text: medicare Cuts, Not Taxes to Balance New Castle County Budget By Don Rush • Mar 29, 2017 campaign photo There will be cuts but no new taxes. That's the upshot of the $284 million operating budget put forward by New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer. The Wilmington News Journal reports that he is proposing $194 million in spending from the general fund which amounts to a 4 percent increase. But Meyer expects a $13 million deficit over the coming year, which he says, will be met with spending cuts as well as the county's tax stabilization reserves. Meyers wants to reduce overtime and reinstate premiums for Medicare retirees. Health Care Dispute Could Leave Many Without Coverage in Delaware By Don Rush • Apr 21, 2016 creative commons WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A rift between a medical center and a health care company threatens to suspend coverage for thousands of patients. The Wilmington News Journal reports that the current contract between Bayhealth Medical Center and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware to reimburse the hospital for its care of the insurer's customers expires May 15. PRMC Settles Medicare Case for $2.9 Million By Don Rush • Nov 3, 2015 Don Rush The Peninsula Regional Medical Center has agreed to a $2.9 million settlement in the wake of allegations that the facility broke Medicare rules. The U.S. Justice Department announcement said that PRMC was just one of 457 hospitals in 43 states as part of a $250 million settlement. The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the case involved implanting cardioverter defibrillators that shock the heart to bring it back to a normal rhythm. PRMC issued a statement saying that it still stood by its medical decisions that resulted in the implantation of the devices. Delaware Lawmakers Expected to Lower Worker's Comp Ins. Rates By Don Rush • May 16, 2014 dover.delaware.state DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers' compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report Thursday calling for workers compensation medical costs to be trimmed by 33 percent over the next three years. The report calls health care providers to gradually curtail their rates as they move from a current fee-for-service structure to a Medicare rate-based reimbursement formula. Health Plan Cancellations in Md, Virginians Get Health Insurance Tax Credits By Don Rush • Nov 5, 2013 Don Rush Maryland ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland Insurance Administration says carriers have notified the state that they plan to discontinue non-grandfathered individual health benefit plans affecting more than 73,000 members in Maryland next year. Individual health insurance policies are being canceled for millions of people nationwide who buy individual insurance policies as federal health care reform requires plans to cover certain benefits. Policies are being discontinued because they don't meet the higher benefit requirements of the Affordable Care Act. Atlantic General Hospital Adds Staff By Don Rush • Sep 20, 2013 Atlantic General Hospital website Some hospitals may be laying off staff but not Atlantic General in Berlin. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, hospital CEO Michael Franklin told WBOC, that the facility has spent the last three years creating a safety net. He said the hospital has gotten grants to offset increased costs and hired more nurses to take care of patients. Franklin says the hospital has also been facing increasing cost of Medicare losing about a quarter of million dollars per quarter. Big Changes in Hospital Reimbursement Under Medicare in Maryland By Don Rush • Mar 28, 2013 msa.maryland.gov ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland officials have briefed lawmakers on huge changes to how hospital costs are paid to try to keep the state's unique Medicare waiver agreement with the federal government. The plan was outlined by the state health secretary Wednesday. The proposal was submitted to a federal agency on Tuesday. Delaware Hospice Announces Layoffs By Don Rush • Jan 10, 2013 Delaware Hospice Website WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Shrinking federal reimbursements have led the Delaware Hospice to lay off dozens of employees. The hospice's CEO, Susan Lloyd, tells the News Journal of Wilmington that the nonprofit healthcare provider has let 52 workers go. She says the decision wasn't made lightly but is necessary to keep the hospice in operation. Dupont Retirees Face Changes in Medical Expense Compensation By Don Rush • Nov 19, 2012 health care, 123rf.com Changes are coming to DuPont retirees on Medicare. And, 10,000 of them are located in Delaware. The Wilmington News Journal reports that for decades the Wilmington based chemical company provided coverage for 20 percent of medical expenses not picked up by Medicare. Now, the company is terminating its group plans this year but will help retirees choose individual plans with a $1400 cash payment. DuPont has hired the benefits management company Extend Health to put together a set of replacement plans and offer assistance to retirees for selecting a plan. A Moderate Republican Speaks Out About His Party By Don Rush • Aug 30, 2012 Mike Castle, wikipedia.org Is the Republican Party moving away from its more traditional conservative roots? Former Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, who lost a senate primary to Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell, is considered a moderate in his party. When Delmarva Public Radio caught up with him at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, he clearly indicated that he had disagreements with some of the new policy shifts within the GOP.


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Jillian Harris has cut Brian, Julien, Mathue and Simon from the dating competition, leaving 16 to pursue her attention.
After sending home 10 guys on the premiere of "The Bachelorette" season 5, Jillian Harris eliminated further 4 men. Those getting axed from the dating reality show are IT consultant Brian, restauranteur Julien, personal trainer Mathue, and soccer coach Simon. With the departure of the four men, Jillian is left with 16 others to choose from.
The Monday, May 25 episode was highlighted with a date to one of Martina McBride's concerts as well as the race to find Jillian who disappeared in the middle of L.A. In the race where the men are paired in twos, Wes and Brad won the challenge but Jillian picked only the former to have dinner with her. Brad was pissed off by the decision and hoped that Jillian will see through Wes.
Earning another solo date was Jake who was lucky to get a dance to Martina's song and a kiss from Jillian. However, Jillian said in the end of the date that she was worried that the commercial pilot was too conservative. Still, she gave him an early rose along with Wes and Mike.
Juan was voted by the guys to leave the mansion, but Jillian said that she appreciated their opinion and decided to give him a rose anyway.
Next week on June 1, there would be a wild-west theme date and the crack among the guys is showing up.

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I love waffles, pancakes and the like. Batter items for breakfast are wonderful because you can make (and should) make the batter the night before. Then wake up when you want, roll out of bed and turn on the griddle or waffle iron. The only thing I don't like about batter items, is the mess. You know, when you drop the spoon in the batter or when that quarter cup you've been using to measure out batter makes a mess on the counter. This batter dispenser means my batter mess issue are over!
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This gadget can help make your cooking and baking products look like the pros made them. Use to make pancakes, muffins, cookies, and other foods, come out in a uniform size and shape. Foods cook evenly and more consistently when dispensed at the same quantity. Easy to use and clean up in the dishwasher.
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Behind the Scenes With Rachel Roy Spring 2011
FabSugarTV: Behind the Scenes With Rachel Roy For Spring 2011!
Even though we are in the midst of cooler months, warm weather is waiting just around the corner! We went behind the scenes with designer Rachel Roy to find out what colors she's loving for Spring, her classic go-to closet staple, and Rachel's favorite look from her newest collection. Hint: she's a fan of mixing and matching her dressy and casual pieces too!


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Disorderly crowd hampers police in North Side arrests
Police from a number of Pittsburgh neighborhoods were called Tuesday evening to help disperse a vocal, disorderly crowd that gathered around officers trying to arrest two men in the Spring Hill section of the North Side.
Plainclothes officers saw a man in the courtyard of Rhine Court who appeared to be carrying a gun, police Lt. Christopher Ragland said. They chased him into an apartment where he dove out a third-story window in an attempt to flee and struggled with officers who tried to handcuff him, Ragland said.
As a vocal crowed gathered, a second man began fighting with officers, prompting the call for assistance, Ragland said. The crowd dispersed and there were no reports of injuries or additional arrests.


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Office Space to Rent in Whitehill
We have a variety of serviced offices available to rent in Whitehill. Each office space is offered at the best rates and suited to your individual needs and requirements.
We have a variety of serviced offices available to rent in Whitehill. Each office space is offered at the best rates and suited to your individual needs and requirements.
This company's new manned business centre at Edinburgh's largest retail complex in Newcraighall is the ideal base for your new office. The modern centre has a business lounge for drop in workers and a range of meeting rooms in varying sizes. Offices are furnished and reception is manned. WiFi and printing and scanning facilities also available. This centre offers all-inclusive pricing, so you can move in with peace of mind that there will be no unexpected costs each month.
A modern business centre offering fully serviced offices of varying sizes and styles. Each office is equipped with telephone lines, internet access and furniture to suit each occupants specific requirements.
Business centre complex, with offices and storage units ranging from 150 sq ft (13.94 sq m) to 1,300 sq ft (120.77 sq m). Offered is flexible business accommodation for companies seeking office premises in a quiet location just along the coast from Edinburgh.
The accommodation is offered at a fixed price to include rent, rates, power, water, reception and telephone infrastructure. In addition, broadband internet connection, furniture, variable office layout and 24 hour Service Centre support are included. The offices, which range from 150-500 sq ft (14-47 sq m), are available either individually or in suites on simplified leases (with a minimum lease length of one year). Occupiers will also have the ability to buy additional services on a 'pay as you go' basis from a menu of options. These optional services include the hire of meeting rooms, catering, secretarial support and switchboard services.
A new serviced office development in the very centre of Edinburgh. Offering accommodation for a wide range of business from 1 to 20 persons in a variety of layouts. A dedicated meeting room floor available for you to use. All of the meeting rooms come complete with internet/WiFi and large display screens which allow you to show documents and/or presentations. These features are available for use at no extra charge and complimentary refreshments are provided for every meeting.
A period property, this business centre forms part of a row of Georgian town houses. This business centre has been fully refurbished to a high standard and offers fully serviced office space on flexible license agreements. Services available include high speed broadband, advanced phone systems, conference and meeting rooms on site as well as reception services and secretarial support. All offices are individually alarmed with card swipe access to the building.
This centre in Edinburgh is located in a listed building situated in the heart of the city's beautiful Georgian new town, close to the very best of Scotland's shopping and restaurants. St Andrew Square itself is a prestigious address and home to many of Scotland's leading companies and financial institutions.The property is fitted to high standards providing flexible, well appointed business accommodation and first-class meeting and conference facilities in one of Europe's key financial centres.
A modern and bright building housing 19 high quality offices and 2 meeting rooms of varying sizes. Located in a desirable residential area but within easy walking distance of the city centre, it provides the ideal base for those seeking a quiet working environment.
Located in a prominent contemporary building, this modern business centre provides fully furnished and serviced office suites to suit all sizes of business. Located within the Exchange District this facility is adjacent to Edinburgh's International Conference Centre. This space is available on flexible terms with no upfront capital. Features include latest technology with super-fast Internet, fully transparent online billing, staffed reception, meeting rooms and business lounge.
Luxurious serviced offices of varying sizes located in a listed building with original period features. Situated in the very heart of Edinburgh city centre, the building was once home to some of Scotland's most influential characters and dates back to 1805. With 13 office suites, 2 meetings rooms and a fully staffed reception, it has everything a business could possibly require while providing much needed flexibility.
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Less than 10 years after building the world's largest packaging empire, New Zealand-based entrepreneur
Mr Hart's Reynolds Group Holdings confirmed in the US on Monday that it had embarked on a strategic review of three of its businesses which account for around a third of total earnings.
These include Evergreen Packaging, which makes juice and milk cartons; the Closures business, which makes bottle tops and caps; and carton maker SIG Holdings, the second-largest drink carton maker after TetraPak.
"Both reviews may result in a decision to sell some or all of those businesses, although no decision has been made at this time to do so," Reynolds said in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bankers say the sale of the fibre-based operations would enable Mr Hart to take advantage of rising valuations for packaging assets while testing the waters for an initial public offering of his remaining plastic-based packaging businesses.
"The valuation cycle for packaging is at all-time highs. It's the best time in 10 years to sell," said one industry source.
"This may be a good time to divest some assets at premium multiples and pay down debt."
The announcement follows recent unconfirmed reports that Reynolds had hired Goldman Sachs to find buyers for SIG.
$US20 billion spree
Mr Hart has splurged almost $US20 billion on a series of highly leveraged acquisitions over the past 10 years, including $US4.5 billion for US plastics maker Graham in 2011, $US6 billion for food service packager Pactiv in 2010, $US2.7 billion for Reynolds consumer packaging in 2008, $US500 million for Evergreen in 2006 and $US2.3 billion for SIG in 2007.
The privately held company makes a wide range of packaging, from beverage cartons and plastic bottles to kitchen wrap, bottle tops, rubbish bags and takeaway food containers.
Reynolds now has total revenues of $US13.9 billion in 2013, making it larger than Amcor and TetraPak. But borrowings have ballooned to $US18.1 billion, or 6.2 times earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortisation, and the company's annual finance costs of $US1.6 billion have undermined earnings and synergies from acquisitions.
The debt is split between bank loans and bonds, which are rated speculative or below investment grade by Standard & Poor's and Moody's.
Reynolds Group chief executive Tom Degnan and finance director Allen Hugli said last year that Mr Hart wanted to reduce the group's leverage to 5.5 in the short term and five times earnings over time by selling non-core assets.
Only then would the company be in a position to test the market for an initial public offer, they said.
Reducing debt or testing the market
Market sources said Mr Hart may be looking to reduce debt, or testing the market ahead of an IPO, for either the entire business or the remaining flexible and rigid plastic packaging units.
"Packaging multiples are pretty frothy at the moment, so it's probably not a bad time to be selling or IPOing," said one analyst, who declined to be named.
Global packaging assets are fetching between eight and 10 times EBITDA. The asset sales could raise between $US7.6 billion and $US9.5 billion. Evergreen earned $US247 million last year, Closures $US162 million and SIG $US543 million, while Pactiv, Graham and Reynolds earned $US1.7 billion combined, accounting for 64 per cent of group profits.
"I wonder if he's doing it to get a sum of the parts . . . testing the market so he knows what the assets are worth," another source said. "These appear to be well-established cash-generating businesses, so there will be demand – it will just be a function of price."
Who will buy?
Potential buyers of the fibre-based assets include private equity investors, who have been active in the packaging industry in the past, and trade players.
Earlier this year Mr Hart's Carter Holt Harvey sold its pulp, paper and packaging businesses to Japan's Oji Holdings for $1.037 billion.
There have also been reports that Mr Hart's private company, Rank Group, which once owned Goodman Fielder and Burns Philp, has been looking for buyers for its auto parts businesses. Despite high levels of debt, Mr Hart, 59, is ranked by Forbes as New Zealand's richest man, with a net worth of $US7.2 billion. The self-made billionaire keeps a low public profile and still lives in Auckland.
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Winnipeg police have a woman in custody facing a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the city's latest homicide.
The victim was identified Monday morning as Brandon Lee How, 39, of Winnipeg.
He was one of three people injured during an assault at an apartment block Friday night about 9 p.m. in the 2100 block of Portage Avenue. All three were taken to hospital, but How was the most seriously injured.
All three had been socializing when the two men got into a physical fight, with both suffering upper body injuries, police said.
The woman then intervened, with the result that one of the men suffered a stab wound to his upper body, police said.
Dawn Marie McFadyen, 32, is being detained at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.


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If most people were asked what was the reason for Spurgeon's success, they would probably say 'his preaching.' But it is very interesting to note how strongly he believed prayer was responsible for the remarkable blessing that came on his ministry:WHEN I came to New Park Street Chapel, it was but a mere handful of people to whom I first preached; yet I can never forget how earnestly they prayed. Sometimes, they seemed to plead as though they could really see the Angel of the covenant … [Read more...]
Spurgeon on the role of prayer in the blessing his ministry received
Remembering Spurgeon: not just his success but also his depression
Today in 1856 my friends at Christian Heritage London reminded us, a great trial of depression was unleashed on Spurgeon. We quite rightly think of him as a great preacher. But in an instant, he was transported into great depression. This was not the only time he experienced depression, either.None of us is immune from the troubles this world. For Spurgeon the trigger was the carnage and death unleashed when someone cried out 'Fire!' during a gathering of 12,000 who were there to hear him p … [Read more...]
The simple sermon that saved Charles Spurgeon
An unknown, unheralded, unremembered, unlearned substitute preacher impacted Victorian London, and the English speaking world beyond it more than he could ever have imagined.A young man, who happened into a small chapel, was arrested. These simple truths, spoken by a simple man who was never acclaimed during Spurgeon's life (several men claimed to be the preacher, but were not recognized, and it seems the real preacher was content to remain unacknowledged). These same words which … [Read more...]
Charles Spurgeon on Tithing
Lined up today toe to toe are two camps of people when it comes to giving. In the one corner are those who legalistically tithe, do so out of fear, and believe everyone must tithe because God demands it. In the other corner are those who say, "We are not under the law of tithing so we don't need to do it." Often these people either don't give to God's house at all, or give very small amounts.Spurgeon, as so often seems to sit right in the middle and challenges both groups. Read the whole … [Read more...]
Spurgeon on the vital place of prayer
I came across the following two quotes about Spurgeon's view of prayer on a website I was reading. They both struck me so strongly that I wanted to check the sources. Thanks to Logos Bible Software I was able to find the source of the first.But the second quote eludes me, as although it is often cited online and even in books, I've not been able to corroborate the veracity of the story. Anybody know where it comes from? A certain preacher, whose sermons converted men by scores, received a r … [Read more...]
Win a FREE complete set of Spurgeon sermons for Logos
Thanks to my friends at Logos Bible Software readers of this blog enjoy a 15% discount on base packages.Whats even better than a discount? "FREE!" I hear you shout! Well, one lucky reader in a week will receive a free copy of the fantastic complete set of Spurgeon Sermons for Logos Bible Software. If you are a pastor I can think of no better resource to do your own soul good as you prepare. Many have claimed that Spurgeon was the greatest English speaking preacher the wold has ever known. … [Read more...]
Spurgeon on the correct place of excitement and emotion in the Church
I love this quote from Spurgeon, and thanks to Michael Brown for citing a line from it that led me searching on my Logos Bible Software (follow link for 15% off!). This passage speaks to the vital place of excitement and emotion, but also puts limits around those things. I encourage you all to read this and read it carefully. I am pretty sure this passage is also cited almost unchanged in Spurgeon's fantastic book The S … [Read more...]
Strange Fire – A Charismatic Response to John MacArthur
See also the following posts: Strange Fire – A Charismatic Response to John MacArthur My review of the book Strange Fire: MacAthur accuses charismatics of being like Mormons John Piper responds to John MacArthur's Strange Fire Conference RT Kendall responds to MacArthur's Strange FireChristians have a long history of disagreeing with each other over doctrine. There is nothing new about that. Sometimes that disagreement can get quite heated. So for example, in the time when Wesley a … [Read more...]
Spurgeon: Prayer is vital for the success of ministry
Regular readers will know only too well that I have been looking afresh recently at the life and writings of Spurgeon, in preparation for a planned documentary for which a team of my friends are currently seeking crowd-sourced funding. Reading Spurgeon afresh, it has struck me again just how much he has to teach us. God seems to have uniquely gifted him with great insight into a broad range of subjects, as I am sure you have already seen in the quotes I have shared over on Desiring God about … [Read more...]
A personal note on the planned Spurgeon Documentary
I wanted to share a bit more about the Spurgeon documentary we are currently seeking crowd-sourced funding for. Our goal is simple: we want to introduce Spurgeon to a new generation and encourage people to find out more about him. If we cover our costs, then the documentary will be made, and will at some stage be made available to stream free online. Making it will involve a group of us taking annual leave and filming at some of the key sites in Spurgeon's life what we hope will be a … [Read more...]


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By Kevin Collins
Carrboro Commons Co-Editor
Jose Drost-Lopez is in the right place at the right time.
The 21-year-old hosts "PsychTalk," a weekly program on Carrboro Community Radio that delves into the science behind why people do what they do. He's found success by taking advantage of his location and his generation.
"The show has made me very grateful for the area. RTP, Durham, Chapel Hill and Carrboro are all very university-centered and research-centered." says Drost-Lopez. "Without that, the show would be missing half of itself."
The show began when Drost-Lopez, having just finished his freshman year at Princeton University, decided to take a gap year to be with his family in Chapel Hill. He says he needed a way to be productive, and he chose radio as the creative outlet for his passion for neuroscience and psychology.
Drost-Lopez invites local professors and counselors onto his show to discuss topics ranging from brain trauma and schizophrenia to addiction and psychedelic drug use. He says the area's vibrant scholarly climate inspires him and fuels the show's success.
"The area is so unique in that it has many opportunities to do academic-oriented work without being a student," says Drost-Lopez. "The whole academic side of it wouldn't be as easy if there weren't so many professors swarming around ready to speak on the interesting work they're doing."
In conjunction with his show's local flare, Drost-Lopez takes advantage of today's technological offerings to enhance his craft. He makes the show available in podcast form, easily downloadable from iTunes, Stitcher and other content aggregators. He also maintains an active Twitter feed for the show, and credits social media with helping him reach wider audiences.
"I'm just glad that there's this moment in the last few years where amateurs have just as good a distribution medium as the big shots," says Drost-Lopez. "I feel privileged that I can join the fray and, I think just by arbitrary circumstances, get a decent following without having a big brand behind me."
The techniques that benefit "PsychTalk" have also done wonders for Carrboro Community Radio's visibility, and Drost-Lopez has been generous in sharing his expertise. Ernie Hood, WCOM board member and host of "Radio In Vivo," credits the "PsychTalk" host with helping the small outfit's shows reach more ears than ever before.
"Given WCOM's low-wattage on-air signal, it's vital to our efforts to maximize our use of new media such as Twitter, Facebook and especially internet live streaming, podcasting and archiving," says Hood. "Those techniques extend the reach of our station to anyone anywhere with a broadband Internet connection, and Jose has done a great deal to bring us all up to speed in those areas."
"We are relying a lot on the Joses of the world and some of our younger program hosts and interns to help us out," says WCOM intern coordinator and "Talk of Hope" host Sean Wellington. "It's easy for them, but it could take us months to figure out."
Drost-Lopez embraces his role in the cloudy scene of new media technologies. He's managed to put his own spin on a classic medium, and attract a geographically diverse audience, by understanding and identifying with his technophile listeners.
"It's a hard sell to get people not to watch a YouTube video when YouTube videos are available," says Drost-Lopez. "So if they're going to listen, I think it will have to be on demand and in some very accessible format. I don't think people are going to put up with anything other than exactly what they want to hear when they want to hear it."
With a keen eye on media trends and a laundry list of brilliant brains to pick, that's precisely what Jose Drost-Lopez and "PsychTalk" will continue to provide.
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Ches's Fish and Chips
Ches's on Topsail Road opened in 1987, bringing the great taste of Ches's to the west end of St. John's. Today it's reflecting the change in dining needs for Newfoundlanders. The most recent addition is the Steamers menu, serving up delicious steamed cod and salmon with a selection of sauces to put a unique taste on every meal. Fish and Chips may be soul food, but the Steamers are all about your heart. That's why you night see our servers proudly claiming that Ches's is food that's good for your heart and soul. Topsail Road also has a spectacular interior. The history of the Barbour family is etched into the decor of the restaurant with the family schooners SEABIRD and NEPTUNE SECOND and the original Barbour home in Newtown all on display. With bar service now available, this location is the place to go if you're looking to relax and catch up with friends.
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Food items that best represent the food service: Fish & Chips, Seafood, Chicken. Licensed to service liquor. Takeout.
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Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A. de C.V. operates and manages 13 international airports in the north and central regions of Mexico. The company's airports serve Monterrey, M xico's third largest metropolitan area, the tourist destinations of Acapulco, Mazatlan, and Zihuatanejo, and nine other regional centers and border cities. Since its inception in 1998, the company has been focusing on quality aeronautical and commercial services to passengers, airlines and others customers, achieving high standards of management and generating solid financial performance. Since 2000, OMAB has had the support of two strategic investors with significant experience in the operation of infrastructure and airport services: Empresas ICA, Mexico's largest engineering, procurement and construction company and A roports de Paris, a leading European airport operator.
The company has two sources of revenue: aeronautical services and non-aeronautical services. Revenue from its aeronautical services is earned from passenger charges, landing charges, aircraft parking charges, charges for airport security services, and charges for the use of passenger walkways. The company's revenue from non-aeronautical services is earned from the leasing of space in its airports to airlines, retailers, and other commercial tenants access fees collected from third parties providing complementary services at its airports and related miscellaneous sources. The company's principal source of revenue remains passenger charges, which are collected from airlines for each passenger. Passenger charges are automatically included in the cost of a passenger's ticket and are generally collected twice monthly from each airline. Below we can see the passenger traffic per airport during the first nine months 2007:
OMAB operates a well-balanced and diversified portfolio of airports in northern and central Mexico. The company has been posting good results in recent years, investing in the improvement of the terminals and increasing the commercial activity within the airports. We believe the commercial revenues in the airports remains the most important source of growth for the airport companies. In this sense we remain very encouraged by the company's strategy called OMA Plaza, a retail concept that ensures that restaurants, shops, banks, and other stores offer passengers an enjoyable experience at the company's airports.
During 2006, it was signed a bilateral agreement between Mexico and the U.S. That agreement increased from 2 to 3 the number of carriers of each country eligible to operate certain routes. The agreement came into force in July 2006. Thus, 2007 is the first year after the agreement and results have been positive, as we can see from the continued traffic growth during the first nine months 2007. Currently, the main source of traffic growth remains the new airlines (Interjet, Volaris, Avolar, VivaAerobus, Alma and Aladia) that are develping new markets. In 2007 a total of 23 new routes were opened, only VivaAerobus opened 8 new routes.
The Monterrey airport is the most important source of income for OMAB, representing over 45% of the company's revenues. The company has been investing in the construction of a terminal B at the Monterrey airport. At this moment, 50% of the foundations and structures are already completed, the terminal is expected to be operating by the forth quarter 2008. The new terminal will increase the Monterrey airport capacity by 1.5 million passengers per year, adding 2,000 square meters of new commercial areas. We understand that the expansion of this airport will be a major development in the following years, which will enable OMAB to increase both aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues in the short-to-medium term. Additionally, the company has other expansion projects going on, during the first nine months 2007 capital expenditures reached US$ 38.5 million, an increase of 85.4% as compared to the previous year. We believe those investments will add capacity and profitability for OMAB in the short-to medium term.
The less positive economic environment in the U.S. as a result of the subprime mortgage system crisis, may affect the Mexican economy in the following quarters since both economies have very strong ties. We have to admit that in the last months the likelihood of a recession in the U.S. in 2008 has been increasing, in such a situation the Mexican economy would be affected. This is particularly concerning if we consider that most of the recent traffic growth has been focused mainly on domestic passengers. Nevertheless, after the recent sell-off we believe the company's valuation is now very attractive if we consider the potential earnings growth in the future.
Finally, we were encouraged by the company's third quarter results, which included a huge growth in passenger traffic, mainly domestic traffic, increasing revenues, tight cost control, improved EBITDA and sound net income. We believe the company will continue to deliver solid results in the very short-term. In fact, during the fourth quarter 2007 passenger traffic figures were highly encouraging. On October 2007 total passenger traffic was up 21.5%, on November it was up 21.4% and in December it increased 20.6%. We also found it positive that on August 31, 2007, the company announced the beginning of its share repurchase program. The total repurchase program reaches MXN$ 400 million (US$36 million), of which MXN$100 million (US$3.6 million) are expected to be used in 2007. All considered, we are changing our current recommendation on OMAB from Hold to Buy.


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I am scheduled for surgery in 4 days and now I am second guessing the size of implants. (pre surg nerves and size obsession) I am 5ft 115lbs, currently 34C breast diam 15cm, w/level 2 ptosis. I would like to have very large full breasts approx 34DD.I was advised implant sizes 330cc-500cc would work for me. My PS recommended 420cc moderate pr, saline under muscle. I have worn sizers in both 400&475. I love big, but dont want crazy big. Will 420cc give desired 34DD or do I need bigger implant size?
Will 420cc Implants Make Me Very Big?
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Breast implant sizing
The more breast surgery I do the more I realize that there is no correlation between the size or model (profile) of implant used and resulting cup size. This may have to do with several factors including: the amount of breast volume the patient starts with, the shape of the patient's chest wall (concave or convex), the type and model of breast implant selected (saline/silicone and low/moderate/high profile), bra manufacturer variance in cup sizes, the degree of filling of the cup with breast tissue, and the subjective differences in patients perceptions of cup size.
Much of the final "look" achieved after breast augmentation surgery depends on several factors:
1. The initial shape, size (volume of breast tissue), symmetry of the patient's breasts. In general, the better the preoperative breast appearance the more likely the breast augmentation "look" will be optimal.
2. The experience/skill level of the surgeon is important in determining the final outcome. For example, the accurate and gentle dissection of the breast implant pockets are critical in producing long-term well-placed breast implants. I personally think that these 2 factors are more important than any others, including type (saline or silicone) or model (low/moderate/high profile) of implant.
3. The type of implant used may determine the final outcome, especially if the patient does not have significant covering breast or adipose tissue. For example, some surgeons feel that silicone implants have a more natural look and feel than saline implants because silicone gel has a texture that is similar to breast tissue. Each patient differs in the amount of breast tissue that they have. If a patient has enough breast tissue to cover the implant, the final result will be similar when comparing saline implants versus silicone gel implants. If a patient has very low body fat and/or very little breast tissue, the silicone gel implants may provide a more "natural" result. On the other hand, saline implants have some advantages over silicone implants. Silicone implant ruptures are harder to detect. When saline implants rupture, they deflate and the results are seen almost immediately. When silicone implants rupture, the breast often looks and feels the same because the silicone gel may leak into surrounding areas of the breast without a visible difference. Patients may need an MRI to diagnose a silicone gel rupture. Saline implants are also less expensive than the silicone gel implants. Other differences involve how the breast implants are filled. Saline implants are filled after they're implanted, so saline implants require a smaller incision than prefilled silicone breast implants. On May 10, 2000, the FDA granted approval of saline-filled breast implants manufactured by Mentor Corporation and McGhan Medical. To date, all other manufacturers' saline-filled breast implants are considered investigational. As of 2006, the FDA has approved the use of silicone gel implants manufactured by the Mentor Corporation and Allergan (formerly McGhan) for breast augmentation surgery for patients over the age of 22.
4. The size and model of breast implant used may make a significant difference in the final outcome. Therefore, it is very important to communicate your size goals with your surgeon. In my practice, the use of photographs of "goal" pictures (and breasts that are too big or too small) is very helpful. I have found that the use of words such as "natural" or "C cup" or "fake looking" or "top heavy" or "crazy big" means different things to different people and therefore prove unhelpful. Also, as you know, cup size varies depending on who makes the bra; therefore, discussing desired cup size may also be inaccurate. I use intraoperative sizers and place the patient in the upright position to evaluate breast size. Use of these sizers also allow me to select the breast implant profile (low, moderate, moderate plus, high-profile) that would most likely achieve the patient's goals. The patient's goal pictures are hanging on the wall, and allow for direct comparison. I have found that this system is very helpful in improving the chances of achieving the patient's goals as consistently as possible. By the way, the most common regret after this operation, is "I wish I was bigger".
I hope this helps.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/choosing-your-size.htm
What is considered BIG for Breast Implants
420cc is about 2 cup sizes. If you've tried the implant samples to show you what 420cc implants would look like in addition to what you already have and are pleased with what your body looks like, then I say "Go for it!"
My only concern is how you'll feel about your choice, 10-15 years down the line, after childbirth, gravity and weight gain has hit.
Determing Breast Implant Size
It's hard to say without a photo which placement fits you the best. There are various factors regarding how you want your breasts to look and feel, but if you and your doctor have a good, open line of communication, you shouldn't need to go back and forth on your decision. A major factor that effects how breast implants look and feel is whether they're inserted over or under the chest (pectoral) muscle. I do submammary and submuscular implants, inserting the implants under the breast tissue and over the muscle through an incision in the breast fold. The result is fabulous: perkiness with barely a trace of scar.
If you want the most natural-looking breast you'll need a subpectoral implant, in which the implant is placed under the muscle. This procedure also requires the merest incision - about three centimeters in the crease under the breast or at the edge of the nipple -- and diminishes the incidence of capsular contracture, the formation of hard scar tissue around the implant which occurs in 10 to 30 percent of cases.
Subpectoral implants aren't right for everyone, though. If you have saggy breasts, an implant placed under the muscle won't fill out that empty breast sack, and you'll get what we call the "double bubble" look, where the implant is situated next to your armpit and the breast hangs several inches below it. Instead, you can have a procedure called augmentation mastopexy, in which the implant is placed under the muscle and the skin on the breast is lifted and tightened.
In short, you must know -- realistically -- what you are starting with, as well as what you want to look like when surgery is done. Do you want a natural appearance or a round, perky look? These are some of the factors I weigh with my patients when evaluating what type of procedure to do.
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It's obvious that 500 cc implants would have a more dramatic effect in someone who's 5' tall than someone who's 6' tall. Also, your starting breast size would ultimately impact your final breast size and final result.In addition, it's important to remember that 50 cc is only 4 tablespoons. Terminology is also important.I find that not everyone's idea of a D-cup is the same. This potentially leads to confusion as well.
The best approach to resolve this issue is consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon with experience in this area.In an effort to minimize confusion, we utilize both external implant sizers and the 3D Vectra Computer Imaging System.These two systems help the surgeon understand the patient's aesthetic goals.They also significantly alleviate the anxiety that many patients experience regarding breast implant size.
Will 420cc implants make me very big?
Good communication between you and your surgeon of your expectations is warranted - choosing your surgeon wisely is the first step. Discussion of your wishes and having an honest and open dialog of your procedure is mandatory (e.g, implant type, incision, placement, etc). Your height, weight, breast width, and body habitus will make a difference for which implant style/projection to choose. Implant profile will also make a difference on the projection, which will influence overall breast/cup size. I have found that photographs brought by the patient is helpful to get a visualization of the appearance you wish for in terms of size, shape, fullness, etc. In addition, your surgeon's pre and postoperative photographs should demonstrate a realistic goal for you of results. Sizers are helpful during an in-office consultation. Once this has been accomplished, allow your surgeon to utilize his/her best medical judgment during the procedure to finesse the best possible result for you after preoperative biodimensional planning and fitting the right implant for your breast width. This is the most important determinant for the sizing of implants, which will provide the optimal result and most aesthetically-pleasing result for you.
Consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon well-versed in breast procedures who will examine and discuss with you the various options and factors to consider and help you decide which one will be the right one for you. Hope me that this helps! Best wishes for a wonderful result!
Implant Selection Process
Unfortunately, there is not a general rule of thumb or objective criteria to implant selection.
Your plastic surgeon will perform several measurements of your chest wall and breast anatomy and determine a range of implants that both fit your chest wall and reach your desired goals.
The next step is to try on this range of implants in the office with your doctor. The key to this success is showing your surgeon the body proportion you desire with a bra sizer and allowing your surgeon to guide you to the right implant. It will be much easier to communicate in implant cc's than cup size when determining the appropriate implant for you.
I wish you a safe recovery and fantastic result.
Dr. Gill
Sizing of Breast Implants
As mentioned by others, it is very difficult to translate implant sizes to cup sizes. If you are now wearing a 34C bra and do not want to be "crazy big", you do not want to go bigger than a 420cc implant. Not only would you be "crazy big", but it would also be obvious that you have been augmented.
Would Will Breast Implants Make Me Very Big?
Regarding: "Will 420cc Implants Make Me Very Big?
I am scheduled for surgery in 4 days and now I am second guessing the size of implants. (pre surg nerves and size obsession) I am 5ft 115lbs, currently 34C breast diam 15cm, w/level 2 ptosis. I would like to have very large full breasts approx 34DD.I was advised implant sizes 330cc-500cc would work for me. My PS recommended 420cc moderate pr, saline under muscle. I have worn sizers in both 400&475. I love big, but dont want crazy big. Will 420cc give desired 34DD or do I need bigger implant size?"
THE KEY to an attractive augmented breast is picking an implant which is fully covered by YOUR current breast tissue and does not slide sideways off your chest. Your surgeon can easily tell you if your breast width matches that of the 420 or 475 cc implant. Choosing a larger implant will expose the ripples of the implant along the side and bottom of the breast.
The key to a long lasting perky breast is using the smallest implant you can put up with. You ALREADY have grade 2 sagging of the breast with your natural 34C breasts and yet you did not mention any plans to lift your breasts and correct the sagging during this surgery. Adding 420 or 475 grams to each sagging breast will increase the rate of breast sagging. Something to consider.
I would talk to your surgeon and ask him which breast implant offers the best compromise of full coverage and weight to try and get the best result.
Good Luck.
Dr. Peter Aldea
420cc Implants
If you like the 500 cc sizers than go for it. Otherwise you are setting yourself up for disappointment and the most common post operative compliant of, "I wish I would have gone bigger!"
Breast augmentation; choose the look, not the implant size
Your question comes up very frequently and we hear such concerns; will a 350cc implant be right for me? Or will I need a 420cc implant for a DD cup or will a 450cc be better? As a reviewer, my best advice is to make sure you know what look you want (and yes cup size) and make even more certain that your surgeon knows what the goal is. You will not care if the implant is a 400cc or a 475cc if the look is 'you'. Bring in photos, buy the bra you hope to wear (the 34DD) and fill it out and let your surgeon see it to know what you want. The surgeon should keep your goal clearly in mind as he selects the correct implant. He should also advise you as to a safe and realistic outcome.
Best of luck,
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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I am a 42-year-old woman with 34-36D bust. No kids, but I have noticed a decrease in fullness over time. I do NOT want to go any bigger with breast implants, just want to have the full D cup breasts I had before. What is best for me? Saline or silicone? Under or over muscle? Long term safety and cost are also considerations.
Breast Implants to Regain Full D Cup?
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Breast volume
Thank you for your question.
It is hard to say without examining you. However, you do have a few options that might work for you. A breast lift alone will help with any drooping you may be experiencing if you have enough volume and laxicity. Even though small amount of tissue is removed, your breast may appear fuller as the volume is fit into a smaller space.
Implants will increase the volume of your breast, but will may make sagging worse over time if that is already a problem for you. Last you can combine both procedures, but this is usually only if you want a lift and larger breast. As far as details such as implant type and over or under the muscle, discuss these options with your board certified plastic surgeon.
Best regards,
Dr. Speron
Breast Lift vs Breast Augmentation or Both
It is very difficult to give you an accurate answer but here it goes. It really depends on what you are trying to achieve and what you have right now. If your volume is good in a bra but you have loose skin, then you may just need a breast lift. If you lack the fullness in the upper pole then you may benefit from a small implant to give you the added fullness up top.
Hope that helps answer your questions, more can be said after an examination.
Learn more: http://www.feplasticsurgery.com/orange-county-breastlift-newport-beach.php
Avoid breast implants if you don't want to be bigger.
1) Breast implants have volume and will make your breasts bigger. You are big enough.
2) You just want to improve the shape of your breasts, and so you need a good INTERNAL (not relying on skin tension because skin stretches) breast lift.
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Loss of breast volume
It sounds as if you have lost upper fullness and have developed some degree of glandular ptosis.
Depending on the amount of skin excess, it is my impression that you will achieve the best result with a breast lift, slight reduction, and volume replacement with a silicone implant placed above the muscle.
Of course you will obtain different opinions and your best approach is to schedule a few consultations with expereienced board certified plastic surgeons and then select the best fit for you.
Learn more: http://www.bodysculptor.com/breast-enhancement-faq.html
Loss of fullness with age
Your experience is not unusual and could be improved in one of three ways.
1. Implants alone. This will add overall volume to the breasts and may increase your cup size.
2. Breast lift alone. This tightens and lifts the breasts without adding volume. The downside here is the degree of scarring that occurs.
3. Breast lift and implants together. This is for women who want larger and lifted breasts.
You and your plastic surgeon will discuss all the options and the consquences of each.
Loss of fullness
The only reason to have implants placed is to increase the volume of the breasts. As a side effect implants will frequently give some lift to the breasts. If your concern is the shape of the breast, you may need to consider a lift operation or Mastopexy. At the cost of a few scars you may be able to restore the youthfull fullness you're missing. Don't do a lift if there is a possibility of more children.
Implants or no implants
THe larger a woman's breasts are naturally, the higher the chance of laxity as time passes, especially if you have some weight loss. You may be a candidate for a breast lift (mastopexy) alone if you have adequate breast volume with laxity or sagginess of your breasts. You will be a bit smaller with a lift even though typically there is not much breast tissue removed and there is never a tremendous amount of upper pole fullness that persists after mastopexy so you may consider adding an implant to your lift. The determination of what kind of implant and where it is placed is best determined at consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon. I prefer partially sub-muscular placement for what I feel is a more natural appearance. I hope this helps.
Dr Edwards
Learn more: http://www.medwardsmd.com/plasticsurgery_questions1.html
Restore volume fullness
If your breasts just don't have the fullness that they did, perhaps they are just a bit droopy. Sometimes, all that is needed is a lift. This may eliminate the need for implants.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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A brash busker almost baring all is fulfilling a dream of superstardom, writes Mike Miller in New York.
Rain, hail or shine, or even snow, he stands in Times Square, strumming his guitar and croaking out a tune, naked except for cowboy boots, hat and the tight white briefs that occasionally reveal his politics.
To most, the Naked Cowboy is just another street performer, and not a very good one. But as he struts his stuff daily on Broadway for dollars from tourists, the Naked Cowboy is convinced he has achieved his goal of becoming "the most celebrated entertainer of all time".
"I've become the pin-up symbol of New York City," the Cowboy, also known as Robert John Burck, said. "I'm ready for the Statue of Liberty to throw down her torch and swim back to France." The Empire State Building? Strictly second-rate, he says.
Dressed only in cowboy boots with spurs, a 10-gallon hat on his flowing blond hair and a double pair of form-fitting bright-white briefs, the Ohio native has become a daily fixture in Times Square over the past three years.
With his bodybuilder torso only partly obscured by his guitar, this street-corner Schwarzenegger interrupts his strumming and vocalising to wrap a muscular arm around the latest in a stream of tourists, virtually all women, who stop to pose for a snapshot.
"Dollar in the boot - no room in the underwear," he says, if the visitor fails to take the hint from the word "Tips" and the dollar signs painted on his white boots. He says he takes in $US700 ($A1060) to $US1000 on an average day.
Burck takes his stand on a pedestrian island in the middle of Broadway, smack in the snarl of midtown Manhattan traffic, with the flashing signs of New York's theatre district as a backdrop.
On his website (www.nakedcowboy.com), 32-year-old Burck tells of setting a goal a few years ago to become the most celebrated entertainer of all time. Asked how that plan was coming along, he said he had achieved it.
"I've done more work than any other entertainer in the history of the world," he said. "It just hasn't been seen, because it's been done with each individual person."
Comparing his fame with that of Jennifer Lopez, Burck said: "J.Lo goes on TV and a billion people see her. I go to a billion people." The only difference, in his view, is that he reaches his fans one at a time.
Burck's website chronicles in great detail a career driven perhaps more by ambition than by talent. His first foray into show business came in 1997 after he won a Cincinnati radio station contest. The prize took him to California to appear as an extra on the television show Baywatch. He appeared on screen "for about two-and-one-third seconds".
Back home in Ohio he took a few much-needed voice lessons, borrowed a beat-up guitar from his mother and headed for Nashville to become a famous country singer. When this plan didn't quite work out, he returned to California to try playing for donations in Venice Beach.
On his first day he grossed $US1.02. A friend suggested he needed a gimmick. "Play in your underwear," the friend said. "That'll make 'em stop."
The next day Burck returned in cowboy boots, hat and briefs, and his guitar case quickly filled with dollar bills. The Naked Cowboy was born.
These days, Burck has "a suitcase full" of white cotton briefs. Most of them say "Naked Cowboy" - his registered trademark - in red and blue across the derriere, but the message sometimes becomes topical. During the Iraq war it read "Down with Saddam".
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The Huang Ho Valley
Last Updated 11/17/2007 10/6/2007
The Shang
2000 BC, civilization developed in the Huang Ho valley of northern China
No records of the beginning,
No remains have been found.
1800 BC, villages and farms all along the river
People farmed and used river for travel and trade.
They made clay ovens, cupboards, benches, and pottery.
Houses were round and small with a thatched roof.
Cities of the Shang
1766 BC, Shang came to power
Built first Chinese cities.
The city was the home of the rich, the learned, and the skilled.
At the center stood a palace and a temple.
Public buildings and homes of high officials were built around the palace.
In the outer district there were workshops, burial grounds, homes of workers.
Poor people lived in the country and farmed..
Grew grains: millet, wheat, rice
Raised cattle, sheep, and chickens.
Produced silk used to make clothes for the very rich.
Spirits, Ancestors, and Kings
Shang worshiped spirits that lived in mountains,rivers, and seas.
People believed they had to please the spirits.
Honored their ancestors.
Family ties were very important.
Wives were trained to obey their husbands.
Oracle bones answered questions for the kings.
Writing is the oldest form of Chinese writing.
Classes of People
Classes of People: King, nobles, poor
Nobles spent much of their time hunting.
Nobles fought with other nobles over land.
Nobles rode into battle in horse-drawn bronze chariots.
Soldiers were poor farmers forced to leave their farms.
Decline of the Shang
There was a gap between the rich and the poor.
Rich Shang lived in wooden houses.
Rich Shang owned bronze weapons and wore linen, wool, fur, and silk.
Poor Shang lived in thatched or mud huts or scooped out caves.
1122 BC, Zhou, led by Wu, invaded the Shang kingdom.
Wu was a former ruler of a Shang territory.


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The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate's dedicated Authority for culture, arts, and heritage, is inviting submissions from patrons and beneficiaries of the arts for the third edition of the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards.
A path-breaking initiative announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the Awards are aimed at driving the growth of the city's cultural and artistic scene, by honouring the patrons who contribute to the various disciplines of the arts comprising performing arts, visual arts, film, and literature. The Awards honours their financial or in-kind contributions towards the arts.
Saeed Al Nabouda, Acting Director General, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, said, "The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards, is the first and only one of its kind initiative in the region honouring the patrons for their noble contribution to the arts and cultural sector. Through the third edition of the awards, we want to once again, shine the spotlight on these unsung heroes, whose commitment and passion for culture should be honoured."
He added: "We are delighted to observe that the patronage extended by organisations – both from the public and private sectors - and individuals has recorded positive growth in the past two years. As patrons, these individuals and organisations have recognised the scope of talent, especially in the region, and presented them with the opportunity to showcase their creativity to a wider audience. We value their commitment to bring original, creative works to our audience. We thank all the patrons who have helped in strengthening the cultural and artistic fabric of Dubai."
In its second cycle, the Awards honoured 40 patrons for contributing over AED 130 million in financial or in-kind contribution towards the arts. This followed the first edition where 59 organisations and individuals were recognised for their financial and in-kind support of about AED 250 million from 2007 to 2009.
In 2010, Dubai witnessed a strong participation of the government sector in driving arts with the support extended by government departments increasing to 12 percent. Visual arts dominated the total patronage at nearly 51 percent followed by films at 33 percent. Performing arts recorded an increase to 11 percent of total contributions and literature received five percent.
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Chase Granoff
The choreographer follows his intuition and rebecomes a dancer.
Mon Nov 7 2011
Photographer: Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Chase Granoff is reconnecting to dancing, and that's a good thing. For the past decade, the dancer and choreographer, who started off in ballet—hard-core—has worked within an experimental, conceptual framework. Yet one of his biggest strengths lies in his body, where his charisma and presence take over a theatrical space in startling ways. In intuition is preceding over my understanding, which will be at the Chocolate Factory beginning Wednesday 16, Granoff presents a solo inside of a particular environment that includes, but isn't limited to, Megan Byrne's lighting (a chandelier design), Jon Moniaci's sound score—which features the music of trumpeter Bill Dixon—and video by visual artist F.P. Bou. Recently, Granoff spoke about his quest to "rebecome" a dancer.
Is it true that you're retiring after this piece?
No! [Laughs] What is true is that I probably won't make a show for a while after this. It's not retirement. I just think I need a break from making work. I have a son and I'm still pretty young. I'm 28. I've been making work for ten years—not that that's a long time, but it's some chunk of time.
But when you consider your ballet training, you have been involved in dance for many years. You didn't discover it at 16.
Right. I started when I was three. This is really practical. I need to figure out a way to live a more balanced life—between family, money, art—and I think if you're always in a mode of trying to make a show, then you're always in the mode of scraping things together, and you can't ground yourself. Actually, I kind of want to stop with the idea of making a show so I can just go into a studio whenever I feel like it—then if I have something, I can show it on my terms. Even if it's just ten minutes and I can invite the people I want to share that with. Then, who knows? Maybe it will become something. Any time I've made a show or any time an artist makes a show, they see the piece within a body of work—that the piece they're currently working on is both somehow looking back or acknowledging the past, but also looking to the future. Also, it's not necessarily that I'm not going to make anything for five years; it's that I probably just won't do a show at a theater. What does feel a little different about this show is that this piece isn't really trying to predict anything or to look forward—I'm trying to let it just be. I don't mean it in a clich way, but I'm just trying to let it be the piece that it needs to be in the moment.
It seems like you're in the right frame of mind to make that true.
I think this piece is a lot about transitions. Personal transitions, life transitions. The actual idea of a transition in dance is a big term—people talk about, "Oh it was a good piece, but the transitions were weak." So I'm thinking about transitions, both as a component of choreography, but also as a larger idea.
From in-between steps to something bigger?
Yeah. I didn't go to college for dance. I thought for a long time that I would get a master's degree in dance but that was proven very difficult without an undergrad degree. [Laughs] That's understandable. We almost moved this year, Luciana [Achugar, his partner] and I. We had thought about moving to Urbana where Tere [O'Connor] is [at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]. Who knows? Maybe it will happen. She would have done her master's, and I would have gotten my undergrad into a master's; it didn't feel like the right thing in the moment.
Let's talk about the piece. It's a solo, right?
Yeah. I felt like I didn't want to have this pressure of constructing. I just tried to go into the studio to find a way of moving, and I did find a way that I was excited about. Just really trying to return back to movement, for me. Whatever that meant.
You're a great dancer.
I wanted to dance again. [Laughs] I never intentionally stopped dancing for choreographers. I don't like auditioning. I got injured again. I danced after that, but [in Survive Cycle] that RoseAnne Spradlin did with Cdric [Andrieux]—I was in that piece and then I got injured and had to have a second knee surgery. Physically, there were some challenges. I think I was scared to do somebody else's process where I might be asked to do things that I didn't feel comfortable doing. But I wasn't necessarily against dancing for anybody. I just didn't put myself out there, so nobody asked me to dance for them and I was just making work. This sounds cheesy, but it's okay: Having a son and watching him discover how to move was actually a pretty exhilarating process and really fun, and I feel like that inspired me to want to go into the studio and find my way—how I could move now. Wherever I am: out of shape, injured, and that's what I did for a while. I would just go into the studio by myself and try to move without much filter. That there's so much code in movement, and I'd be in the studio and do something and be like, "Oh I can't do that because of X, Y and Z. It looks like this person's work or it's gestural and so people are going to read into it." I tried to keep pushing myself to allow myself to just move and not have that filter and to see if I could transcend some of that, just for myself. And then I did two showings. I did a Catch and a Judson and moved in those kinds of ways, and I enjoyed it.
I wish I had seen it.
There's a little excerpt [online] of something I did with live piano with Sergei Tcherepnin. He's just a friend. He played piano and I just danced.
What was the movement vocabulary?
It was improvisational. We were playing a lot with listening to each other. There was vocabulary, but the vocabulary was derived from the improvisations that we did leading up to the performance. I just tried to hold onto movements and gestures that seemed to resonate. And he held onto some gestures and sounds and tones that he was finding on the piano that seemed to resonate. I guess I played with a shifting of things—maybe doing something multiple times and with small shifts to see where that could go. I wasn't trying to be Minimalist or repetitious, but just allowing gestures to unfold and represent themselves. But really trying, as best as I could, to use my whole body—to allow myself to point my feet if I wanted to point my feet or if I wanted to do something more pedestrian to do that. If I wanted to do something that had line or some semblance of line or a turn, to allow it to happen. So not to think, I'm making a piece like this. I'm into wine and a lot of times people talk about things as an expression of time and place. In wine, that's a big thing: the whole idea of terroir. That's why people care about vintage; it expresses that year, and good wine is trying to express the smells of a place. There's no scientific proof in this, but if you smell wild berries in your wine, there might be wild berry plants. Some people say the cross-pollination of the plants with the bees is maybe what causes that to happen. Who knows? [Laughs] It's pretty to think that that's what causes it. So I thought, How can I transcribe some notion of that to dance? For me, improvisation was the answer because it's a heightened sense of time and place. You really have to be in the moment. But I knew I couldn't make an hour solo of me improvising. I'm not Steve Paxton or Jennifer Monson. I actually had an extended e-mail dialogue with Steve Paxton over the summer.


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Dacetini, Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Additional images: worker, dorsal view (small, large).
Costa Rica (mid-elevation Atlantic slope and northern Cordilleras).
Apical fork of mandible with one intercalary tooth; mandible with no preapical teeth; gaster smooth and shining; gaster with erect, linear, somewhat stiffened setae. See also Bolton (2000:518).
Head length 0.736mm, mandible length 0.452mm, head width 0.605mm, CI 82, MI 61 (n=1).
Similar species: micretes, ludia.
Natural History
Brown and Wilson (1959) summarize the genus as follows:
"Widespread in tropics and warm temperate areas. Primarily forest-dwelling; some species occur in grassland and arid scrub. ... Nests mostly in soil and rotting wood; a few species live in arboreal plant cavities in tropical rain forest. Foraging hypogaeic to epigaeic-arboreal. Food: most species are collembolan feeders; a few are polyphagous predators or occasionally feed on sugary substances..."
Members of the genus are all predaceous, with a kinetic mode of attack (Bolton 1999).
sevesta occurs in cloud forest and mid-elevation montane forest down to 300m.
Selected Records
Winkler samples from Braulio Carrillo National Park at 300m, Penas Blancas Valley, and Monteverde (where it is relatively common).
Literature Cited
Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 33:1639-1689.
Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini, with a revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malagasy Region by Brian L. Fisher, and a revision of the Austral epopostrumiform genera by Steven O. Shattuck. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
Brown, W. L., Jr., Wilson, E. O. 1959. The evolution of the dacetine ants. Quarterly Review of Biology 34:278-294.
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We'll turn down the music around 8pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.
Check out our map of restaurants near Angels & Kings where you can grab a bite after the event. And if you haven't already, link up with Vegan Drinks on Facebook and MySpace.
Vegan Drinks is held from 7pm-9pm at Angels & Kings, 500 East 11th Street (btw Ave A & Ave B), New York, NY 10009.
The last two Vegan Drinks for 2009 will be on Thursday, November 19, and Thursday, December 17. (Please note: These are not the last Thursdays of the month; some holidays got in the way).
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LetsBreakThrough/YouTubePeter Ackerman speaks at the Breakthrough Inspiration Awards 2010 gala.
The businessman behind an ambitious effort to field an alternative, nonpartisan presidential candidate has paid millions of dollars in delinquent taxes and penalties for his part in an alleged tax shelter scheme, records and interviews show.
Originally slapped with a $150 million tax bill by the IRS, investor Peter Ackerman resolved his tax disputes in June in an undisclosed settlement with the U.S. Justice Department. Ackerman is the founding chairman and president of Americans Elect, the fledgling political group he has seeded with at least $1.55 million.
Yesterday, Americans Elect began turning in 1.6 million signatures to become officially recognized as a political party on the California ballot in time for the 2012 presidential election. The organization plans to nominate a centrist, split-party ticket through an Internet vote in which any registered voter can participate.
The United States Tax Court ruled in 2005 that Ackerman was involved in a tax shelter, and the IRS determined that he owed $150 million. Another tax court ruling in 2009 found that he owed an additional $2.6 million and that his testimony in that case was not credible. Ackerman appealed both cases.
James Joseph, an attorney who handled Ackerman's federal cases, said the disputes have "nothing to do with an unwillingness to pay his fair share."
"Those disputes were resolved in a way that Peter did get some money back but he still did pay some huge amounts," said Joseph. "All of Peter's issues with the IRS are now resolved. There's lots of people who have lots of disputes with the IRS. He pays very large amounts of taxes. That's just the fact of someone being wealthy."
Americans Elect declined an interview request. Ackerman did not return phone calls.
The 2005 tax court opinion [PDF] found that Ackerman and his business partner had shifted $1.7 billion in tax losses from European banks to a California company. Ackerman's lawyer argued at the time that they were trying to set up a legitimate business.
The judge ruled that the arrangement was a tax shelter because it "had no economic substance, its only purpose being to transfer built-in tax losses." The result was Ackerman received a much bigger tax deduction than he should have claimed, the court ruled. "These claimed losses passed through for the primary benefit of Mr. Ackerman," it said.
Ackerman ended up "getting a check from the government ... for nothing," said Darryll Jones, associate dean of Florida A&M University College of Law, who wrote an article analyzing the case. "Everybody was making out like bandits except for us. Working people – we are the ones who are getting ripped off."
Based on the ruling, the IRS found that Ackerman owed more than $150 million. Ackerman paid it, but appealed. An initial settlement with the government returned $29 million to Ackerman, but he kept fighting in court, causing the government to sue back.
In a separate dispute, the U.S. Tax Court ruled [PDF] in 2009 that Ackerman and his wife had taken inappropriately large business deductions and owed the government another $2.6 million. The judge found Ackerman's testimony "questionable, self-serving, and/or evasive."
Ackerman appealed that decision as well, eventually settling all his cases in June.
"Peter has lots of investments. They are very complex," said Joseph, Ackerman's attorney. "He's accepted the settlement and paid the taxes that they owed whether he agrees with them or not."
Ackerman also fought another tax dispute in California stemming from his work in Beverly Hills as a top aide to former "junk bond king" Michael Milken in the 1980s. As part of the massive financial scandal of the time, Ackerman was sued for allegedly misappropriating and diverting investments. He settled by paying back $73 million, court records show.
Ackerman sued the Franchise Tax Board in 2003 to get back $5 million in state taxes he paid on the income that he ended up giving back in his settlement. He lost his appeal [PDF] in 2005.
Ackerman's lawyer at the time also hired a Sacramento lobbyist to get a bill introduced that would change state tax law. A Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee analysis noted that the bill, introduced in 2005 by state Sen. Bob Dutton, R–Rancho Cucamonga, appeared to solely benefit Ackerman, at a cost of $5 million to the state. The bill went nowhere.
Americans Elect websiteThe website of Americans Elect also asks, "What if there were a better way to choose our president?"
Over the years, Ackerman has invested in companies that do online grocery delivery, marketing services and Pokémon card manufacturing, among others. He's also built a reputation as "one of the world's leading authorities on nonviolent conflict," as his International Center on Nonviolent Conflict calls him. A receptionist at the Center, which Ackerman founded and funds, recently answered the phone as "Rockport Capital," Ackerman's investment firm.
The center put out a statement this year in response to a blog post that tied Ackerman to the Milken scandal. "No allegations of wrongdoing have ever been made about Peter Ackerman or his work," the statement said.
Ackerman has donated to Democrats and Republicans, including Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and Carly Fiorina's unsuccessful campaign to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer. In 2008, he also backed Unity08, an effort similar to Americans Elect. Ackerman's son, Elliot Ackerman, a decorated veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the group's chief operations officer.
Ackerman's donations of $1.55 million to Americans Elect are the only contributions disclosed publicly before the group changed its status to a nonprofit that is not required to disclose its funding. Ackerman initially formed Americans Elect as a 527 organization in 2010 along with Kahlil Byrd, who has done communications work for Massachusetts' Democratic governor and a Republican Senate candidate.
The group "in no way speaks with one voice," said David King, a member of Americans Elect's advisory board and a lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. "I do not for one second think it's a stalking horse for one particular candidate or for one particular set of interests," he said.
Any criticisms of Ackerman will likely be eclipsed by what voters think of the eventual Americans Elect candidate, said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California. Either way, Americans Elect has a rough road.
"The two major parties are not good at a lot of things, but they are particularly talented at maintaining their duopoly over the election process," Schnur said. "Anything's possible, but it seems like an effort like this is more likely to succeed once there's a particular compelling issue or policy challenge to push it forward, and it's not clear right now what that's going to be."