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Well, as I write this I'm sitting at work in a hotel. It has probably been the worst night I've had all year. There was an altercation between some customers, blood was spilt. Fun times. So it's appropriate that I write this, my top 5 worst films of the year on this very night. I apologise that it wasn't up sooner but I had a banging headache yesterday and the thought of writing anything made my mind capsule angry. With that said, I'd like to add a little disclaimer. I haven't seen every film that was released this year, obviously. Hell, I didn't even get to see many of the films I did want to see so all I can do is list my opinion of films I did see, hence no New Moon or X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Let's begin.
5. Terminator Salvation
The biggest crime a Terminator film can commit is to be boring. Now Salvation was certainly a better film than Terminator 3 but it was no where near as entertaining. That may seem odd but keep in mind I'm one of these people who gains a certain kind of pleasure from watching films that are bad, just as long as there's something there that can be enjoyed.
Salvation provided me very little entertainment overall. There was the odd special effects sequence which was nice to see and it was nice to see a Terminator film that took place after Judgement Day but there was nothing really new here. For me, the film just plodded along from predictable scene to predictable scene. Some of it didn't make even make sense. Now I know that can be said for many of the Terminator films. The timeline alone has confused the fuck out of me for years with it's paradoxes and such but it was really obvious things. Why would the machines build robot motorbikes designed so that people could sit on them? Why did they have USB ports? Overall, this was just a massively disappointment.
4. G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra
I'll give G.I. Joe one thing, it knew exactly what the hell it was and it didn't try to be anything else and I have to respect it or that on some level. It didn't try and take itself seriously like certain other films based on 80s toy-lines I could, and probably will, be mentioning. Also, G.I. Joe was never really that popular here in the UK as I remember so I wasn't as offended by the whole experience as I'm sure some of my North American counter-parts probably were.
Still, this movie was all kinds of ridiculous, pretty much to the point where it stopped being enjoyable, and trust me, there were points when I did enjoy this film due to it's balls out ridiculousness but there's only so much that even I can take before I say 'I'm sorry, that's quite enough. I'm afraid you've lost me.' And it's hard to say exactly where that point in the movie came. Was it when The Eiffel Tower got eaten up by some kind of super weapon? Was it Dr. Who's terrible Scottish accent? Or was it having to accept that a Wayans would somehow be considered the best of the best of the best? I just couldn't tell you.
3. Dragonball Evolution
Another film that I have very little connection with the source material. I think I tried to watch an episode of Dragonball once and was pretty bored by the whole thing. There just seem to be a lot of fighting and shouting. I can't exactly see what all the fuss is about.
So I went into this blind and was pretty much treated to the same experience I got with G.I. Joe, ridiculousness beyond my comfort zone but even worse than G.I. Joe because it was incomprehensible ridiculousness. I reached a point where I couldn't fully figure out what the hell was going on, nor did I care. Something to do with the guy in the orange becoming a WereMonkey and destroying the world for the grey guy if they didn't get all the glowy balls or something. I don't know. It was just odd and thankfully a pretty forgettable experience.
2. Friday The 13th
Now this is where this list gets a bit more personal. Yes, Terminator Salvation was a major disappointment but I can't say I'm a die hard Terminator fan. I love the first two films but I'm not really invested in the series. Friday the 13th is a different barrel of bananas. I love these fucking films. Sure, there are some in the series that really piss me off like part five where it wasn't even Jason and Jason Goes to Hell which just confused the hell out of me, but there's enough there to keep me entertained.
I'm also quite comfortable in the knowledge that the Friday the 13th films aren't great or in some cases even good films but that doesn't matter. They hold a special place in my heart as does that loveable be-hockey masked serial killer, Jason Voorhes. So I went into this quite looking forward to it. After all, what could they do to the series that could make it any worse than it was? How can you be the straw that breaks the camels back if the camel has a long standing series of breaking it's back? Well, I'm not sure how but they found a way.
The worst part is, I can't even tell you how. I don't know why I hate this movie. I actually quite enjoyed the first half hour which were essentially quick remakes of parts one and two. The film had all the right ingredients. It had Jason in his hockey mask. It had a bunch of stereotypical teenagers and it had some pretty sweet kills but somehow it just managed to be awful and it was definitely the second angriest I've walked out of a cinema this year.
1. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
GAH! For fucks sake, don't make me relive this again. Please, I'm begging you… Fine. This "film" was just fucking awful. I spent every fucking frame of it hating the fact that I was even there. I have never walked out of a film but I came damn fucking close during this piece of shit. I apologise for the langue but… FUCK! Seriously, this thing was actually filmed? It was actually written? Someone watched this and said "This is gold. Release it."
It's an incomprehensible mess. No character in this film is in anyway likeable, even Optimus Prime was a massive douche. This movie made me dislike Optimus fucking Prime. When the death of a character has more emotional resonance in an animated toy commercial posing as a film then you have big fucking problems. Fuck you movie. Fuck you. If you wanna know more about my feelings on this film, there is a video review and a written accompaniment elsewhere on this site. I honestly can't continue writing about it again and keep my sanity. Gah… Fucking… Shit… See you in 2010. Laterz.
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Originally I was going to finish this year with my top 50 of the past decade with maybe my top 10 worst, but I seem to have accidentally not saved my shortlist and so I've decided to just do this instead. Maybe I'll try and sort out that decade list in January. Who knows? Not I… Anyway, In my opinion, 2009 was a pretty mediocre year for film. Of course this is skewed slightly by the fact that I didn't get to see quite a lot of the films that I wanted to see and was left less than impressed by others.
Yes, this was a year for unnecessary sequels (Terminator: Salvation, Fast & Furious, The Final Destination), unnecessary remakes (Friday The 13th, Race To Witch Mountain) and terrible adaptations of popular things from other media (Dragonball Evolution, Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li) but there were a few diamonds that shone through the rough… And since I can't think of a better way to segue into the list, here are the top five of the ones that I saw (Probable spoilers ahead. You have been warned.):
5. Avatar
If you've seen Ferngully, you've basically seen Avatar. You just have to replace fairies with 11 foot tall blue people and Tim Curry's oily dude with a cartoonish army general. Oh, and replace that Lizard that's voiced by Tone Lōc with a giant Pterodactyl thing. Now, this film just barely made the top five because, well, I honestly wasn't as impressed with it as most of the world seems to have been. Yeah, the CGI was pretty impressive but the way this film was hyped up you'd think the special effects cured AIDs or something. Did they cure AIDs? Well, I don't know, I don't have AIDs but I'm guessing they probably don't. All I know is that I didn't get the same sense of awe as I did when I saw living, breathing dinosaurs for the first time in Jurassic Park or when I saw that giant mother-ship hovering over Johannesburg in District 9.
I think it's the CGI which actually brings this film down a little. Not because it looks bad but it's because whole scenes of this film are completely dedicated to showing it off. In fact that seems to be the main point of the entire middle of them film. It just doesn't make for good pacing in a movie. If they'd wanted t show of the world so much then I personally think that Avatar would have worked much better as a television series where they could have layered it in throughout episodes and had a lot more time available to just show off.
Still, it has to be said that I did enjoy this film, particularly the last part which is basically one long, awesome battle. Good times. As I've stated before the plot is cheesy and clichéd but it's a James Cameron movie so I was kind of expecting that and James Cameron can take the clichés and make them work.
4. Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
What? I can't put a Nicolas Cage film in my top five list of the year? Well, fuck you buddy. It's my list and if I loved a Nicolas Cage film then I loved a Nicolas Cage film. You know what? I fucking loved a Nicolas Cage film. Bad Lieutenant pretty much takes all of the things that makes Nic Cage bad in all the films he's been in recently and makes it fucking work.
Does he overact? Hell yes, he overacts! Is it to his benefit? Hell yes, it's to his benefit! Seriously, I've never seen overacting work so well in a movie. It's like the reverse of The Wicker Man or something. If I ever meet Werner Herzog I want to shake his hand for casting Nic in this film. And if you've been in a room with me and I've decided to talk about this film then you already know what my favourite scene in this film is. If you haven't seen it and I haven't told you about it then I'll just say this. It involves an old lady and her carer, a breathing tube and the use of the word cunt. It's a glorious thing to behold.
3. Inglorious Basterds
Inglorious Basterds is very obviously a Quentin Tarantino film. In fact, it could almost be considered another part of Grindhouse, although I suppose that most of his films could be, some are just more obvious than others.
I know there was a lot of criticism when this film came out because there were a lot of scenes with people just talking punctuated throughout with sudden, short bursts of violence. The problem being of course that people walked into the film expecting a World War 2 film like Saving Private Ryan and what they got was a Quentin Tarantino film. I suppose there's nothing you can really do about this kind of thing really, except for maybe hand out pamphlets explaining what the film is and what the film isn't before they go in and see it but that seems impractical at best and stupid at worst.
One thing I really loved about this film was that most of it was in German and French with subtitles except for when it obviously benefited the characters to speak in English. I hate it when films have characters speak in English for apparently no reason except so that the audience can understand them. For example, I was watching Scarface the other night, an otherwise brilliant film, but there's a scene where Tony is talking to his sister and mother and they are all talking in English. Why? Wouldn't it be more natural for them to speak in Spanish? Whatever. I suppose it's that suspension of disbelief thing that I have problems with from time to time.
Perhaps my biggest problem with the film, and to be fair it's fairly minor, is Mike Myers as the British General. His performance was fine but his accent just seemed to slip one to many times for me to buy it,
Ooh, before I move on, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the awesome finale in the French cinema. It's probably one of the most awesome scenes in any film I've seen not just this year but in the past decade. Watching two Jewish men spray bullets from boxes into the highest echelons of Nazi society below them who are in turn trying to escape from a fire, whilst the visage of a women speaking about Jewish vengeance is being projected onto the screen and then the smoke, is a truly, truly incredible thing to watch.
2. Star Trek
I would by no means consider myself a Trekkie, though I have enjoyed many a Star Trek thing over the years, in particular the original series. It's certainly a much better series than Next Generation, with barely any of the techno-babble that haunted the later series. It was basically about three best friends in space discovering new peoples whilst one of them tried to have sex with them. Good times.
So I was a little bit wary of this film when I heard about it. Still, it turns out I had no reason to be. This film was fucking awesome on so many levels. If you've never seen anything Star Trek before, then you can appreciate it as a great Sci-Fi film. If you've seen the original series then you can appreciate it on a whole different level. There are so many little references thrown in through out the film then you'll be a thousand times more entertained.
I really have to commend the cast of this film, in particular Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine who I thought got Spock and Kirk down perfectly. Quinto did an excellent job portraying a character who had the problem of being both part Human and part Vulcan and Pine managed to pull off that likeable cockiness that made Kirk such an enjoyable character to watch.
Now, I'm as usual I'm not afraid to admit when I've cried during a film and I was surprised that I got a little teary eyed on more than one occasion watching this film. Perhaps most surprising was when I welled up a little at the end when Leonard Nimoy is quoting the famous 'Space, The Final Frontier' speech. It's truly a wonderful thing that completely sums up what Star Trek, nay, the human spirit is all about, the yearning to explore and discover and I had no idea that it had it ingrained itself on my psyche and affected me so much until I heard it booming from the speakers in a cinema. Still, I will agree with my mother, who's complaining that William Shatner wasn't in the film drove me to near insanity. It would have been nice if JJ Abrahms had gotten Shatner in to read that speech, maybe just have Spock listening to some old Captain's Log or something. Ah well, maybe in the sequel.
1. District 9
What can I say about this film that I haven't already said? Well, as I said earlier, I felt more awe from the special effects in this film then I did from Avatar, except the mecha-prawn which on occasion looked a little ropey. I think, in all honesty, I'm just more impressed when you can take something completely CGI and blend it with the real world, like the mothership and the prawns in this film. I don't get too excited by a world which is pretty much totally computer-generated. That and I really, really like insectoid aliens.
This film also inspired a last minute costume change for the Saturday of Bestival, my original plan being to go as Krang's Robot Body from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Instead I spent an entire night building a prawn arm out of bin bags, paper and a glove and went and Wikus Van De Merwe. Good times.
There is so much in this film and it can be enjoyed on so many different levels. You can enjoy it on an action and sci-fi level or on a political level or even on a comedic level, the film manages to balance all these different elements exquisitely without ever feeling bloated or boring. Ever frame of this film had me on the edge of my seat and if it isn't recognised at the Oscars then, well, fuck the Oscars.
So that's it. That's my top 5 films of 2009. But I know the internet. I know what the internet likes. The internet thrives on negativity, a raw powerful anger and hatred that the anonymity the internet provides and is generally just more entertaining for all concerned. So with that in mind come back tomorrow for my Worst 5 films of 2009 and I certainly do have a large buffet of shit to choose from. Laterz.
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As always, spoilers follow.
So this is it then. The big one. The winner of the best picture last year, Slumdog Millionaire. It's a movie which has a hell of a lot packed into it over the course of two hours. There's torture, romance, murder, poverty, gangsters, dancing and the quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? So did it deserve the awards, the hype, the praise? Let's find out, won't we?
The movie's set in India, specifically Mumbai for the most part and tell the tale of Jamal Malik, his brother Salim and the girl of Jamal's dreams, Latika, children born in the slums of the city who are all orphaned by a Hindu attack on their Muslim slums. The film follows their journeys over the years, joined at times, separated at others and all told by an older Jamal during an interview with the police. Why is he being interviewed by the police? Well, he's currently on the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? And he's doing so well that he's arrested after his first night on the programme after getting the penultimate question correct, accused of fraud because, honestly, how could someone who grew up on the streets and is currently working as a tea boy possibly know the answers to so many questions? He's tortured by the police at first and when that doesn't shed any light on the subject they decided to interview him and he relays that he knows the answers to the questions due to various events throughout his life.
And that's a bit of a problem I have with this film. It's a bit damn convenient that the questions are asked in a sequence that would allow his flashbacks to have a coherent narrative. Still, it's a bit of a minor point especially if you buy into the underlying point of the film that everything that happened was destined to turn out that way.
Now, one of the phrases that got thrown about after this film blew up massively was that it was a feel good hit, a really uplifting experience and I have to call bullshit on that. Every time something good happens, something terrible happens either at the same time or a short time afterwards, Even the moment where Jamal is about to answer the final question is counterbalanced by his brother Salim, who has finally redeemed himself to some extent, being shot the shit out of. As for Salim there are times when he is so unrelentingly cuntish that he's almost unbelievable as a character but again, it's kind of a minor point and it's kinda necessary to push the plot forward.
Still, that's not to say it's a depressing film, though many, many depressing things happen during it, such as a young boy being blinded by acid in order to make him a more effective beggar. I just feel as though the uplifting nature of the film has been a little overplayed.
There's also a general sense throughout the film that India is a horrible, horrible place filled with slums, children living in dumps and being blinded by bastard orphanage owners and I guess I can't say that it isn't and it is genuinely rewarding when you see Jamal doing everything he can to get himself out of that world whilst trying to take Latika with him.
Damn, there's so much going on in this film that I'm finding it hard to write a coherent review so fuck it, I'll finish here. So, did Slumdog Millionaire deserve the Oscar? Well, it's a very, very good film. It's shot beautifully, excellently paced and the actors are all pretty damn good, except for some tourists who seem to have some very dubious accents. Still, personally I'd have given the award to Frost/Nixon which was definitely the film I enjoyed out of the crop of the Best Picture nominees. I'd probably give Milk an award over this as well. Still, if I had to rate Slumdog Millionaire I'd give it four out of five pints and I still highly recommend seeing it if you haven't.
So, that's the Academy Awards Best Pictures nominees covered. Next I'll be taking a look at the Worst Picture nominees from the Razzies so look forward to reviews of classics such as Disaster Movie and The Love Guru. If blog pages could be stained with tears then these would be…
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As a straight, white male I don't think I can claim that I have ever been oppressed. In fact in the entire history of my people you might have to go all the way back to the Roman invasion of Britain to even attempt to make a claim of oppression and a fairly flimsy claim it would be too. What hardships our people faced when the Romans brought us roads, sanitation and mosaics. To be fair though, they did call us wild savages and laughed when we painted our faces blue. That had to sting. Bastards.
So it's with some trepidation that I come to Milk, the story of 70s gay rights activist and politician. It's the same problem with films about black civil rights. I can empathise with the people in these films, be disgusted by the actions of the oppressors and I certainly believe that every one is entitled to the same rights as everyone else, regardless of race or sexual orientation but as a member of the group who's never really had to deal with fighting for our rights, I find it kind of hard to relate to these films sometimes. Not the fault of the films of course, just a circumstance of birth.
With Milk it was even more challenging because, in general, the history of the gay civil rights movement isn't as extensively covered as that of the black civil rights movement. I could probably name you quite an extensive list of films covering that topic but for films about the gay fight for equality, I could name two and they are both about the same person, this film and the documentary that preceded it, The Times of Harvey Milk, and I've only seen one of them.
Anyway, on with the film. It opens with archive footage showing the police raiding several gay bars during the 50s and 60s before going onto the story of Harvey Milk, a gay man living in New York during the early 70s on the day before his 40th birthday. A chance encounter with Scott (James Franco), a younger gay man, leads them both to move to San Francisco for a change of scene. It's here that Harvey first develops an interest in politics and a hope for the improvement of the lives of gay people in America.
After several unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the position of city supervisor for his district, Harvey finally achieves his goal and becomes the first openly gay man elected to public office. It's at this point that he meets Dan White (Josh Brolin) a man who he seems to get on fairly well with at first and the men come to an agreement to back each other during votes, in particular White asks Milk to support him on preventing a mental health institute from being built in his district. Harvey changes his mind after finding out more details about the proposition and White becomes determined to oppose him at every turn, leading to his own political downfall. Meanwhile Harvey goes on to greater and greater things, successfully leading the opposition to Prop 6 which would have banned gay people and those who support them from becoming teachers which further deepens Dan White's feelings of failure. I won't spoil the ending but if you know the true story at all, and chances are you probably do, then you know what's coming anyway.
So what is there to say about this film? Well, the performances for one were all brilliant. From Sean Penn to Josh Brolin (who I think I've liked in everything I've seen him in since The Goonies) to every supporting character. Each actor brings something great to their role, no matter how small it is. The big question is, of course, should Sean Penn have won the Oscar for best actor? Well, I'm still not to sure about that. I'm kinda torn between him and Frank Langella as Nixon at the minute. Penn definitely deserved to be recognised for his portrayal of Harvey Milk but there's just something that Langella brings to the former President that I feel would have been equally justified had he won the award.
Perhaps the most important thing about the film is the impact it had on me. Well, it certainly made me appreciate the struggle of the American gay community during those tumultuous times and provided me with enough history to help me understand just why the world is the way it is today and the part Harvey Milk played in that. And the ending is incredibly touching, particularly when mixed in with the archive footage. Which brings me to another good point. Throughout the film the action is interspersed with archive footage from the time and it's far, far less jarring than the faux documentary interviews in Frost/Nixon. That being said I still think Frost/Nixon just beats Milk by a tiny margin as a slightly more enjoyable film. All in all, I certainly recommend Milk and I'll give it four pints out of five.
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I am an all round geek. A jack of all geek trades and a master of none and one of the facets that makes up that geek whole is political geekery. I first started to become interested in politics around the time that George W. Bush came to power as the president of the United States and so my interest has always been with American politics, which is far, far more interesting than our rather underwhelming British system, and in particular the dark, shadier side of the political scene.
It should be no surprise then that Richard M. Nixon is a particularly fascinating figure to me. His name has become synonymous with political corruption, scandal and abuse of power. There are many who blame him for thousands, even millions, losing faith in the democratic establishment and the political process. The Watergate scandal shook the American system to it's very core and even today it's ramifications are felt, so much so that the suffix -gate is attached to almost every political scandal.
Three years after Nixon resigned from the presidency, Nixon agreed to be interviewed by British talk show host David Frost, for the sum of $60,000 and 20% of the profit. The film Frost/Nixon, directed by Ron Howard and starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen, tells the story of those interviews. Now, I'll admit it doesn't sound like the most exciting subject matter for a film but bear with me.
This film is fucking awesome. I cannot impress upon you just how good it is. I remember seeing the trailer at the cinema, possibly before Oliver Stone's W and I was instantly interested but the trailer did give me the impression that it was heavily, heavily overly dramatised and I'll admit that having seen the film it most certainly is but to be fair what do you want? It's a movie, it has to have heightened drama.
The performances are incredible. Michael Sheen is perfect as portraying the young David Frost, a cocky playboy type filled with confidence who you should probably find annoying but he remains insanely likeable. Sheen also has Frost's voice down perfectly and, if it weren't for the fact that I've grown up knowing Frost as the older gentleman he is today, I'd probably forget I was watching someone else portray him.
Frank Langella delivers a powerhouse performance as Richard Nixon. Ugh, I feel disgusted with myself having read that sentence. Let me try again. Frank Langella fucking rules as Richard Nixon. There much better. He manages to convey a strange mixture of devious intelligence, ignorance and genuine sadness to create a Nixon who is so more compelling than the one-dimensional prick who people are generally thinking of when they talk about the former president.
Rounding out the cast are Matthew Macfadyen as Frost's producer John Brit, Oliver Platt as journalist Bob Zelnick, Sam Rockwell as journalist James Reston Jr, Rebecca Hall as Frost's love interest Caroline Cushing and Kevin Bacon as Nixon's Chief of Staff Jack Brennan. The cast is all pretty good but Rockwell and Bacon really stand out. Rockwell plays Reston as a man who clearly feels as though Nixon has twisted the very concept of Democracy and must be made to confess and Bacon is great playing a man who's dedicated to Nixon until the end and seems to genuinely believe that the former president is a great, great man that the American people never appreciated as he deserved.
The film runs to about two hours but it never loses it's pace, even during some of the long pauses during the interviews themselves. In fact these pauses are integral to the interviews, particularly during the last one and manage to rack up the tension as if you were watching a kind of Mexican stand-off and in a way you are. Several times throughout the characters refer to the interviews as battles and that's the way they seem especially, once more, that final interview about the Watergate scandal. The only difference is that instead of guns they are using words.
Now, if there's one complaint I have about the film it's the occasional intrusion of the main storyline by short little, pseudo-documentary interviews. It features the actors portraying the characters discussing the events that have just happened in the film and at times it can really take you out of the film. It's certainly an interesting idea and at times, it can work by giving a sense of the story going on around the main storyline without intruding on it with unnecessary sub-plots but at times it can come off as superfluous and some of these scenes feel almost like they were just used as padding to build up the running time.
Ooh, now I think of it, there is one complaint I've heard and that's the historical accuracy of the film, in particular the Watergate interview. I can't really speak to that, I'm afraid as although I have the interviews on DVD I haven't watched them in a good few months and I have the recall of a goldfish who has repressed most of it's memories. Probably should have watched them again before I watched this. Nevermind. I'll probably watch them again later and if it turns out that the Watergate interview is radically different from the way it's portrayed in the film then those intrusive interviews will probably take me out of the film even more than they did before.
All that having been said though, I really do recommend this film particularly if you have even a passing interest in politics. It really does manage to give you a sense of how people felt about Nixon at the time and just why distrust towards the system, particularly in America, is so rampant today. I can't wait for the sequel Frost/Skeletor in which Frank Langella reprises his role as the The Evil Lord Of Destruction and answers tough questions on whether or not he let down the people of Eternia during his ill-fated invasion of Castle Greyskull. Until then I give Frost/Nixon four and a half pints out of five.


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Bhubaneswar: Sikta, daughter of deceased Pyari Mohan Mohapatra today has been appointed as the General Secretary of Odisha Jana Morcha (OJM).
In a statement before the media, Sikta said, "I will work with best effort to fulfill my father's dreams. I would rigorously fight to seek justice and protection for the tribal community.
Under the leadership of Pyari's daughter, OJM party hopes for getting the taste of success in 2019 legislative election.
Pyari founded OJM (Odisha Jana Morcha) as a rebel party and fought in the 2014 state elections without much success. After spending months at the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai in a critical condition, the "Chanakya of Odisha politics" died on 19 March 2017.


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Hala Zeist "Zonneserie" hanging lamp
Rare hanging from the Dutch brand Hala Zeist designed by H.Th.J.A. Busquet. The lamp is part of the "Zonneserie" line, designed in the 50's . The lamp is in a reasonable condition, the caps have all 3 paint damage. The size of a cap is 15 cm in diameter and 20 cm high, total height including cord is 90 cm.


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2 Dead After Boat Capsizes In Lake Victoria (International Business Times)
Update as of 4 a.m. EDT: A boat that capsized in Lake Victoria was carrying 24 passengers and not 200, Capital FM Kenya, a local news network, reported citing an official. Two children died in the accident, according to reports.
"The bodies of the two children aged four and two years have been retrieved. The passenger boat was carrying 24 people while the fishing boat had four fishermen on board. Most of the passengers had life jackets and that is what helped in rescuing them," John Omusanga, Homa Bay County commander, told the news station.
The boat was on its way to Sori in Migori County from Remba Island in Homa Bay County. An adult believed to be missing after the accident was found later.
Update as of 11:10 p.m. EDT: The Kenya Red Cross Society tweeted saying that it has sent a rescue team to Lake Victoria where a boat carrying 200 passengers capsized early Wednesday.
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At least 30 people are feared dead after a boat carrying 200 passengers capsized in Lake Victoria near Remba Island, Kenya, according to Citizen TV Kenya, a local television network. The accident reportedly occurred early Wednesday.
Three bodies, of which two are children, have been recovered so far, local media reported. However, local fishermen at Nyandiwa Beach said that nine people were killed, Daily Nation newspaper reported. The cause of the accident is not clear, however, some local media reports said two boats collided resulting in the accident.
Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake and its waters spread across Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. About 5,000 fishermen die each year due to storms on Lake Victoria, according to a report last month in New Vision, a Ugandan daily, citing a survey by Makerere University School of Public Health in Kampala, Uganda.
BREAKING NEWS :A boat carrying 200 passengers capsizes in Lake Victoria about 2.Am, Three bodies so far recovered
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A person can have a replica or has features of him in his sibling. When we heard about us becoming a big brother or big sister to our sibling to be born, we undeniably are excited for that. A promise to become the best brother or sister is what comes to mind. We often preserved our toys so we could give them to our younger siblings and play together. We even found ourselves sticking our ears to mommy's tummy and listened to the baby's heartbeat and we are surprised by the movement of the soon to be delivered baby brother or a sister inside.
When we are just young and do not know yet about anything, our minds run quite a vast of questions. Especially when we finally get ourselves close to our newborn younger siblings because of amazement maybe, we couldn't draw the reactions of our faces because of the feeling of awe we felt. We could not even lay down correctly the questions or thoughts we have in mind.
When this big brother in the video finally is able to be near to his younger sister, we can distinguish how amazed he was. The feeling of joy, gladness, and excitement are evident. Mainly, this happens to most of us. Seeing in the first time the person who will call us "big brother" or "big sister" and would be our companion with all the things we want to experience in life is definitely exciting. That feeling of amazement made us express things whatever that may be just to make us certain with what we were thinking of.
Just like us, to make sure the things he has in mind, this big brother throws up questions the moment his younger sibling is before him.
"Her belly are right here," "Her leg are right here," "Her feet are right here," said by the amazed big brother. His mom was agreeing to what he was making sure of. It felt that he was so enthusiastic and very much eager to make sure of everything. But there was one question he asked that made mom and dad giggling. For you to find out what question that was, be sure to watch the video below.
Probably he did not know what his little sibling is, that is why he asked that funny question. Humorous it may sound yet it was kind of a surprising moment when he really thought his baby sibling have what he thought she has.
Our lives would be easier if we see interactions such as this every day. We see older brothers or sisters welcoming their younger siblings with excitement and bliss. Hear their voices with gladness because of the blessing that arrived in the family. Life itself is awesome because of the newborns but it is more fulfilling when we get a glimpse of a sibling that get along very well with his other sibling.
As to this happy big brother, definitely, he is going to be a loving brother to his sister.


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Theory Hazit-Thr3e : Album Review
Written By: Charles Longo
I heard the hype.I saw the cover.I love boom-bap.I always have my doubts when i hear recommendations.I gave it a listen and realized this is an album of longevity,timeless beats and heartfelt lyrics from the Winchester Kentucky native.
The intro kicks off the title theme "3" explaining all things "Thr3e". Fans of super mario will understand the creativity. "Find Me" is that song that takes you into the personal life of Theory. Being raw and candid pays off when you have the lyrical ability he does. Mainstream radio heads will dig the chorus,the hiphop heads will dig the wordplay. Its really the best of both worlds. "What Lies Beneath" pours out a story of what we all though we knew in our doubtful minds while "Old Derty Hazit" sounds like Black Milk and Jake One had a beat baby. The sonic quality is undeniable. "Angel PT.2" and "I need you more" is the real raw illustration of what marriage actually is. As you can tell Theory Hazit does not sleep on picking subject matters that illustrate the realities of life, good or bad. A splash of fuzzy dilla-esque snares and synths permeate the air on these two with a headknock for sure. A warm welcome from the casino jingles of what hits on the radio these days.Theory's Uncle was a R&B and Funk Fanatic."for a lack of better word" holds up to those standards as deep grooves and long sax solo's carry the track into good territory, though i was expecting a bigger climax to such a diverse genuinely musical track it really took on its own personality. "Jo Jo Dancer" is a lyrical assault as the closer,leaving you on a high note. This is an exceptionally put together album with the only downside feeling as if all the beats are playing in the same time rhythm. Not that its bad, (because the beats are some of the best i've heard in the industry period) but that it made it more difficult to differentiate from song to song."Find Me" has the potential to break into different genres (and possibly billboards) from the hook alone. This is not your typical underground rap album. It doesnt conform and understands the Dilla's, The Little Brother's, and The Slum Villages of the world. And since that is very rare nowadays its safe to say Theory has IT. 4 1/2 stars *Charles Longo


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02/14/19 -- HB 280 -- Requires vehicles to stop at railroad crossings with on-track equipment
HB 280, introduced by Representative Becky Ruth (Republican - District 114), is a relatively simple bill. It requires vehicles approaching a railroad crossing to stop at the tracks not only when a train is coming (existing law), but also when other on-track equipment operated by the railroad is approaching.
It seems to me if you are about to cross a railroad track, on which a massive train might be traveling at high speed, you really need to stop and look in pretty much all cases. If you don't and something hits you, there's a good chance it was foreseeable and your fault. So adding "on track equipment" to the current statute seems pretty straightforward to me. Accordingly, I voted yes.
The bill did pass easily, though it was mostly a party-line vote. Democrats seemed to feel that this bill offered too much protection for railroads, who some suggested could act negligently with their on-track equipment without consequence as a result of this bill. I disagree.
This bill had a roll-call vote on an amendment that failed during perfection. Read about that here.


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Title3D Multi-Domain MFS Analysis of Sound Pressure Level Reduction Between Connected Enclosures
Journal titleArchives of Acoustics
Volumevol. 36
NumerNo 3
KeywordsMethod of Fundamental Solutions ; domain decomposition ; closed spaces ; sound pressure level reduction
Divisions of PASNauki Techniczne
PublisherCommittee on Acoustics PAS, PAS Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Acoustical Society
TypeArtykuły / Articles
IdentifierISSN 0137-5075 ; eISSN 2300-262X
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Malaysia Automotive Institute CEO Madani Sahari has revealed that the upcoming revision of the National Automotive Policy (NAP) will further promote local vehicle assembly, particularly of Energy Efficient Vehicles (EEV), in an attempt to transform the nation into a regional production hub for EEVs.
At a meeting with members of the media held at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry yesterday, Madani also explained the structure of car prices in relation to excise duties and how they can be reduced by the increase of value-added activities undertaken by a carmaker.
The revised NAP will see manufacturing licenses and pre-packaged customised incentives given for EEV production and investment. A vehicle shall be classified as an EEV if it meets or performs better than a set fuel consumption figure for its kerb weight, and unlike the current 2,000 cc cap for hybrid vehicle tax exemption (which expires at the end of this year), there will be no engine size restrictions.
According to Madani, this has already received approval, and a table of vehicle kerb weights and their corresponding fuel economy figures required for EEV status has been drawn up (unfortunately, the table was not shown during the briefing). He also said that plans exist for EEV regulations to be also carbon emissions-based, although this would have to be put on hold until our fuel reaches Euro 4 grade.
The Road Transport Department (JPJ) would test the vehicles' fuel consumptions to the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC)'s R101 standard and UNECE WP29 (the World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations), Madani said, adding that private sectors would also be encouraged to set up such testing facilities in Malaysia.
The MAI CEO also explained the breakdown of the car price structure (see above pic) – carmakers first submit an Into Showroom Cost (ISC), taking distribution costs, general expenses and profit into account (A). This figure gets excise taxed (B), before other costs (C) enter the equation. A 10% sales tax is imposed on the sum of the ISC, its excise tax and the other costs (D), and the on-the-road price is the sum of A, B, C and D.
He said that nett vehicle excise duties paid currently stand at 40-50% for locally-assembled cars, and 75-105% for imported cars. This serves to encourage foreign carmakers to set up shop here (with the potential of even reducing the duty to zero if enough value-added activities – like R&D and vendor involvement – are carried out in the country), thereby creating more jobs in the industry and contributing to the nation's economy. Thailand and Indonesia, he said, are paying 30-50% and 30-75% respectively in excise duties.
The general message is that excise duties for imported cars are not going to come down any time soon, but through our Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with ASEAN and Japan, amongst others, there is a potential at least for import duties for cars from these countries to be reduced further.
Madani said that of all the said factors influencing car prices in Malaysia, only the import (if applicable), excise and sales taxes are within government control, but liberalisation through the FTAs could increase market competition that could in turn see new car prices come down.
Formed in 2009, the MAI works with MITI to develop and grow the local automotive industry through research and study, which includes the drafting of the NAP.


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donner du temps au temps – Mot du jour
to give it time – French expression
What does " donner du temps au temps " mean? How do you say 'to give it time' in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
donner du temps au temps – to give some time to time – In everyday French, donner du temps au temps means that you need to be patient, that time will take care of thing, 'to give it time'.
- « Si tu donnes du temps au temps, tu réussiras à bien comprendre le français authentique. »
- "Give it time and you'll see you'll be able to understand authentique French well. "
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text: Dr. Scott Shoemaker is currently Senior Director of Technical operations in Takeda's Global Vaccine Technology and Engineering group. Across his career he has lead a range of technical activities, from process development of small molecule formulations to technical oversight of commercial vaccine production. He has spent the last 8 years focused on live virus vaccines, including both bulk drug substance (primarily mammalian cell lines) as well drug product (syringe, vials, and lyophilization). In this time, he has lead activities across the product life cycle, including product development in the clinical phase, global filings and product launches accompanied by large increases in production capacity requirements, and in line product support. His current role is to enable the commercialization of Takeda's late stage vaccine pipeline, including creating the Technical Operations infrastructure to support product filing, launch, and in line support.


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Do you know what sucks about regular leather shoes? They have no soul! They all come in one basic colour. One colour fits all is not a mantra we live by in the rainbow nation. What fun is it to wear the same shoe as everyone else? We'll answer that for you: NO FUN AT ALL! You are unique; you are fun, you are serious, you are many things but boring you are NOT. Some days you feel like jumping in puddles, and other days you want to show your boss you mean business. Why then do your shoes come in one vanilla flavour? You know how they say you are what you wear…. Brighten your sole, and you will realize a small change goes a long way. learn more
The Pinotage is a red wine grape that is South Africa's signature variety. It was bred in 1925 as a cross between Pinot noir and Cinsaut (Cinsaut was known as "Hermitage" in South Africa at that time, hence the portmanteau name). It typically produces deep red varietal wines with smoky, bramble and earthy flavours, sometimes with notes of bananas and tropical fruit. Sounds like the perfect wine to pair with your Veldskoen.


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A commodity is a general product which can be bought and sold. A supermarket brand bottle of cooking oil is an individual item, not a commodity. On the other hand, a barrel of oil is a commodity because it is essentially the same no matter who produces it. Fuel is often traded as a bulk commodity.
There are four main kinds of commodities:
- Energy
- Livestock and meat
- Agricultural
- Metals
The futures market
The futures market enables a trader to buy a certain quantity of commodities at an agreed cost, to be delivered at a future date. Commercial organisations use the futures market to try and hedge their bets. For instance, if an airline company buys fuel when the price is low on the futures market, it means they can plan their costs ahead of time.
The buying and selling of commodities is one of the keys to maintaining stable global economics. Because of that, futures trading is always carefully regulated via organised exchanges.
Going for gold
Hang on to that gold ring or watch! Gold has long been used as an investment to hedge against inflation because it is viewed as a reliable commodity which holds its value.
Terminating a commodities contract
Surprisingly, paying for and delivering commodities accounts for just 1% of contract termination. Most commodity contracts end due to a range of other settlements. A counterparty may offer the difference in expected value, for instance, or both parties might make a reverse trade. The finer details of how commodities trading works can be complex.
What to look out for
Commodities are often affected by events which are impossible to predict. Unusual weather may impact harvests and cause a rise in prices; an earthquake might impact on oil production; a sudden drop in manufacturing demand may reduce the need for a specific precious metal, and a fall in its price. Some commentators say that investors should never allocate more than 10% of their portfolio to commodities due to these types of unpredictable risks. Other individuals feel they have a particular insight which justifies them investing more in the hope of making big profits.
So why invest in commodities?
If you are careful and well-informed, investing in commodities, which are actual assets, can be a better way to hedge your bets against the rises and falls of inflation. Commodities can also sometimes provide a more diversified equity risk (the amount of money you stand to make or lose).
Is it a gamble?
Even professional traders sometimes make unwise decisions. When this happens, commodities trading can become more like a gamble than a considered way to save money, and this is worth remembering if you are considering making a personal investment. However, if you seek professional guidance and stay informed, the commodity market can help you hedge your bets. For the brave investor with money to spare, volatile commodities markets can be an exciting place to take a chance and make cash.
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A dream deep inside the heart of every leader, is that the team they work with will be able to lift their level of capability in a consistent and noticeable way. That over time, each individuals contribution will improve, strengthen, and add value to the overall game plan.
In the mid nineties, I read a book by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus called "Leaders" The Strategies for Taking Charge, and one of the many things they highlighted was that the difference between good leaders and great ones was the "ability to learn new skills." As I have reflected on this maxim for nearly two decades it still comes back to one hauntingly helpful question for me. "How do I make my/our leadership better?" Better for you, better for the current focus, better for me, better for the world. What does it take to improve our skills and abilities over time? How can we individually and collectively "Make Better."
The answer is projects that matter. My friend and fellow thought leader Peter Cook is an expert in the art of implementation. He believes that implementation is the key to doing your best work in the right time frame, and he's right. How many times have you began with good intentions, later to find the file buried deep under a pile of other good intentions.
In addition to my Corporate Practice, I have been leading the most fantastic local Church for the past five years, and in an environment that doesn't have a profit as a driver, seeing people grow, learn and develop capability is a profound joy, and at times a paradox. In this environment we trade in intangibles. Vision, trust, integrity, community, joy and service. These among others, are the currencies of our environment. Finding the right way to help people "make better" is essential. Finding a pathway that helps people discover and develop new skills is one of my top priorities as the key leader in this organisation.
We use projects that matter. Projects we care about. Projects we are proud to tell the world about.
- Projects help you gather a team to make something happen.
- Projects help you have a defined task and end goal.
- Projects give you something to be proud of and share with the world.
- Projects teach you new skills and abilities.
- Projects can stretch you just that little bit more than you expected.
- Projects help strangers become friends.
- Projects reset what you thought was possible.
Late last year, we had this crazy idea to tell the story of Christmas through Instagram Pictures. We called it Instachristmas, and we learnt that finding a way to speak a new kind of "language" was a way to share the phenomenal Christmas story with the world. Nearly 20,000 people have viewed it.
This year we have the concept for Christmas up and running. It's currently being worked on by a team of people who believe in the project. Only two of them are paid to do it, the rest are volunteers.
This week our Creative Team are launching a new EP called "Audience of One – Live at the Stables." I have it on repeat in my car right now.
So far, this project has created a media team of volunteers from nothing; released a creative director that oversees the video and artwork components (a volunteer) that has translated into a wider group of people on the team. It has pushed the ceiling UP for the Creative Team.
It has opened the doorway for new writers to share their gift more publicly and create momentum that we can build on for the future. It has given the team something to be proud of that has THEIR fingerprints on it and won't drain any cost from the organisation (always good news to the leader).
There's no downside. We made something we're proud of and became better for it in the process.
Forgive me is this feels like marketing. Yes, I want you to know about the project. But more importantly, I want you to know what the project has accomplished in making better. I'm sure you have some projects that will help you do the same thing.
#leadsmall – because when you do, big things can happen.
PS: You can view and listen to these new songs on Youtube by clicking the links below.
To listen to Resurrection,
To listen to Much Higher,
To listen to By The Cross,
To listen to Your Presence,
To listen to Audience Of One.


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Senator Alice-Mary Higgins who has led the debate in the Seanad on the Data Protection Bill 2018 which is supposed to give effect to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR ), has said that despite crucial amendments, she remains very concerned about the Bill.
Having submitted over 30 amendments at committee stage, she won a number of important improvements on areas like child protection and the right to be forgotten but remains very concerned about the Bill. Today (Thursday ) she will propose further amendments, including amendments to close the loopholes in section 43 which many feel are open to exploitation by companies like Cambridge Analytica.
During the committee stage debate on March 6, Senator Higgins' said "We have seen the role played by companies such as Cambridge Analytica in the Brexit vote and Trump campaign. There is a real and present danger of private companies being contracted to influence and shape electoral outcomes."
In advance of today's report stage debate, Senator Higgins said the scandalous harvesting and manipulation of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica has shone a renewed spotlight on the importance of stringent data protection regulation to protect both individuals' privacy and the integrity of the electoral processes.
"The Data Protection Commissioner has highlighted that we do not have adequate laws to prevent this. There is a danger that the Data Protection Bill could make things worse. Section 43 of the bill leaves open the possibility of third parties and commercial interests interfering in democracy through processing personal data for micro-targeting advertisements, when they do so on behalf of political parties or candidate.
"We need to get this right, especially given that the European headquarters for Facebook and many other social media platforms are located in Ireland.," she said, adding that her amendments would directly address these loopholes by prohibiting the processing of 'special categories' of personal data for political or electoral purposes by a commercial company without explicit consent from the individual.
"Under Article 9 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR ), 'special categories of personal data' include religious or political beliefs, biometric data, racial or ethnic origin or sexual orientation."
Senator Higgins also argues that the Government is missing other opportunities to meet the best GDPR standards in the Data Protection Bill by "giving themselves too free a hand on exemptions and giving public bodies a free pass by excluding them from fines for violations.
"I will be proposing amendments to limit Ministerial discretion and introduce fines for public bodies who breach an individual's data rights. Issues of data protection touch so many of our lives and it is vital we get this legislation right," she concluded.


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text: When I rode the Parts Unlimited CRF450R at our East Coast Ride Day last fall, I was floored. Well, actually I was seated because as soon as I cracked the throttle, the Pro Circuit-tuned cylinder head sucked enough fuel and air into the cylinder to slam me about six inches deep into the seat foam. Then I blacked out for a second and woke up going about 60 mph. What just happened? This bike looked stock from the outside except for some bolt-ons here and there...hmmm.Well, when I got back to the truck after my first moto, I asked East-Coast Parts rep Ben Asaff what the secret was. He said the bike was built out of everything available to him through the Parts Unlimited catalog. And he started rattling off things: Pro Circuit head, race piston and exhaust; Hinson complete clutch kit; Twin Air Power Flow air filter kit; and on and on. "This thing could holeshot a National moto," I halfway joked."It did," someone said. "Southwick.""Oh," I said without taking off my helmet. "I think I'll ride it for photos now." The bike continued to impress and, honestly, was too fast for the fun and technical Thunder Ridge MX track we were on. I could have used the hills of Glen Helen or the sand at Southwick to really evaluate the bike. But I roosted around for our photographer for a good while before completely looping out in a corner and wadding it up big time! I felt terrible. The subframe was toast, and though I don't remember it happening (it happened so fast!), I apparently put on a good show. Look for the parts used on www.dirtrider.com.


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This would be humorous if it weren't the law in Saudi Arabia—where women aren't allowed to drive—or if a Ph.D. didn't go on television and argue seriously that women who drive in other countries "don't care if they are raped by the roadside." WHAT?
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During a TV show, Saudi historian Saleh Al-Saadoon said that women should not be allowed to drive on the grounds that they might get raped if their car broke down on the roadside. "[Western women] don't care if they are raped on the roadside, but we do", he said on the January 11, 2015 show on the Saudi Rotana Khalijiyya TV.
As you'll see, the interviewer goes after Al-Sadoon like a dog at a bone, and good for her. (I'm surprised that she's not veiled, for I thought that was the rule for Saudi women in public). At least Al-Saadoon admits that this is a religious issue, showing that for…
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COVINGTON—-Darryl Solomon, 38, of Pearl River, pled guilty Tuesday (March 17) to sexual battery of a child under 13 and to being a second felony offender. He was immediately sentenced to 60 years in prison without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
Assistant District Attorneys Joseph Oubre and Jack Hoffstadt handled the case, and Judge A.J. Hand issued the sentence.
Solomon's crime was discovered on Sept. 9, 2013, when a family friend of the then 5-year-old girl witnessed from a front porch window Solomon removing his hands from the child's pants. The family friend rescued the child from the situation, forcefully confronted Solomon, and told the girl's parents.
When the parents questioned the girl, she admitted that Solomon had touched her inappropriately several times. The family contacted the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Detective Carli Ferrell, who was in charge of the investigation, learned that Solomon had fled to Virginia after leaving the scene. Detective Ferrell secured Solomon's extradition back to St. Tammany Parish. Solomon then confessed his repeated inappropriate acts with the child to Detective Ferrell and Detective Hugh Davis.
When asked why he committed the crime, Solomon responded, "She was just a pretty little girl."


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Description: TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1769, TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE CAUSED BY AVOIDABLE FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES.
Bill summary: (LATEST SUMMARY)
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act - Establishes in the Department of Commerce the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration. Provides that the Administrator of such agency shall be appointed by the President with Senate approval.
Authorizes the Administrator to take all steps necessary to educate the public and to overcome public indifference as to fire and fire prevention.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish the National Academy for Fire
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Prevention and Control for the purpose of advancing the professional development of fire service personnel and of other persons engaged in fire prevention and control activities. Provides that the Academy shall be headed by a superintendent appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the powers of the Superintendent.
Directs the Administrator to conduct a continuing program of development, testing, and evaluation of equipment for use by the Nation's fire, rescue, and civil defense services, with the aim of making available improved suppression, protective, auxiliary, and warning devices incorporating the latest technology.
Enumerates management studies in the area of fire prevention and control which the Administrator is authorized to conduct.
Provides that the Administrator shall operate, directly or through contracts or grants, an integrated, comprehensive National Fire Data Center for the selection, analysis, publication, and dissemination of information related to the prevention, occurrence, control, and results of fires of all types.
Requires the Administrator to establish master plan demonstration projects resulting in the planning and implementation of a comprehensive master plan for fire protection for each State for which the plan is funded. Sets forth the application procedure to be followed by the States in applying for funds for the establishment of such projects. Authorizes appropriations for such grants.
Provides that each fire service that engaged in the fighting of a fire on property which is under the jurisdiction of the United States may file a claim with the Administrator for the amount of direct expenses and direct losses incurred by such fire service as a result of fighting such fire.
Authorizes the Administrator to review, evaluate, and suggest improvements in State and local fire prevention codes, building codes, and any relevant Federal or private codes and regulations.
Authorizes the Administrator to encourage owners and managers of residential multiple-unit, commercial, industrial, and transportation structures to prepare Fire Safety Effectiveness Statements, pursuant to standards, forms, rules, and regulations to be developed and issued by the Administrator.
Establishes the President's Award for Outstanding Public Safety Service and the Secretary's Award for Distinguished Public Safety Service.
Sets forth reporting requirements with respect to the implementation of this Act.
Establishes within the Department of Commerce a Fire Research Center which shall have the mission of performing and supporting research on all aspects of fire with the aim of providing scientific and technical knowledge applicable to the prevention and control of fires. Sets forth areas of research to be included in the fire research program conducted by the Center.
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institutes of Health and in cooperation with the Secretary, an expanded program of research on burns, treatment of burn injuries, and rehabilitation of victims of fires.
Requires the National Institutes of Health to: (1) sponsor and encourage the establishment throughout the Nation of twenty-five additional burn centers, which shall comprise separate hospital facilities providing specialized burn treatment and including research and teaching program, and twenty-five additional burn units, which shall comprise specialized facilities in general hospitals used only for burn victims; (2) provide training and continuing support of specialists to staff the new burn centers and burn units; (3) sponsor and enourage the establishment of ninety burn programs in general hospitals which comprise staffs of burn injury specialist; (4) provide special training in emergency care for burn victims; (5) augment sponsorship of research on burns and burn treatment; (6) administer and support a systematic program of research concerning smoke inhalation injuries; and (7) sponsor and support other research and training programs in the treatment and rehabilitation of burn injury victims.
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the program for victims of fire.
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Bill titles: An Act to reduce losses of life and property, through better fire prevention and control, and for other purposes.; A bill to establish a U.S. Fire Administration and a National Fire Academy in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to assist State and local governments in reducing the incidence of death, personal injury, and property damage from fire, to increase the effectiveness and coordination of fire prevention and control agencies at all levels of government.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 120-153, p. H10246;
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About 80 percent of companies listed on the Kosdaq stock market using the regulator's "technology exception policy" was in the biotech industry. Still, only six firms turned from red to black last year, a lawmaker found.
A couple of companies are under the suspicion that their executives and affiliated people used insider information to increase their wealth, he said, calling for the regulator's special monitoring.
According to data from the Financial Services Commission and the Korea Exchange submitted to Rep. Sung Il-jong of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, 76 companies have benefited from preferential Kosdaq listing since the regulator introduced the tech-preferential policy in 2005.
Sixty-one, or 80 percent, of them were biotech firms. After Helixmith (formerly ViroMed) used the policy for the first time in 2005, many other biotech companies have resorted to the policy to raise funds for initial public offering. The purpose of the technology exception policy is to help a company with recognizable technological advancement raise funds through going public.
A majority of the biotech companies have failed to achieve meaningful results and still suffer losses, however. Among the 61 biotech firms, only six made profits, and three developed new drugs successfully last year.
Some companies came under fire for suspicions that their executives took advantage of undisclosed information to gain unwholesome profits. Recent news reports cited SillaJen and Helixmith executives selling their stocks before the companies disclosed in public filings that they failed their clinical trials on candidate drugs.
An executive at SillaJen suddenly sold all of his common stocks, just before the company unveiled the result of the futility analysis on Pexa-Vec, an oncolytic virus against liver cancer. After SillaJen's IPO, CEO Moon Eun-sang, executives, and affiliated persons have sold their shares worth over 200 billion won. In August, the prosecution raided SillaJen for allegedly using undisclosed information.
Observers raised a similar suspicion against Helixmith. Some of its affiliated persons sold off shares just before the company disclosed publicly that it failed to conclude a phase 3 clinical trial due to a mix between the placebo and treatment groups.
The company said it was only a coincidence that the stocks were sold before the disclosure, but the suspicion did not abate easily.
Rep. Sung said as much as the regulator provides benefits for companies listed under technology exception, it needs special monitoring on them to protect investors.
"Companies listed under the technology exception policy should not file public disclosure sparsely only when some events occur but regularly file announcements so that minority investors can check information frequently," he said.
As the largest shareholders frequently sell their shares using insider information after the short lock-up period, the regulator needs to designate a separate lock-up period for these companies, he added.
During a lock-up period, company executives and owners are restricted from selling their stocks.
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