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The deaths of two teenage sisters in a car crash near Tauranga on Christmas Day 2011 could have been avoided, a court has heard.
Three relatives, including the mother of the girls, are on trial at the High Court in Hamilton for the deaths of Merepeka Morehu-Clark, 14 and Brooklyn Morehu-Clark, 13.
Hetaraka Hikurangi Reihana, 21, Haki Tepuere Davey, 18, and mother Phillippa Vanessa Morehu, 37, have each pleaded not guilty to two charges of manslaughter over the fatal crash.
The sisters died after the car Reihana was driving collided with a ute on Welcome Bay Road.
"They were 13 and 14 at the time their lives ended in this totally avoidable way," crown prosecutor Greg Hollister-Jones told the court.
Reihana, Davey and Morehu had been drinking at a home in Welcome Bay on Christmas Day 2011, before deciding to go to their family urupa, he said.
Mr Hollister-Jones said there was talk of racing to the cemetery to see who would get there first, the New Zealand Herald reports.
"This was alcohol-fuelled madness, all were unlicensed and were deliberately racing each other at high and reckless speeds in unsafe vehicles on a winding road," Mr Hollister-Jones said.
The trial before Justice Murray Gilbert is set down for three weeks.
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Struggling Catalyst Paper Corp. has received the go-ahead from a court in British Columbia to begin a planned restructuring, while at the same time filing for protection from creditors in the United States.
The Richmond, B.C.,-based company said Wednesday a B.C. court had issued an initial order under the Canada Business Corporations Act to begin the restructuring process.
The plan would see bondholders take control of the firm. It would also reduce its overall debt by $315.4-million and cut annual cash interest payments by $25.5-million.
The filing Wednesday in a Delaware court was made under provisions of Chapter 15, a form of filing that foreign companies operating in the U.S. employ when seeking protection from creditors.
But Catalyst emphasized that the Canadian court order is not a bankruptcy proceeding.
"While this whole process of restructuring continues we will be running the business as usual and satisfying all of our obligations to our suppliers, customers, employees and retirees just as we ordinarily would," said Catalyst spokeswoman Lyn Brown.
Shares in Catalyst fell from 2 cents each to a penny Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The B.C.-based producer of specialty papers, newsprint and pulp operates four mills in British Columbia and Arizona.
Catalyst said the debt restructuring will give the company more financial flexibility to deal with a slumping pulp, paper and newsprint market.
Meanwhile, chief financial officer Brian Baarda said the relief requested in the Chapter 15 filing in the United States was "well-justified [and]necessary to a successful reorganization . . . and in the best interest of the debtors and creditors and should be granted in full."
As part of its U.S. filing, Catalyst said its 314 U.S. employees are potential creditors but added that it doesn't expect them to be adversely affected by the protection proceedings.
"Debtors intend for the business of the United States affiliates of CPC to continue as usual with as little disruption as possible," the company said in its filing.
However, Mr. Baarda petitioned the court not to send employees copies of the proceedings as is usually the case with creditors in a bankruptcy protection filing.
"I believe that sending copies of various pleadings and orders that do not directly impact employees may only serve to confuse and distract them at a critical juncture when the company is seeking to implement the restructuring," he said.
Catalyst earlier deferred $21-million of interest payments due on its senior secured notes in December.
The company's recapitalization plan would create a new board of directors and give voting control of the paper company to its bondholders.
It is also subject to new contracts with the unions at the company's Canadian mills being ratified by the end of January.
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Catalyst on Tuesday after the company signed the deal to Ca from Caa3 and its senior secured notes to Caa2 from Caa3. Senior unsecured notes were downgraded to C from Ca.
Under the Moody's rating system, anything less than triple-B is considered too risky for conservative fund managers such as pension plans. A rating of C or below suggests there's a high risk that the issuer could fail to meet its obligations.
Moody's said the downgrade is because of the likelihood of a loss for bondholders or a filing for court protection from creditors.


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As far as I understand, it is a known problem of using plproxy, that it cannot be rolled back if used inside transactions. But I need something similar to this functionality. I have some data, that is duplicated across the DB partitions, and to be exact, there is i.e. a plproxy-partitioned DB, containing users. For the list of user's friends to be in the same DB, where the user himself is, I need to duplicate the 'user-friend' data to the partition of the user, and the partition of the friend. So I need to call SEVERAL plproxy functions inside a transaction. Well, I understand that plproxy does not support well that kind of usage (will it?). But I need to create some mechanism to do a check and a rollback (if neccessary) manually inside the PL/pgsql function that does this job. How can I do that, if, afaik, PL/pgsql does not support exception handling?
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Conor: "Ready to get into this"
"I've been ready to get into this—ready to reelect President Obama," said Conor on becoming a summer organizing fellow.
A 21-year-old Virginia Tech student from Floyd County, Conor first became aware and interested in politics in 2008, at the age of 17, just shy of being eligible to vote. Regardless, he started Buffs (short for buffalos) for Obama at his high school. "I couldn't vote, so I felt that I had to do something to help elect Barack Obama."
Four years later, Conor's motivation still runs strong:
Now that I am old enough to vote, I decided that it it was also time to get fully engaged again, so I applied to be a fellow for this summer. This election is too important for me sit it out. President Obama has increased access to Pell Grants for those who want to go to school, and he's greatly expanded healthcare access to young adults who otherwise may have gone with out it. My generation, more than ever, needs a leader who will stand for us, who will continue to work to make sure there is opportunity for every American who is willing to work hard.
Conor has been at his fellowship for a week now, and he's loving the experience. "We're opening up a new office here, so I've been helping set up the new space," he said. "And tonight, we're phone banking to get the word out about President Obama's record of standing for the middle class."
Over the years, Conor has been proud of President Obama's accomplishments such as Wall Street Reform, the ending of the Iraq War, and health care reform, saying "We have so much at stake, and so much work to do to support our president."
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Young Buck's back "Paper Bag" – musically speaking – to stir up excitement for an upcoming project, G.A.S. 2 (Gangsta And Street).The track's a treat thanks to Buck's great ear for beats (workout-candy), a catchy hook and a guest verse from Tha City Paper for this one. As a prelude to the Ca$hville Records duo's project due May 27, be on the lookout for Young Buck and co. to make the summer just a bit hotter.
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Third-quarter revenue of Euro 990 million approximately unchanged compared to the previous quarter; Segment Result of Euro 126 million (12.7 percent margin);
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Infineon Technologies AG today reported results for the third quarter of the 2012 fiscal year (as of June 30, 2012).
Growth and Margin are currently below plan, reflecting global uncertainties. The underlying trends for energy efficiency, mobility and security business nevertheless remain positive. We will therefore continue our policy of strategic investment, firmly convinced that this is the only way for Infineon to extend its market leadership in the future. That said, we will make savings now wherever savings are to be made. With this, the cost situation remains manageable even in the face of current market conditions, stated Peter Bauer, CEO of Infineon Technologies AG.
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Calabasas-based DTS, the developer of surround sound and audio processing technology, announced today that it has closed its acquisition of Irvine's SRS Labs. The deal was worth approximately $148M, and had been announced in April. DTS was advised by Centerview Partners, DLA Piper LLP, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in the transaction. SRS Labs was advised by Covert & Co. and Paul Hastings LLP.


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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes: > OK, so you just wanted _an_ error string to be printed on failure rather > than the reasons. Well, what we want to know is the particular file that couldn't be deleted and the errno code. This is all "can't happen" stuff and so it just has to be a message that is useful for debugging; I don't see that it has to be amazingly user-friendly. regards, tom lane
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" Address: 7830 South Las Vegas Boulevard / Las Vegas / Nevada / 89123 / USA "
==Why we stayed here==
We stayed in the Hilton Garden Inn, Henderson (suburbs of Las Vegas) for one night prior to our trip to Las Vegas. Before we hit the Las Vegas strip we decided we wanted to drive to Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon so wanted a hotel fairly close to the airport but not on the Las Vegas strip. We arrived in Las Vegas after a short flight from Vancouver at around 9pm, after a delay in customs and waiting over an hour to pick up our pre-paid rental car, we finally left McCarran airport and headed to Henderson, our quick stop-over for the night. Henderson was a good choice, I had considered driving to Boulder City or even as far as Kingman just so we had a few hours "in the bag" before the long drive the next day (7 hours from Las Vegas to Monument Valley), but I was concerned about flight delays and driving in the dark, so decided to plump for Henderson. It proved an excellent choice the next day when the rental car had problems just one mile into our seven hour journey to Monument Valley, we were able to go back and exchange it relatively quickly and be on our way, only an hour and a half after we had planned. We finally exited Henderson at 8am. We stayed in the Hilton Garden Hotel which was the cheapest of our month long trip at £46 for the night and far exceeded my expectations.
For a hotel which cost £46 per night I was dubious,even though it was under the Hilton brand, I have read reviews of Hilton hotels which don't match up to their 5 star standards. In that respect, this was no different, it wasn't a five star hotel but it was nicer than some of the rooms I've stayed in which cost £100 per night. As you'd expect it was a very American hotel with all the necessary (!) services that you might need if you were a business or other traveller. The hotel had fax machines, meeting rooms, a business centre etc. The hotel had a large car park which was quite busy actually when we arrived late at night but we didn't have too much trouble finding a car park.
The rooms were spacious by European standards and had a king size bed in them. They also had a TV and a desk in them plus black out curtains which were very much welcome for us (even though we didn't get much opportunity to lie in due to our long drive). The room was spotless as was the bathroom. I wouldn't say the decor was modern, it looked as though it had been refurbished about 10-12 years ago but equally it didn't look tired and outdated. I wouldn't say the room was anything special but it absolutely did the job we needed it to do. It was better than basic and had everything we needed but it wasn't somewhere to stay for a special occasion if that makes sense.
The lobby also has vending machines and snack meals which you can microwave for yourself. There is also an opportunity to eat in the restaurant (we didn't as we only stayed a short time) or hang out in the bar area.
The hotel also has a nice pool area which looked really refreshing in the hot Nevada sunshine (43 degrees at 6am - I am not joking people!). I wouldn't say the pool was enormous but probably big enough for the size of the hotel.
There are also lots of local amenities on the same road (Warm Springs) such as shops, restaurants, cinema and other hotels so you wouldn't struggle here to find things to do.
One thing I was really impressed with was the level of service from the staff. When we checked in the young man on the desk was really helpful. We were really hungry and feeling quite sick after a bad flight and he pointed us in the direction of Denny's which was a 2 minute drive down the road and we had a midnight feast. The SevenEleven was quite close by (we'd miss that though as it was almost midnight) which was handy for the morning when we wanted to stock up on snacks and drinks for our journey ahead. Equally the young man in question was particularly eager to point us in the direction of casinos which I just thought was quite amusing. It was almost like it was a staple of life: find out where to eat, where to drink and where to gamble. I quickly realised that this is very much the mentality of life in Las Vegas. Once we had reached Monument Valley I realised I'd left a personal possession at the Hilton Garden Inn and I gave them a ring and asked them if they had found the item. The item was found in lost property and kept for me until I could return a couple of days later to pick the item up. So as I said I can't fault the staff at all.
==How to get there==
Despite me saying it is really easy to find on the main road driving through Henderson we had to switch back and go back as we'd clearly missed the hotel. If you are driving from the airport, it is on the left hand side of the road and just behind it is the very large Sunset Station casino which is bright and blingy so that should be an easy marker to look out for.
I believe there may have been a shuttle bus to bus people back and forth from the hotel to the Las Vegas strip, equally if that wasn't running there were local service buses to do the same thing and I imagine that would have been 15-20 minutes from the hotel to the Strip (based on traffic on the strip rather than distance in miles). If you aren't bothered about staying on the strip in Las Vegas and happy to commute up every day I would suggest that this is a very good option for you to visit a very nice hotel in Las Vegas without the hustle and bustle of the Strip but close enough to get there and back easily. It is also quite a cheap option which provides decent quality. OK some of the hotels on the strip are £25 per night but having read the reviews, I'd rather bus it in daily from this hotel in Henderson than stay at the cheaper hotels in Vegas, just my personal preference.
The hotel is also about 20-25 minutes away from the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead (for watersports and "the beach") so easy to do some other stuff using this as a base if you don't want to spend every day on the Strip.
Overall for the price we paid this was a pretty top class hotel, as I said, not five star in terms of decor and all mod-cons but definitely as much as we needed and better than basic. I would definitely stay here again as the staff were great and the hotel had everything you needed. Highly recommended for a night or more as part of a trip to Nevada or Arizona - or even a cheap alternative to Las Vegas Strip.


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You will find this video of John McKenna, the Maryland college student being beaten on almost every blawg around. The sworn allegations against him in the post-beating prosecution were that he attacked and caused "minor injuries" to the horses and cops, and that he was kicked by a horse. So there you have it, the cops proven conclusively to be lying, baton wielding animals, beating the daylights out of some happy kid having a good time skipping down the street.
But this isn't another opportunity to post a video that can be found on pretty much every criminal law blawg around today, but about the message taken from it. One bad apple. Or in this case, a few bad apples, but all beating a kid at the same time. There was a segment about it, showing the video over and over, on Good Morning America, with McKenna's lawyer, Chris Griffiths, doing a superb job in the interview.
The video, and the story surrounding the video, still suggests that it's an isolated incident. But for the video, this would be just another story about a beaten kid complaining about cops without any evidence to back him up. This isn't to say that the police are wrong in every instance, but that the police can no longer wrap themselves in the presumption of being the good guys. The question remains, when a video like this goes viral amongst the general public and mainstream media, how to make clear that this isn't an isolated incident?
Before the pervasive use of video, those of us who claimed that vicious criminal attacks by police were the subject of derision; of course we would claim that the police were lying. That's what defense lawyers do. But take this beyond the atrocity of watching cops, dressed in their black riot gear, striking a kid with batons. Go beyond the cops who rush up after the initial assault, hoping to get some whacks in as well. Consider the lies on the accusatory instrument, about horses and cops and kicks. Griffiths also explained during his interview that the cops told McKenna not to mention he was injured, or they would hold him in jail over the weekend. People at the jail, however, couldn't pretend not to see the blood from his beating, and so he was treated.
Without a video, none of this happened. Without a video, the perjured complaint is truthful. Without a video, the coercion to force McKenna to participate in the coverup, the lie, would be incredible.
This isn't the first time a video of this nature made the rounds. Remember the video of New York City cop Patrick Pogon nailing cyclist Christopher Long during the Critical Mass protest? That one went viral as well. Then it faded from memory, and we're now shocked by what happened to John McKenna.
It's likely that most people inclined to read Simple Justice are already aware of all this. But we're a distinct minority, whether by profession or inclination. Some might accuse us of paranoia, antagonism toward the police, bias. Certainly, our experiences lead us in that direction, at least as far as regular folks are concerned.
This isn't about fostering public hatred of police, however. This is about healthy skepticism, the end of blind faith.
How many videos, and beaten kids, will it take before the message sinks in? Will another ten, another thousand, make a dent in the public consciousness? Or will It always be one bad apple?
When I started my "But For Video" series of posts, it struck me that people would start to get the message after seeing that it not only happened, but happened regularly, if they were confronted with undeniable images of police misconduct. I fear I severely underestimated the ability of people to deny.


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Rabbi Stephen S. Wise left an estate valued at about $45,000, it was revealed here when his will was filed for probate in Surrogate's Court. While most of the estate is bequeathed to the late Jewish leader's two children–Justine Wise Po1ier and James Waterman Wise–several bequests were also made to the American Jewish Congress, World Jewish Congress, Palestine Endowment Funds, Inc. American Friends of the Hebrew University and other institutions.


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Q: Will there be animals in heaven?
A: Romans 8 says the whole creation groans with a longing for the redemption that will be experienced with the resurrection of God's children (verses 18-21). What else in the creation suffers besides people? Animals. The passage shows that redemption is not limited to people, but that the whole earth will be made new. This may suggest that animals, which lived, suffered and died on this old earth, will be restored to life in God's earthly kingdom that is to come. They suffered because of our sin, so their bodies will be freed when we receive our new bodies.
Q: Will we have bodies in heaven, or will we be ghosts, floating in the clouds?
A: Many children are put at ease about heaven when you explain that we will not be ghosts. No child wants to become a ghost. The Bible says, "We know that when he appears we will be like him, because we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2). Jesus in His resurrected body proclaimed that He was not a ghost but that He had actual "flesh and bones" (Luke 24:39).
Christ's resurrection body was suited for life on earth. As Jesus was raised to come back to live on earth, we, too, will be eventually raised to come back to live on the new earth (Revelation 21:1-3). Teach your child the doctrines of the Resurrection and our eventual transition to life on the new earth, and he will be excited about life after death!
Q: Will we still be ourselves, or will we become angels?
A: Angels and human beings are entirely different creatures (Hebrews 2:5-9). Angels will always be angels and people will always be people. Relocation to heaven includes becoming better humans (Romans 8:23), not nonhumans.
You will be you in heaven, and I will be me. Think about the resurrected Jesus, who did not become someone else. He remained who He was before His resurrection. When John was fishing with some of the other disciples, he saw Jesus on the seashore and said, "It is the Lord!" (John 21:7). So you will still recognize friends and family, and they will recognize you, too.
Q: Won't heaven be boring?
A: Everything good, enjoyable, refreshing, and exciting comes from God. God is creative, fascinating and anything but boring. Heaven is going to be full of surprises and adventures as we learn more about God and explore His new universe, the restored earth that He has prepared for us. The new earth will have plenty to keep us busy!
Q: Will we eat and drink?
A: Think about the food you most enjoy. Maybe your idea of heaven is eating that food for thousands of years. After His resurrection, Jesus asked His disciples for some food and ate a piece of fish in front of them (Luke 24:41-43). He proved that resurrected people can and do eat real food. Other Bible verses say that we will eat at feasts with Jesus in an earthly kingdom.
Q: Will we laugh in heaven?
A: Jesus promised we will. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. . . . Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven" (Luke 6:21,23). The Bible promises God will wipe away all of our tears (Revelation 21:4). Heaven will be full of joy. Do you think God ever laughs? In the Bible, God is said to enjoy, love, laugh, take delight and rejoice.
We were made in God's image, so we have feelings and express them just as God does. We are sometimes sad now, but in heaven there will not be anything to be sad about. We will all be happy. We will play because God put into us a love for play.
Only God knows for sure what He plans to do. But we know God loves to give good gifts to his children (Matthew 7:9-11). Since animals bring joy to people, God may very well include animals in eternity.
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Do you guys know how much I love lip scrubs? I know you all know how much I love wearing bright lipstick whenever I leave the house, due to my constant harping on the matter. But it can definitely have a drying effect on my lips, especially since I'm currently flailing around the polar vortex. I have a whole arsenal of scrubs, oils, and balms that I put on my face to keep things hydrated, but I've been thinking recently that I spend way too much money on beauty products and I want to start making my own when I can.
Not to get too new agey on you (I can't help it–I'm from California), I've been getting increasingly worried about the chemicals I slather onto my face and body in the pursuit of beauty. I'm never going to have the motivation to do something like make my own mascara or weave my own clothing from my hemp garden, but I think that whenever I can, I'm going to try going for a slightly more natural angle when it comes to products.
I tried out five lip scrub recipes and ranked them in order of which one worked the best for me. After trying these suckers out, I found my new favorite product which I've now been slathering all over my face every night, and I'm happy to say my peeling, chapped lips are back in business. Please appreciate how much I tried to make this look fancy, but was thwarted by my dumb phone camera, and total inability to be fancy.
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Pietermaritzburg – A debut goal from Kwanda Mngonyama proved to be the winner as Maritzburg United won their opening home match of the Premiership season 2-1 against Polokwane City in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday night.
Mohau Mokate opened the scoring after 28 minutes and was then sent off in what was also his first match at the Harry Gwala Stadium, while Puleng Tlolane's excellent 35th minute free-kick gave the visitors brief hope.
Elias Ngwepe and Mokate were both dismissed in the 48th minute, before Mngonyama, on loan from Mamelodi Sundowns, netted with a tap-in after 61 minutes to claim all the points from a pulsating encounter.
The hosts made the stronger start in front of a sparse crowd, with youngster Deolin Mekoa looking particularly threatening in attack in the opening 10 minutes.
But the first clear-cut opening fell to the visitors after a training-ground free-kick saw Mothusi Gopane drill in low to the edge of the box from where Tlolane forced Shuaib Walters into an excellent low save, the ball tipped around the post for a corner.
Gopane again delivered a probing ball, which Vukile Mngqibisa miscued wide.
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minutes. Kurt Lentjies was the architect as he escaped down the right and crossed for Thamsanqa Mkhize, who held up the ball and slipped in Mokate, and the striker's effort went in off the hand of goalkeeper Dino Visser.
However, Polokwane drew level seven minutes later when a splendid 25-yard free-kick by Tlolane beat Walters at the near post and rattled into the top left corner.
Benson Mhlongo could have put the visitors ahead before the break, but fired inches wide with Walters scrambling as the sides went into the break level.
After the restart, the match turned on its head after goalscorer Mokate and Ngwepe were both red carded Ä the latter for a bad challenge and the former for what appeared to be some altercations after the incident.
Back to play, Gopane and Mekoa both wasted decent chances as the game began to open up more.
And United deservedly took the lead just after the hour when a corner was flicked on to the centre of the box where the ball fell for Mngonyama to tap in.
Ashley Hartog, Mondli Cele and Mohammed Awal had further chances to extend the lead, but were off-target with their long-range efforts, before Jabulani Maluleke squandered a better opening when he mis-kicked the ball from eight yards out with six minutes to play.
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Microsoft and Sun Microsystems may compete in many fields, but they think alike on at least one issue: the importance of financing. Sun, which already rents software to customers, is soon to start a financing deal enabling customers to lease its Sunray thin-client hardware too. Microsoft is shortly to start pushing Microsoft Capital in the UK, an initiative offering financing terms for its partners' hardware in addition to its own software.
Why finance your IT resources through leasing or rental rather than buying them outright? The most obvious benefit is that it frees up your IT budget for other projects, because you do not have to pay for everything up front. However, there are other, subtler benefits, says Jeff Smith, vice-president of IBM's global financing division (Northern region).
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"You can match the payments from the financing structure to the benefits you expect to get from a particular acquisition," he says. You pay for the server as it pays for itself, rather than paying for everything before getting a return on your investment.
Depending on the type of financing agreement you sign, financing can also help reduce the risk of ownership. If you purchase a server outright, as it nears the end of its life you must dispose of it, ideally recouping some of the original purchase price in the process. Under some financing arrangements, the equipment will be disposed of by the lessor, removing the cost of divestment from the customer.
When dealing with hardware, there are two main types of lease: operating and finance. Under an operating or residual value lease, the lessee never owns the equipment outright. Instead, they take on a long-term usage agreement for which a regular fee is paid. At the end of this agreement the equipment is either returned to the manufacturer or the lease renewed. The easiest way to think of an operating lease is as a structured rental agreement.
The alternative to an operating lease is a finance lease, in which regular payments made by the lessee over the lifetime of the lease match the equipment's material value. At the end of a finance lease, the equipment can be retained by the lessee for a token payment. This is known as a peppercorn agreement. The other option is for the customer to sell the equipment. Although it is technically acting as an agent for the lessor, the customer retains 99% of the sale's proceeds.
The other option is lease purchase, which operates in a similar way to hire purchase in the consumer world. Under a lease purchase agreement, the eventual ownership of the equipment is built into the initial contract, obviating the need for peppercorn rental or a final separate payment for ownership.
One way to distinguish between an operating lease and a finance lease is the 90-10 test, says Philip White, sales director at IT financing company Syscap. The total amount a customer repays under an operating lease must be no more than 90% of the equipment's capital cost. This means that the equipment retains at least 10% of its residual value, thus increasing the risk for the lessor, which has to reclaim that value by selling or reusing the equipment at the end of the contract.
Don't be surprised if individual payments on an operating lease are higher than those on a finance lease for the same piece of equipment to reflect this fact. You are paying a premium to let someone else worry about disposing of the equipment when you are finished with it, and you will have the use of the equipment for a shorter time
Software rentals work differently to hardware rentals because a customer rarely buys software - it buys the licence to use the software and therefore does not own it. This, combined with the Inland Revenue's view of software as an intangible asset, makes it difficult to depreciate software as a capital asset. Consequently, it is difficult for companies to provide an operating lease on software, says White. The lessor does not own the software - it is only leasing the licence to use the software. "Unless I have an agreement with the software supplier, I cannot remarket the software and I cannot use it. So I am left holding the baby and a 10% investment," he says.
Nevertheless, 75% of Syscap's revenue comes from software and services rather than hardware. It is still possible for the company to rent software to customers by structuring deals with software suppliers. Software suppliers are increasingly moving to subscription-based models (often called the "software as service" model). Sun, for example, has tried to simplify the pricing structure for its Java Enterprise System open source back-end application stack and complementary Java Desktop System by moving to a per-employee subscription system.
"We charge £53 per employee per year. That is it," says Sun's UK software marketing manager Paul Leonard. Customers renting the Java Enterprise System can take ownership of a perpetual licence after three years for a predefined final price. Because the company charges on a per-employee rather than a per-CPU model, companies can use the system on as many machines as they like.
Microsoft offers its own brand of software financing. Customers can either buy a perpetual licence outright, purchase a subscription or spread payments for the perpetual licence across a number of years.
Spreading payments allows you to purchase the Software Assurance maintenance programme, a three-year deal providing upgrades as new versions of the software emerge. This entails an additional yearly payment of 29% of the base licence fee a year for server software, or 25% for the client. Users can cherry pick the licensing scheme that suits their budget, although Microsoft has come under fire in the past from customers angry about what they saw as punitive terms for those unwilling to upgrade their software.
Analyst firm Gartner believes that perpetual licensing will continue to be the preferred model for software users until 2010 and claims software subscriptions will not fare well. "Generally we find that the customers that are more forward thinking in their strategies would procure their IT assets," says Microsoft UK's licensing marketing manager Mark Buckley. They treat IT components as a business asset and want to have control over them.
Perhaps so, but Gartner believes managed "pay as you go" services will become important in the next few years. Managed services companies were branded application service providers (ASPs) at the turn of the decade and grew rapidly on the back of the dotcom boom, yielding many casualties when the market collapsed. Now, managed services firms are proposing the model as a way to finance business processes, reducing the in-house IT footprint and freeing IT budgets.
Accountancy software firm Coda will be partnering with a hosting company in the first quarter of 2005 to offer its accountancy software as a managed service. Group marketing manager David Turner will price it on a per-user basis. He does not think that pricing managed services on a per-transaction model is intuitive for end-users. "We could charge based on how many lines people entered into the accounts, but that is industry-specific," he says. Different industries make accounting transactions in different volumes depending on whether they are high- or low-value.
Payroll is more suited to per-transaction pricing when offered as a managed service. Multinational managed services firm ADP offers payroll and managed services on a per-transaction basis. Director of marketing and product development Ian D'Cuhna says the company charges its clients per payroll slip entered at the end of the month.
Organisations can make themselves more flexible by considering financing options for their IT software and hardware. On the upside, it frees up cash for new project investments, but on the downside it requires a more structured approach to IT planning, which may not always be possible for smaller companies with more volatile needs.
When entering into a finance agreement, consider issues such as breakpoints in the contract - points at which the lessor agrees to review the contract and make any necessary readjustments. Also, think ahead to the renewal phase, assessing your plans for ongoing ownership of the leased resource or a renewed lease.
Make sure you protect yourself from unrealistic price raises when renewing leases, especially if you are renting software on a subscription model because software is often more vulnerable to supplier lock-in than hardware. Tread carefully and a finance arrangement could deliver positive results and give your finance department the ability to juggle equipment between the balance sheet and the profit and loss report. In accounting, flexibility is never a bad thing.
Before signing a finance agreement...
The top five things to consider when deciding on a finance agreement:
- How much of a business asset is the resource in question? Would eventual ownership of that resource be beneficial?
- How accurately are you able to plan your IT needs over a three-year period? This will dictate the flexibility you need to have built into the finance agreement.
- Does your finance director prefer to have IT assets on the balance sheet, or to treat them as business expenses on the profit and loss account?
- What sort of surplus do you have in your IT budget and is it capable of meeting your new project requirements?
- How able are you to recognise the residual value of a piece of equipment at the end of its life? For example, can you reuse components and do you have a well-defined policy for reselling equipment?
Finance terms at a glance
Finance lease: A lease where most of the equipment's cost is paid back over the lease period. Often followed by a peppercorn rental, a one-off payment to take ownership of the equipment, or a sale by the customer acting as an agent for the lessor.
Operating lease: A "true" lease where the equipment is returned at the end of the lease period. The lessee repays the cost of the equipment minus the projected residual value at the end of the lease period.
Lease purchase: A lease in which the eventual ownership of the equipment is built into the payment schedule. It is similar to hire purchase in the consumer market.
Short-term rental: Equipment rental for a short-term period is often useful for ad hoc projects. It provides more flexibility, but at a higher cost.
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The player, who role plays as a brilliant scientist, finds him/herself captured by S.P.O.R.E. (Sinister People Organized Really Efficiently) who plan to take over the world. Dr. Brain has been captured as well, and gives help along the way. Players need to first break out of their cell, escape the base, and ultimately thwart the sinister group's plot for world domination. Doing so, however, is not easy throughout the adventure, players are faced with puzzles that require logical thinking as well as application of the laws of physics, motion, and even geometry.
Kids use the keyboard and mouse to navigate the 3-D worlds, and are given a chance to experiment with this style of navigation before embarking on the adventure. Players should have few problems getting used to the controls. Plenty of obstacles and traps are found during the adventure, as kids commandeer ball cannons, fly through field simulators, manipulate electromagnetic fields, and a whole lot more. There are 45 levels to master in all and plenty of gadgets to use along the way. Dr. Brain is available for advice and instructions on each level. There is no shortage of action, including jumping between moving platforms, dodging rolling balls, and more.
The soundtrack to the adventure is quite fun, featuring a combination of techno and jazz sounds.
Up to 16 friends can play online using AdventureLink multiplayer capability. This is free but, of course, requires Internet access.
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Minimum requirements are Windows 95/98, a Pentium 166 processor, 32 Mb RAM, and 4X CD ROM, and 100 Mb of uncompressed hard drive space. The program is optimized for the Pentium III 500 MHz processor, 128 Mb of RAM, and 24X CD ROM, and the graphics are outstanding.
Skills Covered
physics, logic, critical thinking, problem solving, mechanics, geometry, spatial awareness, reflexes
Educational Value
This software game is filled with brain benders and various puzzles that require logical thinking and consideration of various laws of science, all incorporated in a game that has the feel of a video game. Each level is progressively more challenging than the previous one, and children are required to really exercise their thinking skills in order to succeed.
Entertainment Value
Players that are attracted to video game style adventure and action will especially enjoy the program. Testers were very impressed at how fun and immersive the puzzles were.
Use of the keyboard and mouse working in tandem may take a little getting used to at the outset, but with patience and practice, navigation becomes instinctive.
This adventure is content-rich, and should take some time to "beat" the game. Puzzle lovers will be motivated to work through the levels.
Dollar Value
For a comparatively low suggested retail price of $19.95 US, you will certainly get your money's worth.


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No convention accomplishes all that is expected of it. The Zionist convention at Chicago was no exception. The resolution regarding the reform rabbis might well have been passed and certainly ought not to have aroused the acrimonious discussion which it did. Nonetheless, no great harm was done by the debate.
I am of the opinion that Zionist conventions should be held in cities where the delegates may not have their time and attention distracted from the business at hand by outside attractions, be it the boardwalk at Atlantic City or the fair at Chicago.


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"Nightline" Ranks No. 1 Across All Target Demos
Season to Date, "Nightline" Ranks First in Late-Night Among Total Viewers and Adults 25-54
Season to Date, "Nightline" is Drawing its Largest Overall Audience in 8 Years
For the week of August 15, 2011, ABC's "Nightline" ranked No. 1 across all key target demos: Total Viewers (3.672 million), Adults 25-54 (1.410 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.083 million), according to Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" has taken the top spot in overall viewers and in the key adult news demo for the 3rd time in the last 4 weeks. In addition, the ABC latenight program was up week to week in all three demos: Total Viewers (+7%), Adults 25-54 (+6%) and Adults 18-49 (+12%).
Similarly, "Nightline" scored increases from the year-ago week across the target demos: Total Viewers (+16%), Adults 25-54 (+3%) and Adults 18-49 (+1%), growing its overall audience for the 9th week in a row. In fact, "Nightline" increased its Total Viewer count year to year in 25 of the last 27 weeks.
Season to date, "Nightline" ranks first in late-night among Total Viewers and Adults 25-54. This is the first time ever that "Nightline" has been in first place at this point in the season in Adults 25-54 since at least the 1993-94 season, when "Letterman" began on CBS. In addition, "Nightline" is up by +6% in Total Viewers and by +4% in Adults 25-54 compared to the same point last year, standing as the only program to grow year to year in Adults 25-54 versus "The Tonight Show" and "The Late Show." Season to date, "Nightline" is drawing its largest overall audience in 8 years – since the 2002-03 season.
ABC News' "Nightline" is anchored by Cynthia McFadden, Terry Moran and Bill Weir. John Donvan and Juju Chang are correspondents. Jeanmarie Condon is the Executive Producer. The program airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.
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ABC "Nightline" 3,672,000 1,410,000/ 1.1 1,083,000/ 0.8
CBS "Late Show" 2,668,000 1,150,000/ 0.9 897,000/ 0.7
NBC "Tonight Show" 3,077,000 1,310,000/ 1.1 1,047,000/ 0.8
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 Live + SD weeks of 08/15/11, 8/8/11 & 8/16/10. 2010-2011 Broadcast Season (9/20/10 – 8/21/11) and 2009-2010 Broadcast Season (9/21/09 – 8/22/10).


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Double Tree (I've gone to this hotel almost every year I've been going to AN, so the staff know my mum and I really well. If this seems a bit biased, I'm sorry.)
~ Cookies! Can't go wrong with that.
~ Most of the staff are really kind and will help when they're needed.
~ We always get a room facing the convention, which is nice because I loke to people watch when I'm taking a break.
~ The cleeaning lady respects our privacy and also always ssays good morning/night to us.
~ The elevator security guy. I understand he's trying to keep out the riif raff, but he could be a lot nicer aboutt it.
~ ELEVATOR FOUR. At AN 2010, I got stuck in that elevator in the middle of the night. I managed to pry the doors open and get out and the hotel had a repair guy there an hour later. Still avoiding that elevator though.
~ Check n times are wonky. This year (2012), the previous people in the hotel room took an extra hour to leave, and they left a huge mess. Our check in time was 12 noon, but we ddidn't get in until 2:30pm.
Over all, the DT is alright. We don't mind the small rooms since we don't really bring that much stuff or have more than 3 people in the room. Plus we usually get the 11th floor, which is one of the quietest floors in the hotel.
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I've found that if you slap under your chin with back of hand you will see results quickly
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You can buy specific wraps that cling to your skin and with the help of cream etc. It fixes elasticity. Some lady I knew had a few chins and used this brand of "skin wraps" per say and it worked. The brand is called 'it works' or something close. A quick google of it will bring it up
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OK, girls! Just wanted to let everyone know that after being chronically dehydrated (probably for years), then getting sick and quite acutely, critically and nearly fatally dehydrated, and then rehydrating (took almost 2 years!! ) - a lot of the sag of the breast tissue reversed itself.
It was a long time getting rehydrated but something I noticed was that, during the rehydration process, if I let it go for a few days, without buckling down and drinking plain water and taking in some sea salt - CHICKEN NECK! The breasts wouldn't noticeably sag in that short of time (I'm top heavy), but the skin of the neck...crikeys! I hadn't even noticed it, other than people saying I looked like I was getting younger during the rehydration period.
Anyway, just wanted to throw that in there and that I'm a firm believer in "Dr. Batman" (Batmanghelidj) and The Water Cure.
H Cindy, thanks for posting, having lost weight and especially off my neck, it's now just loose wrinkly skin, how much water should I be drinking and will it reverse it and how much sea salt, thanks


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If the selection of Fukuoka Softbank Hawks hurler Tsuyoshi Wada as Pacific League MVP proves anything, it's that there isn't a clear-cut right answer when the it comes to choosing MVPs.
Of course, the award is supposed to identify and celebrate the season's most valuable player. A simple task when everyone is in agreement about what exactly determines a player's value and nearly impossible otherwise.
In Japan, the latter case more often than not leads to the uninspired selection of the player with the best numbers on the best team. The justification being his value helped the team reach the ultimate prize.
Then again to some, the award should go the the player who meant the most to his teams' success — pennant winner or not — and still others say the award is for the league's best player.
Sometimes the three aren't mutually exclusive which makes things easy.
For instance in 2007, there weren't many arguments against pitcher Yu Darvish, who won after going 15-5 with a 1.82 ERA in 207 2/3 innings for the PL champion Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Darvish was the league's best player, the most valuable player on the pennant-winning team and thusly an easy choice. The same can be said for 2010 Central League MVP Kazuhiro Wada, who hit .339 with 37 home runs and 93 RBIs for the CL champion Chunichi Dragons.
Things aren't so cut and dry for the Hawks' Wada.
The Softbank hurler won the award after going 17-8 with a 3.14 ERA (the highest ever for a PL MVP-winning pitcher), 169 strikeouts and a 1.18 WHIP.
A great season, but the case can easily be made that Wada benefited from the propensity among voters, in the absence of a truly extraordinary season, to simply give the award to the top player on the best team.
In two of our earlier criteria for selecting an MVP, best player or most valuable player, Wada falls a bit short.
Chiba Lotte Marines shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka was probably more deserving after a year from the leadoff spot that was as close to Ichiro-esque as has been seen in a long time while leading the Marines to a third-place finish.
Nishioka led the PL with a .346 average, hit 11 homers, recorded 59 RBIs and scored 121 runs. His 206 hits were the second most in PL history (trailing only Ichiro Suzuki's 210 in 1994) and his 27 modasho (three-hit games) were a PL record.
The Lotte captain consistently set the table for the likes of Saburo Omura, Toshiaki Imae and others in the lineup and was arguably the Marines' most valuable player.
Wada won 17 games for the pennant-winning Hawks, but he wasn't better than teammate Toshiya Sugiuchi by a wide margin. Sugiuchi was 16-8 with a 3.55 ERA. He threw more innings than Wada (182 2/3 to 169 1/3) struck out more batters (218 to 169) and finished with more shutouts (five to none).
Whereas the case can be made for Nishioka as the PL's top player in '10, Wada's case just among pitchers is shaky. He finished tied with Orix's Chihiro Kaneko in wins and was dwarfed by Darvish (12-8, 1.82 ERA, 222 strikeouts, 1.01 WHIP, 10 complete games) in nearly every other category.
As a pitcher Wada had more control over wins and losses than Nishioka. The flip side being that while he played in 26 games, Nishioka appeared in all 144.
Wada had a great season, then dominated the Marines in the playoffs, but Nishioka arguably had a better overall campaign. Nishioka's only shortcoming was that his Marines failed to win the pennant.
Trying to figure out just what the "valuable" in Most Valuable Player is supposed to represent will always be a subjective process. It's just that sometimes voters should put a little more thought into their choice.


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Cedar Rapids 2008 Flood: On June 13th, 2008 the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids flooded to its highest ever crest of 31.12 feet, covering the Czech Village, Timecheck, Oak Hill and Rompot neighborhoods. Where this cache sits is exactly the high point of where the Cedar River crested in this neighborhood (see pics). My (Jayme) parents bought this house in 1981 (we were the first non-czech family to live here), and my husband and I bought it in 2005. We evacuated on June 11th, and moved back into the 2nd floor of the house in Feb. 2009 (the first floor still needed floors and walls). Although some work is still needed, we have tried hard to restore our house to its original Czech village history and beauty (obviously leaves us little time on the yard).
On June 13, 2008, the Cedar River crested to its highest level in Cedar Rapids history, 31.12 feet. The previous record reached only 20 feet. The flood waters penetrated 10 square miles or 14 percent of the city. This monumental flood impacted 7,198 parcels, including 5,390 houses, dislocated more than 18,000 residents and damaged 310 City facilities.
Flood Magnitude
· 31.12 feet – Record-setting crest of Cedar River on Friday, June 13, 2008
· More than 10 square miles (14%) of the City impacted by floodwaters
· 1,126 city blocks impacted (561 severely damaged)
· 41,771 tons of flood debris removed
· 0 - Amazingly there were zero flood-related deaths
· 18,623 estimated persons lived in flood-impacted area
· 10,000 estimated residents were displaced by flood
· 120 families in flood areas receiving Section 8 housing assistance
· 1,360 estimated job loss as a result of the flood
· 45 registered day-care providers damaged, displacing 1,547 children
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R-SPACE Gallery in Castle Street is presenting a group exhibition that will explore how mathematical concepts underpin craft techniques and artistic development entitled 'Beauty Is The First Test - Contemporary Craft And Mathematics'.
The exhibition, which previews on Tuesday, February 5, from 2-4pm, including a Curator's talk at 3pm, attempts to demystify a subject that sometimes intimidates both adults and children, that of art and mathematics.
'Beauty is the First Test' will draw together existing and new artworks by artists Michael Brennand-Wood, Suresh Dutt, Janice Gunner, Lesley Halliwell, Lucy McMullen, Janette Matthews, Peter Randall Page, Ann Sutton and Laura Thomas.
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In 1893, the Amlingmeyer boys venture forth from the west in response to a summons from Otto's ("Big Red") publisher— they are to come to Chicago immediately, to the World's Columbian Exposition, and compete with some of the most famous detectives in the world. Set to coincide with the closing days of the first World's Fair and the publication of the story revealing the death of Sherlock Holmes, Gustav ("Old Red") will be competing for the title of World's Greatest Sleuth! Hating train travel and cities, the real draw is the chance to meet up again with the intriguing and elusive Diana Corvus. But the competition has barely begun before there is a murder in "the White City"—the organizer of the contest is discovered face down in the Mammoth Cheese from Canada—and from there, the game is really afoot.


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Cahokia is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It is part of Greater St. Louis, the metropolitan area around St. Louis. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 15,241, a decline from 16,391 in 2000. The name is a reference to one of the clans of the historic Illini confederacy, who were encountered by early French explorers to the region.
Early European settlers also named Cahokia Mounds after the Illini. This is an extensive prehistoric Mississippian culture urban complex located to the north in present-day Collinsville in Madison County. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a State Historic Park.
The village of Cahokia is the home of significant colonial and Federal-period buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Cahokia Courthouse (c 1740), in the French Colonial style, Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia) (c. 1697), and the Jarrot Mansion (c 1810).
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E! Officially Suspends Filming of FASHION POLICE Due to Joan Rivers' Hospitalization
USA Today reports that the E! Network has officially suspended filming of their weekly series FASHION POLICE due to the recent hospitalization of the show's star, Joan Rivers.
A statement from the network revealed: "We will not be producing a FASHION POLICE this week or next as we await Joan and Melissa's return in front and behind the camera. E! will be airing two E! From Fashion Week specials that will deliver the latest news and information from the highly-anticipated event."
In his webcast today, E! NEWS correspondent Ken Baker shared, "I spoke to someone who is close to the situation and has been to the hospital," He continued, "She is still in serious condition, however, the source that I spoke to said things are progressing. She is on the road to recovery... this is not some dire, doomsday situation like you may have read."
This week's installment of FASHION POLICE was to be broadcast from New York Fashion Week. BWW will continue to bring you updates on the condition of the legendary commedienne as they emerge.
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Joan Rivers brings her notorious and no-holds-barred celebrity fashion and pop culture commentary to E!'s popular franchise "Fashion Police." Joan is joined each week by an outspoken panel of fashionistas, including international "It Girl" Kelly Osbourne, E! and Style Network star Giuliana Rancic and celebrity stylist George Kotsiopoulos. Together this Fab Four of Fashion guide viewers through the week's most high-profile celebrity happenings. Fueled by the most topical and talked about pop culture news, red carpet clips from A-list events and shocking fashion faux pas moments from around the globe, "Fashion Police" is putting tacky celebrity fashion on lockdown.
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AIDS Panic at the County
By the arcane calculus of county politics, Peter Kerndt's National Institutes of Health grant caused a lot more than $1.5 million-per-annum's worth of trouble. That's why, though it promised to facilitate research to cure the world's most widespread deadly disease, the County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday officially voted the project it supported out of existence.
Kerndt's grant was to fund research that could have been a milestone on the path toward the discovery of an autoimmune-deficiency virus vaccine - the Holy Grail of modern medicine. The problem was that Kerndt apparently didn't handle his office and local politics as well as he did his research-grant proposal.
The politics are those of race and county bureaucracy. Kerndt's task was not to test a proposed vaccine, but to compile a potential pool of possible volunteer subjects for such a test, most of them people of color. Down the road, however - and here we're talking at least 10 years - like most other vaccines (influenza, polio and smallpox, for example), any AIDS vaccine would contain portions of the disease virus' components. That's how a vaccine works - by introducing the body's immune system to a nonlethal portion of a disease organism in order to teach it to develop a resistance to the entire organism.
To Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, who doesn't seem to be very well informed on scientific matters, what this amounted to was the willful infection of inner-city African-Americans with the AIDS virus. This "atrocity" she, to put it mildly, declined to sanction. She called the subject research plan "scientific racism," aimed at inner-city "guinea pigs."
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Such accusations - originating, in part, in a vividly worded confidential report produced by the Department of Health Services - from the mouth of a powerful elected official sent health officials scurrying. Rather than try to assuage Burke's rather striking misconceptions, DHS chief Mark Finucane in particular chose to point fingers. The basic cover story was that Kerndt hadn't got the DHS's approval for the research program.
This wasn't quite true, if not altogether false. According to public documents made available by Kerndt's lawyer James P. Cooper, Kerndt formally notified his superiors that he was applying for the federally funded project. Having got the funding, he also notified Shirley Fannin, the department's top official on contagious diseases, that he'd landed the $1.5 million and needed more space for his research.
Confusing the issue, however, was the fact that Kerndt had not, so far as can be determined, directly and personally informed DHS's Finucane or Finucane's immediate public-health subordinate, John Schunhoff. Further complicating accountability matters was that the study was being done with a nonprofit consortium of County-USC doctors, the Health Research Association.
But DHS' top management can't claim they had no knowledge of the fund application's success. James Haughton, Finucane's assistant for public-health programs, wrote Kerndt on October 28: "Dr. Donald C. Thomas [Finucane's second-in-command] and I wish to congratulate you on your successful application.'"
Finucane said he was investigating the possibility of whether any other county health officials had been told of the funding of the study. That information is expected to be available next week - too late for this week's deliberations.
Meanwhile, the county supervisors acted on the reverse assumption and, basically, closed out their involvement with the project. (Funds may yet accrue to the private Health Research Associates that applied for HIVNET funds along with the county, but that decision rests with the NIH.) The same board motion mandated retroactively that, whatever Finucane might yet discover to the contrary, "the county was not a knowing participant" in the research. Further inquiry was authorized to make sure no other research projects are taking place without the board's knowledge, and to make sure that all volunteers would be duly informed of the risks of medical research - a concern never seriously at issue in the HIVNET matter.
Kerndt was winding up a month of involuntary leave for his alleged missteps when the board voted, and he was not available for comment, although the doctor's future in the county medical establishment appears uncertain at best. Supporters of his DHS research, not speaking for attribution, now accuse Kerndt's superiors of scapegoating him to avoid acknowledging their own roles in sanctioning his work.
But another senior county physician, also not speaking for attribution, said that it wasn't just the county's problem. He observed that this kind of politics was all too characteristic of the emotionally polarized corpus of AIDS and HIV research over the past 16 years.
"If the research on polio myelitis had been this politicized," he said, "you'd still be seeing lots of kids in iron lungs."
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Cognac Regions
Cognac is rarely born of a single eau-de-vie or a single growing area, but generally from a blend of different ages and crus, sometimes up to a hundred of them.
It can be made also exclusively from certain "cru", for example exclusively from "Grande Champagne", but of different ages.
Grande Champagne : about 13,000 hectares of clay and compact chalk soil. The Grande Champagne cru is located around the town of Segonzac. It produces a very fine, high-quality Cognac. It is known as the Premier Cru du Cognac.
Petite Champagne : some 16,000 hectares of clay and a more compact chalky layer of soil. Petit Champagne is very much of the same quality, but a touch lighter. It's vineyards lie to the south-west and south-east of Grande Champagne.
Fine Champagne : The blending of Grande and Petite Champagne with a minimum of 50% of Grande Champagne is called "Fine Champagne".
Borderies : only 4,000 hectares of unique soil on the plateau above Charente river. The eau de vie has a slight nutty taste. Borderies, which lie around the town of Burie (north-west of City of Cognac), is the smallest of the crus in the terms of acreage. Eaux-de-vie from Borderies has rich, flowery aromas and it is known as "…Cognac that ladies prefer".
Fins Bois : 37,000 hectares of soil. characterized by quick aging environment. A subtle flowery bouquet characterizes this eau de vie. The largest, and by far the intriguing cru, is Fins Bois. Geographically, it rings the other three crus. It lies, approximately, in the triangle between the towns of Rouilliac, Matha and Pons. It has a rich, full, strong aromas with a touch of the maritime climate.
Bons Bois : less chalky but more earthy soil of 16,000 hectares that is well reflected in the eau de vie.
Bois Ordinaires et Bois Communs (Bois a Terroir); 30,000 hectares of soil influenced by the Atlantic climate. Bons Bois and Bois Ordinaires are the exterior crus heavily influenced by the climate of the Atlantic ocean. They contribute less and less to the overall production of Cognac but are, nevertheless, known to produce some interesting Cognacs.
Jenssen - Arcana - Grande Champagne
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A single, unblended batch of extremely old Grande Champagne Cognac, Arcana is what is left after hosts of angels have taken their share.
It is bottled on demand from demijohns into hand blown crystal carafes.
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Jenssen - Carte blanche XO
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Heady, floral notes of jasmine and honeysuckle. Spice and zest of orange reveal its Grande Champagne cognac terroir; a hint of rancio, dried apricot and hazelnut bear witness of long years of ageing.
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Jenssen - XO Grande Champagne
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A fully mature, old school XO. Decades of ageing realise the potential of Grande Champagne Cognacs and prove that they counterbalance even extensive use of new oak. Opulent rancio and notes of smooth, vanilla-like butterscotch from melted tannin are rarely found in ordinary XOs.
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Jenssen - Epiphanie
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A blend of very old Grande Champagne Cognacs who have reached full maturity after ageing in oak barrels. Discreet at first, this superior Cognac then unceasingly reveals new sets of aromas to the discerning nose.
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Jenssen - Hors d'Age
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A single, unblended batch of Grande Champagne Cognac at the term of its ageing in oak barrels, bottled from demijohns. Naturally reduced, without additives.
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André Petit - Extra XO - Bons Bois
A Cognac for great moments and for great opportunities.Learn More
A bouquet with much delicacy and with an exceptional complexity, where the 'rancio' mingles with the perfumes of undergrowth, vanilla and old prunes.Excl. Tax: €72.50 Incl. Tax: €87.00
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Cognac Extra "Family Reserve"Learn More
Limited quantity.
A blend of Cognac from the end of last century.Excl. Tax: €341.67 Incl. Tax: €410.00
André Petit - Napoléon
Vieille Réserve NapoléonLearn More
It is a very elaborate Cognac.
A bouquet with considerable fineness and harmonious blending of flavours.Excl. Tax: €53.33 Incl. Tax: €64.00
André Petit - VSOP
Mellower Cognac with the dominant vanilla perfume.Learn More
A Cognac of great delicacy.Excl. Tax: €35.83 Incl. Tax: €43.00
Château de Beaulon - Pineau Vieille Réserve Or 10 years
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10 long years in oak
This legendary wine embodies the noble heritage of Château de Beaulon.
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$350,000 restroom renovation
January 13, 2009
DANA POINT, CA — A restroom renovation project with an estimated cost of $350,000 is expected to be completed later this year, according to The Orange County Register.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed that updating the 38-year-old restroom is a must and that it will benefit many businesses around the harbor, the story stated.
Dana Point Harbor Director Brad Gross told The Register: "It''s been in the works for a couple of years. All it takes is one experience to see the upgrade is needed. It''s the only public restroom on the wharf and it is not ADA-accessible."
Making the public restroom Americans with Disabilities Act compliant is a main goal of the project, the story noted.
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Few quarterbacks will ever have a season like the one Columbia's Jay Banyasz is having. The senior has completed 69 percent of his passes for 2,029 yards, while also rushing for 10 touchdowns while averaging 6 yards a carry.
But his most impressive numbers this year have been 28 and 0 — as in 28 touchdown passes and zero interceptions.
With numbers like that, it's easy to see why Banyasz and the Raiders are heading into Saturday's Division V regional quarterfinal game against Chippewa as the top seed in Region 16 and the No. 3 team in the final AP poll.
What enables a quarterback to play an entire regular season of nearly mistake-free football? According to Columbia coach Jason Ward, it all comes down to hard work and preparation.
"Jay watches a ton of film on his own," Ward said. "All of our players have a hudl.com account (a web service that allows players and coaches to break down game film) and he logs in an amazing amount of hours watching film. I believe come Friday night, Jay is honestly the most prepared player on the football field."
Banyasz also brings a wealth of experience to the field. He is a two-year starter at quarterback and a three-year starter at free safety, where he earned first-team, Division V All-Ohio honors last season.
His combination of work ethic and experience has been deadly for Columbia's opponents the past two seasons as the Raiders have compiled a 20-2 record.
"Watching film gives you a sense that everything is familiar when you walk on the field," Banyasz said. "Even on the first play I feel like, 'OK, I've seen this look before,' I have a good idea what the other team is going to do on certain plays and what receivers might be open."
Ward joked that often times it looks as if Banyasz figures out the defensive formation before the defense can figure it out themselves.
But more than just the ability to read defenses, it's what Banyasz does with the information that makes him an elite passer. He's thrown touchdown passes to seven receivers, four of which are averaging more than two catches a game.
His favorite target this season has been senior wide receiver Tyler Edmisten, who has 37 receptions, nine for TDs.
"There are so many seniors on this team and we've played together so long that Jay has great chemistry with all of us," Edmisten said. "We all worked hard in the offseason and it's paid off because we're better on the offensive side of the ball this year."
As a junior, Banyasz put up good, but not great numbers, throwing 14 touchdowns and five interceptions in 12 games, while averaging 129 yards passing per game.
Ward said that as the season got under way, the Raiders began using the phrase, "sharpen the blade," to describe how they needed to fine-tune their game and pay attention to detail. In recent weeks, Banyasz has had the offense sharp enough to cut diamonds.
In Week 9, Banyasz went 24-for-36 for 391 yards and a Lorain County record seven touchdown passes in a 54-13 win over Brooklyn. Last week he closed out the regular season with a 10-for-14, 207-yard, two-touchdown performance in a 49-22 win against Clearview.
"Everybody on the team has done the little things that have allowed us to put up the number we have," Banyasz said. "The receivers do a good job of run blocking, (running back) Jacob Kleinhenz does a great job when he is called on to block, and without my offensive line I would not be able to do anything."
Banyasz is always the first one to deflect the credit for the team's success onto his teammates. However, senior wide receiver Austin Walaszewski said Banyasz has played a critical role in the Raiders making the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
"Jay is such a great leader," Walaszewski said. "The way he handles himself and the way he carries himself on the field helps all of us to be more comfortable and to play to our potential."
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Leonard Hall, former Republican National Chairman, will soon be named the official American representative to Israel's tenth anniversary celebrations this spring, it was reported today by the New York Herald-Tribune. Mr. Hall will be named by President Eisenhower, the report said.
The same report stated that Mr. Hall would return from his Israel trip bringing Premier David Ben Gurion to this country. Also that Mr. Hall would make some appearances with Mr. Ben Gurion in the United States. (In Jerusalem today, the Premier's Office disclaimed any knowledge that Mr. Ben Gurion had been invited to pay an official visit to Washington.)


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Illinois should lift ban on new nuclear plants
A Decatur Herald-Review editorial urges the Illinois legislature to pass a bill that lifts the state's ban on new nuclear plants. State law requires a federal plan for nuclear-waste disposal to be in place before plants may be built. "Nuclear waste is an issue, but it shouldn't stop the state, or the nation, from investing in nuclear power. ... Given the state's position in nuclear-power creation, it would be unwise to sit idly by and allow other states to bid on a new nuclear plant," the editorial argues. Herald & Review (Decatur, Ill.)


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Gisele Bundchen Avoids Getting Speeding Ticket
Being beautiful has its perks.
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen was stopped for speeding and given a verbal warning by a Massachusetts state trooper Saturday, the Associated Press reports.
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Tom Brady's wife, 31, was driving about 70 mph in a 55 mph zone on state Route 6 in Barnstable. State police spokesman David Procopio said two children were in the Cadillac SUV, properly fastened in car seats.
Procopio pointed out that Bundchen did not receive any special treatment, as the same state trooper gave four other drivers verbal warnings that afternoon. The trooper issued written citations to 20 other drivers who committed other violations in addition to speeding.
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Tampa's Erin Andrews places third on Dancing with the Stars, surprising no one
Tampa's Erin Andrews didn't quite make the cut on ABC's hit competition Dancing With the Stars, landing in third place during a two-hour live finale that basically revealed a winner experts predicted months ago.
First-place finisher Nicole Scherzinger emerged as an early favorite almost immediately, followed close behind by the evening's second-place finsher, Olympic ice dancer Evan Lysacek. The pair had traded the top spot on the show's scoring leaderboard almost throughout the competition, leading to early predictions they were the two to beat.
("You actually seem surprised," cracked host Tom Bergeron, as the Pussycat Dolls singer jumped up and down in celebration).
ESPN sideline reporter Andrews, daughter of WFLA-Ch. 8 investigative reporter Steve Andrews, worked hard to try and keep up, remaining competitive despite landing among the show's lower scoring dancers a few times.
After her departure was announced about halfway through Tuesday night's live finale, Andrews recalled starting on the show after nearly a year of bruising headlines following the revelation that a man had secretly taken nude videos of her through a hotel room door's peephole.
"I came here under really crummy circumstances," noted Andrews, who debuted on Dancing with the Stars one week after the man who recorded the video was sentenced to 30 months in prison. "I just wanted to get my life back and my smile back. I just wanted to be myself again."
Her stint on the show also brought headlines of a different sort, as Andrews' close bond with pro dancer partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy led to rumors the two were dating – something the ESPN reporter has denied.
Her costumes also sparked criticism from an unlikely source; View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who wound up apologizing after saying Andrews' video stalker might have just watched the show instead of filming her.
The success of Scherzinger, Lysacek and Andrews also irritated some longtime Dancing with the Stars fans, who complained that the three had dance training and expertise the other celebrities lacked.
Scherzinger, as a singer with the Pussycat Dolls, has made a career of performing involved choreography in videos and onstage; Lysacek essentially dances on ice and Andrews, whose sister is a professional dancer, performed with a dance team at the University of Florida.
But Scherzinger's startling performances, which included a sizzling take on Tina Turner's Proud Mary and an inventive Argentinian tango, led the judges to dub this season the best cycle of the competition in its five-year history.


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