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Penned by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and originally intended as the movie-length pilot for a supernatural television series, 1977's Spectre presents us with the age-old struggle between the forces of good and the armies of evil.
On the side of good: William Sebastian (Robert Culp), an unflappable, aging fitness freak with an encyclopedic knowledge of all things occult, and his assistant "Ham" Hamilton (Gig Young), an even-older alcoholic physician and skeptic with a penchant for making lech-eyes at anything in a skirt. On the side of evil: one monkey, one lizard, two dwarves, and a disobedient cat-man.
Hmm. This one is gonna be tough to call.
After the fast-moving credits (laid over a Heironymous Bosch-ish painting and accompanied by a jaunty, maddening harpsichord score) we join the intrepid Dr. Ham as he arrives and Sebastian's swingin' bachelor pad. Sebastian's live-in maid Lilith (played by Majel "Mrs. Roddenberry" Barrett) is preparing a pu-pu platter in the Buddha room when Ham arrives, but takes time out to snatch a lock of the doctor's hair almost as soon as he walks through the door! (She does this at Sebastian's request, we learn later, to cast a spell that will cure Ham of his alcoholism so he'll be sharp for the mission. Ham's drunkenly ways are made much of in this opening scene, then never mentioned again.) Ham finds his friend William reading fortunes with an ESP test-card deck on the floor (just like Cate Blanchett in The Gift!) and soon we're establishing their relationship as total believer-vs.-curmudgeonly skeptic. 'Cause you need that tension, see?
That done, it's not long before Sebastian is flashing his hairy, sagging man-boobs at Ham, displaying a rather nasty looking wound right under his left nipple! This is the product of a voodoo spell someone has placed on him, Sebastian explains, and they need to find out who is responsible. Before they can discuss his ulcerous breast further, though, Lilith pops in to announce wealthy aristocrat Anitra Cyon (Ann Bell), a rather severe-looking woman of early-middle age whom the horny old men both find rather ravishing. Seb takes her into his occult library (pointedly shutting the slavering Ham out), and inside Anitra tells him about her brother Sir Geoffrey's strange behavior ever since they discovered something weird in the basement of their ancestral home in England. Could Sir Geoffrey be the one behind Seb's strange tit-ular injury?
Before we can get the answer to that question, Anitra throws herself at Sebastian, leading to some rather frightening middle-aged face-sucking. Because of his voodoo heart condition Sebastian quickly deduces the woman is trying to kill him--admittedly the only logical explanation for her sexual interest--and deftly pulls an Apocryphal Book of Tobit from the shelf and presses it to her chest, leading her boobs to start smoking under the purifying pages! Anitra drops to the floor and writhes screaming while Ham bangs lightly on the locked door; the woman ages even further and finally goes up in smoke, at which point Ham and Lilith enter and the panting Sebastian explains that she was a succubus sent to destroy him before he could find out the truth! I mean, obviously. Duh. As if on cue they then receive a telegram from the REAL Cyon family, begging Sebastian to come to London at once! Coincidence? Surely not! Off they go!
A word must be said here about the acting in this flick, which is all of the extreme William Shatner school--in fact Culp's swagger and delivery of every line as if it were the most dramatic sentiment ever uttered makes me wonder if Roddenberry might have originally meant the part for the Shat, but couldn't get him. Gig Young as Ham uses flamboyant hand gestures and exaggerated eye-rolls to play the skeptical doctor as an old-time comic straight-man--think of Jack Benny and Milton Berle going through the teleport pods together and losing their comic timing in transit. It's all pretty hilarious to watch, especially the way Sebastian is always right about the supernatural explanation for everything, and Ham never seems to get it. Unintentional camp is the best camp, I would argue.
Seb and Ham are met at the airport by the Cyon family's private jet, piloted by young Mitri Cyon, brother to Sir Geoffrey and Anitra and played by a young but still quite wrinkly John Hurt (seriously did this guy EVER look young?). On the flight over Ham makes what seems to be a pass at Mitri (much WTF-ery from this dude), Sebastian regales us with tales of his previous battles against the supernatural, and the plane loses power for a while, making a crash seem imminent. Sebastian isn't worried, though, correctly deducing that whatever evil being is out for his blood is just "testing" him--though why an entity intent on his death wouldn't go ahead and crash the plane if it could is up for interpretation. Incidentally, during the tense near-disaster moments we get some shots of the plane in flight from outside, and it is CLEARLY NOT the same plane that we see at the airports on either side of the pond! Unless in flight the jet retracts its groovy paint job along with its landing gear.
"She's extraordinarily sensual!" he gushes, doubtless leaving a mess on the leather seats.) Before they head to Chez Cyon, Sebastian wants to visit an occultist friend of his on the way. However, when they arrive they find the house in flames, Seb's friend having been torn to pieces while crawling to the safety of a pentacle painted on the floor. Should have made it bigger, I guess. Turning to flee the fiery cataclysm, Ham and Seb are stopped in their tracks by a growling, hairy presence at the door and have to stay in the pentacle with their friends' corpse. Luckily the fire brigade arrives and chases the demonic furry off before we can get a good look at him. Seb steals his dead mate's journal, and off they go to the Cyon house!
The house is truly amazing, clearly a museum or something repurposed into a pleasure palace by the evil aristocrat. After suffering a voodoo infarction on the doorstep, Seb leads Ham in where they witness more decadent sex-centric statuary and art than you can shake your truncheon at! Sir Geoffrey is all about the booty, that much is clear. While waiting on their host to arrive Sebastian breaks into a knick-knack cabinet to investigate an artifact (elbow, meet glass! Crack!), which just seems rude to me. Fortunately for all involved Sir Geoffrey appears before Seb can vandalize anything else in the name of the occult.
Sir Geoffrey is played by admirably evil character actor James Villiers, who might as well be reprising his memorable role as Corbeck in Blood from the Mummy's Tomb. He explains his decadent lifestyle thus: "You see, gentlemen, I make no apologies for living openly what most men do in secret!" And he's supposed to be the villain? He's my hero! The real Anitra also shows up for dinner, along with Mitri. Sir Geoffrey (who prefers to be called simply "Cyon") offers to hire Sebastian to prove to Anitra that there is no evil presence in the house as she seems to believe. No points for guessing Sebastian's sympathies lie rather with the lady in the house than with Cyon himself.
"And over there, gentlemen, we have the famous 'Satyr Fucking a Nymph whilst Pissing Straight Up in the air' by Rodin."
Next we get some comic relief as Ham enters his room to find a swingin' sex pad, complete with heart-shaped pillows and a waterbed! In Sebastian's comparatively staid room they read the dead occultist's journal and Seb deduces that the demon Asmodeus, Lord of Lechery, was freed from imprisonment when the Cyons expanded their wine cellar. While Sir Geoffrey is the obvious suspect for Asmodeus's corporeal form, Seb cautions "it could be any of the three of them!" Scooby-Doo, where are you?
The next morning Ham awakes in his waterbed with a bosomy brunette maid sleeping next to him, and we get an amazing comic-relief scene as Ham explores the room's party-favor features, finding books on sex positions and a rack of whips and chains, not to mention a button that summons a dominatrix and a schoolgirl to his suite! Sebastian walks in to find the flummoxed Ham trying to deal with his sudden sex jackpot, and the viewer can only applaud the screwball awesomeness.
"Is it possible for something to feel evil to the touch?" he asks, leading one to question the efficacy of Lilith's drinking cure), and they discover half a magical seal that held the demon lord in place until one of the Cyons broke it ("Purified by prayer--to 100 forgotten gods!" Seb tells us). In the firepit they also find a woman in red lingerie hanging upside down from the wall, cackling like an Evil Dead girl! So yeah, quite a bit of interesting stuff going down.
Seb makes a bullet from the gold of the holy seal, and remembers out of nowhere that Asmodeus usually has a high priest who can take the form of a giant cat (Ham's eye-roll for once mirrors our own)--so if Cyon is the demon, who is the high priest? I can picture this idea occurring to Roddenberry 3/4 of the way through the script and him chuckling to himself, "Hell, I wrote Star Trek! What are they gonna do, tell me no?" So in it goes, and we're barelling our way toward the conclusion.
I said previously that this was made as a TV pilot for a series that never materialized, but luckily for us it was also released theatrically in the UK, which allowed producers to go back and shoot some R-rated inserts for the kids in the back row. Cyon hosts a huge sex-party (complete with Arab princes in attendance--definite 70s shorthand for the absolute peak of decadence), which ends as any good sex party should--with a Black Mass in the basement! While Seb and Ham watch from a hiding place, the maids kneel down and kiss the robed attendees' feet--a TV metaphor if ever there was one--and an all-out orgy begins! One girl noticeably loses her top and shakes it like a Polaroid. As if that wasn't enough, Asmodeus himself appears, flanked by a pair of dancing dwarves! Now THAT'S a party! Where's the mashed potatoes?
Mitri! John Hurt appears in Klingon makeup and orders his high priest--who IS Cyon, as it turns out, and who gets transformed into a werejaguar or something--to have sex with Anitra on the altar to solidify the demon lord's power. Unfortunately, despite his decadence Cyon is not down with the incest, and his flaccid dedication denies Asmodeus his triumph. Sebastian takes this moment to strike, fighting off Asmodeus's monkey demon and sending the acolytes running before taking on Asmodeus himself in the demon lord's full-on Lizard mode. It's a really crazy finish, taking the silliness of everything that's gone before to a wonderful, wild extreme.
Victorious, Seb and Ham return to the states, where Ham makes some clumsy telepathic passes at Lilith (who is receptive in more than one sense), and Anitra shows up to thank Sebastian and pay him for his services with a sexy painting from the Cyon collection. When Ham inquires about HIS share of the fee, Anitra smiles seductively, takes him to the occult library and locks the door! I guess there's a new Lord of Lechery in town!
Spectre is not a movie for everyone--the Shatner-esque acting of all involved and the frankly silly plot developments make it appropriate only for those with a taste for well-aged, stinky cheese. But Ham's "comedy" and Sebastian's unerring logical leaps smack of screenwriting shortcuts (much as it pains me to accuse Gene Roddenberry of such...I mean, it's not like he has someone curing a deadly alien virus in less than thirty minutes...) are entertaining if you let them be, and the strong finish is worth the price of admission (or the electricity running your 70s model Zenith TV). Therefore, for connoisseurs of weird 70s television and fans of Star Trek with occult interests as well, I give Spectre 2 thumbs. Worth one look, anyway.
Thanks again to Karswell for this obscure slice of Gouda. (So obscure I couldn't even find a poster! I had to go with a novel cover!) But tell me this, Daddy K--what the hell does the term "Spectre" have to do with the movie? That should have totally been the inspector's last name--"William Spectre." C'mon, Gene, it was RIGHT THERE.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Spectre (1977): or, Rock Me, Asmodeus!
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 4:07 PM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, Deal with the Devil, Devil Worship, Fiery Cataclysm, Monsters Amok, Witchcraft
17 comments:
- Tenebrous Kate said...
OK, this movie sounds so insane that I had to read the review through *twice* in order to digest all the lunacy! Moobs and voodoo and dwarves and bad erotic art--OH MY! This sounds like a Shatnerized version of Matheson's "Hell House" with more comic relief and less brains. I'm intrigued...
>Anitra smiles seductively, takes him to the occult library and locks the door
What? You mean there's another way to show you've had a good time on a date?
- June 6, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- Karswell said...
I can only imagine how great life would be now if some network had actually bothered to pick this up as an ongoing TV series. 30+ episodes in my video collection would be nice to look at, or: "Hey, wanna hang out this weekend?"
"No, TV Land is having a Spectre Marathon."
"No shit?"
"No shit."
1. a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition]
2. a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost]
- June 6, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Be sure to tune in next time for more Karswell in:
- June 6, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Karswell said...
>But tell me this, Daddy K--what the hell does the term "Spectre" have to do with the movie?
Ha ha! You asked!
- June 6, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
But it wasn't ghosts in this. That was my point. I mean, presumably there would be ghosts in the series later, but not in THIS one.
I just wanted Culp to be William Spectre. Is that so wrong?
- June 6, 2008 at 11:43 AM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Another great review, dearest Vicar! I nearly spit up my freshly-decanted 1985 Chateau Margaux whilst reading the picture captions, in particular the Rodin statue! It is to laugh! Bravo, sir.
- June 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- Karswell said...
What about the "aroused specters from his past" part? Mostly the aroused Gig Young I mean. Maybe it's more like spectre in an adjective sense? Gig Young spectred his life away, see:
In 1978, three weeks after marrying German actress Kim Schmidt, Gig Young apparently shot her to death in their New York City apartment and then turned the gun on himself. The direct cause of the murder-suicide remains unclear. Young was not quite 65, his bride 21.
- June 6, 2008 at 1:29 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Holy crap! What a piece of trivia! Here I was searching like mad to see whether the monkey-demon and lizard-king costumes were reused from old Star Trek episodes, and I totally missed the Gig Young thing!
So wait...is his lechery still funny? I never know the boundaries of good taste...
- June 6, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Wowee, what a way for Ham to leave us. And by that, I mean shagging a 21 year old at the age of 65.
As you can see, I have no taste boundaries.
- June 6, 2008 at 1:47 PM
- Karswell said...
Yep, he made one film after Spectre and then (as Kate says) shuffled off this mortal coil with his child bride and two bullets in their brains.
Ham slices aside, if anyone has doubts about Gig's acting career then I recommend Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia or They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
- June 6, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Is there a download of this???
I don't care if it's RS, Megaupload or hotfilm, etc. Even a good torrent would be nice.
- September 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Anonymous--there probably is a download somewhere, but I got it in a care-package from a friend. If you can track it down, it's worth viewing for the giggles, at any rate. Happy hunting!
- September 22, 2009 at 10:27 PM
- Dan said...
i have a copy if anyone is interested. uncensored version (nudity) email@example.com
- October 10, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Atilla82 said...
Download links for Spectre (1977)
- November 16, 2009 at 7:03 AM
I love this movie. I wanted to name my second child "William Sebastian", but my wife did not.
- January 23, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
What's wrong with William Sebastian? It's a good strong name, and not even all that MAD. Surely better than Parker Tarquin Dakota Hunter Spazznozzer, or whatever the popular baby names are this year. ;)
Thanks for the comment!
- January 23, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Casually tucked in the back of my mind was this movie long ago (non-technicolor). But I couldn't remember the name. You've brought it all back wonderfully! Incomparably penned! Superb! The humor literally had me in tears.
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Achieving FIPS 140-2 validation and Common Criteria certification reinforces Symantecs commitment to delivering trusted and proven security solutions for our customers, said John Bordwine, chief technology officer of Symantecs Public Sector organization. These certifications provide federal agencies with assurance that Symantec Messaging Gateway can be deployed with confidence in even the most demanding environments"
FIPS 140-2 - issued by the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP), a joint effort of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) - is a requirement for cryptographic modules used by federal agencies in both the U.S. and Canada for the protection of sensitive information. Testing of cryptographic modules is done by independent, accredited Cryptographic and Security Testing (CST) laboratories with NIST and CSEC jointly validating the test results and issuing certificates. FIPS-validated solutions are considered the benchmark for security within government departments and agencies, providing the highest level of protection for sensitive information, and complying with strict government security regulations.
Common Criteria certification - an international evaluation standard for IT security products - is a rigorous independent testing process of specification, implementation and evaluation, and conforms to standards sanctioned by the International Standards Organization (ISO/IEC 15408). The certification is mandated for all IT solutions purchased by the U.S. federal government and is recognized by over 20 countries around the world including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Australia. Solutions that receive Common Criteria certification are considered to exhibit high levels of security, minimizing risk for the organizations that use them.
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I have heard that drinking a beer can help increase milk supply. I have heard various reasons hops and or yeast in the beer. My lactation nurse while in the hospital told me that one beer would not hurt the child and that there would be no need to pump and dump if I only had one beer. I have tried this once and noticed a bit of a difference.
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Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE:HTZ) said it will restate financial results from 2011, as the car rental company deals with growing accounting issues.
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Hertz also cautioned that its first-quarter earnings will likely come up short of Wall Street expectations. Shares tumbled 11.2% to $27.07 in recent trading on Friday.
According to a regulatory filing, financial statements from 2012 and 2013 must be corrected to reflect errors made in 2011. The 2011 results were most recently included in Hertz's 2013 annual report.
Hertz, which named a new chief financial officer at the end of last year, warned in March of $46.3 million in reporting errors. Last month, Hertz delayed the release of its first-quarter earnings until June 9, but those plans have been scrapped.
The Park Ridge, N.J.-based company now expects to report first-quarter results and amend its annual report at the same time.
Hertz said management and the board's audit committee determined "at least one material weakness existed in Hertz's internal control over financial reporting." Disclosure procedures and controls were ineffective at the end of 2013, the company added.
The review, which began when Hertz was readying its first-quarter report, recently found errors related to "allowances for uncollectable amounts with respect to renter obligations for damaged vehicles and restoration obligations at the end of facility leases."
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Running (away from the monster group), rock climbing, Ultimate Frisbee, reading, problem solving, reading webcomics, discussing philosophy and politics
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I've lived in Andover for most of my life. I went to public school for elementry and middle school, and now I am a day student at Phillips Andover Academy.
Math and science have always been my favorite subjects, and since seventh grade I've been accelerating my study of them beyond the normal pace of my school. Last year I took physics and multivariable calculus, and this year I finished up the AP sciences with AP Biology. I am also studying Abstract Algebra from Dummit and Foote with one of my math teachers on the side since I've completed my school's math program.
Philosophy is probably my favorite subject outside of the maths and sciences, and I am currently part of a number of discussion groups on philosophy at my school. I recently enjoyed reading "The Fountianhead," by Ayn Rand, and studying the implications of Godel's incompleteness theorems on knowledge.
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Fengqi You, Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor at the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a member of the Systems field, was appointed as a Consulting Editor of AIChE Journal in January 2017 and joins the journal's Editorial Board. AIChE Journal is the flagship journal of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and is a high-impact, peer-reviewed monthly journal that covers groundbreaking research in chemical engineering and related fields.
The appointment letter states that this new appointment is to acknowledge Prof. You's "expertise and stature as a prominent chemical engineering researcher." In an earlier announcement from the journal, the No. 1 most cited papers published in this journal in each of the past four consecutive years (2012, 2013, 2014, & 2015) are all from You Group.


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Aging (Gracefully?) With HIV: I Never Saw This Coming
By David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
April 27, 2014
I recently passed a major milestone: a big, round-numbered birthday that, frankly, I never expected to reach. It was odd to arrive at this point in my life because, having lived with HIV for over thirty years, I had good reason to suspect that I would not celebrate this passage, or for that matter, birthdays that occurred decades earlier.
When I was infected in my twenties I imagined that the pulse of my life would soon fall silent, as it did for so many of my friends. I had many near misses, especially in the days before protease inhibitors. At one low point in the early 1990s, I lay dying from non-Hodgkins lymphoma. My family assembled for painful goodbyes and, surprisingly, I rallied after chemotherapy. That experience crystallized the reality that every day is literally on borrowed time.
Having now reached a point in my life with fewer years ahead than behind, it seems natural to wonder about the impact of having lived the greater part of my time on this planet with a life-threatening illness. What decisions did I make that might otherwise have been different? How have my thoughts and feelings been impacted by the shadow of HIV? What other paths might I have taken and how might this affect what I do with the remainder of my time in this body?
Looking back it is clear that regaining my emotional footing after diagnosis took years. On a whim my partner at the time and I decided to ask a physician friend to test us, never imagining we could be positive. When he called to report the positive results, the ceiling fell in. Literally. We were having a torrential tropical downpour and that day a leak caused plaster to fall. I was confused with feelings about my own diagnosis and fear for my partner. We both ultimately decided to carry on, shoving our status out of the way until physical complications required that we address it.
In those years it seemed the best we could do was to fight the next thing in our path: starting meds, AZT toxicity, anemia, thrush, pneumonia, stigma, fear of losing our insurance, cancer. By necessity, my thinking became short-term: survive the next crisis. I remained working through all of this (sometimes with the kindness of employers who paid me despite extended periods when I was sick), but I never truly focused on a long-term career path. I felt that sometime soon I would be unable to work and consequently my professional life lacked strategic planning. I had good jobs, but was always somewhat limited by a short-term perspective -- at first, at least, not imagining myself much beyond the present.
This thinking impacted other areas of my life as well. My financial resources went toward drug co-pays and insurance and certainly not, in any great way, to retirement savings. My rational mind told me that would be a waste of money. Even though I avoided financial disaster, HIV has been a constant financial burden.
In addition to a short-term perspective, I had a long-term struggle with another adjustment: trying to make peace with my overwhelming, unwelcome companion called HIV. We were fused, blood-brothers. I couldn't shake it. I tried many ways to deal with the shadow that followed me closely at all times. I denied it was there, I ignored it, I raged at it, I cried about it, I tried to reason with it. HIV just persisted. In the end, and not as quickly as I would have liked, I simply accepted it. It could be described as a sort of fatalism that takes hold when living with a chronic illness. I accepted that the only thing I could control in this situation was the present moment. I decided to reclaim my purpose. I gave up the power struggle with HIV and gradually began to see that the virus had radically transformed my life in many ways, good and bad. I am not the person today that I would have been without it.
Over time I became aware of gifts and talents that I could use to help myself and others living with HIV/AIDS. As a newly-minted mental health worker I was guided toward work with HIV/AIDS. I saw first-hand how substance abuse and mental health concerns affected the emotional and physical resilience -- and health outcomes -- of persons living with HIV. I also discovered my voice, which I used as a mental health trainer and writer to promote change.
On my birthday this year I was also aware that I've learned to manage strong emotions. Well before my diagnosis I tried numbing them with substances (I haven't done that in decades). When that option was gone, I tried ignoring feelings or rationalizing with them. Slowly I've learned to express and release them. Were it not for the enormous pressure of HIV, I might not have been compelled to do so. I understand that unexpressed feelings can make me sick, and that embracing, expressing, and letting them go is the only viable option.
One other area that has been impacted by my unwelcome viral companion is relationships. I am so grateful that I have been able to maintain two significant and mature connections with partners in my adult life. My first died a decade ago (last month, in fact) and I am again blessed with a wonderfully supportive partner. My immediate family has also been consistently loving and supportive.
The biggest impact of HIV on relationships has been in the social realm. Like many who survived the '80s and early '90s, I remain affected by the loss of nearly every friend I had. I sometimes hesitate to connect, lacking trust that this relationship will be here tomorrow. Perhaps a social version of return on investment? Or fear that I will cause pain by leaving someone behind? I don't know, except I'm happy to say this is improving. By working on myself my heart is able to embrace connections to others, developing significant and deep friendships with other men and women.
So, after decades of fear and uncertainty, of healing and near-misses, here I am. Happily facing the prospect of life before me, I have to confront the issues of aging that I believed I would never have the luxury of experiencing. Many of the skills I bring to this next chapter have been gleaned from HIV: having confidence in my ability to feel and express emotions; knowing that I can connect with others and that such connection is essential to my survival; believing I can make a difference; and knowing at a deep level that body and mind are one.
Finally, at moments of synchronicity or "coincidence," I am reminded that there is, most probably, something more to the universe than we can grasp. When that occurs I smile to myself and, despite my battle scars, feel a twinge of excitement about what may come next.
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Xenus is not another 3D action game with some elements of RPG. It is really both RPG and action. Killing is not the goal of the game.. Your goal is to find the sister, so you need to talk with many people to gather necessary information. And these people will not be always friendly to you. There are no predefined enemies in the game. There are a lot of characters but almost all of them are neutral to you at start. Actually, there are six sides in the game: officials, guerrilla, narco mafia, Indian, bandits, CIA. When you help to one of the side you inevitably spoil your relations with others. In the world of Xenus everything costs money.
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Cebu's Basilica del Santo Niño (Basilica of Santo Nino, Basilica Minore de Sto Nino) was literally born from fire. In 1565, the church was built on the ... Read more
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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron hits shelves on August 28th.
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Peter Della Penna: It was pretty obvious to us and Activision, that our studio capabilities and sensibilities were a great fit for the Transformers license. Also, it was perfect timing for us to develop a Transformers game that was not based on the film property and did not interfere with the movie franchise release schedule. The natural place for us to go was back to our childhood roots in G1 and start telling the story of Transformers before they came to earth.
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Greg Agius: Authenticity is our biggest strength at High Moon Studios. You walk around the studio and you see G1 fans everywhere. I'd say that bleeds through to the game in every way. The look and the feel all are heavily inspired by G1. But everything is updated so that it feels right and up to date with the look of a modern game. Landing original G1 voices like Peter Cullen to voice Optimus Prime and Gregg Berger to do Grimlock is another key. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron reboots your childhood and makes it cool again!
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Holy Week Crawfish Supply Should Satisfy Demand
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Louisiana crawfishermen and the merchants who sell the crustacean to retail customers say the supply should be enough to satisfy appetites during Holy Week and Easter weekend.
It's a welcome turn to a season marred by a harsh winter that stunted crawfish growth, limited the catch and made profit forecasts bleak.
In the days leading into Holy Week, The Advocate reports prices for a pound of live crawfish ran from $2 at Db Seafood in Morgan City to $2.49 at Tony's Seafood Market and Deli in Baton Rouge.
The price was somewhere in between at D&T Seafood in Abbeville, where live, small-sized crawfish sold for $1.50 a pound and the mediums went for $2.25.


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It's everything you've come to expect from a large SUV and so much more. The 2017 Suburban is still as reliable and reputable as ever, but has been designed inside and out, with your passengers' every need considered. How you use your Suburban changes from day to day and even trip to trip. The Suburban makes it easy to make room for passengers or for cargo with the available power-release second-row and power-fold third-row seats. Press a button and reveal enough space to load almost anything (Up to 121.1 cubic feet), or just as easily, bring up seating for up to eight. It's easy to stay organized and in control with available Chevrolet MyLink. Connect all of your devices, from phones to tablets, and keep all of your contacts, music and destinations organized on the 8-inch diagonal LCD touch-screen. Store your devices in the hidden and lockable storage compartment behind the touch-screen so you keep your focus on the road and still manage it all with enhanced natural voice control. Connectivity features include up to six USB ports, six power outlets (including a household 110-volt outlet), and an optional rear-seat dvd/blu-ray player. 4G LTE connectivity is also available to allow up to 7 passengers to connect to the internet via Wi-Fi. With the world-class EcoTec3 5.3L V8, an all-new engine designed to generate more power and offer better fuel economy than any large SUV of any competitor in the industry up to an EPA-estimated 23 MPG hwy. The strong, efficient V8 generates 355 horsepower and 383 lb.-ft. of torque allowing for a max towing capacity of up to 8,300 lbs. Safety features include lane-departure warning, lane changing assist, forward collision alert, adaptive cruise control, a front seat center airbag.Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keeping Assist, Locking/Limited Slip Differential, Four Wheel Drive, Tow Hitch, Power Steering, Aluminum Wheels, Tires - Front All-Season, Tires - Rear All-Season, Conventional Spare Tire.


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Scholarship awarded to RPCI employee in tribute to Buffalo's first African-American nurse
DeMarco Ogletree, a cashier in the nutrition and food service department atRoswell Park Cancer Institute, earned the $2,000 Eva M. Noles Scholarship Friday, Dec. 7, at the fifth annual Eva M. Noles Scholarship and Community Recognition Breakfast at RPCI. The annual program honors the legacy of Eva M. Noles, RN, Buffalo's first African-American registered nurse and a longtime RPCI employee who served in many leadership roles at the Institute, including as director of nursing.
Ogletree joined the Roswell Park staff in the spring of 2012. He is presently pursuing degrees in both nursing and theology at Erie Community College and plans to continue his work in health care, helping to fight health disparities in the Buffalo area.
"From his first days with us, DeMarco has committed himself wholeheartedly to the Roswell Park mission," said David Scott, RPCI director of diversity and inclusion. "He has contributed greatly as an employee, and now we have a great opportunity to reward that commitment - which embodies the work, spirit and legacy of Ms. Noles - and help him achieve his career goals by providing a scholarship toward his studies."
Darius G. Pridgen, pastor of True Bethel Baptist Church in Buffalo and Ellicott District councilmember for the City of Buffalo, gave the keynote address at the program, during which several RPCI staff members and volunteers were recognized for their role in providing cancer education and preventive outreach to underserved communities throughout Western New York. Among those recognized were Georganne Alexander, a volunteer with the Buffalo/Niagara Witness Project; Ramon Luciano Jr., a volunteer with Minorities Allied for the Need to Understand Prostate Cancer (MAN UP); Carmen Sepulvedad, a volunteer with the Esperanza y Vida Project; and Gloria Quarles, a volunteer who serves on Roswell Park's community advisory steering committee.
Staff and volunteers were also recognized for their contributions to "Cruisin' for a Cure," a prostate cancer education and screening event held at RPCI in September, and to the African American Roswell Employee Network, whose activities include year-round community outreach on behalf of RPCI.
The mission of Roswell Park Cancer Institute is to understand, prevent and cure cancer. For more information, visit RPCI's website athttp://www.roswellpark.org, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or email[email protected].


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Innovative Lathe Chuck at an Even Better Price
We reviewed Easy Wood Tools' Easy Chuck in our June 2013 issue, and it was clearly an impressive piece with at least a half dozen features I'd never seen before. One knock, though, was the price. At $499, it was the most expensive chuck on the market.
Well, Easy Wood's owner, Craig Jackson, has responded to price concerns. Thanks to some improvements in the manufacturing process, he's been able to lower the price by $100. Starting today (July 1, 2013), you can purchase an Easy Chuck for $399.
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Homecoming Banquet Remarks
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September 28, 2012
It is a pleasure to be with all of you this evening, and it's indeed a singular honor to attend this year's Homecoming as the new president of Saint John's University.
For alumni, colleges can seem like places of perpetual change. You find new buildings: where did that Sexton Commons come from and what happened to Flynntown? Re-purposed buildings: what happened to Mary Café and when did Rat Hall put on airs and become Guild Hall? New faculty: these new profs are younger than me. New academic programs: when did they add environmental studies and what exactly are gender studies? But most obviously and importantly, new students: a generation at a college is only four years long.
While all of this change is happening, my recent conversations with alumni from across the country and across generations tell me that Saint John's is a place of continuity. Of course, each of us in this room had his own unique four year Saint John's experience. But everyone in this room also had a timeless Saint John's experience. An experience that makes for a powerful connection across generations. An experience that creates a deep tie to our alma mater. Last year, my classmate Fr. Michael Byron addressed alumni in a homily. He told us that alma mater means much more than just "the school one graduated from." Literally alma mater means "heart mother or soul mother." Fr. Michael said that this meaning "speaks to a sense of stability and security and common memory." Alma mater in this deeper sense speaks to this place that shaped and formed us.
The timeless part of our Johnnie experience that links all of us across our superficially different four year generations is built on four traditions. Pillars that remain part of our students' experiences today and will remain at the core of our mission into the future.
- The first pillar of the timeless Johnnie experience is, not surprisingly, our Catholic, Benedictine heritage. From the beginning of this university, the heart and soul of Saint John's was and is the monastic community and the enduring Benedictine values that they instill in our students -- hospitality, justice, respect for others, listening, stewardship and community-especially community.
There is something distinctive and extraordinary about going to school at a Benedictine monastery. We all share the experience of having monks in the classroom. Seeing them work in many roles around campus, including, until recently (!) even in the President's office. From my own experience as a student, the most powerful shared experience was having a monk on each dormitory floor serving as a faculty resident. Fr. Rene McGraw was my FR when I was a first-year student on 3rd Mary. I remember many conversations about the meaning of life, as well as more mundane topics like classes and why we could not meet any Bennies! Many alumni tell me that their experiences were similar, where the monks became friends, role models, mentors, and spiritual advisors. These roles frequently last a lifetime.
- The second pillar of our shared experiences is our liberal arts education. Together with our partner, the College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's has and continues to offer an outstanding relationship-based liberal arts education. An education featuring great teaching faculty, small classes, and individualized attention. An education steeped in a liberal arts tradition that emphasizes critical thinking, integrated learning and wisdom for a lifetime.
- The third pillar of the Johnnie experience is our strong extra-curricular tradition of athletics and recreation. I hope you have wandered through the Quad and looked at the historical pictures of Saint John's. Seeing those photos, I'm struck by the number of pictures featuring students engaged in athletics. The monks at Saint John's understood early that education did not take place only in the classroom. Saint John's has long had a commitment to men's leadership and character development. We continue to be dedicated to the holistic development of men. Generations of young men have built character and learned life lessons on the varsity and intramural playing fields and courts.
- The final pillar of our shared Johnnie experience is in some ways a synthesis of the previous three. It is what I refer to as the transformative power of a Saint John's education. Saint John's was transformative for my life. Professor Jim Murphy, many of you may remember him as Murph, approached me out of the blue during my sophomore year and asked me if I wanted to do an independent study. Then, he suggested to me that I present my paper at an undergraduate conference at Macalester. Murph gave up a Saturday, drove to St. Paul to sit through a bunch of undergraduate presentations, to give me the experience of presenting my academic work. That experience was transformative. For the first time I began to think about a career in academia. I have heard many of you share similar stories of personal Johnnie experiences, like mine, that were transformative.
These are four fundamental pillars of the shared experience that stretches across generations and bind Johnnies together regardless of age. As President, I will not only preserve these time-honored traditions, but I will work hard to make them even stronger and better.
These four pillars tend to focus on the experience of students while in Collegeville. But there is a fifth pillar of the Johnnie experience--the exceptional generosity of Johnnies to Johnnies--the gift of time, talent and treasure that we are celebrating here tonight.
I want to acknowledge the Reunion classes and all of our benefactors for your generous support of Saint John's. We can't thank you enough for your dedication to our Benedictine educational mission. Your commitment and loyalty to Saint John's are admirable.
In these challenging economic times, when some have called into question the value of the residential liberal arts model, the future of Saint John's absolutely depends on your generosity. You can and do make an extraordinary difference in the lives of our students and our academic community and our future. You epitomize one of the best Saint John's traditions - generosity: Johnnies giving to Johnnies. In the words that motivated our last capital campaign, from one generation to the next.
I am grateful to the Saint John's community for entrusting me with my new role. It is a sacred trust that I will safeguard and pursue with energy and enthusiasm.
I am deeply grateful to the Alumni Association and the Alumni Board for their leadership and for their key role supporting our mission and vision by building lifelong relationships between our alumni and Saint John's.
I look forward to working with many of you to continue to strengthen Saint John's University, our alma mater, in the months and years to come. Thank you.
Michael Hemesath


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Nonuplets are on the way for one woman in Mexico.
Karla Vanessa Perez is pregnant with nine babies – six girls and three boys – after having undergone fertility treatment, the country's main broadcaster Televisa reported on Thursday night.
The expectant mother is reportedly being treated at a Saltillo hospital in the northeastern state of Coahuila, which borders Texas.
Perez, 32, is already a mother of two girls and one boy, according to Medical Daily.
She is expected to give birth on May 20, Reuters reported, citing the state-owned news agency Notimex.
"It's very early to think of names for the babies," Perez told Notimex. "First I hope that everything goes well."
The successful delivery of nonuplets would be one of the highest multiple births ever recorded, according to Reuters.
In 2009 a 36-year-old California woman, Nadya Suleman, gave birth to eight babies – six boys and two girls.
The "Octomom's" case sparked worldwide media attention, as hers were the longest surviving set of octuplets in U.S. history, MSNBC reported.
"Octomom" holds the record for delivering the most babies at one time that survived, according to Guinness World Records.


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Come and enjoy a fun and informative tour of the Winchester Distillery - Hampshire's first artisan distillery.
Nestled amongst the charming watercress beds of Old Alresford you will go behind the scenes to meet our master distiller who will share with you the science and artistry required to create our premium spirits.
Tours are very limited to only 20 people per session so you can enjoy a relaxed tour, taste our available spirits and have your questions answered by one of Hampshire's most experienced distillers.
We think you'll agree that this is an event not to be sniffed at.
How do we find the distillery?
The distillery is based in the Watercress Company offices in Old Alresford, a few miles outside Winchester.
From Alresford head down Broad Street and follow the B3046 out of town past the Globe pub and straight on into Old Alresford. As you go down the hill and enter the village take the left turn by the playground then turn left again at the end of the road to enter the Watercress Company site.
The distillery is the last unit in the building. Please park around the back of the building and enter the last white door.
When should we arrive?
Our Autumn/Winter events take place on Saturday mornings at 10-11am. Please don't plan to arrive any more than 15 minutes before the start time of the event.
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How long will the event last?
The event will last approximately 60 minutes. You will have plenty of time to get any pressing questions answered by the master distiller and to purchase discounted spirits on the way out.
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|Statement by Counselor Li Kexin of the Chinese Delegation at the Second Committee of the 64th Session of GA on Agenda Item 59: Towards Global Partnerships
(New York, November 5th, 2009)
Mr. Chairman,
I would first like to welcome the report submitted by the Secretary General under this item. The report gave a comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in the cooperation between the UN and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector. My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of the Sudan on behalf of the G 77 and China.
Mr. Chairman,
Currently, development is faced with formidable challenges worldwide. Multiple crises such as the financial crisis, food crisis, energy crisis and climate change have seriously undermined the prosperity and development of the world economy and put in jeopardy the prospect of achieving the MDGs. Under such circumstances, the international community should join hands in responding to the crises. We are convinced that strengthening global partnerships will be conducive to fully mobilizing resources from all sectors, helping the developing countries minimize the negative effect of the crises and consolidating the development results accumulated over the years. In order that global partnerships play a bigger role, we believe that attention should be given to the following points:
First, partnerships should operate in conformity with the national development strategies of partner countries. If the will of the partner country is fully respected, cooperation carried out in development areas where needs are the greatest, and finance and technology urgently needed by the partner country provided, it will enable long-term sustainable development of partnerships.
Second, experience and lessons in the operation of partnerships should be summed up in a timely manner. Partnerships established by different agencies, funds and programs of the UN system with the private sector have different ways of operation. It is thus necessary to keep open the channel of exchanges, enhance the transparency and accountability of partnerships, and explore the most effective mode of cooperation so as to maximize the role of partnerships.
Thirdly, it is necessary to maintain the independence and neutrality of the United Nations. The Secretary General mentioned in his report that various agencies, funds and programs of the UN system have increasingly recognized the need to protect the reputation of the Organization when engaging with the private sector. We believe this is an important point. As there are many kinds of partnerships, the UN should set down corresponding screening criteria in selecting potential cooperation partners. At the same time, it is also necessary to reinforce the assessment and monitoring of current partnerships so as to promptly identify problems and make improvements.
Mr. Chairman,
With the deepening of globalization, the interdependence among countries keeps increasing. Strengthening global partnerships to help the developing countries solve the problems they encounter in pursuing development is an effective way to realize the balanced development of the world economy. The Chinese government values the role of partnerships in promoting development and has actively carried out various kinds of pragmatic bilateral and multilateral cooperation with governments, international organizations, the private sector and the civil society with a view to promoting development through cooperation. My government is willing to continue to work closely with all parties in our joint effort to realize the MDGs.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.


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Lightning strike causes house fire in Somers
Lightning strike causes house fire in Somers
SOMERS, Wis. —
Lightning struck a house in Somers on Wednesday morning, starting a fire.
The fire started at about 9 a.m. at 1820 100th Ave.
One of the owners said she heard loud thunder, saw roof shingles on the ground and then noticed a smokey smell.
Somers Fire Chief Steve Krause said when crews arrived, flames were visible from the roof.
The attic and roof suffered heavy damage and the first and second floors of the house had smoke and water Damge.
Krause said the estimated structural damage is $50,000, with $10,000 in content damage.
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BEIJING (AP) — An explosion Tuesday in a parking structure at an airport in China's northwest caused slight injuries to an employee who was hit by debris but no one else was hurt, news reports said.
The explosion occurred at about 1:45 p.m. in a structure outside the airport in Xining, capital of Qinghai province, prompting police to seal off the area and send in a bomb squad, the newspaper China Youth Daily said on its website. Another newspaper, Beijing Times, said a cleaner was slightly injured by flying debris but no one else was hurt.
The incident came at a time when Chinese authorities are on edge following a series of violent attacks blamed on Muslim extremists. They have stepped up security at airports and train stations.
A woman who answered the phone at Xining police headquarters confirmed an explosion occurred but refused to say whether there were any injuries or disruption to airport activities. She refused to give her name.
The Beijing Times said the airport was operating normally.
Photos on the China Youth Daily website showed police at the airport and one man with a rifle and a helmet but no signs of damage.


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Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE: IHG) is the largest hotel company by number of rooms, with around 600,000 rooms in over 100 countries around the world.[1] It operates a diverse portfolio of brands across multiple economic segments, including Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn, and Holiday Inn Express. IHG makes most of its money by franchising hotels. Out of the nearly 4,000 hotels bearing IHG brands, it only owns an insignificant amount. [2] While this operating structure means that the company makes less revenue per hotel, it also means that the company has to commit less capital to develop and maintain its hotels.
Intercontinental Hotels Group can be traced back to 1777, but for most of its life was part of Bass, a conglomerate of beer, hotels, restaurants and soft drinks. The largest part of IHG's business today is the nearly 4000 hotels it franchises. It also manages around 500 hotels and owns a small number of hotels.[3]
IHG also has the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club Rewards, with around 40 million members. It is notable for its "Any Hotel, Anywhere" program, which permits members to redeem their points for stays in non-IHG hotels as well.[4]
Intercontinental Hotels Group has seven brands covering all major price segments.They are
Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts is the flagship of the Group, and is designed to cater to international business travelers in the upper upscale segment of the hotel industry. There are around 150 hotels in major cities in over 60 countries under this brand.[7]
Crowne Plaza is an upscale brand that has over 300 hotels in major urban centers, gateway cities and resort destinations around the world that caters to predominantly business travelers but has facilities that target leisure travelers as well.[8]
Holiday Inn is the powerhouse of the group, with around 1400 hotels globally and one of the world's most recognized hotel brands. It is a midscale brand that targets a mix of domestic business and leisure travelers.[9]
Holiday Inn Express, known as Express by Holiday Inn in the rest of the world, is a predominantly US brand, with around 1700 hotels in the US, Canada and Mexico, and 2000 globally. It is similar to the Holiday Inn brand in amenities and pricing, but offers slightly fewer amenities and services.[10]
Hotel Indigo is an upscale boutique hotel brand with fewer than 20 hotels found only in the United States. It offers the personality and high design common to boutique hotels within a multi-hotel brand, an unusual combination in the boutique segment.[11]
Staybridge Suites is an upscale brand of all-suite extended-stay hotels. There are less than 150 Staybridge Suites in the Americas as of the end of the first quarter, and a few in the pipeline in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.[12]
Candlewood Suites is a midscale chain of extended-stay hotels that consist of suites and studios. It has around 150 locations across North America.[13]
While the hotel and hospitality market is quite fragmented, it is still geographically quite concentrated. The top 20 countries have over 80% of the world's 18 million rooms. The United States alone accounts for 25% of those rooms.[14] Over half of IHG's revenues come from the Americas, largely the United States, and 70% of its rooms are in the United States. Moreover, 69% of IHG's operating profit comes from the Americas.[15] As a result, IHG is vulnerable to a United States recession. However, it has long-term management and franchise contracts for most of its hotels that make it less vulnerable than its competition.
The United States, in addition to having 25% of the world's hotel rooms, is also one of the few markets where many of the hotels are branded and are part of larger chains. In the United States, around three quarters of all hotel rooms are branded, compared to one third in the Asia Pacific region and a third in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.[16] In these parts of the world, especially China, the hotel market is shifting strongly towards branded hotels. Moreover, the tourism industry in China is growing rapidly, and China is expected to become the world's number one inbound travel destination within the next ten to fifteen years.[17] Intercontinental has a large pipeline of hotels under development in these regions and is already the largest international hotel management company in China, giving it a substantial headstart at expanding into this market. Its position in China, with the most hotels of any chain and possession of the best-recognized brand in Holiday Inn,[18] will help it greatly.
Hotels are extremely capital-intensive to own and lease, and many hotel developers rely on financing to build hotels. As a result of the credit crunch, financing for such large-scale projects has become hard to find. As a result, despite the growth of the travel market, hotels could have difficulty expanding into new markets such as China. Intercontinental is somewhat buffered by having the largest pipeline in the industry. Nevertheless, these projects could still fall through or be substantially delayed, slowing IHG's growth in key markets. Moreover, its Staybridge and Candlewood Suites brands are new, and a slowdown in the development of new hotels would hurt their efforts to gain traction.
Marriott International (MAR): Marriott International, Inc. (Marriott) is a worldwide operator and franchiser of hotels and related lodging facilities. The company has around 3,500 hotels spread across almost 70 countries. Marriott generates around 90% of its earnings from hotel operations and a nominal amount from timeshares. The company's largest geographic segment is the United States.
Orient-Express Hotels (OEH): Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE: OEH) is a hotel and leisure group, which is focused on the luxury market. The company owns and operates luxury hotels, restaurants, tourist trains, and river cruises in over 25 countries. OEH's hotels, many operated only seasonally, target luxury travelers.[19]
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Used by the British Empire as a penal colony, Australia has always been a place that has lured outlaws and roughnecks. Now, as a sign of their growth and power, the country has attracted a new type of desperado to its shores.
Mexico's notorious drug cartels are taking advantage of Australia's growing taste for cocaine and shipping large amounts of the powdery substance to Melbourne via the United States. The cartels are using Australia's outlaw motorcycle clubs (OMC) and other criminal groups to distribute the drugs to customers in the country.
Police in the southeastern Australian city arrested two men with alleged ties to an international drug trafficking ring that works with Mexican cartels. One of the men arrested is purported to be a high ranking member of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club.
"This result sends a clear message to crime syndicates," said Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner of Crime Stephen Fontana, according to Australia's Herald Sun newspaper. "This result sends a clear message to crime syndicates."
The arrest of the two alleged traffickers is part of a 16-month operation, spearheaded by the Joint Organized Crime Task Force (JOCTF) that is comprised of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Victoria Police, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and the Australian Crime Commission (ACC). The groups also saw the seizure last month of 2.4 kilograms of a methylamphetamine-type substance and a seizure in September last year of more than 2 kilograms of cocaine.
They've recognized a place like Australia, where the price of cocaine can yield them a much greater profit margin compared to selling a kilogram here in the United States.
- Rodney Benson, chief of intelligence at the DEA
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials also confirmed to Fox News Latino that they were involved in the operation.
While it is unclear which cartel the outlaw motorcycle club members were working with, it is well known that Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel has a major stake in Australia's burgeoning cocaine market. Sinaloa cartel is considered to be the most powerful drug trafficking organization in Mexico - as well as the rest of the world - and supposedly has links to drug networks across the globe.
"They've recognized a place like Australia, where the price of cocaine can yield them a much greater profit margin compared to selling a kilogram here in the United States," said Rodney Benson, chief of intelligence at the DEA, according to NPR.
In Brownsville, Texas, a kilogram of cocaine retails for $16,000, while in Sydney a kilo can fetch around $250,000.
The Mexico-Melbourne connection is one indication of the expanding global presence of Mexico's cartels.
"The Mexican cartels have gone global," Shannon O'Neil, a Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council of Foreign Relations, told Fox News Latino earlier this summer. "The question is who will take over in Europe, in Russia."
The DEA recently announced documented links between Mexican cartels and criminal groups in Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Nigeria. The Sinaloa cartel is also known to have ties not only in Europe but throughout Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australia, where a booming trade has developed in the country's cities. Sinaloa's main rival, The Zetas, have made inroads with organized crime groups in Italy.
A 10-year investigation by Italian authorities earlier this year revealed ties between Italian groups and Mexican drug traffickers to move shipments of cocaine across the Atlantic Ocean.
The Italian-Mexican connection was allegedly spearheaded by Elio and Bruno Gerardi, two Italian brothers based out of Monterrey who shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine on behalf of La Cosa Nostra inside of industrial ovens. While the two brothers remain at large, a number of key figures linked to the Italian organized crime group are in custody.
"The U.S. is not the only game in town," said Rusty Payne, a DEA spokesman, adding that tougher tactics from both the Mexican and U.S. governments have led Mexican cartels to look elsewhere.
Earlier this year, Australia's Federal Police Commissioner Tony Negus said that the country's strong economy and the high dollar has made the country a prime location for drug traffickers.
"Also, Australia seems to have a thirst for the types of drugs that are being pushed through the border and that is things like heroin, cocaine," he added, in the daily newspaper the Australian.
The Mexican cartels not only have ties to OMC's in Australia but also rely on local drug syndicates and Asian crime organizations working in the country. Two people in 2011 were sentenced to lengthy jails sentences for attempting to buy the drugs for a Sydney-based Asian criminal syndicate, after a Mexican man set up a front company in which drugs were trafficked through.
The flow of drugs from Latin America into Australia does not seem like it will slow down anytime soon, thanks to the high profits cartels make in the country and Australians taste for cocaine, which they view as a chic, popular drug. The prevalence of cocaine use in Australia grew from 1.4-1.7 percent in 2009 to 1.5-1.9 in 2010, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2012 World Drug Report.
"Cocaine is a little bit more fabulous, sorry. You've got money in Sydney, because it's so expensive that only the rich models and designers and musicians and all the cool kids do it," Blade, a fictitious name for a young cocaine user, told NPR. "So you look cool if you do it, pretty much."
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Hand-to-eye recount begins in close NC Senate race
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — Election officials are resuming their work on the result of a North Carolina state Senate race more than three weeks after Election Day.
Democratic incumbent Stan White asked for a hand-to-eye recount in his 1st Senate District contest that showed him just 21 votes behind Republican Bill Cook. The recount was to begin Friday afternoon at the Pasquotank County election board. Seven other counties in the district scheduled the recount for next week.
A machine recount earlier this week in the coastal counties trimmed Cook's lead from 32 votes. In a hand-to-eye recount, election officials and party representatives examine paper ballots one-by-one to determine and record choices.
Election officials will initially perform hand-to-eye recounts in a small number of precincts to project mathematically whether all 87,000-plus ballots should be scrutinized.
This article was provided by The Associated Press. (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Foxconn Technology Group is implementing a plan to increase employee participation in its labor union, the company said today in a statement obtained by CNET.
"As a part of efforts to implement the Action Plan that was developed together with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) following the assessment they conducted in early 2012, Foxconn is introducing measures to enhance employee representation in the Foxconn Labor Union and to raise employees' awareness of the organization," the company wrote today in a statement.
Apple brought in the FLA last year to inspect Foxconn's facilities and determine if there were any labor violations. The FLA determined that Foxconn -- which manufactures devices for a number of high-profile high-tech companies -- would need to make a host of changes to its operation, including reduce overtime and increase wages. Foxconn has already implemented many of the FLA's recommendations.
In its statement, Foxconn pointed out that it has had union employee representative elections since 2008. Its first and head union, the Foxconn Federation of Labor Unions, was established in 2007. Employee representatives are chosen in elections by their peers, and those votes are held every three years.
Foxconn's focus with its latest initiative is to increase the number of junior employees in its union. The company claims to have instituted a number of reforms to achieve that goal, and they will be printed in a pamphlet for employees, entitled "The Guidelines for Junior Employee Representative Election Process."
Foxconn's union efforts have been criticized on numerous occasions. In November, for example, the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank that focuses on the needs of low- and middle-income families, wrote a paper criticizing Foxconn for, among other things, representation issues on the union leadership committee.
For its part, Foxconn argues that it was already providing a representative union and its latest efforts will only support those previous efforts.
"Our employees are our greatest asset and we are fully committed to ensuring that they have a positive and satisfactory working environment, which includes greater involvement in the Foxconn Labor Union and a more effective representation of their interests in the union," the company said. "Our hope is that our efforts in implementing these reforms will not only benefit Foxconn, but also help to lift the standards and practices for our industry in China."