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The club's current levels -- Preview, Classic, Select and Elite -- will remain, with two new tiers -- Elite Plus and Zenith -- offering further benefits beyond what Elite members have enjoyed in the past.
The line said no existing benefits would change and members' previous cruise credits would be automatically converted into "Club Points"-- the metric for a new system that takes both a passenger's stateroom category and total number of days spent onboard into account.
"In many cases, guests may automatically become charter members of Celebrity's new Elite Plus or Zenith tier," according to a statement from the line.
"It is important to note that no current members will lose any of the benefits they have come to expect and enjoy."
Celebrity Elite Plus members will have access to additional beverage and specialty dining discounts, complimentary 200-minute Internet packages and complimentary coffees, among other benefits.
Zenith-level member perks include entree to Michael's Club Lounge, a complimentary premium alcoholic beverages package, complimentary laundry and a 1,600-minute Internet package.
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You can read a lot or very little into the on-field spat between Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli the other night depending on the context. Sreesanth, who went into overdrive on social media because of comparisons made with 'slap-gate' of 2008, obviously falls in the former category.
I sympathise with Sreesanth.
In my opinion, he was unfairly treated in the ugly episode in 2008 only because Harbhajan Singh was a big star then, and more pertinently still, the IPL was in its first season.
It could have been awkward for the player himself and the IPL if the matter had not been quickly defused though Justice (retired) Sudhir Nanavati, who probed the incident had found Harbhajan to be guilty.
Bitter Sreesanth rants about Slapgate on Twitter
Interestingly, Nanavati says the genesis of slapgate was not something that transpired between Sreesanth and Harbhajan that day, but in a domestic game played the year before!
Human nature is fragile and conflict resolution has to be managed in a mature manner, leaving no embers alive which can turn into a fire in the future. This is where Kohli and Gambhir need to learn from the fracas involving Sreesanth and Harbhajan.
But I think that Sreesanth has overreacted in tweeting away extensively to explain his position five years later simply because the media drew parallels with Kohli versus Gambhir circa 2013. In that sense, he has brought attention on himself.
If Sreesanth's problem is with the media — or the IPL Governing Council — for not getting to the bottom of the case, he could have come clear much earlier.
By raking it up now, he is doing himself a disservice.
To get to the recent incident, there is some talk that all is not hunky-dory between Kohli and Gambhir since the former has replaced the latter as the vice-captain of the Indian team.
Some alarmists also argue that this spells trouble for the Indian dressing room.
I don't read too much into these theories as long as this is not allowed to foment. Frankly, I don't see much harm in players venting their emotions as long as it does not get into physical violence or unacceptable abuse.
Competitive sport can't be a sanitised activity. The stakes are high. Such are the demands on players that they are constantly on edge, the adrenaline is pumping and emotions can sometimes spill over.
The writer is a seasoned journalist. Reproduced From Mail Today. Copyright 2013. MTNPL. All rights reserved. (TAG: CYCSPL)


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Dissapointing: Norwegian Sky Cruise Review by designercruiser
Overall Member Rating
Destination: Bahamas
Embarkation: Miami
The rooms:
The staterooms were old and run down, it probably would have been more comfortable to sleep on the sofa they provided in the staterooms, except that it looked so dirty. The television looked like it was from the 80's and there was rust all over the place, inside the bathroom and on our balcony. Our cabin steward was friendly and did a pretty good job, but nothing amazing. He did take one of our pool towels and didn't replace it, so we went to the pool deck to get another, where we were rudely told it was our problem and that we had to track down our room steward to get it back. I was appalled!
The dining:
The dining rooms leave much to be desired, actually the dining in More general was poor. The food quality and variety is lacking, and the lack of changing menu items was also disappointing. The service in the main dining room was slow, and most of the time we didn't get refills on our drinks unless we asked, even for water. Many times they got our order wrong, and when I questioned the waiter about it he insisted that what he had given me is what I had ordered. The food often times did not match the description from the menu, or the menu had no details about the dish listed, so it was a toss up of what you would end up with. There was no steak and lobster night like on Princess or Royal, and they only served escargot in the french bistro, which I typically find to be a standard appetizer selection on other cruise lines. The deserts were lacking, mostly the options were some type of sorbet that they said was a different flavor each night but tasted the same, or some form of cheesecake, cake. We did go to Le Bistro one night and our experience was much better, and the food quality slightly higher, but we still noticed menu items from Le bistro's menu that showed up on the regular dining room menu, and we had paid extra to eat there! There were also many instances where we experienced the staff arguing and fighting with each other in front of guests, not my idea of relaxing.
The buffet was an even further disappointment, they don't have very good hours, and the only food option after 10pm seemed to be room service, unlike RCL. There also seemed to be the exact same menu for the breakfast buffet as in the main dining room, so wasting your time with table service doesn't get you any better menu choices. There was a plethora of middle America food selections like hamburgers, fried chicken, and pizza, yuck!
The bars:
Service depended on which one you went to, typically they were less responsive at the pool deck. I tried to order a martini from their menu at several different bars throughout our trip, but each time I was told they didn't have the ingredients to make it, what?!!? We did find that by ordering off menu by choosing classic mixed drink recipes, like a gimlet got us more alcohol and a price nearly the same as a beer! The standard wine choices for by the glass were also terrible, I don't mind paying more to get a decent bottle, but their options were severely lacking.
The ship:
Don't expect an elaborate atrium or an avenue of shopping like on most ships, the amenities are small and far and few between. There are only two main pools and 4 hot tubs on the main deck that are usually overrun with teenagers or children. The design is confusing, mostly Hawaiian in theme, and the carpets are very worn, and the overall design quite outdated. The staff did do a decent job at keeping the ship clean, and we almost always saw someone cleaning when we were walking around.
Finally before leaving we went to guest services to have the gratuity amount adjusted on our account due to the lack of good service. We were sternly questioned by the woman behind the desk, who attempted to intimidate us into leaving the amount the same. We held strong, and had to wait over 10 minutes for her to do something in the back, and print out pages of paperwork for us to sign and fill out. Unbelievable! Tipping isn't automatically given, it is earned for good service, which we were not receiving.
Highlights of the trip were:
The food on Stirrup Cay, sadly, probably some of the best food we had on the trip was the outdoor "barbecue" with the most authentic island food we had had yet, if you can even call it that.
They did give is preferred window seating at the dining rooms since it was our honeymoon.
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A NATIONAL charity based in High Wycombe is holding a course to help food companies cater for people who have an intolerance to gluten.
Coeliac UK is based in High Wycombe and is holding the course for the catering industry on May 13, as part of the charity's awareness week from May 12 to 18.
Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease caused by intolerance to gluten; a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.
It affects one in 100 people in the UK and the only treatment is a strict gluten-free diet for life.
The training course is suitable for all food industry professionals in both the private and public sectors and will look at the challenges faced by people with Coeliac disease.
It will also examine the legal requirements associated with gluten-free labelling and will provide attendees with the knowledge and confidence to deliver a wide range of safe gluten-free food within the boundaries of the law.
According to research, people with the condition, and the family and friends they eat out with, are worth a potential £100 million a year to venues that can cater for them.
Sarah Sleet, chief executive of Coeliac UK, said: "The course is run by the charity and will advise caterers on how to serve gluten free dishes to help businesses tap into this lucrative gluten free market, not only for locals who have Coeliac disease, but also for the many tourists visiting the region who will need to eat out at restaurants who can cater for them".
As part of its drive to improve the availability of gluten free foods in stores across the UK, the charity is launching a new Gluten-Free Guarantee campaign, asking supermarkets to commit to having eight core items of gluten-free food in stock.
From May 12 to 18, the charity is asking people across the UK to tell them how many of the eight gluten-free staple items they can find. See www.coeliac.org.uk/gfg for more information.
Download the course booking form from www.coeliac.org.uk/courses or contact Zoe Bishop on 01494 796727. Places cost £99 (+VAT).


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Nursing Work Related Injuries
Nursing can be a rewarding profession, but a dangerous profession. There are many industry-specific injuries that occur in the nursing field as a result of constant patient contact, and repetitive and difficult physical work. If you are a nurse who sustained an injury in the course of your job, you may be entitled to recover for your medical bills and lost wages under state worker's compensation laws.
Common Nursing Injuries
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 800,000 nurses and home health aids were injured between 1995 and 2004. During this same period, there were approximately 154 fatalities. Of the approximately 800,000 injured nurses and health aids, 799,004 of those injuries required time off from work to recover.
The most common types of nursing related injuries include:
Muscle sprains, back strains and tears,which accounted for approximately 43% of the nursing related injuries between '95 and '04.
Soreness and pain, especially back pain which was reported as the cause of 11% of nursing injuries
Causes of Nursing Injuries
Nurses are responsible for all facets of patient care. This may include lifting heavy patients from one bed to another. Nurses work in busy environments, and often have more patients then they can handle. Furthermore, some nurses are exposed to potentially dangerous patients. All of these things can cause labor-related injuries that are compensable under worker's compensation claims. Some of the most common causes of nursing related industry include:
- Over-exertion: Among other things, lifting a heavy patient to change the sheets or help the patient use the bathroom can cause muscle strain, or damage the muscles, cartilage, joints or spinal discs.
- Repetitive Stress Injuries: Nurses may do the same repetitive motions over and over, including helping patients walk or sit up, changing sheets, inserting IV's, etc. These repetitive motions, especially when strenuous, can cause damage to the musculoskeletal system over time.
- Slip and Fall Injuries: Nurses often have to work long shifts in busy hospitals. Hospitals may be understaffed and nurses may be overworked. Floors may become wet, slippery or improperly maintained. All of these things contribute to make falls the second leading cause of injury among nurses (accounting for 13% of injuries between 1995 and 2004)
- Assaults: Nurses, especially in psychiatric wards, emergency rooms or hospitals, and nursing homes that work with dementia patients, may be exposed to dangerous patients. Assaults accounted for approximately 7% of injuries to nurses between 1995 and 2004 and can cause a number of different potential injuries depending on the nature of the assault.
Determining Liability for a Nursing Injury
Even if a patient injures a nurse, the employer can be held accountable for that injury and the nurse can recover under worker's compensation laws. Part of the nurse's job is working with patients, and so injury as a result of assault is a labor related injury.
In order to recover under a worker's compensation claim, the nurse has to prove that the injury is most-likely work related. This can involve proving that she sustained an injury, and that she did so as a result of something that happened on the job. Because of the high number of industry-specific injuries, a nurse may be able to use this data to make it easier to prove that an employer is liable for his or her injury.
Getting Legal Help
When a nurse is injured on the job, he or she should consult with an experienced labor attorney to file a worker's compensation claim. An attorney can help ensure that the claim is supported with the appropriate documentation to prove the disability and the employer's liability. Getting help from an attorney immediately can reduce the chances of benefits being denied and of time consuming and potentially costly appeals.
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Trot Times for April 21
For a random Thursday in mid-April, yesterday was filled with some pretty great moments. A first pitch, first career home run for Scott Cousins that happened to come with the bases loaded; Cameron Maybin body-slamming into the centerfield wall trying to catch a flyball; a walkoff bomb, and plenty more. There were only 22 home runs hit across the league, but they were all pretty great.
Let's get to the trots!
Home Run of the Day: Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers - 22.94 seconds [video]
It should also be noted that Jason Bay joined the "Little League Home Run" club in Thursday's game (video). Bay's trip took a grand total of 16.26 seconds. As quick as Bay made it around those bases, he was two-and-a-quarter seconds slower than Peter Bourjos' own four-base single.
Slowest Trot: Torii Hunter, Los Angeles Angels - 27.89 seconds [video]
Quickest Trot: Mike Stanton, Florida Marlins - 19.33 seconds [video]
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JIM LEHRER: We now have confirmation that pop music star Michael Jackson is dead. We'll have more on that story in a few moments.
But now, Congress asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tough questions today about his role during the financial crisis. Jeffrey Brown has that story.
JEFFREY BROWN: The key issue before a House Oversight Committee: What part did Chairman Bernanke play in Bank of America's $50 billion acquisition of Merrill Lynch in the throes of last year's economic crisis?
In the months after the purchase, it was revealed that Merrill had lost more money than anyone at BofA initially knew. Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis considered walking away from the deal in December, but went through with it after the government provided a financial rescue package.
Two weeks ago, Lewis told the same committee he felt pressured by the Fed to move the deal forward. And internal e-mails from other Federal Reserve employees suggested Bernanke was considering replacing the bank's management if the deal did not go through.
But today, Bernanke insisted he did not threaten anyone to ensure the deal was completed.
BEN BERNANKE, Federal Reserve Chairman: And they were obligated to make the choice that they believed was in the best interest of their shareholders and the company. I did not tell Bank of America's management that the Federal Reserve would take action against the board or management.
JEFFREY BROWN: Bernanke was pressed repeatedly by several Republicans on the committee. Indiana's Dan Burton asked what happened when Ken Lewis considered invoking a clause to exit the deal, known as a MAC, or material adverse change provision.
REP. DAN BURTON (R), Indiana: Is Mr. Lewis lying when he tells this committee that you put pressure on him, along with Mr. Paulson?
BEN BERNANKE: All I know is that I never said that I would replace the board and management if he invoked the MAC.
REP. DAN BURTON: Well, what did you say? I mean, you know, sometimes there's an implication without a direct order.
BEN BERNANKE: I expressed concerns about the effects of invoking the Mac both on the financial system and on the Bank of America itself. I expressed those concerns, which is appropriate, but it was always his decision whether or not to go ahead and take that decision.
REP. DAN BURTON: Did Mr. Paulson lie when he told Mr. Cuomo that he was acting under your suggestions or orders to tell them that the board would be fired if they didn't comply?
BEN BERNANKE: I believe he's modified that statement. I did not tell him — I did not tell Mr. Paulson…
REP. DAN BURTON: What did you tell him?
BEN BERNANKE: I didn't tell him anything like that.
JEFFREY BROWN: That explanation didn't convince Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz.
REP. JASON CHAFFETZ (R), Utah: I'm just not buying that. You're in charge. You have the ability to affect their outcome, to fire them, to let them go. You're telling them that if they don't come to the same conclusion as you do that they would obviously, everybody in the room, everybody in the marketplace would know that their judgment was miscalculated.
I think that's a threat, and I think it's reasonable for the CEO and the board of directors to take that as a threat. I don't see any other conclusion. If we were sitting across from the table, you controlled my destiny, that that's one of the consequences.
BEN BERNANKE: Well, we don't control his destiny unconditionally. We would have to make a case that he had made decisions that were damaging to the company. And if he had made that decision and the company had prospered, there would be no basis whatsoever for any action.
Assessing the Fed's restrictions
JEFFREY BROWN: Several Democrats raised a different concern: whether the Fed provided financial assistance too easily.
Chairman Edolphus Towns.
REP. EDOLPHUS TOWNS (D), New York: Internal e-mails we have obtained from the Federal Reserve indicates officials there were very skeptical about Mr. Lewis' motives in threatening to back out of the Merrill deal. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke thought Lewis was using the Merrill losses as a bargaining chip to obtain federal funds.
Was Bank of America forced to go through with the deal, or was this just an old-fashioned shakedown?
JEFFREY BROWN: Dennis Kucinich of Ohio asked why the Fed didn't place more restrictions on the use of government money.
REP. DENNIS KUCINICH (D), Ohio: Ken Lewis came to you with a story that the Fed didn't believe. You were getting advice from your staff and from peers that considerable concessions should be required of Bank of America because of concern about the quality of top management.
And yet you decided to give the aid away without any meaningful changes to Bank of America's corporate management or its compensation policies. How do you explain that, Chairman?
BEN BERNANKE: Congressman, the supervisory process is not a one-time thing. It's an ongoing process. And in our ongoing supervisory process, we have made demands of the Bank of America...
JEFFREY BROWN: All this comes as President Obama has proposed that the Fed become an even bigger player in future bank oversight, an idea that provoked worry from Republicans today.
The committee's ranking member, Darrell Issa.
REP. DARRELL ISSA (R), California: Do you think that federal regulators should pick winners and losers as they go through trying to figure out in a crisis like this who gets to own who or who gets bailout money and who doesn't?
BEN BERNANKE: I think all these interventions are very unfortunate, and they're only made necessary by the extreme circumstances.
JEFFREY BROWN: Next up in the merger investigation, the committee plans to call former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
The Fed's future role
JEFFREY BROWN: Today's hearing just added to the many questions raised about the Fed and its future role. We talk about that now with Martin Baily, who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton. He's now at the Brookings Institution.
And Mark Calabria, who spent six years as a Republican staff member on the Senate Banking Committee, he's now director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute.
Welcome to both of you.
Martin Baily, there was some tough questioning in that hearing we just heard. What does that tell you about any prospective future stronger role for the Fed?
MARTIN BAILY, Former Chair, Council of Economic Advisers: Well, the Fed is not popular on Capitol Hill; there's no question about that. That was true before today, and I think after today that will be the case.
I have a lot of sympathy with Bernanke. I think he's a man of integrity. I think he acted very decisively to try to help us get through this crisis, so that I think he's getting a bit of a bad rap here.
But certainly it's going to make it more difficult for the administration's proposal, which is to give more power to the Fed. That's going to be resisted.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right. We'll come back to some of the details, but, first, what did you hear in today's hearing?
MARK CALABRIA, Former Senate Aide, Senate Banking Committee: Well, I want to agree with Martin on that. I think that this will make it more difficult.
But on the other hand, there was no smoking gun. I mean, nothing was presented saying, "You know, here's where Bernanke put pressure on it." You know, a lot of it was the ambiguity.
You know, and that's one of the problems in terms of bank regulation is, you know, the pressure might be implicit. So, you know, for the plus side, I don't think Bernanke made any big mistakes, and I don't think that the committee nailed him down on anything that's going to come back to haunt him.
But on the other side, I mean, he didn't knock it out of the ballpark, either. I mean, he really didn't dispel the sort of suspicions, which is really what he should have wanted to do. That should have been his number-one priority.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right, so let's look at what the Obama administration is talking about. One of the key things is the so-called systemic risk, correct, and the idea is to give the Fed more of a role. Now, what should the role of the Fed be to deal with that?
MARTIN BAILY: Well, I think the things the Fed has done well is monetary policy and trying to keep the economy stable. Maybe they've made mistakes here and there, but in general they've done that very well.
So I think putting them to monitor systemic risk, to really keep an eye on the whole banking system, the whole financial sector, indeed, the whole economy to make sure where we're not getting into another bubble like the one we've gotten into now, I think that's a good role for the Fed.
Where I think it's more difficult is their supervisory role. I'm not sure they did such a good job in supervising these bank-holding companies. And to give them increased authority there and give them all the big banks, I think that's an open question.
I would rather see a system like they have in the U.K. with a Financial Services Authority that does bank regulation. I don't know there's any appetite on Capitol Hill for that.
What we do have to do is to make sure, whether it's the Fed or whether it's given to a separate agency, that we get better regulation of all the banks, but particularly the big banks.
Alternatives to current system
JEFFREY BROWN: All right. Well, start with the larger systemic risk issue and giving the Fed more power to oversee that. Good idea?
MARK CALABRIA: I think it's very problematic. I mean, to me, going out there and essentially having a list of institutions that are going to be bailed out and are too big to fail to me is a signal to the marketplace that, you know, your debt is going to get paid off.
You know, whether the equity shareholders get wiped out or not, that's a different question. But I think the funding costs of these institutions will decline, and they'll get bigger and they'll get more market share. They'll actually more dominate our system, so that concerns me.
JEFFREY BROWN: Let me just be -- let me make sure people understand. So you're saying that the Fed would be, in essence, signaling that they will help these banks or these institutions?
MARK CALABRIA: The caveat would be, whoever the regulator would be, if you ahead of time say, "These institutions are too big to fail and they will be backed," then you're essentially saying to the marketplace that, you know, if you buy the debt of this institution, you're going to be taken care of, which is going to lower the funding costs of the institutions.
And so the question is, will the Fed or any regulator increase regulation sufficiently enough to offset that advantage? I'm very skeptical, you know, because part of the argument -- I imagine it this way.
What we're being told is that the Fed, who had bank-holding company oversight over Citi, over BofA, if we simply extended that same sort of oversight to AIG, we would have avoided it. You know, and I find that a hard argument to believe, because Citi has done such poor shape.
JEFFREY BROWN: Well, but given where we are, is there an alternative? I mean, is there an alternative to the Fed or what kind of system would you have?
MARK CALABRIA: Well, I think it depends on what you want to have. I mean, the number-one reason that I think the administration is positioning the Fed is, the Fed is the only institution besides Congress that has deep pockets and can spend lots of money. So the question is, do you want an institution that can resolve it?
If you want an institution that will resolve it, the FDIC has considerably more experience. They actually resolve institutions. They resolved IndyMac; that went fairly cleanly. You know, they resolved WaMu. They were able to find a buyer.
Those are things that went pretty cleanly. The market disruptions were pretty minimal. So the question always comes down to: Do you think that there needs to be a considerable pot of taxpayer money put in?
If you think that's the case, then there really is no other institution other than the Fed. But if you think that this is a regime to resolve and wind or restructure corporations, then I think the FDIC makes a much better...
JEFFREY BROWN: All right.
MARTIN BAILY: Well, I agree we want to be careful not to create institutions that are too big to fail, and I think we need a resolution authority to deal with these big banks when they get into trouble. So I agree very much on that.
I also think we don't want to give them a special competitive advantage so that, if the cost of funds goes down -- and I agree it probably would -- we would want to offset perhaps by charging them some kind of insurance premium or making them hold more capital so that we level the playing field for all financial institutions.
Now, the idea of giving this regulation to FDIC, I think, would be a mistake. First of all, I think FDIC has done a good job, but not a great job. They did not resolve WaMu very well at all; that did not go well.
And I think they just don't have the experience and the staff and the personnel to really supervise these much more complicated banks that have global reach and global scale. So you'd have to -- either whether you put it at the Fed or some other agency, you've got to have that kind of expertise available.
Distributing power more evenly
JEFFREY BROWN: Is there at the same time some danger of putting too much power in any -- whoever this is -- in this case, the Fed -- too much power in one agency?
MARTIN BAILY: Well, there clearly is a danger of having too much power in one agency. That's certainly something one has got to watch out for, and that's why I'd prefer, really, the FSA, the separate agency for bank regulation.
But we do need regulators that have got the authority, and I think having the deep pockets is helpful when you get into a crisis. So I think the Fed does have that expertise and authority. But it is a danger to put too much power in any one institution. I agree.
JEFFREY BROWN: Is that part of your concern, that there's the -- you know, the Fed remains such a mystery to so many of us, right? There's that. There's the independence question. There's a lot of questions about what it -- and there's all the other things on its plate.
MARK CALABRIA: Oh, very much. And I would say, the one point of agreement here -- several points of agreement is, I would say we should look at the British model, splitting off monetary policy from bank supervision.
I do want to say very strongly, in terms of nonbank financial companies, like AIG, I still think that we can fix the bankruptcy code to the extent that that will work, because I do think you need to take the politics out of it, you need to take the severing of priorities in terms of who's treated how.
And, you know, everybody points out Lehman as a failure, but most of Lehman's assets were sold within four weeks. I mean, most of that was resolved. It's still outstanding, but compared to AIG -- and I would agree with Martin in terms of, well, did WaMu go perfect? But, no, but I would say it went a whole lot better than AIG. And there was an end game.
You know, nobody can tell me what AIG is going to look like in six months or what Freddie and Fannie are going to look like in six months.
JEFFREY BROWN: Just to finish, go back to where we started, looking at that hearing. You guys both have worked in Washington and in the administration on the Hill. All of this now is part of a political football, is it correct? Is that the way to...
MARK CALABRIA: Oh, definitely.
JEFFREY BROWN: Nothing will be resolved here without politics involved.
MARTIN BAILY: Oh, definitely. I do think the Senate particularly has a desire to come out with something which is bipartisan. And I think Shelby and Dodd are going to work towards getting a bipartisan compromise. It's not going to be easy, but I think that's something that they want to do, yes.
MARK CALABRIA: And I would 100 percent agree. I mean, the ability to take two, three weeks of floor time in the Senate on this is only going to happen if you have bipartisan buy-in. And you have a lot of moderate Democrats, I think, Mark Warner, people like that, who I think have some skepticism about continuing bailouts.
So it's not like the House, where you can just jam something through, which I think something will be jammed through in the House, probably on pretty narrow party lines, but you're going to see a real effort, and it's going to take a lot more time, but I think there will be at least a lot of effort made to get a bipartisan product out of the Senate.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right, Mark Calabria, Martin Baily, thank you both very much.
MARTIN BAILY: You're welcome.


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Eurocopter in January reported unexpectedly good financial numbers for last year. Revenues stood at a record E4.6 billion ($6.44 billion), while the backlog increased by about E1 billion ($1.4 billion), to E15.1 billion ($21.1 billion), representing 1,300 aircraft. However, the manufacturer sees this year as "unpredictable" and expects civil sales will remain low. Asia and oil and gas are the only region and market segment, respectively, expected to remain fairly strong.
The Marignane, France-based manufacturer received net orders for 344 helicopters last year. The gross number was 449, but Eurocopter received numerous cancellations.
The walk-aways were apparently more numerous than the company had anticipated one year ago, when Bertling was predicting 2009 would end with net orders for about 450 machines.
Light civil helicopters suffered the most. Medium and heavy ones, both in the civil (mainly for offshore-energy operators) and military fields, enjoyed sustained sales. For example, the company booked net orders for eight EC120 Colibris, compared with 85 in 2008. At the other end of the spectrum, buyers signed for 81 Super Pumas, prompting the OEM to move production workers from light to medium helicopter assembly lines.
Last year Eurocopter delivered 558 aircraft, in line with expectations the company announced earlier in the year. By value, the civil and parapublic sector accounted for 52 percent of the turnover. Bertling would not be specific about the company's profit (or loss), saying only that "given the difficult 2009, I am more than satisfied with our [earnings]."
Support and services, now accounting for 35 percent of the revenue, are growing faster than production activity. Bertling said that keeping operators' helicopters flying is a major focus for the company, especially in difficult times. "This helps our customers earn money," he said.
Eurocopter thus claims to have an "ever-growing spectrum of service solutions." For example, there are now 24/7 customer service centers in Hong Kong and Dallas for swift reaction regardless of the customer's time zone. In addition, the company says it has an on-time delivery record of 95 percent for commercial helicopter spares. Finally, under EASA regulation, Eurocopter is now a continuing airworthiness maintenance organization.
Another "key success factor" is proximity to the customer, according to Bertling. For example, last December the manufacturer added a maintenance branch in Thailand. The 10 employees service the EC130, EC135, Ecureuil and EC155 mainly for the Royal Thai Police.
In Brazil, establishment of an assembly line for the EC725 Cougar will start this year. Investing in the country will likely go beyond military contracts. Eurocopter sees Brazil as its next home country [in addition to France, Germany and Spain], as Bertling put it. "We will continue to expand our international footprint, notably by acquisitions," he said.
Among its other goals, the recently launched Shape cost-cutting effort is intended to save E200 million ($280 million) annually. "We are on track for 2010," Bertling pledged. He added that shortening the lead time from contract to delivery by 30 percent is achievable.
Despite the company's not-so-gloomy picture in the current turbulent market conditions, Eurocopter officials fear a "delayed impact" might lie ahead. "Are bigger challenges awaiting us?" Harache wondered. He said the number of pre-owned helicopters on the market–more than 1,000, many of them delivered between 2007 and 2009–will slow the hoped-for recovery.
At E200 million ($280 million) this year, research and development spending will be 20 percent higher than last year, AIN understands. Part of it will be spent in the Green Rotorcraft research program, which is part of a wider European initiative (see related story on facing page). Eurocopter plans a full launch of the X4 program, to replace the Dauphin medium twin, by June.


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THE world's biggest wildlife survey has reported a chorus of frogs hopping around in Lancashire gardens – but our native squirrels are in the red.
This year, for the first time in the 36-year history of the survey, Big Garden Birdwatch participants also asked participants to tell the RSPB about some of the other wildlife which visits their gardens.
In Lancashire, more than 60 per cent of participants said they saw a grey squirrel in their gardens regularly.
Fifty-one per cent of participants regularly saw a common frog in their garden.
The red squirrel was one of the least-seen garden visitors, with 96 per cent of participants in Lancashire reporting they never saw one in their gardens.
Daniel Hayhow, RSPB conservation scientist, said: "This massive survey shows how important our gardens are for the amazing variety of wildlife living there.
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Flying Finn wins again
Kalle Palander of Finland won his second men's World Cup slalom event in a row at Schladming on Tuesday.
The flying Finn, victorious at Kitzbuhel last Sunday, won in a combined time of one minute 45.41 seconds.
The 25-year-old beat Austrian Benjamin Raich by 1.31 seconds with Hans-Petter Buraas of Norway third with a time of 1:46.74.
"My first run was excellent. I was very calm ahead of the second one, although I knew I had to attack," said Palander.
Defending World Cup slalom champion Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, a winner in Kranjska Gora, Bormio and Sestriere this season, came fourth in 1:46.97.
American Bode Miller squandered the chance to recapture the lead in the overall World Cup standings from Stephan Eberharter.
Miller, sixth after the first run, crashed out on an error-strewn second run.
Britain's Alain Baxter narrowly failed to qualify for the second run.
The Scot finished 32nd and only the top 30 race again.
His younger half-brother Noel was 50th.
The floodlit event in Schladming was the last race before the World Championships, which begin in St Moritz on Sunday.
Men's World Cup slalom, Schladming
1. Kalle Palander (Finland) 1:45.41 seconds
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Moussaka - Donna Hay - a week behind
I just discovered, I am a week behind in our schedule. We have a risotto for this week and it is just too late for me to do anything about it. Please check out everyone else.
Another two day Jewish holiday starts tonight and I have been cooking up a storm. I did not want to miss out on Wednesdays with Donna Hay so I made this week's choice, one of the dishes for the family.
We made Moussaka which is made up of wonderful ingredients such as eggplant, lamb, garlic, onion, tomato puree, vegetable broth, cinnamon, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Since I am Kosher, I could not include both the lamb and cheese in the same recipe (we do not mix meat and milk or even serve them, at the same meal.) I decided to go with the dairy.
I was not traditional and used brown rice in place of the ground lamb. This does change the whole feel of the dish although it still is a good combination to serve.
You can find the original recipe in Modern Classics I on page 110. This was chosen by Kayte.
Check out the dishes from the other ladies and enjoy.
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Slow Cooker Mulled Cranberry Punch.
I absolutely love the smell of mulled spices. There's just something super comforting about walking into a house and having it hit your senses first thing. It immediately relaxes me and makes me want to sit down, put my feet up and grab a blanket. Maybe that's just me. We've found a little shortcut to making this into a punch that doesn't involve simmering away stovetop for hours. No stove required, just a slow cooker. And if you're feeling inspired to take this up a party notch we've got you covered too.
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Have y'all heard, there's a BIG GAME coming up ; ) The one with the pigskin ball. Also, on a side note, not sure why the word ball is in there because it's clearly not a sphere shape. But that's an argument for another time. What we can all agree on is FOOD. While some of us will be watching said game, some of us are looking forward to the food. Wanna guess what camp I'm in? I suppose there are people in both camps so that could be a trick question.read more
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Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes from Fleming's
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I'm sure you're familiar with P.F. Chang's. You know the restaurant with the giant horses outside? Yep, that one. The one with the iconic lettuce wraps. You got it. I happen to love all types of Asian food, especially Chinese food. LOVE it. Dumplings are my jam though. I could eat my weight in them. I make them every so often but they're involved and take time. I'd love to pop over to P.F. Chang's when I get a dumpling craving but for me, living in a rural area, it's a jaunt to get all the way to the "big city". Sigh. If you didn't know, P.F. Chang's has a Home Menu that you can find at the grocers – and they now include dumplings. Yes I'm doing a chair danceread more
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So in case you didn't realize it, there's this thing going on this weekend. You might have missed all the pink and red heart everything plastered all over the interwebs. I joke. It's impossible to miss it. Unless you live under a rock and don't have internet service, then maybe, but a flyer might just blow it's way by you even then. While I'm admittedly a whiskey girl, it's hard to turn down a good martini every now and again. Especially when it's as fun and festive as this little firecracker.read more
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Fashion designers Gabriel Scarvelli and Terry Biviano tell Holly Byrnes about their US success.
It is the television phenomenon that launched a million floral tributes. Not bouquets, but the corsage craze that swept the globe on the back (or rather, lapel) of Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker.
The power of the show, the final series of which is now in production in New York, has been to marry four single women to the world's best fashion - a union audiences and designers alike have found irresistible.
And poised to play their own part in the show are budding Sydney fashion talents Gabriel Scarvelli and Terry Biviano, whose careers are a step closer to the big time after having some of their designs snapped up by the show's influential stylists.
"They're not just stylists, they're really critics," said Scarvelli, 24, of fashion's new power players, with three of his lingerie and evening designs now among the show's wardrobe.
Sharing their Sex experiences over a brunch of eggs and waffles at Potts Point eatery Latitude 33, Biviano and Scarvelli are excited by the prime-time turn their international careers could take.
"The American market is stillthe big time," said Biviano, who made her Australian FashionWeek debut last year as our answer to Carrie's favourite footwear designer, ManoloBlahnik.
While Scarvelli will see his name on the AFW schedule for the first time this year, his talents have long been known to the insiders who have watched him work behind the scenes for the past five years.
Scarvelli was headhunted by Collette Dinnigan in 1998 after just two months' study at East Sydney TAFE fashion studio. Dinnigan recognised his advanced beading skills and applied them to her evening wear and cocktail frock designs.
Schooled in a French beading technique by an elderly friend of his aunt's, the then 19-year-old went on to make a name as an old hand in the fashion business, focused on reviving long-forgotten tailoring and technology.
In the collection he is preparing for AFW he plans to use only one synthetic fabric - a french lame - preferring the heirloom qualities of silk cottons and crystal beading for his lush work.
His silhouette also references a female figure thought by most designers to be of a bygone era, forgotten in favour of the waif.
"Real women have boobs and hips," he said. "If I wanted to design [for waifs], I'd do menswear. But [designing for real women] is what I love to do - work on the right cut so dresses fall as they should."
His craftsmanship has not been lost on other designers, including Peter Morrissey and Alex Perry, who both signed Scarvelli to work on previous Fashion Week shows.
He teamed with Biviano last year to create the nymph-like lingerie worn by her dream-fairy footwear models shod in her spectacular stilettos, which took Fashion Week and the local industry by storm.
But finally stepping out on his own in March, Scarvelli braved one of the world's toughest fashion markets first (New York) with just a suitcase of designs at his side.
Within days of arriving with his 40 kilograms of luggage he'd made his mark, chancing an introduction with the Sex And The City crew through the owners of a small lower Manhattan boutique - who not only signed him straight up for stock, but will also act as his sales agent in the US.
The show's stylists were next tofall.
"They insisted I leave half the collection," Scarvelli said of the 80 pieces he took with him. But as he still had to visit Los Angeles, the Surry Hills designer could leave them only two dresses and a corset.
One dress, inspired by the 1950s and featuring collapsible hoop technology redeveloped by Scarvelli, sounds quintessentially Carrie: feather-light silk satin georgette with crystal beading, petal-like detailing, backless, with the hoop skirt that folds down when seated.
Biviano's sexy shoes received a similar response.
"I've taken orders for a pair of gold boots for Samantha [now starring across Sydney at a bus stop near you as part of the(sydney)magazine ad campaign] and four pairs for Carrie: hot pink, turquoise and beige boots and a pair of green high-back heels," she said.
The long-time girlfriend of actor Alex Dimitriades could very well beat her boyfriend to Hollywood with her designs, after meeting two of the world's most powerful celebrity dressers, Jessica Paster and Phillip Bloch, on a visit to LA last month.
But she's sure he wouldn't mind.
"In all honesty, I'm really quite shy," the social diva said. "He's my biggest cheerleader."
Holidaying together in LA last month, where Dimitriades has been based while promoting his film Ghost Ship, Biviano said her "cheerleader" sprang into action when a shop assistant asked about Biviano's eye-catching shoes.
"He was right in there explaining I'd designed them, the whole sales bit."
His pitch must have worked. Biviano's boots and high heels are now sold across Australia, and at hot boutiques in LA, New York and London's Coco Ribbon, the Aussie-owned emporium flying the flag for local designs. But unlike the self-assured debutant Scarvelli, Biviano remains a
self-described nervous novice.
"I still feel the need to prove myself each season," she said. "Once you put your name to something it has to be personal, and the pressure is there to give 200 per cent and nothing less."
While her appearances in the social pages would have many believe Biviano's world is pure glamour, her enduring memory of AFW last year was sitting on the dusty floor of a warehouse in Alexandria, where her show was staged, lacing shoes and fitting stilettos to her catwalk models.
Now all that remains for Biviano and her designer friendis to conquer Carrie andthe grime of New York's streets.
Both designers will show at Wharf 3 on Wednesday night.
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Jerusalem (Dec. 19)
The practically simultaneous Arab encroachments on Jewish-owned lands in different parts of Palestine, resulting in slight encounters, stone-throwing and arrests, have led the Jewish authorities to believe that "somebody" is hatching a scheme to cause a widespread conflict in order to focus attention on the question of landless tenants.
Over a period of three days there have been four clashes between Arabs and Jews in widely separated sections of the country. On Tuesday, ten bedouins sought to interfere with Jewish ploughers at Kfar Yehoshua on land owned by the American Zion Commonwealth near Nahalal. On Wednesday the Arabs of a Circassian village attempted to plow land owned by the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association near Gan Shmuel in the Hedera district.
On the same day an Arab family refused to quit Jewish-owned land at Herzlia in the Tel Aviv district. Yesterday a group of Arabs sowed 35 dunams of the Infiat lands which the courts had ruled belonged to the Hederah colonists.


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U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., toured the Salk Pre-engineering Magnet School on Tuesday, Jan. 18.
He's touting STEM schools — those that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — as one of the directions he would like to see the United States take to compete better in the global economy.
Salk students showed off what they have been doing at the Elk River middle school, including their work in a computerized industrial technology classroom and on History Day.
Franken humored students about their projects and the work they had done with his gift of making people laugh, but as the tour wore on Franken got more serious in his talks about the importance of education in America.
In the photo above right he spoke with Ron Hustvedt's social studies students Zoua Yang, Megan Hetterick, Ciib Yang and Xaitheng Yang. The students, who will participate in the school's History Day program, shared with Franken the backgrounds of their families and why they chose to come to Salk.
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Wednesday, 30 October, 2002, 12:39 GMT
Straw optimistic on UN resolution
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says he is optimistic about the prospect of securing a new United Nations Security Council resolution on Iraq.
And although progress had been "slow" towards a resolution backing the desire to disarm Saddam Hussein with the threat of force, Mr Straw said he was confident of securing a "positive" outcome.
Chancellor Gordon Brown has signalled he is building the possibility of war with Iraq into his Budget plans next month.
Mr Straw's optimism about a UN resolution are in contrast to signals coming from Washington, where patience with efforts to get France and Russia to sign up to a new resolution appears to be running out.
Threat of force
The United Nations' chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has flown to Washington, where he is expected to meet US Vice-President Dick Cheney and other senior administration officials.
They will discuss a draft UN resolution sponsored by the US and Britain, which threatens Iraq with "serious consequences" if it fails to co-operate with arms inspections.
France and Russia oppose any language that could be interpreted as authorising automatic military action.
The UN Security Council is due to resume discussions on the draft later on Wednesday.
'Going it alone'
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said there would have to be a decision on a new UN resolution "in the very near future".
BBC News has been told Washington is not ruling out the possibility that a vote on a resolution may not now take place until next week - after the mid-term elections on 5 November.
Meanwhile, Jack Straw repeated his assertion that the UK would be prepared to back the US, if it decided to "go it alone" against Iraq.
'Preferable outcome'
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Straw said: "We don't rule that out."
But he added: "It is the UN that as a whole has been defied by Iraq and it is the UN, therefore, which has a responsibility to deal with that.
"If they fail to in their responsibility, then others may have to take up that responsibility in their place."
Mr Straw said "the preferable outcome" was for the UN to agree to a new tough resolution giving power to weapons inspectors.
'Slow progress'
He said the inspectors had to be allowed to "inspect and remove" the "weapons of mass destruction which we know Saddam Hussein has", and to back that by "credible use of force".
Mr Straw added: "I know that the progress has been slow, for sure, but it has genuinely been constructive.
"And I think - I can't be certain about this, you never can at this stage in negotiations - I think that the final outcome will be a good one."
He said when the "history of the last eight weeks" was written people would see there had been a "genuine meeting of minds" between the five members of the UN Security Council.
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Matthew Taylor has asked Chancellor Gordon Brown to release the Treasury's prediction of how an Iraq war could affect the UK economy.
In his reply, Mr Brown said the Treasury would update its predictions about the economy and public finances in the pre-Budget statement, expected next month.
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"Solitario Entre Amigos" is a ballad of Afro-Cuban extraction using a style known as "Guajira". The chart is reminiscent of Johnny Richards' "Cuban Fire!" compositions, recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The opening is mysterious and dramatic; once the tempo is established is stays constant for the remainder of the tune. There is an opportunity to add extra percussion to help with the authentic feel. Solos are for Alto and Trumpet, and suggested solos are provided. All rhythm parts are completely written out as well.
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Phoenix is one of the first cities in the nation to adopt a comprehensive code that takes a "whole project" approach to promoting safe and sustainable construction.
The Phoenix Green Construction Code took effect July 1.
Highlights of the new code include: Mitigating the heat-island effect with shade trees, vegetative roofs and reflective roof surfaces; 15 percent mandatory reduction of energy use; 20 percent mandatory reduction of indoor water use; 2 percent of annual electrical use must be provided by solar or other renewable energy sources; diverts 35 percent of construction waste from landfills; boosts indoor air quality; and promotes infill projects.
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I have a relatively simple site I'm trying to upgrade from a Drupal 6 custom platform to Drupal 7 custom platform. Both platforms have other sites working well on them.
I cloned the Drupal 6 site within the same custom platform and then disabled all contrib modules and uninstalled those modules that will no longer be used.
But when I go to migrate the site to the custom Drupal 7 platform it fails.
First I get these 2 errors:
Drush command terminated abnormally due to an unrecoverable error. Error: Class name must be a valid object or a string in /data/disk/wwmhosting-admin/static/wwm-site-starter-drupal-7-2.07/includes/common.inc, line 7797
Output from failed command : Fatal error: Class name must be a valid object or a string in /data/disk/wwmhosting-admin/static/wwm-site-starter-drupal-7-2.07/includes/common.inc on line 7797
And then I get 2 more errors (full text of errors attached). The first of these 2nd set of errors starts out:
Output from failed command : The following updates are pending: system module : 7000 - Rename blog and forum permissions to be consistent with other content types. 7001 - Generate a cron key and save it in the variables table. 7002 - Add a table to store blocked IP addresses. 7003 - Update {blocked_ips} with valid IP addresses from {access}. 7004 - Remove hardcoded numeric deltas from all blocks in core. 7005 - Remove throttle columns and variables. 7007 - Convert to new method of storing permissions. 7009 - Rename the variable for primary links. 7011 - Split the 'bypass node access' permission from 'administer nodes'. 7013 and continues like this until ending with
Do you wish to run all pending updates? (y/n): y
The second error of the 2nd set of errors starts out:
Drush was not able to start (bootstrap) the Drupal database. Hint: This error often occurs when Drush is trying to bootstrap a site that has not been installed or does not have a configured database. Drush was attempting to connect to : Drupal version : 7.22 Site URI : dev.2.kateripeaceconference.org Default theme : garland Administration theme: garland PHP configuration : /opt/local/lib/php.ini Drush version : 4.6-dev Drush configuration: /data/disk/wwmhosting-admin/static/wwm-site-starter-drupal-7-2.07/sites/dev.2.kateripeaceconference.org/drushrc.php /data/disk/wwmhosting-admin/static/wwm-site-starter-drupal-7-2.07/drushrc.php Drush alias files : /data/disk/wwmhosting-admin/.drush/dev.2.kateripeaceconference.org.alias.drushrc.php and it continues listing out every site on my system on every platform and then ends with
Drupal root : /data/disk/wwmhosting-admin/static/wwm-site-starter-drupal-7-2.07 Site path : sites/dev.2.kateripeaceconference.org Modules path : sites/dev.2.kateripeaceconference.org/modules Themes path : sites/dev.2.kateripeaceconference.org/themes File directory path: sites/dev.2.kateripeaceconference.org/files %paths : Array You can select another site with a working database setup by specifying the URI to use with the --uri parameter on the command line or $options['uri'] in your drushrc.php file.
Note that dev.2.kateripeaceconference.org is the site I'm trying to migrate and wwm-site-starter-drupal-7-2.07 is the custom platform I'm trying to migrate to.
If I migrate from my custom Drupal 6 platform to vanilla Drupal 7.22.1 D.016, the migration will occur, but with a bunch of errors like
WD system: The following module is missing from the file system: filefield. for each module that I have in the D6 site.
Along with these warnings:
Some user time zones have been emptied and need to be set to the correct values. Use the new time zone options to choose whether to remind users at login to set the correct time zone.
The default time zone has been set to America/New_York. Check the date and time configuration page to configure it correctly.
However, If I then try to migrate again to my custom platform, I get the same errors as if I tried to migrate directly from the D6 platform.
Also, I was able to successfully migrate without issue another Drupal 7 site on custom platform to this new Drupal 7 custom platform that I'm trying to migrate the D6 site to.
I don't know if this is an Aegir or BOA issue, or something I'm doing wrong. I've upgraded sites before from Drupal 6 custom platforms to Drupal 7 custom platforms without issue. I've tried searching for information regarding these errors all over the Drupal site and Aegir Community sites, but have not found anything to help me.
I've attached the full text of the of errors (hopefully they don't include anything that prevents a security risk by posting them here) as well as the octopus_log.txt, barracuda_log.txt and USER.octopus.cnf. However I did not do an upgrade of Octopus with _DEBUG_MODE=YES. If that is needed, just let me know.
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me and pointing me in the right direction!
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This is really outside of the scope of both Aegir and BOA project, because Aegir is *designed to fail* if Drush reports any issues and we can't really guarantee that major upgrades will work, because Drupal itself is famous of not caring enough to provide *working* upgrade path.
However, you could at least try to:
1. Use non-dev site names
2. Disable Redis in the site before attempting migration and clear all caches.
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Kanye West has a new album coming out, and while that is exciting news for most of his fans around the world, those Down Under may be feeling a little down under. The rapper has postponed his May tour of Australia so he can focus on making new music.
"Due to unexpected timing requirements to finish his highly anticipated new studio album, scheduled for a 2014 release, Kanye West regretfully announces the postponement of his upcoming tour dates in Australia," Roc Nation said in a statement Tuesday. "The tour dates originally scheduled from May 2 to May 11, 2014 will now be played from September 5 to September 15, 2014. All tickets for the initially scheduled shows will be honored for the new dates."
West is currently on tour promoting his chart-topping and critically-acclaimed 2013 album "Yeezus." His upcoming seventh studio album, is due out for release later this year, and is being produced by Rick Rubin (who also produced "Yeezus") and A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip.And making music in the studio is not the only thing West has happening at the moment. He is also planning to tie the knot with fiancee Kim Kardashian in May.


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Fall Shopping Guide: 10 White Shirts at Any Price
The professional wing tip tends to be a pretty severe breed — pointy and delicate and as fun as a paper cut. Loosen up with a rounder toe and broguing (i.e., holes) that has some soul to it.
Leather wing tips ($670) by Fratelli Rossetti; wool trousers, part of suit ($1,895) by Boglioli.
See our previous statements regarding loafers in the workplace — we are, in general, for them — provided they've got a slim leather sole, a round toe, and a good polish. The penny is entirely optional.
Leather loafers ($595) by Tod's; wool trousers ($175) by J. Press.
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A Great Sequel.. Loved it.. Especially the romance into it.. <3
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The One Missed Call curse has become an urban legend in Tokyo. Your cell phone rings with a chilling tone. Your violent demise is heard on the other end. Moments later, you die a horrible death. However, the curse has mutated to fool a wiser public and reach a broader audience. The curse indiscriminately infects anyone who answers and then works its way through every number in your phone book. Trying to read moresolve the mystery, a couple of friends and a journalist trace the lineage of the curse to Taiwan. Once the origins are discovered, it's a race against time to put an end to the horror.


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There's plenty of great music to be experienced in the area over the next few days.
Get your blankets and folding lawn chairs and head for Maude Edenfield Park in North Augusta for a free concert at 7 tonight by the nationally known blues band Microwave Dave & the Nukes.
Microwave Dave and the Nukes is fronted by guitarist Dave Gallaher, who was born in Chicago and reared in Amarillo, Texas.
After his family moved to Atlanta, Gallaher plunged into blues music. He studied journalism at Georgia State College before eventually forming a blues band called The Majestics that toured colleges.
At Atlanta's Royal Peacock blues club, Gallaher and his band backed such legendary artists as Carla Thomas, William Bell, The Tams and Billy Stewart.
He toured for three years with the Nashville-based gospel group the Thrasher Brothers before he helped start Microwave Dave & the Nukes in Huntsville, Ala., in 1989.
Coming from Georgia across the 13th Street bridge, turn right just past the Waffle House onto East Buena Vista. Go a short distance and you'll see on the left the stage behind the tennis courts.
These concerts, presented by the North Augusta Cultural Arts Council, are notorious for starting right on time and ending after an hour. So don't be late.
Jeff Bates, who has one of the best voices in country music, performs at 8 p.m. Friday at the Country Club, 2834 Washington Road. Advance tickets cost $15.
Almost anyone who was in Bell Auditorium in November 2003 for the WKXC-FM Guitar Pull will remember the standing ovation Bates received when he sang Conway Twitty's ballad (It's) Goodbye Time .
He earned another standing ovation performance at a Guitar Pull in 2006 when he sang another Twitty hit, I'd Love to Lay You Down .
Guitarist-vocalist Carl Black will be entertaining for the free Georgia On My Mind Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Georgia Visitor Center on Interstate 20 at the Savannah River. More than 40 local companies and organizations will be represented at the event.
You just might see me in the Waffle House free pancakes line. Plus you can pick up lots of free travel literature for your Georgia summer vacation.


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Combined with a huge response from fans eager to buy tickets to watch the opening pre-season game at the home of the Warriors, all seats inside Sixways Stadium have now been allocated for Saturday's fixture.
Fans are now advised there will be no tickets available to purchase on the day of the game from the Warriors Box Office. Only supporters with valid tickets should make the trip to Sixways.
Warriors are also in action against Rotherham Titans on Tuesday (August 21, kick-off 7.30pm) and Plymouth Albion on Friday (August 24, kick-off 7.30pm).
Entry to both these games will be FREE to all supporters, but with a suggested donation to the Warriors Community Foundation on the turnstiles.
"Following a good first performance away to Cardiff Blues last weekend, we have seen a very encouraging level of interest in the Scarlets fixture this weekend," said Managing Director, Charlie Little.
"It is well documented that we have brought in a new Attack Coach and certainly on Saturday we saw more line breaks and tries again Cardiff than maybe we have previously seen.
"In terms of Saturday, we chose to reward our Season Ticket holders with an additional ticket allocation to this game and allow them to introduce more people to the Warriors ahead of an exciting season.
"The weather promises to be good, the pitch is in excellent condition and the stadium is nearly ready and so we would encourage our Season Ticket holders to use their tickets and bring people to Sixways on Saturday.
"Those unable to make it this weekend also need not worry. We play Rotherham Titans next Tuesday and Plymouth Albion next Friday at Sixways and both these games are an opportunity to see the Warriors for free ahead of the Aviva Premiership opener with Bath on September 1."


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We Bet You Didn't Know This About Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill quickly made his way into our hearts as one of our favorite comedic actors (much thanks to Superbad) and somehow even managed to win us over with his recent switch into a few dramatic roles, too!
And while it may feel like we know him because we love him so… There's a lot about the 21 Jumpstreet actor that hasn't been revealed.
You'll never believe what his original dream job was as a kid (or maybe you will) and who he knew before he made it big in the industry!
Launch the video above to find out some little-known facts about 30-year-old actor.


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What was expected to be a routine vote Thursday to approve a contract for redesigning the Hall County website turned into a spirited debate among the Board of Commissioners about the wise use of taxpayer dollars.
In a 3-2 vote, the board awarded a $78,000 contract to Civic Plus of Manhattan, Kan., for the redesign. Commissioners Billy Powell and Jeff Stowe voted against it.
Civic Plus has designed websites for about 1,600 governments, including Athens-Clarke County, Lowndes County and Glynn County in Georgia.
In addition to the redesign, Civic Plus will provide technology upgrades and site maintenance at no added cost; will provide training to government employees on how to navigate the new site; will build a mobile app for the site; and will redesign it again in four years.
Stowe, however, said a local vendor passed over for the contract could do all these things at a lower cost.
Full Media, an Internet marketing company based in Gainesville, has designed websites for the city of Gainesville and other local governments, county officials said.
"It's not a fly-by-night one-person shop," Stowe said.
But in its proposal, Full Media did not include costs for developing a mobile app or providing ongoing maintenance.
But Stowe said he reached out to company officials and was assured they could provide these things at a better cost than Civic Plus.
"I think they can do a very similar job for less than half the cost," Stowe said.
But Commissioners Craig Lutz, Richard Mecum and Scott Gibbs were skeptical about these promises and expressed concern that cost overruns could occur.
"I think it's best to make the investment and be done with it than being nickel-and-dimed to death down the road," Gibbs said.
County officials said the redesign is aimed at making the website more user-friendly, as well as updating information and resource listings.
The redesign will include features such as "mega-menu," a one-click stop for access to departmental information, as well as advanced bill-paying options and sign-up features for sports leagues.
County officials said they hoped to get the redesigned website up and running by early 2015 at the latest.


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HOUSTON - According to West University police, three armed black males wearing bandanas and ski masks dressed in all black robbed the Texas Gulf Bank.
Police say the bank at 5600 Kirby near Rice Blvd. was robbed just before 2 p.m. on Thursday.
According to officials, no shots were fired and no one was injured.
Witnesses saw the suspect leave in a white truck, then ditch the truck and get into a 4-door light colored car.
The FBI Task Force is assisting the West University police on the case.
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The road less traveled is often the more fulfilling one, especially when it bypasses Robert Frost's tiger pits. Diverge from a rote route with this Groupon.
Choose from Three Options
- $35 for a 5-visit climbing punch card (up to a $75 value)
- $55 for a 10-visit climbing punch card (up to a $140 value)
- $149 for a two weeks of rock-climbing summer camp (a $300 value)

This Groupon includes harness, shoes, and chalk-bag rental for all visits. Punch cards may be shared by multiple people during one visit. The rock climbing summer camp for ages 6–14 runs from Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon for two weeks on the following dates.

Though Canyons Climbing Gym sometimes offers a discounted rate online, this Groupon still presents the best deal available.

Canyons Climbing Gym
Canyons Climbing Gym, a climbing center plastered in hand-and-foot holds top to bottom, challenges guests with 80 bouldering obstacles and 90 top-rope and lead-climbing routes fit for all skill levels. Once safely strapped into a harness, climbers make their way up one of the various routes, building up bicep strength by resisting gravity's pull more forcefully than a jet-propelled magic carpet. Eighty obstacles bedeck the facility's climbing floor, allowing guests to also try their hand at climbing rounded rock faces without the use of a rope.


text: My mom lost a brother in WWII. Thats an uncle I never got to meet. I may be old school, but I can see no reason to buy a jap or german car. Say what you want, but I'm all about buying American, even if its just in concept only.


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Jungfrustenen by Michael Mortimer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Linnaeus apprentice Daniel Solander makes a startling discovery on New Zealand: A rock with strange qualities that challenge his master's view on nature. The stone ends up in four pieces and during the time, they end up with people like Niels Bohr, Frank Sinatra, Greta Garbo and Josef Stalin.
This Swedish book, Jungfrustenen (virgin rock) is an easy read adventure book, a perfect summer book. I can't say I was overly impressed with the book, but I enjoyed reading it. This is the kind of book I pick up when need something lighter to read.
This is the first book of six and I will read the next one since I want answers to question from the first book. Hopefully, the next book is as enjoyable as this one.


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The Living Daylights (1987)
James Bond film #15 (Timothy Dalton Bond)
The Living Daylights (1987)
The Living Daylights is the first Bond film with Timothy Dalton, a man who would certainly be the most forgotten Bond if it weren't for Mr. George Lazenby. While Roger Moore altered Bond to make him more comical and suave, Dalton dials back the self-awareness and plays the role more like a serious spy. It's not a bad idea, and we'll see that approach work well when we get to Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, but there's very obvious tension on display in this film between Dalton's new take and the material's inability to adapt alongside him.
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WACO — In his final high school game, Kaleb Hardy got a glimpse of what he can expect next year at Incarnate Word.
Standing on the Floyd Casey sidelines after rotating out, the former Florence quarterback watched in awe as future Cardinals teammate Broderick Reeves ran circles around the opposition.
"Woooo," Hardy exclaimed. "It was exciting, I don't know what he does for a workout, but whatever it is, it's sick. That dude is going to be great for us and I can't wait to play with him, again."
Reeves, of Mexia, ran for 123 yards on just six carries, including a 71-yard go-ahead touchdown in the second quarter, as the Blue team racked up 480 yards of total offense and claimed its first-ever win, 35-21, Saturday in the fifth annual FCA Super Centex Victory Bowl at Baylor's Floyd Casey Stadium.
"It's just a blessing to come out here, all the glory goes to God for this win today, … we worked as a team and we worked hard for this win," said former Killeen offensive lineman Elika Sailiata, who played for the Blue team. The Red team, which had won each of the previous four Victory Bowls, trailed 21-13 at halftime and had no answer for the Blue's potent running game, which totaled 283 yards on 32 carries.
Working the first and third quarters, Hardy led the Blue team on a pair of touchdown drives, including connecting with a wide-open Zane Trotter of Walnut Springs for a 2-yard touchdown pass. The 12-play, 51-yard drive gave Blue its first lead, 7-3, with 3:05 left in the first quarter.
"You can't really miss a receiver that open, so he did a great job getting open and he got that touchdown — it was all him," said Hardy, who capped his prep career finishing 5 of 7 for 13 yards passing while rushing for 26 yards on seven attempts.
The Red team, which was coached by Gatesville head coach Kyle Cooper as well as Harker Heights head coach Mike Mullins, featured 12 area players, including former Hornets Cole Edmiston, Tyler Jaynes and Sebastian Corrales all playing their final game under Cooper.
"It was fun, Tyler just told me the last pass I threw (in high school) was to him, … so that was pretty cool," said Edmiston, who combined on 141 yards of total offense, including 97 yards on 7-of-14 passing and a late 8-yard touchdown to Jaynes.
Ellison tailback Isiah Cowan, who had 15 yards on four carries, punched in the extra point to pull Red within 35-21 with 3:02 left in the game. Cowan also had a 5-yard touchdown run one play after Edmiston, who has a preferred walk-on opportunity at Baylor, hit Bremond's Corey Bienski for a 22-yard completion on fourth-and-12 to put Red ahead 10-7 around the 9-minute mark of the second quarter.
Edmiston, who played the second and fourth quarters opposite Belton quarterback Peter Shelburne,connected on his first five passes but went empty on his next six as Blue outscored Red 21-0 over an 18½ minute stretch between the second and fourth quarters.
Several of Edmiston's incompletions were passes directed at Jaynes, but the Gatesville duo could only connect twice for 55 yards.
"That safety was real good, he was able to get over the top of my stuff," Jaynes said. "It wasn't like that in 3A, in 3A the safeties aren't quite as fast as the (players) out here."
Red scored first after Belton's Kyle Battle opened its first possession with a 34-yard punt return as Corrales nailed a 42-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead. Corrales also had a 28-yard field goal with 3:02 remaining in the second quarter to pull within 14-13, but missed on tries of 44 and 37 yards in his only other two attempts.
Battle, who will play at Navy, had 115 return yards on four attempts and racked up six tackles on defense, but was disappointed he couldn't do more in his final high school game.
"I had two picks but I let them get by me over my head," Battle said. "It's kind of a big disappointment to let it up and be the first Red team to lose, but I guess it had to happen. But it was a good experience, especially for those going to college to realize that everybody around you will have the same talent or better."


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Alumni from the 90s relived some of their best college memories Sunday when they attended a special performance of the Abbey Players spring musical, "Bye Bye Birdie." The matinee performance honored alumni who were in the cast of the show when it was last performed by the Abbey Players, in 1995.
About two dozen former Players were in the audience, as were friends who worked on sets, costumes, and other aspects of the musical. After the show, they gathered in the College Pub to reminisce about their thespian days and renew old acquaintances.
Among the returning Players was Heather (McEwan) Mandosa '98, who played the mayor's wife. Her role became a long term engagement when she married Frank Mandosa'96, the actor who played the mayor.
Also in attendance were 1995 cast members Michael Buckley '97, Michael Burglund, Sheila Moreau '95, Tara (Murgo) Payne '95, and Laura (Burglund) Pawlyk '96, as well as 1995 choreographer Sarah (Frazier) Pompeo '96. The only lead actor missing was Brendan O'Brien '95 (who played the Presley-esque rock and roll star Conrad Birdie), now a U.S. Department of State official in Washington, D.C.
Carey (Winslow) Cahoon '98, a 1995 cast member, was the 2013 show's director. She has directed the past 11 Abbey Players spring musicals. At least one member of the 1995 "Children's Ensemble," Charles Perreault '04, also enjoyed the matinee.
The number of hugs passed around in the Dana Center lobby that afternoon was testament to the strong relationships formed on the Abbey Players stage. Professor Landis Magnuson, who produced the show both years, was a happy man.
Like all the spring musicals, Bye Bye Birdie features a big cast, plenty of singing and dancing, and catchy tunes—in this case songs including "Put on a Happy Face" and "A Lot of Livin' to Do."
Some of the talented actors, singers and dancers in the current cast were nostalgic about appearing in their final production. But, after 64 seasons, the future is as bright as ever for the Abbey Players, judging from the performances of several freshmen, including leads Meredythe Leonard (Kim MacAfee) and Jim Brennan (Conrad Birdie).
Story by Laurie Morrissey. Photos by Matthew Lomanno and Dao Le '15.


text: My new Outback (30 hours) has a habit of stalling while at idle, even when fully warmed up. If I stop the boat to change skiers the boat will beging to run a bit rough and stall. When we go to start the boat back up, every time it needs to be feathered with the throttle to get it started just like when it is cold. What could be causing this? We use min 89 octane and StaBil in every tank. Thoughts? It runs fine once going and starts every time but again needs some throttle to get there.