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Standards Australia has issued a new draft General Conditions of Contract, to be known as AS 11000. Standards Australia is inviting public comment on the draft Standard by Friday 27 March 2015.
The publication of the new Standard will represent a significant change for the construction industry. The new Standard will replace AS 2124-1992 and AS 4000-1997, both of which continue to be widely used in the industry. The two current suites of Contracts based on AS 2124 and AS 4000 will also be discontinued, and replaced with a new suite of companion Standards, to be numbered up to AS 11020.
Along with changes of numbering, structure and style (including the end of the acronym 'WUC'!), there are several substantial changes from the existing Standards. Industry participants have the opportunity to have input on these now, and we all need to become familiar with the changes in the lead up to the publication of the new Standard.
Key changes in the new Standard
Standards Australia has issued a helpful Statement which contains a summary of the proposed changes, and some explanatory notes. This can be accessed via the link below.
According to the Statement, the new Standard is intended to provide "a broadly balanced approach to risk allocation, in language which is focused on brevity and certainty."1 The underlying principle of risk allocation remains the same as for the current Standards. This is that "a Principal should not ask a Contractor to price an unquantifiable risk which is within the control of the Principal".2
The Statement advises that Standards Australia is "exploring product delivery in a form which is more appropriate for standard form contracts", and it is anticipated that the standard will be available in a form which meets the contemporary needs of users on publication. It is unclear exactly what Standards Australia have in mind, but it may involve a move to a product delivery method which prevents or limits the making of changes to the General Conditions (for example something like the interactive pdf which is currently available for AS 4122-2010).
Some of the more significant changes in the draft Standard are set out below:
- Good Faith - There is a new express 'overriding obligation' for the Principal and Contractor to act reasonably in a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation, and generally in good faith towards the other (clause 2.1).
- Early warning - There is a new 'early warning procedure' which applies as soon as either the Principal or Contractor becomes aware of an event or circumstance which may impact upon the time, cost, scope or quality under the Contract (clauses 2.2 to 2.4). The Superintendent can also initiate the early warning procedure. Significantly, by invoking the 'early warning' procedure a Principal may prevent the Contractor from relying on clauses 37.10 or 40.8 to say there was a deemed extension of time or a deemed progress certificate as a result of the Superintendent's failure to respond to the claim in the required period.
- Dispute resolution - In addition to the early warning procedure, there are other changes which aim to provide for more flexible dispute resolution procedures. Two alternatives are offered – either conference and arbitration (Alternative 1), or conference, expert determination and litigation (Alternative 2). In addition, the parties can choose to select either 'Contract Facilitation' or the 'Dispute Resolution Board' as dispute resolution methods. Standards Australia intends to produce a separate Standard to set out the procedures for these additional methods (clause 45).
- SoP Act - The draft Standard has been updated with the aim of bringing it into line with legislative requirements, including the requirements of the Security of Payment legislation in the different States and Territories. This includes specifying time requirements by reference to business days, and amendments to the payment regime in clause 40. We note that the proposed timeframe of 10 business days for issuing a progress certificate (in clause 40.5) is a shorter period than the 15 business day periods allowed in South Australia for payment schedules and now allowed in Queensland for payment schedules in response to complex claims.
- Service by email - Service by email is now catered for, which will be a welcome change, given that businesses now tend to use email communication instead of fax communication (clause 10).
- Subcontracts - It is proposed that the Contractor will be required to use the new AS subcontract conditions (not yet issued) for subcontracts, containing no other amendments or additions except those necessary to reflect the Contract between the Principal and Contractor. The clause provides for this constraint to apply only where the subcontract sum equals or exceeds an amount to be set out by the parties in Annexure Part A. Failure of the Contractor to comply with this requirement will be a substantial breach (clause 12). This is much more controlling of the Contractor's arrangements with its subcontractors than either AS 2124 or AS 4000 (which merely provide that the Principal's approval to subcontract may be conditional upon a subcontract including certain provisions). We anticipate that this proposal may be of concern to some Contractors, particularly those with generic downstream documents.
- Role of Superintendent - The role of the Superintendent is clarified. New clause 23 is explicit about when the Superintendent is required to act impartially (when certifying, assessing, pricing, measuring or valuing work, quantities or time) and when the Superintendent acts as agent of the Principal (at all other times). Further, some clauses throughout the draft Standard have been amended to require that the Superintendent must act reasonably (and not as agent) in situations where the Superintendent might have otherwise have been expected to have an agent's role. In some cases, this appears inappropriate and may be of concern to Principals, for example in relation to directing Separable Portions (clause 7) and directing suspension of the work under the Contract (clause 36).
- Program - The draft Standard greatly increases the requirements for the construction program to be submitted by the Contractor to the Principal, and provides for the parties to select additional requirements for the program in Annexure Part E (clause 35.5(c)).
- Delay - There are several changes to the requirements for giving notice of delay. For example:
- there is now a 5 business day time requirement for the initial notice of delay to be given by the Contractor (clause 37.2);
- the timing of a claim for an extension of time is now within 20 business days "after the delay occurs" – this is reverting to the terminology used in AS 2124, and creates uncertainty as to when the time period starts running (when the delay begins or when it finishes?);
- there is a requirement for giving notice if 'further delay' results from the same cause of delay (clause 37.5). The drafting would benefit from some clarification (for example, it is not clear whether it refers to a continuation of a delay notified in an earlier claim for an extension of time, or a separate delay arising from the same cause?);
- there is a procedure set out for the assessment of claims for extensions of time by the Superintendent. This appears to be aimed at encouraging claims to be resolved promptly and not left until after the project is completed. This includes a bar on a claim for an extension of time which is only triggered where the Contractor fails to comply with a direction to provide additional information (clause 37.12); and
- the AS4000 deemed EOT if the Superintendent fails to make a decision on an EOT claim within the specified period is repeated in the new Standard, but the deeming is subject to the 'early warning procedure' in clause 2.2 being invoked by either party.
- Extensions of time - The causes of delay which may entitle the Contractor to an extension of time are new. For the period up to the date for practical completion, the events are defined broadly as those beyond the reasonable control of the Contractor, including inclement weather or industrial conditions (This is similar to AS 2124). This may be of concern to some Principals, who may prefer a list of specific events which will entitle the Contractor to an extension of time during this period. The drafting is a little unclear but it appears it is intended that in the period after the date for practical completion (It actually refers to the period 'before the date of practical completion') the Contractor will only be entitled to an extension of time for variations and acts of prevention (clause 37.4). This is a significant move away from both AS 2124 and AS 4000.
- LDs - The ability to specify a cap on liquidated damages in Annexure Part A has been reinstated (This was present in AS 2124 but not in AS 4000) (clause 37.19).
- Overlapping delays - Clause 37.6 provides for a different way of dealing with overlapping delays. The Contractor will be entitled to a full extension of time for the overlap, but no delay damages. This is different to both AS 4000 (which provides for apportionment of the overlapping period) and AS 2124 (which provides that the Contractor would not be entitled to an extension of time for the overlapping period).
- Delay damages - Clause 37.22 now differentiates two different types of payment by the Principal for delay – delay damages in respect of acts of prevention, and delay costs in respect of variations. The drafting of this clause does not easily allow the parties to select additional events for which the Contractor will be entitled to delay costs or delay damages (AS 2124 and 4000 both provide for any such events to be set out in Annexure Part A).
- Due expedition - There is an obligation on the Contractor to proceed with the work under the Contract with due expedition and without delay. Failure to do so is a substantial breach of the Contract, in addition to being a substantial departure from a program without reasonable cause (clause 42.3). In theory therefore, it would be possible for a Contractor to be compliant with the program, but still in substantial breach of the Contract (if the program allows for ample time). We suggest that the drafting in this respect in AS 4000 is to be preferred, in that a failure to proceed with due expedition and without delay is only a substantial breach, where there is no construction program.
- Insurance excess - There are new provisions requiring that the Contractor will bear the cost of any excess payable under contract works insurance (regardless of whether the Contractor or the Principal is responsible for the insurance), unless the loss or damage has been caused by a Principal's risk (clauses 19.7 and 19.10).
- Principal's risks - "Excepted risks" have been re-named as "Principal's risks" and have been expanded to cover acts of terrorism and "sudden or accidental chemical or biological pollution" not caused by the Contractor or its subcontractors, employees or agents (clause 17.3). Some types of (pre-existing) accidental pollution might also meet the criteria for a latent condition, which will be important to keep in mind for those seeking to transfer responsibility for latent conditions risk.
- Unfixed plant and materials - The draft Standard now provides for the Contractor either to be not entitled to payment for any item of unfixed plant and materials, or (subject to the satisfaction of certain requirements) to be entitled to payment for all items of unfixed plant and materials (clauses 40.10 to 40.13). By contrast AS 4000 allowed the parties to specify in Annexure Part A particulars of the unfixed items for which the Contractor would be entitled to claim payment.
There is further information about the changes in the Statement linked below.
If you would like to make a submission to Standards Australia, use the link below.
Links for further information
Click on this link to access Standards Australia's Statement: Standards Australia Statement.
Click on this link to download a copy of AS 11000 or to make a comment: Standards open for comment
Mark Waddell acknowledges the contribution of Kylie Lightman, Knowledge lawyer, in the preparation of this article.


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Organizing our teams for www.myfoodstory.com
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- Note: I share news from the Minciu Sodas laboratory with our friends at
Solaroof http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solaroof/ Perhaps this is a
chance to work together? Andrius, http://www.ms.lt
Thank you to all for wonderful letters that have gotten our work for
http://www.myfoodstory.com and Greg Wolff's vision off to a great
start! I'm quite energized!
I share my view of the big picture for our work.
This is a fantastic example of paid work that we're doing to serve a
client who is also willing to "meet us halfway" regarding our own
interests. Indeed, my own work is primarily to manage that meeting
halfway. Therefore I've focused on connecting three different angles:
- Crops, which is what the public can connect to, and so our client
does, too.
- Technologies, which is what our "independent thinkers" care about,
because they represent helpful innovations.
- Values, which is what I care about, because that is how we can hold
together a wide variety of people, and they are our asset.
It's my job to give shape to that connection:
- Make sure that the public can think about the information in terms of
particular crops on their mind, which is also why we're featuring one
team per month.
- Make sure that our "workers" (for free and/or for pay) are able to
think about this in terms of technologies they'd like to introduce,
advance, develop and promote.
- Make sure that I as an organizer am building our lab in terms of
values so that all of our activity has long term significance and
My own personal goal is that our lab's culture might grow stronger while
we double in size (if possible) every year. I think with this project
we have ample resources to do this. In practice, it means that by next
summer, I'd like us to have 200 to 300 writers and 2,000 to 3,000
readers, whatever the venues might be. We've had good success these
last few years organizing discussion groups around leader's key
concepts. We'll probably grow from 15 groups to double or even triple
by next summer. We'll also look for new kinds of venues including
wikis, databases, blogs, chats, conference calls, streaming radio,
podcasts, and more. I also would like us to have strong activity in at
least a few languages so that we are truly multilingual. This all means
that we're not to think in terms of isolated groups but in terms of a
network of interconnected venues, each contributing it's dimension.
I have this in mind as we're putting together our teams (six teams for
six months, but we can think beyond that, too). Each team will have:
* A team leader who is responsible for investigating and presenting the
connection between the crop/technology/value, mentoring their field
agents so they might likewise act as investigators working from their
key concepts, developing some kind of project (such as a wiki, book,
database, network) that they care about which will be relevant beyond
the scope of their work, serving their host and others in the community
who care about that value and have related projects, and synergizing
with other teams. It's definitely hard work and underpaid ($500) - but
there will be bonuses for targets met (up to $500) - and it opens the
way for more work, and potentially, more funding by others for
essentially the same work. People who qualify for this position are
those who have demonstrated that they can be highly active and
constructive at our lab, which is easy to see from the volume of letters
at the pulldown for "thinkers" at http://www.ms.lt : Benoit Couture,
Jeff Buderer, Janet Feldman, Markus Petz, Dante-Gabryell Monson, Samwel
Kongere, Eric Schneider, Joy Tang all come to mind, where I'm listing
out those of us for whom such work might possibly be relevant
financially. Others who would like to are also very welcome, just
please show yourself through your activity!
* A host who leads the venue, the working group, where the work takes
place. This might be the same person as the team leader or not. The
host will be the touchstone for the "value" that we're organizing around
and that links with the crop and the technology. That value will be
their key concept or somehow closely related. The crop will serve as
their "symbol", the metaphor for unlocking the logic of their values.
The host will not be paid, but we'll be building their asset, the
working group, by assembling people there, but in particular, the
enthusiasts for the crop, which we assume will resonate with the value -
so we have to set all this up well so as not to disappoint! The host
will set the tone and think out loud and show what it means to
investigate, to explore, to personally inquire, and thereby lead. The
host may personally care for the "project" that will demonstrate the
vitality of the community, so that it stays in the group, or they may
simply host it until it is strong enough for its own venue. Possible
hosts include our existing working group leaders: Franz Nahrada, Janet
Feldman, John Rogers, Pamela McLean, Jeff Buderer, Eluned Hurn, Lucas
Gonzalez Santa Cruz, Christine Ax, James Ferguson and God. However,
Franz's "Global Villages" and Janet's "Holistic Helping" are doing very
well already and actually may be at their limit in terms of how much
traffic they could bear, in my opinion, and also they are both working
on a higher level (much like Direktorius as I do, linking up different
groups). So it makes a lot more sense for their groups to serve as
"gateways" where we can assimilate people into our culture and route
them to where they might be most productive when that's not clear from
the start. It makes more sense for our resources to help groups that
could use a boost of momentum, in particular John Roger's Cyfranogi,
Pamela McLean's Learning From Each Other, Jeff Buderer's Back To The
Root and Lucas Gonzalez Santa Cruz's Mejores Vias. We might also
conceivably start new groups around Markus Petz, Maria Agnese Giraudo,
Dante-Gabryell Monson, Tom Wayburn, Rick Nelson, Samwel Kongere, Shannon
Clark or others who might rise to the challenge, but especially in other
languages such as Lithuanian, Spanish, German, French.
* Four field agents who will earn $100 each. They will help the team
leader meet the targets and provide a variety of fresh input, especially
from on the ground and from their different perspectives. It's
important to understand their "key concepts" and encourage them to think
in terms of them. So our team leaders can suggest various people but we
should learn about their value, where they are coming from, so that we
could figure out the best teams for them to contribute to. And my goal
is that - as Samwel has - they learn to think in terms of their own
values and investigatory questions so that we could be personally
connected to them and they could also reach out to others and include
them in our culture. This is a relatively low pressured work as they
will receive the money upfront. It's also a chance for us to support
local clusters around the world.
* More people who we will reward with a community currency (probably
based on up to $3,000 worth of bonuses). And also with the help of the
team leaders, hosts, and myself, we will synergize with any project that
someone might bring.
Also, we have a coordinating group - "Social Agriculture" led by Steve
Bosserman - and Steve will guide us with his vision and his experience
will elevate our quality. Greg Wolff and Kevin Jones of
http://www.xigi.net have discussed having three working groups for:
- "technology" - I suggest as an open venue our working group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/workinginparallel/ for which I hope at
some point to find a leader with a related value
- "e-services" - this might be perfect for a group based on
"entrepreneurship" which Shannon Clark might lead
- "human services" - this I suppose can be pursued at Steve Bosserman's
group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/socialagriculture/
So here's so far the teams that I envisage - and this will change
according to our suggestions:
I expect to have a team led by Jeff Buderer - as both team leader and
host - at his group Back to the Root
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/backtotheroot/ relating "farmed fish" and
"sustainability" and "George Chan's Integrated Farming and Waste
Management". Jeff, please think, what kind of long term project might
be most relevant to you (it would demonstrate the vitality of your
work). Thank you for recommending field agents. Please help learn of
their interest and what their key concepts on and whether they relate
closely to sustainability or they might better work for other teams. And
what month would you like to be featured.
Samwel Kongere will also lead a team, I imagine on "wifi Internet
access" and "willingness to take risks" and probably "coffee" or
"grains". Who might host his work? My first choice is Shannon Clark,
partly because Shannon would be active at our lab again, and mostly
because their values seem to be quite related, I think. Also, if we can
figure this out, we could feature Samwel right away. It's hardest for
me to find somebody for October before it slips away!
Dante Gabryell-Monson is a great networker and is interested in
chocolate. He's convinced me that it could be linked to "community
currency" and I imagine his wider vision of "Reference Mapping" which I
suppose are knowledge tools for nomadic thinkers. His value is
"fostering paradigms of innovation" and he would be building on the work
we have already done for Greg on chocolate. I think this would be great
to pursue at Cyfranogi if John Rogers is willing, and this is another
crop that we could feature in October.
Pamela McLean's key concept is "learning from each other" and she's done
a great job at getting her group going but we want to get more people
involved. There does seem to be a connection between her value and the
technologies that she cares about, which are the online interfaces that
can be customized for high bandwidth and low bandwidth people to work
together (such as Moodle or Tiddly Wiki by Jeremy Ruston who is also
working for Greg Wolff's UnaMesa Association). This all connects with
the work we've done on our proposal in 2003 to consider social
networking toolkits for marginal Internet access. What crop seems
related? Quite possibly chickens because they and their rapid life
cycle reflect the delicate and ever changing line between the human
world and the natural world. That would also open up connections with
preparations for possible pandemic flu if there is a mutation from bird
flu. So chicken farmers might ultimately be the people most interested
and able to know and learn and share the real facts. Then my question
is, Who might be the team leader? So Pamela and I thought of Janet
Feldman - if you might be interested, Janet - because your extremely
competent and it would make a great difference here in terms of building
Janet, if you were to host a team at Holistic Helping - which is a good
thought experiment - then we would want to find a crop that you think
brings out what "holistic helping" is all about (I think of something
like the olive tree, which in the Mediterranean was a foundation for
"civilization" because of it's great usefulness - for oil, soap, olives,
etc. Is there a comparable multipurpose "holistic" crop for nutrition,
medicine, economics, etc. in Africa? Soybean also comes to mind with
it's thousands of food products.) And also a technology that fosters
"holistic helping" (you mention "community radio" which makes a lot of
sense). That would be great! But I think that Samwel's values and
interests are in a different direction. I'm organizing based on values
rather than geography. Our different teams will be able to work
together locally on the ground, but it's important to me that each tune
into a particular value (such as "holistic helping"). Then it will be
more meaningful to look for connections between teams, how they can work
together. Also, you and Samwel are quite possibly our strongest
participants, and I don't think it makes sense to put our strongest
people together. It's better to pair each of you with somebody who you
can help grow stronger, and then have your two teams find ways to work
together. That's my strategy but I appreciate to hear more if you think
otherwise. My thought is that - best for me - would be if you might
work as a team leader for Pamela (if you'd take on this paid work, which
would be good practice for more in the future) - and then if you like we
could also have something close to holistic helping - such as
soybeans/community radio, but take that opportunity to build up a new
working group around a host of your choice, perhaps somebody in Africa.
In that case, you could work instead as team leader for that host rather
than for Pamela. Is my thinking clear? Also, I look forward to your
thoughts on the Chocolate project, what worked or didn't from your point
of view, that's important to consider. But as far as "Holistic Helping"
is concerned, I'm afraid that you're a victim of your own success, I
would be hesitant to put resources into a group that I think is at
maximum traffic (2 letter per day) for a subscribership with marginal
Internet access, when we could be adding a new group and multiplying our
possibilities for leadership and action. All of this to say that I
suppose we should think of your activity on a higher level as a
Direktorius and what that might mean, for example, as your role in
interlinking groups and moving momentum amongst them. That is my
concern - how to shift momentum from our most dynamic groups (like
Holistic Helping and Global Villages) to our less dynamic groups so they
catch on fire, too. Also, I'm interested if you might work for pay
because that might strengthen your situation for our work in the long
term, and also, maybe it's good to challenge you! Thank you for all
your devotion to all of us.
Markus Petz would be a great team leader - please write more about your
interests. I note your value "meaningful inclusion" (perhaps that
relates to "holistic helping"?) I think of you as an all-purpose
supporter. Also, it would be great if you might engage and include our
German speakers.
Benoit, please let us know if you might be interested to lead a team. I
would look to you to engage the French speaking world.
I would like to see a team to help us get going Eluned Hurn's Fighting
Peacefully, and perhaps related to "water". Chris Macrae is very
interested in clean water around the world.
It would be great to have a team that promotes Solaroof
http://www.solaroof.org Rick, what might be a crop that most profoundly
illustrates all the value of Solaroof or is basic to it? This would be
an opportunity for our communities to work closely together and towards
a shared culture of "active sharing". I note your key concept of
"Opening Ourselves to Direct Knowledge".
James Ferguson of our "Ethical Design" group notes the connection
between architecture and trees.
Franz, is there a food that best illustrates the value of video bridges?
I think we'll have a team from Lithuania, too.
On my mind now...
- Find a team for October!
- We have set up our wiki at http://www.myfoodstory.org, thanks to Jeff
for adding so much to it already!
- This coming week, create a simple questionnaire-driven interface for
editing our wiki pages.
- Start collecting data on producers at the wiki, and meanwhile thinking
through the data format that is relevant
- Think through how we might work together with Tiddly Wiki, Xigi and
other systems.
Thank you to all for making this the great opportunity it is for us!
Janet, I share your letter - sorry for taking my time to respond!
Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
+370 (5) 264 5950
+370 (699) 30003
Vilnius, Lithuania
Janet Feldman wrote:
>Hello Dear Andrius,
> Lots of great stuff happening in all forums, and the Food Story
> project is taking off!
> I'm sending this to you personally, because I have written 2-3 times
> lately abt this project, and Sam, but I see in postings that you have
> not mentioned Sam heading a team at HH yet--as per my
> suggestion--which I have indicated interest in, for several reasons.
> In Kenya, KAIPPG is doing just the kind of things you are talking
> about with kiosks, and we want to do and learn more. I would
> appreciate Sam and others doing this work at HH--or at least
> considering this--which we can apply in Kenya and elsewhere for the
> benefit of us all. I can also be helpful to Sam in this, even while
> not having time to "lead" the effort at this time.
> I do have some experience and linkage with agriculture-nutrition-food
> security (KAIPPG, GenARDIS, GRASSUP)--perhaps more directly than many
> at our forums (ie at the grassroots in a developing country)--and it
> seems like HH would an excellent fit for a team. I have tried to
> outline this is my letters.
> So a question is: Is there a reason why you have not mentioned HH in
> that regard? Besides not mentioning Sam at HH, you also didn't place
> me there when you asked abt me leading a team, so I'm wondering what
> your thinking is abt this. Any feedback would be great, and thanks
> for your thoughts and activities!!
> Blessings and best wishes for a bon voyage and exciting travels, Janet
> Hello Dear Andrius, Sam, Shannon, and All!
> Terrific notes, and thanks for the wonderful feedback on the Paul
> Prueitt posting
> at GV, Andrius, to which I will respond in a day or so. Exciting
> possibilities,
> definitely!
> One question for now, and these forums: did you read my postings on this
> subject? I would very much like Sam to consider leading a team at Holistic
> Helping. This is part of what HH is about...I wish I had time myself
> now, but I
> do not. However, if someone else in HH does, then that would be
> wonderful, and a
> relief to me too, to give someone else the primary responsibility for
> a project.
> I'm happy if Shannon and Sam do want to work together, and I invite
> them to do
> so at HH if they like. It's also "OK" if they go elsewhere, esp. given the
> timeframe. I can definitely see where it will be great for Shannon to
> have a
> forum (working group) too!
> I just wanted to make sure I reinforced the idea that I would lik e
> Sam to lead
> the HH team if he so desires, and work through our group if possible
> (where
> there are others, like Kennedy-Benter-myself, with agricultural
> experience).
> Because Kenya is such a close link for me, I think that could be a good
> connection re networking too.
> Thanks much and look forward to figuring out the way ahead on this! Janet
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UFC middleweight champion Silva had been linked with a bout with another pound-for-pound star, welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, leading into last weekend's bout with Stephan Bonnar.
But following Silva's dominating display at 205lbs - his third eyecatching win in that weight class - the clamour for "The Spider" to take on light-heavyweight champion Jones has taken over.
Speaking at the UFC 153 post-fight press conference, White said: "I know this - the Georges St-Pierre fight is a big fight. I think the Jon Jones fight is a big fight.
"I know my man says, 'No, no, no,' but the amount of money that would be offered for that fight, I guarantee you I will make Anderson Silva say, 'Yes, yes, yes'"
White continued during the post-fight show on FUEL TV, saying that he wanted to see Silva face both St-Pierre and Jones before the Brazilian retired from the sport.
"How many guys in the UFC have said a fight won't happen, and then it does?" asked White.
"Anderson has broken every record in the UFC. He's 37 and Bonnar is 35. He's younger. Bonnar is bigger than him. He came to win this fight.
"Anderson loves the challenge. I think he will take the fight with Jon. Not to mention the fact that the money would be hard for either of them to turn it down.
"There's no doubt who's the number one fighter of all time. Then you can argue over who is number two and three. This would clean up the debate of who's the best fighter in the world. It'll be about who's the greatest.
"But you've got to understand, timing is everything. We have shows to run. We can't sit around and wait. If you think I don't want to see both these fights happen, you're crazy. I do."


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John Key has reiterated his position that New Zealanders are "absolutely without doubt" not the subject of mass surveillance.
His comments follow several calls by politicians to front up to claims that the GCSB has links to US intelligence and has been involved in mass monitoring.
Claims were made yesterday by whistleblower Edward Snowden that in his job as an NSA contractor he was able to access New Zealanders' private communications.
Mr Key has conceded that Mr Snowden may have seen some intelligence on New Zealand citizens but that this would have been "for legitimate reasons".
However, the Prime Minister wouldn't discuss whether New Zealand has access to Xkeyscore – a surveillance tool it's alleged that the GCSB has not only used but helped to develop.


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I have found the answer, at least for authentication against Active Directory. Salvation, thy name is Likewise Software
Likewise produces two pieces of software. The first is Likewise Open, a free piece of software that authenticates your Linux/Mac/AIX/etc machine against active directory. It does this by making several changes to the default configuration of things like PAM and Samba. The end result is that you can log into your linux machine with Windows' Active Directory credentials. It's very neat, it's free, it's incredibly easy to install AND uninstall. Best of all, it really really integrates with Active Directory in, as far as I can tell given what little I know of AD, the Right Way(tm). I submit for your approval:
You can see there, all of the machines that I've installed this on show up in Active Directory. When I log into the machine, I can log in with domain credentials and it knows about my default group (as specified in AD Users and Computers):
bandman@newcastle[504]:~$ ssh int\\msimmons@a-fs1
Last login: Thu Aug 7 10:18:02 2008 from 10.1.1.24
[INT\msimmons@a-fs1 ~]$ ls -al
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drwxr-xr-x 3 INT\msimmons INT\enterprise^admins 4096 Aug 7 10:18 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 5 21:17 ..
-rw------- 1 INT\msimmons INT\enterprise^admins 124 Aug 7 10:18 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 INT\msimmons INT\enterprise^admins 33 Aug 5 21:17 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 INT\msimmons INT\enterprise^admins 176 Aug 5 21:17 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 INT\msimmons INT\enterprise^admins 124 Aug 5 21:17 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 INT\msimmons INT\enterprise^admins 32 Aug 5 21:17 .k5login
drwxr-xr-x 4 INT\msimmons INT\enterprise^admins 4096 Aug 5 21:17 .mozilla
-rw------- 1 INT\msimmons INT\enterprise^admins 58 Aug 7 10:18 .Xauthority
Let me tell you, I'm impressed.
Now, this is just Likewise Open, the free version. It only modifies the configuration on the Unix based machines. Also available is Likewise Enterprise, which provides the same service, but goes above and beyond Likewise Open, in that it actually makes changes to the AD structure. As far as I know, all of those changes are benign, in that they break nothing related to any other Windows service. I haven't worked my way through the nearly 500 pages of documentation that I had printed and bound at Kinkos the other day.
I'm sure this post sounded like a commercial, but it's not. I haven't been paid (or even contacted, other than the initial autogen email) by Likewise software, I'm just a grateful user who is happy to share knowledge of a tool that works. Finally.


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Hong Kong, China (PressExposure) May 27, 2009 -- There is no substitute for experience when it comes to managing a big football club, according to Lawrie McMenemy.
The former Southampton boss watched two teams from his native Northeast of England fall out of the Premier League last weekend â and both had young managers at the helm.
Alan Shearer won just one of his eight games in charge for Newcastle as they were relegated while Gareth Southgateâs third season as Middlesbrough manager also ended in the drop.
McMenemy â currently visiting Hong Kong for the HKFC IP Global International Soccer Sevens â said letting former players go straight into management at a top-flight club was fraught with difficulties.
âYoung managers should really cut their teeth in the lower divisions, but these days they want big names at Premier League clubs,â he said.
âAlanâs only been in charge of Newcastle for a few weeks and if he stays to try and get them out of the Championship [the division below the Premier League] heâs going to find out just how hard management is.
âGareth Southgate was another who went straight into management from playing and itâs a difficult thing to do.
âBut Middlesbrough have got probably the best chairman in England in Steve Gibson â heâs stuck by Gareth and will continue to do so.
âEven so, they are the least well supported of the three Northeast clubs â they are behind Newcastle and Sunderland in that respect â and I think they may continue to struggle.
âI managed in all four divisions in England in my career and I can tell you the Championship is the most difficult to get out of.â
McMenemy, though, was quick to point out that Shearer could hardly be blamed for Newcastleâs demise.
âAs Alan himself said, itâs mainly down to mismanagement on and off the field going back several years. Their massive support has kept them going in the past couple of seasons but all their problems have finally caught up with them.â
McMenemy managed Doncaster Rovers and Grimsby Town in the lower divisions before making his name at Southampton, where he was in charge from 1973-85.
He guided them to a shock FA Cup final victory over Manchester United in 1976 and in 1984 led the club to their best-ever finish in the top flight, runners-up to champions Liverpool. He later had a spell in charge of Sunderland and was an assistant to England manager Graham Taylor.
McMenemy, accompanied by his wife Anne, is making his first visit to Hong Kong. He is the guest speaker at the Soccer Sevens Sportsmanâs Dinner being held on Thursday (May 28) at the Hong Kong Football Club in Happy Valley.
More than 600 guests will attend the dinner, which will also include a question and answer session with current Premier League referee Mike Riley.
The Soccer Sevens will be held at HKFC from Friday to Sunday (May 29 to 31) with 32 teams taking part â 16 in the Main competition and 16 in the Masters.
Play takes place from 6:00pm to 8:30pm on Friday, from 8:00am to 8:00pm on Saturday and from 8:00am to 7:00pm on Sunday.
Entry on Friday is free for all spectators, while all children under the age of 16 are allowed in free throughout the tournament. Adult tickets cost HK $200 for two days (Saturday and Sunday sold together) or HK $120 for one day.
Tickets can be bought via http://www.hksoccersevens.com or through Laxton Marketing Consultants (Tel: 2866 3110), or they can be purchased at the public entrance during the tournament.


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Party Crashers | Henry Stambler
Henry Stambler has been on my radar since I met him three years ago when I first moved into the city. We were OC shop kids together and instantly bonded over our love for music festivals. Hilarious as hell and outrageously adorable, I knew I should keep my eye out on what he'd be up to in following years. Fast forward to today, Henry is a Saint Laurent boy, DJs the best turn up parties, dabbles in the art world and has one of the best curated Instas (@h.st) on my feed.
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Name: Henry Stambler // @h.st
Age: 21
Occupation: Model/Shop Boy at DSMNY
Location: Bushwick, Brooklyn
Favorite item to wear out? Nude acrylic nails
Best late night snack? Anything from that 24 hour cuban place on Myrtle and Knickerbocker
Best turn up track? "Ghost rider" by Suicide
Drink of choice? Something super tropical
Where can we find you at the party? Politely asking the DJ to play trap queen again.
When is it time to go home? When you're alone in the corner of the club crying into a half-empty bottle of rosé and Marvins Rooms (by Drake) comes on.
Your best pickup line? How's Villanova? What classes you taking next semester?
Your favorite going out spot in NYC? Bossa Nova Civic Club
Who's your partner in crime? The second half of my celebrity dj duo, Emily Rose Bannon


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"Wonderful Supplemental Material!"
Wonderful supplemental material for people who really want to learn German! I was looking for some really good practice material to help keep my mind on German during our spring hiatus, and this series is just the thing. Each audio magazine comes with a lot more material than is advertised on the cover. There are pieces on tourist spots in Germany, news from the German-speaking lands, and a short essay about an aspect of German culture , sometimes as experienced by a person new to Germany, sometimes as a feature about a lesser-known story from German History. In this issue, the German obsession with recycling and the Pan-European picnic are covered. Grammar and pronunciation points are covered in German. Also included is a pdf booklet that usually runs to about 28 pages of material. material is mostly geared towards advanced beginner (A2) to Intermediate (B) levels, though all levels should be able to get something out of it.
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In their international bestseller Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri presented a grand unified vision of a world in which the old forms of imperialism are no longer effective. But what of Empire in an age of "American empire"? Has fear become our permanent condition and democracy an impossible dream? Such pessimism is profoundly mistaken, the authors argue. Empire, by interconnecting more areas of life, is actually creating the possibility for a new kind of democracy, allowing different groups to form a multitude, with the power to forge a democratic alternative to the present world order. Exhilarating in its optimism and depth of insight, Multitude consolidates Hardt and Negri's stature as two of the most important political philosophers at work in the world today.
Empire (2000)-the surprise hit that made its term for U.S global hegemony stick and presciently set the agenda for post-9/11 political theory on the left-was written by this same somewhat unlikely duo: Hardt, an American political scientist at Duke University, and Negri, a former Italian parliament member and political exile, trained political scientist and sometime inmate of Rome's Rebibbia prison. This book follows up on Empire's promise of imagining a full-blown global democracy. Though the authors admit that they can't provide the final means for bringing that entity about (or the forms for maintaining it), the book is rich in ideas and agitational ends. The "multitude" is Hardt and Negri's term for the earth's six billion increasingly networked citizens, an enormous potential force for "the destruction of sovereignty in favor of democracy." The middle section on the nature of that multitude is bookended by two others. The first describes the situation in which the multitude finds itself: "permanent war." The last grounds demands for and historical precursors of global democracy. Written for activists to provide a solid goal (with digressions into history and theory) toward which protest actions might move, this timely book brings together myriad loose strands of far left thinking with clarity, measured reasoning and humor, major accomplishments in and of themselves. (On sale Aug. 9) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.


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The iPhone Monitoring Software
The iPhone is probably the best smartphone that you can ever have. It has gained a lot of fans and supporters because of its excellent features that is truly of high technology. This is why many people are so into it, and they continue looking forward to the release of a new model time after time. Indeed, iPhone has conquered the new generation and it keeps getting better to meet the needs of everyone whether it is for personal or work related activities.
iPhone Spy Software
The high technology features that iPhone is equipped with has significantly contributed to its success in the marketplace. Users can download a huge number of applications into the device that can be used for entertainment, banking, social media, communication, and many more.
You may be wondering what this particular software is for. The iPhone Spy Software is an app that you can utilize to remotely monitor the things that are done on a specific iPhone.
Some people find it hard to believe that this app really works. But, it is true, it is really working. And besides, in this digital age, nothing seems to be impossible anymore. Through the iPhone monitoring software, you will be able to see the activities of your target on his or her iPhone. You can view all the text messages, call details, emails, images, browsing history as well as the location of the person that you want to spy on.
How to use the iPhone Monitoring Software?
In order for you to use the iPhone Spy Software, you need to have a physical access to your target's smartphone so you can download and install the app on it. You don't have to worry because there will be no traces of the installation that you will be doing. Unlike when you download and install the other regular smartphone apps, your target will not see any icons. Hence, you can do the monitoring secretly.
This app can be downloaded from different websites online. One of the providers is StealthMate. Upon purchase, you will have a username and password that will serve as your entry into a secured account where the information that you want to know will be forwarded to in a real-time manner. You can access it using any laptops or cellphones that are connected to the Internet anywhere you are in the world.


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The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) proposes to continue to conduct a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Lung Cancer. The overall goals of the UPCI Lung Cancer SPORE are to improve lung cancer detection, improve lung cancer treatment, and identify tobacco exposed individuals at highest risk for lung cancer, The SPORE program will consist of four major translational Research Projects in lung cancer, three Research Cores, an Administrative Core, a Developmental Research Program, and a Career Development Program. The UPCI Lung Cancer SPORE will use an interdisciplinary approach to meet its objectives by carrying out projects with co-investigators in basic, population, and clinical science. It is also organ-specific in its approach and all projects will test hypotheses about lung cancer biology, susceptibility, detection, prevention, or treatment. The UPCI SPORE will carry out the directive to translate its findings within five years to human populations by using new knowledge to carry out interventions in humans and to determine the biological basis for observations made in patients with lung cancer, or in individuals at high risk for lung cancer. The long-term goal of the UPCI SPORE is to conduct clinical trials based on research results from its translational research projects that will serve as the basis for improving the outcome of patients diagnosed with lung cancer and to define new biological tools that will be useful in identifying asymptomatic lung cancer. The four main Projects are: (1) Selective Targeting of Estrogen Pathways in Lung Cancer Using Biomarkers;(2) Vitamin D Modulation of Inflammation and Lung Cancer Risk;(3) Lung Cancer Risk Prediction in the Pittsburgh Lung Screening Study (4) Targeting Neutrophil Elastase in Lung Cancer. The three Research Cores will assist the main research Projects, Developmental Research Projects, and Career Development Investigators in carrying out lung cancer translational research. The Research Cores are Clinical Core (Core B), Tissue and Blood Bank Core (Core C), and Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Core (Core D). The Administrative Core (Core A) will provide scientific and fiscal oversight for the program. UPCI SPORE investigators will work together as a team to meet the goals of the program and will also interact with translational investigators from other SPOREs and Cancer Centers, the NCI Program Office, and other co-operative groups to improve outcomes for lung cancer patients.
The goal of this application is to use a multi-disciplinary approach to tackle the problem of poor outcomes in lung cancer, a deadly disease with only a 15% 5-year survival rate. We intend to improve outcomes for lung cancer patients by identifying new ways to treat the disease that are based on the biology of the individual patient's tumor and new ways to predict risk and prevent lung cancer based on an individual's genetics.
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How to Complete the Desert Treasure quest in RuneScape
Runescape, like most RPG web based or otherwise, has many challenging quests to perform. This video features a detailed walkthrough of one such quest, Buyers and Cellars. Watch this video and your confusion on how to complete this quest will disappear.
Watch this video tutorial to learn how to complete the A Fairy Tale Part III: A Battle At Orks Rift quest in the game (06/09/10). This is an exhaustive, cheat free walkthrough for those looking to improve their play experience in this popular new RPG by beating this long, involved quest correctly.
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Are you having trouble with the quest Elemental Workshop III in the popular web RPG Runescape? Your worries are over. This video will walk you through this advanced quest from start to finish in exhaustive detail. No cheating required, just good old fashioned help for players who want to play legitimately.
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Here a tutorial which shows you how to obtain the Explorer Ring for the free flash game RuneScape. The video first lists all the skills you need and then the items in order to obtain this item which will increase your casting ability. Be careful not to die!
See exactly what you want to know for the flash game RuneScape. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to get exta achievements on RuneScape.
Description of the app on RuneScape: "RuneScape is a massive 3d multiplayer adventure, with monsters to kill, quests to complete, and treasure to win. You control your own character who will.


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I've been twice in the store, and I'm not going back there. Ever! First time I went there, there was a lady working there - she was so rude, she was on the phone all the time. When I asked for a second to ask her a question, she just show me a sign with her hand that I need to wait, but she didn't stop talking for next 10 minutes. Today, I had to go there because I found here it's open on Sunday until 6pm. Then I went there and found they crossed 6 and wrote 4.30 instead. She was probably bored


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Aeroflot Named Europe's Second Fastest-Growing Airline
- Published by Ozgur Tore
Aeroflot recorded the second-fastest growth of passenger traffic (RPK, +19.2%) and capacity (ASK, +17.9%) of any European airline in 2013.
Aeroflot was well ahead of names such as Lufthansa, Air France-KLM, British Airways and Swiss, and more than treble the respective regional averages of 6% and 5%, according to the annual rating published by Airline Business magazine.
Aeroflot was also the only Russian airline among Europe's five largest carriers by passenger traffic and capacity for the second year running. Aeroflot's passenger traffic in 2013 amounted to 60.2 billion passenger-kilometres, while capacity reached 76.5 billion seat-kilometres (calculated by multiplying the number of seats offered for sale by total flight length).
Aeroflot's management team in 2013 continued delivering on the ambitious strategic goals set for the airline, which recorded a second straight year of dynamic growth while maintaining a focus on cost control and a high level of operational efficiency.
"Aeroflot Group as the leader in the Russian aviation market intends to take its rightful place alongside the major players of the global industry. Our goal is to be among Europe's top five airlines and in the global top 20 by passenger traffic and revenue," Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Saveliev said.


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ACT at Work: Practitioner's Course - Goldsmiths University
Goldsmiths, University of London
Wednesday, 12 October 2016 at 09:30 - Thursday, 13 October 2016 at 17:00 (BST)
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This course is designed as an introduction to ACT at work. Suitable participants include consultants, trainers, coaches, psychologists, human resources, and learning and development professionals.
For over 20 years, Goldsmiths' academics have published peer-reviewed studies on the beneficial impacts that acceptance and commitment training (ACT) has on the performance and well being of staff. Making extensive use of mindfulness techniques, combined with goal setting, ACT is now an established, yet still cutting edge, psychological technology that can help both employees and their organisations achieve what matters to them. It does this by increasing an individual's ability to work towards challenging goals despite experiencing difficulties and adversity along the way. In this course, you can learn how to deliver ACT training and coaching from international leaders in the area.
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Santa Ana, California (PressExposure) September 15, 2011 -- Wesley Cooper, 17, Mission Viejo, CA has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. A member of Troop 634 in Lake Forest, Cooper is one of approximately 4 percent of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank, according to Scoutmaster Steve Nightingale.
Candidates must earn at least 21 merit badges and successfully complete a community or church service project to earn the Eagle. Cooper chose to build a wooden handball wall for Carden Academy, a Mission Viejo private school that he attended from first through eighth grade. "I have fond memories of attending Carden Academy and wanted to provide the students with a way to have fun and burn energy in a healthy way" Cooper said. "He created a much needed handball court, which is a wonderful expansion to our playground" a Carden Academy eighth grader said.
During his 11 years in scouting Cooper served in various leadership positions within Troop 634, including Patrol Leader, Quartermaster, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader and Senior Patrol Leader. Cooper is also a BSA-trained Lifeguard and is one of 3 Scouts in Orange County to receive a BSA Heroism Award. Cooper displayed his heroism for coming to the immediate aid of a friend who suffered a serious fall from his skateboard, hitting his head and going into a seizure. Cooper's clear thinking and calm disposition (following years of Boy Scout first aid and emergency training) helped him stabilize his friend until help arrived.
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Carden Academy of Mission Viejo is a private school in Mission Viejo, Calif. Founded in 1994, today Carden is home to students in grades kindergarten through eight. Based on the methods and curriculum of Mae Carden, the school's mission is to provide children with a solid foundation in the academic subjects, to awaken them to the beauty in nature, music and art, to develop their characters as a basis for joyful and fulfilling lives and to create leaders who will stand prepared to meet the challenges of the future with confidence. To learn more, visit http://www.cardenacademy.com.


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Fresh off the heels of Legendary Picture's critically acclaimed reboot in 2014, the 60 year-old Godzilla franchise is on a rampage. Despite having only 11 minutes of screen time in his latest outing, Godzilla is as popular as ever and this was more than enough reason for him to get three new movies and maybe even more in the foreseeable future.
Godzilla 2
Following the reboot's success, Legendary has been intent on getting a Godzilla sequel up and running in time for a 2019 release date. While the sequel managed to get Godzilla reboot writer Max Borenstein back in the fold, director Gareth Edwards will sadly not return due to his desire to direct smaller-scale pictures after the release of his next film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Details for Godzilla 2 are scarce, but rumors suggest the sequel could follow Edward's idea of introducing classic Godzilla foes like Rodan, Mothra and Ghidorah in a monster populated island. Even without Gareth Edward's involvement, his monster battle royale pitch caught Warner Brothers' imagination and the sequel could use it as a stepping stone for the studio's bigger plans.
It's no secret that Legendary and Warner Bros. want to make Godzilla vs. Kong a reality, and Max Borenstein's involvement in the upcoming Kong: Skull Island gives credence to the possibility of this gigantic crossover happening in the future. Kong: Skull Island may or may not have connections to the world of Godzilla but what is sure is that its performance will determine the fate of this potential monster shared universe.
Check out the trailer for Kong: Skull Island below.
Godzilla: Resurgence
If you think fans of Godzilla were disappointed by Roland Emmerich's 1998 movie disaster, imagine how the the big scaly monster's country of origin felt.
Spoiler alert: They really hated the American Godzilla, who came to be derisively called Zilla in Japan, beginning with the 2004 film Godzilla: Final Wars.
Despite swearing off the franchise, with Godzilla: Final Wars meant to serve as Godzilla's swan song, Toho Studios was inspired to revive the series when they saw Gareth Edward's heartfelt tribute to their most famous character. Determined not to lose to the American production, Toho amassed an army of creatives who were given the task of making a new Japanese Godzilla film which has been confirmed for a 2016 release date.
Godzilla: Resurgence, or Shin Godzilla, will be a return to form not just for the studio but for the titular character as well since the latest Godzilla movie is in fact a reboot that will take hints from the 1954 original - not too different from Gareth Edward's movie. From a focus on the human characters to the use of rubber costumes, Shin Godzilla will bring the 60 year old franchise back to basics with a brand new origin story and more contemporary themes befitting of a new generation of Godzilla fans.
Check out the trailer for Godzilla Resurgence below.
Untitled Animated Godzilla Movie
As if a reboot wasn't enough, Toho Studios announced that Godzilla will star in another movie from the studio -- this time in animated form. No other details about the project were announced when the movie's official website went live. A few hints, however, can be lifted from the movie's first official piece of promotional art.
Based on the image above, this version of Godzilla could be set in the future or on another planet where a group of explorers discover Godzilla and maybe other giant monsters for the first time. The usual themes of man fighting nature will be sure to return, only told in a new animated and possibly futuristic style.
Godzilla is no stranger to animation as seen in Hanna-Barbara's '70s cartoon and Sony's sequel to Roland Emmerich's Godzilla movie, but the character's animated outings were seen as a part of the long-running Godzilla franchise in name only. The upcoming Godzilla animated movie on the other hand, may actually feel like a proper Godzilla story this time around thanks to Toho's direct involvement.
With the animated medium, Toho could be able to do things that may be deemed too expensive for live-action and special effects laden works, making the idea of an animated Godzilla movie all the more exciting for long-time fans of the undisputed king of monsters.


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And I'm Madeleine Brand at the Detroit auto show, and I'm standing in the GM display area with Jamie Kitman of Automobile Magazine. Hi, Jamie.
Mr. JAMIE KITMAN (New York Bureau Chief, Automobile Magazine): Hi, Madeleine.
BRAND: Jamie, you've been looking at the Chinese cars, the electric cars, and - as well as the electric cars and hybrids of the other automakers. And what do you think? What are you seeing that impresses you?
Mr. KITMAN: Well, I'm impressed that there are so many of them. It certainly is a trend at this year's show. We're seeing a lot more electric cars than we have in the past.
BRAND: A lot more. And in fact, this seems to be the focus of the Detroit auto show is electric, green.
Mr. KITMAN: I think it's one of the things that companies can do to telegraph from - at least from a public relations standpoint that they're trying to green their act up. And so it's something that they can put together fairly easily with kind of off-the-shelf stuff. Whether they actually build the cars and whether people will actually buy them, those are the questions that remain to be established.
BRAND: And I suppose the real question that a lot of the automakers are wrestling with is how to make the battery viable, how to make it go far enough, how to make it inexpensive enough.
Mr. KITMAN: Yeah. The conventional lead-acid batteries have - they kind of are at the limits of how much power they can store. So there is a drive to get this new technology of lithium-ion batteries, which are what you would have in your laptop. Unfortunately, like some laptops, every once in a while, one of the lithium-ion batteries will burst into flame or heat up - overheat itself. So that's a real issue. And there is a division thus far among the carmakers as to which battery type will prevail. The advantage of lithium-ion is it's a lot lighter - and weight is an issue in all cars - but it also has greater storage capacity.
BRAND: And talk a little bit about the Chinese car company BYD, Build Your Dreams. And they are promising to bring out a car that could go for 250 miles on a single charge. Is that possible?
Mr. KITMAN: I suppose it's possible. I haven't really examined their car in the field that much. In general, that would be, you know, probably a world-class figure if you were actually getting ranges like that. However, there is a history - and not to tarnish everyone with the same brush - but there is a history of overblown claims by Chinese carmakers about how close things are to production, whether they actually work. Sometimes they're not, you know, at the quality level that people in the rest of the developed world would expect in their cars.
BRAND: I guess the bigger question that I have here at the Detroit auto show is I've heard so much about hybrids and plug-ins and electrics, all-electric cars - everywhere I go it seems to be that's what people are talking about. Do you think that this is here to stay, or is it a kind of a flash in the pan?
Mr. KITMAN: I'd like to say that I think it's here to stay, but I've seen - I've been disappointed too many times before. I think before you're going to see a really big commitment from major car companies to building electric cars for sale in the United States, we're going to have to know more about what the Obama administration's policies are going to be with regard to tax incentives, energy prices generally, and energy supplies.
You're going to need new factories. You're going to need new engineering techniques. You're going to have to get a whole new playbook. Detroit historically has been incredibly resistant to really fundamentally changing the way they do business. To change that, it's going to - they need a little surety about where that's going to go.
BRAND: All right, Jamie, I want you to switch hats a little, because you're not only an expert on automobiles. You're a band manager. And you manage They Might Be Giants. And they have a song that's particularly applicable now.
Mr. KITMAN: It's coming out in the fall. It's called "Electric Car."
BRAND: "Electric Car." Let's hear it.
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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: (Singing) Let's take a ride in an electric car. To the West Side in an electric car. How can you deny an electric car? Won't you take a ride with me? Come on and take a ride with me...
BRAND: That's They Might Be Giants with their new song, "Electric Car." At the Detroit auto show in Detroit, I'm Madeleine Brand.
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Meet the Murphys, a family with never ending bad luck. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," it's Murphy's law! Over a century ago a witch put a magical curse on their great-great grandfather and the whole family has been jinxed for generations! After Meg Murphy (played by Big Time Rush's Ciara Bravo) and her family's house is destroyed in yet another freak accident, the family moves into their grandfather's house in Harvest Hills. In a not-so-strange case of bad luck, Meg's nemesis Ivy is also spending the summer in town. But things start to look up, kind of, when Meg meets a local boy named Brett and he casts another spell on her, a love spell that is! With help from her brother Charlie, Meg more determined than ever, must break the hex on her catastrophically cursed family! Watch this doomed teen try for a normal existence in a world full of hijinks!
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