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A short story by Akwaeke Emezi
Last winter I insisted that he tile the floors, all of them, the week before I moved back in. It had been carpet before so it had to be ripped up, all of it. But he didn't complain and I didn't care; they both appreciate the tile now, the way it stays cool under their soles in these boiling summers. The suns had mellowed into a deep broken orange as I lay with my head on her stomach and my hand on her hip, flicking the recalcitrant lighter until it spat out a grudging blue flame.
"Adaafo," she murmured, without opening her eyes. "You are going to give us all a slow cancer with those things." I lifted my lips back from my teeth and inhaled the cigarette smoke hungrily, flaring my nostrils as I blew it out like a dragon. I didn't have anything to say to her so I kept quiet and tapped my fingers on her hip bones. She knows me, so she took breaths instead of waiting for a reply while the fan whirred in the background, blowing curly wisps of my hair over my face.
"I like this part," she said, propping her feet on the headboard of the bed. Her toenails were painted a bright blue, like the oceans before they all died.
"You can't like it more than me," I replied, stretching my arm to flick ash onto the floor. Footsteps bounced off the tile as he walked back into the room and smacked my thigh reproachfully.
"I just swept there, girl. What's your problem?"
I rolled my eyes and squinted at him through smoke rings.
"Oh, good!" I said. "You didn't put your clothes back on. I hate when you do that first. Come back to bed, lie with us for a little longer."
"You know we need to leave before the curfew, Adaafo," he scolded, as he arranged himself on the large mattress, dropping a kiss on her mouth and taking my cigarette. We shifted and slid over each other, rearranging limbs to accommodate each other. There used to be one more of us. "Which part are you saying you like?"
"This part," she answered. "The afterwards part. Where we all smell like each other."
"Oh, that part." He smiled and blew smoke into my face. "I like that part, too. I like tasting you inside my cheek, you know?"
"I know." She smiled privately, rubbing my scalp with strong fingers and flexing her toes. "Sometimes when I get home, I smell my skin to make sure this was not all a dream, you know. A heat-driven, mad dream." He ran a hand over my leg with a smirk on his face and wagged his red tongue suggestively at her.
"Girl...if you're dreaming, I can wake you up, trust me!"
She giggled and blushed a little, dropping her lashes over sharpened eyes. I love that it's been two years and we can still make her blush. I just love that it's been two years. I wish we had all made it here together.
"Pavat!" she scolded, and he doffed an imaginary cap.
"At your service, madam. Both me and my little friend."
I let out a bark of laughter and shoved at him.
"Little?! Mehn, get off this mattress! When lightning strikes you, me, I don't want to be involved in it." He thrust his hips against me suggestively in response and I rolled off the bed to head for the kitchen.
"Don't start nonsense you can't finish, love," I warned, cutting my eyes at him.
"Fine, fine, I'll behave." He made a face and leant over the edge of the bed to put out the cigarette on the floor, then bit her thigh gently. "Come on, let's get dressed. I'll walk you to the shuttle." She yawned and stretched her arms out over her head, lifting her ribs up. He watched her breasts levitate with amusement and brushed his fingers over her nipples as she replied him.
"Thanks, love. Where are my clothes again?"
"Why are you asking me? Adaafo is the one who took them off; with her teeth, at that. Quite impressive, but I think your tights are fucked."
I gave a mock evil laugh from the next room as I started watering the plants lined up against the wall. The ceramic pots fill up all my shelves and there are so many leaves, my kitchen is perpetually cast in emerald light. He picked his way through them, lifting and setting down his bare feet carefully, then held me tightly and whispered in my ear.
"You should put clothes on before you do that..."
"Why?" I love the way he rubs the stubble of his cheek against my neck. "It's my kitchen and I don't think the plants mind."
"I don't think anyone minds, love, but it's just a terrible distraction." He kissed the small raised circles that pattern my back and traced his hands around my sides to where the scars section off my stomach. "I'm just a decent hard-working man trying to get home to my family before the curfew teams start prowling, and you're really fucking with my intentions." I turned my head to kiss him before twisting away.
"There's other parts of you I'd rather fuck with, but we don't have time for that again. Go put your clothes on, she's already dressed in there." He growled for show and grabbed handfuls of me before wandering into the bathroom. She walked out of the bedroom, pulling her locs back into a tight bun, dark alligator leather covering her arms and torso.
"Will you be okay?" she asked, with a little frown. When I didn't live alone, she didn't have to ask questions like that. So many things have changed since the last winter.
"I'm okay now, silly. I love having the both of you over, it's all heartwarming and shit." I smiled at her, paused to really look at her face. "You're both so beautiful, you know."
"Flatterer." She kissed me anyway, cupped my cheek with her glove, leant her scarred forehead against mine with the raised lines heated against my skin. "I wish I could spend the night, Adaafo..."
I sighed. "You have a home to get back to. Both of you have people waiting; it's fine, really. You don't have to keep worrying."
"I just don't like you staying here, alone. I can't help but worry about you."
"I'm not any less safe here than you are in your house, woman. Stop stressing!" I kissed her again, harder, to make her stop talking. I hate when they start feeling guilty. It spoils things and sometimes it smells too much like pity. She smiled uncertainly but let it go and started putting on thick socks, sliding her blue toes into them. The bathroom door slammed loudly as he walked out, dressed and with his boots already on.
"Could you stop taking off your shoes in the bathroom, please?" I asked. "I don't want you tracking the street in there." He scoffed at me as he put on his jacket and buckled it up.
"What do you even know about the street, Ada? When was the last time you left this building?" He didn't want me to feel attacked, so he said it more gently than he could have, as his fingers fastened soft leather under his neck. She shot him a warning glance anyway, and he softened his tone even more.
"You can't stay in here, naked and with the plants and all this goddamn tile forever. You have to move on. Maybe to another place, even- a house instead of this tiny apartment."
Maybe I would have done that, if this was not afterwards.
"I don't want what you have." I didn't bother to add, not anymore, because I knew they could hear that bit loudest when it was left unsaid. "I don't want the yard and the dogs you can't even trust, and the family you can lose any day. I don't want the street. I like being in here and growing things, and not having to wear fucking body armor to visit the bodega, if there's even a bodega left in this city."
"I hear there's still one on the corner of Ocean and Empire," she interjected, knotting her laces.
"Really? That's not going to last long." He shook his head and looked at me, then shrugged. "Fine. Maybe you do have it better in here. But it wasn't the street that killed him, Adaafo." He paused for a moment. "Okay, maybe it was, but my point is that he didn't die out there. He died right in here, right on the carpet, and no amount of tile is going to change that."
I mirrored his shrug and smiled at him, ignoring the sound of squelching memories oozing between my toes. He has tried to shock me into a response before. It never works.
"I know. I still like it better in here."
He raised his hands in defeat and mild exasperation.
"Okay oh. Stubborn woman. We have to hurry, it's almost curfew. Come and kiss me." We pressed mouths and he wrapped his arms so tight around me that my rib cage creaked. "I love you. Be safe. I'll video in once I get home." I nodded, and turned to hug her fiercely.
"Don't die tonight," I whispered against her neck. She rubbed my back and promised to get home alive. I watched them both strap on their masks, thick black plastic taking over their faces, turning their breaths into harsh hisses. He slid on his gloves and I coded the door open, waving to them as they walk out. After I locked the door behind them, I stood with my hands on the knobs and panels for a little bit. Gradually, I exhaled and walked to refill the watering can, placing it on the table, counting slowly in my head. I know exactly how long it takes them to reach the bottom of the building, code the main door open, and step out into the street. From my living room, I opened the shutters and leaned my face against the bulletproof glass. I had him put it in with the tile last winter. That's another thing; it's much easier to clean up broken glass from tile than from carpet. Tile also isn't traitor flooring that soaks up pieces of someone you loved.
I watched them step on the sidewalk; two black gloves were raised in my direction and I blew them a kiss. They avoided the holes in the ground, walked around the wreck of a car in the building next to mine, and ignored the people-shaped bundles in the street before the gray smog that covers everything swallowed them up too. I bolted the shutters closed and walked back into the kitchen, picking up condom wrappers and an empty cigarette box on the way. For a moment, I was walking on carpet that was spreading red and there was a person-shaped bundle on my floor, but then the image flickered away and there was nothing but cold tile spilling from wall to wall.
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A new
standard that speeds up video calls on 3G devices has been published by ITU-T.
The new standard, Annex K of Recommendation H.324, also known as media oriented
negotiation acceleration (MONA) addresses the problem of long set up times for
video calls that many perceive as stalling consumer acceptance. H.324 is used
in 3G networks to exchange real-time and bi-directional video traffic
Without the new technique a typical video session required each end to send up
to ten messages to the other terminal, each time waiting for a message to be
received and acknowledged before sending the next one. And, if a message was
not received, the sending device had to wait and finally time out before
retransmitting. This could introduce delays of up to eight seconds according to
MONA follows in the footsteps of another ITU-T standard – reported here
– WNSRP (described in Annex A/H.324), which was a first step towards addressing
the problem. WNSRP cut delays down to three seconds, while the techniques
deployed in MONA will reduce that to one second or less.
between equipment using the ITU-T Recommendation G.984 for passive optical
network (G-PON) has been demonstrated at an independent test laboratory, KTL in
Santa Clara, California.
technology is used in the local loop to connect residential and SME end users
premises in an all-fibre network. The event organized by the Full Service
Access Network (FSAN) Group demonstrated service level interoperability between
several vendors.
Recommendation G.984 enables line rates of 2.5 Gbps in the downstream (central
office to customer) and 1.2 Gbps in the upstream (customer to central office)
to handle the bandwidth requirements for services like HD IPTV, online-gaming,
Ethernet services, VoIP and TDM over fibre. In addition it offers more
efficient IP and Ethernet handling.
together with ITU have hosted a series of B-PON and G-PON interoperability
events over the years. The recent event, involved voice, data and
IPTV testing between the following system vendors: Calix, Cambridge Industries
Group, Entrisphere, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, Iamba Networks, Mitsubishi
Electric, NEC, Siemens, Terawave. Shenick provided IPTV and data testing with
quality of experience (QoE) and performance assessment. Spirent provided its
triple play test solution to verify voice, video, and data service performance
and functionality with 'real world' scenarios. Corning provided the complete optical
distribution network (ODN) for the event, including the optical fibre, cable,
splitters, cabinet, terminal distribution system, and connectorized drop
multi-vendor G-PON systems were used to transport voice, data and IPTV between
the optical networking terminals (ONTs) and the optical line terminals (OLTs).
Service provisioning of triple-play services was done via the ONT management
and control interface (OMCI). Detailed test cases where used to verify quality
and performance of services in a multi-vendor environment.
are very pleased with the achievement of VoIP and IPTV as well as other
services working across a mix of vendor equipment," said Michael
Brusca, Verizon Communications, Chair FSAN Interoperability Task Group.
"We have overcome the challenge of OMCI interoperability that built on our
previous physical layer testing, within a year after specifying its
enhancements. G-PON is now mature and ready for mass deployment."
Clarke, 21CN chief access designer for BT Wholesale: "We are actively
supporting FSAN and the ITU-T in their endeavor to achieve interoperability for
GPON equipment. Interoperability will help drive down costs and leverage
innovation in the customer termination space."
A public
G-PON Interop Showcase is planned for ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006 this December in Hong Kong.
is a crucial part of the service capabilities within the next generation
network (NGN) concept. The ITU-T Recommendation notes: "… with the massive
growth in the number of users and the continuing deployment of heterogeneous
systems the demand to provide seamless services to the NGN users gets
Recommendation - Q.1706 - describes the requirements for providing 'mobility
management', that is the set of functions used to provide mobility. These
functions include authentication, authorization, location updating, paging and
download of user information. The aim of this work is to build on the current
mechanisms in cellular telephone systems and the internet and to move toward
homogeneity in handling mobility across the converging telecommunication and
computing environments.
The next
step for SG 19 will be a Recommendation describing the framework for achieving
mobility management based on these requirements. SG management suggests that
this work is progressing well and will probably be achieved in time for the
next round of approvals targeted to be initiated at a meeting in April 2007.
Study Group 13 will
publish a Recommendation that acts as an umbrella to progress work on all aspects
of multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) management.
MPLS is
seen as an important way to simplify traffic engineering in NGN. ITU-T
Recommendation Y.1714 provides a framework for management and operation
administration maintenance (OAM) in MPLS. OAM mechanisms facilitate network
operation and troubleshooting. Standards-based OAM features that will allow for
interoperability between different vendors are seen as a requirement for
carriers adopting MPLS.
to the telecommunication management network (TMN) model
developed by ITU-T's Study Group 4, the
Recommendation's scope is limited to those components and interfaces that
interface between network elements (user and control plane), and between
network elements and element management system (EMS)
and network management system (NMS).
Recommendation H.460.21 provides a message broadcast mechanism in H.323
systems, which are widely deployed worldwide for Voice over IP (VoIP)
communications. This mechanism is akin to that of Cell Broadcast for mobile
systems and can be used by network operators and service providers to deliver
early warning messages to a large number of users without causing overload of
the underlying network infrastructure.
Since the
method utilizes standard Internet multicast procedures, the feature may be used
on a wide scale to reach any number of H.323 endpoints throughout the world.
Thus, the feature could be used to equal effect as an intercom like function in
an enterprise or a notification system to geographically dispersed terminals.
A webpage
with information on work progress on internationalized domain names (IDN)
charting achievements and acquired knowledge in the field has been published by
ITU-T's Study Group 17.
Group 17 (Security, languages and telecommunication software) was instructed by
Resolution 48 of the World
Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (Florianópolis, 2004) to study IDN.
It is considered that implementation of IDN will contribute to easier and
greater use of the Internet in those countries where the native or official
languages are not represented in IRA (International Reference Alphabet)
To meet
this obligation, Study Group 17 developed new Question 16, Internationalized
Domain Names tasked in particular to investigate all relevant issues in the
field of IDN. Question 16
was approved at the April 2006 Study Group 17 meeting in Jeju, Korea.
At the
Jeju meeting, SG17 drafted a questionnaire which was issued by the
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau as a Circular letter to Member
States, requesting information on their experiences in the use of IDN. The
deadline for questionnaire responses is 1 October, 2006.
SG 17 page for
Internationalized Domain Names (IDN).
At the kind invitation of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), the International Telecommunications Union - Standardization Bureau (ITU-T) and the International Telecommunication Union - Development Bureau (ITU-D) are jointly organizing a Workshop on "Next Generation Networks" which will take place from 3-5 October 2006 inclusive, at the Markham Suites Hotels, Dar-Es-Salaam, in the United Republic of Tanzania.
The objectives of the seminar are twofold: first, to discuss the current trends, status and future evolution of Next Generation Networks technology and standardization, as being addressed by the ITU-T and share the experiences of NGN design, development and deployment. Central to these are: what areas of technology innovation hold the greatest promise for NGNs; what are the most innovative applications and services possible with NGNs? To this effect, issues revolving around NGN architecture, NGN technology and quality of service requirements, as well as evolution will be explored. Second, as NGNs are a major departure from the network today - these developments will likely change the ways of the telecommunication sector operates, NGN regulatory and policy issues for developing countries to exploit its full potential for development will also be discussed.
More details
ITU-T Workshops and Seminars
Joint Coordination Activity on Network Aspects of Identification Systems (including RFID) (JCA-NID) Input Documents No. Title
JCA-NID Home
Second meeting of the FG IPTV (Busan, Republic of Korea, 16-20 October 2006)
Input Documents
FG IPTV-ID-0105: Liaison Statement to ITU-T IPTV WG 6 [Source: Convenor, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG11] Posted: 2006-08-10
FG IPTV-ID-0106: ITU-T Study Group 13 response on QoS and Performance work for IPTV [Source: ITU-T Study Group 13 (Geneva, 17-28 July 2006)] Posted: 2006-08-10
FG IPTV-ID-0107: Communication on information from Daidalos to FG IPTV for information and action (transmitted also to all ITU-T Study Groups) [Source: ITU-T Study Group 13 (Geneva, 17-28 July 2006)] Posted: 2006-08-10
FG IPTV-ID-0108: Action for FG IPTV: IPTV based on NGN Architecture (transmitted also to ITU-T SG 9 and SG 16 for action) [Source: ITU-T Study Group 13 (Geneva, 17-28 July 2006)] Posted: 2006-08-10
FG IPTV Home
TSAG approved at its meeting (Geneva, 3-7 July 2006), the establishment of a Joint Coordination Activity on Network Aspects of Identification Systems (including RFID) (JCA-NID). Mr. Pierre-André Probst (OFCOM, Switzerland) was appointed as the Convenor of this activity.
JCA-NID is open to members and designated representatives of relevant Standards Development Organization and Forums.
The terms of reference of the JCA-NID are:
The JCA-NID activities will report its progress to TSAG.
The first meeting of JCA-NID will be held on 19-21 September 2006.
First meeting of Meeting of JCA-NID (Joint Coordination Activity on Network Aspects of identification including RFID)
Geneva, 19-21 September 2006
See TSB Circular 109 for more information
Second meeting of the Focus Group on IPTV(FG IPTV)Busan, Republic of Korea, 16-20 October 2006
See TSB Circular 107 for more information
IPTV Focus Group (FG IPTV) Home
This ITU-T IPTV Global Technical Workshop will review and examine IPTV standardization, political and regulatory aspects, business models and various case studies as well as technical developments and service provider's operational aspects.
IPTV represents a convergence between the traditional telecommunication and broadcast industries. And, as with any convergence a lot of work is needed to ensure interoperability. Globally accepted standards are clearly a key enabler for this.
With many of the conditions necessary for IPTV rollout in place - global IP connectivity over managed broadband infrastructure with such guarantees as QoS and security, and broadband connectivity with enhanced network capabilities - there is a strong demand for standards to ensure smooth service rollout and interoperability. The workshop will provide a review of the current status of IPTV work as well as an examination of where to go next.
ITU-T Workshops and Seminars
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THE mayor of Upton says that he has been given assurances that the riverside will be left in satisfactory condition once an operation to remove more than 2,000 tonnes of dumped rocks is complete.
The Environment Agency is currently getting rid of the rocks, which were piled in to the river while new flood defences built but then left for more than 12 months.
The rocks were put in to minimise the risk of an historic riverside wall collapsing during the construction work.
But they have since been labelled an eyesore by residents and councillors.
Mayor Peter Webb said he has been told a small number of rocks will be left at the base of the wall.
He added: "I have been assured that the area will be left in good, serviceable condition.
That is an assurance that has been given to me in public."


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Talk Back: A Tribute To Billy
I received an outpouring of responses upon announcing the untimely passing of Billy, the little Chihuahua rescued from a North Carolina puppy mill and adopted by Animal Rescue Team leader Adam Parascandola. The video showing a playful Billy with Adam became an Internet sensation.
I am posting just a few of your comments today in response to the news. I hope that the vast majority of you, in addition to expressing your rightful sorrow about Billy's demise, will also use the memory of this troubled little dog to motivate your involvement in ongoing legislative and public awareness campaigns to crack down on puppy mills and establish humane breeding standards. We expect anti-puppy mill bills in more than a dozen states this year, including North Carolina, where The HSUS has conducted more than a dozen raids on mills in recent years. Lawmakers should realize that this sort of cruelty can be prevented with the adoption of humane breeding standards.
By the time many dogs are rescued from a mill, they are suffering from ailments as severe as Billy's, or worse. Often, it's almost too late by the time we find them. Please check out our Stop Puppy Mills page for ways you can help.
Thank God this dear little dog at least had some time in his life where he received humane treatment and lots of love and affection. I think your humane rescuers are great people and it makes me think that there are some good people left in this world. - Judy Pizarro
Wayne, sorry to hear about Billy, but I am glad he was rescued and had a happy life until his unexpected death. You have my sympathy at his passing. May Billy rest in peace knowing he was free. - Cynthia Brown
Please end the suffering of those that cannot help themselves! These animals deserve laws that will protect them. - Lynn Stowers
Billy was happy in the end and we are so grateful to you! May God bless you for all you do and may He keep Billy safe and free from pain and suffering. Puppy mills suck! Please adopt from shelters! This just broke my heart. - Elba
I'm so sad...for a little guy I didn't know personally. The video of him being rescued made me cry, and I can't stop crying now. I am glad he had the love of a family, and didn't succumb in that rusty cage. I hope Billy is now free to live his true life in eternity. - Felicia
Rest in peace you beautiful little guy, Billy. I am so sorry you suffered so much but am thankful you did get some much deserved love from Adam. May you rest in peace little Billy. - Ruth Loutchan
I am so, so saddened to read this blog about Billy's passing. - Luvcats5CT
Sorry to hear of your loss. At least he went with a happy heart and a smile! - Mary Reid
I hope whoever did this to Billy lives out the rest of their life in a cage... jail is the only place for them. - Diane
So sorry for your loss! Billy was so adorable and I'm happy that you and your family rescued him and he was able to be so loved for his last few months. I also hope you can rescue another fur baby soon... God Bless. - Mary
Wayne, sorry to hear about Billy, but I am glad he was rescued and had a happy life until his unexpected death. You have my sympathy at his passing. May Billy rest in peace knowing he was free. - Cynthia Brown
Oh Lord, have mercy on us. Rest in peace, Billy. - Lilia Cruz
I've posted this on Facebook. Too many innocent loving creatures suffer like this, without hope of rescue. Keep up the good work! - Rebecca
OMG this made me cry! How sad that Billy passed, but at least he's not in pain anymore and had a great family that cared for him in the end. - Blake


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To celebrate National Bookstart Week, the national charity supported by Bradford Council's Libraries Service, children in the Bookstart Bear Club will receive double paw print stamps.
When a child up to five-years-old joins one of Bradford Council's libraries, they receive a Bookstart Bear Club passport. Each time they borrow a book or attend a rhyme time or story time, they receive a paw print stamp in their passport. Children can then earn rewards, such as books, bags, DVD loans, swim vouchers and even a teddy bear if they get a certain number of stamps.
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My son was hit and killed while riding his Harley by a driver that ran a stop signal. His 2 daughters filed the suit and won. Can creditors including the Hospital where he was taken get any of yhe proceeds?
A wrongful death claim can have 2 components. The survival action which is for pain and suffering prior to the death and would include medical bills. The money apportioned to that is subject to creditors claims if they set the claim correctly. Any money left over goes by the statute of descent and distribution or a will if there was one.
The claim for wrongful death , the loss to the benficiaries listed in the statute is not sublect to the decedents' creditors other than for funeral and burial expense.
Here is a short quote from the Ohio wrongful death statute;
(A)(1) Except as provided in this division, a civil action for wrongful death shall be brought in the name of the personal representative of the decedent for the exclusive benefit of the surviving spouse, the children, and the parents of the decedent, all of whom are rebuttably presumed to have suffered damages by reason of the wrongful death, and for the exclusive benefit of the other next of kin of the decedent. A parent who abandoned a minor child who is the decedent shall not receive a benefit in a civil action for wrongful death brought under this division.
So a parent does have a right to be considered for receipt of the proceeds. The probate Court makes the determination on who gets what. The creditor have no claim against the claim of the beneficiaries for the death. http://www.castellilaw.com/TOCWrongfulDeath.html
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The answer depends on the lawsuit and the statutes that provide for the wrongful death and/or survivor recovery(ies). The lawyer for his two daughters will know the answers and be able to give them the best advice available. If, for some reason, they don't trust his advice after he/she won the case and seems to have performed well, they can certainly seek a second opinion from an Ohio lawyer who specializes in or at least emphasizes this type of case.Ask a similar question
State laws vary significantly with respect to this question, thus, you should call the lawyer who handled the case.
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Maybe. In Ohio, your son's estate representative can bring what is called a survivorship claim for your son's own injuries, related medical expenditures, and conscious pain and suffering before his death. Those medical expenses may be required to be paid due to mandatory statutory or contractual liens. Talk to your granddaughters' attorney on what suit was brought and did it resolve the possible medical expense liens . In addition, your son's estate representative may also bring a wrongful death action. This action is brought for the sole benefit of the surviving next of kin, which includes you as a parent, for each survivor's grief damages, loss of financial support that your son provided before his death, and the related funeral and burial expenses. Talk to your granddaughters' attorney on this also.Ask a similar question
There are several types of damages in a wrongful death case. The Personal Representative is appointed by the Probate Court to represent the Estate. The Personal Representative brings an action on behalf of the Estate. The damages can includes damages for conscious pain and suffering, and other collectable damages for the interested parties under the wrongful death statute. and damages to the surviving heirs for their loss. Since the daughters are interested parties under the Wrongful death statute they will be awarded damages. The hospital bills and expenses should be damages that are compensated for in the case. Those bills should be paid out of the estate if they are recovered in the litigation. The damages to the daughters should be separate than the damages for the estate. In answer to your question, the hospital bills should be paid either directly by the insurance company or if they are recovered as part of the litigation, than they will be paid through the estate.
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Chancellor Julius Raab told the Austrian Parliament today that his government would observe the principles of freedom of religion and conscience in its relations with religious institutions.
Among problems to be resolved in this area, he said, was that of "just restitution of the losses of the Jewish community during the time of its persecution."
Earlier, Chancellor Raab, in the presence of all members of his coalition cabinet, had unveiled a memorial stone in the Burgtor, former palace of the Austrian Emperor, in honor of the victims of the National Socialist era.


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Most of the players on the Brandon Knights have played baseball with each other for years, and the chemistry they have developed will be even more important this week at the western Canadian Midget AAA championship in Chilliwack, B.C.
Since the provincial championship tournament ended in Morden on July 27 — with Brandon falling 10-4 to Midwest in the final — the Knights haven't been able to practise as a team or play exhibition games.
The players all had different commitments — ranging from playing in the Baseball Canada Cup to being picked up for other national or western tournaments to suiting up on senior teams in their league finals — which hasn't allowed Knights head coach Brad Schoonbaert to get everyone together to prepare for westerns, which runs from Thursday through Sunday.
While the team hasn't been together in nearly a month, Schoonbaert doesn't believe it will be an issue since his players have all been playing high-quality ball.
"Everybody is playing, so that's the key. I do want to get the boys together once or twice before we go for a spruce up," he said. "It's been darn close to a month. I don't think (lack of chemistry) will be an issue."
Brandon has picked up Reagan Johnson and Brad McLeod from Pembina Hills to solidify the roster that will rely on the arms of Marshal Burgess, Mitch Lyall, Clark Whelpton, Jordan Robertson as well as Johnson and McLeod to shut down opponents. Solid defence and good fundamentals are also keys Schoonbaert pointed to for the Knights to be competitive in the six-team event.
However, Schoonbaert admits it's hard to prepare for this tournament. The Knights have only four graduating players, which means they'll be facing teams with older players and squads they aren't used to seeing. He also feels the teams from Alberta and British Columbia — with two representatives from each province — will be very strong.
"We're a little bit unfamiliar, but we also know the competition will be top level," Schoonbaert said. "You have to go in even-keel and realize that when you get there that it's just another ball team you're playing and all you can control is how you play.
"If you're overmatched, you're overmatched, but go and play good fundamental baseball and if you consistently do that then most days you're going to compete."
The Knights open the tournament on Thursday when they take on the Saskatoon Diamondbacks. The round robin continues through Sunday, which is also when the top two teams will meet in the final.
This will be the final time Dylan Haney, Mason Hodgson, Clark Whelpton and Kyle Johnston will play for the Knights, and while westerns may have special meaning for them, Schoonbaert hopes the other players enjoy the tournament as well.
"Any time you qualify to go to these big events, you can't take it for granted," he said. "You obviously had a good run and you may never go again, so you definitely have to cherish it."
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This is the Spanish edition of "Protecting Biodiversity".Within the countries of South and North America are found some of the most diverse collections of flora and fauna in the world. Colombia alone carries over 50 thousand different plant species. This precious resource, however, is quickly dwindling. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are tapping America's genetic resources at an ever-increasing rate, and habitat destruction has pushed many species to extinction or to the brink of extinction. "Protecting Biodiversity" addresses one of the most fundamental aspects of this important issue: the lack of adequate national laws regulating access to, and compensation for, the use of local genetic resources. This book is the first to compare such laws and policies across a range of countries in both the industrialized and developing worlds, including Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. It also presents legal viewpoints, conclusions, and solid recommendations for future action. "Protecting Biodiversity" is the newest reference book in the rapidly emerging legal field that combines environmental, intellectual property, contract, and administrative law.
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Flat Breads with Shrimp and Romesco Sauce
At Mas Rabell, the private restaurant where the Torres family entertains, chef Sergi Millet cooks homey, regional food like romesco sauce, a slightly smoky puree of roasted red peppers, garlic and almonds. The versatile sauce is often served with fish or vegetables, but here Millet spreads it on rounds of soft homemade flat bread and tops it with sautéed shrimp.
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- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup minced onion
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- One 1/4-ounce envelope active dry yeast
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 medium red bell pepper
- 1 cup salted roasted almonds, chopped (4 ounces)
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 large garlic clove, chopped
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 24 medium shrimp (about 3/4 pound), shelled and deveined
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
How to make this recipe
In a small skillet, heat the olive oil. Add the onion and cook over moderate heat until softened, 5 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
In a small bowl, mix the water with the sugar and yeast. Let stand until foamy, 5 minutes. In a food processor fitted with the plastic dough blade, blend the flour and salt. Add the sautéed onion, wine and yeast mixture and process until a ball forms. On a lightly floured work surface, knead the dough briefly until smooth. Transfer it to a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a sheet of plastic wrap and let stand in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 375°. Punch down the dough. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough to a 12-inch round about 2/3 inch thick. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 15 minutes. Using a 2-inch round biscuit cutter, stamp out 30 rounds and transfer them to a large baking sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until just cooked through and pale.
Roast the pepper directly over a gas flame or under a preheated broiler until blackened all over. Transfer to a plate and let cool. Peel; discard the stem and seeds. Coarsely chop the pepper.
In a food processor, process the roasted pepper with the almonds, vinegar, parsley and garlic to a paste. With the machine on, slowly blend in the olive oil. Transfer the sauce to a bowl and season with salt.
In a large skillet, heat the olive oil. Add the shrimp, season with salt and pepper and cook over moderately high heat until white throughout, about 2 minutes per side.
Spread a teaspoon of romesco sauce on each flat bread and top with a shrimp; serve.
Suggested Pairing
For an aperitif with these flat breads, try a crisp blend of Moscatel and Gewürztraminer from the Penedès region of Spain.


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Maslahah (Benefit; Interest)
Literally: derived from salaÍ (goodness), the opposite of corruption and disorder. The plural is masaliÍ.
Technically: to seek benefit or avert harm. Some said: an attribute which, if a rule is based upon it, will result in realizing benefit for or averting harm from the people. Some said: pleasure and happiness and their causes; the opposite is mafsadah, which is pain and sorrow and their causes. Some said: preserving the objects of the Shariah with regard to God's creatures and preservation of the five comprehensive objectives of the Shariah.
Mu'atah (Nonverbal Sale)
Literally: to hand over.
Technically: when the buyer and seller exchange the subject matter of the sale and its price without any verbal offer or acceptance, or only the offer or the acceptance is verbal. It falls into the category of circumstantial indicators. Such as is valid regardless of the transaction size, according to the Hanafis, Malikis and Hanbalis, and some Shafi'i scholars like al-Mutawalli and al-Baghawi, who disagreed with most other Shafi'i scholars.
Mudarabah (Silent-Partnership Enterprise)
Literally: Derivation of daraba; one of its meanings is to travel across the earth.
Technically: a type partnership for profit in which one partner (the rabb al-mal) provides capital and the other partner (the mudarib) contributes his labour. The profit will be shared between them according to the terms they agree to. Mudarabah is the term used by the Hanafis and Hanbalis. The Malikis and Shafi'is use the term qirad instead. Jurists accept the legality and permissibility of mudarabah as an exceptional dispensation or on the basis of istihsan (an exception to a text-based rule on the basis of public interest). It is two types: restricted and unrestricted.
Murabahah (Mark-up Sale)
Literally: from ribh: increase
Technically: to sell goods for the price at which it was purchased along with a specified profit agreed upon by the two parties, either as a percentage of the price or a flat amount. It can occur without a previous promise, which is ordinary murabahah, or with a previous promise from the customer to buy the good from the institution, which is called "banking murabahah". It is a lawful sale, and is classified as a trust-based sale (because the client trusts the seller to disclose the true purchase price to which the profit is added).
Musawamah (Negotiation)
Literally: haggling between a buyer and seller to decide the price of a good.
Technically: a sale for any price agreed between the two parties without reference to how much it cost the buyer. Some said: haggling between a buyer and seller to decide the price of goods. It is permissible as long as no najash is involved.
Musharakah mutanaqissah (Diminishing Partnership)
Technically: a type of partnership in which one of the partners undertakes to gradually buy the share of the other partner until the buyer completely owns the property or projects. It is a contemporary financial transaction invented by Islamic banks as a way to invest their wealth> it basically consists of two contracts: 1) an initial contract of partnership; 2) a sale contract. It is permissible on condition that sale and purchase are not conditions of the partnership contract; rather the client undertakes to purchase by a separate promise. The purchase and sale should be executed by a separate contract, and neither contract should be made a condition of the other.
Muqassah (Offset)
Literally: to equalize; also, to trace something.
Technically: when two parties owe debts to each other, the two parties may agree to cancel the amount of one debt in return for cancellation of the same amount of the other debt. It is one of the valid ways to pay back debts.
Muwa'adah (Bilateral Promise)
Literally: two persons make reciprocal promises to each other; a promise is a statement regarding an act a person will do in the future that is related to another person.
Technically: an announcement by two persons of their intent to enter into a contract in the future whose effects will pertain to them. The Maliki School defined it as each party promising the other (because the linguistic form requires two subjects). If only one party makes a promise to the other, it is called 'idah (a unilateral promise). Jurists have mentioned muwa'adah in a number of issues, including: a bilateral promise of marriage during a woman's 'iddah (waiting period after divorce or the death of her husband); a bilateral promise in currency exchange, etc. The ruling on muwa'adah differs, according to the particular issue.
Promise (wa'd)
Literally: informing someone that some good or harm will be done to them; it is usually used for a promise of good, while wa'id (warning) is used for a threat to inflict harm.
Technically: informing someone that some good may be done to them in the future. The Shafi'is, Hanbalis and Zahiris ruled that fulfilling a promise is commendable under all circumstances but not obligatory, even if it is made contingent upon a condition and even it the receiver of the promise spent money based upon the promise. Some scholars ruled that fulfilling a promise is obligatory under all circumstances. The Malikis ruled that if the promise is made conditional upon a cause, such as "Get married, and I will give you such-and-such," fulfilling the promise is obligatory; otherwise, it is not obligatory. The OIC Fiqh Academy ruled that a promise is always morally binding except in case of a valid excuse and that it is also legally binding if it is made conditional upon a cause and receiver of the promise incurs expenses due to the promise.
Source: ISRA Compendium for Islamic Financial Terms Arabic - English, 1st edition, Kuala Lumpur: International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA), 2010


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That post a couple of hours ago about Tom Glavine going for seven straight, tonight? Never mind. He goes for it tomorrow. Heavy kudos for the Mets for bagging tonight's Giants game early rather than making the fans sit in the stands for hours waiting for a start that never… Read More →


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Sidewalk Busted? Fix it Yourself
"With cash in short supply, Los Angeles may soon end its policy of repairing sidewalks and driveways at city expense. This month, the City Council will consider repealing a 1974 ordinance that made the city responsible for sidewalk repairs, a policy that was initiated with a grant of federal funds. That pot of money, however, dried up long ago.
'We have no ability to perform these repairs,' said Councilman Bernard C. Parks, chairman of the council's budget and finance committee. 'The money ran out in the mid-1970s, yet the city has continued to hold itself responsible.'"
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Temelin (Czech Republic) (AFP) March 20, 2013
Flanked by Germany, which is phasing out nuclear power, and Austria, which has already done so, the Czech Republic is pinning its future on atomic energy.
The ex-communist republic of 10.5 million people, which now relies on nuclear for about 30 percent of its energy mix, is pushing an upgrade of its disputed Temelin plant and betting on getting at least half of its energy from the atom by 2025.
Thirteen years after its launch, Temelin's Soviet-designed reactors still stir controversy among neighbours and environmentalists, yet people living directly in their shadow are more circumspect.
"I'm not afraid of the power station," says Vaclav Hrabe in the kitchen of his modest house encircled by a small garden in Temelin, a village some 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of the capital Prague.
At 90, he's the oldest resident of the village, overshadowed by the four huge steaming concave cooling towers of the plant, which soar to a height of 155 metres (yards).
According to a recent survey, 72 percent of Temelin's 400 villagers back the planned additional two units at the power station, run by the CEZ state-run power giant.
The Czech environment ministry recently gave the go ahead for the lucrative project worth an estimated 200-300 billion koruna (7.8-11.7 billion euros, $10.2-15.3 billion).
US industrial giant Westinghouse is bidding for it against a group called MIR-1200, led by Russia's Atomstroiexport and backed by several Czech companies. France's Areva remains bitter over having been eliminated from the running late last year.
"The power station will grow bigger, just like the village. There are quite a few people who want to build a house and live here," says Hrabe, proud of his idyllic village in which the hulking nuclear facility seems completely out of place.
Temelin the village is also cashing in on Temelin the atomic facility.
"Every year, the power station gives Temelin 10 million koruna to boost its infrastructure. The village also gets 30 million koruna from CEZ a year in real estate tax," says Marek Svitak, spokesman for the plant.
Cheekily dubbed "Disneyland" by the locals owing to the colourful lights that illuminate the plant at night, the power station, launched in 2000, uses two Russian-era VVER pressurised-water reactors, with output of 1,000 megawatts each.
Coupled with CEZ's other nuclear plant in the southern village of Dukovany, Temelin covers 30 percent of energy consumption in the Czech Republic.
The two new reactors, expected to come online in 2025, will raise that share to 50 percent.
Just sixty kilometres (38 miles) to the south, Austria, which gave up nuclear power in 1978, eyes the communist-era plant with grave concern.
But the Czech government, which holds a controlling stake in CEZ, says nuclear power is a strategic part of the Czech Republic's drive for energy self-sufficiency and has no intention of giving it up.
In his garden opposite Temelin's town hall, pensioner Frantisek Riha is among the minority of villagers who share Vienna's concern.
"Nobody has persuaded me the plant is safe," he says firmly, adding that emergency drills held four times a year were "stressful."
In Ceske Budejovice, a city just 30 kilometres from Temelin, environmentalist Monika Machova-Wittingerova is an avowed opponent of the plant.
"Nuclear power depends on activities that harm the environment, like uranium extraction and treatment," said the head of a protest movement dubbed the South Bohemian Mothers.
"There's also the unresolved problem of nuclear waste storage... and you can never fully rule out the risk of a serious accident," she added.
"We organise concerts in the memory of Chernobyl and Fukushima, but only few protest rallies because public opinion is rather lukewarm," Machova-Wittingerova admits.
Two years after Japan's March 11 Fukushima nuclear disaster which prompted EU heavyweight Germany to decide to shut down its nuclear plants in 2022, Prague remains undeterred.
Other ex-communist countries Poland and Lithuania keen to overcome their energy dependence on Soviet-era master Russia are also pushing ahead with nuclear facilities.
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- More Children Die in Gaza
In two days last week, 33 Palestinians in Gaza were been killed by the USA funded Israeli army. One quarter of those killed were children, ages ranging from 5 months old to 14 years old. I've seen hardly any news coverage of this- a little on the BBC website, a little on the channel 4 news- can you imagine the coverage if it had been 33 dead Israelis or 33 dead Europeans?
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- There Will Be No GM Spuds Planted In Hedon This Year
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
has confirmed that there will be no blight resistant GM potatoes planted in Hedon this year. In an reply to a query from
Friends of the Earth National GM Campaigner Clare Oxborrow
regarding trials going ahead this year,
Dr. David Sherlock
of the GM Team stated, ''BASF will be using
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- Van Available For Hire
Ings Community Resource Centre
wish to remind people that they have a van which is available to hire for half days, whole days or longer periods of time. The van can seat 14 people (plus driver) and has wheelchair access at the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle can be hired with a driver or for self-drive.
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- Green Party Conference 2008 In Reading By Martin Deane
We're down in Reading for the Green Party Conference rubbing shoulders with
Caroline Lucas
, listening to the Venezuelan Ambassador tell us about the 50 million lightbulbs they've changed! ("How many Venezuelans does it take to change 50 million light bulbs?" Chavez!) and the like! Blimey the days are long! I'd forgotten. You turn up at 9.00 for the
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- University of Hull Placements
The University of Hull's Geography Department are looking to place some of their students on free, part-time work placements in the voluntary sector as part of their Applied Project module. The University hope to place students with external organisations for 10-12 weeks to work part-time on a self-contained project, defined by the organisation.
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- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Forum is launched in North East Lincolnshire
The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education's
will be playing host to the launch of
LGBT Forum
for North East Lincolnshire, on
Thursday 28th February 2008
at 5pm.Guests will be joined by
Dan Bryan
(Big Brother 5) who will officially launch the event with music from a local DJ. The North East Lincolnshire
LGBT Forum
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- Befriending May Draw to a Close
For some newly arrived asylum seekers and refugees in the city, the befriending project at
(Asylum Seekers and Refugees of Kingston upon Hull) has been a great boost to help build towards integration between different community groups. Over the past year and a half, the project has worked with refugee women and young people from over 10 different
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- Lonely Eric Film Project By Paul Stapleton (Pog)
Since I (Michelle Dee) signed up to the mailing list last year of the band
(Electro/Punk/Folk) I have received a number of emails concerning
Lonely Eric. Lonely Eric
's creator is
Paul Stapleton
the vocalist/guitarist of Brighton band
. I investigated his movies, following the links handily placed in the mail out and finally discovered what it
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News, Education
- Hull Teens Get The Shakespeare Treatment
MOPA Theatre Company
, a leading UK Shakespeare Theatre Company based in Hertfordshire, have been awarded the contract by
Hull City Council
to provide SATS Shakespeare sessions to every secondary school in the region. With a dedicated team of professional actors and a globe-inspired set, the company will visit fourteen secondary schools in Hull
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- Youth Music Mentors Scheme in Hull
Youth Music Mentors Scheme
offers free music training to young people in Hull A youth music project in Hull which offers support to young people looking for a future in music is expanding the number of opportunities to take part. The Youth Music Mentors scheme will offer the chance for young people with some music experience
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- Free Energy Saving Light bulbs
Goodwin Development Trust
has successfully secured 48,000 energy saving bulbs and a number of power down packs, to be given to Hull residents. Hull Community Wardens will be distributing the energy saving packs FREE to Hull residents from their Warden Shops around the city.
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- Friday 18th January 08 - Postcards to Aunty Mag Book Launch and Reading Event At Waterstones Hull By Michelle Dee
The opportunity to be in the presence of authors reading their own work is rare indeed. Perhaps now and then on a reviews programme, radio or television, they may impart a few paragraphs to give you a flavour of the whole, but rarely can you sit a few feet away as they read. When I heard from
Richard Sutherland
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- Discover Yourself - A training programme designed with Lone Parents in mind
Its aim is to help each person who attends the training to make realistic choices about how they can get more out of life. We use the word realistic as we know that lone parents face unique barriers when it comes to balancing caring for their children and at the same time making sure that they continue to achieve their goals and aspirations for themselves.
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- The Department of Health Funding
The Department of Health is reviewing all funding and investment to third sector organisations. This includes primary grant funding streams; Section 64 General Scheme of Grants and Opportunities for Volunteering, and other funding through contracts. In response to this, the Department of Health are inviting Third Sector
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- National Trade Unionist Speaks in Hull
Brian Caton
, General Secretary of the
Prison Officers Association
will be speaking at a public meeting on
Tuesday 22 January 2008
at 7pm at
The George Hotel
, Land Of Green Ginger, Hull. The Prison Officers Association is currently in dispute with the government over pay and the right to strike. Brian Caton said
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- Job Hunting Advice with Preston Road NDC
Are you unemployed or coming to the end of your contract? Have you previously worked in the food or manufacturing industry? Preston Road NDC is offering practical support to people who are currently unemployed who have worked in the food or manufacturing industry. Whether you want to continue in that line of work or change direction, they can help you to:
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- Keeping chemicals moving is major issue for industry
Chemicals industry leaders are teaming up with
World Trade Centre Hull and Humber
for an event that will focus on current supply chain challenges while mapping out a strong growth agenda. In their first joint venture,
Humber Chemical Focus
and the
World Trade Centre
will host a
Chemicals on the Move
conference at the University of Hull's new
Logistics Institute
on Thursday 31st January.
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- Hull Mosque Hosts Multi-Faith Community Party
On the weekend when we heard the Bishop of Rochester say Muslims were creating no-go areas in some towns Sunday saw an event inspired by the
Hull and East Riding Interfaith
when members and representatives were invited to
Hull Mosque and Islamic Centre
on Berkeley Street, Hull. The day at
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HOME loan borrowers face a nervous wait as the big banks decide whether to follow ANZ's controversial move on Friday to raise standard variable interest rates outside of the Reserve Bank's cash cycle.
ANZ lifted its standard variable mortgage rate by six basis points to 7.42 per cent, the second such move in as many months, adding $14 a fortnight to a $300,000 mortgage.
It said it did so in part because of the ''high cost of funding'', putting it at odds with the RBA, which said last month that the banks had pushed through recent mortgage rate increases to maintain profits.
Banks are coming under pressure to maintain profit growth in an era of slow credit growth.
The other big banks said at the weekend they were all considering their position.
''We keep our rates under review all the time, so we'll just keep doing that,'' a Commonwealth Bank spokesman, Bryan Fitzgerald, said.
A Westpac spokesman said: ''We review rates from time to time but we don't have any further comment on that.''
The rate rise puts ANZ slightly ahead of the Commonwealth Bank at 7.41 per cent and more than 10 basis points above National Australia Bank, which sells variable mortgages at 7.31 per cent. Westpac remains ahead of ANZ, at 7.46 per cent.
An NAB spokesman, Brian Walsh, would not say if the bank planned to raise rates this week but he said it was committed to maintaining the lowest standard variable mortgage rate for the year.
ANZ's home loan customers recorded the biggest fall in customer satisfaction in March, despite the fact that the bank lifted rates by less than its rivals, figures from Roy Morgan Research show.
The industry communications director at Roy Morgan, Norman Morris, said at the time that the first bank to increase their home loan rate appeared to suffer the ''greatest negative impact'' on customer satisfaction because of the widespread adverse publicity.


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Teaneck Public Library
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by Howard Prosnitz, Staff Writer, Teaneck Suburbanite, July 5, 2006, p. 3
This is the second part of a series on Teaneck's history based on interviews with municipal historian Larry Robertson. The concentration in this article is on the Revolutionary War.
In 1742, New Bridge Road at the north end of the township became Teaneck's first business district. The bridge, at the time of southernmost crossing over the river, began to serve the stagecoach which ran from Hoboken to Hackensack.
The area was then known as New Bridge Village and was a part of Hackensack Township, said Robertson. Colonial law required that every village have an inn to accommodate travelers. Other business that grew up along New Bridge Road included a general store, a post office and a furniture factory.
The business district flourished peacefully for some 30 years until, with the coming of the Revolutionary War, Teaneck became a bloody battleground.
"It was a hellhole," said Robertson. "It was so called neutral ground and both sides raided it for food, timber and other supplies, which is why almost every house was destroyed."
One of Teaneck's most significant chapters in Revolutionary War history occurred on Nov. 20, 1776 when the 6,000 man garrison at Fort Lee fled a large force of British and German troops that had ferried across the Hudson River to Alpine.
Some of the American tropps escaped down Cedar Lane, but the majority followed a route to New Bridge Road.
"When the Americans got there it was about five in the afternoon and it was raining," said Robertson. "They didn't have enough explosives to blow up the bridge so they ripped the deck off. But the beams remained and they did not have enough tools to dismantle them," said Robertson.
Part of the militia took positions in the attics of the commercial buildings on the north side of the road. The rest crossed the bridge and hid themselves in the weeds on the other side of the river.
"When thy British arrived it was pitch dark," siad Robertson. "They began to cross the river on the narrow beams with the rest of the regiment behind. When they reached the middle of the bridge the snipers opened fire."
The American troops did sufficient damage to discourage the British from following that night. Unfortunately, said Robertson, the Americans ran out of ammunition. The snipers were eventually captured and died in a prison ship in the New York Harbor.
Black slaves were effectively recruited to fight on the British side. Abraham Von Buskirk, a colonial doctor who lived in what is today Brett Park, joined the colonial militia when the Revolutionary War broke out.
"It looked like he was going to be part of the patriot side but he had secretly applied for a commission in the British army and it came through and he was made a Lieutenant Colonel," said Robertson.
Von Buskirk founded the Fourt Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers, which fought on the British side.
The battalion was racially integrated as a result of Von Buskirk's efforts.
"The British struck with the black slaves," said Robertson. "They said, 'If you fight for us you will get your freedom and you will have the best clothes and shoes you ever had in your life, three square meals a day and you get to keep your weapon when you leave the army.'"
Von Buskirk also promised the black slaves the opportunity to remain in the British Army if the British were successful.
"So a lot of black people joined the Fourth Battalion New Jersey Volunteers under Von Buskirk," said Roberston.
When the British lost the war, they, nevertheless, honored the service of their black volunteers.
"They said to them, 'You can't stay here because something is going to happen to you.' They gave them a choice of taking them either to the Caribbean or to Canada," said Robertson.
Most of the balck volunteers from Teaneck chose Canade, and the British settled them in Nova Scotia.
To this day, the town of Digby, Nova Scotia has a large black population, unusual for a Canadian town, and many of the residents have Bergen County Dutch Surnames, Robertson said.


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Subject: Re: [CHS] EXPLANATION OF TRADE - COOPER
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 04:57:55 EST
Hi Yvonne,
I suppose I should answer this one -
A Cooper is a person who makes Barrels.
This was a rather generic term, because it covered all sorts of receptacles,
(in the days before the plastic bag). Coopers made all sorts of containers
apart from the waterproof ones.
At one stage, Liverpool Docks employed over 1500 "Coopers".
Coopering was a skilled trade with a long apprenticeship of seven years.
Variations include Hoopers who made the Hoops that went on the
Another tradesman was the Coppersmith, but this depends how you spell the
Cooper is 25th in the list of English Surnames.
"I make and mend both tub and cask,
And make 'em strong, to make 'em last.
here's butter prints and butter scales,
And butter boards and milking pails.
N'on this my friends may safely rest-
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hydraulic pressure is involved not only in lowering the landing gear but in controlling the airplane.
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The Greater Altai Ecoregion is of global importance. Within that system, Russia's Altai Republic is linked with Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia.
With an area of 36,000 sq. miles (92,900 sq. km) it is home to just over 200,000 people, comprising ethnic Russians (57%), and indigenous Altaians (31%), Kazakhs (6%), Telengits (1%), Tubalars and other groups. For the sake of comparison, the state of Indiana is the same size but has a population of 6.5 million.
Altai Republic contains the "Golden Mountains of Altai" UNESCO World Heritage Site, three federal protected areas, 120+ natural monuments, and a growing number of regional nature parks and reserves.
Remote and wild river valleys, wind-blown steppe, and snow-capped peaks – habitat for snow leopards, argali sheep, and other threatened species – are a rare remnant of intact mountain wilderness.
The region's natural features are enhanced by the Altai's ancient burial mounds, petroglyphs, and Scythian stellae that date back at least to the Stone Age. These sites are not only a fundamental part of local indigenous culture, but can also be a source of inspiration and education for visitors and the greater community.
Local indigenous peoples have managed to retain much of their age-old culture and traditional lifeways, with many still practicing semi-nomadic livestock agriculture and subsistence hunting and fishing.
In Siberia, developers and government officials rely on fossil fuels and large-scale hydroelectric power to meet the region's energy needs and generate income. Moscow and China are actively negotiating an agreement to construct an international natural gas pipeline through Altai Republic and across the fragile Ukok Plateau.
There has been an unprecedented boom in resort construction and new home building in the Altai, including in sensitive natural areas. Many developers see Altai's numerous wild rivers as opportunities for hydroelectric power generation, although in recent years many of those projects have been scaled back in size and number.
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Nick Saban's comparison of agents to pimps has drawn return fire from Ralph Cindrich, a respected agent for NFL players. And Cindrich says that if Alabama's coach wants to go toe-to-toe he can make some accusations of his own.
"I don't know that I would disagree with him about some agents as pimps, but all I know is there are coaches who would also fall in that category," Cindrich tells the New York Times. "I would never tolerate nor permit Saban or any other coach to lump me in that category."
And here comes the challenge:
"In terms of him throwing that out there, most agents know what goes on in college programs and what programs are clean or not. You want to find out who has the dirty programs, give immunity and go off the record with agents, and it would be like a cockfight, the last one standing wins. There are ways to determine the truth of allegations out there."
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.