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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on April 16 unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants and give them an opportunity to eventually become U.S. citizens. Read more…
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on April 16 unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants and give them an opportunity to eventually become U.S. citizens. Read more… Following an announcement by House lawmakers that they will introduce legislation to address issues with the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) and the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) urged Congress to reform the biofuels mandate. Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., Jim Costa, D-Calif., Steve Womack, R-Ark., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., said at a Wednesday press conference they would introduce the Renewable Fuel Standard Reform Act to "help ease concerns created by the ethanol mandate and protect consumers, energy producers, livestock producers, food manufacturers, retailers and the U.S. economy." Read more… An apparent agreement involving agriculture workers and growers was reached Tuesday as Texas lawmakers separately filed a border security bill in advance of the upcoming debate on immigration reform. A final resolution between groups representing agricultural workers and growers could develop within the next few days. Negotiations were continuing on Capitol Hill. Read more… Senate efforts to overhaul immigration law now mainly hinge on a major sector certain to be impacted by the plan: Agriculture. After a bitter fight between interest groups late last week, Republicans and Democrats are closely monitoring sensitive talks between labor and industry over a new program to woo foreign farmworkers. Read more… Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to overhaul the nation's agriculture worker program to create a steady supply of labor for farmers and growers, who rely more than any other industry on workers who have come to the country illegally. Read more… The sequester was supposed to be something new in Washington: a budget cut you couldn't beat. But after an extensive – and ultimately successful – campaign by meat industry stakeholders, the money to keep federal food inspectors on the job was found. Read more… The lawyer for a New Mexico meat plant that wants to be the first to slaughter horses in the U.S. since 2007 says the facility may be operational in just a few weeks. The company is one of several that have applied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to slaughter horses, a practice that ended in 2007 after Congress defunded government inspections at the facilities. That measure lapsed in 2011. The USDA, which would regulate the plant, didn't immediately comment on the lawyer's assertion. The agency this month said that once the company meets technical requirements and inspector training has taken place, "the department will legally have no choice but to go forward with inspections." Read more… Check out this first edition of "Cattlemen Connect", a new video series by TSCRA to help members connect with elected officials. This video focuses on Texas State Rep. Trent Ashby, R-Dist. 57, Lufkin, and what topics are influencing his area of the state. Read more… U.S. Sen. John Cornyn will speak during the Opening General Session of the136th Annual Cattle Raisers Convention, March 22-24 in Fort Worth. Cornyn will update attendants on federal legislation and regulations that could affect the cattle industry, including immigration and border security, federal budget cuts and the Endangered Species Act. Read more… The USDA's new proposed rule for country of origin labeling (COOL) will just create more problems for the U.S. beef industry, says NCBA President Elect Bob McCan, a cattleman from Victoria, Texas, and TSCRA past president. Speaking on NCBA's "Beltway Beef" audio program, McCan says there is no regulatory fix to bring COOL rules into compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement. Read more… Once again, farm programs are on the chopping block in Washington. Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., released a budget that would trim $4.6 trillion in federal spending over the next decade, by cutting spending on Medicare, repealing part of Obamacare and giving more authority to states to run nutrition programs. But it also targets farm programs. Read more… The Alpina Foods Inc. plant that just opened in Batavia, N.Y., to feed the nation's growing appetite for Greek-style yogurt should have nearby dairy farmers such as Matt Lamb scrambling to expand their herds. It isn't — and not because cows are in short supply. Lamb says he's reluctant to add to his family's 5,000-cow dairy operation for fear he won't have enough workers to milk them every day. That's partly due, he says, to U.S. immigration laws that were designed for seasonal farm laborers instead of the year-round, seven-days-a-week ones he needs. Read more… Whole Foods Market Friday announced that by 2018, all products in its U.S. and Canadian stores must be labeled to indicate if they contain genetically modified organisms. Whole Foods is the first grocer to set a deadline for full GMO labeling. Read more… The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a proposed rule to modify the labeling provisions for muscle cut commodities covered under the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) program. The proposed rule would modify the labeling provisions for muscle cut covered commodities to require the origin designations to include information about where each of the production steps (i.e., born, raised, slaughtered) occurred and would remove the allowance for commingling of muscle cuts. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) says the proposed amendments will only further hinder U.S. trading relationships with partners such as Canada and Mexico, and raise the cost of beef for consumers and result in retaliatory tariffs being placed on U.S. export products. Read more… Congress should create a visa program, valid for at least three years, for foreigners willing to work year-round on poultry farms or in meatpacking and processing plants, an industry group said on Tuesday. Read more… The Food and Drug Administration is reopening the comment period for the interim final rule entitled 'Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in Human Food and Cosmetics.' The interim final rule protects consumers from exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy by prohibiting the use of certain cattle parts in human food, including dietary supplements, and cosmetics. Read more… In the wake of the European scandals over unlabeled horse meat turning up in prepared foods, the issue of horse slaughter in the U.S. has returned to the headlines this week. Horse slaughter has essentially been banned in the United States since 2007, when Congress passed an appropriations bill that specifically prevented the USDA from using funds to inspect horse-slaughter plants. Horses processed for meat in this country must by law have USDA inspection. Congress dropped the ban in 2011, but USDA has yet to approve any horse plants for inspection through its Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Read more… Writing a new farm bill just got harder. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released new estimates on Friday, substantially downgrading the promised savings from House and Senate proposals last summer. The CBO says the Senate-passed farm bill will save only $13.1 billion in 10 years, compared with a promised $23.1 billion last July. The House Agriculture Committee plan, which never made it to the floor, fares better but comes down as well from $35.1 billion to $26.6 billion in 10-year savings. Read more… U.S. Senator John Cornyn introduced the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Settlement Reform Act this week, which will give impacted local parties a say in the settlement of ESA litigation between special interest groups and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Read more… Texas Comptroller Susan Combs discusses how Texas is facing the challenge of endangered species in this op-ed in The Washington Times. Read more… |


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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) ordered passenger carrier LEX Express Inc. (DBA Lincolnland Express) of Champaign, Ill., to shut down its operations.
On Oct. 22, 2012, FMCSA issued a proposed "Unsatisfactory" safety rating against LEX Express after conducting a compliance review that found numerous violations of federal safety regulations, including false reporting of records of duty status, use of commercial motor vehicles that were not periodically inspected, and failure to properly maintain vehicle parts and accessories.
"Safety is our number one priority," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "We are using every resource at our disposal to identify and remove unsafe bus companies from our roads."
LEX Express was informed in the FMCSA's notice that the company would be prohibited from operating its fleet of 30 passenger vehicles and 34 drivers on Dec. 7, 2012, unless FMCSA approved a corrective action plan to ensure safety compliance.
LEX Express submitted a 600-page proposed safety management plan in November, five business days before the effective date of the "Unsatisfactory" safety rating. FMCSA is in the process of reviewing LEX Express's plan and has up to 30 days for review to ensure the proposed corrective action will produce safety results warranting a rating upgrade.
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"High profitability" and "energy efficiency" often did not go together, particularly in the paper manufacturing industry, whose history is notoriously linked to environmental degradation.
Tuesday, 2 July, 2013, 2:12pmPumps and valves from Finland are helping to maintain a steady flow of wearing materials processed by industries on the mainland. Flowrox, a specialised producer of industrial pumps and valves, will be expanding its operations to provide broader customer support and products that will also be distributed throughout Asia.
2 Jul 2013 - 2:09pmChina's increasing international role has made it a vital strategy for many nations to strengthen ties with the emerging global power - but only few have visions as clear as Finland's China Action Plan.
2 Jul 2013 - 2:06pm"The key to success in this millennium is to understand humans."
Fundamental yet revolutionary, this outlook summarises the campaign promoting one of Finland's fastest-growing cities - Jyväskylä, where traditional strengths in the humanities blend with leading-edge technologies.
2 Jul 2013 - 2:03pmThe fully automated inspection machine at the mobile phone assembly line sees all aspects of production. Using special software, lighting design and accurate calibration, it can efficiently check all six surfaces of the phones for colour, logo placement, missing parts and other specifications.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:59pmAdvanced technology is reshaping the shipping and power industries, that are the best candidates to take the world on a low carbon future.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:34pmEconomic development, rapid industrialisation and ageing populations have placed inevitable strain on Asia's medical, security and industrial equipment requirements. These factors, along with investments pouring into Asia's developing economies, are driving the need for high-quality and cost-efficient products to support the growth of health care and security industries.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:28pmPrecast concrete is increasingly gaining appreciation on the mainland as construction activities continue to flourish. Riding on the market boom, leading precast technology provider Elematic has collaborated with China Triumph International Engineering Co (CTIEC) to form the largest precast technology supplier on the mainland.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:25pmWhen placed near a magnet, steel emits a crackling sound known as Barkhausen noise. Named after professor Heinrich Barkhausen, who discovered the phenomenon, this noise varies depending on the amount of impurities and other properties of steel.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:23pmPutting a twist to Finland's tourism, leading vacation timeshare provider Holiday Club Resorts brings to life Rovio Entertainment's international phenomenon, Angry Birds. With Angry Birds theme parks as the latest in its roster of attractions, Holiday Club entices tourists worldwide to visit Finland.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:13pmFinland's mining sector is full of golden opportunities - and Vancouver-based Belvedere Mining recognises the country's potential. Operating exclusively in Finland, the company has brought its Canadian expertise to its mining and exploration activities in the country for more than 10 years.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:09pmPioneering a new breed of nanomaterial-based technology, Canatu is changing how electronic gadgets and appliances are being made. The nanotechnology expert is developing a versatile and environmentally friendly carbon-based component for devices such as mobile phones, tablets and even vehicle dashboards.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:07pmTechnological and environmental solutions providers worldwide constantly face the challenge of assisting their clients in complying with increasingly stringent global emission rules. This is especially true in the automotive and energy sectors.
2 Jul 2013 - 1:04pmRapid growth in manufacturing and urbanisation continues to increase the demand for energy on the mainland, making China the world's largest energy consumer.
While fossil fuels remain the predominant source of power, renewable energy sources are steadily rising with wind and solar power generation expected to reach 100 million kilowatts by 2015.
2 Jul 2013 - 12:57pmArctic seafaring has benefitted from Finnish innovations for more than 100 years, as 60 per cent of the world's icebreaker fleet has been built at Helsinki Shipyard.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Consumer confidence apparently slumped in September. Really? Retail stocks are telling a different story.
The best performing stock in the S&P 500 so far this month is not some tech stock that's up on merger rumors or a gold miner soaring on the back of the yellow metal's rise to $1,300 an ounce. It's used car seller CarMax (KMX, Fortune 500).
Department store J.C. Penney (JCP, Fortune 500), high-end retailer Nordstrom (JWN, Fortune 500) and e-commerce king Amazon.com (AMZN, Fortune 500) have also surged.
And several non-retailers that are up big also rely heavily on consumer spending, such as online travel site Expedia (EXPE) and cruise line operator Carnival (CCL). These stocks are all up more than 20% in September.
It may seem odd that retailers are doing this well considering Tuesday's dismal confidence report. But there's a funny thing about confidence. It's a touchy-feely number that has little predictive value. Who cares what consumers say when what matters more is what they actually do?
"Consumer confidence is a moving target. It's volatile month to month because it's shaped by current events and what happens now. Sentiment can change on the dime," said Ted Parrish, co-manager of the Henssler Equity fund in Kennesaw, Ga. His fund owns several retailers, including drug store chain Walgreen (WAG, Fortune 500), Costco (COST, Fortune 500), Lowe's (LOW, Fortune 500) and Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500).
And for the retailers riding a hot streak, consumers' actions are speaking louder than their words. People may say they're wary but they're still spending. CarMax, for example, said last week that sales in its most recent quarter were up 13%. It even plans to add more stores next year due to rising demand.
CarMax isn't alone. Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY, Fortune 500) recently raised its fiscal outlook. So did apparel retailers Talbots (TLB) and lululemon (LULU).
Parrish said that it's now widely known that consumers have been cutting back on debt in order to get their finances in order. The savings rate has risen during these rough economic times and credit card usage is down.
That could mean that consumers may feel a little more willing to splurge during the next few months.
"Consumers have spent the past year or so deleveraging. So they might be in a better position to spend in the fourth quarter with the holidays approaching," Parrish said.
Of course, not all retailers are going to enjoy solid sales and profits. Drew White, chief financial officer with Sageworks, a financial analysis firm in Raleigh, N.C., said that for many smaller retailers, the economic outlook still looks grim.
White said there's been a slight bump in sales for privately-held electronics, sporting goods and health and personal care retailers that his firm follows. But he said that for the most part, large publicly traded discounters like Wal-Mart and Target (TGT, Fortune 500) stand to benefit the most from any uptick in consumer spending.
"For many retailers, it isn't going to get a lot worse but it's not getting better quickly enough either," White said.
That makes sense. Consumers clearly have reason to be jittery and it does seem that many people are paying a lot more attention to how much they spend so they can make smart purchases.
That could help some retailers more than others. So making a bold bet on the consumer is probably a mistake -- especially after how much retail stocks have run up in the past few weeks.
Stephen Jones, co-manager of the Jones Villalta Opportunity fund in Austin, said that he likes The Gap (GPS, Fortune 500) and Home Depot (HD, Fortune 500), for example.
He thinks consumers may be looking to shop more at lower-priced clothing stores like The Gap's Old Navy. And Home Depot could benefit from the fact that fewer consumers are looking to buy new homes and would rather make lasting improvements to the place where they currently live.
"The economy isn't great but I'm cautiously optimistic people are still spending in some areas," Jones said. "You don't have to flee retailers and other consumer discretionary stocks. You just have to be in the right ones."
- The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney.com, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
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Hi! Would anyone have any suggestions on the best places to buy a nice prime rib for Christmas? I live in Harlem, and my Pathmark doesn't carry it.
Ottomanelli butchers. I think there may be one on the UES.
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Auckland Suva race: Boats make good time in first hours of ocean race
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The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Auckland to Musket Cove Ocean Race departed today in ideal conditions and a row of brightly coloured spinnakers.
The breeze was under ten knots, and seas were flat, making for a pleasant start to the 1,150 nautical mile race.
V5 was the first across the line but the line honours favourite, TeamVodafoneSailing, made a running start and had put distance on the fleet even before it reached Devonport. The smallest boat in the fleet, Squealer, enjoyed the light conditions, and maintained a lead on the other big boats in the early part of the race.
At 1545hrs on Saturday afternoon, the PredictWind trackers tell us that TeamVodafone was located to the East of Omaha Bay, doing over 16 knots and heading directly North.
'We have got a nice 9-12 knots of breeze and we just gybed to head towards Little Barrier,' says crewman Stu MacKinven. 'We are getting a long at a nice 10-13 knots, as we just spotted our first golden sandy beach.'
In second place, V5 was off the South Eastern corner of Kawau Island, 3.1nm ahead of Equilibrium, who had headed further out to sea, and Wildcard. Squealer was doing 9.1 knots and taking a similar line to Equilibrium, and Outrageous Fortune was further out to sea.
All of the boats have over 1,100 nautical miles left to sail.
Vision, the Ganley Cruiser that started on Wednesday, is nearly at the halfway point.
The race is supported by Manson Anchors, PredictWind.com, and TNL GAC Pindar.
TeamVodafone is expected to arrive in Musket Cove at between three and four days. To establish a new record, it must complete the race in less than 103 hours, 20 minutes and 57 seconds - the time it set in the 2011 edition of the race. However, the keelboats will need to finish in 103 hours, 38 minutes and 16 seconds to set a new monohull record.
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AS has become our ceremonial tradition in August, we gather here today to remember, and pay tribute to, the living and fallen heroes of our liberation struggle, whose blood, sacrifices and untold suffering, brought us our most valued freedom and independence.
Today, as we come together around various sacred shrines across the breadth and width of Zimbabwe and provincial and district levels, we commemorate with a deep sense of humility, and yet with much national pride and honour, and courage and bravery of our liberation heroes, who gave their all to fight, and defeat, the unjust settler colonial regime.
As we recall the many lives lost, the maimed and scarred lives of survivors of that protracted armed struggle, we indeed have cause to celebrate our sovereign independence and freedom, which enabled us to reclaim our cherished land, our national sovereignty thus promoting and enabling the empowerment of our people in the occupation and ownership of their natural resources.
Today, let us as a nation, reaffirm the core values that guided our liberation struggle such as the selflessness and that willingness, commitment to paying the supreme sacrifice for the greater good of our people; the bravery, courage and resilience and that enduring spirit to suffer hardships for one's country; and finally the unity of purpose to safeguard our culture, customs and nationality.
Fellow Zimbabweans, as we mark the first anniversary of the 31st July 2013 harmonised elections, successfully held under the provisions of a new homegrown Constitution, we rejoice that the resounding victory enjoyed by Zanu-PF put paid, put paid, put paid, once and for all, to the evil machinations of regime change that were being pursued by our erstwhile colonisers, working in cahoots with local misguided political charlatans and quislings.
Let us forever cherish the culture of peace that we generated and promoted in our country. Lasting peace is important, not only for the social cohesion of our nation, but also in ensuring a sustainable framework for national development. I, therefore, wish to acknowledge the role we have all have played, whether as political parties, or as churches and religious institutions, civil society organisations and the general citizenry in enabling this culture of peace and freedom. Peace, peace begins with me, peace begins with you, runyararo, runyararo, runyararo.
Ladies and gentlemen, in pursuit of fulfilling the ruling party's promises to the electorate, Government has begun in earnest to implement the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset).
This national economic blueprint is intended to expedite national development through the leveraging of proceeds from domestic natural resources combined with available international resources. This has enabled us to begin to implement various projects and programmes.
This will inevitably promote, with increased investment, more employment opportunities, ultimately improving the standards of living of our people.
Zimbabwe's economy remains one of the most resilient economies in the region, characterised by low levels of inflation at the moment.
Under the Food and Security cluster of Zim-Asset, the attainment of food security remains Government's top priority. During the 2013/14 season, that is the last season, maize production reached, we are told, at least 1 456 153 metric tonnes, a 46 percent increase compared to the 2012/13 agricultural season. The Government Inputs Programme has contributed significantly to an increase in food production of maize, small grains, potatoes and sugar beans and many other horticultural produce.
Tobacco and cotton continue to be the leading agricultural cash crops. To date, more than 180 million kilogrammes of tobacco have been sold and generated some US$574 million. With respect to cotton, we expect some 147 360 metric tonnes during the 2013/2014 season, an 11 percent increase compared to the last season.
As a result of the good rainfall received in the 2013/14 season, our livestock will have adequate grazing in most parts of the country.
However, we stay ready to assist livestock farmers in drought-prone areas with drought mitigation programmes if that becomes necessary.
In order to support our farmers, steps have been taken to grant them security of tenure. In this regard, Government launched the A1 settlement permit programme on the 2nd of July this year. It is Government's target to issue the permit to at least 8 000 A1 farmers by December this year and many more in 2015. A2 farmers will also continue to be issued with the 99-year leases.
One of the major contributors to the country's GDP, the mining sector, from time to time, receives measures to improve its efficiency.
Currently, local diamond cutting and polishing are the sector's major targets, while value addition in gold, platinum, chrome and nickel is also being vigorously pursued.
Manufacturing continues to face a myriad of challenges such as low capacity utilisation and obsolete machinery. Through the Cost Drivers Analysis Study, Government seeks to raise the competitiveness of our products and services, and the stepping up of resource mobilisation.
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (what we in short call the MSMEs) Policy, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Act are intended to create a conducive and enabling operating environment for sustainable development and growth of the MSMEs sector.
Government is, therefore, committed to further develop the sector, which makes a huge contribution to the country's economy, through employment creation and income generation.
While Government seeks to maintain the highest literacy rate in Africa, it also continues to promote ICTs and e-learning, to improve education standards. Government is also committed to ensuring that each province in the country has a university. This in pursuit of its goal, since independence, of providing university education to the majority of our people.
Despite limited resources, Government remains committed to giving maximum support to the health sector. We are on track to achieving the HIV-related MDG goals by 2015, and in equipping national health facilities so as to provide appropriate high quality diagnostic services.
Zimbabwe has made tremendous progress in the provision and rehabilitation of infrastructure. In the energy sector, Government has committed financial resources towards the rehabilitation and maintenance of existing power infrastructure in order to achieve optimal performance. The country has increased its output to averages of 650MW for Hwange, 750MW for Kariba and 100MW for the small thermal stations.
As a result, the country's power stations have increased output to averages of 650MW for Hwange, 750MW for Kariba and 100MW for small thermal power stations – I am reading that once again.
Work on the Kariba Power Station expansion project, estimated to cost some US$318 million, started in June 2014, to be commissioned by the year 2017, will see an additional power generation output of some 300MW. Meanwhile, Government is continuing with the Rural Electrification Programme, in its concerted efforts to improve the economic well-being of the rural populace.
In an effort to improve road infrastructure, the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare road is now at 80 percent to completion. In addition, the Government has floated tenders for 14 road projects and one bridge within the framework of the joint venture/Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).
Ladies and gentlemen, comrades and friends, Government is committed to the proper management of our environment, water and climate resources. Government seeks to ensure that Zimbabweans have access to good quality water for domestic, industrial, agricultural and recreational use.
In this regard, Government has embarked on various water development projects such as the Tokwe-Mukosi, Marovanyati, Gwayi-Shangani, and Semwa dams.
The proliferation of unplanned and illegal settlements remains a manifestation of the need to develop robust strategies that will see the housing backlog being addressed. In order to achieve this goal, Government has operationalised the 2012 National Housing Policy with a view to coming up with a national housing delivery programme that has clearly defined goals and roles of players in the sector.
We are delighted that Zimbabwe is highly reputed as a safe and secure tourism destination of choice. The recent launch by Government of a National Tourism Policy will, therefore, provide a guiding framework for the development of tourism in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe has steadily maintained its role of fulfilling regional peace and sustainable development. We depend on our security and defence forces for the maintenance of our peace and security as a free and sovereign country. We dare not drop our guard. We will, through various continental and international fora, contribute to the creation and maintenance of a peaceful international environment.
Although Defence Forces Day is only due tomorrow, allow me to pay tribute to our defence, police, prisons and security services for their unflinching, relentless and dedicated service in guaranteeing and maintaining peace and stability in our country.
Our humble assumption of the chairmanship of Sadc will see us steering this august body through the promotion, articulation and safeguarding of Sadc principles and programmes. Zimbabwe remains committed to working with, and through the United Nations, the AU and Sadc, in pursuit of global peace and development.
Comrades and friends, I call upon all Zimbabweans to unite and work together as a nation for the development of our country, the only one God-given Zimbabwe we have and belong to.
Tibatane tose kusevenzera nyika yedu, mhuri yedu yeZimbabwe. Tichiisa zvinangwa zvavo mberi kwete zvedu muserufu, zvavo, zvevamwe, kudanana, kushandirana, kunzwirana tsitsi, ndozvatinoda.
I now wish you all successful celebrations and memorable and safe National Heroes and Defence Forces holidays. I urge all road users, all road users and all drivers, all drivers to always exercise maximum caution.
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The IMAX Nutcracker (1997)
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This 37-minute 3-D Imax film adaptation from E.T.A. Hoffman's story is a straight narrative fantasy rather than a ballet. Little Clara (Lotte Johnson) receives a Christmas gift of a nutcracker doll and that night witnesses toys expanding in size and coming to life. The Nutcracker Prince takes Clara to his enchanted sugar castle where she meets pastry chef Sugar Plum (Miriam Margolyes) who uses spun sugar to concoct the dancing Sugar Fairy (Tamara Rojo).
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EVEN by France's exciting standards there is something extraordinary about this particular scandal. It ensnares Dominique Baudis, who was mayor of Toulouse from 1983-2001. He went on national television last month to protest that he was being smeared. It involves Patrice Alègre, a convicted Toulouse rapist and serial killer who wrote to another television channel after two prostitutes suggested that he had enjoyed police protection while he was on his killing spree during the 1990s. And the scandal is spreading.
The nub of the allegations, all flatly denied by Mr Baudis, is that he, as well as some of Toulouse's magistrates, were part of a sado-masochistic sex ring. Mr Alègre, a policeman's son, would procure prostitutes for the sessions. Influenced by Mr Alègre's powerful friends, police were persuaded to turn a blind eye to the mysterious deaths of dozens of local women and prostitutes; suicide verdicts were often recorded when murder seemed the more obvious cause of death. More than 100 women disappeared in Toulouse between 1992 and 1997. One participant in the alleged sex sessions was purportedly murdered after secretly filming those involved.
Beneath the accusations are seething local political rivalries. Former close friends, Mr Baudis and Philippe Douste-Blazy, his successor as mayor, have turned on each other. Mr Baudis's defence is simple: he is head of France's independent broadcasting watchdog and is known as a fierce opponent of pornography. What better way to ruin him than to show him up as a sado-masochist who abused his political power? As layer builds upon layer, the truth may never be known.
But the affair has national implications. Public fascination might slip into further cynicism towards the establishment and politicians, fostering just the mood that led to the surge of support for the far-right Jean-Marie Le Pen in last year's presidential election. The Toulouse affair is dangerous because it implicates judges and police: corruption, it seems, has no bounds. In March and June next year there are regional and European elections respectively. Mr Le Pen will be watching closely.


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Winter Arts Festival!
Original post made by M-A Thespian Society, Menlo-Atherton High School, on Feb 14, 2009
Date: February 21st and 22nd
What: Friday the 21st 6:30 to 9:30PM will be a cabaret night. Saturday the 22nd from 11AM to 4PM will include comedy sketches, art exhibits, choir performances, and much more!!!
Location: Menlo Atherton High School Rooms, C-16 & M-2
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton
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Do you have the right dates? Friday is Feb. 20. Do you mean Feb. 20 and 21? > Richard
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You think you may be pregnant. So when you head to the bathroom to pee on a stick, do you grab your video camera? More and more moms are filming their intimate pregnancy test moments and posting them on YouTube for any stranger that stumbles across their "OMG I'm pregnant" moment to watch.
Just search YouTube for "pregnancy test results" and you'll find plenty of plus signs and joyful crying for your viewing pleasure. Slate coined these videos the WombTube and selected five of their favorites to share that range from wacky to "why do I want to watch this?" to sweet.
Most of the pregnancy test takers post their videos long before the three-month mark — the time many experts agree is safe to share the news because the risk of miscarriage has declined significantly — and some even broadcast their results live! Many of the women have also been struggling with trying to conceive, and are now vlogging their tests online for all to see, hopefully garnering support.
Sure, breaking the news via your baby's first ultrasound pic on Facebook is cute, but do you really need to broadcast the personal moment of a pregnancy test to the world?
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When a young Vienna Music Conservatory student and aspiring composer accepts a job as a copyist for Ludwig von Beethoven, she soon finds her destiny forever interlinked with that of the legendary classical musician in director Agnieszka… More When a young Vienna Music Conservatory student and aspiring composer accepts a job as a copyist for Ludwig von Beethoven, she soon finds her destiny forever interlinked with that of the legendary classical musician in director Agnieszka Holland's romantic period drama. Beethoven (Ed Harris)'s "Ninth Symphony" is about to make its historical debut, but Beethoven's publisher Herr Schlemmer is dying of cancer. Now in desperate need of a copyist to complete the score, the ailing Schlemmer enlists the aid of ambitious student Anna Holz (Diane Kruger); who readily accepts the job despite an explicit warning that the composer is a callous wretch. As Anna begins the arduous process of copying Beethoven's career-defining work, her soul-stirring kindness causes the composer to view their collaboration as a blessing that will enable him to produce some of the most sublime music ever created. When Anna works up the courage to show Beethoven some of her own work, however, his thoughtless derision of the composition causes his sensitive assistant to abandon their current collaboration. Subsequently determined to flee Vienna and marry her devoted paramour Martin, Anna is quickly tracked down by Beethoven and forced to choose between love and duty. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Consensus: A pretentious historical drama that's ultimately a drag, despite Ed Harris' powerful performance.
The direction from Polish New Waver Agnieszka Holland feels more like she's testing a new camera than attempting to capture the nuances of the artistic process, and if we're to believe the script, then all great art derives 'from the gut'.
Full review…Someday someone will make a great movie about an immortal composer, but for now the best movie about any Beethoven I've ever seen stars a Saint Bernard.
Full review…Earnest but lackluster period biopic on the final days of the mentally tortured deaf composer Ludwig von Beethoven.
Full review…Beethoven turns out to be like every obnoxious self-absorbed creative type you've ever met
Full review…Always an intelligent presence on screen, Harris here embraces the challenge of showing us the man behind the wall of music.
Full review…Stuck between Kruger's blankness and Harris's overemoting, the film never finds a balance.
Full review…The movie is completely beguiling, and it delivers joy, the beautiful spark of the gods.
Full review…You may walk out of Copying Beethoven humming the movie. But that's not the same as singing its praises.
Full review…The once promising Polish director Agnieszka Holland ("Olivier, Olivier") stumbles with this muddled story about Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger), a 23-year-old composition student sent to 1824 Vienna to transcribe sheet music for the demanding and cruel Ludwig
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