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HONOLULU, October 3, 2011 (Monday) — The formal announcement of the establishment of Hawaii-based Zhou Enlai Peace Institute will occur on Monday, November 11, 2011, at a special luncheon program at the Coral Ballroom of the Hilton Hawaiian Village, the co-founders of the nonprofit, international organization said today.
Former Governor John Waihee will serve as "Goodwill Ambassador" at the event. He was invited to represent the original Hawaiian people, and all Hawaii's diverse communities, for the cause of peace and aloha. He said, "Zhou Enlai is a hero of mine. I did a lot of studying about China, and he was the person that I admired. He was the kind, progressive face of China. I was always interested in his life."
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will deliver a video message, members of the Zhou family and officials of the Chinese central government will be present, and members of APEC delegations and Hawaii's governmental and business leaders will receive invitations to attend, the Institute's co-founders said.
The leaders meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is set for November 12-13, with other meetings to begin as early as November 7, 2011.
"We communicate peace through heroes," said Michael North, who with Xiao Fang Zhou, the late premier's grand-niece, established the Zhou Enlai Peace Institute. "The United States has Martin Luther King. South Africa has Nelson Mandela; India has Gandhi. All became a source of inspiration throughout the world.
"In China, Zhou is respected as King, Mandela and Gandhi are in their countries, but he is yet to be fully appreciated internationally. Zhou, often working in the background, was the calming hand as China endured many social, economic and diplomatic challenges to become a modern nation. He was a global peacemaker, who worked tirelessly behind-the-scenes with Kissinger, ended years of hostility between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China, and laid the foundation for the establishment of diplomatic relations between these two great nations."
In his book, "On China," Kissinger wrote: "In some sixty years of public life, I have encountered no more compelling figure than Zhou Enlai. Short, elegant, with an expressive face framing luminous eyes, he dominated by exceptional intelligence and capacity to intuit the intangibles of the psychology of his opposite number."
North added: "To understand China from a Chinese perspective, we need to understand Zhou Enlai. Xiao Fang and I believe that understanding can be nurtured in Hawaii, which has a special mix of the aloha spirit and diversity of people and cultures that is warmly embraced."
As a young child growing up in Beijing, Xiao Fang Zhou never met her great-uncle; he was busy running the country. "But I learned much about him through stories my father told me. Our family is still very proud of Zhou Enlai, and the Institute is a way to share his legacy of compassion and peace. These are values that I always try to embody in my life," she said.
>> The Zhou Enlai Peace Institute's two-hour special luncheon begins at noon on Friday, November 11, 2011, at the Coral Ballroom in the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
>> Net proceeds will be used to support the First International Zhou Enlai Peace Awards, in Beijing in February 2012.
>> Tickets: individuals, $200; couples, $500. Gold or platinum tables also available. For tickets, visit http://zhouenlai.eventbrite.com or contact: 808-282-9598
>> Attendees will include: former Hawaii Governor John Waihee III, speaking and introducing the program, and acting as Goodwill Ambassador; ZHOU Bing De, niece of the late Premier, who as a child lived in the Zhongnanhai compound, where Zhou Enlai and other top leaders worked and resided; ZHOU Hua Zhang, nephew; LIAO Xin Wen, director of the Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao Study Center in Beijing; ZHANG Jin, director of the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall in Zhou's birthplace of Huaian, Jiangsu Province, and Mary Buffett, the former daughter-in-law of billionaire investor Warren Buffett; she serves on the Board of the Institute, as a financial advisor.
(Note to editors: Names in capital letters are surnames. In China, the style is the surname first, followed by the given name. In this news release, the style for Chinese names reflects each individual's preference. So for Xiao Fang ZHOU, Zhou is the family name, but it goes last, given her preference; for LIAO Xin Wen, the last name is Liao.)
>> Additional information on the Institute can be be found at its website,
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SILVERADO – The Rev. Gregory Dick stood on a grassy slope in Silverado Canyon, pointing out where St. Michael's Abbey will build its new monastery. He located sites for classrooms, a cemetery, vineyards and a convent.
Gregory was going to be a contractor like his father until God called him to another purpose, he said. He was careful to note the abbey's new ball fields won't having lighting and that landscaping will shield its bell tower from Silverado Canyon Road.
"I really think that once we get it built, people are going to be pretty happy," Gregory said. "We want the same thing they want: peace and quiet."
But before the calm often comes the storm.
Before St. Michael's Abbey can expand from its 35-acre plot on the hillside along El Toro Road to a 124-acre site in Silverado, a decade-long dream, the fathers have to make peace with canyon folk.
For more than a year, the church's leaders have been sending letters and offering tours and sit-downs to help ease residents' concerns about the project.
Still, some feel the monastery and its private school won't be a good fit, threatening critical wildlife habitat and the character of the rural area. And those opponents may just take their cause to federal court.
The abbey was born out of conflict.
In 1950, seven Norbertines fled from the Abbey of St. Michael in Hungary rather than be arrested by the communist government for their faith. The priests found refuge teaching at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, where they still work today.
Cardinal James McIntyre, then archbishop of Los Angeles, gave the Norbertines permission in 1958 to establish a monastery. They bought acreage from Jack Cook, founder of Cook's Corner motorcycle bar, and opened St. Michael's Junior Seminary and Novitiate in 1961. One of the fathers visits nearby Cook's Corner for a "blessing of the bikes" each May.
Now known as St. Michael's Abbey, the canon has 48 priests and 27 seminarians. Many live at the abbey, while some priests live nearby and some seminarians are studying in Canada or Rome.
The junior seminary evolved into St. Michael's Abbey Preparatory School. Today, some 66 boys study, eat and sleep on campus, getting a high school education while logging hours of volunteer work, worship and prayer.
The school had 85 students until a portion of the school building collapsed during the 1998 El Niño season. The fathers were forced to downsize, determining it would be temporary.
Plans for a more stable 58-acre site off Ortega Highway were ditched in 2008, when the fathers discovered it would be too costly to bring utilities to the remote site.
That's when their eyes shifted seven miles north, to the historic Holtz Ranch.
The Holtz family bought 340 acres in Silverado Canyon in 1900, farming the southern section. Remnants of a beekeeping house, barn, turkey coop and stacked-stone wall remain.
Though the property's been vacant for decades and the structures are only useful as landmarks, the ranch has become hallowed ground for many.
Silverado Elementary had roots there. The Holtz family donated an acre for a one-room schoolhouse, which later moved to a site on Santiago Canyon Road, now shuttered.
Ladislas Parker, a founding father of St. Michael's, also once led Mass on the property, Gregory said.
With that educational and religious history, Gregory believes the abbey's move has "God's stamp of approval." Members of the Holtz family also wrote letters of support, Gregory said, stating they "couldn't think of a better plan" for the land.
Local environmental groups aren't sold, arguing the monastery isn't in keeping with land-use plans that limit grading and commercial enterprises. They also believe the expansion would disrupt habitat for the endangered arroyo toad, during arguments before the Board of Supervisors, who approved the project as proposed in September.
"They didn't change their project an iota," Ray Chandos with Rural Canyons Conservation Fund said. "I would have expected a little accommodation out of people with a religious bent that claim to be stewards of God's land."
This marks the third proposal for the Holtz Ranch land, with protests shutting down the previous two.
A developer walked away from 1988 proposals for the Holtz Ranch Planned Community, which was to include seven estate homes and 340 smaller homes.
The county in 2007 approved Las Vegas developer Marnell Corrao's plans to build 12 equestrian estates called Silverado Canyon Ranch. But with lawsuits and environmental challenges pending, Corrao sold the land to St. Michael's in January 2012.
St. Michael's still needs permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service before it can break ground, Chandos said. Environmental groups have shared their concerns with those federal agencies, he said, and are particularly interested to see how the agencies address potential habitat disruption.
The priests have been raising construction funds for some time, but have declined to release a price tag for the project. St. Michael's 14th annual Vantage Point Gala will be held Sept. 21.
A French architect designed the monastery. Now a team is working to turn approved conceptual plans into working drawings, with final touches on the architectural layout, grading, landscaping and more.
Gregory remains confident the abbey will be able to move forward soon, with hopes to start construction sometime in 2014.
The existing monastery will remain where it is, Gregory said. He quoted St. Michael's Abbey's motto: "Looking toward the future from the vantage point of tradition."
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If you've noticed more cars rocketing down the carpool lane with a big T on the rear hatch, it's because Tesla has a growing Orange County presence. The electric-car maker has three stores at local malls to peddle its $70,000-plus Model S to the county's luxury market.
And soon Tesla drivers will be able to speed-charge their vehicles for free within county borders.
Tesla is building one of its supercharging stations in the Union Bank parking lot in San Juan Capistrano just off I-5 at Del Obispo Street and Camino Capistrano. When completed, it will join a rapidly expanding network of stations that can boost the range of a Model S by 150 miles in about 30 minutes.
The closest such station now is across the Los Angeles County border, in Hawthorne.
The network represents an effort by Elon Musk – the satellite-launching, solar-panel selling, Hyperloop-theorizing billionaire CEO of Tesla – to eliminate range anxiety from an electric-car purchase decision. Day to day, electric car owners recharge at home. But trips beyond the Model S's 200-plus-mile range require advance planning to locate charging opportunities.
Last year, Musk announced the expansion of Tesla's charging network, to more than 50 active stations now. Tesla said it planned to enable coast-to-coast travel from supercharger to supercharger in different states in a diagonal route across the U.S. this winter, while expanding to 80 percent coverage of the U.S. in 2014 and 98 percent next year.
In California, there are supercharging stations up and running in Hawthorne, Atascadero, Barstow, Buellton, Corning, Folsom, Fremont, Gilroy, Harris Ranch, Mount Shasta, Tejon Ranch and Vacaville.
Tesla owners are closely following the progress of the San Juan Capistrano facility.
"We are actually waiting for that charger to finish before we buy the supercharger upgrade for our Model S," said Eric Swenson, a Malibu resident who does a lot of traveling with his wife, Renee, through Orange County to visit family in San Diego.
The couple bought a lower-end Model S with the least range and it needs an upgrade to make it work with the new station.
In San Juan Capistrano, the red Tesla logo sits atop more than a half-dozen arched ports. They're still being installed but feature thick cables that, when unfurled and plugged into a car, resemble the hoses most of us use to pump gasoline. Well-heeled car owners (the station can be used only by Teslas) will have to wait about half an hour or more while their cars fill up.
For the restaurants, cafes and other businesses that surround the station, that spells opportunity.
"I'm really happy, I think I'm banking that's it's going to (bring) more people," said Al Oliman, who owns The Señor Barber in the same lot as the charging stations. "I think it'll make it more cosmopolitan."
Tesla did not respond to requests seeking details on the station, including when it is expected to be finished or whether it will be solar-powered. The electricity in Tesla's supercharging stations is said to be generated by solar panels on top of carport canopies, to fulfill Musk's promise that the stations will always provide free energy – to both the owner of the car and to the fossil-fuel dependent electrical grid.
"I don't have range anxiety because we plan around it," said Renee Swenson. "Every time I've gone further than I expect, I know where the chargers are to get what I need."
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Thirty-eight years ago, New York City almost went bankrupt. Then as now, conservatives took a hardline stance.
Angus Burgin revisits Friedrich Hayek's Mont Pelerin Society in The Great Persuasion.
Nearly forty years after Ford told New York to drop dead, the city is still here—but forever changed.
John Kenneth Galbraith was a satirist of economics as much as a practitioner of it.
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Good Day ninjas! It's that time, time for this weeks' "Ask A Juggalo" brought to you by the Detroit Metro Times .
This week Vinnie the ICP kid answers the question, "What careers are common for Juggalos?" . Let's take a look and see what he responds with!
Ask a Juggalo: What careers are Juggalos common in?By Vinnie Monaster
Q: What careers are Juggalos common in?
A: Juggalos are in contracting. You know, whether you do tile or drywall or rough carpentry, whatever. Ridiculous amount of my personal homies are all over the place with that. Lot of uniforms being worn. A lot, a lot, are gas station attendants. A lot of them here in Michigan that I know of and a lot of them in California are caregivers. Straight up, that's the honest-to-God truth. A lot of them are entertainers themselves, musicians themselves. A lot of restaurant employees. But a lot of Juggalos I met and do know, they're professionals, man. Like, straight up. Like, put on dress slacks and a frickin' button-down shirt every day of their life? Uniforms. That's perfectly put, that suits a lot. A lot of Juggalos and Juggalettes are professionals.
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The alternate version of this challenge gives you even more flexibility. In this version, you choose the number of bills to cross off from the bottom of the chart each week. Once a number has been crossed off, you can't use it again. All fifty-two numbers will be crossed off after a period of one year. For example, you may start the challenge off by crossing of the largest amounts first with only $1 bills. As the year progresses, if you find that you're still able to save a good amount of money and the number of bills that you need to save each week is getting lower and lower, you may want to increase the bill denominations you save. At this point you can start mixing in $5 bills, $10 bills and even $20 bills if you desire. On the other hand, if the year ends up being financially unpredictable, you can continue to use only $1 bills throughout the entire year. This challenge simply gives you the option to save even more money if it makes sense as the year progresses.


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GaN high electron mobility transistors target 2.9- to 3.5-GHz S-Band radar amplifier systems
Cree has introduced two new gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) for use in 2.9-GHz to 3.5-GHz S-Band radar amplifier systems, including: weather, air traffic control, marine, port surveillance, and search and rescue radar applications. Based on the company's high power density 50-V, 0.4-µm GaN on silicon carbide (SiC) foundry process and performance rated at 85°C case, both the 150-W CGHV35150 and 400-W CGHV35400F exhibit high efficiency, high power gain, wide bandwidth capabilities, and uniform performance at high temperatures. The CGHV35150 features 150-W typical output power, 13.5-dB power gain, and 50 percent typical drain efficiency. The CGHV35400F features 400 W of typical output power, 10.5-dB power gain, and 60 percent typical drain efficiency. Both the 150-W and 400-W S-Band GaN HEMTs are specified at 85°C case and feature <0.3-dB pulsed amplitude droop.
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In response to the fund-raising effort launched by an anti-fan James Burns, Patrick Wilson wrote on Twitter, 'If they can make it 20 (million), we'll do the deluxe breakup.'
Weezer have responded to an online campaign to stop them from releasing another album, insisting they'll retire if anti-fans come up with $20 million. James Burns wants to silence the band by paying them off and he's embarked on a bid to raise $10 million to split the group.
Burns claims the "Buddy Holly" rockers have failed to live up to their 1996 album 'Pinkerton" and he's taking his crusade online to find followers around the world. The band is taking the campaign in its stride - with drummer Patrick Wilson joking they'll consider an inflated offer.
In a post on Twitter.com, he writes: "If they can make it 20 (million), we'll do the deluxe breakup."
When launching the fund-raising effort, James Burns said, "I have never been a fan of this band. I think that they are pretty much horrible, and always have been. But this isn't about me. This is about the Weezer fans."


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South East NSW and Gippsland Rural Report, 21st March 2014
Fish quotas up
Jeremy Story Carter
Fisheries representatives say a rise in the catch quota for the forthcoming season points to the long-term sustainability of the industry.
Quotas for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery's (SESSF) 2014/15 fishing year have been increased between 2013/14 and 2014/15 by 816 tonnes or 4%
Chief Executive Officer of the South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association, Simon Boag says the 'heavy lifting' of sustainability has been done, and the industry's future is sound.
The new quota begins on May 1, 2014.
Farm-grown future for fisheries
Karon Snowdon
A recent World Bank report estimated that soon 60% of the seafood we eat will be farm-grown.
It went on to say rising demand in Asia means the region will be consuming 70 per cent of fish from all sources by 2030.
Natural stocks are thought to have peaked and so, according to the World Bank, aquaculture can also help improve food security and livelihoods for the world's poorest.
Richard Wittington from Sydney University says that provides opportunities for Australia.
Calling in the trout experts
Michael Cavanagh
Just why rainbow trout numbers appear to be declining while brown trout in the Snowy seem to be holding has led to some expertise from across the Tasman to be brought in.
New South Wales fisheries in conjunction with the Monaro Acclimatisation Society which has for many years been involved with the trout has taken the action as fishers have pointed to a steady decline in recent years.
The Society's President Steve Samuels says New Zealand's Dr Michel Dedual has carried out similar work, which in the Snowy will coincide around the same time as the season nears an end.


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Google today announced Google Wallet, an app that will let you pay for items and services with your mobile phone. The app is in beta testing now and should be available to consumers soon, says Google. You'll tap your phone on a PayPass-enabled terminal at checkout, and it will use near-field communication (NFC), a short-range wireless technology, to transmit your payment—securely, Google stresses.
The company envisions much more for this technology. From the official Google blog:
You'll be able to store your credit cards, offers, loyalty cards and gift cards, but without the bulk. When you tap to pay, your phone will also automatically redeem offers and earn loyalty points for you. Someday, even things like boarding passes, tickets, ID and keys could be stored in Google Wallet.
Although your phone must support NFC for you to use Google Wallet, the company estimated that 50 percent of smart phones will have the technology built in by 2014, reports Engadget's live blog of the announcement. Meanwhile, for now the Nexus S from Sprint is the only compatible Android phone. At the outset, Google Wallet will work with the Citi MasterCard and with Google's Prepaid Card.
Google also announced the beta launch of Google Offers, daily deals service. Deals will arrive at your Gmail inbox and will also integrate with Google Wallet.
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Extra-Ordinary Couple–It seems that British model David Gandy is definitely at ease on the cover of a magazine. The blue-eyed model graces in fact Vogue Hombre's latest issue, sharing the cover shot with Italian beauty Bianca Balti, Gandy's female counterpart in the recent Dolce & Gabbana's Light Blue campaign. Looking handsome as usual in a two-piece icy grey suit, David certainly embodies that kind of impeccable masculine style, which is the subject of the magazine's spring issue.
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Major League Baseball lost two of its legends when two Hall of Famers - former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver and former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial – passed away Saturday.
Weaver died due to a heart attack Saturday morning on an Orioles fantasy cruise in the Caribbean, orioles.com reports. He was 82.
Musial, meanwhile, died while surrounded family at his home outside of St. Louis. He was 92.
Musial played all 22 seasons of his big league career with the Cardinals. Splitting time between all three outfield positions and first base, he established himself between 1941-1963 as one of the greatest left-handed hitters of all time. His lifetime average stands at .331 with 475 homers, all while never striking out more than 46 times in a season. He led the National League in hitting eight times, slugging six times, on-base percentage six times, won three MVPs, three World Series and was a 24-time All-Star. (There were two All-Star games per year during some of his playing days).
Stan "The Man," as he would come to be called, displayed an iconic, uncoiling swing and even missed the 1945 season while serving in the military in World War II. His service time led to President Barack Obama awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1969 with 93 percent of the vote.
Perhaps the most telling stat of Musial's personality was his home/road split. For his career, Musial recorded 1,815 hits at home. On the road, he had 1,815 hits.
But even as gaudy as his achievements were, Musial was known for his modesty, humility and a soft smile. Bob Costas remembered him in ESPN's SportsCentury series as told by cardinals.com.
"He didn't hit a homer in his last at-bat; he hit a single. He didn't hit in 56 straight games. He married his high school sweetheart and stayed married to her, never married a Marilyn Monroe. He didn't play with the sheer joy and style that goes alongside Willie Mays' name. … All Musial represents is more than two decades of sustained excellence and complete decency as a human being."
Weaver, on the other hand, was the polar opposite of Musial. At 5-foot-7 on a good day, the undersized Weaver languished in the minor leagues for 14 seasons as a second baseman and never even sniffed a cup of coffee with a Major League club. But in 1968, the Orioles gave him a shot at managing, and Weaver took what had been a mediocre team to a second place finish in his first year.
The 1969 season marked Weaver's first full managerial year, and he took the Orioles to the World Series, the first of their four American League pennants under his leadership. A 39-year-old Weaver would help the Orioles win the 1970 World Series the following year. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996.
Weaver's 1,480 wins are the most in Oriole history. He won six division championships, 100 games three seasons in a row and was ejected from an American League record 94 games. He held the Major League record for ejections until former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox broke it with 132.
And those ejections and tirades live on in baseball lore. Weaver was (in)famous for getting under an umpire's skin to rally his team. No one could turn his cap backwards and get in an umpire's face who was at least a head taller than Weaver. He was known to walk halfway to the dugout, turn around and come back just in an attempt to get the final word.
He would smoke in the dugout, which would induce heart-stopping shock these days, but even got to calling relief pitcher Don Stanhouse "Fullpack," saying that he would smoke a full pack of cigarettes every time Stanhouse took the mound.
Weaver was notorious for knowing his pitcher-batter matchups and his philosophy of "pitching, defense and the three-run homer." He hated to bunt, because he felt like it wasted one of his team's 27 outs.
One of Weaver's most known one-liners came after he declined an invitation from Pat Kelley to go to a Sunday chapel service. Kelley asked him, "Don't you want to walk with the Lord?" Weaver replied, "I'd rather walk with the bases loaded." In fairness, Weaver did take the time to thank God during his Hall of Fame induction speech.
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In another twist in the Commonwealth Bank financial planning scandal, senator Mark Bishop asked the corporate regulator to consider imposing further conditions on the bank's licences to force it to broaden the compensation program to the customers of financial advisers who had been identified as a ''critical'' risk "at any time".
Senator Bishop asked the regulator to also consider imposing a condition on the bank's financial planning licences that all the clients of financial advisers who "worked with, under, or above Mr [Don] Nguyen and Mr [Anthony] Awkar" have their file histories reviewed and recommendations made by an independent expert appointed by ASIC, not the bank.
ASIC agreed to consider the question. If ASIC decides to impose these new conditions, the bank could challenge them at a hearing or agree.
If the new conditions are breached it could face suspension or cancellation of the bank's licences in its financial planning arms - Financial Wisdom and Commonwealth Financial Planning.
Tensions between ASIC and CBA became strained after a series of incidents in the past couple of weeks including misinformation supplied
to the Senate and revelations that clients had not been treated equally when it came to compensation payments. ASIC responded by imposing new licence conditions on the bank two weeks ago.
Senator Bishop, who is chairing a Senate inquiry into ASIC and the bank's financial planning arms, said in all his years in public office he had never been in a situation at the end of an inquiry where he didn't have a clear view of the outcome.
''I continue to be much troubled by this inquiry because I am unclear what has occurred,'' he said.
It comes after the Senate was told that between February 2007 and February 2008, ASIC undertook an extensive surveillance of Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited and reviewed 496 pieces of advice provided by 51 advisers. ASIC concluded that the quality of advice and standards of practice were ''unacceptable''.
ASIC identified significant concerns in relation to supervision, file review procedures, advice templates, breach reporting, record keeping and compliance, and significant and widespread problems with the quality of advice.
CFPL had over 750 representative advisers and has an estimated 300,000 customers. Fairfax Media has requested CBA supply details of the number of planners across its Financial Wisdom division.
CBA has written a 27-page letter to the Senate inquiry in relation to questions about compensation. Its contents remain confidential.
In February 2008 - eight months before the whistleblower warned the regulator about a cover-up inside the bank with ''sanitisation'' of files - ASIC wrote to Tim Gunning at CFPL and advised him of ASIC's findings and concerns.
The letter mentioned 38 advisers were ''critical risk'', as categorised by CBA but it pointed out serious deficiencies in CBA's ability to properly rate its advisers. ''Our review of advice given by representatives that were rated as Negligible identified significant issues that we would not consider negligible,'' the letter said.
Of 38 representatives rated ''critical'', CBA revoked the authorisation of only 12 representatives. A ''critical risk'' adviser can include ''fraud and dishonest conduct'', ''deliberate or reckless failure to disclose fees, costs, charges, relationship and warnings'' and ''no evidence of appropriate advice''.
Given this systemic cultural issue inside the bank's financial planning divisions it is no surprise that Senator Bishop questioned the compensation scheme and asked why ASIC hadn't gone after 26 ''critical risk'' financial advisers that had been identified by the bank when it was doing surveillance in 2008.
Whistleblower Jeff Morris said: ''This letter is the smoking gun in the ASIC inquiry. It shows unequivocally that ASIC knew full well in February 2008 that the clients at Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom were receiving appalling advice that did not comply with the law, let alone good practice. In fact the letter shows that this was the case for more than 50 per cent of clients.''
''The implications for reopening the compensation scheme are massive. Even ASIC's complacent observation that they knew in 2006 that 20 per cent of the advice across the financial advice industry was bad would imply that 60,000, not 7000, of CFPL's 300,000 clients should be compensated,'' Mr Morris said.


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On the perfect place for such a shindig, the singer who co-wrote Britney's 'Till the World Ends' suggests her Nashville, Tennessee pad which has salt-water pool installed with an underwater stereo.
Pop star Ke$ha wants to get naked with Britney Spears. The "Tik Tok" hitmaker, who co-wrote Spears' new tune "Till the World Ends", is keen to celebrate the "Toxic" singer's comeback by skinny-dipping with her at a themed party at her Nashville, Tennessee pad.
The party-loving singer tells People.com, "It would be a dress-up-like-Ke$ha-or-Britney party." And she insists her home is already all set up for the bash, "I have a small, salt-water pool that has laser beams in it and a stereo so you can be under water listening to music. It's really magical."
Ke$ha has previously talked about her contribution to Britney's "Till the World Ends". To MTV, she said, "I consider myself a songwriter before and above everything else, so it's an honor to write for one of pop music's biggest icons. And I hope it gets everyone's ass on the dance floor cuz y'all know that's what K-Monay does best!"


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The commander of the Free Syrian Army announced it will not attend scheduled peace talks in Geneva and will continue to fight Assad's forces. But the opposition group is also having to combat extremist groups. Margaret Warner reports on the pressures and in-fighting facing the FSA, as well as challenges to diplomatic efforts. Continue reading
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the case laid out by Secretary John Kerry for U.S. military action in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, and whether President Obama should seek congressional approval. Continue reading
While the White House worked to lay out the legal groundwork for a possible military strike in Syria, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that U.S. forces are "ready to go" when a decision is made. Meanwhile, Syrian officials countered saying they are prepared to defend themselves. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue reading
Will investigators find sufficient evidence of chemical weapon use by the Syrian government in this latest alleged attack on civilians? What will inspectors face on the ground? Ray Suarez asks Jeffrey White of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Amy Smithson of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Continue reading
Amateur videos show scores of Syrian civilians suffering after what opposition leaders say was a deadly, poisonous gas attack by government forces outside the capital city of Damascus. As in past accusations, Syrian government officials are denying any use of chemical weapons. Ray Suarez reports. Continue reading
How do the risks of the U.S. intervening in the Syrian conflict balance with the risks of doing nothing? For two perspectives, Judy Woodruff talks with Murhaf Jouejati of The Day After project and Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Continue reading
How should the U.S. act if it confirms that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons? Jeffrey Brown moderates a debate on different approaches between Kori Schake, research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and David Cortright, director of policy studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Continue reading
Reports indicate that Russia, once allied to the Syrian government, may be shifting toward persuading President Assad to step down. Judy Woodruff talks to Dimitri Simes of the Center for the National Interest and U.S. Institute of Peace's Steven Heydemann on the challenges ahead for the Syrian opposition should the regime fall. Continue reading
Independent estimates say 20,000 have died since the Syrian uprising began. Now, U.N. monitors have left, failing to stop the violence. Jeffrey Brown reports. Then Margaret Warner talks to the Guardian's Ghaith Adbul-Ahad, who has been following Syrian rebels on the ground as they struggle to hold government troops at bay. Continue reading
President Bashar al-Assad's regime and the Free Syrian Army battled for control over Syria's two largest cities, Damascus and Aleppo. Independent Television News' John Irvine and Alex Thomson report on the violence that continues between rebels and government troops. Continue reading


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Australian borrowers will have to wait at least another month for more interest rate relief after the Reserve Bank surprised pundits by leaving its key rate unchanged.
The Reserve Bank today kept its cash rate at 4.25 per cent, defying expectations of a third rate cut in a row - just three of 27 economists polled by Bloomberg predicted the result.
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BusinessDay reporter Chris Zappone looks at the key factors behind the Reserve Bank's decision to leave the interest rate at 4.25 per cent.
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The dollar rocketed on the news, jumping about one US cent to $US1.081 - a six-month high - within minutes of the announcement before easing back to $US1.078 in recent trading It also touched fresh records against the euro and hit a 27 year-high against the pound. Shares, though, fell.
"It's a pretty big surprise," said Market Economics managing director Stephen Koukoulas. "They were obviously very close to cutting interest rates and decided not to.
"They put a huge amount of weight on what's happening in the mining sector by the looks of this," he said. "So we'll see whether it's mining versus the rest of the economy - who wins out?"
The winners today include deposit holders, who can expect to retain their current interest income streams for a bit longer.
Economic optimism
The central bank took heart from recent signs that the US economy is picking up growth and receding concerns about the European debt crisis.
"Recent data from the United States suggest a continuing moderate expansion after a soft patch in mid 2011,'' RBA governor Glenn Stevens said in a statement accompanying the decision.
"The acute financial pressures on banks in Europe were alleviated considerably late in 2011 by the actions of policymakers," Mr Stevens said. "Much remains to be done to put European sovereigns and banks on a sound footing, but some progress has been made."
The RBA's decision may take the heat off the country's major banks - at least for now. Several of the banks had indicated that they may not pass on another rate cut by the central bank because their own borrowing costs continue to rise.
'Right balance'
Treasurer Wayne Swan said the central bank had struck a balance between an uncertain global economy and strong domestic fundamentals by leaving its cash rate unchanged.
''The Reserve Bank has struck a balance between global uncertainty on the one hand and Australia's strong economic fundamentals on the other,'' Mr Swan told parliament after the Reserve Bank announced its decision.
Mr Stevens said underlying inflation at the end of 2011 was about 2.5 per cent - in the middle of the bank's target range of 2-3 per cent.
Consumer inflation should continue to fall in the first half of 2012, the bank chief said, indicating the weak pricing pressure would give the RBA scope for further rate cuts if needed.
"Should demand conditions weaken materially, the inflation outlook would provide scope for easier monetary policy," Mr Stevens said in the statement. The board will continue to monitor information on economic and financial conditions and adjust the cash rate as necessary to foster sustainable growth and low inflation.
Most economists had predicted the RBA would slice another 25 basis points off the cash rate today. The consensus may now focus on the central bank's March meeting for that cut to take place.
NAB economist Ali Knight said there was not enough data to push the RBA toward a rate cut.
"It was a close call overall," said Ms Knight, adding that today's announcement by the RBA doesn't rule out future rate cuts.
"We do think they still have an easing bias," said Ms Knight.
NAB economists still expect one more rate cut in the next six months.
Rate rise?
ICAP economist Adam Carr, though, said rates would likely remain on hold for the rest of the year with the chance of an interest rate rise by year's end.
ICAP along with the ANZ and RBS were the only three banks to predict the RBA would remain on hold today.
"On the basis of their statement and the outlook of the majority of economist, we probably won't be seeing any more rate cuts," he said.
"I think rates are on hold for the rest of the year and we'll probably get a 25-basis point hike at the end of the year."
Currently only property-related variables are weak, such as credit growth and house price, he said. Other measures of consumption remain strong.
IHS Global Insight Asia-Pacific Chief Economist Rajiv Biswas said past rate cuts are already working in the Australian economy.
"The RBA decision to leave rates on hold reflects their assessment that the two recent rate cuts are already providing some stimulus, while the improving global economic outlook in recent months, particularly in the US economy, as well as signs that the Chinese economy will achieve a soft landing in 2012," he said.
"The RBA will also be mindful of the very large capital expenditure in the resources sector still to come over 2012-2013, which also has the potential to create inflationary pressures in some segments of the economy."
Interest rate futures, meanwhile, shifted gear after the RBA's announcement. Investors are now only pricing in two rate cuts of 25 basis points over the next 12 months - about half the the level they expected only a few days ago, according to investment bank Credit Suisse.
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Supermodel Gisele Bündchen Breastfeeding Photo Causes Online Mommy War [VIDEO & PIC]
It's hard to believe that people would have a problem with a woman breastfeeding in public nowadays. I can also understand that some women would have issues with it being broadcast all over Instagram. The way I see it, Gisele Bündchen breastfeeding and getting her makeup done shows me that she is a hard working woman and mother. In my eyes, this shows a woman's independence and that she can do it all. Plus, that baby is hungry. It's not a disgusting pic, she is covered, but I'm not a woman so what do I know? One thing I do know is that this pic is causing a fuss all over the internet.
So, let us know what you think. Should this pic be causing a fuss all over the net or should people just delete her Instagram and get on with their lives?
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While the advertising campaign for Deadpool here in the U.S. has been top notch, the film's marketing team in Korea is no slouch, either. As you're about to see, they really stepped up their advertising game with a Deadpool-themed flash mob.
Orchestrated by the K-Tigers–a group that mixes urban dance with Taekwondo-based choreography–the video below is highly entertaining (and DMX-NSFW).
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Guest Speaker Talks to Parents about Breast Cancer
The parents at P.S. 5 Ellen Lurie School, a Children's Aid Society Community School in Washington Heights, received a serious wake-up call last week. The School-Based Health Center staff surprised them with a special guest speaker. Marlene Pérez (pictured in the center), a young woman battling breast cancer, paid a visit to the school's early morning PTA meeting on Thursday May 19th to talk about this devastating disease. At the age of 26, Ms. Pérez was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and later opted to have a double mastectomy out of fear of eventually succumbing to the disease. She has lost a grandmother and aunt to breast cancer.
For many of the women in attendance, the majority of whom were of Hispanic descent, this discussion was a welcome opportunity to ask the often uncomfortable questions that have been on their minds. For a few, it was a moment to share their own fears and to receive assurance that seeing a medical professional is ultimately the right choice. Graciously, Marlene encouraged any and all questions and put a lot of myths related to breast cancer to rest. Among these was, "can I get breast cancer while breast feeding?" asked by a young mother who revealed she recently noticed a lump she never had before. The main theme throughout the morning was how important it is to stick to regular exams, both at the doctor's office and self-exams, and to be proactive about one's own health. Ms. Pérez encouraged all of the women to "go to the doctor, get yourself checked out." Early detection can ultimately be a lifesaver.
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Working to Avert a Water and Latrine Crisis in Kenya
Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) has renewed its commitment to increasing local access to latrines and safe water in Mandera, Kenya as the world community marks the International Year of Sanitation and World Water Day this March 22nd. Water and sanitation conditions are a major concern in Mandera, Kenya's North Eastern Province, where latrine coverage is less than 60% and less than 20% of all households have access to drinking water. Action Against Hunger's community-based programs build local capacity so these life-threatening conditions can be effectively addressed in a sustainable fashion.
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation to highlight the fact that roughly 2.6 billion people have no access to basic sanitation around the world today. The goal of naming 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation is to raise awareness about this global crisis and catalyze action and progress in reaching the UN's 7th Millennium Development Goal (MDG)—reduce by half the number of people without sustainable access to safe water or basic sanitation by 2015.
To mark World Water Day in Kenya this March 22, ACF-Kenya has planned a series of celebrations and activities aimed at raising local awareness while reinforcing commitments to the International Year of Sanitation. These celebrations kick off at the District Commissioner's office with a parade of Youth Football Teams, Women's Sanitation Groups, School Sanitation Health Club Members, club Patrons and Head Teachers, various government authorities, and other NGO partners (local and international).
The District Commissioner, along with ACF-Kenya staff, will then lead the procession to Bulla Mpya School stadium where ACF-Kenya will make presentations on the Bio-Sand filter technology, a cost-effective solution for household water treatment. Students and children will present educational plays and recite water-and-sanitation-related poetry to the audience while different actors make speeches on issues relevant to World Water Day. The day will culminate with a football (soccer) match and the winning club will take home ACF-Kenya's coveted International Year of Sanitation Trophy.
Action Against Hunger has been operating in Kenya, North Eastern Province (Mandera and Garissa) since 2004 to reduce the vulnerability of the population to acute malnutrition. More recently, ACF-Kenya has engaged in emergency responses in Nairobi and the Rift Valley (Molo and Nakuru).
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Today we get to see the can (and bottle) packaging for a new line of Hard Seltzers from Seagram's. These malt beverages will come in grapefruit, tangerine and lemon-lime flavors and they will be packaged in 12oz Ball cans (and 12oz bottles below). These hard seltzers will hit 4.1%-AbV and 80 calories (per 12oz serving) and stay tuned for release details.


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VIENNA (Reuters) - The chief of the United Nations nuclear agency called on Monday for an urgent international response to help address public safety concerns caused by Japan's atomic crisis.
"We need to respond urgently to the public anxiety," Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in a speech to a June 20-24 conference on boosting global nuclear safety.
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Ag commissioner supports vet accused of tipping off Butterball
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Raleigh, N.C. — State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler showed support Thursday for the state's top poultry veterinarian, who has been accused of tipping off officials at the turkey producer Butterball last month before a raid on one of its operations in Hoke County.
Six days before the Dec. 29 raid, Hoke County investigators contacted the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for advice about how to proceed. Hours later, Dr. Sarah Mason contacted Dr. Eric Gonder, a veterinarian for Butterball, to relay the information. An undercover investigator for an animal rights group videotaped workers abusing turkeys at the Shannon plant and leaving injured birds untended. Some turkeys found by investigators for the Hoke County Sheriff's Department had to be euthanized.
Troxler said Thursday that Mason didn't intend to tip off Butterball.
"She says she was making that decision thinking she was actually helping the situation of the cruelty to animals, and knowing her as an exemplary employee, that seems pretty reasonable," Troxler said.
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According to a search warrant released last week, Mason first denied contacting Gonder but admitted it only after investigators told her Gonder had already identified her as the contact.
In a statement issued by her attorney, Mason said Gonder is a longtime friend. She said she called him because she wanted to stop the abuse immediately.
"I recognize the seriousness of my actions and do not want my actions to negatively influence the public's perception of my colleagues at the department," Mason said.
Mason also said no one at the agriculture department had asked her to make the call and that no one else there was aware of her actions.
No charges have been filed in the case.
Critics of the department have accused it of being too friendly with the businesses it regulates.
An investigation is underway, both by law enforcement officials and within the department.
Butterball issued a statement saying it is fully cooperating with the investigation into the leak, adding that, "The Hoke County incident is a regrettable and unfortunate event and does not in any way reflect the policies, intentions or beliefs of Butterball or its associates."


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Do you have any ideas about my problem? I've used the exact setup you suggested, 670 aside, and honestly can't see what's causing this issue..
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I may be misunderstanding the problem, but this might have something to do with setting up your desktops. Have you tried duplicating the display, instead of stretching it? Check desktop setup if you can. Not familiar with Nvidia, but I know this kind of stuff can happen with ATI cards when the settings for display aren't what it expects.
It's an odd problem for sure.
I've googled around a bit and came across a few people who fixed their problems with a GTX 670 by changing from PCIe 3.0 to 2.0 in BIOS. It might be worth a try.
Honestly though, I'd probably be very close to doing an RMA in your situation.
I read that too, and it was the last thing I decided to try. I will report back in a bit, but if that doesn't work it's going back. Then I'll be looking at some alternatives (again!). Problem is, if they say it's not faulty... what then? can I say it doesn't work based on drivers or conflicts? It sure as hell doesn't work for me. I got it from ebuyer, and I have to say they've usually been great with me, historically (since 2003 I think!).
Played with a few BIOS things some more and to no avail, just can't get past the windows starting screen with any NVIDIA drivers installed. It's going back. Vaguely gutted.
The gtx 670 (even the overclocked gigabyte one) has less than 160 watt PEAK power consumption under full load when gaming. Idle power usage is hilariously low, there is no way you couldn't boot even if you had a 300 Watt psu...
Compare this to a gtx260 (4 year old card), uses 180w ... shitloads of people ran that gpu for years on a 400 watt power supply.
A friend of mine has a gtx260 (just replaced with a 560ti) and he ran that card for almost 3 years on a 400Watt cpu (not some fancy gold label one either).
Anything 500W or higher is MORE than enough for a high end cpu + high end single gpu + raid setup for hdds.
Do not waste your money on a new psu...
Man it must have taken some hilarious levels of viral marketing to convince the average pc user that they need 600+watt power supplies :\
last time i saw this problem it was a faulty mobo slot! but i had used 2 cards and found the same issue
Cheers ian.
I guess I'll get another card of some form and then we'll know. The 670 could only fit in one slot, so couldn't find out that way. I did, naturally, try!
I'm probably too late here but I'd emphasise that if drivers don't solve the problem you need to get the card returned ASAP
If you're in the UK (or if your country has an equivalent to our DSR) you have a period of time (7 days from delivery here) to return anything without needing to say why (you have to pay return postage if the seller said you have to - otherwise they need to cover that too)
After that you're in the realm of them accepting it as faulty which could be tricky.
I've changed 100s of GPUs in my life and they all went "remove old drivers, shutdown, remove old card, insert new card (swear at cabling, sneeze at dust!), reboot, watch screen flash a few times, perhaps another restart, windows working, install new drivers, job done.
Cheers trjp,
As it happens it did go back to ebuyer within 3 days, and, thankfully, I had an email from them today confirming that the card itself was faulty. So they pay for the courier and so on and I get a full refund. Interesting that the particular model I had has now been discontinued from them.. interesting. Inno3d I think it was.. general problem with them, then?!
I did feel I'd done it all right; as I say I've done it all plenty of times in the past.. it had been a while but you know. It used to be harder!
Hopefully I'll be able to get another one pretty sharpish now, and that might actually work...
Heh - the only GPU I've ever binned as 'dead' was an Inno3D - I've never had a high opinion of them on that basis alone :)
Glad you got it sorted - worth emphasising that the DSR removes the need to argue about 'workingness' tho. I once had a VERY bad experience with Aria over something I returned which was clearly faulty but they claimed otherwise and demanded I pay to get it back ( 3lots of postage there then!!)
I decided to do just that - took it to Trading Standards - they agreed it was faulty and eventually forced Aria into replacing it and refunding 2 lots of postage - only took 3 months and they deliberately sent a cheque with the wrong name just to aggravate matters. Basically, I'd not piss on Aria if they were on fire - in fact I'd find a petrol station and help the fire along - that experience just taught me to abuse the DSR rather than my nerves...
Well I certainly won't be looking at Inno3D again without serious thought. Anyone can have a faulty item here and there, of course, but it's not great. The new one's Pallit and I've had them before without a problem.
Interesting to see the different level of consumer protection. In Denmark, faulty goods can be returned within 2 years, and if returned within the first 6 months the burden of proof is on the retailer (if they decide to contest the claim).
Problem is, if a mail-order company stonewalls you, you're forced into getting Trading Standards or the Small Claims Court involved - neither of which are exactly powerful. Trading Standards will lean-on retailers who mess people about but they can't prosecute every dodgy dealer and the worst offenders know this and ignore them. The small claims court is notorious for being impossible to enforce without costing a lot of money you may never get back - it's really just a nice 'threat' to land a fat brown official envelope with a court summons in it on someone's desk :)
I whacked in the new card and am now utterly apopleptic. The damn thing now gets nowhere at all, no signal gets sent to the monitor. There seems to be some sort of post happening as the keyboard lights go, but sometimes it restarts itself and so on. The BIOS info never comes up or anything, yet when I last turned it off it was fresh and fine, nvidia drivers gone, no problem smooth-as-you-like bootup into W7. I've tried 'waggling' things, ensuring connectors are all ok, ensuring memory, other leads, anything else I can think off are all fine and in place.
I am fucked off.
As far as I can tell, there is something seriously wrong, because I've reset the BIOS, tried running it with onboard settings, removed the card.. it's just dead. Keyboard lights flash but there's nothing at all getting to the monitor with the new system. Fuck fuck shit.
How many outputs are on the card? Are you using VGA or DVI or HDMI? Do you have any adapters? (VGA to DVI, vice versa, etc)
Uh, I think there are.. 3. Two DVIs, one with the cross, one with the line if that makes sense.. and an HDMI. I think that's it. I have an adapter that converts VGA-DVI, as my monitor connects from VGA. It works 100% fine with my old (this) one, but I'd assume that the VGA should still work from the motherboard VGA port - particularly if I also tried a CMOS clearing, which should make it revert to ensure that onboard out works...
TheRed what is your mobo?


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Buzz at the Box Office: Mania for 'Transylvania', Love for 'Looper'
Scaring up solid opening-weekend grosses of $34 million, the film more than doubled the returns of its next-highest competition.
That said, Rian Johnson's Looper , which stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt, recouped more than two thirds of its reported $30 million budget with a haul of $21.2 million, an impressive showing that gives the filmmaker a commercial cache to match his critical bona fides.
What sort of returns did 'Pitch Perfect' produce?
Although Pitch Perfect came in at Number Six with a gross of $5.2 million, Universal's music-themed movie did well in the context of its $17 million price tag, making it a minor success.
Meanwhile at Number Three, Jake Gyllenhaal's End of Watch continues to perform solidly, earning $8 million and bringing its two-week tally to more than $26 million.
Trouble with the Curve, starring Clint Eastwood, Justin Timberlake and Amy Adams took home $7.5 million, landing it at Number Four and bringing its cumulative total to $23.7 million after just two weeks.
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The Mayo Performing Arts Center will present two free lectures, Polar Obsession, by renowned National Geographic photographer, Paul Nicklen, on Tuesday, April 22, 2013 at 10 am for school groups and 7:30 pm for the general public. These free lectures are sponsored by BASF Corporation.
Paul Nicklen uses his camera to reveal the nature of the changing polar regions due to the effects of a warming planet. In his lecture, "Polar Obsession," Nicklen offers his unique and very personal perspective on some of Earth's most beautiful and remote environments that make him an inspiring advocate for the icy corners of our planet. With his trademark humor, passion, and optimism, Nicklen shares the stories of his work capturing images of life in fragile, frozen ecosystems.
"I call myself an interpreter and a translator," says Nicklen. "I translate what the scientists are telling me. If we lose ice, we stand to lose an entire eco-system. I hope we can realize through my photography how inter-connected these species are to ice. It just takes one image to get someone's attention."
Paul has indeed managed to get people's attention. Whether he is ice diving among leopard seals in Antarctica, covering hundreds of miles of terrain in -40F temperatures, or mastering aerial shots from his ultralight plane, Paul has specialized in photographing polar regions since 1995. A unique childhood among the Inuit in Canada's Arctic and a professional background as a marine biologist with a specialty in polar bears and Arctic ecosystems, Paul's life experience and photography practice came together and he has been working as a National Geographic photographer for the past 15 years.
As an assignment photographer he has produced 15 stories for the magazine. His work focuses on the delicate relationship between healthy ecosystems and marine wildlife and his preferred working niche are polar environments. In addition to his collaboration with National Geographic, his work has been featured in hundreds of other publications around the world and he has given public presentations in over 20 countries. Most recently, Paul's work was exhibited at the world renowned Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and he was a featured speaker at the 2011 TED Conference. He was recently named one of the World's top 40 Most Influential Outdoor Photographers by BBC Magazine.
Paul has received over 30 prestigious international awards including 14 BBC Wildlife Awards (Veolia Environnement Wildlife Awards), 5 World Press Photo Awards, several awards from Pictures of the Year International, Communication Arts, and Nature's Best Magazine and numerous other recognitions for his work as a photojournalist and a conservationist. Paul is the 2012 winner of the BBC/Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, the first ever Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) BioGems Visionary Award winner, and is also the recipient of the 2012 First Prize for nature for the World Press Photography Organization; the largest, most prestigious recognition a photojournalist can receive.
Paul was recently featured as part of National Geographic's 125 year celebration, noting his accomplishments in the field of photography and being known as a risk taker and explorer.
Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2013-2014 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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Professor Mireille Miller-Young Sentenced To Anger Management Classes For Stealing Anti-Abortion Protesters' Sign
Back in March, Mireille Miller-Young, an associate professor of feminist studies at UC Santa Barbara, made headlines for stealing a graphic anti-abortion sign from a group of protesters called Survivors Of The Abortion Holocaust on her campus. In addition to destroying the sign with scissors, Miller-Young also allegedly scratched and pushed a 16-year-old protester. She was charged with grand theft, vandalism and battery.
A video filmed by the anti-abortion protesters showed Miller-Young smiling during the incident; in a police report, the professor, who was pregnant at the time, said she had felt "triggered" by their graphic signs.
Miller-Young pleaded no contest to the charges against her. Last week, the professor was sentenced to three years probation, community service, 10 hours of anger management and a fine over the incident.
According to an apology letter obtained by the Santa Barbara News-Press, Miller-Young wrote:
I wish to apologize for my actions … The Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust group had a perfect right to come to UC Santa Barbara to express their views about women's reproductive rights. As much as the images they displayed were offensive and distressing to my students, and to me, I had no right to take their poster or destroy it.
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While volume has remained quite strong this year, I am concerned those who enter this sector now are going to get stuck with the tab while those who exit are reaping big profits.
Another ETF that has been on a strong, 15-month rip higher is the Guggenheim Solar ETF (TAN), which gained 127.82% in 2013 and has already jumped out of the gate with an increase of more than 30% this year. That type of strength is almost unheard of in an unleveraged and diversified investment vehicle. It's worth noting that TAN is more concentrated than most ETFs, with exposure to just 29 global companies that are engaged in the production and installation of solar products.
Solar stocks went through a period of excessive declines from 2010-2012 that saw them lose a significant portion of their market price. However, this sector has bounced back considerably and has regained its standing as a viable contender for both consumer products and investor interest.
It's an interesting fact that the largest holding in TAN is SolarCity (SCTY), which just recently hit new life-time highs and whose chairman is Elon Musk. Of course, Musk is most known for his role as chairman and co-founder of Tesla Motors (TSLA), which has also produced incredible returns for shareholders over the last two years. Clearly, he knows how to build solid brands in the clean-energy space.
The Bottom Line
How you play each of these sectors is largely a function of what your portfolio looks like. If you have exposure to these ETFs or some of their underlying stocks, I would recommend that you continue to hold the positions and ride the trend higher. However, you may want to consider pairing back exposure or trailing your stop losses higher to guard against any swift reversals. That way you are able to lock in gains and still continue to participate in any additional upside that these funds have to offer.
For new investors, I would strongly urge you to wait for a pullback before you enter any new holdings. Fast moving sectors like this can often times lead to very swift corrections that offer more opportunistic entry points than buying the highs after a triple digit move. I would also add that a trailing stop loss or sell discipline should be used on any new positions to guard against downside risk.
Oftentimes it's easy to look at recent performance and deceive yourself into believing that the next two years will look just like the last, but in my experience these sectors can experience cyclical price trends that make timing paramount to successful trades. Patience and discipline are two sound trading characteristics that will pay large dividends in these sectors over time.
At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned.
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In his letter, Mr Swan said ministers would have to find sustained savings, but did not put a percentage target on what was needed.
Mr Swan dumped Labor's long-held pledge to deliver a budget surplus in December, saying it was unlikely this fiscal year after the financial statements showed a $3.9 billion plunge in cash receipts for the first four months of 2012-13.
Key budget watcher Chris Richardson said Australia was in "no man's land" on the surplus after crucial positive developments overseas, including Europe avoiding disaster, the United States averting a crisis over the fiscal cliff, and China's economic fortunes triggering iron ore prices to rise to a 14-month high.
"My assessment is the budget numbers are more volatile than people realise and the range of possibilities is larger after a summer of love delivered better news for the budget," Mr Richardson, who predicts a small deficit, told The Australian Financial Review.
"While all the news was very bad for the budget back in December, things have definitely worked in its favour over summer and we are in no man's land when we talk about the outcome.
Warning on iron ore spike
"The signals were gloomy when Mr Swan made his prediction – there was nothing but bad news – and while nobody yet has said these latest international economic developments mean we could have a surplus, a surplus may not be as far away as some people might think," Mr Richardson said.
The spot iron ore price closed up 2.99 per cent at $US158.82 a tonne on Wednesday, according to The Steel Index.
Mr Swan's office warned the price increase would need to be sustained to administer a substantial benefit to the budget aggregates. "People should be cautious about putting all their faith in numbers that are based on a day's, week's or month's spot prices for our resources," Mr Swan's spokesperson said.
"It's no secret that our budget revenues have already taken a big hit from the impact of continued global instability, commodity price volatility and a high dollar."
Economic news out of the US, which averted the so-called fiscal cliff, has also improved, and Europe has avoided disaster even though jobless rates are still at crisis levels.
Consumer credit increased by a more than forecast $16 billion in November, and payrolls increased by 155,000 in December, providing fresh signs consumers will lead expansion.
ECB to meet on interest rates
The European Central Bank is preparing to hold a policy meeting, followed by an interest-rate announcement. Economists expect the ECB to leave policy unchanged as it waits for a clearer picture of this year's economic situation to emerge. This is despite a sharp dip in bank lending reported last week that had some analysts suggesting the central bank might try new steps to stimulate the economy.
"Europe has not blown up, which many people feared might happen, and that has created some momentum around the group of economies," Mr Richardson said.
Mr Swan, who heads overseas on the weekend, has said he will get a further internal snapshot of the economy and financials some time this month.
The Department of Finance is due this month to release the November financial aggregates, which will be the first public view of the books since Mr Swan's surplus warning.
The most recent financial statement showed that the deficit for the year to the end of October was $12.3 billion, which was $2.7 billion worse than forecast in the budget. Cash receipts were down by $3.9 billion, as tax revenues fell due to low commodity prices and the high dollar, which continues to harm the non-mining sector.
Retail sales dropped
The October statement bundled together the mining tax and petroleum resource rent tax as "resource rent taxes". They raised $501 million in October and $1.119 billion in the year to October, compared with the estimated $7.4 billion they would raise in the full 2012-13 year.
The year-to-date figures in September, which were primarily the PRRT, suggest the mining tax raised between nothing and $500 million in first returns from miners.
The first read on the broader economy will not be until the fourth quarter gross domestic product on March 6, with the government forecasting 3 per cent annual real GDP for this and the next three years.
Retail sales unexpectedly dropped in November for the first time in four months, adding to evidence of economic weakness in the fourth quarter. Sales fell 0.1 per cent from October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday, a slightly smaller fall than economists expected.
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HALESOWEN cycling star Jess Varnish will miss this month's World Track Championships because of an ongoing back injury.
The 22-year-old was yesterday omitted from Great Britain's squad for the championships, which take place in the Belarusian city of Minsk between February 20 and 24.
Varnish and Becky James would have been among the favourites for the team sprint title but instead the latter will now ride with 19-year-old Vicky Williamson.
British Cycling coach Iain Dyer revealed Varnish had been suffering with a back complaint for some time.
He said: "It started off as a bit of a rumble in her lumbar spine and we were able to manage that through soft tissue therapy.
"After the Olympics she had a break and got back into training and we were particularly mindful we needed to take things pretty steady getting back into the gym and back on the bike.
"But by the time the end of the year came around and we'd finished the Perth training camp her back had clearly become a lot more troublesome.
"We've done the best we can to manage and treat the issue but ultimately something like a disc fissure is hard to treat with anything other than rest."


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Regarding the Nov. 10 editorial, "Winds of energy independence": In fact there was a failure of a dam on March 11, 2011. The Fujinuma Dam in Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, collapsed in the quake, leading to flooding and eight deaths.
This was hardly covered by the press, which was more concerned with the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which didn't kill or injure anybody.
I point this out not to disparage reliance on dams [whether for flood control, for drinking water or] for hydro power, which in general is an excellent and reliable energy source, but to illustrate that renewable energy also has its risks. In terms of casualties, the failure of Fujinuma Dam was incomparably more dangerous.
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First brought to attention in 2010, the feature film project about another fictional superhero team from Marvel comics is reportedly in active development.
After Thor, Captain America and Iron Man gather in "The Avengers", another superhero team from Marvel universe may follow in their footsteps to grace big screen. Sources recently said that Marvel is moving ahead with its plan to make a feature film version of "Guardians of the Galaxy", gushing that it is currently in "active development."
Before Twitch learned the latest update, Marvel studio chief Kevin Feige had uttered the possiblity of making this "Guardians of the Galaxy" film back in 2010. "I think 'Black Panther' and Wakanda has some amazing potential to be a feature film. 'Dr. Strange', as you've mentioned. There are some obscure titles, too, like 'Guardians of the Galaxy'," he said when discussing some titles which could be follow-ups to "The Avengers".
"Guardians of the Galaxy" was originally created in 1969 and resurrected in 2008. It revolves around a group of alien beings in the 31st century who travel back in time to fight against an alien race which attempts to conquer Earth's solar system.
Another potential Marvel film "Dr. Strange", meanwhile, has been reported to have its script done by "Conan the Barbarian" writers, Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer. The studio is allegedly looking for a director for the project.


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Windows 8 has plenty of cloud functionality built-in from the get-go, from letting you log in with your Microsoft account to the cloud-powered intelligence of the SmartScreen Application Reputation service that keeps malware away. One more way they're letting you leverage the power of the cloud is by integrating Windows Live Family Safety and delivering robust parental controls to all Windows 8 users.
The added functionality takes control way beyond administrator and standard accounts. When you specify that an account on your Windows 8 machine belongs to a child, you'll be able to explicitly choose which websites, apps, and games can be accessed, set up time limits, and you'll also receive regular usage reports in your inbox. And yes, these accounts are set up as standard users — so they won't be able to tinker with things like account settings and undo all your tweaking or accidentally remove your favorite apps.
Allow and block lists are a breeze to set up. Games can be blocked by rating, the Windows website filter lets you import lists or add sites one at a time, and you can prevent virtually any program being installed on a system, even if it's not in the program files directory. The new controls make it easy to administrate your family LAN. If your child accounts use a Microsoft account, settings will even follow them from computer to computer — making administration even simpler.
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Ivy Lee - Lolita in the Woods + Light Erotic
Ivy Lee
Friday, August 23, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Ivy Lee - Group Shoot
Lolita in the Woods + Light Erotic
Group Shoot
NiNPAR 2013
Friday, August 23rd
5/15/13 Update:
*PLEASE NOTE: I have had to change some dates and times as well as many other info on ALL of my group shoots I had prepared. Please double check the day and time before you sign up, as well as read through fully.
These changes are due to NiNPAR standard policies that I was not aware of before posting these. Sorry for any inconvenience.
*subject to additional changes per policy changes for NiNPAR event*
Another super cute, unique shoot! This 1 hour session will be me in this dress starting in it and working out of it. I will do a lot of shots all around the woods, peering around the trees and such. I'll also be doing some cutesy posing sitting down with open leg shots as well, bum shots and other fun stuff! No panties! Just fun peek-a-boo stuff. Then nude of course. I'll have my hair done in 2 braids and makeup somewhat doll-like. This is a fun one for those that love the young, innocent look with a mix of erotic posing.
It will be a "free-for-all" type shoot but I will constantly go through and look at each photographer directly (in order of sitting to make sense). Plus will do plenty of poses looking down or looking away that allow for all to get a great shot at once. Due to the nature of the shoot, there will only be a max of 7 photographers.
**To be clear, "Light Erotic" will include open leg shots, bent over shots and okay with different close-ups. I will not be touching myself or implying anything sexual.
This event is taking place at NINPAR, you must be signed up for NINPAR to participate, NINPAR sign up information is at: http://www.ninpar.com
The price starts at $35 for first 48 hour special; increases to $40 til 8/15/2013; then increases to $45 up until 8/22/2013. Full commercial model release & 2257 form are available for an extra charge of $10 each. There are no refunds.
I will accept last minute cash payments at the rate of $50 *IF* the event is not sold out.
Meeting place
Please see this map for meeting place. We will meet at the area marked near the pavillion right at 6:00 PM and start ASAP. I will be ready to shoot. Depending on light and weather, we will either use the wooded area down the hill from the pavillion that has a lil bit of trails or we will shoot at the pavillion. We'll look around right away and pick the best spot nearby. I may do some shots on the little stairs near the pavillion to give unique angles. *If it is raining,please just meet at the pavillion* We can move to different spots for each oufit if the group desires. Please bare in mind that others may be using the space. I cannot guarantee a perfect location but promise we'll make it work! ^_^
And this is clearly stated so if you are running late or are waiting somewhere else, I cannot be responsible for you missing the shoot. I always try to exchange phone numbers for texting at the event with everyone I am shooting with to please also feel free to message me your number in case you have any last minute questions or if I have to make any last minute changes.
Estimated actual shooting time is 50 minutes due to travel time and paperwork.
Please feel free to email me if you have any questions:
*This event is being organized & run by Ivy Lee.
Please direct any questions to: firstname.lastname@example.com*
When & Where
Friday, August 23, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
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