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The Last of the Mohicans
1992, R, 117 min. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Eric Schweig.
REVIEWED By Steve Davis, Fri., Oct. 2, 1992
The breakneck pace of The Last of the Mohicans affords you little time to realize it's just a simple and straightforward adventure yarn – an Indiana Jones in Buckskins but what an old-fashioned pleasure it is. Contrary to what you might expect, this fourth film version of James Fenimore Cooper's novel, once mandatory reading in grade school, is no revisionist apologia for American history, like the politically correct Dances With Wolves. In fact, The Last of the Mohicans is as "American" (read: white and Anglo-Saxon) as can be in depicting the British, French, and most Native Americans (it's set in 1757 during the French and Indian War) as untrustworthy and brutal. Furthermore, its hero – the renamed Nathaniel Poe aka Natty Bumppo aka Hawkeye, the white scout raised by the last of the Mohican tribe – personifies the principled strength and romantic allure of the frontiersman, impervious to the materialism and imperialism which motivate the battle for the American colonies. Of course, history has ultimately proven Cooper wrong: today's Natty Bumppo would be considered a freak by contemporary standards. Mann seems a peculiar choice for directing this film, given his slick, dreamy ouevre (TV's Miami Vice and the films Manhunter, Band of the Hand, and Thief). Here, he forsakes pastels for earth tones, finding a visual grandeur in the story's New York landscapes that doesn't overpower the narrative. Day-Lewis makes a credible transition from versatile, respected Oscar-winning actor to hunk here in the role of Poe/Bumppo. (The arresting image of the lithe, graceful Day-Lewis stealthily running through the forest is the film's recurring motif.) His occasionally flippant remarks are the film's only tie to any modern sensibility; otherwise, it seems like a movie from another time. He and Stowe, who plays the feisty daughter of a British general entranced by this frontier hero, make for a sexy couple who come from different worlds but share a common soul. A word of warning: The Last of the Mohicans rarely flinches in depicting the eye-for-an-eye savagery of war. Although not explicit in the way you might expect, it nevertheless requires you to screw your courage to the sticking place. Perhaps that's a tribute to its ability to take you along its journey without much effort – real enough to elicit a visceral reaction, romantic enough to remind you it's only a movie.
Louis Black, Jan. 16, 2015
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The Last of the Mohicans, Michael Mann, Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Eric Schweig


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If you could learn one skill on a RTW trip which you think would be most useful/cool to be able to do (show off in crowds) what would it be!?
If you could learn one skill on a RTW trip which you think would be most useful/cool to be able to do (show off in crowds) what would it be!?
Interesting topic Gilly!
In general, I guess being patient and keep calm under all circumstances is a skill that not everyone has, including me. I would be very pleased to be so.
It's quite difficult to answer though, what is a skill exactly and in relation to RTW travelling. Maybe speaking some difficult language, learning it while in the country, doesn't matter which language, but just a different one, like Thai or something. Would be cool don't you think!
Pulling money out of thin air.
it's a toss up between knitting wristbands, playing hackysack, or using the three sticks while leaping around and wearing clown pants....oh, I forgot. Making a package of ramen noodles stretch five ways.
Okay...now that was cynical.
I'd love to be able to make seemingly dead vehicles live again. I've never been a car guy, but it sure would be helpful.
I would like to learn how to cook authentic food, say Malaysian or Chinese. On most of my trips so far I learned something about food and cooking and I usually brought back home a new recipe, a new spice or a new way of doing something. It would be cool to get some in-depth training for several months in a professional kitchen in SEAsia.
BTW, many people opt for diving as a skill. Cheap (if not necessarily safe) to learn in third world countries and if you are good you might be able to get a job as a diving instructor in some of the most beautiful places in this world.
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Funny you should mention diving, Maia. Have a look at this (trust your Dutch is good enough); it's an item from yesterday's broadcast of a big dutch news show, warning for the dangers of diving holidays, which are largely due to the insufficient training of diving instructors...
Quoting t_maia
BTW, many people opt for diving as a skill. Cheap (if not necessarily safe) to learn in third world countries and if you are good you might be able to get a job as a diving instructor in some of the most beautiful places in this world.
Niels, my Dutch unfortunately isn't good enough to understand the video, could you possibly explain? Thanks.
I actually considered to become a diving instructor when I was in Thailand, but then I realized that staying on an island for a few months and doing nothing else but diving and socialising wasn't probably going to make me happy on the long run. Instead, I sticked to diving here and there which turned out to be a good choice.
As for what skill would I like to learn on a trip, it would have to be something practical such as proper sewing or repairing stuff. If I ever visit India, I'd love to become really good at Yoga. Other than that, I agree with t_maia cooking like the locals would be a great skill to learn.
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First off, I should say the item struck me as one of those we-bring-you-this-story-because-we-don't-have-any-real-news-to-cover stories.
It consisted of a couple of interviews with tourists that experienced near-fatal diving accidents, mainly in Sharm-el-Sheikh, which they blamed on the instructors not being very experienced divers themselves. Then, there was this person from the Dutch tourist association complaining that the national governments of many popular diving destinations have no regulations as to who can and who cannot act as a diving instructor. Finally, there was this dutch kid that spoke about his experiences as an instructor in SeS, confirming the other stories.
Learning a few words in the language of each place you visit is cool. I'm very proud of my 3 Finnish words. Some travellers (on other threads) have boasted about how many languages they can say "beer, please" in.
But there are definitely some skills you should learn BEFORE you travel. I met a British guy in Kunming, China, who couldn't use chopsticks. Poor guy. He didn't know how to say "fork, please" either. He looked very hungry...
Become invisible. I think that would do a pretty good job of impressing the locals.


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10 Things Tyra Banks can Teach You About Portrait Photography
Tyra Banks is a genius. She's built a beautiful and powerful brand for herself and for her famous show "America's Next Top Model.†If you have watched ANTM, you know that Tyra is not just the brains behind the show. She's worked not only in shaping the models that grow up on ANTM, but has been behind the camera on a lot of shoots. Both behind the scenes and in front of the lens, Tyra has a lot of things to teach the photographer who shoots models. Here are 10 things I've learned from Tyra Banks that you could use in your photography.
1. The eyes are the pivotal points of a portrait.
We've all heard Tyra say "Smize!†to her models. She even had an episode where the models had to compete to use their eyes to express everything—the art of smizing. In a portrait the eyes hold the portrait together, and that's why you always have to keep the eyes in focus when you're making a portrait.
2. Bring out emotion.
Unless the face is contorted in a strong emotion, the eyes have to carry the emotion in a portrait, especially in a closeup. Bringing out emotion in the model helps to achieve emotion in their facial gesture. Tyra always coaches her models during a shoot, if she's around for it. Once, she even made a few cry with her coaching. Taking time to coach the model on the emotion in a portrait helps to realize its potential for impact.
3. Motion and energy give dynamism to a portrait.
Motion brings dynamism to a portrait. But motion doesn't really literally mean having the model move around. It means being able to direct poses and create an image that has energy. What I've learned from Tyra is that she often asks the models to tense certain parts of their body during a shoot. Finding out which muscles to sculpt a pose helps the photographer achieve a look that also speaks of energy.
4. Ask your model to contort their body.
Sometimes, the most interesting poses are almost ugly. Especially with her work that is 'high fashion,' Tyra asks her models to contort, to push the boundaries of their physicality and find a pose that works for the image. Often what results is an image that is as beautiful as it must be uncomfortable for the model.
5. Play with light and shadow
One of my favorite shoots done by Tyra on ANTM is when she created shadows with things like doilies, lace, and cloth. She shot the photos outdoors, in bright sunlight, and told the models about her concept. What resulted from that play with light and shadows were some amazing shots.
6. Teach the model to find the light.
Catchlights in the eyes are attractive because they give the eyes depth and character, making it easy to see the model's 'smize.' Tyra is always telling the model to find the light during the shoots on ANTM. If a model is new or unfamiliar with the shooting process, you can help them help you make the image better by teaching them where the light is coming from. Sometimes, just telling them to look in a certain direction helps you get those stunning catchlights.
7. Make it about the fashion.
If you are shooting a model in color, it has to be also about the clothes. Sometimes, it could be about a simple accessory like a hat. Composing the photo using the standard compositional techniques like leading lines to bring attention to the clothing is something that Tyra teaches. Keeping this in mind helps you to 'sell' the clothing in your portraits.
8. Model from head to toe.
This is really great advice from Tyra. Even if you're taking a closeup shot of a model, you want the model to feel the concept with every bit of her (or him). Asking someone to 'model from H to T' or head to toe will make your portrait pop.
9. Start with a concept.
I really like the Tyra Mail that happens every week on ANTM. This is a note Tyra writes to the models telling them what's going on. When there's a shoot about to happen, she'll include something cryptic in the note referring to the concepts they are about to interpret with their modeling. Tyra comes up with interesting, beautiful concepts that result in fabulous photos. Paying attention to your concept means you don't just take photos of a beautiful person, but you are taking beautiful photos of a person.
10. Every model is an individual.
Tyra might put her models through makeovers that chop their long hair or make them 'edgy'—but she does this because it either pushes the model to come out of a comfort zone and become more interesting (read 'marketable' as a model), or to challenge them to make the new look work for them. But in the long run, you can see that she appreciates their individual qualities and tries to hone those qualities to strengthen their skill as a model. She tries to get to know each girl by listening to them and making careful observations. Using the same technique, you can make the model a partner in creating awesome portraits by giving them opportunities to be themselves in the photos.
We can all learn from Tyra Banks who is model, photographer and a fashion visionary in one. Why not try these tips I've learned from her, and create some awesome portraits this week. Remember that awesomeness always 'wants to be on top.'
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The Girl with the Polka Dots
Light it! Shoot it! Process it! Welcome to our second installation of the 3inOne Workshop© series.
I had always wanted to do a shoot with a car, but not just any car. A car with a classic beauty. So when the owner of a 1959 Mercedes Benz agreed to let us use his car in a photoshoot, I designed a shoot called "Classic Beauty†and headed out to the man's apartment building parking lot to make some images.
I wanted to shoot classics, so we used polka dots, strings of pearls, long gloves. The model was the perfect beauty for this shoot. Nook, a Swedish-Thai model, is statuesque and models H to T or "head to toe" in Tyra Banks' lingo. She can lower her eyelids just a tad and give you the most arrogant, sexy look one moment, and then soften her whole face the next.
On photoshoots, I always bring portable flash guns. In this case the shoot started at around 11 am after makeup. It was cloudy; this shot was taken in the rainy season in Bangkok when the clouds are thick and gray. I decided then to use only natural light with a couple of reflectors to enhance it and control where it was most intense.
This particular shot was taken inside the driver's side of the Merc with the door open. I had one assistant hold a large six-feet by four-feet reflector with the silver side toward the model. This reflector was position outside the windshield, angled at 45 degrees. This created the side lighting that gives us a three-dimensional effect in the image. The subtle highlights on the model's arm is from the same source as the more pronounced highlight on the steering wheel.
I also placed a smaller 60-inch reflector with the silver side up, below camera, on the model's lap. This light was to fill in the shadows on her face, and to give emphasis to her lips, the subject of the photo.
I used a very shallow depth of field, f/2.8, to give the shot a dreamy quality. I also shot it from slightly above, so that the subject of the shot (those lips!) would be framed by the model's hands and the polka dot hat she wore.
Lastly, the light on the hat is from above, and that's the sun diffused by the clouds on this rainy day.
So there you have it, an image shot with natural light.
Stay head on over our next 3inOne © post, which is a detailed, illustrated tutorial on how to process a fashion portrait using Adobe Photoshop.
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I'm interested that Miss Bruna should speak of reading " log cabin stories in the Ray County Conservator." Would you know if these stories have ever been collected and if so how to access them? My g-g-grandmother Sarah Hyder Pounds was reared in one–the old Hyder place, built by Jacob Hyder in Polk Twp. in 1849. Near the Hyder Cemetery, I would suppose. Some ten years ago I received a letter from a Hyder kinsman which said that he'd seen the old cabin and met the lady who ownes it. Said it now has wood siding on it plus two added rooms but by looking into the window box you can still see the original logs. Could you possibly tell me where to find a photo of this cabin, or any stories about it? Many thanks.
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Park Board considers second cell tower
The Dickinson Park Board is eyeing a second location for a possible Verizon cellphone tower, director James Kramer said at Monday's meeting.
A planned tower next to the West River Community Center was on the board's agenda in mid-April public hearing and is already "to the design phase," Kramer said.
The new tower would be installed on the east side of the city at 10th Avenue East and Gum Avenue, which would be extended as a service road into the northeast corner of the property.
The board has proposed to develop a park on the same lot, and as conversations with Verizon move forward, "we will need to iron that exactly out" where the park will be located in relation to the tower, Kramer said.
Kramer said he will tour both sites with Verizon on Thursday in order to "start taking these to another level."
A public hearing on the second proposed tower will be scheduled after the next board meeting in July.


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Ralph Wilson, the owner of the Buffalo Bills for more than 50 years, died on Tuesday at the age of 95, team president Russ Brandon announced in an emotional statement at the NFL owners meeting. Inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2009, Wilson was dedicated to keeping the Bills based in Western New York despite the challenges of competing in a smaller market. The NFL's system of revenue sharing did a lot to make that possible, but Wilson was open to ideas as the annual game in Toronto to find ways to keep the Bills in Buffalo full-time.
Coupled with Jim Kelly's renewed battle with cancer, it's been a tough week for the franchise. With Wilson's passing, a lot becomes uncertain about its future. There were rumblings that Bon Jovi was among a group of potential buyers a few months ago that are intent on moving the team to Toronto. Not that a full-on relocation into Canada is a sure thing. There are business groups based in Western New York that are expected to vie for the purchase as well.
Wilson was a minority owner of the Detroit Lions until he saw a chance to get his own team in the nascent American Football League in 1959. Wilson's Bills weren't technically one of the founding members of the AFL, but they nevertheless joined the same year the league was created. After Bud Adams' passing late last year, Wilson was the last remaining of the original AFL owners.


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High Commissioner Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael left for London by plane today, reportedly in connection with the forthcoming publication of the Woodhead Commission's report. He was accompanied by D. G. Harris, commissioner for special affairs. It was Sir Harold's first trip to London since replacing Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope as Palestine High Commissioner last February.
Two Jews were killed and two others were wounded in continuing disorders yesterday. Constable Moshe Suesberg, 22, was shot and killed by snipers at Haifa. His companion, Joseph Romberg, 22, was wounded. Moshe Zemler, 40, a baker from Poland, was shot down by Arabs in an ambush near Tel Aviv. He leaves a widow and three children. Jacob Minz, was shot and seriously wounded while motorcycling near Mikve Israel.
Haolam, official Zionist organ, was suspended for two months for publishing an article in which it pilloried District Commissioner Robert E. H. Crosbie.
It was reported from Baghdad today that Mahmoud Ramiz, leader of the Iraq nationalist movement, has addressed an open letter to the four "Munich powers" urging them to end the bloodshed and civil strife in Palestine. Ramiz asked that the leaders of Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany take an interest in the fate of Palestine, "acknowledging the legitimate rights of its inhabitants." He warned that the Palestine Arabs, unless those rights were established, would "continue their battle."


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Funding the influenza vaccine for older people is worth the cost, despite its lower effectiveness in that demographic, Auckland University Immunisation Advisory Centre director Dr Nikki Turner says.
Just how much value it has for older people is unclear, as Dr Turner has questioned the validity of a figure in the study of which she was a co-investigator, saying the sample of Auckland area patients was too small to be statistically significant.
The 2012 Southern Hemisphere Influenza, Vaccine Effectiveness, Research and Surveillance report, recently published in the journal Vaccine, indicated the flu jab was effective for only 8% of older people.
It had been the first year the study was conducted, and the research team planned to use a bigger sample size for the next one.
Overall, the flu vaccine was found to be 39% effective.
She suggested the real figure for older people could be as high as 50%, depending on the person's underlying health.
Older people needed the vaccine more, because they were more likely to catch flu, and better targeted vaccines for older people were being developed.
Asked if the money spent subsidising the jab for those 65 and over could be directed to other health needs, Dr Turner said the vaccine was cheap and ''effective enough''.
This month, the New Zealand Medical Journal published a study of Canterbury patients in the 2012 season which indicated the vaccine did not provide significant protection from the predominant strain.
University of Otago biostatistician Prof Peter Herbison said he would not accept a vaccine with only 8% effectiveness.
He emphasised that that was at a personal level, and for the population as a whole, there were probably still benefits.
''If it's only 8% effective, I would start to wonder whether it's worth it or not.''
That one in 12 older people avoided flu based on 8% effectiveness meant it was still probably a worthwhile spend of health dollars.
Vaccination sceptic Dr Tat Loo, a Dunedin chiropractor, said research demonstrated little benefit from flu vaccine.
''Overseas research suggests that concrete positive benefits from the flu vaccination can be quite minimal, so I am a bit surprised to see the NZ study suggesting such high rates [39% overall] of benefit.''
While there might be an overall reduction in flu, the likelihood of personal health benefit was low. It highlighted the tension between individual benefit and population level benefit.
Health decision-makers should focus on overall patient health, rather than being ''fixated'' on vaccination. Information was lacking about flu vaccine effectiveness, Dr Loo suggested.
''If patients cannot ascertain a clear idea of the relative magnitude of risks, benefits and unknowns surrounding a treatment, then true informed consent will be difficult or impossible to obtain.''
Including administration, the vaccine costs more than $28 per patient (excluding GST), general practice advice website Bpac says.
For subsidised groups, including those 65 and over, the vaccine is funded by the Government.
Last year, 426,796 vaccines for older people were funded by the Government, Pharmac figures show.
A spokesman for the drug buying agency said Pharmac regularly reviewed new information about medicines it funded.
''Our view is that there continues to be a population health benefit to funding influenza vaccine for the currently eligible groups.''
Mornington Health Centre figures show that of the more than 3100 patients who have had the flu vaccine so far this season, nearly 1300 were over 65.


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Full Count: Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball (Hardcover)
Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball
Random House Canada, 9780345812537, 263pp.
Publication Date: April 5, 2013
In Full Count, Jeff Blair takes us back to the days when the Toronto Blue Jays were "the Cadillac of franchises," and shows us exactly what they did right to become baseball's premier club. Then he explores the disappointing aftermath, when the league's fourth-largest market became an also-ran: seemingly destined to languish behind the big-spending Yankees and Red Sox and free-wheeling Rays--until the offseason of 2012. Full Count will appeal not only to casual fans wanting re-live Blue Jays history, but also to the serious baseball fan who wants to know the real details and business decisions that drove the team to the pinnacle, then to mediocrity, and now (hopefully) back to the top once again.
About the Author
Praise For Full Count: Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball…
"Blair is lucid, informed and intelligent.... We can appreciate...Blair's judicious commentary on a team that always seems to be on the wrong side of the baseball gods."
—Philip Marchand, National Post
"Full Count is learned and thorough, with a keen eye on engaging readers instead of drowning them in the deluge of the author's knowledge.... The book manages that rare narrative pull that eludes so much contemporary sports writing."
—Quill & Quire
"Full Count is the book Jays fans have been waiting for. Jeff Blair nails the twin goals of any successful author, telling stories loaded with flair and detail and gaining tremendous access to the principals who could shed the most light on the past four decades of baseball in Toronto. Not a Jays diehard? No problem. With tales of boardroom dealings, team-building strategies, and vivid storytelling, Blair, like Joe Carter twenty years before him, touches 'em all."
—Jonah Keri, author of the New York Times bestseller The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First


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Manila Hits Is OC's Latest Filipino Food Truck
LA's seen a handful of Filipino food trucks since the Great Lonchera Boom of 2009. Manila Machine didn't last, but The White Rabbit Truck still persists, serving sisig burritos. OC had Pogi Boy, but it folded a few years ago. Of OC's remaining Filipino food trucks, there's Adobo Express, but its Facebook seems to have slowed down to a crawl with the last update a month ago.
Now there is another.
Manila Hits serves street foods, most of them of the skewered variety, including chicken isaw (chicken intestines) and kwek-kwek (quail eggs) grilled on a large outdoor hibachi.
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According to the menu, all items are $1 a piece (except for the balut, which is $2).
They have a Facebook page that's updated with their current location. This week, they're scheduled to be at 2112 E. 4th St. in Santa Ana (in the backlot beside the Mexican Consulate) from 6-11p.m. until Saturday.
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New York - Drop In Gas Prices Benefits US Drivers, Economy
New York - A sharp decline in the price of oil this month is making gasoline cheaper at a time of year when it typically gets more expensive. It's a relief to motorists and business owners and a positive development for the economy.
Over the past three weeks, the price of oil has fallen by 9 percent to $89 a barrel. That has helped extend a slide in gasoline prices that began in late February. Nationwide, average retail prices have fallen by 27 cents per gallon, or 7 percent, since Feb. 27, to $3.52 per gallon. Analysts say pump prices could fall another 20 cents over the next two months.
The price of oil is being driven lower by rising global supplies and lower-than-expected demand in the world's two largest economies, the United States and China. As oil and gasoline become more affordable, the economy benefits because goods become less expensive to transport and motorists have more money to spend on other things. Over the course of a year, a decline of 10 cents per gallon translates to $13 billion in savings at the pump.
Diesel and jet fuel have also gotten cheaper in recent weeks, which is good news for truckers, airlines and other energy-intensive businesses.
"It makes a big difference to my bottom line," says Mike Mitternight, owner of a heating and air conditioning service company in Metairie, La. He has five pickup trucks that can burn $1,000 of gas per week when prices are near $4 a gallon. Lately he's been paying as little as $3.19, and saving $200 a week.
Gasoline prices typically rise in the late winter and spring as refiners shut down parts of their plants to perform maintenance and begin making more costly blends of gasoline required by federal clean-air regulations. The trend was earlier and less dramatic this year. Pump prices only came within 15 cents of last year's peak.
Oil production is growing quickly in the U.S. and Canada, helping boost global supplies. And some of the factors that pushed prices higher the two previous years — political turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East and refinery disruptions in the U.S. — haven't materialized this spring.
At the same time, demand for fuels is growing slower than expected. China, the world's biggest oil importer, is experiencing slower-than-expected economic growth. And much of Europe is in recession.
In the U.S., wintry weather in the Midwest and Northeast has kept more drivers off the roads this spring, analysts say.
The typical U.S. household will spend an estimated $326 on gasoline this April, the equivalent of 7.8 percent of median household income, according to Fred Rozell, an analyst at GasBuddy.com. That's $38 less than last April, when households spent 8.8 percent of their income on gas.
"It's the difference between going out to dinner one more time or not," says Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial. "It matters."
The U.S. government releases its initial estimate of economic output during the first three months of 2013 on Friday. Economists forecast the economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1 percent, compared with 0.4 percent in the final three months of 2012.
Philip Verleger, an economist who studies energy prices, says that many monthly household expenses are fixed, but gasoline is one of the few big expenses that varies. That means when gasoline prices rise — or fall — people notice.
"This is the equivalent of a pay raise," he says.
Shippers and airlines are also benefiting. Fuel is by far airlines' biggest and most volatile cost. A one-cent decline in the price of jet fuel saves the U.S. airline industry $180 million over a year, according to the industry group Airlines for America. Lower energy prices also give potential customers more money to spend on air travel.
Airlines aren't ready to celebrate yet because the relief could prove to be short-lived, says John Heimlich, chief economist at Airlines for America. "It looks promising but we're not counting our chickens," he said.
Political turmoil or refinery problems could crop up at any time. Analysts are particularly worried about the transition of power in Venezuela, a major oil exporter, after the death of President Hugo Chavez. Violence has erupted in the wake of a closely contested election, and the financial situation of the country is precarious. Analysts worry that the country's oil production could slip.
Also, refinery maintenance in the Midwest is already affecting prices there. Drivers in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana are paying only slightly less than they did last year at this time, and prices there have been creeping up over the last couple of weeks.
Gasoline prices reached a high this year of $3.79 per gallon on Feb. 27. Last year's peak was $3.94, and it came on April 6; last year's low was $3.22 on Dec. 20. The average price for all of 2012 was $3.63 per gallon. The Energy Department forecasts the 2013 average will be $3.56.
Analysts say there are limits to how far oil and gasoline prices will fall. Countries in the developing world are still growing fast and pushing world oil demand higher, perhaps to a record this year. And if oil prices fall too far drillers will be forced to cut production to try to stem the decline.
That means Mike Mitternight, the small business owner in Louisiana, won't likely get his wish: He'd like to see gasoline prices between $2 and $3 per gallon.
"I still think it's high and we could bring it lower," he says.
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Apr 23, 2013 at 07:22 AM
when gas was going up didn't queen pelosi say it was actually better for the economy
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hopefully it will go down some more for the summer travellers


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With Device coming to an abrupt end, the band's guitarist Virus can't help but think about what could have been.
With Device coming to an abrupt end, the band's guitarist Virus can't help but think about what could have been.
In this installment of our series of video interviews with David Draiman, he discusses Disturbed's future, fatherhood and the fate of his other band Device.
David Draiman has hit out at some of the anti-Semitic tweets composed by newly-named 'The Daily Show' host Trevor Noah.
With the hours ticking down on 2014, David Draiman has offered an update on the status of his two main projects -- Disturbed and Device.
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Device and Disturbed frontman David Draiman announced today (Aug. 28) via Facebook that due to complications surrounding his wife Lena's pregnancy, all upcoming Device tour dates will be canceled through the anticipated due date, which is the first week of October. Draiman wants to stay close to home until then, and who can blame him.
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The global financial crisis that is now unfolding was both predictable and predicted. It might have happened before the subprime mortgage meltdown in the United States triggered it, but it is important to stress that it was expected. "An accident waiting to happen," as Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, put it. And now it is taking banks, investment houses, hedge funds, and speculators with it-some are just losing huge sums of money, others are going bankrupt or are up for sale cheaply. Where and how this crisis ends is utterly unpredictable, but it is already very serious.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bank for International Settlements, the British Financial Services Authority, the Financial Times, and innumerable mainstream commentators were increasingly worried and publicly warned against many of the financial innovations that have now imploded. Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, last year called credit derivatives-only one of the many new banking inventions-"financial weapons of mass destruction." Very conservative institutions and people predicted the upheaval in global finances we are today experiencing.
The IMF has taken the lead in criticizing the new international financial structure, and over the past three years it has published numerous detailed reasons why it has become so dangerous to the world's economic stability. Events have confirmed its prognostication that complexity and lack of transparency, the obscurity of risks and universal uncertainty, especially regarding collateralized debt and loan obligations, will cause a flight to security that will dry up much of the liquidity of banking. "…Financial innovation itself," as a Financial Times columnist put it, "is the problem." The ultra-creative system is seizing up because no one understands where risks are located or how it works. It began to do so this summer and fixing it is increasingly unlikely.
No one can measure the extent of the losses because there is no agreement whatsoever over the value of these numerous innovations. Most of the players who have stakes in the countless arcane investment instruments are utterly ignorant. But the sums are enormous.
Only a few of the many financial debacles give us a rough estimate:
The present crisis began-it has scarcely ended there–with subprime mortgage loans in the U.S., which were valued at over $1.3 trillion at the beginning of 2007 but are, for practical purposes, worth far, far less today. We can ignore the impact of this crisis on U.S. housing prices, but some projections are of a 10 percent decline-another two trillion or so. Indirectly, of course, the mortgage crisis has also brought many millions of people throughout the U. S. and increasingly in Europe into a larger, more complex financial world. Many will get badly hurt.
What the subprime market did was unleash a far greater maelstrom involving banks in England, Germany, France, Asia, and throughout the world, calling into question much of the global financial system as it has developed over the past decade.
Investment banks hold about half-trillion dollars in private equity debts they planned to place-mainly in leveraged buy-outs. They are now forced to sell them at discounts or keep them on their balance sheets-either way they will lose.
The near-failure of the German Sachsen LB bank, which had to be saved from bankruptcy with 17.3 billion euros in credit, revealed that European banks hold over half-trillion dollars in so-called asset backed commercial paper, much of it in the U. S. and subprime mortgages. Northern Rock in Britain, which in mid-September saw depositors withdraw two billion pounds in a few days and force it into virtual bankruptcy, is but another of many examples. A failure in America caused Europe too to face a crisis. The problem is scarcely isolated.
The leading victim of this upheaval is the hedge funds. What are hedge funds? There are about 10,000 and, all told, they do everything. Some hedge funds, however, provided companies with capital and successfully competed with commercial banks because they took much greater risks. A substantial proportion is simple gamblers; some even bet on the weather–hunches. Many look to their computers and mathematics for models to guide their investments, and these have lost the most money, but funds based on other strategies also lost during August. The spectacular Long-term Capital Management 1998 failure was also due to its reliance on ingenious mathematical propositions, yet no one learned any lessons from it, proving that appeals to reason as well as experience fall on deaf ears if there is money to be made.
Some gained during the August crisis but more lost, and in the aggregate the hedge funds lost a great deal-their allure of rapid riches gone. There have been some spectacular bankruptcies and bailouts, including some of the biggest investment firms. Investors who got cold feet found that withdrawing money from hedge funds was nigh on impossible. The real worth of their holdings is hotly contested, and valuations vary wildly. In reality, there is no way to appraise them realistically-they all depend largely on what people want to believe and will take, or the market.
We are at an end of an era, living through the worst financial panic in many decades. Now begins global financial instability. In the opinion of many informed observers, especially the Financial Times,' the entire financial system and the way it operates will have to be reconstructed-radically-and that is unlikely to occur. It is impossible to speculate how long today's turmoil will last-but there now exists an uncertainty and lack of confidence that has been unparalleled since the 1930s-and this ignorance and fear is itself a crucial factor. What is very clear is that losses are massive and the entire developed world is now experiencing the worst economic crisis since 1945, one in which troubles in one nation compound those in others.
All central banks are wracked by dilemmas. They have neither the resources nor the knowledge, including legal powers, to remedy the present maelstrom. Although there is clamor from financiers and assorted operators to bail them out, the Federal Reserve must also weigh the consequences of its moves, above all for inflation. Then there is the question of "moral hazards." Is the Federal Reserve's responsibility to save financial adventurers from their own follies? Their dilemma is that if they do not attempt to save these politically powerful speculators the entire financial system may capsize, and so they have increasingly been forced to attempt to bail them out-thereby making it possible for them to survive and endanger the entire system in the future.
Throughout August the American and European central banks plunged about a half-trillion dollars into the banking system in an attempt to unfreeze blocked credit and loans that followed the subprime crisis-an event which triggered a "flight to safety" which greatly reduced banks' willingness to loan. In effect, the Federal Reserve relied on banks to restore confidence in the financial system, subsidizing their efforts.
Central banks' efforts succeeded only very partially but, in the aggregate, they failed: banks and investors now seek security rather than risk, and they will sit on their money. The Federal Reserve privately acknowledges its inability to cope with an inordinately complex financial structure. European central bankers are in exactly the same dilemma: they simply don't know what to do.
But this scarcely touches the real problem, which is structural and impinges wholly on the way the world financial structure has evolved over the past two decades. As in the past, there is a critical split in the banking and finance world and each has political leverage along with clashing interests. More important, central banks were not designed to cope with today's realities and have neither the legal powers nor knowledge to control them.
In this context, central banks will have increasing problems and the solutions they propose, as in the past, will be utterly inadequate, not because their intentions are wrong but because it is impossible to regulate such a vast, complex economy-even less today than in the past because there is no international mechanism to do so. Internationalization of finance has meant less regulation than ever, and regulation was scarcely very effective even at the national level.
The global financial system is now out of control. Greed is rampant. Existing international institutions cannot change this reality. We are on the verge of a serious crisis-if not now, then in the near future.


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First they gave us Eyes Wide Shut, Salt, and the moonwalk.
Then came the offspring – the children of celebrities.
There are dozens of household names we all know purely because their parents are famous – think Sunday Rose, Maddox and Pax and even Blanket (children of Nicole Kidman, Brangelina and Michael Jackson, respectively).
Do the children of these celebrities lead normal lives? Let's check out some examples of infant celebrities.
Michael Jackson
The master moonwalker, single-glove wearer and undisputed King of Pop was also the father of three.
Are you paying attention? These names get confusing – first there was Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (who most commonly goes by the name of Prince), followed by sister Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, then the baby, Prince Michael Jackson II (who we all know as Blanket).
These kids have hardly had a normal upbringing. From being dangled over the edge of a Berlin hotel balcony, to reportedly sharing an annual $8 million in pocket money, the Jackson three are constantly in the spotlight. According to the New York Post, these teens reportedly have adult appetites when it comes to spending, splashing out on holidays, gifts for friends, flashy penthouse suites and more.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Born to two of the world's biggest names in current pop culture, North West is already soaking up the spotlight.
Before her first birthday, baby North had been given a miniature Lamborghini to match her dad's. She wears Lorraine Schwartz earrings valued at more than $50,000, and most recently, her parents have reportedly hired a tailor especially for the little tot. At the age of 16 months, North is being dressed in outfits specifically designed to match those of her mother. That's when she's not wearing designer outfits sent from around the world, that is.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
What little girl doesn't love to dress up like a princess? The main difference here is that those sparkling jewels in Suri Cruise's jewellery box didn't come from a packet.
For her third birthday, guests received goodie bags that included 18 karat gold and sterling silver necklaces with sapphires from MIJA Jewelry. When Suri was five, her parents bought her a treehouse – complete with electricity, running water and shag carpets.
But is any of this really any surprise? The famous names and faces we know so well look to their babies as if they were the celebrities. That's because for every mother or father, their child is a little star, and you can guarantee they are just like every other parent in that they want the very best for their children.
Would you want your kids to grow up with this kind of lifestyle?
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MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Elections Division officials Tuesday reminded state voters that absentee voting requires residency in the jurisdiction which issues the absentee ballot, and proper voter registration.
"In the past week, we have received a lot of calls about a mailing that has solicited Wisconsinites to vote absentee for the November 4 General Election. In many cases, the municipal clerk's return address is misidentified in the same mailing," said Nat Robinson, Elections Division Administrator. "Voters should read any election-related mailing carefully, and direct their questions to their city, village or town clerk."
The mailing provided a postcard return format, which would include a voter's birth date and signature. Voters who elect to use that postcard to request an absentee ballot but who prefer not to make their date of birth information public should place the postcard in an envelope. Voters should also know they may use the State's absentee ballot request form found at http://gab.wi.gov. This completed form should also be mailed in an envelope to the appropriate clerk.
"It's very important to pay attention when you respond to election-related solicitations," Robinson said. "If you decide to respond, check any request form to make sure it is correctly addressed to your municipal clerk."
The Elections Division also provided the following reminders to Wisconsin voters:
• Voters must first be registered to vote before requesting an absentee ballot
• Voters are not required to provide any reason to vote on an absentee ballot in Wisconsin
• Absentee ballot requests must go to the municipal clerk in the jurisdiction where the voter lives
• Absentee ballots should be available 30 days before the election, and in-person absentee voting can be carried out in the clerk's office when they are available
• The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail for the November 4 General Election is Thursday, October 30
• Form EB-121, the absentee ballot request form is available in English, Spanish and Hmong, and is available on the Elections Division website at http://gab.wi.gov.
The only exception to voting absentee from a voter's place of residence is for those voters who may reside temporarily elsewhere, but want to vote from their permanent address. For example, a college student may live in one city for school, but prefer to vote in her or his hometown.
"If you are not sure you are registered to vote, use the Voter Public Access feature of our website to check the database," Robinson said. "You can check to see if you are registered, where your polling place is located, and who the candidates on the ballot are."
Voter Public Access is located on the Internet at http://vpa.wi.gov/. To check the lists of municipal clerks in Wisconsin, see Voter Information on the Elections Division website at http://gab.wi.gov.


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Bucharest, Romania, 2015/03/27 - Bitdefender, the creator of innovative antivirus software solutions, obtained a perfect score in all categories in the latest round of independent testing for both business and consumer solutions - Bitdefender.com.
After two months of testing, independent analysis firm AV-TEST gave maximum points to corporate solution Bitdefender Endpoint Securityand consumer solution Bitdefender Internet Security, with both solutions detecting all known malware, proving zero detectable impact on system performance and giving no false warnings when visiting websites or using legitimate software.
Our latest round of testing proved Bitdefenders worth in both the corporate and consumer fields, said Andreas Marx, CEO of AV-TEST. Both Bitdefender Endpoint Security and Bitdefender Internet Security excelled across the board, in performance, protection and usability.
The Bitdefender solutions, which tap the companys machine-learning algorithms, cloud processing power capable of handling 7 billion requests in a day and the experience of 500 million users worldwide, fought off thousands of threats in some of the industrys toughest tests.
Bitdefender Endpoint Security was subjected to 525,920 samples of legitimate malware and gave off zero false positives while it detected all 12,907 malware samples tested on it, according to AV-TEST results. Bitdefender Internet Security also caught all malware samples discovered in the four weeks prior to testing and gave off zero false warnings or blockages when using legitimate software, AV-TEST said.
Bitdefender brings the same rigorous, perfectionist attitude to both its consumer and corporate products, and the latest AV-TEST results attest to that, said Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist Catalin Cosoi. The perfect score in all three categories for both products further speaks to the detection and consistency of our team.
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Top international testing organizations and world-renowned software reviewers acknowledge Bitdefenders solutions as the worlds most effective. In January 2015, Bitdefender won AV-Comparatives Product of the Year a second time, taking Gold awards in Proactive Malware Detection for its industry-leading heuristics, Real World Detection for accurate performance in real-life situations and Malware Removal forits thorough disinfection. At the same time, Bitdefenders nearly undetectable impact on system performance won it Best Overall Speed.
Bitdefender (bitdefender.com) has further confirmed its industry leadership with titles including Best Antivirus of 2014 and two Editors Choice awards from PCMAG, The Best Performance 2014 Award by AV-TEST for its Endpoint Solution, and 2013 Editors Choice from CNET. Bitdefender is also the only security solution to win all 35 VB SPAM awards given out by Virus Bulletin.
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As markets around the world react to the downgrade of the United States's credit rating, fuel-efficient vehicle sales face the prospect of another decline similar to the one they experienced in 2008, when gas prices plummeted and overall vehicle demand fell in response to low consumer confidence and high unemployment. The world's leading crude oil futures all fell by at least 5 percent Monday to settle at their lowest levels of the year, and though petroleum still trades well above 12-month lows, gasoline prices at the pump are likely to decline further from the all-important $4 per gallon mark they had eclipsed earlier this year. Gas currently averages $3.67 per gallon in the United States—still more than enough to put a major dent in the wallets of those driving gas-guzzlers.
But as recent history has shown, consumers prioritize fuel efficiency much more when it pays immediate and noticeable returns to their transportation budgets. The lower gas prices fall, the less drivers will look to high-MPG stars like the Toyota Prius or Honda Civic Hybrid to help them stem the tide at the pump. Small, cheap, fuel efficient gas cars like Chevy Cruze or Ford Focus could continue to see relatively strong sales, but the real-world efficiency of these cars still lags well below that of hybrid and electric vehicles, and a failure of consumers to embrace models with superior gas mileage could threaten automakers' ability to meet rising CAFE standards.
By 2016, the fleet average for each carmaker is set to hit 35.5 mpg, and the Obama administration recently announced plans to raise that number to 54.5 mpg by 2025. But built into the most recent CAFE proposal is a clause that will allow for a review of the mandate before the 2022 model year, and Republicans have recently ratcheted up their rhetoric against CAFE, saying that the program's ambitious new standards threaten to slow economic growth by adding cost to vehicles reducing consumer choice.
Those arguments (regardless of their validity,) could build steam if the economy enters a much-talked-about "double-dip recession," which would likely cause recently recovering vehicle sales to again sag, and carmakers to pare back expansion plans. Many of those expansion plans are built around green cars, as the Department of Energy continues to dole out federal loan money to help manufacturers develop and produce tomorrow's fuel-efficient vehicle technologies.
Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann—who currently leads the GOP field in the important early caucus state of Iowa—recently pledged to "have doors locked and lights turned off" at the EPA, and though such radical talk is rarely followed with action in Washington, there is a growing chance that the next administration will not be as proactive about promoting fuel-efficiency as the current one.
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I recently discovered that Microsoft had a newer version of IE than the one I was using. The version on my machine is IE 10. The new version, is, of course, IE 11. I downloaded the installer, and got about half-way through, when it sent me to a page about downloading necessary patches to Windows before IE 11 could be installed. I downloaded all six of the patches, but every time I try to install any patch, it starts a screen that says "Searching for Updates". It never stops searching. It will just run and run and run without finding any updates. I even left it on once while going to get my wife and back (about a 15 minute drive each way) and it was =still= Searching for Updates when I got back. Does anyone have any clue here?


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A lively marketplace with fresh produce on the site of the old vegetable market on Israels Plads
"What are we waiting for?" asked Iselin C. Hermann and Hans Peter Hagens in an essay in the daily Politiken in 2000. The author and the architect described their idea of recreating a lively marketplace with fresh produce on the site of the old vegetable market that had been based on Israels Plads until 1958. The Copenhagen City Council decided to back the project in 2001and 14 years after the idea first stroke architect Hans Peter Hagens mind, the covered market Torvehallerne finally opened.
Moorish columns and decorative lights
The two sections of the Covered Market will take the form of "market lanes," each under a columned roof of zinc and cedar, with skylights running lengthwise. The sections will flank a plaza with outdoor stalls, linden trees, and benches. As many as 1,000 people will be able to sit under the trees and awnings in the evening. Taking inspiration from the Moorish Mezquita in Córdoba, the architects wished to provide a smooth transition between inside and out. For example, the columns inside and the lindens outside are ordered in a grid that divides the entire plaza into identical little squares for the stalls.
Torvehallerne round the clock
The idea is for the marketplace to change appearance as the day progresses.
The paving under the café zone was designed by Anders Krüger. Its sharp, geometric patterns will stand out during the day, while little star-shaped lights will shine at night. Nils Erik Gjerdevik's 18-meter-long water sculpture, made of colored glass, will be illuminated from below in the evening. In the daytime, children will be able to play in the water.The two artistic elements of the project still await financing, but the plan is to apply for foundation grants and to carry out the construction of them once this has been finalised.
Shark to be cut on Saturday at 2 pm
The vision of the project has been to create a direct encounter between small producers and their customers among the stalls of fresh food brought in from all corners of the country. "It is important that the produce for sale varies all the time and changes with the seasons", says Hans Peter Hagens. For this reason the square is laid out so that the permanent stalls are housed in the covered market, whereas the outside stalls can be rented, even for one day only. Market information is projected on to a piece of canvas making it possible, for example, to read from the bus in Frederiksborggade: "New supplies of asparagus" or "Fresh shark on Saturday. Watch it being cut at 2 pm!"
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Seabourn Odyssey marked another milestone in her first year of service and arrived in Sydney, Australia, for the first time on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Arriving in the early morning hours, Odyssey sailed through the Sydney Harbour, underneath the famed Sydney Harbour Bridge and docked at Darling Harbour. Seabourn Odyssey guests had a front-row view of the Sydney skyline as the yacht sailed past the iconic Sydney Opera House. ... read more
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EBR To Distribute Hero Motorcycles, Scooters In North America
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Erik Buell Racing (EBR) announced today that it will be the exclusive distributor of Hero brand motorcycles and scooters in North America beginning in summer 2014. The announcement was made in conjunction with an unveiling of several Hero motorcycles and scooters at the American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) in Orlando. India-based Hero MotoCorp is the world's largest manufacturer of two-wheeled motor vehicles. Specific models to be offered and pricing details have yet to be determined.
"The actual EBR collaboration with Hero MotoCorp began in late 2011, when we were contracted to deliver a concept hybrid scooter for Hero in record time for the January 2012 Delhi show," said EBR founder Erik Buell during a video address to gathered EBR dealers and media. "In early 2012, EBR next entered a long term strategic partnership to provide technical expertise and engineering services for Hero, the world's largest producer of two-wheeled vehicles. Hero, a longtime supporter of sports in India, also became a sponsor of our race team in the AMA Pro Road Racing Championship. Since then, the alliance has grown stronger, culminating in Hero MotoCorp purchasing a minority share in EBR this past summer."
Hero MotoCorp produces more than 6 million two-wheelers in India annually and recently celebrated the production of their 50 millionth unit.
"I am delighted to announce today that EBR will be distributing Hero motorcycles to the United States and Canada on an exclusive basis starting summer of 2014. Here in the booth you will see some examples of models that we are considering bringing to this market, and also some information on Hero MotoCorp. We recently had a great event in India to celebrate our 50 millionth motorcycle, and Erik was there with me to enjoy that event, both as a friend and as the huge fan of motorcycling that he is," said Hero MotoCorp Managing Director and CEO Pawan Munjal. "Both EBR and Hero believe that the combination of the world's leading manufacturer of two wheelers and one of the world's leading innovators is a very powerful team and we are excited about the possibilities."
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Greek officials expressed optimism on Thursday over the result of the voluntary debt restructuring plan under way as part of efforts to avoid a chaotic Greek default, ahead of a looming deadline around 2000 GMT.
The results are expected to be officially announced on Friday early morning at approximately 0600 GMT, according to local media reports, citing government sources.
"If everything goes well, on Friday we will be able to announce that the debt load on the shoulders of Greek people, the Greek nation, and future generations will ease by over 105 billion euros (139.01 billion U.S. dollars), which represents 50 percent of the GDP," Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos stressed, addressing the parliament on Thursday noon.
Meanwhile, Greek media reported that according to sources, officials expect that after a slow start, the participation rate of private sector bondholders by Thursday night to the terms for the writedown of part of the Greek sovereign debt, will eventually surpass the 75 percent threshold.
In such case the swap deal reached in February, known as Private Sector Involvement (PSI) scheme, can become binding even for investors not willing to accept losses, since Athens will be able to activate collective action clauses.
Under the PSI plan clinched after marathon negotiations with the Institute of International Finance, private creditors will accept losses of some 53.5 percent on the value of Greek state bonds they own in return of new ones with longer maturities and interest rates.
A successful result regarding the "haircut" process on the Greek bonds is expected to unlock a vital second 130-billion euro (171.6 billion dollars) bailout loans package to Greece by European Union and International Monetary Fund in time to avoid a financial collapse that could destabilize the European common currency zone and the international financial system.
Greece depends on multi-billion euro aid by international creditors since 2010 to cover its financing needs in return of a painful austerity and reform program. On March 20 a 14.5 billion euros (19.14 billion dollars) bond repayment is due.
Ordinary Greeks on Syntagma square in front of the parliament building on Thursday did not seem to share the anxiety of officials and bankers over the deadlines, voicing pessimism for the day after the PSI plan and the demands attached to the new bailout deal.
"Honestly, I do not share the opinion of politicians. I am very pessimistic," Dimitra Kapsocha, a young Journalism student told Xinhua.
Financiallly supported by her parents, a pensioner and a civil servant, who have suffered waves of cutbacks on their income over the past two years due to measures implemented to slash deficits, she struggles to make ends meet every day.
"Now, I have to think about everything, every little daily cost, even the sum for the metro ticket," she explained, forecasting that the worse is still to come for the average Greek household, with or without a bankruptcy, since pressure from creditors continues.
"We don't expect anything big from this "haircut". Greek workers have turned bold from the "haircuts" on salaries. I don't believe this plan serves the interests of ordinary people," civil engineer Efthimios Kiamos added.
"People must rise up and overturn these policies. There is no other solution," he told Xinhua, voicing exasperation about the heavy recession the country witnesses for a fifth consecutive year.
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'She'll be right' not good enough at work
On April 30 an independent taskforce set up by the Government will make recommendations that will potentially have a major impact on many workplaces.
This report has attracted little by way of public attention even though it could significantly affect the way we work. Employers, employees and unions therefore need to be prepared.
New Zealand does not have an enviable record when it comes to health and safety in workplaces. Our rate of workplace deaths sits at more than four per 100,000 workers, which is significantly higher than Canada, Australia or Britain. Just as worrying, the number of injuries and deaths in New Zealand is not reducing as it is in comparable jurisdictions.
The Pike River mine tragedy highlighted the inherent problems with New Zealand's current approach. New Zealand relies on a regulatory system for health and safety that is not prescriptive, but based on a series of principles.
It essentially requires employers to self-regulate. This is fine in theory if everyone meets their obligations and there is a sufficiently well-organised, skilled and resourced enforcement agency in place. But as Pike River showed, this is not necessarily the case.
There has also been criticism that the current health and safety system does not take into account the modern face of employment relationships. Factors such as sub-contracting, casualisation, migrant workers and so on make applying a "one size fits all" approach problematic.
The Government has therefore appointed an independent taskforce to review New Zealand's workplace health and safety systems. The Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 is more than 20 years old, and questions are being asked as to whether it is up to the task of keeping workers safe.
The taskforce comprises six members drawn from business, unions and those with specialist health and safety expertise. Its role is to recommend practical measures to the Government that will reduce the numbers of workplace deaths and serious injuries by 25 per cent by 2020.
The taskforce conducted a public consultation process through a series of 32 meetings in late 2012. The report on the feedback received at these consultation meetings makes for interesting reading.
Participants noted that the legal health and safety framework was difficult to understand and too open to interpretation to be useful in a practical context. Most people who run businesses are not lawyers, and neither are their employees. The key requirement in the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, to take "all practicable steps" to ensure the safety of workers, can be interpreted in various ways, and is unhelpful as a guide.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, which incorporates the Department of Labour, comes in for criticism in terms of being under-resourced and not having sufficient numbers of well-trained staff. This was evidenced by the lack of mine inspectors before the Pike River tragedy.
The ministry's role as a reactive enforcement agency rather than a proactive educative one is highlighted as potentially undermining the effectiveness of the health and safety framework.
One area singled out is the role of business leaders in health and safety. Some of the feedback calls for greater corporate accountability, including the introduction of a criminal charge of corporate manslaughter. This could see managers and/or company directors jailed if employees are killed at work where appropriate safety systems have not been put in place.
A focus on profit over health and safety was also identified as an issue behind New Zealand's poor health and safety record. Others focused on a failure of Mobie to prosecute employees who ignored safety instructions or improperly used equipment.
Another interesting issue identified was the apparent complacency of workers when it comes to workplace health and safety issues. A variety of explanations have been put forward, including New Zealand's traditional "she'll be right" mentality and a fear of being persecuted for raising concerns, through to a lack of training on health and safety issues and the lack of qualified professional consultants in this area.
Submitters also noted that the quality of advice received from external consultants and from Mobie itself was variable at best. Some criticised the ACC system, which they argued serves to hide the true costs of workplace accidents and provides workers with financial cover without apportioning blame.
Some submitters suggested that parents and the education system were to blame by wrapping young people entering the workforce in "cotton wool". Their first employer therefore becomes responsible for imbuing a sense of personal responsibility and safety at work.
Given that Australia and Britain have broadly similar education systems to ours, one wonders how they have been so successful in reducing workplace deaths and injuries compared to New Zealand if this really is a causative factor.
So what are we likely to see the taskforce recommend? An overhaul of the health and safety function within Mobie will definitely result. Work on this appears to be under way already.
Of more interest will be the impacts on employers and workers. We may see a greater focus on education in the workplace for both managers and staff and a greater degree of prescription when it comes to health and safety, particularly in more dangerous work environments.
I would also expect to see greater obligations around corporate responsibility and possibly even the introduction of criminal charges against managers and directors who fail to take steps to look after their staff.
There will need to be a significant change of attitude towards health and safety in the workplace if we are to change our appalling record of deaths and serious injuries.
- Susan Hornsby-Geluk is an employment law specialist and partner at Chen Palmer.


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All-the-Best-Books Compilation for 2012
I've released the first edition of my All-the-Best-Books Compilation (ABBC) for 2012. It compiles mentions of books in best-of-the-year lists and awards from 66 different sources into one spreadsheet with 12 different fiction and nonfiction categories, showing how many times each book was mentioned and which sources mentioned each. You can learn more about the methodology for the ABBC and download the spreadsheet for your own use at my other blogging home, Williamsburg Regional Library's Blogging for a Good Book. http://bfgb.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/all-the-best-books-compilation-abbc-2012-first-edition/
Please share this link with others in the book world! As far as I'm aware, while other sites may link to more book lists (Largehearted Boy has the most extensive list I know), this is the largest compilation of results into a usable table.
Further editions of the ABBC will follow as I compile about 60 more sources into the results, although enough are in place to give the general idea for the pecking order for 2012. The compilation is usually finalized in late March. I'll write more about results in each category on both blogs over coming weeks, on this blog evaluating the top titles for their likely utility as book group selections.
For today, here are the most frequently mentioned titles from all 66 compiled sources in all categories to date, those with 15 or more mentions to date:
35 mentions
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo
34 mentions
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
31 mentions
Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel
This Is How You Lose Her, by Junot Diaz
28 mentions
Wild: from Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed
27 mentions
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, by Ben Fountain
24 mentions
Building Stories, by Chris Ware
22 mentions
The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
21 mentions
Canada, by Richard Ford
19 mentions
Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter
The Round House, by Louise Erdrich
18 mentions
The Orphan Master's Son, by Adam Johnson
Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, by Robert A. Caro
17 mentions
Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple
The Yellow Birds, by Kevin Young
16 mentions
The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker
Telegraph Avenue, by Michael Chabon
15 mentions
Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein
Dear Life: Stories, by Alice Munro
I'll delve deeper into the lists in particular categories in future posts.