He held the view that the Bomb had probably saved his life to the grave.
By the way, badcompany, I watched the same History Channel episode. At the very beginning, the narrator says something to the effect of "for thousands of years, the Indians rode their ponies across the plains". Guess he never heard that horses were extinct, until reintroduced by the Spanish! Other than that faux pas, it was a great episode.
What are you trying to say Badcompany? The US Army was arrogant and incompetent? There is nothing new to this. The US military history is full of screw ups! For one in the early hours of the Battle of the Bulge a whole unprepared Texas NG or Reserve division was captured along with it's female US Army nurses just a few hours into the battle. In my opinion the Germans could have taken Spa and it's fuel, if it had not been for a US Army nurse having sex with the in charge German general. She never did get a medal I am sure. Not joking.
The commander of the 101's was not even there with the 101'st when it took back Bastogne. He was politicking with Eisenhower. Actually later he was also a major planer of the Vietnam war in the 60's. Another screw-up.
The taking of the Pacific Island of Tinian by Marines was a bloody mistake according to General David M Shoup Medal of Honor winner, who later called Johnson a blood thirsty son of a Bi$%. Shoup never wanted Americans to fight in Vietnam. Another embarrassing screw-up.
Another myth is Custer was a bad guy, worst of the worst. Custer was a military animal, and leader. Hev was arrogant yes and stupid yes for putting himself in that position.
Who was bad was white people who moved into the Black Hills after gold. In fact Custer I am told did not even want to do this operation. Sheridan talked him into it.
American history is full of arrogant mistakes.
I agree with this guy, in combat, 10 people will be in the same action and you will get 10 different accounts of the after action reports. The news media writes history to a certain extent and when closely examined, wholesale changes have to be made.
I grew up in the deep south in the 50's and 60's and the history books were right about the KKK following the Civil war. It was formed to keep the yankee carpetbaggers and thir toads out of their lives. What the KKK became later on is not a good reflection on the south or anywhere else that the KKK was.
Watch this interview, it proves beyond a doubt that American history has been changed and is very misleading. if you want to worship cultural Marxism, then don't watch it.
We subconsciously deny our own American history, and for a long time revised our bloody killing of innocent Native Americans. Americans are in denial about our own ethnic cleansing. In the early 80's a fire at Montana's Custer Battlefield exposed more of Custer's soldiers who died in the infamous battle. The park service was going to box up the bones and put them in a box and bury them at the battlefield cemetery. With no or very little ceremony.
I intervened with the help of Larry DeMeo VA Central Office DC, and at the time undersecretary of the Army for reserve Affairs now a US Senator from Virginia Jim Webb. After many verbal phone battles with the Interior Department, including the US Army at Fort Hood Texas elements came to Custer Battlefield buried with military honors of what I thought would have been forgotten warriors, just like us combat veterans of Vietnam.
The US Army and Interior Department thought the Indians would get angry. But they did not America, they were out there in full Indian dress blessing the bones to the earth forever. It was very moving; God Bless those Indians.
In a mature way American natives, have thought about American history a lot. White people in English speaking North America still have a long way to go.
Thank you for publishing this article. I grew up in the Deep South in the 1950's and 1960's. My high school history books portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as good, honest, hard-working, law-abiding people who were forced to "take the law into their own hands" after the Civil War because the damyankees/carpetbaggers were letting the n——s get away with murder and anything else they wanted to get away with. This is just one example of how history needs to be re-examined and refined, and yes, sometimes revised. Thank God for "revisionists!"
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Luxury Hotels in Colonial Cartagena, Colombia
Colombia's Cartagena is almost certainly South America's most beautiful colonial city. The old quarter is a charming and romantic place to explore, eat fine food and marvel at the stunning colonial architecture. Following a recent visit to Cartagena where I scoped out various hotels, here follows some advice and reviews about luxury-end hotels in Cartagena.


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The Filipino star saw a 15-fight unbeaten run come to an end in June 2012 when he was on the wrong end of a split decision against Timothy Bradley.
The 34-year-old was then sensationally knocked out in the sixth round in December 2012 by Juan Manuel Marquez, leading to speculation he could consider retirement if he is beaten by Rios when they go head-to-head in Macau on November 23.
Pacquiao has stressed he won't call time on his career even if he is beaten by the 27-year-old American, but he feels he needs to win in style to prove he is still a top level fighter.
The former pound-for-pound king has revealed he intends to use a similar plan to the one he implemented against British star Ricky Hatton in 2009, where Pacquiao secured a second round stoppage victory.
"I want to prove to everyone that I can still fight like the old Manny Pacquiao. I need to restore the public's confidence in me and my abilities," Pacquiao told World Boxing News.
"It's important that this be an impressive victory. I have already begun to visualise my fight with Rios.
"My game plan for Rios will be similar to the one I had for Ricky Hatton. That fight didn't go long enough for me to unveil everything. Maybe this time I'll be able to show more of that plan - maybe.
"Rios is an aggressive fighter. He likes to fight on the inside and toe-to-toe. He likes to fight, period. It will be a very entertaining fight for the fans. It will be all-action. A real fight and not a track meet. I am 100% confident of winning this fight."


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Still, San Gabriel authorities have said there is no indication any drugs or alcohol were involved.
By and by they came to a mission down in the San Gabriel Valley.
Ever since he could remember, he had lived in a little house in San Gabriel.
And who would grudge him all the pleasure he might get from the good San Gabriel wine?
What I mean is this: this man is the same one we found at San Gabriel.
They were greatly terrified, the daughter said, when the railway cars first ran through San Gabriel.
He was in the southern part of the State, only thirty miles from the sea-shore, in San Gabriel.
In 1599 the village became known as San Gabriel, a name which it retained for several years.
But there is nothing of this sort to be seen in San Gabriel now, or indeed anywhere in California.
The subspecific status of the bighorns in the San Gabriel Mountains has not been definitely determined.


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Calamondins are a citrus fruit that look like golf-ball sized oranges. They have an intense orange flavor, too sour and intense to eat out of hand. But they make wondeful orange-flavored dishes. Calamondins are found in Florida.
I got this recipe from Nancy Sango. She was my neighbor some years ago in southwest Florida.
Calamondin Pie
1 cup ground calamondins
1 and 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3 T flour
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup coconut
dash salt
1. Cut calamondins in half, remove seeds, grind (skins and all) in blender or food processor.
2. Combine sugar, flour, and salt. Add eggs and beat well.
3. Add remaining ingredients.
4. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake 350° about 25 minutes.
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The famed filmmaker informed that works on the spin-off have just begun.
The Skywalkers saga may have reached its completion on the big screen, but fear not fans, there will be more tales from the far, far away galaxy to be told of.
"Star Wars" maker George Lucas revealed to The Los Angeles Times yesterday, October 16, 2007 that he is planning a live-action spin-off of the phenomenal epic space film series for the small screen. The famed filmmaker admitted he has "just begun work" on the TV series, which will focus on the minor characters of the franchise.
"It's completely different," the man stated. "But it's a good idea, and it's going to be a lot of fun to do."
Story details for the show are being kept under wraps for now, but Lucas was noted to make joke that it would be about "the life of robots." The Modesto native already has another TV series in the works as his Lucas Animation is currently prepping 3-D CGI animated series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" to debut it in the fall of 2008.


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SPORTS >> Red Devils muscle up to blow by Hurricane
By TODD TRAUB
Leader sports editor
It wasnt just a victory for Jacksonville and coach Vic Joyner on Tuesday night.
It was an answer to a prayer.
Defending 6A state champion Jacksonville hustled and harassed its way to a 59-44, 6A-East Conference victory over the Jonesboro Hurricane at the Devils Den.
After seeing Jonesboro on film, Joyner jokingly said the key to victory might be divine intervention.
Praying, Joyner said of his game plan. Praying to my God. Because we saw them; I saw them on tape and they were pretty long. It was going to be a battle.
But Jacksonville helped itself with defense, speed and some patience on offense Tuesday.
Jacksonville outscored Jonesboro 17-8 in the third quarter, then kept Jonesboro at bay with the same defensive pressure that forced turnovers all night. For Joyner, who had criticized his teams heart at times earlier this year, the intensity was good to see.
Weve got to force tempo, weve got to push that ball, Joyner said. We wanted to make their big men run the floor. So we wanted to push it out, get out in front of them and make them burn a little energy running the floor.
It was a tough return to the central Arkansas area for Jonesboro coach Wes Swift, who was at nearby Lonoke the previous eight years, winning a state title and finishing as runner-up during almost perennial visits to the 4A state tournament.
When they play here at home theyre going to try to pressure you, theyre going to turn you over, theyre so aggressive offensively, Swift said of Jacksonville. They have good shooters combined with guys that can really handle it and get it into the paint.
Jonesboros early, 4-0 lead would be its only one. Jacksonville (6-9, 2-2), went ahead to stay when Tirrell Brown scored off a Justin McCleary assist to make it 7-5, and the Red Devils took an 18-9 lead at the end of the first quarter when James Aikens and Jamison Williams made consecutive three-pointers wrapped around a Jonesboro turnover.
Jonesboro, (8-9, 1-3) managed to stay within 29-20 at halftime, but the third quarter proved decisive as the Hurricane committed seven turnovers and Jacksonville controlled the rebounding to limit second-chance points.
Jonesboro got within 32-25 when Colby Inboden converted a three-point play with 5:35 left. But, beginning with a three-point play by Deshone McClure, the Red Devils outscored the Hurricane 14-3 the rest of the quarter.
I think the effort is coming from the overall team spirit, Joyner said of his roster, whose tallest player is McClure, 6-3. They know theyve got to come out being small and scrappy. People are still killing us on the boards and eventually theyre going to kill us but theyre battling. Theyre jumping, theyre boxing out.
Jacksonville led by 20 three times, the last when McCleary went the length of the floor and pulled up for a one-handed jumper to make it 52-32 with just over four minutes left.
Jonesboro got within 52-41 with 2:01 left, but could get no closer.
We had a plan coming in tonight and we just didnt execute it and thats my fault, Swift said. I didnt have our guys ready to play. Thats as unfocused of a game defensively as what weve played in a while and I apologize for that.
Swift said he was unhappy with a persistent problem area guard play especially against Jacksonvilles pressure.
Im tired of saying theyre inexperienced; were in game no. 17 now, Swift said. Thats just an excuse. We just didnt play well tonight at all.
McClure, a senior, led Jacksonville with 16 points and Raheem Appleby scored 12. Terrance Walker led Jonesboro with 12 points.
Jacksonville moved past Jonesboro to sixth in the 6A-East.
Its brutal, its brutal man, but what a wonderful conference, Joyner said. The kids have got to be up every day.


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The Cincinnati Bengals are reeling. A little more than a month ago they were 6-2 and the talk of the NFL. Now, after narrow losses at Baltimore and at home against Pittsburgh, a return match against the Steelers in which they were blown out and a gut wrenching defeat at the hands of the Houston Texans, they sit at 7-6 and no longer in control of their playoff destiny. What was a dream season has quickly turned nightmarish.
Bring on the St. Louis Rams. The timing could not be better for Cincinnati to play their final regular season road contest at the home of what may be the worst team in the NFL right now. Yes, the Indianapolis Colts are winless, but they're actually still putting up a fight. The Rams, beset by injuries and disappointment, appear to have abandoned any further winning aspirations for 2011.
To say that the Rams' offense is a shell of its Super Bowl days is an understatement. They are the lowest scoring team in the NFL and 30th ranked overall. Quarterback Sam Bradford has battled injuries all season and may not play on Sunday with a high ankle sprain. If he can't go, former Jet Kellen Clemens, signed last week would become the fourth St. Louis signal caller to take snaps this season.
Steven Jackson and Cadillac Williams have also battled through 2011, but have struggled, especially since the Rams have lost three starters off the offensive line. Facing the stout Bengals run defense with a new quarterback probably isn't on their Christmas wish list right now.
Brandon Lloyd, acquired from the Denver Broncos, missed his chance to go against Cincinnati in week two when he sat out with an injury. He's been one of the few bright spots for the Rams on offense.
The Rams defense hasn't been much better. The Bengals are trying to make do without Leon Hall, but the Rams have lost a total of five defensive backs to injury this season. AJ Green has to be excited about what will easily be the least daunting of all the cornerbacks he's seen this year. The Bengals offensive line still needs to be ready as the Rams can still pressure the quarterback. They rank ninth in the league in sacks this year. Hurting their pass rush though will be the continued ankle problems of Chris Long. He's been soldiering through the past few weeks, but clearly isn't playing full throttle. Former Ohio State star James Laurinaitis anchors a strong group of young linebackers that has been very consistent this year.
The Bengals are in do or die mode from here on out. After last weekend's heartbreak, a matchup with the hobbling Rams is just what they need to gain some confidence. They needn't be overconfident though. It's not like Cincinnati has been blowing teams out. They'll need to convert on their opportunities early and not let the Rams hang around to gain any confidence.Tags: Brandon Lloyd, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bengals, Football, James Laurinaitis, NFL, Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams


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I had my breast augmentation on April 27th 2012 and I feel HUGE! at first I chose 325-350cc and then asked my PS to be a medium to a full C and he recommended 400-425cc based on my frame... I tried them on and felt huge but trusted him... he did a beautiful job I can't complain but I feel huge! I am depressed and I hide my new boobs I feel embarrassed with this huge implants, plus I read that 400cc gives a D cup!!! I want them changed ASAP for the 325cc. Stats 5'3' 123 pounds under muscle. HELP!
I Hate my New Implants! I Feel Huge! I Want Smaller Ones ASAP - 4 Weeks Post BA. What Can I Do?
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I Hate my New Implants! I Feel Huge! I Want Smaller Ones ASAP - 4 Weeks Post BA. What Can I Do?
Size Concerns
Sorry to hear about your distress. You are still early in the healing process and your breasts are swollen. Give them some time to settle in. Continue to communicate clearly but calmly your concerns to the surgeon during postoperative care. If you remain after you heal, then you can consider a revision.
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Implants too large?
The more common complaint after augmentation is patients who are happy right after surgery but then, when the swelling is gone, are disappointed and wish they were as big as they were right after surgery. The few patients that I have had who were unhappy right after surgery ("What did you do to me?!?") eventually were among my happiest patients with their size. So give yourself time. With that said, you may still feel you want smaller implants after the swelling is gone, but I would still recommend waiting until then (which will be at least 4-6 mo) before going ahead with any revisionary surgery. Good luck.
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Implant issues
First, your implants are still too high. They are also still probably very swollen. You have to give them time to settle down.
I hate my new implants
Many will feel too big right after breast augmentation, and for most a wait to see how things settle in is the best course. Your photo does indeed show an implant which is very full for your frame and slender waist and my bet too would be on the smaller implants. Your surgeon will likely not support an early exchange and you might need another opinion to set things straight.
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Wait three to four months before considering revision
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Sep 4, 2012 - StaffSarah Whiteplume died Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in the hospital at Bismark, N.D. She was 39 years old.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at Blue Sky Hall at Ethete. Evening service and wake will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the Bill and Regina Whiteplume residence, No. 1507 Blue Sky Highway, Johnstown Valley. Interment will be in the Mission Cemetery at Ethete.
Sarah Whiteplume was born May 28, 1974, in Lander, the daughter of Mary Joshua and the late Burt Whiteplume Jr.
She attended Wyoming Indian Schools and was a homemaker.
Her family said she enjoyed cooking, beading, going to the casino, baking (her specialty was fry bread) and being around her family and friends.
She is survived by daughters Laura Friday, Shayna Moss and Justice Whiteplume; sons Harold Friday and Linden Whiteplume; brothers Burt Whiteplume III and wife Sarah Pauline and Richard Whiteplume and wife Margie; one grandchild; grandparents Victoria Joshua and Lonnie Wise Spirit; aunts Regina and Roberta Whiteplume, Rachel Enos, Lucie Mesteth and Rita and Lina Joshua; uncles William and Francis Whiteplume, Philip Mesteth Sr. and Michael Joshua; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her father, Burt Whiteplume Jr.; sons Herman and Derrick Moss; grandparents Ada and Burt Whiteplume Sr., Francis Joshua, Joe Waterman Sr. and Ina Blackfeet; aunts Bernadette Whiteplume, Andrea Joshua and Bernadette Joshua; uncles Richard and Peter Whiteplume, John Enos Sr. and Gerald Joshua.
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Hot and Sour Tomato Broth With Shrimp
Recipe by FLKeysJen
According to Padma Lakshmi (from Top Chef), this soup will cure what ails you! This is her version of a traditional South Indian soup called rasam. It's high in protein, and low in calories and carbs - although you can add rice noodles and call it a meal! The ingredients can be found inexpensively at an Indian or Asian grocery, and the taste of this fragrant broth is well worth the effort. Cook time = marinating time.
Top Review by PDeymonaz
This is a wonderful recipe. It makes enough for 3 people though. I suppose as a Westerner I thought it should make more but the flavors are so fantastic only about a cup per person was needed. So very tasty and a fantastic way to use up those pesky cherry tomatoes that I grow too many of.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 ounces tamarind pulp (2 golf-ball size pieces)
- 12 ounces shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 lemon, juice of, ripe
- salt
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3⁄4 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 20 fresh curry leaves
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon asafoetida powder
- 2 cups grape tomatoes or 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 -2 fresh green chile, minced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon curry powder (sambar or Madras)
- 1⁄2 inch jaggery (brown cane sugar or palm sugar)
- 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Directions See How It's Made
- Soak the tamarind pulp in six cups of very hot water (bring it to a boil and then pour it over the tamarind) for 20 minutes and crush it with the back of a spoon to make a pulp.
- Marinate the shrimp in lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Set aside in the fridge.
- In a deep soup pot, heat the vegetable oil on medium heat and add the mustard and cumin seeds, fenugreek, curry leaves and garlic, and cook 3-4 minutes. As soon as the mustard seeds begin to pop and crackle out of the pan, add the asafetida, tomatoes and green chilies. Stir for a couple minutes and then add the curry powder. Be careful as the mustard seeds will pop out of the pan!
- After about 4-5 minutes, when the tomatoes have started to wilt and become soft, pour in the strained tamarind gravy.
- Stir in the jaggery piece and the fish sauce, and heat for about 10 minutes. Make sure the jaggery dissolves completely. Adjust salt, if needed. Once the oil begins to separate, and little pools of oil form on the surface, add the shrimp and cook until just opaque, 2 to 3 minutes. Do not overcook the shrimp!
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Not entirely. I'm defining a non-enthusiast as someone who does not distinguish the 3-series as an enthusiasts car first and a luxury car second. To them the 3-series is the compact car in BMW's lineup.
You initially defined a non-enthusiast as one who could not tell, or didn't care the difference between a 3 and a 5, or even a 7.
Now that you have clarified your definition, I would say that since we seem to agree the new 3 is more like the new 5 than ever before, it would be even more difficult for you to explain the difference to those non-enthusiasts.
I will go one step further to say, the new 3 is more like the other competing brands than ever before. When this happens, it becomes less an enthusiast's car.
This may also answer the above question on the steering feel. I have a few other things such as the end of the N/A I6, and larger size.
If all of the above, serve to have the 3 be more like the competitors, then to me it loses it own identity, not entirely of course, only by degrees.
So yes, the improved performance of the new 3 is less valuable to me, than retaining its own identity, differentiating it from the others.
I believe this is what it means by being an enthusiast. If what you like, is the same as what the majority prefers, you cannot call yourself an enthusiast. Just IMHO of course.
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Power and Abbott government
There's always at least one prime minister on our overt list but this year but thanks to the year that was, there are three. Beyond their jostling for power, corporate Australia wielded its clout.
Because... He is the Prime Minister, the most powerful office in the land, and despite dire ratings even Julia Gillard hung on to the top spot when PM. Abbott's win, however, was not as comprehensive as loyalists had hoped, and the Senate will be problematic. But he demonstrated a discipline and consistency that many doubted he had until this year's election campaign, and he has control of his party – if not the Nationals.
What the panel said:
You'd have to say you're looking at Fraser Mark II, just based on the evidence so far. You've got this maternal leave policy. He's walked away from all the labour market reform, unless there's a real turnaround from what his position is. John Utting
Abbott is a social conservative. Malcolm Fraser was certainly not. Business will want more from the first term of an Abbott government than he's said he will do or will deliver. He's setting the Coalition up for a second-term agenda argued from the power of incumbency. Nick Minchin
He gets the chin out a bit and you see that aggressive stance. He has still got an issue, I think, with some of the senior women, who still find that element of aggressiveness. Elizabeth Johnstone
I think the indigenous stuff is very heartfelt and comes from a very genuine place.
Ralph Myers
Because... Despite the campaign posturing by the new federal government, Australia is an exposed economy in a globalised world and the Guv is the point man in holding a delicate line. Aided by statutory independence – a buffer not shared by his Treasury peers – Stevens's integrity and reputation for making hard calls give him even more power at a time when the government is of unknown economic capability. On the down side has come the Securency scandal.
What the panel said:
He's not only held his position with the central bank in a time of financial uncertainty but he's had an additional responsibility because he's had to time his monetary policy to offset a restrictive fiscal policy. Mark Johnson
He has an impact globally on the other central bankers. He is one of the most experienced and he's been leg-roping some of the more crazy thoughts from the Europeans. Warwick Smith
His position speaks for itself. When he speaks, the community listens.
Martin Ferguson
He had a big effect on the dollar. It was amazing how he basically said "we've got to bring the dollar down" and the dollar went like 15 per cent in a flash, which had a huge impact across the economy. Minchin
That's power. Gabrielle Trainor
Because... The federal Treasurer is again ranked third but it's a different man this year, speaking to the power of the office above the individual. Hockey's credibility has been improving, and he is seen as a beacon of modern Liberal values in a party vulnerable to protectionists, rent seekers and entitlement gluttons. He remains untested.
What the panel said:
I think the most important ministry is actually going to be finance. Ferguson
Hockey has set a real marker in terms of the Coalition and how it should govern and I think he's become a much more serious player and is being treated more seriously. He's got a lot more influence. Minchin
Having put some markers down, as Treasurer he will be more courageous and he will enjoy very strong support from his Prime Minister. Business is starting to see him as a far more credible spokesperson. Smith
He will be keen to rebuild his relationship with the federal bureaucracy, given his criticisms of some individuals.
Glyn Davis
He has become a more serious figure. Trainor
Because... The unrelenting barracking for the Coalition over the life of three Labor governments will not come for free. Having shucked off his third wife, the octogenarian News Corp chairman may be slowing down but the ambition remains. Given his mother Elisabeth lived to the age of 103, longevity is certainly in his genes.
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We've seen a continual decline in the financial fortunes of the newspaper industry globally, but what we've also seen quite clearly is Rupert positioning his newspapers to be last man standing, an incredibly powerful decision. We can also see what he thinks about the financial viability of newspapers because the newspaper group is now attached to a huge cash cow called Foxtel. Daniel Petre
There's no way you can leave him off the list. Myers
Running a whole anti-Labor agenda. That's why I called it the Murdochracy. Trainor
He's been more open with his tweets about everything. He is clearly exerting personal power and corporate power. Petre
Because... She ran a minority government for three quarters of the year, and still managed to pass major legislation including the national disability insurance scheme. Thanks to one speech, her story of gender vilification became a national and international interrogation of Australian culture. And despite appalling polling, she kept a hung parliament functioning until she was dumped by her colleagues.
What the panel said:
It's the legislative record that really matters here. A serious amount of work went through the Parliament. Elizabeth Johnstone
She held her rabble together. Minchin
The disability insurance, the Gonski education changes, these are big things, and were really effectively done and dusted before Rudd returned. Elizabeth Johnstone
There's an argument to say putting Gillard on the cultural list sort of sums her year up more than having her on the overt power list. Myers
Because... The record will show he was PM for just three months in 2013 and historians will argue over just how much furniture he saved or whether, in the end, the only furniture saved was deck chairs. More influential as a destabilising force for the Gillard reign, 2013 added little to his legislative record.
What the panel said:
He could be on the covert list as well.
Mary Vallentine
The one thing he did was have the Labor Party blink on the asylum-seeker issue and effectively adopt the Coalition's position which I think is very, very significant. Minchin
One of the most difficult things he's done is change the structure of how Labor politics is done. A party member ballot. That's now the Labor model all over the world and will have a huge impact on how politics is run. That's an almost seminal outcome. Utting
Because... They write nine out of 10 home loans, take eight out of 10 savings dollars, manage almost every domestic payment, represent a third of the Australian stockmarket, pay nearly $10 billion in tax, and employ about 150,000 staff.
What the panel said:
Irrespective of the facts, the punters think this is almost a cartel-like situation in which the banks exercise enormous power, and they, the punters, can't do much about it. Utting
The big banks are going to have significant political influence over the next 12 months or so. As the world's greatest treasurer [Wayne Swan] found, it's easier to change your wife than it is to change your bank. Mark Johnson
The top five companies by market capitalisation are BHP and the four banks. All five of them are factored in to every superannuation fund across the nation. So their capacity to generate dividends is something that is deeply felt right across the community. Smith
Because... NSW is the biggest state, the bellwether for a post-resources economy and the one with the most conspicuous infrastructure, energy and cultural challenges – in a post-corruption inquiry world. O'Farrell is the leader of the conservative states.
What the panel said:
He's a federalist. I can't think that any of the other premiers would have been as influential in national debates. I don't know that the coalition would have collapsed on Gonski if Barry hadn't jumped in straight away and said, 'I'll take the money and run'. That's quite significant. Minchin
On all the metrics I think NSW is making a very dramatic recovery under Barry. Trainor
Remember we had endless discussions last year about Campbell Newman and that actually hasn't played out the way we quite expected. Elizabeth Johnstone
It's a classic example of progress with prudence. Smith
I'm very concerned about deteriorating support for traditional marriage in the Coalition and I think Barry is part of that. He has already declared he wants a conscience vote on it and that's influencing the mood in Canberra. Minchin
Because... Having railed against Labor governments with little policy substance to support its bluster, the doyen of business lobbies has found form under new stewardship. Westacott's quiet diligence balances Shepherd's more outspoken, conservative skew. The BCA's policy template is a classic of the genre.
What the panel said:
Jennifer has driven the BCA to articulate a clear agenda. She's alive to the contradiction of calling for lower taxes yet more government provision of infrastructure. Davis
She's done all the spade work. The BCA's influence has returned but in a constructive way, not a highly political confrontational way. Ferguson
The BCA's agenda is now intellectually very respectable and it's got to command the attention of policymakers. Mark Johnson
Those three – Westacott, Shepherd and Rio Tinto Australia managing director David Peever – are the ones who have really driven the BCA agenda going forward. Ferguson
Because... Mackenzie and his chairman Nasser (left and right) lead the world's biggest mining company and Australia's single largest enterprise, with a sovereign power to shift tens of billions of investment dollars here, there, or nowhere. The resources investment boom may have peaked, but the sector remains immense. BHP, Rio and, to a lesser extent, Fortescue, Woodside, Santos and others are Australia's real ambassadors to China, Korea, Japan and Asia.
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When you're thinking about enduring economic power, management capability and investment decisions, BHP influences every part of the nation. Smith
Mackenzie's speech to the Melbourne Mining Club in August was very clever, laying out the agenda for an incoming government in a very astute way. He did not pick a fight with either side of politics. I think he is going to be a major player. Ferguson
Mackenzie has also differentiated himself from his predecessor in a very powerful, personal way in style, content, approach. Elizabeth Johnstone
Jac Nasser managed impeccably the transition from Marius Kloppers to Andrew Mackenzie. Trainor
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Conscious Coupling – How Technology Partnerships Increase Customer Satisfaction
In today's fast-paced, growing world of cyber-security, one cannot rely on a single means to get to market. Being single-channel focused can spell disaster. Organizations must diversify the way they go to market, be it strategic partnerships, distribution partners, technology partners or sales partners. Organizations need partnerships to expand sales reach, develop and enhance technologies and integrate with complimentary solutions expanding product capabilities. Developing a well-balanced ecosystem partners makes for a healthy, thriving machine at all levels.
For purposes of this discussion, let's focus on the importance and value of a healthy Technology Partner ecosystem. Technology is an ever-changing, ever shifting landscape and to bring true value to customers, companies increasingly need to rely on complimentary solutions to win the mind of the customers. This is particularly true in the Enterprise Security arena.
Oftentimes, customers wonder if any one vendor will offer them a panacea, something that cures all of the kinds of ills they suffer. A silver bullet if you will, to find a complete, end-to-end solution covering all threats vectors, at all times, in all locations in one tidy package. Does that "silver bullet" exist? Probably not – in today's shifting environment, it's almost impossible to be all things to all people. The days where thick, server-crushing software packages are purchased and countless hours are spend implementing them are waning, and nearly gone. Technology drives demand and innovation, and the demands drive more innovation and technology.
Take for example Cisco Systems. As a strategic partner, Cisco is driving deep into the value chain by incorporating StealthWatch System as an integral part of the Cisco's Cyber Threat Defense solution. By combining Cisco's market-leading security products and the StealthWatch System award winning flow-based anomaly detection capabilities into a single, integrated enterprise security platform, we are able to deliver unified visibility from a "single pain of glass." The StealthWatch System working with the Cisco security portfolio is a textbook example of how two companies can respond to customer needs to solve complex problems. Customer are now able to perform network reconnaissance, defeat internal malware propagation, detect command and control traffic, alarm on data exfiltration events and uncover suspicious internal activities, all while using Cisco security products. It's this customer-centric view that drives a successful partnership where the whole solution equals more than the individual parts, making it a win for customers.
In another example of a successful Technology Partnership, as Lancope sought to address the vexing problem DDoS attacks present, they looked to an industry leading mitigation solution created and developed by Radware. Lancope's StealthWatch System leads in flow-based volumetric detection and Radware is a top tier DDoS Mitigation solution. The combination of these two technologies brings a complete solution to customers. One that effectively monitors and alarms on DDoS attacks (StealthWatch) and another that begins DDoS remediation soon after the alarms are sounded. This offers a very truly functional and effective solution for companies looking for protection from denial of service attacks. Again, the whole equals more than the parts.
Part of the reason the whole equals more that its parts is the notion that solutions are getting more specialized and more complex. There may be industry consolidation, one vendor buying another, but it doesn't necessarily translate into a functionality or capability boon for the customer. Just because one company acquires another doesn't mean they cleanly snap together into a larger solution that works together seamlessly. Customers are asking product vendors to create a "Lego like" experience. They want a joint interfaces that enables true integration. Companies need to partner. They need to work together to advance and innovate, weaving technologies into an integrated, elegant, best-of-breed solution.


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Not long after Corey Rossi organized what is alleged to be an illegal bear hunt for a trio of Outside hunters in 2008, he teamed with two members of the state Board of Game in an effort to scam themselves an illegal trophy hunt for musk ox in a subsistence-hunting area on the Seward Peninsula north of Nome, according to present and former members of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
The scheme failed only because a lower-level state biologist refused to play along. Nome area wildlife biologist Tony Gorn told Rossi, Alaska Board of Game Chairman Cliff Judkins of Wasilla and then-Game Board member Bob Bell of Anchorage that he couldn't approve of their bending the law in a way that would allow them to ship the trophy horns of the harvested musk ox south from the coastal village of Shishmaref.
To limit trophy hunting for the 3,000 musk oxen that roam the Seward Peninsula, state hunting regulations clearly state that anyone who obtains a subsistence musk ox hunting permit for the area must agree to destroy the horns. The regulation has served to effectively limit the subsistence hunt to meat hunters -- not head hunters.
State records indicate about 1,700 hunters from across the country now apply for fewer than 100 drawing permits to hunt trophy musk ox in Western Alaska. Head hunting is legal in those drawing hunts, though hunters are required to salvage the meat, too. While many people pay to enter the lottery for just the chance to shoot a trophy, only about 200 people per year pick up subsistence registration permits to shoot a musk ox for meat -- despite the fact that those permits are available to any Alaska resident hunter free of charge.
Rossi's alleged scam came around the time he was moving up the ranks in former Gov. Sarah Palin's Department of Fish and Game. Under current Gov. Sean Parnell, Rossi rose to director of the Alaska Division of Wildlife Conservation. Recently, the controversial director was charged with 12 counts related to organizing an illegal bear hunt. His fall has been swift and could spiral even further downward.
'Discretionary authority'
The musk ox drawing hunts involve significant cost. Among the best known is on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. Any hunter lucky enough to win a permit to hunt there must pay a license fee of $500 for residents ($1,000 for non-residents, $1,500 for aliens). But that's only a small part of the cost. The full expense of a hunt on the remote island is estimated at $4,000 to $10,000 for airline flights, accommodations and, if necessary, a guide.
Rossi had a plan to beat the system and hold down the costs. By using his influence, coupled with that of the two board members, he hoped to pressure a Fish and Game employee into waiving the horn-destruction requirement for the subsistence hunt on the Seward Peninsula. Subsistence permits were free and readily available, and the coastal community of Shismaref is more accessible than Nunivak Island, 135 miles offshore in the Bering Sea.
All Rossi figured he needed to do was get Gorn to roll over on permit standards imposed per the department's "discretionary authority" over hunt conditions. Rossi apparently figured Gorn would show the discretion, so to speak, to waive the rule for three top state officials. Instead, the biologist said no.
The trio, Gorn said, "put me in a very, very uncomfortable position." Even after he showed them the permit forms they'd signed -- permit forms that clearly stipulated they accepted of the requirement to destroy the horns -- the men pushed the issue. Gorn held his ground.
He did nervously contact his boss immediately after the incident, however. "It is not every day that a fairly young biologist working in one of our most remote areas offices gets a visit from three, high-level state officials," said regional supervisor Steve Machida.
"Any nervousness that Tony felt during the conversation was attributable to the fact that he had an assistant commissioner and two Board of Game members in his office."
Pat Valkenberg, a former deputy commissioner of Fish and Game, said Rossi believed he'd found a loophole in state law. "He had figured out you had to have the horns cut," Valkenberg said, but Rossi was under the belief he could get around that by giving the musk ox horns intact to a Native artist in the area, having her do some some scrimshaw on them, and later "buying them back from her." Valkenberg told Rossi that wasn't in keeping with the intent of law and had probably already been tried and rejected anyway.
Valkenberg was at the time Rossi's immediate supervisor. He is now retired. Valkenberg said he is unsure whether the musk ox hunt took place while Rossi was still an assistant commissioner or after he had been named wildlife director. Valkenberg does remember clearly that the discussion with Rossi about his plan to beat the system came during a Game Board meeting in Nome. The board met there in November 2009. The musk ox hunt didn't take place until the next year.
'Corey Rossi knows everybody'
Rossi was named Wildlife Division director in March 2010. He originally joined Fish and Game on the Palin's orders in 2008. Rossi lacked a college degree, but he was a friend of the Palin family and he had something of a wildlife management background. Before going to work for Fish and Game, he was a predator-killing specialist for the federal government in Alaska.
Rossi was named wildlife director by former Commissioner of Fish and Game Denby Lloyd, reportedly at the urging of Gov. Sean Parnell. Lloyd said Tuesday he didn't want to talk about the Rossi appointment. Valkenberg said "Denby was willing to take a chance" on Rossi because of the latter's strengths.
"Corey is one of those amazing guys who knows everybody," Valkenberg said. A political player, Rossi stood out in an agency that employs many people more comfortable working with animals than fellow humans. The picture most people paint of Rossi is of a world-class schmooze who became a tyrant when promoted to management. One state employee who used to work with Rossi described him as a friendly guy with whom you could discuss anything until he made up his mind; then all discussions were expected to cease forever.
"He liked to say the only authority he had was that delegated by the commissioner, and the only authority we had was that delegated by him," the Fish and Game source said. "He was a top-down guy. He expected people to follow his instructions."
'The final blow'
Some in the department have expressed surprise that Gorn managed to hang onto his job after he refused to follow Rossi's instructions. Judkins, for his part, later decided to try to change the law rather than abuse it. The Game Board was meeting in Anchorage this week, and one of the subjects on its agenda was a proposed repeal of the requirement subsistence hunters destroy the horns of Seward Peninsula musk ox. The proposal was first placed before the seven-member board last January at Judkins' request.
In January 2011, Judkins told The Nome Nugget newspaper that being forced to destroy the horns of his musk ox was "the final blow.... Personally, I have taken (Nelchina) caribou in Unit 13 where antlers had be left in the field and musk ox in Unit 22 where the horns had to be cut off at the eye or left in the unit. In both cases, I was hunting for meat; but still, I would like to have brought the antlers and horns home."
Neither Judkins nor Bell returned phone calls about this story, and Rossi is not talking to the media. Bell is no longer on the board. His term expired in March 2010. Judkins' term ends in June. First appointed to the board by Gov. Frank Murkowski in 2003, he was later named to another term by Palin. He represents one of the few things on which the two former governors have ever agreed. A former state wildlife biologist, Judkins now runs a home-inspection and energy-rating business.
Valkenberg said Rossi was trying to help Judkins out in 2010 with the musk ox hunt. It was the same sort of doing-a-friend-a-favor act that appears to have gotten Rossi in trouble on the bear hunt.
"Cliff had serious back problems," Valkenberg said, and it was looking like his hunting days might be about over. Given the circumstances, Judkins didn't have time to wait to draw a permit for a trophy musk ox. "Corey was pretty sympathetic," Valkenberg said. "Corey was doing this as a favor to Cliff."
Valkenberg added that he was invited along on the hunt. During a break at the Nome board meeting, Valkenberg said, Rossi approached and said "he and Cliff were planning this subsistence musk ox hunt ... and then he asked me if I wanted to go along, and I said, 'No.'"
Valkenberg said the degree of fraternization between Fish and Game staff and board members made "me feel uncomfortable." Valkenberg just didn't think it looked good for two of the state's top wildlife officials to be going on a hunt with two members of the board that set hunting rules. Valkenberg said he also went and talked to Gorn.
Valkenberg asked if a scheme like that suggested by Rossi had ever been floated. He remembers Gorn saying "it was not the first time that idea had come up."
Valkenberg has always been highly respected in Fish and Game, even by people who philosophically disagree with him on how intensively the state should manage predators. As deputy director, he had authority over Rossi. Valkenberg let Gorn know that if a problem arose, his back was covered, but Valkenberg added that at the time he was confident Rossi, Judkins and Bell "were going to do the right thing." Only later did he hear what he described as "hall talk" about the trio putting the squeeze on Gorn.
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Neither Rossi's management style nor his influence peddling rose to prominence until he was charged with illegal hunting as well. His almost-illegal acts were not considered a significant scandal, though many state wildlife biologists considered Rossi putting Gorn on the spot "a shitty thing to do." Valkenberg said that after hearing such comments, he questioned Rossi about the hunt.
As Rossi categorized the discussion with Gorn, Valkenberg said, the four men eventually "agreed" that Rossi was pushing too far into a "gray area." No overt threats were made, Machida said, adding that the conversation was "friendly and cordial." The message, however, was clear -- Rossi, Judkins and Bell were looking for a loophole in the law and counting on Gorn to help them find it.
Rossi later told Valkenberg that he complied with Gorn's decision that the men should abide by the law and later "gave the horns away." He said the last he heard of it was that Rossi figured out how to make horns out of fiberglass, recreated the horns of his kill, and attached the artificial horns to the musk ox skull he'd brought back from Shishmaref. He then mounted the musk ox himself, Valkenberg said. "I don't really know what Cliff and Bob Bell ended up doing," he added.
Valkenberg commended Gorn for his handling of the affair and added that though unusual this sort of thing is not unheard of. "It is not uncommon with other sorts of dignitaries," he said; people regularly think the law should be bent to accommodate them because of their position in business or government. However, Rossi presented special problems for Fish and Game because of his outside business dealings.
Rossi was a licensed assistant guide when he came to work for Fish and Game, and he moonlighted as the operator of a reindeer-hunting business in the Pribilof Islands. Fish and Game employees are generally not allowed to be big-game guides, and Rossi let his assistant guide's license lapse. But, it was eventually decided he could continue guiding the Pribilof reindeer hunts because the animals were on private land and the state played no role in the management of the herd. Rossi apparently set up the reindeer hunting business while in the Pribilofs working as an employee of the federal government, and he used the business -- Great Northern Safari Company -- to gain political influence in the hunting community. State officials did discuss the business after Rossi's hire.
Valkenberg said he consulted with Tom Lawson, then director of administrative services for Fish and Game, about the ethics of Rossi guiding reindeer hunters. Lawson served as ethics adviser for the state agency. "I was willing to trust his judgment," Valkenberg said. Lawson is now retired. Lawson's wife answered the phone at his home in Auke Bay, relayed a message and said "he is not available."
Rossi was apparently guiding reindeer hunters as late as last August. At the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo in Salt Lake in February 2011, Great Northern offered an August hunt at auction as a fundraiser for an Alaska hunting group -- Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife Alaska. An auction catalog listed Rossi's wife, Terry, as the contact, but the email address provided was Corey's. Terry Rossi has never been licensed as a guide in Alaska. Corey's assistant guide license expired at the end of 2009, but the ruling he had from Lawson at Fish and Game was that guiding for a non-big-game animal like reindeer was not guiding.
Employment outside Fish and Game
Fish and Game is still wrestling with the issue of outside employment, which never used to be much of a problem. Traditionally, Valkenberg said, commissioners and directors were "usually chosen from the ranks of the department," and they tended to be so devoted to their work they had no time for outside business interests. There was a time, too, when outside business activities were banned and even employees who held trapping licenses were limited to fur sales of $1,500 year to avoid any potential conflicts of interest or appearances of such.
As state Fish and Game salaries have fallen and the agency has become more politicized, those rules have, however, been relaxed. Some state biometricians now make more money at their moonlighting jobs than their state jobs. Against that backdrop and given the politically shifting nature of the agency, nothing about Rossi's behavior or his hire seems especially unusual. The agency is no longer run by fisheries and wildlife professionals the way it was for decades after statehood.
The current commissioner, Cora Cambpell, has a bachelor of science degree in education. She was picked as commissioner because she is smart, well-connected to the state's powerful commercial fishing industry and attended Pacific Lutheran Unviersity, the same school from which Gov. Parnell graduated.
When Rossi left his job because criminal charges had been filed against him, Campbell sent staff an email saying "I want to thank Corey for his service." The email from Campbell informed wildlife biologists that Rossi had "announced his resignation ... for personal reasons."
Contact Craig Medred at craig(at)alaskadispatch.com


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Iggy Azalea Shows Off Bikini Body, Scores Top Spots on Billboard Charts
Taking a well-deserved break, Iggy Azalea shared a few bikini snapshots with boyfriend Nick Young earlier this week.
The "Fancy" babe is celebrating after she made Billboard History by snatching the top two spots on the countdown. The feat hasn't happened since The Beatles scored the one and two spots in 1964.
Iggy and Nick enjoyed their day with friends with a snorkeling session and plenty of tanning on the boat. The pair met last year after Nick made the blonde beauty his #WomanCrushWednesday on Instagram
Azalea dished about their relationship to GQ saying, "Nick's really goofy and funny."
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Alan Rickman (aka Professor Severus Snape). His dramatic, terrifying style of acting is obviously just the thing for a Slytherin.
Best adult actress:
Maggie Smith (aka Professor Minerva McGonagall). A bit older-looking than I imagined but still strict, firm and typical teacher style.
Best child actor:
Rupert Grint (aka Ron Weasley). Not quite how I imagined Ron, but all the better for it - he gets the edge over Harry due to his superb style.
Best child actress:
Emma Watson (aka Hermione Granger). Perfectly annoying, extremely clever and a know-it-all, she wins hands down.
Best special effect:
Fluffy. It was a tough choice, but he moves very well and looks good, while the Quidditch match isn't quite up to scratch.
Best addition from the book:
The extremely funny, improved "Dudley and the snake scene". He falls into the water and after being paralysed with fear, ends up trapped in there. Stupid boy.
Most disappointing thing to lose from the book:
Peeves the Poltergeist. A comic, mad and all-round mischievous character, he would have looked good on the big screen rather than the cutting room floor. Oh, well.
Funniest part:
It's a good night for this scene. Once again "Dudley and the snake" wins. Great acting from Dudley and a great idea.
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The Great Hall of Hogwarts. Actually an abbey, the ceiling, floating candles and pumpkins become the most spectacular place in the film.