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Ombudsman asks anti-money laundering body for Corona's bank records
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has asked the Anti-Money Laundering Council for a copy of the records of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona's bank deposits, including dollar accounts that are the subject of a temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court.
A highly placed source in the Office of the Ombudsman confirmed that Carpio-Morales sent the request after her office received a complaint seeking an investigation on Corona's supposed ill-gotten wealth and possible money laundering. But AMLC Executive Director Vicente Aquino said he was not aware of such a letter in his office. "We have not received such request," he said.
Aquino also said he refuses to talk about Corona's assets in the media, calling it a "sensitive" issue.
The Anti-Money Laundering Council is composed of the governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Insurance Commissioner and the Securities and Exchange Commission chairperson.
Carpio-Morales' request was precipitated by the complaint filed on Feb. 17 by a group of individuals that included former Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel asking the Ombudsman to probe Corona's possible illegal accumulation of wealth, a violation of Republic Act 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
The group also asked that Corona be investigated for possible violation of RA 9160, the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The other complainants are Harvey Keh of Kaya Natin, Ruperto Aleroza of the Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Samahan sa Kanayunan (PKSK), Albert Concepcion of People's Union for Social Obligation (PUSO) and Gibby Gorres of the Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP).
A paragraph at the bottom of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) form serves as a waiver that, when signed by government officials and employees including Corona, empowers the Ombudsman to access from government agencies relevant records needed to examine their networth declarations.
The waiver reads, "I hereby authorize the Ombudsman or his duly representative to obtain and secure from all appropriate government agencies, including the Bureau of Internal Revenue, such documents that may show my assets, liabilities, networth, business interests and financial connections, to include those of my spouse and unmarried children below 18 years of age living with me in my household covering past years, to include the year I first assumed office in the government."
On March 6, the Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, decided to admit Corona's bank records, including his dollar deposits, as evidence despite suspicions that the prosecution had gotten them through illegal means.
The prosecution has presented to the Senate 10 accounts the Chief Justice had opened with the Philippine Savings Bank's Katipunan branch, five of them dollar accounts, to substantiate Article 2 of the impeachment complaint. Article 2 charges that Corona failed to make public his SALN, omitted to include a number of properties from his declarations, and might have accumulated ill-gotten wealth, including "keeping bank accounts with huge deposits."
One of the dollar accounts reportedly showed an initial deposit of $700,000. Sources, however, said the sum of the dollar deposits was "mindboggling."
Corona has said in media interviews that he was willing to open his dollar accounts "in due time." His lead counsel Serafin Cuevas told the Senate on Wednesday, "I have not yet concretely and positively arrived at the ultimate conclusion that we have to or we do not have to. That will depend on the progress of the proceedings in the nature of our evidence or the stages at which our evidence may be."
The Supreme Court, voting 8-5, granted on Feb. 9 PSBank's petition to issue a TRO on the Senate subpoena for the bank to submit records of Corona's dollar deposits, citing the law on foreign currency deposits (RA 6426) that classifies foreign currency deposits as "absolutely confidential."
"(E)xcept upon the written permission of the depositor, in no instance shall foreign currency deposits be examined, inquired or looked into by any person, government official, bureau or office whether judicial or administrative or legislative, or any other entity whether public or private," states RA 6426.
In his dissenting opinion, however, Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said the guarantee of secrecy under the foreign currency law applies to nonresidents to encourage the inflow of foreign currency deposits into the country.
He said the TRO makes a mockery of all existing laws designed to ensure transparency and good governance in public service as it will encourage government officials and employees to hide their true wealth under a foreign currency bank account.
The Supreme Court en banc is expected to decide on PSBank's petition on Tuesday before it goes on a break.
Signed in 2001, the Anti-Money Laundering Act or RA 9160 defines money laundering as a crime whereby the proceeds of an unlawful activity are transacted or attempted to be transacted to make them appear to have originated from legitimate sources.
The law requires banks and similar institutions to report to the AMLC within five working days any transaction that exceeds P500,000 within one banking day, called a "covered transaction," and "suspicious transactions."
A transaction, regardless of the amount, can be considered "suspicions" for the following reasons:
• There is no underlying legal or trade obligation, purpose or economic justification.
• The client is not properly identified.
• The amount involved is not commensurate with the business or financial capacity of the client.
• It may be perceived that the client's transaction is structured in order to avoid being the subject of reporting requirements under the AMLA.
• Any circumstance relating to the transaction which is observed to deviate from the profile of the client and/or the client's past transactions with the covered institution.
• The transaction is in any way related to an unlawful activity or any money laundering activity or offense under this act that is about to be, is being or has been committed.
When he took the witness stand last month, PSBank President Pascual Garcia III said a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas examiner told the bank to put the notation "PEP" on Corona's records.
Under AMLC rules, elected and appointed public officials are considered "politically exposed persons" or PEP. – with Yvonne T. Chua
(VERA Files is put out by veteran journalists taking a deeper look at current issues. Vera is Latin for "true.")
March 19, 2012 2:46 pm Tags: Corona impeachment, JContrial, Ombudsman, Renato Corona Posted in: Corona Impeachment, Supreme Court
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etheldeborja - March 19, 2012 3:49 pm
nakakalungkot na ung inaakala mong magbibigay ng karapatdapat na hustisya, sya pa ang nagtwi-twist nito para pumabor sa kanila…
lalo lang pinalalakas ang "betrayal of public trust" na issue against the CJ, eto ba ang klase ng taong pagtitiwalaan mo na maging fair sa pagbibigay ng justice?
MPRivera - March 19, 2012 6:17 pm
teka, wala akong kinalaman diyan, ha?
kung ating susukatin ang haba ng mga pinipilit ituwid ng kampo ni corona, baka mas malayo pa ang talsik ng laway kapag idinura.
pagkahabahaba man daw ng binuhol na sinulid, sa butas din ng karayom ang bagsak!
MPRivera - March 19, 2012 6:33 pm
"……Corona has said in media interviews that he was willing to open his dollar accounts "in due time."……."
long overdue na, ah!
hanggang kailan ba 'yan corona, ha?
TonGuE-tWisTeD - March 19, 2012 7:02 pm
Totoo nga, inilabas na ni Corona ang lahat-lahat.
TonGuE-tWisTeD - March 19, 2012 7:22 pm
The AMLA rule in fact delayed by a full day, a cash withdrawal with my bank.
I would not have undergone angioplasty if I had delayed further a cash transfer from my New York stockbroker. My broker had to be personally interviewed by my local bank manager by phone before the cash was released to me. Being my personal broker for years, he felt it an extreme emergency he had to advance the money out of his own funds instead of through the investment bank where he worked.
That prompted an alarm with AMLA being over and above the P500K threshold. Corona is definitely aware of such SOPs with large cash movements He knows his transactions over the threshold are being monitored by government.
Or he is just plain stupid.
Ellen - March 19, 2012 7:55 pm
#4, Ha! Ha! Ha!
Ikaw talaga, Tongue.
TonGuE-tWisTeD - March 19, 2012 8:18 pm
Sabi nga ng mga tao dito sa bahay, sira-ulo daw ako, tumatawa ng mag-isa. Hanggang ngayon natatawa pa ako. Hahaha.
parasabayan - March 20, 2012 8:16 am
Hah,hah,hah…ano ba yan!
parasabayan - March 20, 2012 8:18 am
If ever Corona will be able to wiggle his way through the senate impeachment court, wala naman siyang lusot kay Ombudsman and sa BIR. Either way, tiklo pa rin siya!
parasabayan - March 20, 2012 10:37 am
Marunong si Corona ng lahat ng "legal" games. I doubt so much Tongue if he went beyond the limit of withdrawals. Marunong nga siyang mag-withdraw ng pera niya sa bangko bago mag-year end para nga naman wala ng balance kung ma-aaudit siya. Marunong din siyang bumili ng mga properties niya na nakapangalan sa mga kamag-anak niya para hindi halata na marami siyang mga assets. Most of all, sa dollar account siya nagtago ng marami coz he knows that the dollar accounts are sacred. Mahirap mabuksan.
Robert - March 20, 2012 11:26 am
"I doubt so much Tongue if he went beyond the limit of withdrawals."—parasabayan
Hindi na po siguro kailangan, baka ayaw na, at baka menopause na si misis, :).
TonGuE-tWisTeD - March 20, 2012 12:15 pm
Beyond the limit? The December 2011 withdrawal was for P32 Million! However you divide it in less than P500,000 per day withdrawals to avoid the AMLA alarm, he would have started withdrawing from Dec. 14 and henceforth not counting the two legal holidays (Xmas and Rizal Day) and any other special holidays. My banker-friends tell me PSBank was complicit in this case.
He knows all eyes were on him but he was too arrogant he chose to game the system flaunting his mighty control over the judiciary when it was needed.
parasabayan - March 20, 2012 1:07 pm
Di ba pwedeng mag withdraw ng 499K each time and do it several times in a day? I really do not know your bank policies there. In the US, kahit na magkano ang pera mo sa bangko, kung cash withdrawals, may limit per day. But if you transfer electronically, kahit na magkano, pwede.
TonGuE-tWisTeD - March 20, 2012 4:05 pm
499.99999K, is the CUMULATIVE maximum for which you evade AMLA reporting PER DAY, regardless if if was undertaken through different banks.
If I were to withdraw that amount below P500K from someone's account, it's immediately obtainable. Once it's beyond P500K
it is flagged and the standard procedure in reporting commences. What's more, it's a no-go until the depositor confirms it.
Remember that each time Corona moves a big sum, he sends Cristina to PSBank with his authorization. It only expedites the release of the money but it is still subject to AMLA recording.
MPRivera - March 20, 2012 6:25 pm
#4. Tongue, ano ba 'yung inilabas ni corona?
bakit ba sila tawa nang tawa doon sa ipinakita mo?
may balot pa ba?
o, nakaturo na lang sa lupa?
pasensiya na dahil hindi pumayag 'yung bantay ko dine na makapanilip ako, eh.
chi - March 20, 2012 7:24 pm
I am under the weather, mas sumakit pa ulo ko sa link mo Tongue #4 dahil sa pigil na tawa. 🙂
TonGuE-tWisTeD - March 22, 2012 5:08 pm
Sorry, Magno. Baka hatawin ka nga ng mga Mutawa ba yun? Dalawang musmos na parehong walang salawal, hawak nung isa yung patotoy nung isa, yung isa ganoon din sa kanya. Mukha ni Corona at Toby yung mga bata. LoL. Lobo ang ilong ko sa sipon.
MPRivera - March 22, 2012 6:25 pm
eh, sino na talaga sa dalawa ang ano?
paano ba hawak?
kung magkukuwento ka kasi, kumpletuhin mo na.
nakaturo pa ba sa langit o naka-good morning titser na si corona?
TonGuE-tWisTeD - March 22, 2012 6:52 pm
Mga batang paslit nga e. Na Photoshop yung mukha nina Tiangco at Corona sa litratong na nakahawak sa etits nung kabila; yung kabila ganun din. Naku bakit kelangan mo ang malaman kung saan nakaturo. hahaha.
TonGuE-tWisTeD - March 22, 2012 7:53 pm
Ellen, do you remember the email to Karen L.? I mentioned there about Burgundy which I suspect to be either a dummy corp. for GMA or a crony company since there were seven Service Contracts for oil exploration awarded by Reyes but all the 7 companies had only one and the same president – Rogelio Serafica?
This is the same Burgundy that owns the QC condo units of Corona and the 3 inclusive parking lots. Merong konek sa conjugal thieves.
MPRivera - March 24, 2012 6:21 pm
tongue, kasi, kung nakaturo pa sa langit, papaglaruan ko sa mga alaga ko dineng itik ng pasyutan ng lastik at kung nakagud morning sitser na eh ipapagawa kong target.
mael manibog - May 19, 2012 11:48 am
Ms Ellen, what a good foresight. Nakuha nyo agad months ago na game ender ung sa issue ng AMLC. Good source!
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lingering dispute has been resolved at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California: who gets to pay the bill it left behind.
About 10 months after the plant shut down, a tentative settlement Thursday would free utility customers from having to shoulder the remaining cost of faulty equipment that led to the plant's demise.
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Under a key piece of the settlement, customers of the two utilities will not have to cover the bulk of the long-term cost for defective steam generators that were at the heart of the plant's problems, a savings of hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Office of Ratepayer Advocates — an arm of the state utilities commission — said Edison customers would be credited with refunds of about $480 million as part of the deal, and customers of the San Diego utility would receive $121 million.
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Edison decided to close the plant for good in June, but it hadn't produced electricity since January 2012, after a small radiation leak led to the discovery of extensive damage to tubing that carried radioactive water.
The problems at San Onofre centered on steam generators that were installed during a $670 million overhaul in 2009 and 2010. After the plant was shut down, tests found some tubes in the generators were so badly eroded that they could fail and possibly release radiation, a stunning finding inside the nearly new equipment.
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I Am What I AmLabel: Vanguard
US Release Date: 2010-04-20
UK Release Date: 2010-04-19
It's becoming a reliable template for aging country singers to sing from a backwards-looking perspective: about mortality, the passing of time, how much they've experienced in life. To sing as if your life, or at least your singing career, were about to end. Call it the Johnny Cash formula, though in his case the twist is that he's continuing to do it from beyond the grave. Look at last year's Cash album and its title, American VI: Ain't No Grave.
Merle Haggard's I Am What I Am is both similar and quite different. It does not have covers. It is mostly his songs, or ones co-written with a member of his band. It doesn't involve outside help, session musicians, or a producer designed to rejuvenate. It was co-produced by Haggard, with Lou Bradley. The band is his band, the Strangers. One song, "Live and Love Always", is a duet with his wife, Theresa. All of those facts are significant. It makes the LP feel more personal, makes us forgive the ways that it feels like a common commercial move these days, how introspective the album is about the passing of time. Yet even though looking back and looking ahead (to the final days) are the dominant perspective, the tone is not overly serious or sedate. There are some sparkly, jaunty songs to match the more sullen ones. Haggard and band sound like they had a heck of a time making this album.
I Am What I Am starts out with the impression that the longer you live, the more chances you have to be disappointed. "I've Seen It Go Away", the opening number, is all about the hurt in being let down, by the promise of love, but also by other sorts of promises, like those made by politicians to the citizens. "I've seen our greatest leaders break the people's heart", he says in a spoken bridge, and you can't help but wonder who he's thinking of while also knowing you've experienced the same exact feeling. "I've seen many a great tomorrow turn to yesterday", he decides, seeming to have every facet of life in mind. The best moments in life make the others pale in comparison, leave us more open to disappointment ("When you've seen the very best / The rest can't hardly play"). The way he sings, "I've seen 'em, boys", about the best times, makes it seem like he's sitting on the porch handing out homespun wisdom. But that wisdom isn't hokey; it hurts. It's a pessimistic, let-down song, but it's played with the ease of a lark. Its tone is that's-just-the-way-it-is.
The second song, "Pretty When It's New", is even lighter, with a jazzy shuffle and Haggard vocalizing the rhythm of the song in the background. The song still doesn't hold back its message that love inevitably crumbles as time goes by. "Love is always pretty when it's new", the chorus goes. It's a cynical song, but again light at heart. He does acknowledge that "old love" is sweeter than new, but much harder to achieve.
Love is a dominant theme of the album, at least on the surface. The main style he approaches it with is bluebird-on-the-shoulder, skipping-along, even when the songs are wickedly sad. "Live and Love Always" is Haggard and his wife dedicating themselves to each other in song. "The Road to My Heart" is that early, pretty love; a crush song. In "How Did You Find Me Here?", love finds him hard on his luck, at his worst. "We're Falling in Love Again" is the next step, the realization that you've fallen back in love with the same person.
Even with all of the love stories, the album seems to be even more about the way time betrays us all. In "Down at the End of the Road", his "end of the road" seems not just geographical. "Oil Tanker Train", a nicely descriptive nostalgic look at childhood, is clearly from the perspective of someone thinking his days are numbered. "Live and Love Always" has our couple looking forward to "that bright sunny day", clearly the point when they'll be together in the hereafter. That song reveals the way even the heights of love are fleeting, at least in this world. In "Bad Actor", love and life reveal themselves to be all an act. In "Stranger in the City", a cheating song, love ends in betrayal. Even the fun of "Mexican Bands", where he's hanging out listening to Mexican music and drinking tequila, seems more like the dream of someone who's not in that place at all, who's more likely in a more dire place at home, thinking of the colorful dream he can "almost see" through the music.
I Am What I Am ends with the title song. It's a proclamation of faith, but not one of the strongest songs on the album. Still, there's something stirring in his stating, "I do what I do / 'Cause I do give a damn". Considering it's been 45 years since his first album was released, and he's still writing songs and singing them in good form, there's something refreshing in the impression the album gives of being a personal statement, of Merle Haggard standing strong and saying, "This is what I do: writing songs about life."


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The Mets beat the Nationals 3-2 Friday night, thanks, in part, to a critical base hit by Andrew Brown in the eighth inning.
With two outs and a man on second, Brown's liner down to third base was fielded in foul territory by Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who whirled and fired to Adam LaRoche at first base.
LaRoche had to come off first base to make the play and then bobbled it a bit. Daniel Murphy, who started the play on second base, never stopped running and slid safely into home with the deciding run.
It is a play Zimmerman said he will attempt to throw to get the out every time; he will not eat the ball when it comes to him at third base.
"I will throw that one every time," Zimmerman explained. "If Roachy fields it cleanly like he planned...he did everything right, it took a funny hop on him. That guy is out by 89 feet at home plate.
"I got the ball clean and threw it. When I am off-balance like that, I usually just bounce it. Roachy made a good play. I think the guy would have been safe. He came off the bag. Unfortunately, it took a funny hop on him, he couldn't come up with it. But if he catches it clean, the guy is out at home by a mile."
Bench coach Randy Knorr, who spoke during postgame for manager Davey Johnson (Johnson left game feeling under the weather,) said hindsight always says the third baseman should just hold the ball in that situation. But, Zimmerman was trying to end the inning on one throw.
"Yeah. ... You could say that now, but Zim's made some great plays in his career, and in his mind, he's trying to get the out," Knorr said. "There's two outs, he's trying to make the out. I bet he's thinking right now that maybe I shouldn't have done it that way, but he's made great plays, so you can't fault him for that. And Murphy did a good job not stopping. He just ran the whole way, and they got us on it."
Shortstop Ian Desmond commended Zimmerman for coming up quickly and throwing to get the out, saying that's the type of aggressive nature that has made the Nationals a great defensive team in the past.
"This team is built up of a team of guys that want to win," Desmond said. "Yeah, it is easy to say, 'Yeah, put it in your pocket.' But at the same time, that is a big play if he makes that play. I will take my chances on Zim making that play every time."


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Adriano added to Brazil squad, Kaka has surgery
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian striker Adriano, recalled for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Argentina, has now also been included in the squad for the warm-up friendlies against Canada and Venezuela.
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced that Adriano, on loan to Sao Paulo from Inter Milan, would be in the squad to face Canada in Seattle on May 31 and Venezuela in Boston on June 6.
Adriano was freed for the two games after Sao Paulo were knocked out of the Libertadores Cup by Fluminense on Wednesday.
He was initially called up last week for the World Cup qualifiers away to Paraguay on June 15 and at home to Argentina three days later.
It was only the second time the 26-year-old had been picked by Brazil since the 2006 World Cup.
Adriano, plagued by physical and reported alcohol problems last year with Inter Milan, has refound his form since joining Sao Paulo on loan in December, scoring 16 goals in all competitions.
Meanwhile, Brazil and AC Milan playmaker Kaka underwent surgery on his left knee on Friday and is doubtful for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Argentina.
Brazil team doctor Jose Luis Runco said the arthroscopy operation had gone well but did not want to estimate how long the World Player of the Year would be out of action.
'The result was very positive but I don't want to make a prediction,' Runco said. 'The certainty is that he's out of the friendlies. We'll think about the World Cup qualifiers later.'
'We'll have a look every day. We're not going to jump the gun so that he can play for the national team.'
Brazil face Canada in a friendly on May 31 and Venezuela on June 6, both in the United States.
They are away to Paraguay in a World Cup qualifier on June 15 and at home to Argentina three days later.
Runco said Kaka had suffered damage to the meniscus caused by overuse. 'It's like having a stone in your shoe,' he said.
On arriving at the Rio de Janeiro hospital for the operation, Kaka told reporters: 'We've done everything possible to avoid surgery but there's no way out.
'My thinking is that I will miss the friendlies but will be ready for the World Cup qualifiers.'
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Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately.
The go-to slice in Cambridge since 1966 has been the square Sicilian at Pinocchio's. For many, these slices serve primarily to curb late-night Harvard Square hunger. Experience has taught me that some pizza doesn't taste quite as delicious at noon as it does at midnight. The Sicilian slices at Pinocchio's, however, are equally good on either side of twelve.
The yeasted dough rises in a greased sheet pan and when finished, the square pies resemble an airier version of deep dish pizza. The slices ($2.55) at Pinocchio's are cut into roughly 5"x5" squares. You want to get an edge piece rather than a center piece. The crunchy rolled lip of the pie, similar in flavor and texture to an oil-brushed crostini, seems like it couldn't possibly be made from the same stuff as the soft, doughy body of the slice. The textural contrast is delightful. Like pan pizza, oil transforms the basement level of the yeasted dough into a toasted crumb. Over the next half inch, the crumb expands and softens, until it forms the pillowy, soft surface for sauce and cheese; the penthouse floor of pizza dough.
The pureed sauce settles in fine streams across the dough's surface and is neither too sharp or sweet. When regular mozzarella is involved, the sauce-to-cheese ratio is in good proportion to the dough, which is really what these slices are all about. On most of the ten or so varieties of slices available, the sauce is applied sparingly, but not too much so, and gets a sprinkle of dried herbs.
The pizza rossa (pictured at top) is the exception. It comes coated with a deeper layer of sauce, and gets a good dose of black pepper. A round of fresh mozzarella and a single basil leaf turns it into a Sicilian margherita.
The tomato and basil slices are sauceless, relying on the sliced rounds of tomato for sweetness and acidity.
It's easy to see how a Sicilian could turn into something more closely resembling a Greek pizza by over-saucing and applying cheese in excess. Proportionally increasing the sauce-to-cheese ratio to account for the depth of the crust seems like a reasonable adjustment, right? Not so for a good Sicilian. The characteristic that distinguishes Pinocchio's slices is their restraint. That, and the sorcery involved in making the crust.
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I bought the Wii yesterday.
I installed today the Wasabi DX to my Wii.
Then I'm used the Hackmii and install HBC and DVDX.
Then I got a problem, when I try to install the BootMii, its say:
The installed boot1 version prevents a boot2 install (-2)
So I can't install the BootMii to my Boot2.
I wanna install BootMii, because I have now System Meny 4.1E, there's not a way to install the WAD's.
So if I now try to downgrade my Wii and then install Custom 4.1E, I think, maybe my Wii bricking... And I don't wanna upgrade
So, are there anything way to install BootMii or something to boot2, to save my Wii. I will not dare to downgrade the Wii if I have don't have brick-protection.
Are there something else protection than the Bootmii in boot2?
Or guide to install WAD's on normal 4.1E without danger of the breaking down


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Harris Ironworker gas welding and cutting outfit cuts 4 in. and welds up to 1/2 in. with additional tips. It has a unique press-in mixer for versatility and low cost repair and a brazed connection for greater strength and leak resistance. A unique pre-heat cutting valve improves visibility while cutting.
- Features brass handle with brazed connections for strength, safety and durability
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- Two-piece tips are easy to clean and produce higher pre-heats
- Goggles are designed to accommodate prescription eyewear and take universal 2 x 4-1/4 replacement lenses


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Haaa!!! & Hooo!!! by Philippe StarckMay 4th, 2009
Haaa!!! and Hooo!!! are 2 new lamps designed by Philippe Starck, Haaa!!! is a big floor lamp, Hooo!!! is a table lamp. Actually it was a true collaboration between 5 parties: the design is by Philippe Starck, text is by Jenny Holzer, the custom electronics were done by Moritz Waldemeyer, the crystal by Baccarat and the execution by Flos.
The be honest, I don't think the design is very interesting, I'm pretty sure that Philippe recycled some of his older designs … So why is it interesting? For me it is the visual effect of having a white LED matrix running through a handmade crystal lamp, displaying the truisms of Jenny Holzer. Of course both a very limited, only 9 units will be available of Haaa!!! and will cost €90.000, Hooo!!! will be build 49 times and will set you back €9.000.


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Journal of Thyroid Research
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 481568, 8 pages
Radioiodine Thyroid Remnant Ablation after Recombinant Human Thyrotropin or Thyroid Hormone Withdrawal in Patients with High-Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
1Division of Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas, University of Buenos Aires, Córdoba 2351, 5th Floor, Buenos Aires 1424, Argentina
2Division of Medical Editing, Spencer-Fontayne Corporation, 33 Bentley Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304-1901, USA
3Division of Endocrinology, Hospital Churruca Visca, Uspallata 3400, Buenos Aires 1437, Argentina
4Division of Endocrinology, Consultorios Integrados Rosario, Italia 424, Santa Fe, Rosario 2000, Argentina
Received 16 August 2012; Accepted 17 October 2012
Academic Editor: Daniele Barbaro
Copyright © 2012 Fabián Pitoia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
To supplement limited relevant literature, we retrospectively compared ablation and disease outcomes in high-risk differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) patients undergoing radioiodine thyroid remnant ablation aided by recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) versus thyroid hormone withdrawal/withholding (THW). Our cohort was 45 consecutive antithyroglobulin antibody- (TgAb-) negative, T3-T4/N0-N1-Nx/M0 adults ablated with high activities at three referral centers. Ablation success comprised negative (<1 μg/L) stimulated serum thyroglobulin (Tg) and TgAb, with absent or <0.1% scintigraphic thyroid bed uptake. "No evidence of disease" (NED) comprised negative unstimulated/stimulated Tg and no suspicious neck ultrasonography or pathological imaging or biopsy. "Persistent disease" was failure to achieve NED, "recurrence," loss of NED status. rhTSH patients () were oftener ≥45 years old and higher stage (), but otherwise not different than THW patients () at baseline. rhTSH patients were significantly oftener successfully ablated compared to THW patients (83% versus 67%, ). After respective 3.3 yr and 4.5 yr mean follow-ups (), NED was achieved oftener (72% versus 59%) and persistent disease was less frequent in rhTSH patients (22% versus 33%) (both comparisons ). rhTSH stimulation is associated with at least as good outcomes as is THW in ablation of high-risk DTC patients.


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30% of Israeli Children Live in Poverty
At the end of 2010 there were 2,519,900 children in Israel, comprising 32.7 percent of the population, according to National Council of the Child report.
The number of poor children in Israel decreased by about 1 percent last year, according to a report released yesterday by the National Council of the Child. But the situation is still grave, with about one of every three children reportedly living in poverty.
Meanwhile, nearly one-fifth of Israel's children have had contact with welfare authorities, according to the council's 20th annual statistical almanac, entitled "Children in Israel." "This report is a top-class barometer of Israeli society and its future, so it should be regarded with the utmost seriousness and respect, particularly since its purpose is to warn of problems and repair them before they happen," said President Shimon Peres, who accepted the report from council director Yitzhak Kadman yesterday.
"Israel will be facing stiff competition from many nations in the international markets and the ones who will give Israel its economic and technical advantage are today's children," Peres added. "The State of Israel is committed to the welfare and education of its children, who are the future backbone of the state."
Kadman said government ministries should study the report and use the information to improve the handling of Israel's children.
"It's time to view children as a real asset and not a budgetary burden or a political slogan," he said. "To start, I call upon the government to immediately implement the recommendations of the Trajtenberg committee [established in response to the summer's cost-of-living protest] that relate to children, which seem to have been shunted to the side and have disappeared from the agenda."
At the end of 2010 there were 2,519,900 children in Israel, comprising 32.7 percent of the population, according to the report. Over the past 40 years, the overall child population has more than doubled. Among Muslims the number of children has more than tripled.
As of January 2011, some 17 percent of the state's children were on file with social services departments, a rise of 48 percent since 2001, the report states.
Since 2006 there has reportedly been a 43.2 percent rise in the number of cases reaching juvenile court. And although 2010 reportedly saw a drop in police files opened for minors, 527 children under age 12 were questioned as criminal suspects in 2010, compared to only 177 in 2005.
In 2010, a reported 1,537 minors gave birth, marking the third consecutive year that births among minors dropped slightly. About a quarter of these births were among Jewish girls, while the rest were among Arabs, according to the report. More than a third of the births were reported in the Jerusalem area.
The number of children given up for adoption also continued to drop, according to the report, with only 78 such children recorded in 2010, compared to 91 in 2009 and 215 in 1995. International adoptions also are becoming less common, according to the report, with 124 such adoptions recorded in 2010 compared to 221 in 2007.
The council also studied media trends among teens. According to the report, of teenagers aged 15-18, 82.8 percent say the Internet is their main source of information. Another 7.2 percent cite television as their primary source of information and 3.6 percent say they get most of their information from newspapers.
More than half of Israeli teens spend their spare time at the mall, the report states, with 37.3 percent saying they visit the mall at least twice a week and another 28.2 percent saying they visit the mall once a week. Two-thirds of the teens surveyed visit clothing stores at least once a week, while more than half sit in a cafe at least once a week, the report states.
More than a quarter of teens aged 14-18 reportedly performed volunteer work during the 2009-10 school year. According to the report, the percentage of teen volunteers in the ultra-Orthodox and religious Zionist communities far outnumbered those in the secular Jewish and Arab communities. A reported 41% of ultra-Orthodox teens performed volunteer work during the 2009-10 school year, compared to 39 percent of religious Zionist teens, 20 percent of Arab teens, and 15 percent of secular Jewish teens.
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Woodside SC26 preamplifier Specifications
Description: Tube preamplifier with built-in/optional internal moving-coil transformer stage. Unit can be ordered as a line model (L) or a phono model (P) set up for either moving-coil or moving-magnet cartridges. Inputs: five single-ended line level, one phono (either MC or MM), Tuner, Video, Tape 1, Tape 2, CD. Outputs: single-ended main out, buffered tape out. Frequency response: 5Hz–50kHz, ±1dB, line; ±0.25dB, phono. RIAA accuracy: ±0.25dB. S/N Ratio (A-weighted): 85dB (line), 80dB (phono). Distortion (THD): !x0.1%. Input impedance: 47k ohms, line; 47k ohms, phono. Output impedance: not given. Gain: 16dB (modifiable by importer to 22dB or 28dB), line; 40dB, MM phono; 60dB, MC phono. IHF input sensitivity: 200mV, line; 3mV, MM phono; 0.3mV, MC phono. Maximum input to phono stage: not given. Power consumption: not given.
Dimensions (with feet): front panel: 19" (475mm) W by 31/2" (87.5mm) H by 131/2" (338mm) D. Shipping weight: 16 lbs (7kg).
Serial number of unit reviewed: 369203.
Price: $2495, line stage; $3495 with MM/MC phono stage. Approximate number of dealers: 7 (1995); no longer available (2007).
Manufacturer: Woodside Electronics, Weston-Super Mare, Avon, England (1994); Woodside Electronics, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, North Wales (2004); no longer trading (2007). US Importer: Pro Audio, Barrington, IL 60010 (1994). Not distributed (2007). Web: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/radford/ .


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This recording is so amazing! It was done in the "Berggarten", part of the royal gardens of Herrenhausen in Hannover on the 2nd June 2004, using the Soundman OKM II and a Sharp IM-DR
420 MD recorder. In the 2.10 minutes clip one can not only hear some
birds, but frogs, a train and thunder. A lot for such a short recording.
Wow, an amazing concert by nature! Great recording!
Indeed an amazing recording, with so much going on during that short time. That frog is hilarious and thanks to the binaural recording, it sounds like it's right inside my head. Great!
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text: Here's Dubai. Lopez played a great first set, but then it was the Federer Express all the way. I don't have the other ATP notes yet, but Vince Spadea decided it was time to get a title, playing a three set thriller against Kiefer. Well done to him. And Moya won Acapulco, 6-3, 6-0. So I'm pleased about that. :lol: Wonder what happened to Verdasco in that match; sounds like a women's finals score. :lol: Guess we'll find out later. Interesting, as you see below, that Federer isn't expecting to do particularly well in IW, but he has great hopes for Miami. Must like the conditions better in Miami. I'm off to IW soon; see ya when I get back. In the meantime, unlike many tourney websites, the one for Indian Wells is great, with live scores and updates. Check it out at: http://www.pacificlifeopen.com/10/ The women's draw comes out Monday, and the men's on Tuesday. I may have a chance to post those. BTW, here are the folks who got wildcards: Alex Corretja, Thomas Enqvist, Tommy Haas, Marat Safin, Alexandra Stevenson, Iva Majoli, Alex Bogomolov, Tatiana Golovin, Viktoriya Kutuzova, Angela Haynes, Maria Kirilenko, and Sesil Karatancheva of Bulgaria, with two additional women's spots to be determined. RESULTS - SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 Singles - Final (1) Roger Federer d Feliciano Lopez 46 61 62 Doubles - Final (1) Fabrice Santoro/Mahesh Bhupathi d (2) Leander Paes/Jonas Bjorkman 62 46 64 ATP MEDIA NOTES - SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 FEDERER IS FIRST TO DEFEND DUBAI TITLE * Top seed and INDESIT ATP 2004 Race leader Roger Federer, is the first to defend the Dubai title. Goran Ivanisevic reached consecutive finals in 1996 and 1997, as did Nicolas Kiefer in 1999 and 2000, but no one has won this event twice, until today. * Lopez, playing in his first ATP final, performed like a man possessed in the first set with a attacking tennis at its best and was rewarded the first set 64. However, Federer showed why he is number one by raising the bar and challenging the Spaniard to keep level in the second and third sets but Lopez found the going tough and lost the next two sets 16 26. * Federer is now 16 wins from seventeen starts for 2004. Although Roger is confident going into Indian Wells, he doesn't expect anything great until he gets to Miami where he feels he's a good chance at winning the Miami title. WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID: Federer: "He definitely played good tennis and it was difficult to comeback against him especially to give him the lead like I did after I got broken in the very first game. I knew right away when I gave him that start it would be difficult. I had many, many chances to come back but I felt it (the match) could swing away so I was happy to change some things in the second set and from then on it went really well. I changed my return, because every time I had break chances on the "ad court" and every time I thought I played a good point but I lost it. So I had to take more risk." "I thought he played unbelievable tennis in the first set and came up with some great shots, big power, great serving and he totally deserved the first set." (How do you rate this win and title?) "Very high! Especially to comeback from a set down and to win, it's very difficult in general in tennis especially in the finals. I thought experience could play a role, and it did a little bit because he probably got a little frustrated. This (title) is very high in my rankings, defending title is something else than winning the first time." Lopez: "Well I'm happy because I had a great week. I was playing so good especially at the beginning of the match. I was close today, I almost beat the best player in the world so I have to be happy." "He (Federer) was returning my serve so good and then he served unbelievable in the second and third sets. He was getting better and better as the match went on but I was getting a little down as the match went on. The thing is, I was playing wonderful tennis in the first set but it's not easy to keep it going." (What did you learn from this experience?) "Many things, I get confidence for the next tournament and then the experience, to play with Roger in a final. We have played three times and he has beaten me three times, I have always played good with him and I have always lost which means he is a very good player, he's the best player. This is a great experience.


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Jeruslaem - Kotel Gunman Asked Other Guards If They Would Pay Him To Shoot
Jerusalem - The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday indicted Hadi Kabalan, the security guard who shot unarmed Doron Ben-Shalush to death at the Western Wall on June 21, for murder.
The indictment said Kabalan and another guard, Khaled, checked Ben-Shalush at the security check point when he arrived at the Western Wall area as he did on a daily basis.
After the check, Ben-Shalush yelled at the two security guards and used a racial slur against them for being Druse, the indictment stated.
The security guards continued their work, during which Kabalan asked Khaled and another guard if they would give him NIS 1,000 if he killed Ben-Shalush, the indictment alleged.
According to the indictment, when Ben-Shalush walked by the check point later, Kabalan followed him and he was only meters away opened fire.
Kabalan fired at Ben-Shalush 14 times at the center of his body, noted the indictment, while coming closer and closer to him, and did not stop firing until his magazine was empty.
It was originally thought the shooting may have been the result of a case of mistaken identity. The 25-year-old guard has said he shot Ben-Shalush to death because the 46-year-old shouted "Allahu akbar" and reached into his pocket, thus leading him to believe that Ben-Shalush was a terrorist.
Last week, the court lifted a gag order on the identity of the shooter, who was revealed to be Kabalan, a 25-year-old Border Police officer from the Druse village of Beit Jann in the Upper Galilee.
At Kabalan's previous remand hearing, the transcripts of which were released on Sunday, his lawyer bristled at the charges and the suggestion by the prosecution that his client, who has spent most of his career in various security services and with highly positive reviews, was a flight risk or might obstruct the investigation.
The lawyer added that the guard had never served in the Western Wall area before, contributing to his not recognizing Ben-Shalush, who was a regular there.
The shooting occurred as hundreds gathered for prayer in one of the capital's most secure areas.
Immediately following the violence, much of the Western Wall was shut down to visitors so police could investigate the incident.
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Jul 04, 2013 at 10:52 AM
The shooter will spend a lot of time in jail.
Jul 04, 2013 at 02:40 PM
The shooter will spend a lot of time in Hell!
Jul 04, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Doesn't make sense
Jul 04, 2013 at 11:42 AM
רק אין יראת אלוקים במקום הזה, see the end of the pasuk
Jul 04, 2013 at 12:30 PM
Let me get this straight. The security guards are Arabs!! Does this make sense?? Also sounds like a straight assisnation. Afterwards he made up a story to cover up his actions.
Jul 04, 2013 at 03:38 PM
" Let me get this straight. The security guards are Arabs!! Does this make sense?? Also sounds like a straight assisnation. Afterwards he made up a story to cover up his actions. "
Let me get this straight, Jews don't want to work or go to the army to learn how to shoot. Who do you expect will get the job?
I personally am waiting for the end of the story. If the Jew said the suicide words then the shooting was justified, you never know what was about to happen. He might have had a way to get a bomb there.
Jul 04, 2013 at 04:37 PM
Well they use the Border Police to beat on charidi & misnachlim protesters the Israeli goverment are very happy for the job they do, so 1 killing is not to be concerned off.


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Presumably, there are a great deal of teams interested in the services of former Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller. Miller, an All-American in his senior season at A&M, is widely projected to be a Top 10 pick in April's draft. Of course, thanks to a miserable 6-10 season, the Dallas Cowboys happen to have a Top 10 selection.
A DeSoto native, Miller recently told ESPN Radio that he grew up a Cowboys' fan, remains a Cowboys fan, and was upset that he didn't meet with the team at the Scouting Combine.
"I was kind of bummed out that I didn't get an interview from the Cowboys," Miller said, per the Dallas Morning News. "I kind of hovered around their suite, and whenever they got free time in between college guys, guys they were meeting with, I'd kind of go in there and kind of talk to the scouts and try to pull Coach Garrett aside and Coach Ryan and see if I could get a little session with them, a two-minute thing where I could talk to them. I was trying my hardest to meet with all those guys, but they told me they have like a hometown [day]."
Indeed, the Cowboys will have a hometown day prior to the draft, where they can meet with local prospects such as Miller. For the All-American linebacker, playing for the team of his childhood would be the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.
"I always saw myself with a blue star on the side of my helmet," Miller said. "Growing up in Dallas, all my life I've never ever lived anywhere else. So of course I'm a big Cowboys fan. Our game room at my house is fully dedicated to the Cowboys. From Roger Staubach to Troy Aikman to Emmitt Smith to Michael Irvin, all those guys. We've got a Ring of Honor just in our game room at home."
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FOND DU LAC - An article in the Fond du lac High School newspaper's February issue has spurred a debate over free speech.
It is called "The Rape Joke." It quotes anonymous interviews with sexual assault victims as a way to highlight the damage jokes about rape can do.
The article was one of the reasons behind a school district policy change when it comes to what gets published. Any article published in the paper, the Cardinal Columns, will now need the approval of the high school principal.
Censorship or editorial control? The district says this is well within its rights, but some who showed up at Monday's school board meeting, disagree.
Cardinal Columns graphic designer Austin Klewicki was the one student who spoke to the school board Monday. He asked members to revoke the new policy regarding the school paper.
"Asking it be reversed, because we bring out the truth and we try to help everyone that's affected by it," said Klewicki.
Cardinal Columns editor-in-chief Tanvi Kumar wrote "The Rape Joke" for the February issue.
District Superintendent James Sebert told us he doesn't have a problem with the article as a whole, but questions parts.
"A picture inside the first cover that looks as if one of our students isn't fully clothed. I had issues with some of the verbiage that was used to describe sexual assaults," said Sebert.
The superintendent also took issue with an editorial in the February edition challenging the "Pledge of Allegiance."
"It was actually encouraging students to test their teachers' knowledge of their rights and encouraging them not to stand," Sebert explained.
Sebert told FOX 11 these reasons led to the policy change. Now the high school principal has the final say on what will be published.
"We've now set up, what I believe, the help of our legal counsel, to be very reasonable expectations for a publication that's produced during the school day, with school resources," said Sebert.
FOX 11 did a fact check and found a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case called Hazelwood vs. Kulhmeier. The court ruled a school district has a right to limit what's published in an official school publication.
However, several adult community members and professional journalists spoke out against the Fond du Lac district's new policy Monday.
"If our children cannot provoke thoughtful discussion, encourage that discussion, create public concern, action among teenage peers and parents through the school paper, then where?" asked Sandy Jacoby, president of the Kettle Moraine Press Association and Wisconsin State Director of the Journalism Education Association.
Klewicki argued the district's move is a slippery slope.
"They won't be able to write what they want if this policy is continued, or even made stricter," said the student.
The author of the article, "The Rape Joke" did not comment at the meeting. She also declined an interview with FOX 11.
An online petition urging the school district to rethink its new policy had gotten more than 5,000 signatures as of Monday. Sixteen district teachers also signed a statement asking the same.
The issue was not on Monday's school board agenda, so the board did not take any action.


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There are two huts, one on each side of the mountain; to the west, high above Habachtal, the Neue Thüringer hut, and to the east, above the very end of the Hollersbach valley, the Neue Fürther hut. Both these huts are guarded during the summer months, meals are served and there are mattress dormitories and even beds.
Getting ThereNearest airports: Salzburg, Munich.
If you intend to cross the mountain from west to east, you must first go to Wirtshaus Habachklause, which is between the villages of Bramberg and Neukirchen am Grossvenediger.
Coming by car: From Munich Airport, take the motorway and follow the signs to Salzburg. Follow the A8 as far as Rosenheim. Here, switch to the A93 in the direction of Innsbruck. Follow it as far as Kufstein Süd. Here, go on road no. 173 and follow it to St. Johann in Tirol. Turn right, follow road no. 170 to Kitzbühel and keep driving in the same direction past Jochberg and over Pass Thurn to Mittersill. Turn right and follow road no. 165 in the direction of Gerlospass to Bramberg. Once past Bramberg, take the road that turns left towards Habachklause. Leave your car at the parking lot at the entrance to the Habachtal.
Distance between Munich Airport and Wirtshaus Habachklause: 213,4 km (132.6 miles)
Duration: 2 hours and 32 minutes
From Salzburg Airport, follow the motorway A10 in the direction of Klagenfurt as far as Bischofshofen. Here, turn off the motorway and take the B311 to Zell am See. Just before Zell am See, in Schüttdorf, turn left and follow the B168 to Mittersill. From here, as above.
Distance between Salzburg Airport and Wirtshaus Habachklause: 137,6 km (85.5 miles)
Duration: 1 hour and 49 minutes
Coming by means of public transportation: Take either from Munich or Salzburg the fast train to Zell am See. From here, take either the post-bus or the little Pinzgau train (Pinzgauerbahn) to Weyer-Habach, which is just after Bramberg (note that the train only stops on demand – press button). From Weyer-Habach, it's about a quarter hour's walk to the Habachklause and the parking lot.
If you intend to cross the mountain from east to west, then the first place to get to is Hollersbach im Pinzgau, the neighboring village of Bramberg in the Salzach valley. From Munich and Salzburg, travel exactly as described above, only that Hollersbach comes right after Mittersill.
Start either at Habachklause or take the shuttle-bus to Gasthof Alpenrose in the upper part of the Habachtal valley on 1400 meters and begin the hike there. The broad road continues for about a kilometer until just after the alpage named Moaralm, then it becomes a broad trail which still follows the Habach river for about a mile upstream. Soon comes a crossroads point; from here, there are two possibilities to reach the Neue Thüringer hut on 2240 meters: either stay on what is indicated as the Normalweg, or the normal way, following the river right to the very end of the Habach valley and close to the foot of the Habach glacier, turning left, rising in serpentines until 2250 meters, then turning left again and crossing the wide alpine meadow horizontally for about a kilometer, approaching Neue Thüringer hut from the south. Or, follow the trail that rises immediately in steep serpentines (also very well constructed, with wooden steps, flat stones, wooden bars and occasionally ropes to hold on to) to nearly the height of the Neue Thüringer hut and approach the hut from the north. This route is the shorter one of the two by a whole hour.
From Neue Thüringer hut, trail no. 918 rises first moderately steeply through the alpine grass – one still comes past cows and sheep grazing here – then steeper but completely unproblematic on the very well marked trail through scree and boulders to the Larmkogelscharte col on 2934 meters. Already from here one has a very impressive view to the Grossvenediger and it's surrounding peaks and glaciers! At the col, turn left and rise the remaining 88 meters to the summit of Larmkogel (an easy scramble up the broad ridge with one harmless little via ferrata passage just before reaching the summit).
Go back down to Larmkogelscharte col, turn left and descend the excellently constructed and marked trail first through scree and boulders, then more and more grassy parts, past the beautiful alpine lake named Kratzenbergsee on 2162 meters and up a very short rise to the Neue Fürther hut on 2201 meters. From here, trail no. 916 descends to Hollersbachtal valley. Given you reserve in advance, you can save yourself a nearly 9-kilometer plod down the valley right to Hollersbach by taking the taxi shuttle from the bottom of the material lift for the Fürther hut down the broad dirt road. The walk as far as Wirtshaus Edelweiss (1219m) in the middle of the valley is beautiful, though!
Overall mileages:
Gasthof Alpenrose-Neue Thüringer hut: 6 respectively 7 kilometers (3.7 respectively 4.4 miles), depending which one of the two ways you chose to go; the difference in height is 840 meters (2756 feet). Duration: between 2.5 and 3 hours.
Neue Thüringer hut-Larmkogel: between 2 and 3 kilometers (between 1.2 and 1.9 miles); the rise is 782 meters (2566 feet). Duration: ca. 2.5 hours.
Neue Fürther hut-Larmkogel: about 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles); the height difference (calculating from the shore of the Kratzenbergsee lake on 2162 meters) is 860 meters (2822 feet). Duration: ca. 3 hours.
Wirtshaus Edelweiss-Neue Fürther hut: about 7 kilometers (about 4.3 miles); the height difference is 982 meters (3222 feet). Duration: ca. 4 hours.
GearApart from good mountain shoes and good wind and rain protection, no extra gear is needed.
RefugesNeue Thüringer hut: Open from beginning of June to beginning of October. Warden: Gertraud Aberger (for overnight stay requests, call at the lodge phone number +43 664 427 32 14)
80 places; 30 room beds, 50 mattresses.
Meals served.
Neue Fürther hut: Open from middle of June until beginning of October. Wardens: Hans and Gabi Scheuerer
Telephone numbers: Hut: +43 664 8606 787 and +43 720 345870 (both from July to October). Warden: +43 664 200 24 01 and +43 664 433 16 48.
e-mail: mailto:email@example.com
82 places; 34 beds, 48 mattresses.
Meals served.
Taxi services up Habachtal valley and Hollersbachtal valleyFor the Habachtal valley: Bus enterprise Innerhofer, Walter Innerhofer, Sportstrasse 226, A-5733 Bramberg, Tel. +43 6566 7451, mobile +43 664 342 06 09, fax +43 6566 7451-4, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, website www. Innerhofer-busreisen.at
From Bramberg/Parkplatz Habachtal parking lot to the Enzianhütte or further to Alpengasthof Alpenrose. Per person one way: € 7.50, return ticket € 13.-; for children one way € 5.-, return ticket € 8.-.
From May to June daily departure from Parkplatz Habachtal at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. From July to September daily departure from Parkplatz Habachtal at 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Return rides from the Alpengasthof Alpenrose to Parkplatz Habachtal: From May to September daily at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Pre-booking by telephone is always advisable.
For the Hollersbachtal valley: Fürther Hütten Taxi. Only people who intend to go up to Neue Fürther hut can use this service. Price per person and shuttle from the parking lot at the valley entrance to the material lift at the very end of the valley: € 39.- (when it's four people and more requiring a transport, the fee is reduced to € 11.- a person)
Preliminary reservation per telephone (+43 6562 8218) is compulsory! The times of departure are upon arrangement per telephone.
From June 4th to October 3rd there is a fixed departure time for a shuttle service from the parking lot at the valley entrance to Senningerbräualm (close to Wirtshaus Edelweiss somewhat more than halfway up the valley: at 9 a.m. departure from the parking lot; at 5 p.m. return trip from Senningerbräualm.
External linksNeue Thüringer hut
Neue Fürther hut (Link unfortunately only available in German)
Online weather report for the area
MapsThe best maps to use are: Kompass Blatt 38 "Venedigergruppe / Oberpinzgau", 1:50.000. Or AV map no. 36; freytag & berndt Nr. 123; Österreichische Karte Nr. 152.
A couple of words about the Habachtal valley
Every year, in March, the finest mineral findings of the past year in the Pinzgau region are displayed at the Mineralieninfo in Bramberg - and one still sees emeralds on matrix being shown, year after year...


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This is a 1944 Lane Cedar Chest that has been in my family since new. This was purchased by my Grandmother new in 1944 which she gave to my mother as a wedding present. My mother called it a Hope Chest. I inherited it from my mother after she passed in 2001. It is very beautiful and has minimal wear for being 64 years old. I think the pictures do a good job of reflecting its condition. It is a Mahogany wood I believe and as you can see it has a matching front. My son said that is called "book-matched" -but I don't know. My father is 85 years young and is still with me and he said my grandmother paid extra for that type wood.
It has a removable top tray and it still has a very strong cedar aroma. My mother hadn't opened it for many years. When I received it, it was filled with my fathers WWII items and many clothes, cards and various things she kept since my birth. The lock is a dual combination and key type. I do not know the combination but I do have the key so it does still lock if you wish. It still has the newspapers lined on the bottom from the last time my mother lined it and they are dated 1948. The top tray has the original green felt finish in excellent condition. It also has a liner over the top of the tray which appears to be shelf paper from 1948 as well. Both can be easily removed.
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Newsquest has taken a massive hit by selling off a print facility in Bolton. It spent £17m nine years ago to set up the plant at Wingates industrial park.
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KAYTEE Supreme is a clean, wholesome, high-quality mix that contains all of the natural protein, fiber, oils and nutrients of whole grains. Fortified to ensure a well balance blend, Supreme utilizes natural seeds, grains and pellets to provide your bird or small animal with a simple yet healthy diet. Doves have special nutritional needs. Kaytee Supreme Dove Daily Blend offers the high quality, nutritious ingredients in a mix that doves and pigeons love. Best of all, the clean, wholesome ingredients and specially designed supplement provide the proteins, oils, and other nutrients that doves require to grow strong and stay healthy.
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Dove Food Supreme 5 Lb
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