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Comparing Luxury to Mainstream Cruise Costsby Paul Motter
You can actually choose either cruising experience for the exact same price.
With all of the obfuscation in luxury cruise pricing it is very hard to compare luxury cruise prices to mainstream lines where all of the ancillary costs are charged separately from the cruise fare. Most luxury cruise lines now include airfare, shore excursions, all beverages and gratuities in the cost of the cruise. If they do not specifically include these things, they generally offer thousands of dollars in onboard credit to cover those costs.
To provide a working comparison, we looked for identical length Caribbean cruise itineraries on a luxury and a mainstream cruise ship. Then we estimated how much a cruiser could spend on a mainstream cruise if he was given an unlimited spending account, similar to what people get on all-inclusive luxury cruises.Here is what we found; it is possible to spend the same amount of money on a mainstream cruise as it is to spend on a luxury cruise. But here is the difference - you will be getting the top of the line accommodations on the mainstream line, but the entry-level stateroom on the luxury ship. We looked at Regent Seven Seas Navigator sailing March 19, 2012 on a ten-day cruise to the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale. You can get the entry-level suite for $4995 per person, wait-listed. This window suite is 301 sq. ft. without a balcony. The cruise fare includes all gratuities, air fare (roundtrip), one-night pre-cruise stay at a luxury hotel, transfers, shore excursions and all beverages including a mini-bar in your stateroom stocked with beer, soda and bottled water. Then we looked at Celebrity Equinox, one of the more attractive, upscale but still mainstream cruise lines as far as price is concerned. The Celebrity Equinox sails a ten-day Caribbean cruise from Fort Lauderdale on March 16, 2012. One can book a sky suite for $2749 per person. The Sky Suite is 300 square feet with a 79 sq. ft. balcony. Since most ancillary costs are not included in the cruise fares on Celebrity, we have to assume that the person cruising would be willing to use as many of these services as they would if they were included in the cruise fare. This means they would have a pre-dinner cocktail and possibly two glasses of wine with dinner and an after dinner brandy. We also have to assume they would go on a shore tour in every port, as if they were included in the cruise, as well as book a one-night pre-cruise luxury hotel room. So here is what a person on an unlimited budget might spend on Celebrity Equinox; Celebrity Equinox Sky Suite cruise fare $2749, air fare $500, shore tours $720, transfers $20, beverages (ten days, water, soda & liquor) $350 ($35/day), $111 gratuities and $245 for seven special meals, $300 for a luxury hotel stay: total: $4995. That's right, in the end both cruises have identical prices; so let's look at the differences: On Regent Seven Seas Navigator one would be sailing on a smaller, luxury ship which means faster and more personalized service with more crew members per passenger. The restaurants are open seating with gourmet food provided by chefs from Le Cordon Bleu. For this reason we calculated seven dinners on Celebrity Equinox in the upscale alternative dining rooms which generally cost $35 per person per meal. Regent ships are extremely comfortable and accommodating, but they are definitely quiet by comparison to a mainstream or premium cruise ship that carries close to 3000 passengers. Celebrity Equinox offers far better stage shows, a bigger casino, more sports options, a bigger spa and fitness center and more onboard shopping. The nightclubs will be more active and there are more food options onboard. In the end, for the same price you can get the entry level suite on a luxury ship, Regent Seven Seas Navigator, or you could spend a lot more and get much nicer accommodations. Or you can get the second highest category of suite on Celebrity Equinox (the Sky Suite) and you can pay separately for all of the options not included in the cruise fare. Some people say they do not like all-inclusive pricing because they don't want all of the optional costs included in the cruise fare. The usual line is, "I don't want to supplement someone else's drinking." This comparison shows that you have to really splurge on Celebrity Equinox - drinking and touring at almost every opportunity - just to match what you are paying for on the luxury cruise ship. But by the same token, on a luxury ship you will get things you would never get on Celebrity Equinox such as complimentary caviar service in your stateroom, or small shore tours with top notch guides for just a handful of people. In the end we can draw two conclusions; (1) it is possible to have similar accommodations on a mainstream cruise ship as you can get on a luxury cruise, but the mainstream cruise line offers the option to economize and sail the same cruise for much less; and (2) that luxury cruise lines generally start where mainstream cruise lines leave off, meaning that the top mainstream accommodations are closer to the bottom tier on a luxury cruise ship.


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Let's face it, the evidence is hard on the case for life elsewhere in the universe. This, of course, doesn't mean that there is no life on another world. We couldn't ever make a statement like that. Science is better at finding things than at ruling things out. Or, as Carl Sagan used to say, "the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
"They" could be out there, for sure. But if they are, it's been hard to find them. And if they found us, they are being very discreet. Or just don't care. Either because their psychology is such that they don't have an interest in life elsewhere, or because they don't have a psychology to speak of. Amoeba-like ETs are much more likely than wise, spiritual creatures. But the silence kills, right? We want to know, either way.
Now we can be very excited about the new discovery from NASA's Kepler satellite team, a truly remarkable achievement. They've found not only a system of five planets orbiting a star with mass about half that of the sun but, and here is the punch line, with one of these planets,Kepler-186f, within the so-called "habitable zone" of the star.
The habitable zone of a planetary system is the band within which, if a planet belongs there and if it has water and if its atmosphere allows, the water will be liquid on the surface. And liquid water is, at least as we understand it, essential for life. (I wrote about this last week.) So, the discovery of Kepler-186f is a proof of concept: we now know that there are Earth-like planets within the habitable zones of other stars. This is huge.
Kepler-186f is the closest we've come to finding a terrestrial planet that is a cousin of our own: similar mass, radius and with the possibility of liquid water. The system is 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. This means that what we see now is what the system looked like 500 years ago. The skies are a huge time machine.
Interesting to think that if they been watching us from close up, they'd see large galleons crossing oceans and, if they could find out about our (Western) culture, they'd see people that believed the Earth stood still in the center of the cosmos. Five hundred years ago, the thought of searching for life on another planet would probably take you to the stake. Now we are pursuing it. Kepler, who wrote one of the first — if not the first — sci-fi tale of extraterrestrial life, his Somnium, from 1629, would be very proud.


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This omnibus presentation is an adroit collection of 20 short films, each five minutes in length, made by 10 internationally renowned filmmakers plus ten up-and-coming auteurs to commemorate the 100th anniversary and to highlight the uniqueness of Taiwan. Initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, the result is a series of scintillating journeys through exuberant landscapes–by train, bus and on foot–painting a comprehensive portrait of the post-New Wave(s) filmmaking milieu.
With varied approaches to form and aesthetic (ranging from arte povera to meditative mood pieces, vérité to genre-bending exercises), the omnibus is a palette of contrasts: between the shimmering warm light awash in mountain mist and the cool neon gleam off the alleyways in the city nights, the sumptuousness of '60s glamour and trepid war-torn mise-en-scènes, restrained black-and-white and luscious colour. It is a bridge between the old and new: young director Hou Chi-jan's Green Island Serenade recreates a historical studio recording session by a famed Chinese singer; prolific filmmaker Wang Toon nods to both Edward Yang and the encroachment of 3D cinema culture in a story about a visit to a shrine; Hou Hsiao-Hsien's La Belle Epoque, with Shu Qi, could almost be an epilogue to Vicky's story from Millennium Mambo (2001). Ranging from thriller to silent cinema to dark comedy, what transpires is a dynamic crossroad between powerful personal histories and multifaceted identities
Directors: Wang Toon (The Ritual); Shen Ko-shang (Bus Odyssey); Chu Yen-ping (The Orphans); Ho Wi-ding (100); Wu Nieh-jen (A Grocery Called Forever); Wang Shaudi (Destined Eruption); Chen Kuo-fu (The Debut); Hou Chi-jan (Green Island Serenade); Wei Te-Sheng (Debut); Chen Yu-Hsun sorry (Hippocamp Hair Salon); Chang Tso-chi (Sparkles); Leon Dai (Key); Cheng Wen-tang (Old Man & Me); Sylvia Chang (The Dusk Of The Gods); Cheng Yu-chieh (Unwritten Rules); Chung Mong-hung (Reverberation); Yang Ya-che (The Singing Boy); Hsiao Ya-chuan (Something's Gotta Give); Arvin Chen (Lane 256); Hou Hsiao-hsien (La Belle Epoque)
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IRS recently came out with new rules regarding how taxpayers must elect to group passive and active business and rental activities together. Grouping a passive activity with an active one can help taxpayers avoid the dreaded "material participation rules" – designed to blur your eyes and make you sleepy and irritable. Oddly, the passive activity rules upon which this new required grouping election is based were enacted back in 1987 with the infamous Tax Reform Act. Um…that was 25 years ago.
Importantly, for tax years 2011 and forward, the new guidance from IRS makes it necessary for all business owners with more than one "activity" to consider whether and how to apply these rules to their undertakings. Here is an overview of how the rules work:
- You can group rental or other passive activities with trade or business activities where one is insubstantial to the other and if they constitute an "appropriate economic unit." This involves analyzing factors identified in Regulation 1.469-4: similarities and differences among the business activities, extent of common ownership, geographic location, and interdependence. (However, you cannot group rental real estate activities with personal property rental activities.) Example: a manufacturing S corporation produces waste metals that can be recycled or sold for scrap. For business reasons, the corporation's owners form a separate S corporation to handle the recycled material, either selling it or ensuring its proper disposal. The recycling company's revenues are miniscule compared to the manufacturing company, and it tends to generate losses. The owners don't spend much time managing the recycling company, but if they elect to group the two companies together, they can treat the recycling company as active, never again worrying about the passive activity rules.
- You can group a rental activity with a trade or business activity if the rental is to the business, and all the owners have the same ownership percentages in each entity. Example: an LLC owns a building, rented out to a printing company, also an LLC. The owners of the printing company own the rental LLC in the same proportions as their ownership in the printing company. Each individual owner can decide whether or not to group the two activities together, which results in converting LLC rental losses and income to active status, and avoids suspended rental losses where the owner's incomes are too high to take advantage of the losses.
- You can't change or revoke your grouping election unless there is a material change in the underlying facts, or unless the original grouping was clearly erroneous. You can, however, add to the group.
- If you don't decide which activities to group for 2011 by attaching the required statement, IRS will take the position that nothing has been grouped (but you may carry on with prior groupings and are not required to disclose prior groupings to IRS.) Grouping elections can be made in future years, but they cannot be retroactive. Groupings made prior to 2011 will not be disturbed, so long as the taxpayer consistently maintains the grouping.
- You must disclose to IRS, by attaching the required statement from Rev. Proc. 2010-13 all: new groupings for 2011; additions to prior groupings; changes to ANY groupings. You do not have to disclose grouping elections made prior to 2011.
- Grouping elections can be made first at the entity level and then at the individual level, but an owner in an S corporation or partnership cannot un-group an activity that has already been grouped at the entity level.
Generally, there is no good reason to group rental activities together into one passive group. Doing so would mean that passive activity losses would remain suspended until each property in the group is finally sold.
Unfortunately, there is neither a bright line test, nor a safe harbor, to help taxpayers determine which activities can be grouped. So, it's a good idea to carefully review the rules with your CPA firm to evaluate the best course of action.


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ora_explain.pl - Visualise Oracle query plans
$ ora_explain.pl [ [ user/password@database ] sql script ]
Explain is a GUI-based tool that enables easier visualisation of Oracle Query plans. A query plan is the access path that Oracle will use to satisfy a SQL query. The Oracle query optimiser is responsible for deciding on the optimal path to use. Needless to say, understanding such plans requires a fairly sophisticated knowledge of Oracle architecture and internals.
Explain allows a user to interactively edit a SQL statement and view the resulting query plan with the click of a single button. The effects of modifying the SQL or of adding hints can be rapidly established.
Explain allows the user to capture all the SQL currently cached by Oracle. The SQL capture can be filtered and sorted by different criterea, e.g. all SQL matching a pattern, order by number of executions etc.
Explain is written using Perl, DBI/DBD::Oracle and Tk.
Oracle 7 or Oracle 8, with SQL*Net if appropriate
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DBD::Oracle 0.54 or later
Tk 800.011 or later
Tk::Pod 3.15 or later
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Type "ora_explain.pl" at the shell prompt. A window will appear with a menu bar and three frames, labelled "Query Plan", "Query Step Details" and "SQL Editor". At the bottom of the window are three buttons labelled "Explain", "Clear" and "SQL Cache". A login dialog will also appear, into which you should enter the database username, password and database instance name (SID). The parameters you enter are passed to the DBI->connect() method, so if you have any problems refer to the DBI and DBD::Oracle documentation.
Optionally you may supply up to two command-line arguments. If the first argument is of the form username/password@database, explain will use this to log in to Oracle, otherwise if it is a filename it will be loaded into the SQL editor. If two arguments are supplied, the second one will be assumed to be a filename.
explain scott/tiger@DEMO query.sql
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Explain functionality
The menu bar has two pulldown menus, "File" and "Help". "File" allows you to login to Oracle, Change the current schema, Capture the contents of the Oracle SQL cache, Load SQL from files, Save SQL to files and to Exit the program. "Help" allows you to view release information and read this documentation.
The "SQL Editor" frame allows the editing of a SQL statement. This should be just a single statement - multiple statements are not allowed. Refer to the documentation for the Tk text widget for a description of the editing keys available. Text may be loaded and saved by using the "File" pulldown menu.
Once you have entered a SQL statement, the "Explain" button at the bottom of the window will generate the query plan for the statement. A tree representation of the plan will appear in the "Query Plan" frame. Individual "legs" of the plan may be expanded and collapsed by clicking on the "+' and "-" boxes on the plan tree. The tree is drawn so that the "innermost" or "first" query steps are indented most deeply. The connecting lines show the "parent-child" relationships between the query steps. For a comprehensive explanation of the meaning of query plans you should refer to the relevant Oracle documentation. The "Clear" button will empty the editor & query plan tree panes.
Single-clicking on a plan step in the Query Plan pane will display more detailed information on that query step in the Query Step Details frame. This information includes Oracle's estimates of cost, cardinality and bytes returned. The exact information displayed depends on the Oracle version. Again, for detailed information on the meaning of these fields, refer to the Oracle documentation.
Double-clicking on a plan step that refers to either a table or an index will pop up a dialog box showing the definition of the table or index in a format similar to that of the SQL*Plus 'desc' command.
The dialog that appears has a button labelled 'Index'. Clicking on this will expand the table dialog to show all the indexes defined on the table. Each column represents an index, and the figures define the order that the table columns appears in the index. To find out the name of an index, position the mouse over the index column. A single click will display the definition of the index in a separate dialog.
Right-clicking on a plan step that refers to a table will pop up a menu showing a list of the indexes available for the table. Selecting an index will display its definition in a dialog box.
Capture SQL Cache functionality
The explain window has an option on the "File" menu labelled "SQL Cache ...", as well as a button with the same function. Selecting this will popup a new top-level window containing a menu bar and three frames, labelled "SQL Cache", "SQL Statement Statistics" and "SQL Selection Criteria". At the bottom of the window are three buttons labelled "Capture SQL", "Explain" and "Close".
The menu bar has two pulldown menus "File" and "Help". "File" allows you to Save the contents of the SQL Cache pane to a file, copy the selected SQL statement to the Explain window and Close the Grab window.
The "SQL Cache" frame shows the statements currently in the Oracle SQL cache. As you move the cursor over this window, each SQL statement will be highlighted with an outline box. Single-clicking on a statement in the SQL Cache pane will highlight the statement in green and display more detailed information on that statement in the SQL Statement Statistics frame.
If you want to save the entire contents of the SQL Cache pane, you can do this from the "File" menu.
The "SQL Selection Criteria" frame allows you to specify which SQL statements you are interested in, and how you want them sorted. The pattern used to select statements is a normal perl regexp. Once you have defined the selection criteria, clicking the "Capture SQL" button will read all the matching statements from the SQL cache and display them in the top frame.
Double-clicking on a statement in the "SQL Cache" pane, selecting "Explain" from the "File" menu or clicking the "Explain" button will copy the currently highlighted statement in the "SQL Cache" pane to the SQL editor in the Explain window, so that the query plan for the statement can be examined. Note also that the current schema will be changed to that of the user who first executed the captured statement.
This tool assumes that you already know how to interpret Oracle query plans. If need an explanation of the information displayed by this tool, you should refer to the appropriate Oracle documentation. Information can be found in the "Concepts" and "Oracle Tuning" manuals - look for "Query plan" and "Explain plan". Two other useful sources of information are:
Oracle Performance Tuning, 2nd ed.
Mark Gurry and Peter Corrigan
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Advanced Oracle Tuning and Administration
Eyal Aronoff, Kevin Loney and Noorali Sonawalla
Oracle Press (Osborne)
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The CRIIGEN is a unique international group of experts with an interdisciplinary approach to the benefits and risks of genetic engineering and xenobiotics (e.g. pesticides and endocrine disrupters), as well as to alternative approaches for industry and regulators in order to ensure the better protection of public health. Independently of biotechnology companies, CRIIGEN conducts scientific studies, assessments and counter-assessments in order to better understand and analyse the risks attached to biotechnologies and the products thereof. Its role is at the same time to expose the inadequacies of our current assessment system â mainly in relation to public health â which makes it possible for dangerous products to continue to remain unjustifiably on the market.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. - Kevin Kolb got the best of his former team. Michael Vick might be wishing he was still in Philadelphia the way the Arizona Cardinals battered him around. Kolb threw for 222 yards and two touchdowns, James Sanders returned one of Vick's two first-half fumbles 93 yards for a touchdown and the Cardinals ran over the Eagles 27-6 on Sunday for their best start in 38 years.
Kolb was sharp, hitting 17 of 24 passes, and Arizona (3-0) sacked Vick five times for its best start since 1974, more than a dozen years before the team moved to the desert. The Cardinals also have won seven straight home games, the second-longest streak in franchise history.
Larry Fitzgerald was the guest conductor for the fall opening of the Phoenix Symphony on Thursday and kept the high notes going against the Eagles, catching nine passes for 114 yards and a touchdown while becoming the youngest player to reach 700 receptions.
Philadelphia (2-1) became the first NFL team to open a season with two one-point wins. The Eagles didn't give themselves a chance to rally for another victory, picked apart by the quarterback they cast away and hounded by Arizona's attacking defense.
The NFL's best offense the first two games, the Eagles had three turnovers, running their season total to 12, and labored all day against the scrappy Cardinals.
After three years of waiting behind Donovan McNabb, Kolb was pushed aside when Vick made his triumphant return to the NFL. Even after being traded to Arizona and landing a huge contract extension, Kolb still had to fight for recognition. He lost a tight preseason battle with Skelton, but came off the bench in the opener against Seattle when Skelton sprained his right ankle.
Kolb took the Cardinals on the winning drive and was steady enough last week to lead them to one of their biggest road victories in recent years, 20-18 over the New England Patriots. Skelton returned to practice late this week, but was limited and ended up watching Sunday's game in street clothes.
Kolb, who missed last year's win over the Eagles with a foot injury, made the most of his opportunity, carving up Philadelphia's secondary with crisp passes. He completed all three of his throws on Arizona's opening drive to set up Jay Feely's 16th straight field goal, from 47 yards.
After the Cardinals recovered a fumble by Eagles punt returner Damaris Johnson, Kolb threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Michael Floyd, who made his first NFL catch a memorable one by juggling the ball through two Philadelphia defenders.
Kolb kept clicking in the second quarter, throwing a 37-yard touchdown pass to Fitzgerald that put the Cardinals up 17-0. Arizona's offense bogged down in the second half — 28 yards in the third quarter — but ground the game away with a time-consuming, 13-play drive in the fourth quarter that resulted in a 27-yard field goal by Feely for a 27-6 lead.
Vick, on the other hand, spent most of his day being chased or knocked down. The Cardinals hit him hard twice on Philadelphia's first series and linebacker Sam Acho caused him to fumble with a hit early in the second quarter to end a drive into Arizona's end of the field.
Vick finally got the Eagles going late in the first half, only to have it end in disaster. Forced to throw it away on two plays from Arizona's 1-yard line, he was blindsided by Kerry Rhodes on third down and fumbled. Sanders scooped it up and raced up the sideline, picking up a couple of blockers along the way to a 93-yard fumble return for a touchdown that put Arizona up 24-0 at halftime.
The Eagles put up some yards in the second half, just not many points. Philadelphia opened the third quarter with two solid drives, but settled for a pair of field goals by Alex Henery and never threatened Arizona's lead.
Vick had 217 yards on 17-of-37 passing after entering the game second in the NFL with 688 yards.
Fitzgerald needed two catches to reach 700 and took care of it quickly, hitting the mark on a 4-yard pass from Kolb in the first quarter. He reached the milestone in 29 years and 23 days, eclipsing Dallas tight end Jason Witten, who hit the mark last week at 30 years and 133 days.


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CLAY TWP — Two Butler County men are accused in a brass knuckle beating that left another man with a broken jaw.
State police arrested Robert M. Codispot Jr., 29, of Clay Township and Joshua A. Fajohn, 28, of West Liberty on felony assault and other charges stemming from the Friday morning altercation at Codispot's home on Muddy Creek Drive.
Both defendants are free on $30,000 bail each.
Police said they spoke to the victim, Justin Angerett, about 7 a.m. at Butler Memorial Hospital where he went for treatment of injuries following the suspected assault.
He told investigators that the alleged beating was connected to another incident earlier that morning, which state police also investigated, according to court documents.
Angerett recounted that he was driving a friend's vehicle in which Codispot was a passenger "because he was intoxicated," a police affidavit said.
Police, he said, pulled him over and subsequently searched the vehicle, turning up pain pills.
During the stop, documents said, the alleged victim told police that the pills they found belonged to Codispot.
Preliminary hearings are set for April 24.
A full story appears in the Butler Eagle.


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The Story of Newton Forrest Cornerstone
The history of Newton Forrest and the Cornerstone vineyard, outstanding small production wines made only the best vintages, made in the true ANZAC spirit.
Newton Forrest, Cornerstone Vineyard
Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay; established in 1988 is highly successful and enduring partnership and friendship between Australian born Mr Robert Newton, viticulturist and his wife Dinah and Dr John Forrest, winemaker and Dr Brigid Forrest of Forrest wines. In the true ANZAC tradition, that bonds Australia and New Zealand, they together have forged a triumphant vineyard and wine in the harshest of environments.
Gimblett Gravels:
Gimblett Gravels special viticultural region, now protected in law for premium viticulture, is an 800 hectare terroir arising out of the abandoned coarse of the Ngaruroro River; in which towards the western stoniest end , Cornerstone Vineyard 70 acres lies. Here within the ancient riverbed stones and gravels the vines struggle to survive and produce only a few bunches of grapes with exceptionally small berries; deeply coloured with intense flavour and superbly ripe mouth filling tannins. Dream terroir for world class Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and now also Syrah.
Cornerstone Vineyards original plantings date back to 1990 and consist of small plots of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Syrah. Several clones and rootstock combinations have been strategically used to enhance the blending options for the final wine. In the harsh Gimblett Gravels environment viticultural impact is minimal with little need for leaf removal, trimming or crop thinning. Cornerstone Vineyard was a founding member of New Zealand Winegrowers "Sustainable Viticulture Scheme" whose cornerstone philosophy is the aim of minimal inputs using natural and or renewal resources that are sustainable for the long term health of the vineyard and environment. Harvest occurs from late March to mid April dependent on variety and vintage conditions. Grapes are hand selected on the vine to ensure only the ripest and disease free fruit is picked, then quickly taken to the winery for the first phases of winemaking to begin.
Small parcels of selected fruit off Cornerstone Vineyard are received in the winery for immediate destemming, without crushing and placed in small 3 ton open fermentors for a period of aqueous pre-soak extraction prior to the initiation of both spontaneous and cultured yeast fermentation. The fermentation process averages 4-5 days, reaching a peak temperature of 32 -34 Celsius with 6 hourly hand plunging of the cap to ensure a soft but maximum extraction of both color and tannins. Post fermentation, alcoholic extraction takes place within the same small fermentors for 7 – 21 days dependent on taste. After which the fermented grapes are pressed off, wine run off to barrel for secondary malolactic fermentation and barrel maturation. Maturation lasting 15 – 24 months dependent on quality of the vintage and determined by taste. Overall it's a very natural process which is very much "hands on" determined by the skills and experience Viticulturist Bob Newton and Winemaker Dr John Forrest have for their terroir.
Bob Newton John Forrest
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I just upgraded my AOS4.1FE on my PPC A1200.
the installation went smoothly well
also the reboot.
but now if I try to start odyssey, the amiga resets
same with OWB
If I start netsurfer, the amiga freezes
I had also other freeezes with other programs.
what's that?
any idea?
well, I can reinstall AOS4.1FE again, I have the cd, but shouldn't an upgrade be for the better?


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PowerbyProxi's wireless recharge system gains interest from media and potential customers.
, which develops wireless charging systems for industrial and consumer electronics applications, says its technology is attracting strong interest at a major trade show in China this week.
Speaking from the China Hi-Tech Fair, in Shenzhen, executive chairman Greg Cross said the Auckland-based company's rechargeable battery system for devices such as remotes, cameras and video game controllers had received a lot of attention from the media and potential customers.
It even featured on television, which has an estimated audience of 1.3 billion people, Cross said. "We can't buy that sort of exposure - it's fantastic."
PowerbyProxi, which uses a process called magnetic induction, says its rechargeable battery system includes the world's smallest wireless power receivers, which are integrated directly into a device with the existing shape of AA batteries, meaning they work with any product that uses such batteries.
When a device runs low on power, it is put in the charging unit. "Keeping devices like TV remotes, cameras and video game controllers charged through their lifespan usually requires buying dozens of batteries," said Cross. "We offer a convenient alternative with the added environmental benefit that fewer toxic materials end up in landfills."
He said PowerbyProxi had launched technology aimed at the consumer electronics market earlier this year, including charging systems for smartphones and tablet computers.
"Some of the key manufacturers and the key customers for us are here in China."
The company was making inroads in consumer electronics and could be commercialised in that area in the next year.
"There was a big wireless power show in Shanghai about six weeks ago and we debuted our technology in the Chinese market there and got very positive engagement in it with a number of big companies and [the Shenzhen fair] has been another fantastic opportunity to extend our reach."
The company, founded by Cross and Fady Mishriki, was spun out of the University of Auckland five years ago.
Cross said over the past four years PowerbyProxi had focused on creating industrial applications for its technology, mostly in the North American and European markets.
"We've built over 50 products for some 30 customers in a wide range of industrial applications, doing things like providing mission-critical components for wind turbines."


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Jeff Beck on Rod Stewart: 'He Never Calls'
Even rock stars sometimes find themselves waiting for the phone to ring. "He never calls," groused guitarist Jeff Beck about his erstwhile band mate Rod Stewart in a backstage interview.
It's the 45th anniversary of "Truth," the debut album by the Jeff Beck Group, which featured Stewart on vocals (and Ronnie Wood on bass). That would seem as good a reason as any for a reunion between the guitarist and singer, two godfathers of British blues rock. But Beck speculates that soccer (among other distractions) keep Stewart from focusing on a new joint project: "Get rid of them and we'll have an album."
The outlook seemed more promising four years ago after a concert by Beck in Los Angeles, where Stewart joined him on stage to sing the Impressions' "People Get Ready," which the two men cut as a single back in the 1980s. But any future duets hinge on finding some fresh material they can both agree on. "I'm the one doing all the looking," Beck said, suggesting Stewart put in some research time on Spotify.
Through a representative, Stewart's management declined to comment.
Beck is finishing up a concert tour with Brian Wilson, while Stewart is currently on tour in support of his latest album, "Time."
Watch a video interview with Beck.


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The Sole F80 is described as the best treadmill at it's price range and Sole have surpassed it with this F83. They've taken all of the best features and improved on the parts that matter. You have a 2 inch longer running surface. The unit has reinforced framework and so the F83 can take a user capacity of 375 lbs. Plus there's more:
- Starts from a gentle 0.05 mph and rises to a challenging 12 mph
- The running surface is longer and just as stable and secure for confident running
- Built in cooling fans, mp3 station and water bottle holder
- Quality durable materials and construction for long lasting use with a long warranty
Sole F83 Treadmill review
The Sole F83 is like the folding version of the treadmills that you can find in the fitness rooms of hotels of the Hilton Group which uses only Sole treadmills. Many features of treadmills you find in fitness rooms and centers across America are incorporated in the F83. Being capable of folding it's ideal for use in the home or anywhere space is at a premium.
The F83 treadmill comes with 6 workout programs from fat burning to peak and valley, hill work. Of course you can always just set your own speed and incline and change the settings as you go for a manual run without using the workout programs. The incline goes up to 15% and is electronically powered at the touch of a button or automatic with the hill program.
The extras you'd find on a commercial treadmill are included here. There are cooling fans to blow a gentle breeze on you during your workout. There's an mp3 station to have your own choice of motivating music while you workout. The F83 features a whisper quiet smooth running deck so you'll have no problem hearing it. There's a water bottle holder conveniently positioned for easy access while you run.
There's a heart rate chest strap included with the treadmill that gives 99% accuracy on your heart rate which can be viewed as a moving graph on the clear matrix display. You can also run to a predetermined heart rate where the treadmill will automatically adjusts the incline to keep your heart rate at the desired level. This is an exceptional feature for those who want to get the most from their runs for maximum health and fitness at any age.
The Sole F83 treadmill is built using the highest grade steels and manufacturing processes and you should get years of use from it. The motor is large and even the rollers are larger so less rotations occur which further extends the life of the treadmill. A great asset is the warranty which offers a fantastic level of protection in that you have 2 years of in home labor as well as parts. Overall the F83 is a well featured, sturdily built, popular treadmill that we're sure you'll enjoy.


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Two Connecticut residents have been subpoenaed to appear before a Massachusetts grand jury investigating former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez's possible role in a July 2012 double homicide in Boston.
An arrest warrant was issued for one after he did not show up to a hearing in Hartford Superior Court Tuesday. The other unsuccessfully argued in court that he should not be ordered to appear.
Authorities have not been able to locate Alexander Bradley, an East Hartford man who filed a lawsuit that alleges Hernandez shot him in the eye last February. He did not attend a hearing Tuesday scheduled for him to show cause that he should not be required to comply with the subpoena.
Hartford Superior Court Judge Joan K. Alexander ordered his arrest and set bail at $500,000 after Inspector John Betz testified that he in the past week made repeated attempts to serve Bradley a subpoena in person.
Bradley previously testified before the Bristol County Massachusetts grand jury investigating the June 17 death of Odin Lloyd because authorities were interested in "similarities" between Lloyd's death and the incident in Florida that left Bradley without vision in one eye. Hernandez, who is from Bristol Connecticut, has been accused of murder in Lloyd's death.
A source said Suffolk County authorities are interested in hearing from Bradley because they believe he may have knowledge of the drive-by shooting that killed two men in Boston last summer. Hernandez has been a target of the probe since police in June found a car, rented in his name, that matched the description of the vehicle authorities sought in that case.
John Andrew Alcorn was also ordered to appear before the grand jury investigating the double homicide in Boston. While it is unclear what the grand jury will ask Alcorn, multiple law enforcement sources say investigators believe Alcorn may have information about a .38 caliber pistol seized after a June multi-vehicle crash in Springfield.
Alexander was not swayed by arguments from Alcorn's lawyer that the state should require more information about why Massachusetts authorities wanted to speak to his client. She said he was a "necessary and material witness" for the grand jury investigation and ordered him to appear in Suffolk County Superior Court Thursday at 9 a.m.
Alcorn is related to Thaddeus "T.L." Singleton, who was of interest to Massachusetts authorities, but killed in a late-June car crash in Farmington before investigators reached him. Singleton was married to Hernandez's cousin, Tanya Cummings-Singleton, who was indicted for criminal contempt after she refused to testify before the grand jury investigating the Lloyd homicide.
Alcorn and Singleton previously shared multiple addresses, including the Singleton family home at 275 Sonstrom Road in Bristol.
Singleton more recently lived with Cummings-Singleton and other relatives of Hernandez at 114 Lake Ave., the Bristol home at which police found the gray/silver Toyota SUV that matched the description of the car sought in the Boston shooting.
A law enforcement source said the car, which Boston authorities seized in June, had been parked in the garage for about a year. Authorities also have surveillance footage that shows Hernandez was at the same nightclub as the victims hours before the shooting.
Prosecutors have not filed charges in the Boston double homicide, nor have Palm Beach County authorities investigating the Florida shooting that injured Bradley in February. Hernandez has been held without bail since his June 26 murder arrest, and is next scheduled to appear in Fall River Superior Court for an Oct. 9 hearing.


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Most Americans still view President Obama's health-care overhaul unfavorably but a majority wants to keep the Affordable Care Act in place -- as long as Congress keeps working to improve it.
That's what a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation turned up on Wednesday, as 47% of those surveyed had an unfavorable view of the law while 35% said they favored it. The rest had no opinion or refused to respond. The gap has closed slightly since the foundation last asked in November, when the ratio was 49% against and 33% in favor.
Yet 56% of those surveyed want to keep the law in place, though 8% prefer it as is. The other 48% want Congress to work on improving it, 12% call for repeal and replace with a Republican alternative and 19% just want it repealed. The rest don't know, refused to answer or preferred another option.
Not surprisingly, the vast majority of Democrats, 83%, want to keep the law in some form while 8% want it repealed. What may be surprising is the ratio of Republicans calling for repeal isn't exactly an exact opposite to that of Democrats, with 62% calling for repeal and 23% wanting it kept. (See chart above.)
The foundation's survey took a look at public sentiment toward the law as well as how consumers want to be covered. One other interesting finding is that while the majority of consumers overall prefer costlier plans that offer broader access to doctors and hospitals, those who are uninsured prefer thriftier coverage with narrower choices.
A total of 54% of those who are uninsured or purchase their own coverage -- those most likely to use Obamacare -- prefer the cheaper option, the Kaiser study says. Almost the same proportion of those who have employer-sponsored insurance, 55%, want the broader options.
The study also finds that despite government reports to the contrary, consumers believe health-care costs have been rising faster in recent years than ever before. They blame high hospital costs, fraud and waste in the system, general inflation and drug makers and insurers "making too much money."
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I read this artice: Physicists Prove Einstein Wrong with Observation of Instantaneous Velocity in Brownian Particles
"We've now observed the instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle," says Raizen. "In some sense, we're closing a door on this problem in physics. But we are actually opening a much larger door for future tests of the equipartition theorem at the quantum level."
- What did Einstein propose and what did they actually prove?
- What door does this experiment open?


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In the Jetpack plugin, the subscriptions module can be included in your blog by following these instructions:
To use the Subscriptions widget, go to Appearance → Widgets. Drag the widget labeled "Blog Subscriptions (Jetpack)" into one of your sidebars and configure away.
I am interested in including the subscriptions form on a Page within my site, in the main section of the page. Is there some sort of shortcode or other way that I can easily include the subscriptions form within my page content? Or to do this, would I need to define a new sidebar, put the subscriptions widget in the sidebar, and them make a custom template that includes this new sidebar within this page (quite a cumbersome exercise)?


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BP and the Coast Guard are not doing an acceptable job of containing and cleaning up the oil. Do you know that the local mayors and our governor have, for the last 3 weeks, begged for permission to start dredging and building levees outside of the marshes so that the oil could be contained.
Marsh grasses are porous and cannot be cleaned where as sand can. They needed a permit from the Corp who in return needed to do a study to see if that was going to hurt the environment in the future. Can you believe that! While the "study" was going on, the oil has reached our marsh and has killed all the wildlife there as well as the marsh grass itself. The cane will die and just fall off into the water, eliminating even more wetlands.
There just doesn't seem to be any urgency in the containment and clean up. Will that change when the oil gets caught in the loop current and heads up the east coast?


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Proposed Rule:
|14. Margin related to security futures products written, purchased or sold in customer accounts required and on deposit with a clearing agency registered with the Commission under section 17A of the Act (15 U.S.C. 17A) or a derivatives clearing organization registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under section 5b of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 5b). (See Note G)
|Total Credits
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|15. Excess of total credits (sum of items 1-9) over total debits (sum of items 10-14) required to be on deposit in the "Reserve Bank Account"(§ 240.15c3-3(e)). If the computation is made monthly as permitted by this section, the deposit shall be not less than 105 percent of the excess of total credits over total debits
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Note B. Item 2 shall include the amount of options-related or security futures product-related Letters of Credit obtained by a member of a registered clearing agency or a derivatives clearing organization which are collateralized by customers' securities, to the extent of the member's margin requirement at the registered clearing agency or derivatives clearing organization.
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Note G. (a) Item 14 shall include the amount of margin required and on deposit with a clearing agency registered with the Commission under section 17A of the Act (15 U.S.C. 17q-1) or a derivatives clearing organization registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under section 5b of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 5b) for customer accounts to the extent that the margin is represented by cash, proprietary qualified securities, and letters of credit collateralized by customers' securities.
(b) Item 14 shall apply only if:
(1) The registered clearing agency or derivatives clearing organization maintains:
(i) The highest investment-grade rating from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization; or
(ii) Security deposits from clearing members in connection with regulated options or futures transactions of at least $500 million and retains assessment power over member firms of at least $1.5 billion; and
(2) The registered clearing agency or derivatives clearing organization deposits customer margin in a bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(6)) in an account designated as a "Special Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Securities Customers." The bank must acknowledge in writing that the customer margin on deposit is not subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of any kind in favor of the bank or any person claiming through the bank; and
(3) The registered clearing agency or derivatives clearing organization establishes, documents, and maintains:
(i) Safeguards in the handling, transfer and delivery of cash and securities;
(ii) Provisions for fidelity bond coverage of the employees and agents of the registered clearing organization or derivatives clearing organization or other subsidiary organization; and
(iii) Provisions for periodic examination by independent public accountants; and
(iv) The derivatives clearing organization, if it is not otherwise registered with the Commission, has provided the following undertaking to the Commission:
With respect to the clearance and settlement of the customer security futures products of [BD], the undersigned hereby undertakes to permit representatives or designees of the Securities and Exchange Commission to examine it for compliance with the requirements set forth in Rule 15c3-3a, Note G. (b)(1) through (3) at any time or from time to time during business hours, and promptly to furnish to the Commission or its designees all information that the Commission reasonably deems necessary to determine that compliance.
By the Commission.
Margaret H. McFarland
Deputy Secretary
Date: September 12, 2002
1 17 CFR 240.15c3-3a.
2 Pub. L. No. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763 (2000).
3 The term "security futures product" includes both a security future and any option or privilege on a security future. CEA section 1a(32) (7 U.S.C. 1a(32)) and Exchange Act section 3(a)(56) (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(56)).
4 Exchange Act sections 3(a)(10) and (11) (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(10) and (11)).
5 Exchange Act Release No. 46473 (Sept. 9, 2002).
6 15 U.S.C. 78aaa et seq.
7 See 17 CFR 240.15c3-3(a)(1) (definition of "customer").
8 Exchange Act section 15(c)(3) (15 U.S.C. 78o(c)(3)).
9 Exchange Act Release No. 9856 (Nov. 10 1972), 37 FR 25224; 17 CFR 240.15c3-3(e).
10 17 CFR 240.15c3-3(e)(1) and (2).
11 17 CFR 240.15c3-3(e)(2).
12 Id.
13 Exchange Act Release No. 9856 (Nov. 10, 1972), 37 FR 25224.
14 Id. SIPC may advance money from the SIPC fund to satisfy claims of customers of a failed broker-dealer, subject to certain limitations, under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970. 15 U.S.C. 78fff-3.
15 A clearing and carrying broker-dealer is an entity that may hold customer funds or securities under Exchange Act Rule 15c3-1(a)(2)(i) (17 CFR 240.15c3-1(a)(2)(i)).
16 CEA section 1a(9) (7 U.S.C. 1a(9)). The term "derivatives clearing organization" means a clearinghouse, clearing association, clearing corporation, or similar entity, facility, system, or organization that, with respect to an agreement, contract, or transaction --
(i) enables each party to the agreement, contract, or transaction to substitute, through novation or otherwise, the credit of the derivatives clearing organization for the credit of the parties;
(ii) arranges or provides, on a multilateral basis, for the settlement or netting of obligations resulting from such agreements, contracts, or transactions executed by participants in the derivatives clearing organization; or
(iii) otherwise provides clearing services or arrangements that mutualize or transfer among participants in the derivatives clearing organization the credit risk arising from such agreements, contracts, or transactions executed by the participants.
17 CEA section 7a-1(a), (b) and (c) (7 U.S.C. 7a-1(a), (b) and (c)).
18 Exchange Act section 17A(b)(7)(A) (15 U.S.C 78q-1(b)(7)(A)).
19 CEA section 7a-1(a)(2) (7 U.S.C. 7a-1(a)(2)).
20 Exchange Act Release No. 46292 (Aug. 1, 2002), 67 FR 53145.
21 The proposed changes would provide customer SFP margin required and on deposit at a Clearing Agency or DCO with similar debit treatment under the Reserve Formula as customer options margin required and on deposit with The Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"). To receive debit treatment under the Reserve Formula, the collateral posted at a Clearing Agency or DCO as customer SFP margin must be the same type of collateral posted at OCC as customer options margin.
22 17 CFR 240.15c3-3, Item 1.
23 17 CFR 240.15c3-3a, Item 13, Note F.
24 17 CFR 240.15c3-3a, Item 2, Note B.
26 These estimates are identical to those set forth in Exchange Act Release No. 46473 (Sept. 9, 2002).
27 Exchange Act sections 3(a)(10) and (11) (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(10) and (11)).
28 Security Industry Association's ("SIA") Report on Management and Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2001, Tables 157 and 158. According to Table 157, the hourly cost of a programmer is approximately $46.78 and the hourly cost of a senior programmer is approximately $71.25. These hourly wage costs, and all other hourly wage costs in this document, include a 35% increase above the SIA wage figures to account for overhead costs. The staff estimates that a programmer would spend approximately 4 hours to modify software to meet the requirements of proposed Note B and Items 14 and 15. Further, the Staff estimates that a senior programmer would spend approximately 1 hour on the project. Total cost: ((4 hours x $46.78 per hour x 98 broker-dealers) + (1 hour x $71.25 per hour x 98 broker-dealers)) = $25,320.36.
29 SIA's Report on Management and Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2001, Table 119.
30 SIA's Report on Management and Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2001, Tables 107 and 110. According to Table 107, the hourly cost of an attorney is approximately $156. The Staff estimates that an attorney would spend approximately 15 minutes obtaining the undertaking. Total cost: (24.5 hours x $156 per hour) = $3,822.
31 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
32 15 U.S.C. 78w(a)(2).
33 See 17 CFR 240.0-10.
34 Pub. L. No. 104-121, Title II, 110 Stat. 857 (1996) (codified in various sections of 5 U.S.C., 15 U.S.C. and as a note to 5 U.S.C. 601).
35 15 U.S.C. 78o and 78q.
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State Agencies Asking Texans to Share How Drought Has Affected Their Lives
AUSTIN — What does your Texas drought look like? With more than 97 percent of Texas suffering from drought conditions, that's what the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) want to know. This coalition of state agencies today launched an interactive public awareness campaign inviting Texans to submit personal photos capturing what the drought looks like for them and how it has impacted their lives.
From now through September 30, Texans are invited to share their original photographs of the drought on Flickr, Instagram and other social media platforms. Photos should illustrate how the drought is affecting daily life—whether it is dry creek beds, withered crops, native plants flourishing in the dry climate or the innovative water conservation measures Texans are using to combat drought.
"This current Texas drought, which started in 2010, has proven in many ways to be our worst drought in history. In fact, it has surpassed the Dust Bowl of the 1930s," Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said. "Every Texan has experienced the drought's ferocity in different ways and these agencies are joining forces to collect and share these stories with other Texans, as well as for the historical record for future generations to appreciate the importance of drought preparedness and proactive, voluntary water conservation. We know citizen-led conservation efforts are our best alternative to mandated restrictions that can hurt our economy."
Texas' many diverse regions are each experiencing the drought in unique ways. This project aims to educate Texans on the critical nature of drought and water conservation. By providing the photographs, the public will help TDA, TWDB and TPWD garner an in-depth view of local drought conditions, ultimately helping manage and conserve the state's water resources.
"At the Texas Water Development Board, we're well acquainted with the effects of drought on our state," said TWDB Executive Administrator Melanie Callahan. "It affects water supplies for cities and agriculture alike, and can devastate economies and natural resources. This photo campaign is a way for Texans to document how drought affects them personally. Showing the results of water shortages and ways to conserve are equally important parts of this story."
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, nearly the entire state of Texas is experiencing some form of drought, and more than 65 percent of the state is suffering from severe to exceptional drought. The state water plan dictates nearly 25 percent of our future water needs will be met through water conservation.
"With the punishing drought our state has suffered, most people know how important it is to conserve water and plan to use it wisely, and dramatic photos showing the reality of drought certainly underscore that conservation is imperative," said TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith. "In poll after poll, Texans have consistently ranked water resources near the very top of public priorities. It's important for people in cities, and it's important for fish and wildlife, state parks and natural habitats—everything is connected. We all have a role to play in conserving water."
Photographs may be submitted to our Flickr group, "What does your Texas drought look like?" at http://www.flickr.com/groups/texasdrought. This is a public webpage that anyone with an Internet connection can view, even those who are not members of Flickr. The Flickr page above provides instructions on how to share photos.
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US Department of Labor reaches agreement resulting in more than $2.3 million in back wages to temporary foreign agricultural workers
Agreement provides record back wage amount for H-2A program, plus $500,000 penalty
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Yerington, Nev.-based onion grower Peri & Sons has agreed to pay a record total of $2,338,700 in back wages to 1,365 workers, along with a civil money penalty of $500,000, for violations under the H-2A program.
U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge Steven Berlin in San Francisco signed the order granting the consent findings.
"We are pleased to have reached this record agreement to pay workers the wages and expenses they are due," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "In order for the H-2A program to operate as intended, all employers must comply with the law."
An investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division determined that workers employed by Peri & Sons involved in irrigation, as well as harvesting, packing and shipping onions sold in grocery stores nationwide, were not paid properly for work performed. All of the workers came to the U.S. from Mexico under the H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa program. In most cases, their earnings fell below the hourly wage required by the program, as well as below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for a brief period of time. Investigators also found that workers were not paid for time spent in mandatory pesticide training or reimbursed for subsistence expenses while traveling to and from the U.S. Additionally, their return transportation costs at the end of the contract period were not paid, as was required.
The H-2A temporary agricultural worker program establishes a means for employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the United States to perform temporary or seasonal agricultural work. The employer must file an application stating that a sufficient number of domestic workers are not available and the employment of these workers will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed workers in the U.S. Employers using the H-2A program must meet a number of specific conditions relating to recruitment, wages, housing, meals and transportation. More information about H-2A requirements is available at http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs26a.htm.
This case was investigated by the Wage and Hour Division's Sacramento office, with litigation support from the department's San Francisco Regional Solicitor's Office. For more information about H-2A rules and other agricultural worker programs, call the division in Reno at 775-827-9970, in Las Vegas at 702-388-6001 or in Sacramento at 916-978-6123. Information also is available through a toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243) and at http://www.dol.gov/whd.
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Both Houston Dynamo teams rebounded with 3-1 wins over the Virginia Rush on Saturday, the second day of the USSF Development Academy Spring Showcase at the Sarasota Polo Club.
The Dynamo's U-18 team entered the day in 11th position in the standings to be one of 12 wildcards nationwide qualifying for the USSF Development Academy playoffs. With Saturday's win, Houston passed Match Fit Chelsea in the standings. If the U-18s can win their final game of the year on Monday, they would finish with 1.68 points per game and greatly increase their chances of qualifying.
After a disappointing 2-0 loss to a strong New York Red Bulls squad yesterday, the Dynamo's U-18 squad faced a 9 a.m. kickoff on Saturday. Houston fell behind 1-0 against the run of play in the 17th minute but rebounded in the 42nd minute with a quality goal by Ubaldo Lucio (Fort Bend Bush) off of a pass from Abe Matamoros (Strake Jesuit).
The Dynamo took over the game in the second half and made their advantage pay on the scoreboard with goals from Sebastien Ibeagha (Fort Bend Hightower) and Matamoros. Dynamo Director of Youth Development James Clarkson said forward Martin Castillo (Pasadena Sam Rayburn) was the man of the match in challenging the Virginia Rush defense.
Houston's U-16s followed with a 3-1 win of their own. The young squad took a first-half lead but allowed the equalizer shortly before halftime. Like the older group, the Dynamo took over the game in the second half for a 3-1 win. Forward Isaiah Noreiga (Humble Kingwood Park) scored one goal and set up fellow frontrunner Bryan Salazar (Fort Bend Bush) for two to lead the way.
The teams will conclude regular season play on Monday, the final day of the showcase. The U-18s will face a stiff challenge in Arsenal FC from Temecula, Calif., a team currently in second place in its division, and the U-16s will take on the Richmond Strikers.
U-18: Houston Dynamo Academy vs. Virginia Rush
May 29, 2010 -- Sarasota Polo Club, Sarasota, Florida
USSF Development Academy -- Spring Showcase
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Ubaldo Lucio (Abe Matamoros)
VAR -- Goal
HOU -- Sebastien Ibeagha
HOU -- Abe Matamoros
Dynamo Academy -- Pat Wall, Steven Salinas, C.J. Odenigwe, Sebastien Ibeagha, Benji Saenz (Leo Ayala 50), Irvinn Ramirez, Bryan Celis (Josue Morales 78), Sebastian Karpen (Miguel Zapata 68), Abe Matamoros, Ubaldo Lucio (Eloy Gonzalez Litan 65), Martin Castillo.
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U-16: Houston Dynamo Academy vs. Virginia Rush
May 29, 2010 -- Sarasota Polo Club, Sarasota, Florida
USSF Development Academy -- Spring Showcase
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Isaiah Noreiga
VAR -- Goal
HOU -- Bryan Salazar (Isaiah Noreiga)
HOU -- Bryan Salazar (Isaiah Noreiga)
-- Juan Navarrete, Orlin Ramirez, Jim Fallon, Siegried Casar, Alfredo Gallegos, Manuel Mendoza, Jordan Davies, Michael Diaz, Gabriel Moreno, Bryan Salazar, Isaiah Noreiga.
Substitutes (41'): Christian Diaz, Carlos Lessa, Christian Manisck, Raymundo Marquez.
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Fiat's attempt to subvert electric vehicles' image as overpriced, underperforming do-gooders is first apparent in its color. The new plug-in 500e is offered in frisky orange.
But palette is only the most overt part of an elaborate look-at-me strategy from the Italian automaker, which seeks to nullify complaints about EVs' price and range that have so far prevented the masses from buying in.
Fiat is offering the 500e with a $199-per-month lease priced exactly equal to its entry-level gas-powered 500, even though the 500e costs more than double to purchase: $32,500, before applying incentives that lower its outright purchase price in California to a reasonable $21,500.
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Offering its popular 500 mini car as an electric is Fiat's bid to make EVs as fashionable and affordable as its regular retro four-seater, so it's kept the look and feel of the 500e as similar to the gas-powered 500 as possible. Its go-go exterior has been aerodynamically tweaked with a slightly longer spoiler, creased mirror caps and other stealthy enhancements that cut the drag and up its efficiency to enable a 116 mpg equivalent in combined city and highway driving.
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Unlike many plug-ins, whose cargo holds are compromised by the battery's bulkiness, the 500e's rear seats fold into a floor that's level with the rearmost cargo area. The one place the battery impacts space is the rear-seat floor, which is jacked up a couple inches, forcing passengers who have the misfortune of sitting in this already-cramped area to be even less comfortable.
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The ride quality of the 500e is similar to a Nissan Leaf if a little less refined. The torque is satisfyingly instant, though stomping the pedal results in unsettling torque steer. The cabin is quiet, though wind and road noise become more apparent with increased speed, which tops out at 88 mph.
Like most EVs, the Fiat 500e is an optimist. It's capable of traveling 87 miles per charge, but the car's dashboard range indicator predicted it could travel 105 miles when my test vehicle was fully charged and first turned on. Within a mile of driving, the range estimate had plunged to 93. Within two miles, it was down to 88. Within three miles it had equalized to a more realistic 86.
Disturbing as this may seem to those unfamiliar with EVs, there was nothing wrong with the car. The Nissan Leaf I've been driving for the past year is just as schizophrenic. In 46 miles of driving over hill and dale Friday, the 500e's range predictor routinely changed its mind, depending on how and where the car was driven. In the end, however, it was accurate. I parked it with 59 miles of charge remaining – exactly 46 miles less than the 105 it originally predicted.
The interior design of the 500e is perky, with a circular theme throughout, somewhat like the Mini. A large round gauge in front of the steering wheel indicates the car's speed, range and charge status, among other things. The gear shift for this single-speed, direct-drive EV is operated with push buttons and is likewise housed in a circle. That subliminally nubile theme is mirrored throughout the cabin, with round head rests, round door pulls, round speakers, round air vents – even a subtle polka dot print in its cloth seats.
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Like so many other entry-level cars catering to younger buyers, the 500e lacks a touch screen and favors a smartphone, which makes me wonder why Fiat even bothers with the destined-for-oblivion Tom Tom. Through an app called Fiat Access, 500e drivers can program travel routes that include charging stations along the way, complete with information on the stations' real-time availability and pricing.
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