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VA Health Care:
Ongoing and Past Work Identified Access Problems That May Delay Needed Medical Care for Veterans
GAO-14-509T: Published: Apr 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 9, 2014.
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What GAO Found
GAO's ongoing work examining VHA's management of outpatient specialty care consults identified examples of delays in veterans receiving outpatient specialty care, as well as limitations in the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA), Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) implementation of new consult business rules designed to standardize aspects of the clinical consult process. For example, for 4 of the 10 physical therapy consults GAO reviewed for one VAMC, between 108 and 152 days elapsed with no apparent actions taken to schedule an appointment for the veteran. For 1 of these consults, several months passed before the veteran was referred for care to a non-VA health care facility. VA medical center (VAMC) officials cited increased demand for services, and patient no-shows and cancelled appointments among the factors that lead to delays and hinder their ability to meet VHA's guideline of completing consults within 90 days of being requested. GAO's ongoing work also identified variation in how the five VAMCs reviewed have implemented key aspects of VHA's business rules, such as strategies for managing future care consults—requests for specialty care appointments that are not clinically needed for more than 90 days. Such variation may limit the usefulness of VHA's data in monitoring and overseeing consults systemwide. Furthermore, oversight of the implementation of the business rules has been limited and did not include independent verification of VAMC actions. Because this work is ongoing, we are not making recommendations on VHA's consult process at this time.
In December 2012, GAO reported that VHA's outpatient medical appointment wait times were unreliable. The reliability of reported wait time performance measures was dependent in part on the consistency with which schedulers recorded desired date—defined as the date on which the patient or health care provider wants the patient to be seen—in the scheduling system. However, VHA's scheduling policy and training documents were unclear and did not ensure consistent use of the desired date. GAO also reported that inconsistent implementation of VHA's scheduling policy may have resulted in increased wait times or delays in scheduling timely medical appointments. For example, GAO identified clinics that did not use the electronic wait list to track new patients in need of medical appointments as required by VHA policy, putting these patients at risk for not receiving timely care. VA concurred with the four recommendations included in the report and, in April 2014, reported continued actions to address them. For example, in response to GAO's recommendation for VA to take actions to improve the reliability of its medical appointment wait time measures, officials stated the department has implemented new patient wait time measures that no longer rely on desired date recorded by a scheduler. VHA officials stated that the department also is continuing to address GAO's three additional recommendations. Although VA has initiated actions to address GAO's recommendations, continued work is needed to ensure these actions are fully implemented in a timely fashion. Ultimately, VHA's ability to ensure and accurately monitor access to timely medical appointments is critical to ensuring quality health care to veterans, who may have medical conditions that worsen if access is delayed.
Why GAO Did This Study
Access to timely medical appointments is critical to ensuring that veterans obtain needed medical care. Over the past few years there have been numerous reports of VAMCs failing to provide timely care to patients, including specialty care, and in some cases, these delays have resulted in harm to patients.
In December 2012, GAO reported that improvements were needed in the reliability of VHA's reported medical appointment wait times, as well as oversight of the appointment scheduling process. Also in 2012, VHA found that systemwide consult data could not be adequately used to determine the extent to which veterans experienced delays in receiving outpatient specialty care. In May 2013, VHA launched the Consult Management Business Rules Initiative with the aim of standardizing aspects of the consults process.
This testimony highlights (1) preliminary observations from GAO's ongoing work related to VHA's management of outpatient specialty care consults, and (2) concerns GAO raised in its December 2012 report regarding VHA's outpatient medical appointment scheduling, and progress made implementing GAO's recommendations. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed documents and interviewed officials from VHA's central office. Additionally, GAO interviewed officials from five VAMCs for the consults work and four VAMCs for the scheduling work that varied based on size, complexity, and location. GAO shared the information it used to prepare this statement with VA and incorporated its comments as appropriate.
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Nov 8, 2017
Transitioning Veterans:DOD Needs to Improve Performance Reporting and Monitoring for the Transition Assistance ProgramGAO-18-23: Published: Nov 8, 2017. Publicly Released: Nov 8, 2017.
Transitioning Veterans:Improvements Needed in DOD's Performance Reporting and Monitoring of the Transition Assistance ProgramGAO-18-225T: Published: Nov 8, 2017. Publicly Released: Nov 8, 2017.
Oct 19, 2017
Veterans Health Administration:Better Data and Evaluation Could Help Improve Physician Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention StrategiesGAO-18-124: Published: Oct 19, 2017. Publicly Released: Oct 19, 2017.
Oct 12, 2017
VA Real Property:Realignment May Benefit from Adopting Elements of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Process, Provided Process Challenges Are AddressedGAO-18-189T: Published: Oct 12, 2017. Publicly Released: Oct 12, 2017.
Sep 29, 2017
VA Health Care Quality:VA Should Improve the Information It Publicly Reports on the Quality of Care at Its Medical FacilitiesGAO-17-741: Published: Sep 29, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2017.
Sep 22, 2017
Veterans Health Care:Additional Actions Could Further Improve Policy ManagementGAO-17-748: Published: Sep 22, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 22, 2017.
Sep 19, 2017
Employee Relocation:VA Strengthened Appraised Value Offer's Controls, but Can Improve Efforts to Track Effects on Retention and RecruitmentGAO-17-700: Published: Sep 19, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 19, 2017.
Sep 13, 2017
Veterans Benefits:GAO's Proposed Role in Reviewing Efforts to Protect Veterans from Financial ExploitationGAO-17-804T: Published: Sep 13, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 13, 2017.
Sep 12, 2017
Veterans Affairs:Management and Oversight of Mail Operations Could Be ImprovedGAO-17-800T: Published: Sep 12, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 2017.
Sep 6, 2017
Federal Telework:Improved Guidance and Communication on Recording Telework Hours Needed at Veterans Benefits AdministrationGAO-17-621R: Published: Aug 7, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 6, 2017.
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We congratulated Teresia Hazen in 2007 as the recipient of the American Horticultural Society's Horticultural Therapy Award.
Teresia Hazen has been head of Legacy Health System's Horticultural Therapy department here in Portland for fifteen years, overseeing numerous programs and currently six therapeutic gardens with five more gardens in the planning stage.Three of these gardens have received the American Horticultural Therapy Association's Therapeutic Garden Design Award.
Teresia has received other awards and recognition for her outstanding work in the field of Horticultural Therapy. She is a tireless advocate for the incorporation of plants, gardens and nature in a variety of clinical and non-clinical settings.She has taught courses and seminars in the United States and by invitation in Japan.
Portland Nursery has participated in various ways with Teresia and her projects over the last several years, and have witnessed first hand some of the wonderful results of her efforts. She has been one of the organizers of the annual Senior Gardening Day held each year at Portland Nursery on Division, and this fall she will be offering several activities during Elder Day at the annual Apple Tasting (in October, at the Stark street location).
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"Disappointed" Phoebe Putney Closely Examining Supreme Court Decision
The high court decided that lower courts improperly dismissed antitrust complaints over Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital's $195 million acquisition of Palmyra Medical Center. The case centered around state action immunity, or whether states can execute hospital mergers and acquisitions despite FTC scrutiny if a state action doctrine gives local government entities power to acquire hospitals.
The court ruled that "because Georgia's grant of general corporate powers to hospital authorities does not include permission to use those powers anticompetitively, we hold that the clear-articulation test is not satisfied and state-action immunity does not apply."
Phoebe Putney released a statement, saying it is "studying the decision closely." Phoebe Putney wrote:
"We are disappointed because the lower court rulings were clear in the applicability of state action immunity in accordance with long-standing precedent. This does not alter our resolve or the commitment Phoebe has to meeting the growing needs of this community and the region we serve. We are continuing with our planning process to implement needed changes and to allocate resources properly to protect the safety and improve the health and wellness of our community."
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Veronica's Roomby Ira Levin
Performance Dates & Tickets
October 26 - November 10, 2012
Friday & Saturday nights at 8 PM
$10 all seats
performed at CVLT's River Street Playhouse
56 River Street, west of the main CVLT building
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About the Play
As a child, Susan was told by her mother, not to talk to strangers. Susan should have listened.
Directed by Laurel Bryant
Content Notices
- Violence
- Adult themes
- Mild adult language
A tale of madness and murder from the author of Rosemary's Baby.
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's River Street Playhouse (the 65-seat sibling to the 262-seat main CVLT house) sets a dark mood with VERONICA'S ROOM, opening on October 26 and running Fridays and Saturdays until November 10 under the direction of Laurel Bryant. Written by Ira Levin ('Rosemary's Baby', 'The Stepford Wives', 'Deathtrap'), VERONICA'S ROOM is a ghastly melodrama just right for the Halloween season.
VERONICA'S ROOM is a surprise-filled thriller that walks the line between fantasy and nightmare. A man and woman (played by Craig Gifford and Lisa Freebairn-Tarr) have lured a young woman (Natalie Dolezal) and her friend (Brendon Berns) to the old estate which they care for. The couple explains to the young woman that she bears a striking resemblance to Veronica, a deceased girl who once lived there. They ask the young woman to help them in easing the mind of a dying family member by impersonating Veronica and pretending that the girl is still alive. However, once the young woman has been dressed in the Veronica's clothes and invited to her old bedroom, it becomes clear that things are not, and no one is, what they appear to be. VERONICA'S ROOM takes audiences on a downward ride into deceit, madness and murder!


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LAS VEGAS — Forgiven Bottling Group launched its hangover product Forgiven, a vitamin B1 supplement the company claims helps metabolize alcohol.
"Forgiven is the first and only alcohol burner available to the consumer seeking a healthy solution to sober quickly when the night is over," stated Chas Aday, CEO of Forgiven Bottling Group.
One packet of Forgiven will retail for a suggested $3.99, the company reported.


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An EU Turn
An important goal of the new government to be formed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon must be the rehabilitation of relations with Europe, which have deteriorated greatly over the past two years. Israel has important interests in the Old World.
An important goal of the new government to be formed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon must be the rehabilitation of relations with Europe, which have deteriorated greatly over the past two years. Israel has important interests in the Old World: The European Union is Israel's main trading partner, and its positions influence Israel's international legitimacy, while it tries to become part of the West. There has been damage in both areas, which increases the longer the conflict with the Palestinians continues to be at a dead end.
Former foreign minister Shlomo Ben Ami [Labor], who dropped in for Election Day from his sabbatical in England, warns that Israel's image in Europe must not permanently become that of an outcast nation. A senior Norwegian official, who visited Israel this month, told Israeli colleagues: "Your status in our country has been erased." In Sweden they published a call to boycott Israel, and the list goes on. The attacks on Israel come from the two political poles, the xenophobics of the extreme right and the bleeding hearts among the human rights advocates of the left. From there, they spread to the center.
Israel tends to dismiss European criticism as an expression of anti-Semitism, which is presumably a part of the European makeup. It's easy to explain that the Holocaust happened a long time ago, and the new generation has fewer restraints. There is hatred of Jews in Europe, and it's important to condemn it, but the fight against anti-Semitism is no substitute for practical statesmanship, especially it if masks the real problem: Europeans profoundly reject the Israeli occupation of the territories. They see it as an oppressive reminder of their own colonialism, and blame it for Palestinian terrorism.
The Copenhagen Declaration from the leaders of the EU, which was published last month, placed the primary responsibility for the continuing violence on Israel. The Europeans hate the settlements and are angry about the destruction of infrastructure in the Palestinian Authority, in which they invested billions of dollars.
The source of European criticism is not only over-sensitivity to human rights, or the channeling of growing hostility toward the United States to the "little Satan." The Europeans are afraid that the backlash from the Middle East will ignite the growing Muslim minority, will flood their shores with immigrants, and will cause their cities to be swept up in a wave of terror. That is why they want quiet and influence in the region. When Israel rejects their involvement, they come back via an indirect route. That is how they created the Quartet [the EU, the United States, the UN and Russia] and led the Bush administration to formulate the "road map," which is putting Sharon under pressure.
The prime minister, who is almost persona non grata in Europe, dismisses the subject by saying that the Europeans are "too biased," and are unsuited for mediating the conflict. Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for Israel to be allowed to join the EU, but because of his continuing silence, his words have been left hanging in the air. Minister Dan Meridor, who is formulating Sharon's political program, believes that we cannot make light of the Europeans, and that Israel can bring about a change in their position.
Europe rewarded Israel for the Oslo Agreements by upgrading the economic agreement, by including it in research and development programs, and by granting it "special economic status." These gestures are now in danger. The danger is not necessarily official sanctions. Great Britain placed a "soft embargo" on Israel involving military equipment, without announcing it. Governments could give silent backing to a boycott against Israel by companies and universities, place obstacles in the way of carrying out agreements, and enforce the "source rules," which will impose duties on products from the settlements. Of course if a right-wing government is established, these steps will be introduced more quickly.
Europe is not lost, and it has not yet given up on Israel. Sharon's statement "The Quartet is nothing," went over quietly, as an election ploy, as did the refusal to allow a Palestinian delegation to go to London for talks.
But the condition for an improvement in relations is political progress vis-?-vis the Palestinians that looks more credible and more convincing than Sharon's declarations to date. Insistence on dismantling the Quartet, and pushing the Europeans into a political corner, will only intensify the crisis in relations and the damage to Israel.
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Redskins Aim to Pursue Titans' Haynesworth in Free Agency
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Washington Redskins plan to pursue Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth if he becomes a free agent tomorrow -- though it appears their salary cap situation might prevent them from signing the Pro Bowl performer -- and hope to reach a contract agreement with cornerback DeAngelo Hall before the market opens, NFL sources said yesterday.
The Redskins also have significant interest in Dallas defensive end Chris Canty, according to league sources, who would be a far less expensive alternative to Haynesworth, and are seeking upgrades along the offensive line, though likely only by pursuing second-tier free agents.
League tampering rules prohibit teams from beginning the process of signing free agents before 12:01 a.m. tomorrow. But the sources, who requested anonymity because of the rules, said owner Daniel Snyder and Vinny Cerrato, Washington's executive vice president of football operations, have already laid the groundwork to attempt to acquire Haynesworth, considered the top defensive player who could become available. Another option being considered by the team is Canty, a versatile end who can play the run and pass rush from the interior on third downs.
The team would have the wherewithal to sign only one of those defensive linemen given its limited cap room. The Redskins regard Haynesworth -- who reportedly wants to be the league's highest-paid defensive player -- as one of only a few impact players capable of raising the play of the entire defense. Tennessee, Atlanta, Detroit and Tampa Bay are other teams that have Haynesworth atop their wish lists, according to league sources, with most of those clubs having exponentially more cap space than the Redskins with which to complete deals.
Meanwhile, negotiations with Hall's representatives, Joel Segal and Alvin Keels, began last week during the NFL scouting combine at Indianapolis and remain ongoing, team sources said. Hall could command upwards of $15 million guaranteed. The Redskins, who sat on the sideline during the free agent period last offseason, have made many moves in the past two weeks to create salary cap room, in part, to make a multiyear offer to Hall and compete for Haynesworth, the sources said.
Washington has reworked the contracts of tackle Chris Samuels, defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin, defensive end Andre Carter and wide receiver Antwaan Randle El, and also released linebacker Marcus Washington in an attempt to improve its cap situation, but it remains among the worst in the NFL. The salary cap for the 2009 season will increase to $127 million, roughly $4 million higher than many projections, which provides some relief, but the Redskins entered last week over the cap.
There is some wiggle room. Defensive end Jason Taylor is scheduled to make $8 million in 2009 -- not including a $500,000 roster bonus he is due to receive next week, according to league sources -- but the team could save cap room by restructuring his deal. Cutting veteran cornerback Shawn Springs would yield an additional $6 million in cap savings.
It appears, however, that the Redskins would need much more flexibility to make a viable run at Haynesworth, re-sign Hall -- a top priority in their offseason plan -- and address concerns along the offensive line. In fact, one longtime league official with knowledge of Washington's cap problems said yesterday that he could not envision any scenario, even with creative cap management, in which the Redskins could make a big offer to Haynesworth, bring back Hall and bolster the offensive line in free agency.
Moreover, the Redskins might not get the chance to bid on Haynesworth, who could seek a deal worth more than $30 million guaranteed and averaging $15 million per season. Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen is the league's top-paid defensive player with $32 million guaranteed as part of a six-year contract that averages $12.2 million per season. As of late last night, the Titans were attempting to reach a deal with Haynesworth before his agent, Chad Speck, could officially accept offers from other teams, according to sources who have spoken with Tennessee officials.
But the Titans are determined to stick with the parameters they set for Haynesworth, unwilling to risk jeopardizing their cap situation even for a player regarded as one of the best, if not the best, at his position in the league. And even if Haynesworth joins the free agent market, the Redskins are expected to face strong competition from teams with better cap situations.
Tampa Bay released five high-priced veterans yesterday, including 11-time Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Brooks, and is $60 million under the projected cap. The Buccaneers potentially could make a massive offer to Haynesworth and still possess the resources to pursue other top-tier free agents.
The Redskins finished fourth overall in total defense last season, giving up an average of only 288.8 yards per game, but were tied for 28th in the league with only 24 sacks. Haynesworth, 27, a two-time all-pro selection, had a personal-best 8 1/2 sacks -- an impressive total for an interior lineman. Listed at 6 feet 6 and 320 pounds, Haynesworth has excelled at collapsing the pocket from the middle of the line.
Washington's defense, particularly Taylor, could benefit from having a difference-making interior lineman. The team has decided to bring back Taylor, who was injured and unproductive in his first season with Washington, and is considering using him as a strong-side linebacker in an effort to increase his productivity rushing the passer.
Canty, 26, who started all 16 games and had three sacks last season for the Cowboys, is regarded as a younger, more dynamic version of Redskins veteran Phillip Daniels, according to a team source. He could occupy multiple blockers and stuff the run on first and second downs, rush from the inside on third downs and would be much more cost-effective than Haynesworth. The role Canty could fill for the Redskins was Demetric Evans's job last season, which could explain why the team has not extended a contract offer to Evans with him eligible for free agency.
Despite having an offensive line that many in the organization believe is in need of an overhaul, Snyder and Cerrato are not expected to pursue the linemen expected to command big contracts, such as left tackle Marvel Smith and guard Chris Kemoeatu of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and versatile Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Jason Brown. Cincinnati Bengals right tackle Stacy Andrews, who underwent reconstructive knee surgery last month, could be in the Redskins' budget. Green Bay Packers tackle Mark Tauscher, also coming off injury, could be another option as a value player. Stalwart center Jeff Saturday of the Indianapolis Colts is willing to play guard, his agent said, and could be seen as a value pickup.
With the release of Washington and weak-side linebacker Rocky McIntosh's late-season slide in 2008, the Redskins appear to be in need of help at linebacker, but that may have to come from the draft, with the Redskins showing no signs of being in the market for the better linebackers in this free agent class.
Redskins Note: The team made a tender offer to place kicker Shaun Suisham, a restricted free agent, and is expected to retain defensive tackles Anthony Montgomery and Kedric Golston, who also are restricted free agents. Safety Reed Doughty was not tendered but is expected to re-sign with the team.


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PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating a worldwide online payments system. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders. PayPal is one of the world's largest Internet payment companies. The company operates as an acquirer, performing payment processing for online vendors, auction sites and other commercial users, for which it charges a fee.
Established in 1998, PayPal had its IPO in 2002, and became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay later that year.
In 2014, PayPal moved $228 billion in 26 currencies across more than 190 nations, generating a total revenue of $7.9 billion (44% of eBay's total profits). The same year, eBay announced plans to spin-off PayPal into an independent company by mid-2015 and was completed on July 18, 2015.
As of 2016, PayPal operates in 203 markets and has 179 million active, registered accounts. PayPal allows customers to send, receive and hold funds in 26 currencies worldwide. Paypal's specialty service is online financial transactions by transferring funds electronically, not specifically designed as a currency exchange platform; Paypal clients are actually making currency exchanges with almost every international transaction.
Services are winnowed down to four basic categories:
Buy- Paying for global purchase using PayPal is easy, although, when purchasing items in a foreign currency through PayPal, the company imposes a 2.5% fee in addition to any credit card charges.
Sell- Merchants have access to PayPal's vast array of business products which include several APIs and checkout buttons that are designed to expedite customer's shopping experience.
Send-Money transfers are made very easily:
Over 7 million worldwide businesses have used Paypal, primarily because the company is determined to make its services as easy to use as possible. Benefits include:
Protection, keeping business and customers safer from fraud with advanced fraud monitoring as well as buyer and seller protection policies.
Convenience-Customers need just an email address and password to pay quickly and more securely on any device, whether it's a smartphone or a tablet.
Return costs refunded.
Available in 203 countries and regions around the world, and accept 26 currencies.
Simple to integrate.
Products and payment solutions work with all major shopping carts and ecommerce platforms.
Accept payments with one of PayPal's APIs allow websites to accept payments from PayPal, ApplePay, Android Pay and Venmo. Benefits:
Accept payments on app or on the web
Manage invoicing
Create, update and send invoices
Process split or chained payments
Send money instantly to multiple recipients
US Fees:
|Monthly Sales
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|$0.00 USD to $3,000.00 USD
|$3.20 USD fee on a $100.00 USD sale
|$3,000.01 USD to $10,000.00 USD
|$2.80 USD fee on a $100.00 USD sale
|$10,000.01 USD to $100,000.00 USD
|$2.50 USD fee on a $100.00 USD sale
Cross Border Commercial Payments and other Fees:
No charges for paying through PayPal, getting paid is: 1.9% to 3.4% +.35 euro.
Personal Transfer fees for sending or receiving money are 3.4% +.35 euro
If the transaction requires a currency conversion, PayPal uses a retail exchange rate
This rate is the company's wholesale cost of foreign currency (determined by outside financial institution-ie:bank) plus a currency conversion fee which differs depending on the currency used. Additionally a cross-border fee is applied.:
Dynamic video images show business around the world in action with PayPal's message: we've got you covered reassuring clients of their reimbursement policy. Obviously geared to initiate business clients is the priority . The promise the 'help clients get their money back' should something they've ordered on PayPal not arrive as specified generates a high level of trust.
Four services are promoted:
There is plenty of content for those wishing to read fine legal print- reams of special fees to be ferreted out of copious data. Also development details regarding options for business websites that make designing the ideal business site a task best left to an expert- not simple, nor easy at all to navigate the options.
Unmercifully rushing visitors along, seeming to thrive on speed, PayPal is absolutely allergic to transparency. Promising smart tailored solutions for small and large business, the company seems unaware its competitors can actually provide far more responsive service with much better exchange rates.
Warnings about PayPal's high hidden fees litter the internet, but there are few formal reviews of the company. A recent review of merchant account providers by CPO gave PayPal 3.4 out of 5 stars and found he was soon inundated with comments detailing their ordeals with the company. 142 comments were made, so far and only 2 were positive. Issues that topped the furious former business clients list of problems included having their accounts suddenly frozen- both small and large amounts were unavailable to be used to pay employees, send or receive orders, with no explanations offered. Customer service was described as 'really atrocious' including customers service persons who speak little English putting callers on hold for hours without resolving issues.
Making a personal transfer with PayPal is simply foolhardy! No rate transparency exists- this 'retail rate' isn't a fair starting point, and after 2%-3% conversion rate has been applied- the client will pay the same as bank rates or credit cards fee rates- or perhaps more after PayPal's additional fees.
Business options are not viable tools if they aren't backed by customer service that allows business control of their money. Grown large on the strength of eBay, PayPal is very new to the foreign exchange marketplace. Corporate clients have credible, dependable options they can depend on for invoicing and payment options, that don't come with the risks and hidden fees PayPal pads its spreads with.
Our Rating is 2.5 out of 5- for use to make payments, only- not to be considered to transfer money abroad.
PayPal is determined to get the whole world to checkout as fast as possible. Using the company to purchase goods is very straightforward for domestic purchases.
For eCommerce, the fees applied are nipping away at profit margins. For transfers PayPal's wholesale rate isn't competitive, nor is it upfront. Fees added to an already low rate make this company the lazy, expensive way to send money.


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Large Frames proposal. I was asked at the last SSPC to look into
how to support other network layers (e.g. IPv6) through the current
BACnet MS/TP data link interface.
I honestly couldn't figure out how to do this without creating more
confusion. My conclusion was and is that the best way to describe
how to interface other network layer clients to MS/TP was to add a
MAC layer interface or remain silent on the topic.
Clause 9 already acknowledges that proprietary frames are not BACnet.
However, it says nothing about sending or receiving such frames. The
important point is that there *is* a MAC header that provides
addressing, frame length and type.
In discussing the "silent" approach with Dave Robin, he suggested
that ASHRAE could maintain a registry of reserved frame types just as
it does Vendor IDs. Reserved frame types for non-BACnet clients
(e.g. IPv6 Encapsulation) could be allocated from time to time without
the need to change Clause 9.
The technical content of the proposal remains unchanged. The major
differences since last time include:
- Removed the MA-UnitData abstract interface
- Removed all references to IPv6 Encapsulation frames
- Changed all occurrences of "proprietary types" to "types"
I look forward to discussing this proposal in the MSTP-WG. Please
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MSGVarsity.com live access is back in action as Mepham travels only a matter of four miles to meet up with Conference 2A rival MacArthur in a matchup of two top-notch Nassau wrestling teams.
Taking a look at this stellar matchup, MacArthur comes into Wednesday's contest currently ranked tenth in MSG Varsity's Wrestling Dual Meet power rankings. However, don't count out this Mepham Pirate squad that has had a terrific 2012-13 campaign thus far.
Here is a look at the potential weight class matchups:
99– Alexander Pekoff or Joel Zambrano (Mepham) vs. Travis Cooksey (MacArthur)
106– Jamie Dunn (Mepham) vs. Vincent Thron (MacArthur)
113– Albert Hernandez or Michael Caruso (Mepham) vs. Michael Coiro (MacArthur)
120– John Sherlock (Mepham) vs. Michael Brown or Christopher Cataldo (MacArthur)
126– Jonathan Speigel (Mepham) vs. Christopher Cataldo or Justin Cooksey (MacArthur)
132– Matthew Lambert (Mepham) vs. Anthony Boccasini (MacArthur)
138– Tom Mauro or Peter Motley (Mepham) vs. Robert Bennett (MacArthur)
145– Louis Hernandez or Matt Assael (Mepham) vs. Sal Randazzo (MacArthur)
152– Louis Hernandez or Matt Assael (Mepham) vs. Michael Marrero (MacArthur)
160– Tyler Clougher (Mepham) vs. Jeremy Hughes or Steven Schneider (MacArthur)
170– Dan Tracy (Mepham) vs. Jeremy Hughes or Steven Schneider (MacArthur)
182– Steve Lambert (Mepham) vs. Nick Tangredi or Joey Tangredi (MacArthur)
195– Corey Heller (Mepham) vs. Naim Al-Qaadir (MacArthur)
220– Corey Preattle or Anthony Maltese (Mepham) vs. Nick Cuciti (MacArthur)
285– TBD (Mepham) vs. Doug Hughes (MacArthur)
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LONDON: For the fourth time in five Olympics Britain were disqualified from the men's 4×100 metres relay on Friday, robbing the 2004 winners of a place in Sunday's final, the last event of the track programme when they would have been real medal contenders.
Defending champions Jamaica, without the rested Usain Bolt, advanced with a blistering time as did the United States, to set up another mouth-watering showdown when Bolt will return hoping to complete his "double-treble" having bagged the 100m and 200m.
The United States, anchored by 100m bronze medallist Justin Gatlin, won their semi in 37.38 and Jamaica, with 100 and 200 runner-up Yohan Blake running the third leg took theirs in 37.39, the third and fourth-fastest times ever recorded.
Both squads have fresh blood to bring in as the U.S. did not risk Tyson Gay or Ryan Bailey, their two best performers in the 100m and still posted an American national record.
"The past couple of years we defeated ourselves," American second leg Darvis Patten told reporters.
"To surpass people like Carl Lewis, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell and Andre Cason … to be in the same category is unbelievable."
Blake was similarly upbeat.
"We have guys running fast and without Usain we still ran a fast time," he said. "I think it (the final) is going to be interesting. The Jamaican order will be the same with Bolt substituting Kemar Bailey-Cole as the anchor."
Canada, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago and France are likely to be fighting out for the bronze – a medal the host nation would have had in their sights after finishing not far behind the Jamaicans in what would have been a sharp 37.93.
However, while the crowd were celebrating, the British athletes were gathering around a TV monitor looking worried as the examined the final changeover between 21-year-old Dan Talbot and 18-year-old anchor leg Adam Gemili.
It was immediately obvious that they had not only strayed beyond the allocated changeover box but that Gemili had also run out of his lane and the disqualification came soon after.
"I don't know what happened. He just seemed to get out very quickly and I couldn't catch him," Talbot said. "I'm really gutted and it's devastating."
Lead runner Christian Malcolm said: "It's one of those things that happens but it's a fantastic performance to run the time we did. Daniel has come in at the last moment. This is a big stadium and it can be overwhelming."


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Change Is Coming to Egypt, Whether Israel Likes It or Not
The prospect of having the Muslim Brotherhood as part of a pivotal Middle Eastern regime is of course troubling, and not only for Israel, but Jerusalem's desperation to maintain stability at all costs, has blinded it to the reality of change.
If Benjamin Netanyahu had really wanted to derail the anti-Mubarak protests that swept Egypt this week, he could have resorted to some straightforward psychological operations: Simply bus in a load of protesters to Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, hand them a selection of "Game over Mubarak" and "We are all Egypt" placards and let them march around a bit. By the third circuit of the square, after a spot of Al Jazeera coverage, the anti-regime protests in Cairo would have no doubt collapsed under the weight of Israeli solidarity.
In truth, I didn't see much evidence of anti-Zionist feeling in Cairo this week − apart from one lonely middle-aged man at a traffic intersection, holding up a hand-scrawled sign reading, "Israel go to Hell."
Instead, Bibi resorted to hugely clumsy diplomacy. Jerusalem's instruction this week to select envoys to lobby their host governments to soften their statements about poor old Mubarak was more than shortsighted. It evidenced a lack of understanding of what was happening on the ground: how fast things were moving, how far they had moved on. With even Hillary Clinton calling for an "orderly transition to democracy," Israel's message was already superfluous.
The mentality of preferring stability at all costs still pervades Israeli decision making, and with some notable exceptions the country has long lacked any leaders able and willing to make bold moves. And yet change is happening, defying all kinds of standard tropes about the Arab world − not least the idea that Arabs only understand a strong hand, and that the only alternative to dictatorship is an Islamic fundamentalist regime.
The protesters on the streets of Cairo certainly challenge the conventional wisdom that if Mubarak falls, the Muslim Brotherhood will come to power. This is nothing but a ruse dreamed up by the regime to ensure Western support, they say, insisting that the people in the Muslim Brotherhood are intelligent and pragmatic; they are not Al-Qaida or the Taliban.
Indeed, the Brotherhood showed its tactical ability this week with its endorsement of Mohamed ElBaradei, the former IAEA head and Nobel Prize laureate − although in truth, his appearance has been a bit of a damp squib, and he seems to fall far short of a figure able to rally a revolution.
With the smoke barely cleared from the burned-out wrecks of police trucks scattered around Cairo, it's perhaps premature to expect free and fair elections here any time soon. In any analysis of the situation, the Muslim Brotherhood would inevitably do well, relative to their size, simply because they are better organized than any other group, and can call on their network of mosques to help rally people to their cause. An outright win is harder to predict; an important role in any democratically elected parliament seems highly likely.
This all spells trouble for Israel − or at least a complete paradigm shift. However cold the peace may have been at times, the agreement with Egypt is Israel's most important asset after its relationship with the United States. And Israel will have to continue to talk to any Egyptian government, even if it contains the Muslim Brotherhood, as long as it respects that agreement. And maybe it will, because both sides stand to lose an unconscionable amount from a renewed conflict.
The peace cemented Egypt's strategic partnership with the United States, along with the $1.5 billion in military aid the latter gives Egypt each year, and Egyptians most certainly do not want another clash.
"Relations with Israel are complex, sure, but we don't want war," said Hela Badri, a 55-year-old journalist and novelist, amid the crowds in Tahrir Square. "You can't uproot Israel, it's a nation, a state, a fact. We just want Israel to give the Palestinians their rights."
Extensive military strategies must undoubtedly have been prepared ready to be put into place if the peace agreement broke down and, sure, Israel could beat Egypt on the battlefield, although at huge human and financial cost. But what about Israeli diplomatic contingency plans?
The Mubarak succession has long been one of Israel's most pressing regional concerns. Surely the finest minds in Jerusalem could have come up with something better than Netanyahu's hint this week that he wants to impose the same kind of ideological conditions on a new Egyptian government that he did on Hamas. If he thinks that his international allies will go along with this, as they did with Hamas, he is deluding himself.
A senior Palestinian negotiator told me recently that the only issue of concern remaining between Fatah-Hamas unity talks was the security brief. As for outside recognition, the major players all seemed to be in the bag. "The international community will respond very well," he said. "It is only smart to say Hamas is part of the Palestinian electorate. If they are recognized, they can be very flexible."
The international community's attitude has changed since Hamas won the elections, influenced by the Gaza siege, Cast Lead and the flotilla disaster. Its patience with Israeli intransigence is wearing thin.
The prospect of having the Muslim Brotherhood as part of a pivotal Middle Eastern regime is of course troubling, and not only for Israel, but Jerusalem's desperation to maintain stability at all costs, to maintain the status quo, has blinded it to the reality of change. If it is indeed game over for Mubarak, members of Israel's political elite are going to have to tackle the strategic implications of a semi-Islamist neighbor that they have little choice but to acknowledge.
Daniella Peled is an editor at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
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Last year, China's state council announced that it will shut down at least 2,000 out of approximately 10,000 to 12,000 small coal mines with capacity of up to 90,000 tonnes a year by the end of 2015. The government will focus the closures on mines with substandard coal and poor safety records.
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While the government aims to close smaller mines, last year, it approved construction of 101.3 million new coal capacity in 2013, up from 16.6 million tonnes approved in 2012. Most of this additional capacity will be developed in the Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia regions, reflecting China's goal of consolidating output and shutting down smaller mines. Cost improvements arising from economies of scale would apply downward pressure as large suppliers' expansions weed out inefficient and high-cost miners in the short to medium term. This would be negative for world urea prices, the VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO), CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF), Terra Nitrogen Company LP (TNH), Agrium Inc. (AGU), and CVR Partners LP (TNH).
Coal production growth in 2014
For 2014, China's National Coal Association sees supply growth of 2.7%, with expectations that production will increase to 3.80 billion tonnes. Whether this expectation will prove true is up to debate. In 2013, China's coal production grew just ~1.4%, rising from 3.65 billion tonnes in 2012 to 3.70 billion tonnes. Domestic railway bottlenecks, cheaper seaborne supplies, and the displacement of costlier miners were the main factors that contributed to the weak growth.
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Coal production in China is largely concentrated in the northern part of the country, where reserves are abundant. However, demand for coal largely centers around the Eastern and Southern coasts of the country, where cities and industrial activities are situated, so producers have to use rail to transport coal to Qinhuangdao port in the northeast of the country to export thermal coal to the rest of the country. Railway bottlenecks have capped domestic producers' ability to supply as much coal as they would have wanted.
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Inside the Tea Business
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It was Queen Catherine, wife of Charles II , who first introduced tea drinking as a social and family habit to the English in 1662 when she took chests of tea to Britain from Portugal as part of her wedding dowry. Today Britain exports tea to over 120 different countries including China. According to the marketing organisation, Food from Britain, in 1995 British exports of black tea were worth some Ł131 million, or 35,000 tonnes in volume, and The Tea Council, based in London, reports producer members account for 66.5% of all world tea exports.
Britain's 530 million tea industry is dominated by a handful of big brand names - Tetley (number one tea bag brand), Typhoo (Premier Beverages), Brooke Bond PG Tips (Van den Bergh Foods) and Twinings. Older famous names such as Ridgways, Hornimans, Lyons, Jacksons of Piccadilly and Fortnum & Mason live on also and there are a number of renowned smaller regional tea specialists such as Taylors of Harrogate.
Britain imports around 20% of the major tea producers' exports, buying tea from India, Sri Lanka, East Africa, China and Indonesia. According to The Tea Council there are approximately 1,500 different tea blends, the constant flavour and quality of the well-known household brands being reliant on the skills of tasters and blenders to create time-honoured different types of tea grown in varying climatic conditions.
The famous English Breakfast blend, for example of Ceylon and Assam for full flavour and strength, while Earl Grey is a blend of black China and Darjeeling teas which have been treated with the citrus oil of bergamot which gives its characteristic scented aroma and flavour. Earl Grey is one of the most popular of the speciality teas and said to be named after the second Earl Grey who delighted a Chinese mandarin with his praise of tea, so the honourable Oriental gentleman concocted this special blend for his noble English friend.
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Twinings was exporting its teas to America at the time of the Boston Tea Party, although none of its teas were involved in that particular incident, says the company. Thomas Twining met President Washington on a trip to America in 1796. In 1910 Harvey Twining opened a shop on the Boulevard Haussman in Paris which is still trading successfully today.
British breakfast products, including flavoured or breakfast teas are proving very good business for top French department store La Grande picerie de Paris, whereas in Britain, perhaps the favourite occasion on which to take tea is in the afternoon. This ritual is believed to have originated from Anna, 7th Duchess of Bedford, in the early 1800s.
Afternoon tea, traditionally consisting of your favourite pot of tea, tiny sandwiches, scones with jam, and cakes may be enjoyed at home, in a small country tea room, or in the elegance of a luxury London hotel such as The Ritz.
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Some wonderful pairings of teas in the restaurant setting are suggested, Try Lapsang Souchong with creamy Stilton and a glass of Tawny Port or a second flush Darjeeling, considered to be the champagne of teas, with apple strudel.
In Britain tea continues to be the number one beverage accounting for around 43% of everything drunk and in consumption terms the United Kingdom tops the world list with nearly 80% of the population brewing and drinking tea daily in the home. However home consumption is declining as tea faces increasing competition from soft drinks.
Tea bags dominate the home market, accounting for 87.5% of all the tea brewed in Britain and in an attempt to stir the market afresh Brooke Bond has spent four years researching a pyramid-shaped tea bag, claimed to be the first major innovation since the launch of the square bag in 1951.
Tetley, which introduced the round tea bag in 1989, lifting sales in the sector by some 15%, might disagree. Brooke Bond's new bag is being rolled out regionally where the new line will replace square bags. The new shape, according to the company, offers quicker release of aroma and taste, performing like loose tea once in the pot.
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Tetley boasts the number one tea bag brand in Canada and Portugal as well as in the UK. Canada, the United States and Australia are very strong markets for The Tetley Group which was created in July 1995 when the Lyons worldwide beverage business was acquired from Allied Domecq.
Tetley operates in more than 30 countries worldwide and has the world's largest capacity tea factory in Britain at Eaglescliffe, in northern England.
In Europe there are a number of success stories such as Horniman's brand being the number one in Spain, a 25% share of the tea bag market in Malta, and increasing sales of tea bags to Poland, through Tetley Polska.
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Tetley is already aiming to create a niche black tea market in China with the test launch last September of a Western-style tea bag brand, With a name roughly translated as "bringing prosperity" , the product is a specially-blended alternative to green tea, designed to appeal to upwardly mobile young Chinese. It is being tested in supermarkets in Shanghai.
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Bang & Olufsen, the Danish provider of high end, custom-made audio and video products announces the launch of its latest built-in sound system at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The integrated speaker solution is comprised of two-way active speakers (BeoLab 15), an active subwoofer (BeoLab 16) and a rack-ready amplifier (Amplifier 1) – all created specifically for in-wall or in-ceiling placement.
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PNM claims violence from TOP followers
The rivalry between People's National Movement (PNM) and Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) heated up yesterday with the PNM claiming TOP supporters had verbally and physically attacked one of their young supporters.
The victim, Crystal Smith, 16, was allegedly targeted as she showed her support to the PNM as a motorcade was passing in her community on Tuesday, the PNM camp claimed yesterday.
Her mother, who requested anonymity, said: "A PNM motorcade was passing around 4.30 pm Tuesday evening introducing the candidates and she put on her red PNM jersey and ran out the road because she liked the music.
"There were some TOP supporters in the area and they told her 'don't walk here, this is TOP country.'
"They are always harassing her. She gave them some 'backchat' and they cursed her and one of the men hit her on her foot with his hand."
Smith said the matter was reported to the Scarborough Police Station who advised them to go to a Justice of the Peace.
PNM Tobago Council PRO, Denise Tsoi-a-Fatt-Angus, said that was not the first report of violence they had received since the election campaign started.
She added: "We got a report that TOP supporters passing in a truck in Black Rock pelted a man wearing a PNM jersey and burst his head. Then we heard they pulled a senior citizen out of his car and slapped him up, telling him he was going around tearing down TOP posters."
Tsoi-a-Fatt-Angus said this was the first time they were witnessing this level of violence and aggression in Tobago's politics.
"Tobagonians always have been civilised for elections. People wearing red and yellow jerseys will be dancing together. Many people have relatives on both sides of the fence. It's a tragedy things have gone to this level," she said.
Tsoi-a-Fatt-Angus said she did not believe the attitude was coming from the PNM camp.
"I would really think this is not the PNM way of doing things. We have been admonishing our supporters to not get involved in confrontations with the other party," she added.
Responding to charges from TOP leader Ashworth Jack that 20 thugs from a religious sect have been driving around intimidating TOP supporters, she said: "I don't know who else has access to those kinds of people."
PM, Warner fly in to help
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and National Security Minister Jack Warner flew into Tobago yesterday evening, reportedly to lend support to TOP leader Ashworth Jack for a series of political meetings this weekend.
Warner was photographed by T&T Guardian photographer Marcus Gonzales coming out of a helicopter at the ANR Robinson Airport, Crown Point, shortly before 6 pm. Persad-Bissessar arrived within the hour by plane.
Both were expected to make appearances at TOP political meetings last night in Plymouth and Moriah.
As for claims from TOP activists that they were being chased from the yards of PNM supporters by people brandishing guns and cutlasses, she said: "PNM supporters don't have guns."


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Point Given has a scare in workout; D'Wildcat will go to Florida for the Swale; Early Flyer is likely to contest the San Rafael; Lasersport has fractured knee.
Point Given has a scare in workout; D'Wildcat will go to Florida for the Swale; Early Flyer is likely to contest the San Rafael; Lasersport has fractured knee.
Sunday's grade II La Cañada Stakes at 1 1/8 miles is shaping up to be a battle of titans. The D. Wayne Lukas-trained Spain won the series opening La Brea Stakes Dec. 30 and if the Bob Baffert- trained El Encino winner Chilukki makes the lineup, then the La Cañada becomes a true rubber match of the three-race La Cañada series for 4-year-old fillies.
A bill that would give $18 million to New Jersey's racing industry for purses this year unanimously passed a state Senate committee today. The bill appropriates $11.7 million to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and $6.3 million to the New Jersey Standardbred Breeders and Owners' Association.
The agribusiness of Thoroughbred racing and breeding will be the subject of a segment on PBS's American Farm Review series that will be filmed Friday at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla.
Traffic will increase on the road to Gulfstream Park's $1 million Florida Derby (gr. I) next week as a field of 10, including some West Coast invaders, assembles for the grade I Fountain of Youth Stakes. The 1 1/16-mile Fountain on Saturday, Feb. 17, serves as the final major prep for the 50th anniversary running of the Florida Derby and the 3-year-old classics beyond.
Best Of The Bests announced himself the horse to beat in the group I Dubai World Cup with a performance of sheer dominance in the Listed second round of the Maktoum Challenge at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday night.
Graded stakes winner Allen's Oop has been retired from racing after injuring a tendon in his left front leg during a workout at Fair Grounds on Feb. 7.
The EDS "Road to the Roses Fantasy Challenge," a rotisserie-style fantasy game that lets racing fans pick their own stable of Kentucky Derby horses, trainers and jockeys, will go live this Saturday, Feb. 10. The game's top winner will receive a trip to the Kentucky Derby and a $5,000 betting voucher.
Proving that it's never too late to start a career at stud, 14-year-old Federal League will begin his stallion career at Sharon Cole's Mystic Hill Farm in the Finger Lakes region near Bloomfield, N.Y.
Penn National Gaming reported triple digit increases in revenue and earnings for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31. Slot machines at Charles Town Races and two Mississippi casinos fueled the growth.
Grade II winner Southern Rhythm has arrived at Mark Ridall's Twin Creek Farm near West Chester, Pa., where he will stand for a private fee.
Horse of the Year Tiznow was enjoying another walk day today at Barn 37 at Santa Anita, his second in-a-row following his loss as the odds-on favorite to Wooden Phone in Saturday's Strub Stakes. Trainer Jay Robbins was at a loss to explain the colt's dull performance in the Strub but said the Breeders' Cup Classic champ will continue to train into the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap March 3.


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Reminding all XC / Enduro riders out there that the Tumut 3 hour enduro is only 4 weeks away...
The 9.5km course is a favourite amongst riders from Wagga, Albury and Canberra for its great mix of flowing single track, firetrails climbs and scenic views.
The mix of riders is always fantastic with some serious competitors and die hards, through to weekend warriors and first timers.
As with most enduro events there will be the option of solo or pairs.
There will be a purpose made track for begingers / juniors to compete over a 90min time also.
The 2011 course direction will again be used, with a few small additions to increase the fun !!!
Entries are encouraged to be done online via the website - there will be rego available on the day, but to simplifiy and aid the process on the day, it would be much appreciated if people could enter online.
The website has all the info you will require for a great fun (and cheap) enduro event. There is also instructions on how to get there.


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Clark v Ardington Electrical Services, Court of Appeal - Civil Division, April 04, 2001, [2001] EWCA Civ 585
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No B2/2000/3210Neutral Citation Number: [2001] EWCA Civ 585IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)ON APPEAL FROM ORDER OF HIS HONOUR JUDGE HARRIS QC(Oxford County Court) Royal Courts of Justice Strand London WC2 Wednesday, 4th April 2001B e f o r e: LORD JUSTICE THORPE LORD JUSTICE TUCKEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - CLARK - v - ARDINGTON ELECTRICAL SERVICES - - - - - - - - - - - - -(Computer Aided Transcript of the Palantype Notes ofSmith Bernal Reporting Limited, 180 Fleet Street,London EC4A 2HDTel: 0171 421 4040Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)- - - - - - - - - - - - - MR IAIN MILLIGAN QC and MR BEN WILLIAMS (Instructed by Herbert Smith of London) appeared on behalf of the Appellant MR MARTIN GRANT and MR JONATHAN HOUGH (Instructed by Morgan Cole of Reading) appeared on behalf of the Respondent - - - - - - - - - - - - - J U D G M E N TSMITH BERNAL1. LORD JUSTICE TUCKEY: This is the claimant's appeal with the judge's permission from an order for discovery made by Judge Harris QC in the Oxford County Court on 19th September 2000.2. The background to the appeal must first be explained. The Helphire Group which consists of Helphire Group Plc and a number of subsidiary and associated companies run accident car hire and repair schemes, the object of which is to provide motorists who are not to blame for collisions with repairs and replacement cars while they are being carried out without recourse to their own insurers. For this the Helphire customers pay a modest fee. The schemes involve providing credit for the cost of car hire and repair until such costs are recovered from the insurers of the negligent defendant motorist.3. Such schemes have already been considered by the House of Lords in Giles v Thompson [1994] 1 AC 142 and Dimond v Lovell [2000] 2 WLR 1121. These cases show that motor insurers have determinedly resisted paying claims the subject of such schemes. The Helphire scheme has met with similar resistance. Last year there were thousands of disputed claims in the county courts throughout the country.4. On 25th August 2000 Judge Harris decided a number of test cases with a view to this court hearing any appeal from his decision as quickly as possible. Shortly before the appeal was due to be heard last November, the insurers involved settled with Helphire. The present appeal involved other insurers, Allianz/Cornhill, who have joined forces with Provident. Between them these insurers who have not settled with Helphire are involved, we are told....
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MOUNT PLEASANT — Michael Fritz won three more matches Friday at a wrestling meet in Mount Pleasant, and three other Trojans were double-winners on the day.
Fritz pinned all three of his opponents in 1:24 or under. Zach Barnes, Trenton Hanen and Alex Sisomphane joined in on the fun with a pair of wins apiece.
Hanen won by fall in 59 seconds and 1:39, Barnes earned a 15-0 win by technical fall and pinned another opponent in 41 ticks, and Sisomphane won via 2-0 decision and earned a pin in 1:28.
Fairfield's Derek Beasley, Gannon Courtright, Brendon Lunsford, Dylan Abbott, Walker Allen, Chris Hanson, Bailey Jones, Mitch Taglauer and Simon Spalla all earned won one Friday to help the squad to a 18-19 record on the day.
The Trojan middle school wrestlers conclude the season today in Ottumwa.


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"You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors."
"The people that come up to me about 'Bottle Rocket' tend to be my favorite maybe because that was our first movie and that was maybe the most personal one to us, ... And so that means more than like an 'Anaconda' fan even though you're appreciative of that. But I'm more connected emotionally to 'Bottle Rocket' than 'Anaconda.' "
"It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it." - about how a lot of his characters end up dying."


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Picture this - a fabulous convergence of peace psychologists and environmental psychologists from every continent, presenting their research, networking and sharing stories of success and challenges in their fields. ICAP 2010 was the biggest and most diverse gathering ever in Australia of such politically engaged psychologists - who wouldn't want to grab this opportunity with alacrity and a dictaphone, and find out more? Well, as current and past Convenors of Psychologists for Peace (PFP), Winnifred Louis and Susie Burke couldn't resist, so we booked the APS dictaphones and started listening.
These interviews were originally planned as podcasts for the PFP and APS Psychology and the Environment Interest Group (PEIG) websites, to inspire members of these groups and appeal to younger, more IT-savvy APS members. We asked them how they got into their fields, their favourite discoveries and which skills they found most valuable. We also wanted to know about any activist or community work they do, and how they see their work making a difference in the real world, as well as in their personal lives.
Here's a sample of three of the peace psychologists we interviewed - just a snapshot of the many amazing people who attended ICAP. We also interviewed six other peace psychologists - Hamdi Muluk (a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Indonesia), Takehiko Ito (Professor of Psychology at Waco University in Japan), Winnifred Louis (University of Queensland), Christina Montiel (Professor of Psychology, Ateneo de Manilla University, Philippines), Paul Slovic (Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon, US) and Nikola Balvin (University of Melbourne). The gloriously un-edited interviews of these psychologists are all available to download from the Psychologists for Peace website (www.groups.psychology.org.au/pfp/resources). In the next edition of InPsych, we will showcase the environmental psychologists we met. We plan to continue our interviews via Skype, so stay tuned for more excerpts from the experts.
Ingrid Huygens is a New Zealand community psychologist and 'Treaty trainer' - someone who educates white New Zealanders ('Pakeha') about the 1840 Waitangi Treaty with the Indigenous Maori people. The training involves education about history, colonisation and what Pakeha can do now to improve the relationship with Maori. The Waitangi Treaty was a peace treaty, which, in stark contrast to the colonising treaties of the time, was made from a Maori position of power and strength, with the English agreeing to take on a lesser power. Unfortunately, the original terms of the Treaty were historically forgotten, and colonisation rolled on as it has done in most Western countries. Treaty training teaches New Zealanders that historically, Aotearoa was intended to be a place where Indigenous people and colonisers would have a peaceful and a flourishing relationship based on Maori maintaining their traditional authority. Educating white people about the Treaty is a strategy for peace that Maori chose as a way of redressing imbalance.
My desire for social justice and interest in peace activism probably came from my parents, emigrating from Holland to an unpeaceful society where the Maori were clearly repressed. I found community psychology in 1983 as a vehicle to marry activism and professionalism. It's a brilliant way to do all kinds of theorising and have professional status added to activism.
I'm absolutely convinced treaty training does make a real difference. In daily life in New Zealand you notice Pakeha people talking about Maori with more respect, grudgingly acknowledging that land claims have some background to them. The support Maori can rely on from Pakeha really does grow. The Maori language is spoken more. There are many steps forward (and backward) as with all social change. But it's hard to tell change is happening if you're right in the middle of it; you just have to keep doing it.
Start at any opportunity in your own life. If there's a march or protest, go; if there's study to be done, study it; meetings to be joined, join them; art to be done, do it. Let it grow from there. Work like this only happens if it is woven into your own life. You don't get rich doing it, but increasingly as you get older you feel content that you're using your life really well, and you never think you've led an empty life. With the big collective movements of our age that lots of people are not in and stand against, it's wonderful to know you were there, and there at the beginning.
Eleanor Wertheim is a clinical and community psychologist at La Trobe University, and a former Convenor of Psychologists for Peace. For many years, Eleanor has taught cooperative problem solving and principled negotiation in interdisciplinary courses, to professionals, in schools and within undergraduate peace psychology classes. In recent years she has helped a former colleague, Connie Peck, run the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Fellowship Programme for UN staff and diplomats on how to boost their preventative diplomacy and peacemaking functions. Eleanor's involvement in peace psychology has been a growing thing that has happened over many years, and is now integrated into her everyday work.
There are different levels of making a difference. I may not be able to make a huge difference, but the group of us can. Each one of us working on peace does our little bit. Perhaps I can influence one person who then goes on and does something big. I don't have to be the one who directly does it, provided I know I'm putting out all those ideas, teaching those skills. As I've gone along the journey, I have a better idea that we can make a big difference in the world, and think bigger. I've networked and talked to people around the world, and I see what a global community we are, and how interconnected.
When I teach negotiation, I ask people to take the ideas and put them into practice in any way they choose. We work through choosing a problem, they analyse it, map it, plan a strategy, role play it, then go out and do it. They write reports on how it went, so I know people have made terrific changes in their relationships, at work etc. That keeps me motivated. It's very rewarding.
By now, in the Fellowship Programme we've trained most of the people in the Department of Political Affairs at the UN. I have faith that people are going out and using it. It's a very well known and sought out program, and participants find it very useful. We also apply cooperative problem solving in work at primary schools and keep track of progress through evaluation. With more qualitative evaluation as well, you really hear the stories and know what's happening.
As a clinical psychologist you develop skills about how people change, how to promote change in the world, how to do research, how to help people develop models, apply and evaluate them. These skills are very applicable and transferable. I never in a million years thought I'd be working at the UN, but different opportunities came up, and I've been willing to say yes, even if I was anxious or ambivalent. It was through networking, knowing people and finding out about opportunities. And the other thing is finding role models. I like to work with people who are committed to what they do, with a similar work ethic and motivations. When I find these people, I stick with them! So my message is find role models, network and say yes. If I can do it, you can do it. I don't think there's anything particularly amazing about me, but if I can work at a global level, at the UN, then you can. A useful question to ask yourself is: Are you making a difference in what you do? If not, then maybe don't do it.
Klaus Boehnke is Professor of Social Science Methodology at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, and chair of the German peace psychology group. At ICAP Klaus presented a longitudinal study on peace activism. The study found that adolescents with significant concerns about the nuclear threat (at its height in the mid-80s, particularly in Europe) who then became active in peace movements were significantly better off on mental health indicators 25 years later. He concludes that being a reasonable analyst of the world, and able to put your analysis into action, is a basis for healthy development.
I come from a dogmatic, pacifist household, so being active in the peace movement was a genuine fading-in. While I was working on my PhD there was the nuclear missile deployment threat in Germany, and the peace movement was very active. But I don't necessarily do this work in the name of peace psychology - I have been a sociology professor, now a Chair in social science methodology. I always had to pretend that peace psychology is just a natural part of what I'm doing. I have had an ongoing longitudinal (peace) study since 1985. I use that as material in my data analysis teaching, or in how to write science articles. But I have never taught in a formal peace psychology program.
To get into peace psychology, you have to go first into social psychology and branch out from there. You need to be persistent, do it all the time and don't hide it. People will judge the quality of your work, not your topic. If you start a career, I encourage people to go up high (in publishing) - submit in social psychology, in journals of personality. You'll get a bloody nose, but then you might go to the next level. If you go to peace and conflict journals, you will fairly easily get published, but those journals are not read by the people who should read this stuff. It's important the world out there reads it. Go into public interest or newspapers, or high profile journals that are highly prone to reject your work at first.
Currently there is no hot peace conflict within Germany - of course I am in the streets when there are things to protest, like the war in Afghanistan. But at present, I reside in the ivory tower and try to get influence with my work and make sure it is read. I work mostly as a senior advisor, which you can only do in later career. o dance at parties - this is important for your mental health!
There is a certain feel-good element in this work. It has always given me an internal pleasure that I have never deserted my original cause to more easily make a career. It has earthed me. In academia, you often have to compromise - sitting on bodies that don't discuss anything important, getting new money etc. Peace psychology always gave me a lamp post to hang on to. It did change my life. Don't give up, it's worth it.


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Contest for young artists focuses on Puget Sound visions
Calling for submissions from preschool through high school students, WSU Snohomish County Extension Beach Watchers offer youth and young adults a chance to share what they want Puget Sound to look like when they get older.
Regardless of age, many of us become inspired and enjoy what is right outside our doors – the natural beauty and experiences found in this amazing landscape.
Please send your "Hopeful Visions of Puget Sound" by 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18.
This contest is looking for your artistic expressions of a bright future for Snohomish County's Puget Sound landscape.
Organizers intend to display the images to inspire appreciation and action by viewers at "Sound Living: A One Day Communiversity" on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Everett Community College, in the WSU Learning Center in McCollum Park and other venues including libraries and festivals.
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Plans for a $2.5 billion dollar 'Ferrari World' style motorsports precinct and car-themed amusement park at Norwell are set to be submitted to the Queensland state government later this year.
The Gold Coast Bulletin reports that the bold plan, spearheaded by Gold Coast developer IMETT, would see the company buy up farms at Norwell in the city's north to make way for a facility that could rival Abu Dhabi's Ferrari-themed mega park.
The proposed facility would include a new international standard race circuit, theme park and holiday destination.
The project is more than 10 years in the making with IMETT claiming it has engaged Canadian theme park developer Forrec and German racetrack designer Tilke to develop a masterplan.
The town of Norwell is no stranger to motorsports activity, as it currently has the Paul Morris-run Driving Centre.
While the proposal has received some opposition, IMETT managing director Ron Brown says that he is looking to create an "international attraction," featuring the race track, amusement park, an educational precinct, hotel, botanic gardens, bars and restaurants.
The site could also include a light rail link.
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Dante Zúñiga-West is an Afro-Latino writer and outdoorsman known to some as "The Backwoods Blaxican." He grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and now makes his home in Oregon. His fiction has been published in various literary journals. His novel Rumble Young Man Rumble is awaiting publication in 2014, on Black Coffee Press.


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CONCORD, N.C. - NASCAR made another slight adjustment Tuesday, revamping the format of its annual All-Star event to add at least one more driver.
The Nextel All-Star Challenge will now be run in four 20-lap segments with an expanded field.
The announcement came one day after NASCAR tinkered with its title-deciding Chase for the championship system.
"The changes to the Chase, as well as the All-Star event, were a collaborative effort that we put forth to make it easier for the fans to understand," said Steve O'Donnell, vice president of NASCAR's racing operations.
"We know that's going to take some time, as with any change takes some time. But we believe both decisions are headed in the right direction and will make the sport more exciting."
The All-Star event, held annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway, will now be a total of 80 laps with breaks between each segment. There will be an optional pit stop after the first segment, and a 10-minute break after the second segment in which teams will be allowed to work on their cars.
There will be a mandatory pit stop after the third segment, setting up one final 20-lap dash to the $1 million grand prize.
The All-Star race is only open to drivers who have won races in the current and preceding year, past All-Star race winners, Cup champions from the last 10 years and the winner of the Nextel Open, a qualifying event held before the main race.
Now, the field has been expanded to include both the first- and second-place finishers of the Nextel Open, as well as one driver voted in by the fans.
NASCAR also changed the procedure of its Pit Crew Challenge, which will now be seeded similarly to the way the NCAA tournament field is set. Crews will be seeded based on their 2006 season standings, and the top eight teams will have a bye in the first round.
As the competition advances, the final eight teams will be able to choose their opponent for the next round in order of seeding. The final results will be used to set the pit selection order for the All-Star race.
Championship chase
Kasey Kahne won a series-high five races during NASCAR's regular season, yet barely qualified for the championship chase because of a points system that has long rewarded consistency over winning.
But under a series of adjustments announced Monday, the emphasis has been shifted to winning. In doing so, NASCAR might also have ensured that its biggest stars will almost always qualify for the Chase for the championship.
Beginning this season, the Chase will have 12 drivers - up from 10 - and the field will be seeded based on "regular-season" victories.
"We believe the Chase accomplished the original goal - it made racing more competitive, made every race ... mean more and created more excitement," NASCAR chairman Brian France said.
"The key issue for us today is the intersection between winning and consistency."
It starts in the 26-race "regular season," where wins now will be worth 185 points. That's up five points from years past, and assuming the winning driver also picks up other bonuses during the race, a victory can be worth as much as 25 points more than second place.
In addition, those wins will be worth a 10-point bonus that will be used to "seed" the drivers when the 10-race Chase begins.
During the Chase's first three years, the drivers' point totals were reset in five-point increments when the postseason began. Now, all drivers' totals will be reset to 5,000, and each will receive a 10-point bonus for each victory during the first 26 races.
In other words, Kahne would have received 50 points in bonuses and started last year's Chase in first place.
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