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North Korea repeated threats on Tuesday to target U.S. military bases as Washington and its allies tightened economic sanctions against the isolated country by targeting Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank with new measures.
The rhetoric from North Korea - which has threatened the United States with nuclear war and rehearsed drone attacks on South Korea - and Washington's hardening reaction, drew more concern from China, Pyongyang's only major ally, which said the situation was "sensitive."
Pyongyang says United Nations sanctions, agreed after North Korea carried out a third nuclear test in February, are part of a Washington-led plot to topple its leadership.
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"From this moment, the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army will be putting into combat duty posture No. 1 all field artillery units, including long-range artillery units and strategic rocket units, that will target all enemy objects in U.S. invasionary bases on its mainland, Hawaii and Guam," the North's KCNA news agency said.
The order was issued in a statement from the North Korea's military "supreme command."
The Pentagon condemned North Korea's rhetoric, saying it was designed to "raise tensions and intimidate others."
"They need to stop threatening peace on the peninsula. That doesn't help anyone ... and we stand ready to respond to any contingency," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters.
The Pentagon has declined to define the range of North Korea's rockets, saying it is classified. But Admiral James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged on March 15 that one type of North Korean missile likely had the range to reach the United States.
South Korea's defense ministry said it saw no sign of imminent military action by North Korea and most military analysts say Pyongyang will not risk a conflict with the United States that it would lose.
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South Korea and the U.S. military are conducting military drills until the end of April, which they have stressed are strictly defensive in nature. The North accuses Washington of war preparations by using B-52 bombers which have flown over the Korean peninsula as part of the drills, and it has abrogated an armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.
The Pentagon said there have been three such flights by U.S. B-52 bombers since March 8, with the most recent one on Monday.
Officials said Japan and Australia plan to impose sanctions on North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank as part of U.S.-led efforts targeting Pyongyang's funding for its nuclear program. China again called on all parties to show restraint. "At present, the situation on the Korean peninsula remains complex and sensitive," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei.
Pyongyang's aggressive rhetoric appears to mark a further attempt to boost the military credentials of Kim Jong-un, who took power in December 2011 after the death of his father. He has cemented the role of the military and the North's nuclear weapons and missile ambitions with the nuclear test and two long-range rocket launches.
KCNA said Tuesday that Kim had guided a landing operation by combined units including the North Korean navy.
"This is a mythmaking for the (military) commander," said Jeung Young-tae, a senior analyst at the Korea Institute of National Unification in Seoul.
Many Americans appeared unfazed by what the Pentagon described as a "well-worn pattern" of rhetoric and threats from Pyongyang. "I think they're threatening more than anything else. I don't feel very threatened," said Sophie Hara, a Hawaii resident. "It's just a bluff."
South Korea marked the third anniversary on Tuesday of the sinking of a navy ship that killed 46 sailors that it and the United States have blamed on North Korea. Pyongyang denied the charge. On March 22, South Korea and the United States signed a "counter-provocation plan" meant to fine tune joint reaction to any future North Korean military strikes. The Pentagon said details of the plan were classified.
This article is by Jack Kim and Ju-min Park of Reuters. Additional reporting by Phil Stewart in Washington and Suzanne Roig in Honolulu.


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And now the soap opera that is the men's tennis game just got a completely unexpected twist: Roger Federer is going back to the Wimbledon men's final after beating Novak Djokovic in four-set shocker.
The match started off quick and breezy—it took less than an hour for Federer to roll in the first, and Djokovic in the second—and then Federer pounced. Federer got a late break in the third and an early break in the fourth and we found ourselves taking a walk through 2008: Roger controlled the match and Djokovic let him have it.
There's no heartbreak this time—no high-risk, big-reward forehands for Djokovic on Federer's match points. Federer closed out the match that he hasn't been able to win in so long.
And now: If Andy Murray wins later today, that would put a Brit in the Wimbledon final for the first time in 233 years—against the All England Club's sentimental favorite, Federer, in perhaps his last final. What's the tiny Wimbledon crowd to do on Sunday?

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(a) One or more persons may form a corporation under this part by executing and filing articles of incorporation.
(b) If initial directors are named in the articles, each director named in the articles shall sign and acknowledge the articles; if initial directors are not named in the articles, the articles shall be signed by one or more persons who thereupon are the incorporators of the corporation.
(c) The corporate existence begins upon the filing of the articles and continues perpetually, unless otherwise expressly provided by law or in the articles.
(d) At the time of filing pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall forward a copy of the filed articles of incorporation to the Attorney General.
(e) If the corporation was created by the elected legislative body in order to exercise authority that may lawfully be delegated by the elected governing body to a private corporation or other entity, the Secretary of State shall forward a copy of the filed articles of incorporation to the Controller.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 834, Sec. 10. (SB 1041) Effective January 1, 2015.)
(a) In the case of an existing unincorporated association, the association may change its status to that of a corporation upon a proper authorization for such by the association in accordance with its rules and procedures.
(b) In addition to the matters required to be set forth in the articles pursuant to Section 5130, the articles in the case of an incorporation authorized by subdivision (a) shall set forth that an existing unincorporated association, stating its name, is being incorporated by the filing of the articles.
(c) The articles filed pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a verified statement of any two officers or governing board members of the association stating that the incorporation of the association by means of the articles to which the verified statement is attached has been approved by the association in accordance with its rules and procedures.
(d) Upon the change of status of an unincorporated association to a corporation pursuant to subdivision (a), the property of the association becomes the property of the corporation and the members of the association who had any voting rights of the type referred to in Section 5056 become members of the corporation.
(e) The filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county in this state in which any of the real property of the association is located of a copy of the articles of incorporation filed pursuant to this section, certified by the Secretary of State shall evidence record ownership in the corporation of all interests of the association in and to the real property located in that county.
(f) All rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of the association shall be preserved unimpaired. Any action or proceeding pending by or against the unincorporated association may be prosecuted to judgment, which shall bind the corporation, or the corporation may be proceeded against or substituted in its place.
(g) If a corporation is organized by a person who is or was an officer, director or member of an unincorporated association and such corporation is not organized pursuant to subdivision (a), the unincorporated association may continue to use its name and the corporation may not use a name which is the same as or similar to the name of the unincorporated association.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 587, Sec. 3.)
(a) The Secretary of State shall not file articles setting forth a name in which "bank," "trust," "trustee," or related words appear, unless the certificate of approval of the Commissioner of Business Oversight is attached thereto.
(b) The Secretary of State shall not file articles which set forth a name which is likely to mislead the public or which is the same as, or resembles so closely as to tend to deceive, the name of a domestic corporation, the name of a
foreign corporation which is authorized to transact intrastate business or has registered its name pursuant to Section 2101, a name which a foreign corporation has assumed under subdivision (b) of Section 2106 or a name which will become the record name of a domestic or foreign corporation upon the effective date of a filed corporate instrument where there is a delayed effective date pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 110, or subdivision (c) of Section 5008, or a name which is under reservation pursuant to this title, except that a corporation may adopt a name that is substantially the same as an existing domestic or foreign corporation which is authorized to transact intrastate business or has registered its name pursuant to Section 2101, upon proof of consent by such corporation and a finding by the Secretary of State that under the circumstances the public is not likely to be misled.
The use by a corporation of a name in violation of this section may be
enjoined notwithstanding the filing of its articles by the Secretary of State.
(c) Any applicant may, upon payment of the fee prescribed therefor in the Government Code, obtain from the Secretary of State a certificate of reservation of any name not prohibited by subdivision (b), and upon the issuance of the certificate the name stated therein shall be reserved for a period of 60 days. The Secretary of State shall not, however, issue certificates reserving the same name for two or more consecutive 60-day periods to the same applicant or for the use or benefit of the same person; nor shall consecutive reservations be made by or for the use or benefit of the same person of names so similar as to fall within the prohibitions of subdivision (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 401, Sec. 20. (AB 2763) Effective January 1, 2015.)


text: mouthymerc 4,483 Posted January 24, 2013 As the title says, I was wondering what people's thoughts were on what the Age of Rebellion book will include. Obviously a more focused look at the Rebels and Imperials including ships and equipment, but what else? 1. What races will make it in? Humans, for sure. Bothans, twi'leks, again? Mon Calamari? Duros? 2. What careers? Soldiers, but with what kind of specializations? Pilots? Maybe playable Imperial characters? Imperial Inquisitors or Emperor's Hands? 3. More rules on Force use? New specializations? Force Adept? The above Imperial characters? 4. Maybe rules on running groups utilizing the minion rules to show large scale combats? Players could have minion groups under their control. this would include on the ground and in space. Any thoughts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Last week, New York Times reporter Charlie Savage unearthed an internal Romney campaign memo advising the candidate to bring back Bush-era "enhanced interrogation techniques" if elected. Though the memo notes that "it is difficult to point to concrete ways in which the Obama Administration's renunciation of enhanced interrogation techniques has undermined America's effort in the fight against terrorism," it recommends a President Romney "pledge" to "rescind President Obama's executive order restricting government interrogators" from torturing detainees.
This Wednesday, Jack Goldsmith, the head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) under President George W. Bush, concluded that any return to the use of torture or any other so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" would be both "indisputably illegal" and strongly opposed by the interrogators who would be tasked with the torturing. Goldsmith, a prominent right-wing legal mind who focuses on terrorism and the law, wrote that a Romney administration would likely not rescind Obama's torture ban for these reasons (among others):
As a result of the many wrenching investigations (some still ongoing) and other consequences of its interrogation experiences during the last decade, I think the CIA (and DOD, and the rest of the intelligence community) would firmly resist any resumption of official responsibilities for interrogation techniques that departed a lot from the current settlement. Third, I think the likelihood of a return to waterboarding and other extreme interrogation techniques is – despite polls and Romney campaign statements — nill. There are many reasons for this, including bureaucratic resistance, but the main one is that such techniques are now indisputably illegal, and I do not believe that both Houses of Congress would vote to wind back the protections of the Detainee Treatment Act and common Article 3 of the Geneva Convention.
Since the central argument in the memo for rescinding Obama's executive order is that Bush-era torture was effective (contra the expert consensus), Goldsmith's analysis implies one of two things: Romney's lawyers are advising him to condone "indisputably illegal" behavior or they don't really mean what they say in the memo.
One of Romney's key advisers on terrorism-related issues is Michael Hayden, a Bush CIA and NSA director who remains a staunch defender of the previous administration's torture policies.


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9 Ways to Lift Your Spirits During the Holidays
The stereotype of the holidays is that they are supposed to be filled with happiness, enjoying quality time spent with friends and loved ones, indulging in delicious food and giving and receiving lots of great gifts. In reality, it can be a stressful or unhappy time for many. If you happen to be experiencing some of the holiday blues or are feeling a bit stressed about this time of year, here are some ways you can lift your spirits during the holidays.
1. Give the gift of your time – Giving to others can be an effective way to feel happy, and giving of your time and/or skills can be the most rewarding. You might, for example, volunteer at a soup kitchen, drop off food at a local food bank or send care packages to soldiers in the military. If you love animals, volunteer at the animal shelter or donate food.
2. Participate in a toy drive – Participate in one of the toys for children programs available in your area. This is a great way to help a child who is underprivileged or whose family is struggling financially receive a holiday gift or gifts.
3. Treat a good friend to a meal – Take someone whose company you enjoy out to lunch or dinner—especially if you haven't seen them in a while. You'll not only feel good about treating them to a meal, but you'll get the added joy of having fun and spending quality time with a friend.
4. Get plenty of rest – Too many of us let our day-to-day lives get in the way of our sleep. It can be even more of a challenge during the holidays. Making sure you get an adequate amount of quality sleep can make a huge difference in improving or maintaining your mood.
5. Visit the elderly – Check with a local nursing home to see if it would be okay to give each resident a token holiday-themed gift or baked treat. If you're allowed to, personally deliver each gift and visit with any residents who seem like they could use a little bit of social time. They'll be happy to have a visitor, and you'll feel good about helping make someone's day a little brighter.
6. Get physical – Follow an exercise video, go for a walk or run, ride a stationary bike or clean the house from top to bottom. Physical activity releases feel-good endorphins that will brighten your mood and reinvigorate you.
7. Take a yoga class and/or meditate – Practicing yoga can be a great low-impact way to increase your flexibility, increase muscle strength and tone and improve your breathing, but it can also have significant benefits in reducing stress and improving your mental well-being. Taking time to meditate can also help reduce stress by making you clear your head, concentrate on your breathing and focus on being present.
8. Make a list of people and things you are thankful for – Write down the names of people you are grateful to have in your life and all things you are thankful for. By focusing on your blessings, you can put yourself in a position to appreciate and enjoy what you have, helping you feel more fulfilled.
9. Learn something new – Pick a subject that you know very little about or a skill you would like to have and start researching. You could learn a new software program, learn to play an instrument, practice basic carpentry, fix minor issues on your car, take dance lessons, learn to knit…the list is endless. You can even learn many things for free on YouTube. Learning keeps your mind sharp, boosts your mood and gives you a sense of accomplishment.


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This approach uses the fssnap command, which creates a temporary image of a file system intended for backup operations.
This method can be used to provide a clean, consistent backup of the zone files only, and it can be executed while zones are running. However, it is a good idea to suspend or checkpoint active applications that are updating files when the snapshot is created. An application updating files when the snapshot is created might leave these files in an internally inconsistent, truncated, or otherwise unusable state.
In the example procedure below, note the following:
There is a zone named my-zone under /export/home.
/export/home is a separate file system.
The destination backup is /backup/my-zone.ufsdump. You must create the directory backup under /.
Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.
To create the role and assign the role to a user, see Using the Solaris Management Tools With RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
Create the snapshot.
global# fssnap -o bs=/export /export/home
You will see a display similar to the following:
Mount the snapshot.
global# mount -o ro /dev/fssnap/0 /mnt
Back up my-zone from the snapshot.
global# ufsdump 0f /backup/my-zone.ufsdump /mnt/my-zone
You will see a display similar to the following:
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Oct 06 15:13:07 2005 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/rfssnap/0 (pc2:/mnt) to /backup/my-zone.ufsdump. DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: Writing 32 Kilobyte records DUMP: Estimated 176028 blocks (85.95MB). DUMP: Dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: 175614 blocks (85.75MB) on 1 volume at 2731 KB/sec DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
Unmount the snapshot.
global# umount /mnt
Delete the snapshot.
global# fssnap -d /dev/fssnap/0
Note that the snapshot is also removed from the system when the system is rebooted.


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What characteristics of nursing homes are most valued by consumers? A discrete choice experiment with residents and family members
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We've trawled the web to find pet gifts that are as stylish as their owners. Check out these purr-fect presents for your furry friends.
Your dear old dog and feisty feline are well used to hearing your chants of 'sit!' 'heel!' and 'not the sofa!' but have they heard a happy birthday? A Merry Christmas? Pet gifts always seem to be at the bottom of the list, when four-legged friends deserve a treat as much as the two-legged lot do, so it's time to get pet pampering.
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The Texas-based Shark Fights promotion is branching out to New Mexico for its 15th event, and the lineup is just one fighter short of being complete.
Featuring both professional and amateur contests, "Shark Fights 15: Camozzi vs. Villasenor" takes place Friday, May 27 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M.
Headlining the show are middleweight notables Joey Villasenor (27-8) and Chris Camozzi (14-4), while UFC veteran Dave Branch (8-2) and Jeremy May (9-7) have been tapped as co-headliners.
Broadcast details have not been announced for the show, though past events have aired on HDNet, pay-per-view and online streams.
"We are looking forward to our debut in New Mexico and putting on a great show," Shark Fights exec Wes Nolen stated. "We built the fight card with New Mexico fans in mind and feel that we have a stellar lineup. The amateur portion of the card marks another first for our organization, and we are very excited. These young talented fighters are now able to use Shark Fights as a platform to advance their careers.
"We are thrilled to not only showcase A-list pro fighters, but also top level amateurs looking to earn their pro cards.The card is stacked with elite talent on all fronts."
Villasenor has competed for organizations ranging from King of the Cage to EliteXC to Strikeforce. Most recently, he suffered a decision loss to Danillo Villefort at Shark Fights 13, which followed a Strikeforce defeat to Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza. The decision losses ended the Greg Jackson-trained fighter's four-fight win streak, which included wins over notables Riki Fukuda, Ryan Jensen, Phil Baroni and Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos.
Camozzi, a cast member on "The Ultimate Fighter 11" who left early due to injury, recently was released from the UFC despite a 2-1 run in the organization. The Colorado-based fighter posted a four-fight win streak, which included UFC wins over James Hammortree and Dongi Yang, but was released following a submission loss to Kyle Noke at UFC 127 in February.
Branch, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt with Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in New York City, recently was released from the UFC following a submission loss to Rousimar Palhares. Prior to the defeat, he scored decision victories over Tomasz Drwal and Rich Attonito. The two-time Bellator fighter also suffered a slam-KO loss to Gerald Harris in his 2010 octagon debut.
May, a cast member from "The Ultimate Fighter 7," enters the fight with four wins in his past five fights. Most recently, he scored a submission victory over fellow "TUF" alumn Frank Lester at a March regional show in Florida. His only loss during the stretch came to notable Murilo "Ninja" Rua at Impact FC 2 in Australia.
Tickets for the show, which is the first since the resignation of former head Brent Medley, are now on sale.
- Chris Camozzi vs. Joey Villasenor
- David Branch vs. Jeremy May
- Lionel Lanham vs. TBA
- Jared Downing vs. Bobby Huron
- Kyle Bracey vs. Artenas Young
- Frank Gomez vs. Timothy Snyder
- Robbie Gutierrez vs. Russell Wilson
- Fredrico Crosby vs. Kasey Yates
- Adam Gonzales vs. Zac Hynes
- Eric Baca vs. Edgar Lopez
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Race Report By Ben Cosgrove Kent Model Car Club hosted round 2 of the BRCA Electric Rallycross and Truggy nationals. We were all worried about whether or not the meeting would actually take place after non stop rain for weeks leading up to race day. The club did a great job of preparing the track and we were very happy to see the rain had stopped and we could have a race meeting! Three RTR Buggies! At this meeting we had 3 RTR electric buggies in use, with Ben Cosgrove driving the Trophy Buggy Flux and local drivers Nathan Ralls and young sensation Kyle Moon driving the Vorza Flux HP cars. Ben arrived and delivered the standard RTR cars to Nathan and Kyle who set about installing their PTs and receivers ready for practice.
The Kent track was very difficult to go fast on. One half of the track was very fast and open with some great elevation changes. The other side was a very technical section with challenging jumps. The track even had a cross over in the middle! Overall it was fun to drive a lap but very hard to do a clean run. Practice went OK for the team, considering the lack of tracktime and knowledge of driving the cars for Nathan and Kyle. All 3 drivers were posting top 10 times, which was an encouraging start to the day. Ben had a strong end to qualification with a 5th and 3rd in the round putting him 4th on the grid and Nathan had a 4th and a 5th putting him directly into the final in 7th. Kyle had a few scrappy runs so he ended up 12th overall and in the B final. Unfortunately with the bad weather forecast we had a few drivers missing, so we had no truggy representation so we had to focus on the buggy cars. Kyle was up first in the B final and he had a very solid drive controlling his pace excellently to win the final and make the bump up into the A final. We had to wait for about an hour before the A final as they ran some Truggy finals to give the guys who bumped up time to charge and prep the cars. All 3 of our cars were on the Hot Bodies Khaos Red compound tyres which were working excellently on the dry & dusty track. The A final started and Ben got a great start battling with Chris Doughty and moved into a solid third position. Nathan had a strong start and moved up into the top 5 and then into 4th after Ben made some serious errors in the quad jumps. The rain started to fall and this was a worry for our tyre choice as other drivers seemed to be on softer compounds and they started to catch us. Some good clean racing later and Ben finished in 5th with Nathan in 6th. Kyle had a mixed fortune race but managed to improve his position to 10th overall. Stock HPI RTR Buggies in National A Final! It was a great day for the HPI RTR team, once again showing you CAN take cars off the shelf in the local model shop and race them at National level with serious pace and enjoyment! The series moves on to Coventry on 8th July and we hope to have a drier meeting than the Midland Dirt Masters which was unfortunately cancelled to be rerun later in the year. Final Results 1 Elliott Boots 23/ 921.76 2 Simon Willetts 23/ 941.46 3 Chris Doughty 22/ 908.27 4 Mike Cradock 22/ 935.07 5 Ben Cosgrove 22/ 943.04 - Trophy Buggy Flux 6 Nathan Ralls 21/ 875.63 - Vorza Flux HP 7 Nick Platt 21/ 914.37 8 Phil Sleigh 21/ 945.42 9 Peter Palmer 20/ 872.37 10 Kyle Moon 20/ 901.32 - Vorza Flux HP 11 James Tatlow 20/ 931.90 12 Pedro Oliveira 20/ 934.09 13 Andrew Peck 19/ 930.90 14 Jack Embling 17/ 721.36 Full Results here http://www.deerdaleoffroad.com/BRCA_Results/mtg7/index.htm


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The applicant, who had deserted the Syrian army, was seen in isolation covered by the Danish Aliens Act Art. 7 (1) [refugee status]. However, the Board found serious reasons to assume that the applicant had committed a crime against humanity and war crimes during his military service and consequently he was excluded from protection. Nevertheless, the Danish Aliens Act Art. 31, (2) is an obstacle to his expulsion as he would risk persecution covered by the Danish Aliens Act Art. 7 (1) in the case of returning to Syria.
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The Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 (Amended Protocol II)
The original Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices was adopted in 1980 together with the framework Convention and Protocols I and III. Subsequently, the First Review Conference in 1996 addressed the increasing worldwide problem of landmines. This resulted in negotiations to amend the original Protocol II by introducing a number of changes that were agreed by the States Parties. At the closure of the First Review Conference on 3 May 1996, Protocol II as amended was adopted.
The amendments made to the Protocol, however, fell short of totally prohibiting landmines. There was disappointment at the failure of the States Parties to reach consensus on effective ways to combat the global scourge of these types of weapons. Many States Parties had expressed that they were in favour of a total ban, while many others were not of the same view. Countries keen on supporting the international momentum generated by the CCW process started a new process outside the framework of the United Nations. Eventually, the civil society movement and pro-ban States brought the international community together towards a global ban on anti-personnel mines with the adoption of the Ottawa Convention.
Amended Protocol II entered into force on 3 December 1998. As with the framework Convention and the other Protocols, it is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The original version of Protocol II remains in force for a limited number of States Parties which have not acceded to the amended version.
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The President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, Father Carrón's, said the following in tribute to Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini in a September 4th editorial in Corriere della Sera:
"And like Archbishop Montini, who initially confessed that he did not understand Fr. Giussani's method, though he did see its fruits, Cardinal Martini also encouraged us to go forward. I am still moved by the words that he addressed to Fr. Giussani in 1995, during a meeting of priests, when he thanked 'the Lord, who gave Msgr. Giussani this gift for continually re-expressing the core of Christianity. 'Every time that you talk, you always return to this core, which is the Incarnation, and - in a thousand different ways - you propose it again.'"
The full text of the editorial: Julian Carron Letter on Carlo Martini's death.pdf
This text is a brief, honest and yet key reflection not only on the life and influence of Cardinal Martini, perhaps an excellent synthesis of Christian life and how it is extroverted in a human being. There are some very tiresome reviews of who the Cardinal was, and what he meant to the Church too often in political language. To my mind those authors who evaluate a man such as Martini in this manner does not abide with the Gospel and faith.
The letter of Father Carrón acknowledges the fact that Communion and Liberation has significantly neglected the various opportunities of collaboration with Cardinal Martini that presented themselves over the years. This admission to members of CL should help all of us to reassess how we live and breathe in our given ecclesial context. This is a serious point that we can't pass off to circumstance. That is to say, we who claim to be faithful members of CL need to work more diligently with the Diocesan Ordinary "in giving reasons for our hope" in concrete ways so that we are witnesses as the Servant of God Pope Paul VI said (cf. the letter).


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Vt. judge orders property owners off their own land
Area falls within blasting safety zone of adjoining wind turbine project
A Vermont judge has issued a restraining order against a Milton family ordering them to stay away from the last thousand feet of their own land, at least for the next few weeks.
The property owned by Jane FitzGerald and her son, Dan, abuts the Georgia Mountain Community Wind project -- an active construction site high atop the mountain.
Crews are now blasting rock to make way for roads and concrete foundations supporting the four 400-foot turbines going in here -- blasting which requires a thousand-foot safety zone.
"They were coming up to the border of the construction site, within the safety zone, and were stopping our blasting activities," said David Blittersdorf, one of the principal developers of Georgia Mountain Wind.
The FitzGeralds don't support the turbine project, and think Judge Geoffrey Crawford, along with the Vermont Public Service Board, showed blatent disregard for their private property rights when they sides with the wind developer.
"I'm in a state of shock, I just can't imagine it," said Mrs. FitzGerald, 83, who's owned about 270 acres on Georgia Mountain for half a century, directly across the street from her home.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory damages and legal fees against the FitzGeralds, or any other person found trespassing within the zone.
"I haven't got any money. I guess maybe I'm kind of numb just thinking about it," she said.
Developers note they will forfeit a $8 million federal grant to offset part of the $28 million construction cost if the turbine blades are spinning here by the end of the year, and for that reason they can afford no more delays.
"At the end of the day we're not going after legal fees or anything," Blittersdorf told NewsChannel Five, as long as there are no further interruptions. "Yes, we're incurring costs but we feel this has to be done. We have a permit and we're going forward."


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Rygel 0.4.10 (A Human Reaction) is out!
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Another release in the stable 0.4.x series. Changes since 0.4.8: - Restart application on SIGHUP. - Fix cancellation of HTTP streams and in turn a critical leak. - Correct condition for byte-seeking. - Correctly handle boolean commandline options. - Enable check for Vala if any stamp file is absent. - Fix condition for partial content transfer. - Correct linker argument order. This should fix the build issue on Gentoo. - Work-around for an automake bug. - Limit search slice to result size. - Fix a spelling mistake in error message. - Tell valac to put debugging symbols to generated code so gdb can refer to lines in the Vala source code. Bug fixes in this release: 601395 - restart on SIGHUP All contributors to this release: Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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Other Group Policies
Halton Group practices sustainable business by following common policies regarding health & safety and environmental aspects. To ensure overall ethics of the operation, the group also complies with a common Code of Conduct in its daily business.


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Saute 1 chopped onion and 3 cloves garlic in oil.
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Table of Contents:
Each chapter concludes with "Study Guide" and "Speech Workshop."
CHAPTER 1 Speaking with Confidence
Why Study Public Speaking?
The Communication Process
The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking
Improving Your Confidence as a Speaker
An Overview of Audience-Centered Public Speaking
CHAPTER 2 Speaking Freely and Ethically
Speaking Freely
Speaking Ethically
Speaking Credibly
CHAPTER 3 Listening to Speeches
Overcoming Barriers to Effective Listening
How to Become a Better Listener
Improving Listening and Critical Thinking Skills
Analyzing and Evaluating Speeches
CHAPTER 4 Analyzing Your Audience
Gather Information about Your Audience
Analyze Information about Your Audience
Adapting to Your Audience
Analyzing Your Audience before You Speak
Adapting to Your Audience as You Speak
Analyzing Your Audience after You Speak
CHAPTER 5 Developing Your Speech
Select and Narrow Your Topic
Determine Your Purpose
Develop Your Central Idea
Generate and Preview Your Main Ideas
Meanwhile, Back at the Computer . . .
CHAPTER 6 Gathering and Using Supporting Material
Sources of Supporting Material
Research Strategies
Types of Supporting Material
The Best Supporting Material
CHAPTER 7 Organizing Your Speech
Organizing Your Main Ideas
Subdividing Your Main Ideas
Integrating Your Supporting Material
Developing Signposts
Supplementing Signposts with Presentation Aids
CHAPTER 8Introducing and Concluding Your Speech
Purposes of Introductions
Effective Introductions
Purposes of Conclusions
Effective Conclusions
CHAPTER 9 Outlining and Revising Your Speech
Developing Your Preparation Outline
Revising Your Speech
Developing Your Delivery Outline and Speaking Notes
CHAPTER 10 Using Words Well: Speaker Language and Style
Differentiating Oral and Written Language Styles
Using Words Effectively
Adapting Your Language Style to Diverse Listeners
Crafting Memorable Word Structures
Using Memorable Word Structures Effectively
CHAPTER 11 Delivering Your Speech
The Power of Speech Delivery
Methods of Delivery
Characteristics of Effective Delivery
Audience Diversity and Delivery
Rehearsing Your Speech: Some Final Tips
Delivering Your Speech
Responding to Questions
CHAPTER 12Using Presentation Aids
The Value of Presentation Aids
Types of Presentation Aids
Guidelines for Developing Presentation Aids
Guidelines for Using Presentation Aids
CHAPTER 13 Speaking to Inform
Types of Informative Speeches
Strategies to Enhance Audience Understanding
Strategies to Maintain Audience Interest
Strategies to Enhance Audience Recall
Developing an Audience-Centered Informative Speech
CHAPTER 14 Understanding Principles of Persuasive Speaking
Persuasion Defined
How Persuasion Works
How to Motivate Listeners
How to Develop Your Persuasive Speech
CHAPTER 15 Using Persuasive Strategies
Enhancing Your Credibility
Using Logic and Evidence to Persuade
Using Emotion to Persuade
Strategies for Adapting Ideas to People and People to Ideas
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Transnet Bursary Scheme
Full-time undergraduate
Full-time bursaries are awarded annually according to the employment needs of the company. All our full-time students are viewed as potential employees – depending on vacancies being available after successfully completing their qualifications.
Bursary Value
The comprehensive bursary, covers the following:
- Tuition fees
- Accommodation and meals
- Book Allowance
- Experiential training
Students are allowed to study at a South African University of their own choice who offers the relevant fields of study.
This list may vary depending on the needs of the company:
- Industrial Engineering
- Quantity Surveying
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Management
- Electronic Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electro-Mechanical Engineering and
- Metallurgy
After the screening of applications by the Transnet Bursary Department, candidates – based on academic performance on secondary or tertiary level – will be invited to be interviewed. The interviews will take place at Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Durban.
The final selection and award is subjective to the following:
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What will Transnet expect from me? (Contractual Obligations)
Students are required to render one year service for every year of financial aid received from Transnet after acquiring the qualification.
Subjects failed must be repeated at student's own cost. Termination of the bursary will be in consultation with the student and the training institution.
If the student fails to comply with the requirements of the bursary agreement, the bursary becomes payable in terms of the agreement
The bursary will be renewed annually if the student's academic performance is satisfactory.
Vacation work
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The following information must be supplied.
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Accommodation arrangements are the student's responsibility and must be paid for by the student with the allowance received.
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University of Technology Students:
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Western Wind Increases Megawatts Under Contract by 51% From 195MW to 295MW and Responds to Brookfield's Latest Offer
04 Feb, 2013, 08:13 GMT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, February 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
TSX.V Symbol: "WND"
OTCQX Symbol: "WNDEF"
Issued and Outstanding: 70,462,806
Western Wind Energy Corp. - (the "Company" or "Western Wind") (TSX Venture Exchange - "WND") (OTCQX - "WNDEF") provides an update and responds to an amendment to the unsolicited offer (as amended, the "Offer") by WWE Equity Holdings Inc, an indirect subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (together, "Brookfield") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the "Shares" or the "Western Wind Shares") of Western Wind.
Option on New 100 MW Power Purchase Agreement
Western Wind is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an option agreement (the "Option Agreement") with PBJL Energy Corporation ("PBJL") for the sole and exclusive right and option (the "Option") to purchase rights held by PBJL under a Master Renewable Power Purchase and Operating Agreement (the "Master PPA") between PBJL and Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (the "Power Authority"). Pursuant to the Master PPA, PBJL has the right to sell power from one or more solar energy facilities with a net aggregate capacity of up to 100MWs in various locations in Puerto Rico (the "Project Rights") and the Power Authority has agreed to purchase all electricity produced from the locations in connection with the Project Rights. The power purchase agreements entered into under the Master PPA will have a tenure of 20 years and the projects must be online by December 31, 2015.
Pursuant to the Option Agreement, the Company has the exclusive right to acquire the Project Rights and all rights currently held by PBJL under the Master PPA upon making a payment of US$5,000,000. The Option may be exercised either by acquiring the shares of PBJL or the Project Rights including an assignment of the Master PPA. The Option will terminate upon the earlier of (i) September 30, 2013, if the closing of the Option has not occurred on or before that date; (ii) immediately at the sole discretion of PBJL, upon a "change of control" (as defined in the Option Agreement) of Western Wind which includes a transaction which is not supported by the Board of Directors or a material change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company. Unless the Offer is supported by the Board of Directors, the taking up of shares by Brookfield under the Offer will permit PBJL to terminate the Option.
The Company was able to acquire the Option for nominal consideration. PBJL is a private company principally owned by independent businessmen who from time to time provide consulting services to the Company. The US$5 Million payment will be paid by and at the sole discretion of the Board approved purchaser of Western Wind.
The Company's ability to exercise the 100MW option will be subject to the receipt of all required approvals. The Master PPA can be used on sites acquired or developed by third parties and, subject to meeting all stated conditions, the Power Authority is obligated to purchase the energy generated up to 100 MW. There is no obligation by PBJL to produce or build any facility.
Response to Amended Offer
On January 28, 2013, Brookfield announced that it had amended and supplemented the Offer in order to (a) increase the price payable under the Offer to $2.60 in cash for each Western Wind Share and (b) extend the expiry of the Offer from 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on January 28, 2013 to 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on February 11, 2013 (a statutory holiday in British Columbia), unless the Offer is further extended or withdrawn (the "Amended Offer").
After careful consideration, including a thorough review of the Amended Offer, as well as other factors, on February 3, 2013, the Special Committee and the Board of Directors both determined that they recommend that shareholders REJECT the Amended Offer.
While the auction process remains open, no binding offer has been made as of the date of this news release. Brookfield acquired its interest in the Company after the announcement of the sale process. The Board of Directors is of the view that this was done to influence the sale process. To date, the presence of the Offer in addition to Brookfield's position as a significant shareholder of the Company has had a chilling effect on the sale process.
The Special Committee and the Board of Directors continue to believe that the sale of the Company should proceed by way of an auction process unencumbered by the Offer. Management and the Board of Directors of the Company remain committed to a sale of the Company and delivering the superior value to its shareholders.
The Project Rights and the Master PPA may represent an important asset of the Company and provide an opportunity to increase value during the sales process. The Offer, as it was made before the entering into of the Option Agreement, does not ascribe any value to the Project Rights or the Master PPA. The Board of Directors is of the view that the acquisition of an option on the Project Rights and the Master PPA is an example of current management's belief that it can deliver greater value to shareholders than represented by the Offer, and that a Board supported purchaser will have a substantial opportunity to own additional contracted PPA rights. The Option to acquire the Master PPA, if exercised by a board supported purchaser of Western Wind, will provide that purchaser access to a total of 295 MW of contracted PPA's rather than the current 195MW. This is an increase of 51% of total MW under contract that could be acquired by a Board supported purchaser.
Shareholders are urged to consider the Amended Offer carefully, and to read the Notice of Change which will be filed by the Company shortly in its entirety before deciding whether to accept or reject the Amended Offer. Any shareholder who is in doubt as to how to respond to the Amended Offer, including whether or not to tender or to withdraw his or her Shares, should consult his or her own investment dealer, tax advisor, lawyer or other professional advisor.
In the Notice of Change to the Supplementary Directors' Circular issued by the Board of Directors on January 23, 2013, the Company provided information on certain discussions between the Company and Brookfield and an indication from Brookfield that an improvement to the Offer may have been possible. On January 24, 2013, Brookfield announced that it had terminated discussions regarding any alternative transactions to the Offer.
The Company continues to pursue its application with the Ontario Securities Commission for an order requiring Brookfield to prepare and disclose the results of a formal valuation in compliance with Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101") as part of the Offer.
On January 28, 2013, Brookfield also announced that shareholders holding 9,031,300 Western Wind Shares, or 15.27% of the Shares held by shareholders independent of Brookfield ("Independent Shareholders"), have entered into lock-up agreements with Brookfield (the "Lock-Ups"). The Lock-Ups will terminate if another offer is made for consideration of 5% more than the price under the Offer. Brookfield also announced that it has been advised that an additional 3,971,713 Western Wind Shares, representing approximately 6.7% of the Shares held by Independent Shareholders, will also potentially be tendered to the Offer (the "Intentions to Tender"). Therefore, Brookfield has stated that based on the number of Western Wind Shares that are subject to the Lock-Ups and the Intentions to Tender, shareholders holding 13,003,013 Western Wind Shares, representing approximately 21.97% of the Shares held by Independent Shareholders, have indicated that they will tender to the Offer. The Company wishes to note that, according to Brookfield's public statements, the Western Wind Shares that are subject to the Lock-Ups and the Intentions to Tender have not actually been tendered to the Offer. It is impossible to tell how many Western Wind Shares have been actually tendered to the Offer.
Given public statements made by Brookfield regarding the number of Western Wind Shares that are subject to the Lock-Ups and the Intentions to Tender, the Company wishes to note the following regarding the minimum tender condition relating to the Offer as well as Brookfield's ability to acquire Western Wind Shares not deposited to the Offer:
- It is a condition of the Offer that half of the Western Wind Shares held by Independent Shareholders are tendered to the Offer (the "Minimum Tender Condition").
- If, within four months after the date of the Offer, the Offer has been accepted by shareholders who, in the aggregate, hold at least 90% of the Western Wind Shares (other than Western Wind Shares held by Brookfield as of the date of the Offer), Brookfield has stated that it intends, subject to compliance with applicable laws, to acquire (the "Compulsory Acquisition") all the remaining Western Wind Shares on the same terms that the Western Wind Shares were acquired pursuant to the Offer, pursuant to the provisions of applicable corporate law. Western Wind Shares held by Brookfield as of the date of the Offer will not be counted towards the 90% threshold for a Compulsory Acquisition.
- If Brookfield acquires less than 90% of the Western Wind Shares, Brookfield may pursue other means of acquiring the remaining Western Wind Shares not deposited under the Offer (a "Subsequent Acquisition Transaction"). In order to complete a Subsequent Acquisition Transaction, Brookfield must, after taking up Western Wind Shares under the Offer, own at least 66 ⅔% of the outstanding Western Wind Shares on a fully-diluted basis and sufficient votes must be cast by "minority" holders to constitute a majority of the "minority" pursuant to MI 61-101. Brookfield has stated that it intends to cause the Western Wind Shares acquired under the Offer to be voted in favour of such a Subsequent Acquisition Transaction and, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, to be counted as part of any minority approval that may be required in connection with such transaction. However, Western Wind Shares held by Brookfield as of the date of the Offer will not be counted as part of any such minority approval.
Jeff Ciachurski, CEO of Western Wind states "We are proud to have all of our relationships work together to add significant value for the benefit of our shareholders during the sales process. An executed 100 MW solar PPA is a significant asset especially given 74% of Puerto Rico's electrical generation is derived from burning dirty and volatile priced oil. This fact allows strong PPA pricing for us but yet affords the Power Authority with a cheaper and cleaner pricing option for the rate payers of Puerto Rico. We expect any purchaser of Western Wind to consider this a major benefit in their valuation."
Western Wind is a vertically integrated renewable energy production company that owns and operates wind and solar generation facilities with 165 net MW of rated capacity in production, in the States of California and Arizona. Western Wind further owns substantial development assets for both solar and wind energy in the U.S. The Company is headquartered in Vancouver, BC and has branch offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Tehachapi, California. Western Wind trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "WND", and in the United States on the OTCQX under the symbol "WNDEF".
The Company owns and operates three wind energy generation facilities in California, and one fully integrated combined wind and solar energy generation facility in Arizona. The three operating wind generation facilities in California are comprised of the 120MW Windstar, the 4.5MW Windridge facilities in Tehachapi, and the 30MW Mesa wind generation facility near Palm Springs. The facility in Arizona is the Company's 10.5MW Kingman integrated solar and wind facility. The Company is further developing wind and solar energy projects in California, Arizona, and Puerto Rico.
Jeffrey J. Ciachurski
President & Chief Executive Officer
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Certain statements contained in this news release may constitute forward-looking information under applicable Canadian securities legislation. These statements relate to future events and are prospective in nature. All statements other than statements of historical fact may constitute forward-looking statements or contain forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "may", "will", "project", "predict", "potential", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might", "seek", "anticipate", "should", "believe" or variations thereof. Forward-looking information may relate to management's future outlook and anticipated events or results and may include statements or information regarding the future plans or prospects of the Company.
Forward-looking information is based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the exercise of the Option and value that might be derived from the Master PPA, the outcome of a hearing before the OSC, if such hearing occurs, the results of a valuation, if obtained by Brookfield, and the availability of a financially superior offer. Several factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: the ability to exercise the Option and realize value from the Master PPA, the outcome of a hearing before the OSC, if such hearing occurs, the results of a valuation, if obtained by Brookfield, may not be as anticipated by the Company, actions taken by Brookfield, actions taken by the Western Wind Shareholders in relation to the Offer, the possible effect of the Offer on the Company's business, the outcome of the Company's previously-announced sale process, and the availability of value-maximizing alternatives relative to the Offer. Additional risks and uncertainties can be found in the Company's MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the Company's other continuous disclosure filings which are available at http://www.sedar.com.
Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements including, without limitation: the risk that the Company will not be able to exercise the Option or obtain any value from the Master PPA, the risk that the outcome of a hearing before the OSC will not be in the Company's favor, the results of the valuation, if obtained by Brookfield, will not be as anticipated by the Company, the progress of Western Wind's sales process, and, assuming the Company receives an expression of interest from a prospective purchaser, whether a financially superior offer for Western Wind emerges, whether the Company is able to successfully negotiate a prospective sales transaction and whether the conditions of any proposed transaction, including receipt by the Company of all necessary approvals, are met.
The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that they will prove to be correct. Actual results and future events may differ materially from those anticipated and accordingly forward-looking statements should not be unduly relied upon. Forward-looking statements contained in this document speak only as of the date of this news release. Except as required by applicable law, Western Wind disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking information.
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By Cathy Yan
Hong Kong offers a variety of recreational activities, from hiking and sailing to playing on a soccer team. Some are even free.
Membership Clubs Membership clubs are a large part of Hong Kong's recreation and social scene, dating back to the colonial era. There are sports clubs, traditional clubs, dining clubs, nightlife clubs and small local groups. Many boast lavish pools, gyms, dining rooms and other facilities, along with competitive sports teams. Waiting lists to gain membership can be long—and prices can be high. One-time membership fees can run into the millions of Hong Kong dollars, not including large monthly or annual dues.
Like private international schools, many clubs have a debenture system as well as a secondary market that trades memberships at steep prices. Some memberships are gained exclusively through invitation or passed down within companies or families. Others are open to anyone who will pay. Membership size can range from the hundreds to the thousands, depending on the size and facilities of the clubhouse.
The oldest club in the city is the Hong Kong Club, in Central. Founded in 1846, it was once the bastion of colonialists, until the 1970s admitting only white British citizens. Women were banned from certain areas of the club until 1996. These days, the club offers a number of restaurants, a library, bowling alley, billiards room and squash courts.
The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is another old institution, founded in 1894. Membership acceptance is based on interest in sailing and rowing—the club's three bases all offer water facilities. Kellett Island in Causeway Bay is the main one, and there are two smaller branches at Middle Island in Repulse Bay and Shelter Cove in Sai Kung. The club offers sailing and rowing courses for both members and nonmembers, as well as restaurants, a swimming pool, bowling alley and squash courts.
Another club with a marina is the Aberdeen Marina Club. Known for being family-friendly, it is managed by hotel group Shangri-la International. Besides the marina, the club offers six restaurants, an ice-skating rink, a fitness center, a bowling alley and tennis and squash courts.
The American Club also has a high expatriate membership. Founded in 1925, it has two clubhouses: the Town Club in Central and the Country Club in Tai Tam. The Country Club overlooks Tai Tam bay and has a spa, swimming pool, basketball court, tennis and squash courts (and what it claims are the best burgers in town). The Town Club has views of Victoria Harbour and a few high-end restaurants.
The Hong Kong Cricket Club on Wong Nai Chung Gap Road near Happy Valley offers the usual array of club facilities such as a pool and tennis and squash courts. But it also hosts a number of British sports courts—for lawn bowling, netball, rugby and, of course, cricket.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club in Happy Valley is one of the largest racing organizations in the world, with a long waiting list to match. It also has clubhouses in Sha Tin and Beas River in the New Territories and in Beijing. The club operates the horse races in Happy Valley and Sha Tin, and is also a big player in Hong Kong philanthropy—it has its own charity trust and is a large donor to the Hong Kong Community Chest. Nonmembers can jog for free on a track inside Happy Valley Racecourse.
The Hong Kong Football Club, also in Happy Valley, is geared towards the active member: Its facilities include a soccer field, swimming pool and golf driving range.
Perhaps the most exclusive club is the Hong Kong Golf Club, with an official membership wait list of 20 years. Its main attraction is its nine-hole course at Deep Water Bay. It also offers three full 18-hole courses in the New Territories. Li Ka-Shing, who lives a few minutes away from the Deep Water Bay clubhouse, is known to play a couple of holes at the club in the morning.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC), set above Lan Kwai Fong in Central, is an intellectual hang-out for journalists and nonjournalists alike—membership is open to all. It hosts visiting politicians and celebrities, lunches with government officials, art exhibitions and a speakers series on media and public policy.
Recreation Hiking / Running Some tend to forget that Hong Kong is full of outdoor activities; more than 40% of Hong Kong's total land mass is made up of country parks. These are some of the most popular hiking trails:
- Dragon's Back (five kilometers): A hilly but scenic path through Shek O country park and Tai Tam reservoir, ending in Big Wave Bay
- Bowen Road (2.5 kilomters): A flat, paved path in Mid-Levels with views of downtown and Victoria Harbour
- Lantau Trail (70 kilometers): Rugged and strenuous, with two summits and great views of the South China Sea
- Maclehose Trail (100 kilometers): From Sai Kung to Tai Lam in New Territories, the full trail takes about 35 hours to complete
- The Peak (3.5 kilometers): The easy circuit on Harlech and Lugard Roads offers stunning views of Hong Kong
You can find a full list of hiking trails on the Hong Kong government's website.
Besides hiking, there are hundreds of running routes in Hong Kong as well.
Boating Boat trips—or junk trips—are popular in Hong Kong. One can book a Chinese or Western-style boat for full- or half-day trips through charter companies such as Saffron, Jubilee and Pana Ocean, among others. Some restaurants also offer catered trips. These trips often go to outlying islands where guests can partake in water sports.
Water Sports Windsurfing, waterskiing/wakeboarding, sailing and surfing are all popular outdoor pursuits. Windsurfing facilities are located in Stanley Beach, Sai Kung and Cheung Chau. Kayak equipment can be rented in Sai Kung. Wakeboarding and waterskiing lessons are offered in Tai Tam and Sai Kung. Five government-established watersport centers rent equipment and offer training courses. PADI scuba certification is also offered at a number of institutions, including The Hong Kong Diving Academy and the Hong Kong Underwater Association.
Golf Although Hong Kong Island has little space for courses, golf is still popular. There are a number of courses in the New Territories, including three 18-hole courses at the public Kau Sai Chau club outside Sai Kung. There are also courses in Clearwater Bay, Discovery Bay, Shek O and Lantau. A short ride over to Guangdong, China, puts a golfer within reach of more than 70 clubs, including the well-known 12-course Mission Hills.
Gyms The biggest gyms are California Fitness Centres and Pure Fitness, both with locations throughout Hong Kong. Fitness First is another large global gym with a number of locations. Optimum Performance Studio is large facility in Central that caters towards personal training, including pilates, power-plate and gyrotonic lessons.
Yoga There are a number of small yoga studios in Hong Kong specializing in different types of yoga, though beware—the government made arrests in autumn 2010 over an alleged yoga-membership scam. Pure Yoga is a popular studio that offers class in all styles. It has five locations and belongs within the Pure Fitness group. Yogasana does Vinyasa and Flex HK offers Vinyasa, Hatha and Pilates.
Dance The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Carol Bateman, Southern School of Dance and the Jean M Wong School of Ballet are some of the larger studios offering ballet classes and performance opportunities for children and adults.
Ballroom dancing is popular in Hong Kong—private lessons at the high-society level can be very expensive. Some schools, such as the Hong Kong Tango Academy and the Herman Lam Dance Studio, offer public classes.
Billy Chan Dance Concepts and StudioDanz are among the studios that offer open hip-hop and contemporary-dance classes for amateurs.
Sports Sports associations and recreational leagues exist for almost every sport, from baseball and golf to rugby, squash and dodgeball.
Martial arts classes are offered at the YMCA, as well as many specialty schools.
There are also a number of riding schools for aspiring equestrians, including the Jockey Club's Beas River Riding School, Pokfulam Public Riding School and Lei Yue Mun Public Riding School.
Marathons and Races Hong Kong hosts a number of running races throughout the year. There's the Standard Chartered marathon every February, as well as the GigaSports cross country, half marathon, 15K and 10K. Action Asia organizes adventure races around the region, including a five-race series in Hong Kong.
There's also the Hong Kong Triathlon Association.
A great array of options exist for hard-working Hong Kong residents ready to play. What are your favorite ways to spend leisure time in the city? Share your expertise in Journal Community.


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Look out, Shania: There's a new half-time show in town
Up until this week, the essence of the Charlottesville Men's Book Club has been heavy on the Men and heavy on the Club, but perhaps a little light on the Book, as most of the authors could be fairly placed in the class with Dave Barry.
"If you can finish it after two sessions in the bathroom," says co-founder Ashley Schauer, "you can come and talk intelligently about it."
Since its beginnings in 1999, the Club has never found its debate cramped by the parameters of the traditional meeting time: The 15-minute half-time of Monday Night Football was long enough.
But recently, ABC newscaster Diane Sawyer got wind of the Club. In a spot featuring the guys huddled in full tailgate attire on a couch in Schauer's house off Barracks Road, Sawyer presented them with a challenge from a book club in Knoxville, Tennessee. Could they handle a "chick" book?
"We've never read a book by a woman," says co-founder David Balaban. "We've never read a book about women. We've never read a novel."
Now they must finish Lee Smith's The Last Girls, a story of four middle-aged women who take a rafting trip to relive a college experience.
These guys know about reliving the college experience (beer, chips, high-fives, boo-yahs). And they also know about the aging process, as nearly all of the 10 regulars are wading through their 30s with a couple of young kids.
So is Schauer enjoying the novel? "It's been all right," he allows. Balaban hedges, saying he likes the descriptions of the Mississippi.
If Smith's tale of female bonding and maturity does touch some testosterone heartstrings, ABC will be there to bear witness. As will Smith.
The author, whose honors include two O. Henry awards and a Robert Penn Warren prize, gets all-conference honors as the men have invited her to see them discuss The Last Girls at next Sunday's Super Bowl half-time, where they'll have a full 45 minutes to weigh in. Segments of the analysis will air on Good Morning America February 6.
This is not the Club's first brush with greatness. Last year, Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post accepted an invitation to join their abbreviated discourse on his book, The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life and Death. For his participation, Weingarten, an avowed medical ignoramus, received a small trophy and a slew of gruesomely real stories of medical emergencies– nearly half of the Club's members are physicians.
Whether Smith, who is the keynote speaker for this year's Virginia Book Festival, will find herself treated to a similarly eye-opening experience ("listen to what happened to me when I rafted the Mississippi with my med school pals...") remains to be seen. Surely nothing the Charlottesville Men's Book Club might exhibit can be as tasteless as the typical Super Bowl half-time show.


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More sanity is taking place. More of me is coming back, its a very nice thing, its a very strange thing.. I've worked relentlessly for 15 years on this stuff; some of those years were extremely difficult and brutal. I never thought that I would be. My mind is moving back into alignment, However, damage has been sustained. Im learning to live with and accept myself and the limitations of that damage..
Sanity is returning to me... Im not the puppet I used to be. Im starting to know who I am... And because of that Im not taking anymore attitudes from people.
However, I find myself in the most strange difficult situation: What to do about the idiots that Ive been associating with... Not everyone is an idiot, However, a number of people think they have it going on. Believing that Im a dumb ass and a fool, many of these trilobites try to play out the superior emperor role upon me. Im looking to forward growth that I may say good by to these sycophants. It will take time. These weasels are a a sure footed lot of nothingness, and they feel the same about me; In the face of reality I must leave at some point..
I hate associating with people that hate honest people!, or people that destroy innocent people. I hate them. I forgive everyone!
They come at me like vampires when they know Im attempting to go through my original developmental stage... They come at me like war...
They hate it that I have the courage to develop, they want to stop me...
so many would like to see me go away... So many are attempting to control others and keep them under there thumbs.
Im hated by those that control others and want to get away with it. Cowards that wont see the light of day.
I am wrestling with those cowards... Im like a 9 year old wrestling with adults... I need help and I need support to keep going, to keep growing... I understand that my parents wont help me... they never did.. They are dead.... Ive always been alone.. Im so sorry that my brothers were never with me either... I never knew this.. I always thought they were my friends... they were never my friends.
My best friend was a fiend. He was never a friend. It was all a lie... I was always alone... How can a group of people do this to another human being. How can they destroy another person then witness that death; help with that murder. Why did they try to murder me.. jealously I guess, as if My life had any direct or indirect influence on them; it did not..
I was alone living on my dreams with a solid building to live in as a child. It was that building that kept me alive. Much like the sanctuary of a church... That was my strong hold, and the friends that I met as a child. I was independent as I felt safe at times and had a mother and father in the house with brothers.. Then it was destroyed... No one there cared about me.. My whole life was destroyed... Every dream and hope and ambition. And with it all friends and hope that I had met. The neighborhood turned on as much as my biological upbringing ( I don't want to call them family, they were no ones family, they were not my family, there were a bunch of jackals, nothing more).
Im attempting to wake and, see what happened, deal with it, feel it , explore it and then move on some how knowing or accepting what happened and that I was robbed of the most basic of human rights and needs. I was robbed by very vicious and bad people. And they turned out worse... That robbery mangled my life.. And they never paid, nor were they taken to jail.. If they didn't want me, that was fine!, They had no right to kill me..
Know Im attempting to come back and stay... with the understanding of who and what I was dealing with..
What kills me is; the friends I supposedly had, I can see them in my mind as close friends, and I can also see when they turned on me; tried to blame me for the abuse I was befallen to. I was shocked when this happened. Now I know better: they were never my friends, never really close... They never really wanted anything to do with me because of there privileged background. Once you start getting abused you belong to a new culture.. The privileged will have nothing to do with you... They keep there upper middle class standing at the price of your blood. Your no longer wanted around, or in there house or in there lives or in the same neighborhood. You have been thrown out for good.. And none remembered by any of them. All that is left is God..
So I continue a lonely existence with God.. However, there are good people. Many of them, and they have helped me... And for that I am grateful...
I can see the great divide in my mind... The collapse into the abyss; when I lost myself and my memories of myself.. Now I am willing or able to look back and possibly go on an expedition toward the idea of that trench abyss that someday I may enter it and look through its belongings.


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"We have reached out across the world to identify and invite experts in their respective fields, to bring to our guests a truly varied and inspired programme of life-enhancing experiences," explained Dream Cruises President Mr. Thatcher Brown. "Cruising on Genting Dream is not only a luxurious and exciting vacation. Through our 'Dreamscapes' enrichment programme, guests of all ages will have the opportunity to spark new passions and deepen existing interests, adding a new dimension to their transformational journey at sea."
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Space Exploration@Sea: The True Story of being an Astronaut, will see Dr. Chiao deliver a three part storytelling experience. In 'View from the On-High: Adventures of a Professional Astronaut' he will share his incredible experiences onboard the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. 'Technology and Innovation Trends, and Your Business' offers a glimpse into the next quantum level of technology and how business can benefit. Finally in 'Leadership and Operational Decision Making – Fundamentals from Spaceflight', Dr. Chiao will share some nail-biting and awe-inspiring tales of real-life emergency situations in space to show how decision-making skills are so critical, not only to stay alive in space but also to thrive in business back on earth.
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