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Service Payment Plan
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Service Plan Example*
3 services over a 3 year period
New V-Strom 650 ABS at 3000 miles a year
Deposit of £11.59
35 payments of £12.53
Total to pay £450.14
(Excludes initial 600 mile service)
*Prices are subject to regional variations
The Suzuki Service Payment Plan is designed around your motorcycle and your motorcycling needs, making it an easy and smart way to handle the cost of servicing.
Whether you have just purchased your Suzuki motorcycle or scooter, or owned it for some time, the Suzuki Service Payment Plan will fix the prices of parts and labour for up to three years safeguarding you against inflationary increases whilst guaranteeing your motorcycle is serviced by Suzuki-trained Technicians, who know your motorcycle inside and out. They of course will be using the latest diagnostic tools and equipment and will be fitting Suzuki Genuine Parts therefore ensuring that your Suzuki stays 100% Suzuki.
You can spread your payments via monthly Direct Debits giving you the peace of mind of knowing all your scheduled servicing costs are taken care of during your plan's period.
You can be safe in the knowledge that you pay the right amount for your scheduled servicing as the Payment Plan is based on your individual motorcycle and anticipated annual mileage.
- Peace of mind knowing that your servicing costs have been budgeted for
- Peace of mind knowing that your motorcycle is being serviced by Suzuki-trained Technicians
- Peace of mind knowing your motorcycle is being fitted with Suzuki Genuine Parts
- Paying for tomorrow's service at today's prices
You can pay for your Suzuki Service Payment Plan in monthly Direct Debit payments making it easy to budget for your future servicesIs my motorcycle eligible for a Suzuki Service Payment Plan?
A Suzuki Service Payment Plan is available for most Suzuki models up to six years of age.Are any Suzuki motorcycles excluded from the Suzuki Service Payment Plan?
Unfortunately, there is no product available for a few older Suzuki models - the on-line quotation web site will provide guidance as to which models this is relevant to. We hope to ensure all models will have a suitable Payment Plan available to them in the very near future.How long is the Suzuki Service Payment Plan?
There's a choice of one, two or three services included. The quickest way to look at the options available is to use our quotation pages.What's included?
All items associated with the cost of a Suzuki scheduled service including the cost of materials, cost of labour and VAT. There is a detailed breakdown of what is included within the quote. Plus, only Suzuki-trained Technicians will work on your vehicle and will only use Suzuki approved lubricants and parts.What's not included?
The initial 600 miles service is not included as this is usually due before any monies are accrued into the Plan. Anything not included within the official Suzuki scheduled servicing for your motorcycle, for example, any extra maintenance work or adjustments.I bought my Suzuki some time ago; can I still buy a Suzuki Service Payment Plan?
There is no reason (apart from the standard exclusions) why you cannot take out a Suzuki Service Payment Plan. It is designed for new and used vehicles both at time of their purchase and during the ownership period.If a motorcycle is covered by a Suzuki Service Payment Plan, where do I have to have my motorcycle serviced?
The motorcycle will be required to be serviced at participating Suzuki DealershipsWhat happens if my estimated annual mileage increases over the figure I provided at Plan purchase?
This may mean that your next scheduled service is due sooner than originally anticipated and may mean your Suzuki Service Payment Plan does not contain sufficient funds. If this does happen you'll be able to make a "top-up" payment direct to the Suzuki Dealership at the point of service.How do I arrange for my motorcycle to be serviced and use my Suzuki Service Payment Plan?
Just book it directly with your preferred Suzuki Dealer, remembering to let them know you have a Suzuki Service Payment Plan. When you're at the Dealership, please provide a copy of your confirmation of cover letter or email. They will undertake the scheduled service and claim the payment directly from usWhat happens if I miss a Direct Debit payment?
Our administrators EMaC shall make contact with you to identify why it has been missed and help you with the steps required to set this back up, this may result if you paying a slightly higher monthly instalment as you are paying over a shorter period of time but the total plan cost shall not changeCan I change the monthly Direct Debit payment date?
Yes, simply contact our administrators EMaC who will update the DD collection date on your behalfCan I cancel my Suzuki Service Payment Plan?
Yes, you can do this at any time by contacting our administrators EMaC. You'll receive a refund excluding any services that you have claimed for and any applicable management fees. Refunds will be paid into the account originally used to pay for the PlanWhat happens if I sell my vehicle?
Your can either cancel the plan and receive a refund (as per above), or if you have purchases a new Suzuki you can transfer the balance from your current policy to your new policy. Please contact the administrators EMaC who will be able to complete this for you.How can I contact you?
Feel free to contact the administrator EMaC in any of these ways:-
Telephone: 0330 099 6826
Email: email@example.com
Please refer to the terms and conditions detailed on this site for full details about the Suzuki Service Payment Plan.
All elements of Suzuki scheduled servicing are covered by the Suzuki Service Payment Plan you have chosen to purchase – this includes the cost of materials, cost of labour and VAT (the VAT rate applicable at time of plan purchase will apply). The number of services included in your Suzuki Service Payment Plan is detailed on the first page of this document. These relate to your anticipated annual mileage, your Suzuki's servicing schedule and the Plan duration chosen by you.What is not covered?
Anything not included within the official Suzuki scheduled servicing for your vehicle, for example, any extra maintenance work or adjustments.
Please note that your Suzuki Service Payment Plan has been calculated based on your anticipated annual mileage. If your annual mileage is higher than stated by you at time of Plan purchase, this could result in servicing dates being sooner than expected. In such cases you may not have sufficient funds in your Plan to accommodate the relevant services required and you will need to pay an additional amount to obtain the service.Paying for your Suzuki Service Payment Plan
Suzuki Service Payment Plans are collected by monthly Direct Debit, your confirmation of cover letter or email will show the number and value of Direct Debit payments required to meet the sums required to pay for the scheduled servicing detailed on your confirmation of cover letter or email.How to make a service claim
All servicing must be carried out by a participating Suzuki Service Centre. When you book your service with them, please let them know that you have a Suzuki Service Payment Plan. At the Dealership, show them your confirmation of cover letter or email - they will input your Plan details into the Suzuki Service Payment Plan system. Providing relevant funds are available, the Dealer will proceed with the service.
If your Suzuki Service Payment Plan has insufficient funds to pay for the scheduled service the servicing Dealer will confirm how much you need to pay to "top-up" your Plan's fund. Any money paid by you direct to the servicing Dealer will be recorded in the Suzuki Service Payment Plan system. This situation may occur where, for example, a Direct Debit payment has been missed or where your anticipated annual mileage has increased leading to a service being due sooner than predicted.
For information regarding your Payment Plan (e.g. value of your Plan, servicing details), please contact Suzuki Service Payment Plan Administrators EMaC Limited by email (email@example.com) or telephoning 0330 099 6826.
Servicing can be undertaken by any participating Suzuki Dealership within the United Kingdom.Completion of your Suzuki Service Payment Plan
Your Suzuki Service Payment Plan will complete either:
- On the end date detailed on your confirmation of cover letter or email; or
- On your Suzuki having received all of the servicing detailed on your confirmation of cover letter or email.
You can cancel your Suzuki Service Payment Plan at any time by contacting the administrators EMaC Limited, all cancellation requests must be in writing.
You will receive a refund less a £25 + VAT cancellation fee and any services that you have claimed for.
We may place your Suzuki Service Payment Plan on hold in the event of non-payment by you of any Direct Debit. If we do place your Plan on hold we will inform you of any action required.Customer obligations
You must produce your confirmation of cover letter or email to a participating Suzuki Service Centre prior to a service being carried out under your Plan.
You must confirm any changes of vehicle registration number or change of address by email (email@example.com) or telephoning 0330 099 6826.Participating Suzuki Dealership Obligations
The participating Suzuki Dealership will carry out servicing on your motorcycle as soon as is reasonably practical after being requested to do so by you and will submit the request via the Suzuki Service Payment Plan on-line Dealership system.What to do if you have a complaint
If you have a complaint about the servicing work conducted on your vehicle, you should address the complaint to the Suzuki Dealership who conducted the service. If you have a complaint about another element of the Suzuki Service Payment Plan, please contact the Service Plan administrators EMaC Limited by email (email@example.com) or by post to EMaC House, Crewe Business Park, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6GU.Personal information
Your data may be passed to Suzuki GB PLC for marketing and research purposes and to inform you from time to time about new products or services. You may ask us for details of the personal data that we hold on you and can require us to correct it if appropriate.
If you do not wish us to use your data or pass it on as detailed above, please write to us at:
EMaC Limited
EMaC House
The Suzuki Service Payment Plan is administered on behalf of Suzuki GB PLC by EMaC Limited, EMaC House, Crewe Business Park, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6GU.
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Unless agreed otherwise, English law will apply and all communication in relation to this website will be in English. In the event of a dispute concerning this website, the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.Our Use of Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. EMaC Limited do not use 'cookies' of this nature and your use of the website will not result in any additional information being stored on your computer without you requiring it to be stored.Security of Information
EMaC Limited considers the security of our Customer's personal information as an important and necessary part of the responsible management of our corporate data. We therefore take all reasonable steps to ensure that our information is secure and is safeguarded from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Information about this Service Plan will be shared between us and Suzuki GB PLC for administration purposes.
You should understand that the information you provide will be used by us and our representatives to process your Service Plan, handle claims and prevent fraud.
Your information will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes and you have the right to access your personal records should you wish to do so.Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and in what circumstances we disclose it.The Safety of Your Personal Details
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What this means for you:
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If you need to contact us for any reason relating to either a new policy or an existing policy please use the details below. Our support team will be able to answer any of your questions relating to Suzuki Service Payment Plan quickly and efficiently.By Phone or Fax
Tel: 0330 099 6826
Lines are open Monday to Friday 8:00am to 6:00pm and Saturday 9:00am to 1:00pm.
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Steelcase Surface Materials are designed for ease of coordination and use, abundance of choice and thoughtfulness to the environment. The offering consists of a wide selection of textiles, paints, laminates, veneer, glass, and more.
Three simple ideas help to create a materials palette that works.
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This Price Grade 2 Vertical Surface Fabric was designed to enhance the beauty of architectural elements and is also available for use on V.I.A., as well as other panel applications. Its sophisticated aesthetic offers a textural pattern that creates a latch-like weave, available in 10 solid color options.
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We're enhancing the color palette for Elmosoft Leather, our premium leather offering. The current offering will be refreshed with the addition of 33 new colors, and in an effort to keep the current selection relevant, 23 existing colors will be removed from the palette. The palette reflects a shift in the role of color in the work environment.
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Innovative, sustainable materials designed by Steelcase.
Our textile selections are timeless, yet relevant and chosen according to specific aesthetic, technical and environmental criteria. All while coordinating effortlessly with the hard surfaces offering.
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Accent Paint
Accent Paints allow customers to add trend-driven color to painted surfaces. These Price Group 3 pre-matched selections are available without the PerfectMatch registration fee. If one of the colors phases out of the program, customers can continue to specify these finishes without being charged a registration fee. It's our intent to evolve this collection to ensure that fresh, new colors are always available.
Signature Plastics
Signature Plastics allow customers to create space solutions that are consistent with their own brand. The plastic color choices are available for use on Node and Move for an additional upcharge. The 9 finish options were developed to match some of the most commonly used colors in university and corporate logos. Signature Plastics are pre-tested colors and can be ordered using standard finish codes.
Composite Veneers
Composite Veneers offer engineered wood selections that create a consistent grain pattern and exhibit many desirable wood characteristics. Known for their color consistency, composite veneers feature a clear coat finish applied in the finishing process.
Planked Veneer
The use of natural materials makes the work experience more human centered, and creates a more authentic aesthetic. Planked Veneer is intentionally designed to highlight the unique characteristics of wood, and is available in Walnut and Oak. Each order of Planked Veneer will be one-of-a-kind. The natural variation of grain pattern, color, and texture is intentional and meant to be celebrated. This offering provides a creative wood choice that illustrates the individuality of the material.
Global Palette
Create a Consistent Aesthetic
The Global Palette allows companies to create a consistent aesthetic in workspaces around the world. All finishes are available to order on Steelcase products and are globally accepted.
The geographies represented in the Global Palette include the Americas – North, Central and South; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific. The offering includes a variety of material types: paint, decor and laminate, plastic, and textiles, knit, and mesh.
The paint options create the foundation of materials choice within the Global Palette. To ensure a balanced and complete offering, we've considered color family, value, range, neutrality and global trends.
- Arctic White
- Arctic White Gloss
- Black
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- Merle
- Midnight Metallic
- Nickel
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Laminates + Melamines
Laminates + Melamines
Laminates + Melamines
Our global laminates and melamines are chosen to coordinate with the global paint offering. From warm to cool tones, the offering is made up of both solid and woodgrain patterns.
- Acacia
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Textiles, Knit + Mesh
Textiles, Knit + Mesh
Textiles, Knit + Mesh
We offer a wide range of textures, patterns, colors and price ranges. Each pattern within the textile offering has global relevance, while also having successful regional history. The colors work well with the hard surfaces palette, making the offering easy to use.
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- Remix
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Custom Surfaces
About Custom Surfaces
Custom Programs
Custom Programs
Customer's Own Material (COM)
The COM program allows you to tailor Steelcase products to help achieve a customized look. Steelcase seating and furniture products accommodate thousands of fabric, leather and vinyl from many leading suppliers. Use the Customer's Own Material web tool to find approved materials available on Steelcase product or to calculate exact yardage required for an order.
Open Line Laminate (OLL)
Open Line Laminate (OLL) program offers the opportunity to specify laminates that are not available through Steelcase Surfaces. Select Steelcase furniture products accommodate hundreds of laminates. With the open line laminate web tool, you can find a laminate that is already approved on your product, or you can submit a request to have a new one tested. Once an approved laminate is selected, use the calculator to find the exact quantity required.
Perfect Match Paint
Our PerfectMatch program allows you to get Steelcase painted products in virtually any color chosen. With the PerfectMatch web tool, customers can submit a request to have a unique paint color created to match any sample.
Customiz Stain
The Customiz Stain program offers the opportunity to specify a custom-matched stain in a Steelcase wood environment. With the Customiz Stain web tool, customers can find a stain that is already approved on a specific Steelcase product, or they can submit a request to have a unique stain color tested and approved.
Recycled Content
Recycled Content
Recycled Polyester
It's available in 2 ways – post consumer and post industrial. Both are kind to the environment, as they reduce the amount of waste going to a landfill and save energy in the manufacturing process.
Post consumer polyester is made from waste material left over after consumer use. Things like soda and water bottles are ultimately extruded and woven into fabric.
Post industrial polyester is made from waste material that is left over from industrial processes and before use by the consumer.
Visit the Finish Library to find materials made using recycled polyester.
Sustainable Processes
Sustainable Processes
Striving to Minimize Impact on the Environment
We're working with some of the world's leading organizations to design what's next in sustainable products and processes. It is partnerships like these that create true and lasting change.
Clarity™ Wood Finish Process
Steelcase's Clarity™ water-borne UV clear coat provides exceptional durability, clarity and quality, all while considering environmental health.The water-borne Clarity process marks a major milestone in the transition we began back in 2001 to eliminate solvents from our wood furniture finishing processes. Since 2001, we've reduced Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions by 96%.
Redeem + Retrieve
The collaboration of efforts in the manufacturing process is the first of its kind in the office furniture industry. The process utilizes a system that begins with scrap fabric originating from a Steelcase manufacturing facility. This scrap fabric is recycled into yarn that is then woven into new textiles.
Elmo Leather
Elmo Leather uses the power of nature to help nature by leveraging bacterial microorganisms, which have the natural ability to convert wastewater pollutants into nitrogen gas. When Elmo harnesses that ability, emissions are reduced by up to 80%. Learn more about their process.
Natural Materials
Natural Materials
Bo Peep
100% Wool. 100% Sustainable. Bo Peep, an Oeko-Tex* certified seating pattern made using 100% wool – a natural fiber and renewable resource. Bo Peep provides a timeless aesthetic in 21 color options and is available as a Price Grade 5 Steelcase Surfaces seating upholstery.
*Oeko-Tex is a global testing and certification system that confirms products meet applicable standards for substances of high concern.
Remix, a 90% wool / 10% nylon seating upholstery is made using mélange yarns. Each thread consists of three colors, resulting in an irregular pattern that plays across the surface of the fabric and is reminiscent of a finely tailored apparel fabric. Remix is available to order as a Price Grade 5 seating upholstery in the Americas and in 13 color options.
Gaja – Cradle to CradleCM
Gaja is a solid, sustainable, woolen fabric that is available in 23 color options and as a Price Grade 3 in the Americas. This global fabric is the first European, pure-wool upholstery to gain Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC). Gaja – Cradle to CradleCM also complies with the Oeko-Tex label and the EU ecolabels (EU flower).
Steelcut Trio
Steelcut Trio, a 90% wool / 10% nylon seating upholstery, has a special weave designed to create a three-dimensional surface resembling small pyramids or steel points. The elegant pattern is available to order as a Price Grade 7 seating upholstery in the Americas and in 16 color options.
Material Health
Material Health
The Cogent™ Group
The Cogent™ Group is a collection of Steelcase textiles creating sustainable results through thoughtful design. The Steelcase seating and panel fabrics that make up The Cogent™ Group are Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Gold.
Connect, Geode Seating, Geode Vertical, and Trails are the 4 patterns that make up The Cogent™ Group.
Anitmony-free* Yarn
Some of our fabrics are made using 100% polyester, using antimony-free* yarn. These materials, like Buzz2 and Alloy, provide preferable alternatives for the purist in all of us.
*Yarn used in making this material contains less than 100 parts per million of antimony.
Certified Offerings
Certified Offerings
FSC COC Certification
Our harvesting practices are just one ofthe steps in achieving Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certification. Chain of Custody is the path taken by raw materials through processing, manufacturing, and distribution.
This certification is more for our customers than for us—we already know our wood products are made from well-managed forests with sustainable harvesting practices. The certification guarantees to customers this is the case.
From the time the wood arrives at our plant, through manufacturing, and until it's loaded for delivery, FSC COC certification assures customers the product is made responsibly and entirely with certified wood.
Gaja – Cradle to CradleCM
Gaja is a solid, sustainable, woolen fabric that is available to order as a Price Grade 3. It is the first European, pure-wool upholstery to gain Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC). Gaja – Cradle to CradleCM fabric also complies with the Oeko-Tex label and the EU ecolabels (EU flower).
The Cogent™ Group
The Cogent™ Group is a collection of Steelcase textiles creating sustainable results through thoughtful design. The Steelcase seating and panel fabrics that make up the The Cogent™ Group are certified Cradle to Cradle™ (C2C) Gold by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC).
Healthcare Surfaces
We work closely with a number of textile companies to provide a complete selection of performance textiles.
Our premier partner for textiles, Designtex is a leader in unique design, fabric technology, environmental responsibility and service. Blending art and science, Designtex product designs work as good as they look.
Solid Surfaces
Steelcase Health's partner for solid surfaces is Corian.
Choice Performance Textiles
Choice Performance Textiles
Steelcase Health Recommended Vinyls & Polyurethanes
Choice Performance textiles are an elite sub-set of performance vinyls and polyurethanes available through our vendor partners that have undergone rigorous testing above and beyond our standard test protocols with proven performance. Steelcase Health recommends the use of these patterns.
Tailor Made
CF Stinson
Clean Slate
Criss Cross
Natural World
Walk the Line
Beguiled by the Wild
Big Dot
Little Dot
Bravo II
Cashmere II
Silica Andy
Silica Breeze
Silica Cusp
Silica Deflect
Silica Fiona
Silica Fritz
Silica Hiatus
Silica Hoop
Silica Reach
Silica Roam
Silica Stride
Silica Tech
Silica Waltz
Key Largo
*Graded-In fabrics from Mayer can only be used on Steelcase Health products.
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Healthcare Graded-In Partners
Graded-In fabrics from Designtex can be used on all Steelcase Health, Steelcase and Turnstone products.
Swatches + Samples: Visit dtex.com
Graded-in fabrics from Arc-Com can only be used on Steelcase Health brand products.
Swatches + Samples: Visit arc-com.com.
Graded-in fabrics from Architex can be used on Steelcase Health, Steelcase and turnstone products.
Swatches + Samples: Visit architex-ljh.com.
Graded-In fabrics from CF Stinson Search + Sample can only be used on Steelcase Health products.
Swatches + Samples: Visit CF Stinson Search + Sample
Corian can only be used on Steelcase Health brand products.
Swatches + Samples: Visit DuPont.
View Corian finishes
Graded-In fabrics from Mayer can only be used on Steelcase Health products.
Swatches + Samples: Visit Mayer Fabrics.
Graded-In fabrics from Momentum can only be used on Steelcase Health products. Customize your selection by grade and quantity with the Momentum 5 Clicks tool.
Swatches + Samples: Visit themomgroup.com.
Graded-In fabrics from Ultrafabrics can be used on Steelcase Health, Steelcase and Turnstone brand products.
Swatches + Samples: Visit ultrafabricsllc.com.
Resources + Support
Surface Materials Spec Guide
View the Surface Materials spec guide for additional details including what works on what, the global palette conversion chart, and more. In the spec guide, you will find:
- Global Color Conversion Chart
- Global Paint Availablility Matrix
- Global Laminate/Melamine Availability Matrix
- Global Plastic Availability
- Global Textile Availability Matrix
- What Works on What for both seating and systems + casegoods
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Posted on 09/04/2013 4:52:54 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
SYRACUSE, NY - The U.S. Department of Justice wants to reopen a 33-year-old court case to ensure that minority applicants get a fair shot at jobs as Syracuse firefighters and police officers.
Lawyers with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division filed papers in federal court Friday challenging the state civil service tests that prospective firefighters and police officers must take.
A review by the Justice Department of entry-level exams for those jobs in Syracuse showed the exams "continue to have a statistically significant, disparate impact on African-American test-takers," the Justice Department's lawyers wrote in court papers.
The Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge David Hurd to reopen a 1980 court case over the city's hiring practices.
The Justice Department hired a human resources expert, David P. Jones, president of Growth Ventures Inc., to review the civil service exams. Among his findings was that the exams were "more likely to produce an adverse impact on ethnic minorities," court papers said.
The Justice Department asked the court to require the state's Department of Civil Service "to develop and institute lawful written examinations to be used in Syracuse's selection of entry-level firefighter and police officers."
Hurd will hear arguments on the request will Oct. 11.
City officials will join in the Justice Department's request, Mayor Stephanie Miner said today.
"For three decades the city has steadily made progress in assuring that the ranks of our police and fire departments more truly reflect all of Syracuse," Miner said in a news release. "An evaluation of the state Civil Service test would assure we have a fair test and the best pool of talent from which to hire."
The city maintains its hiring practices have met the goals of the consent decree, but "nonetheless welcomes this opportunity to improve the provisions of the consent decree to reflect current hiring conditions," Miner said.
When city officials settled a reverse discrimination lawsuit last year, they said they'd been talking with Justice Department officials about rewording the 1980 decree to ensure that black firefighters filled fill a higher proportion of supervisory positions.
Just score the tests "inversely"—the more incorrect answers the higher the score. That would allow Obama's sons to be hired and promoted in greater numbers.
Maybe, just maybe, the tests are race-neutral and fair, and the African-American test-takers have some educational deficiencies that prevent them from doing as well on the tests as Caucasians and Asians.
Hire the applicants for duty in Detroit
There is little left to protect.
So what makes the test too hard for 'minorities'? Is he implying they are too stupid? That would be raciss, right?
If they had a test to see who was better at dunking a basketball, would the test be unfair if short, old, non-athletic Whites didn't do as well as tall, young, athletic Blacks?
America is becoming a nation of incompetent, stupid,
vicious, amoral, and lawless evil
... and increasingly without justice.
Just as Holder planned when he blew
up the President's Office in Columbia, and then
dropped WMD on the children at WACO before burning
them alive.
well.. if they are going to go after this... then they need to go after EVERY test ever made!
Because I have noticed a "disparate impact" on retarded test takers which must be addressed !
Why is it that retarded people always do so poorly on tests compared to others! I say it's those darn tests! that are obviously biased towards developmentally challenged individuals!
Just Eric "the Red" Holder, takin care a hiz peeps.
Nuthin racist here, nuthin at all.
Um... right.
I guess we're supposed to believe that poor performance by minorities on standardized exams reflects a cultural bias of the exam, and is not a result of cultural influences that ostracize and punish achievers of certain races.
Instead of attacking the messenger (the exam that reveals cultural failure), why doesn't the Justice department attack the culture that labels achievers as Uncle Toms and encourages laziness and failure?
If not, then there is NO WAY they should have to lower standards to make the questions too easy to answer and be rendered a "rubber stamp" for un-qualified applicants.
No longer is there a baseline for competence or a certain level of competence as evidenced by education. Today, they are probably demanding that Certificates of Attendance rather than HS Diplomas be accepted....
These days diversity means anti-white racism. These phony dumbed-down exams are anti-white racism in action.
The new plan is called "QUOTAS" and has been ruled illegal. However, that has never stopped Obama and Holder from violating the law.
Article doesn't say how many blacks/minorities have applied to be firefighters and how many have been hired
They can have DC's black fire chief. Even his own people don't want him.
WHY even test them????
quotas, that's what...
Welfare, bastardy, drugs, black culture, and public education already had their "disparate impact".
Unbiased tests just reveal that impact.
As would any reality based judgement.
So the test is in cursive?
Don't bother with the criminal background check either... especially for entry level police officer candidates. It's racist! /s
>>When city officials settled a reverse discrimination lawsuit last year, they said they'd been talking with Justice Department officials about rewording the 1980 decree to ensure that black firefighters filled fill a higher proportion of supervisory positions.<<
Yes — EEO hires with bricks on the scales. What could go wrong?
Soon, anyone with any sense will recoil in terror when they see a Black firefighter, KNOWING said firefighter doesn't know what the hell he is doing.
And I flat-out won't accept a Black lawyer or Doctor. Not from racism but b/c I know they got in without being able to qualify.
having lower intelligence and lower education has consequences. we already have enough thugs with badges - of all colors. if they can't pass tests it's because of themselves, not anyone else. we've already dumbed down physical requirements for cops and firemen so women could start passing tests.
and when the dumbass black cop stops you, who doesn't know the law but makes it up how he wants, then what?!?
30 YEARS? WOW! Long memories when it comes to making whitey pay!!! Does anyone doubt that's what this creep in the WH and his advisers are all about?
They want to spot minorities points based on how dark their skin is.
As in...."Why u wanna be firing ho's..They be keeping me styling...
Rush Said something on today';s show about "Soft Racism" being something that kills initiative, dammit the quote is on the tip of my tongue
OK....ALL of you DEMOCRATS especially BLACK DEMOCRATS have FINALLY convinced me, so since you all believe it that you aren't SMART ENOUGH or STRONG ENOUGH to handle things and do the jobs that whites can do and you need to be taken care of, who am I to argue??? UNCLE!!!!! I GIVE UP!!!
This PC action will lead to the deaths of innocent people.
Found it!
" It's called the soft bigotry of low expectations."
Low expectations are "soft racism", but they have brought this on themselves and they don't even realize it!!
>>and when the dumbass black cop stops you, who doesnt know the law but makes it up how he wants, then what?!?<<
"Smile for my cell-cam."
Followed by "see you in court."
In between a WHOLE LOT OF "yes, sir" "no sir" and "whatever you say sir."
Some situations you choose. Some choose you.
That is why I said people will and should feel fear about a Black EEO firefighter. But he is sent there to save you and you have to pray you get lucky.
Dumb them down until blacks can pass them? Wow.
Welcome to Ubama's "post racial" America.
I feel safer already.
What a bunch of anti-white BS!
Time to get up off our knees...
"The soft bigotry of low expectations."
I believe that's the phrase Rush used.
These tests aren't fair: They require 'reedin', ritin', and 'rythmetic.
Hey just call any government office and and the how this practice works out part is obvious. Sorry but good better and best ended with Sears and Roebuck.
No. The test asks, "Where do you find the fire hose?
Holder's people thought they were asking where do you find the five ho's. They answered MLK Blvd....wrong answer.
Maybe the tests are written in cursive.
At some point Dollar General in Dearborn had hired Lavere Bryant, an ex con with rape, home invasion and weapons convictions. He was eventually fired due to sexual harassment charges.
In July he went to another Dollar General, shot and killed employee Joseph Orlando. He then kidnapped Brenna Machus, raped her and shot her in the head.
Brenna and Joseph are White, Bryant is black.
Because of time constraints, HHS [is] cutting back on the requirement to become a navigator, meaning they're not going to be doing background checks. They're not going to be fingerprinting these people, said [Florida Attorney General Pam] Bondi in an interview with Fox.
. . .
A navigator is a federal employee who helps those wanting to get insured navigate the paperwork of the new healthcare system.
What if they've been convicted of committing identity theft or grand theft before? asked Bondi. They could potentially still become a navigator.
Earlier this week, Bondi and a dozen other Republican state attorneys general sent HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius a letter calling her attention to this privacy issue and asking her to implement more stringent privacy requirements and safeguards. Theyve given Sebelius until Aug. 28 to respond.
Some New Sample Questions: (perhaps these will even things up a bit)
1. If a Baby Momma be boppin 2 bro, who B da Daddy?
2. A ebt can be swapped fo how much drank?
3. Translate this sentence:
Yo Bro Ho De Do Fo De Po Ho.
4. What is the correct way to hold a sidearm?
a. With Both hands, thumbs low
b. Sidewise
5. Describe the proper procedure for running away with your pants around your ankles.
6. The amount of butt crack that should be visible when properly attired should be:
a. Zero
b. two inches
c. The entire thang
7. Who is Bob Zimmerman?
a. A vicious murderer
b. a creepy ass cracka
c. A Folk Singer/Songwriter from the Midwest who went electric at the Newport Folk Festival, thus enraging Pete Seger, and changing rock music forever.
d. All of the above.
8. How many of the above questions are raciss?
a. Numbers 1.3,and 8
b. Number 7, choice b.
c. all of the above
9. When fighting a fire in a dense urban area, the best procedure in a commercial establishment would be:
a. Make sure all civilians are out of the store
b. Break plate glass windows to release smoke
c. Remove all the plasma wide screen HD TV's for redistribution.
>>Yo Bro Ho De Do Fo De Po Ho.<<'
Threadwin! lol
Because to do that they have to admit the existence of merit, objectivity, and reality.
They cannot do that, because if they do, their whole worldview, that made them very rich and very powerful by promoting these lies, is undercut.
So they cannot and they will not.
"So what makes the test too hard for minorities?"
Maybe the tests are written in cursive."
You owe me a keyboard!
Why Thank You! ;-)
Hey Brother, hold the door for the poor woman.
Did I get it right?
Well Done!
You're hired! :-)
Cut me some slack, jack!
I sure MISREAD that headline.
I was sure it was going to refer to the direct discrimination of STRAIGHT, WHITE MALES, who are undoubtedly the largest minority in the Nation.
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A Dialogue on the Costs and Benefits of Automatic Stays for Derivatives and Repurchase Agreements
Darrell Duffie
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
David A. Skeel Jr.
University of Pennsylvania Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
March 1, 2012
U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-02
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 108
Stanford University Working Paper No. 108
For nearly two years, the two of us have had a running discussion of the costs and benefits of automatic stays in bankruptcy for qualified financial contracts (QFCs) such as derivatives and repurchase agreements, particularly those held by systemically important major dealer banks. Under current U.S. bankruptcy law, these contracts are exempted from the automatic stay. The advantages and disadvantages of this treatment have been a matter of significant debate for the past decade, particularly since the 2008 crisis.
After some background on QFCs and automatic stays, we provide our joint analysis of the costs and benefits of stays on the QFCs, with a focus on systemically important financial institutions, including the special case of central market utilities. Following this, we state our respective policy conclusions. Briefly speaking, we both believe that repos (and certain closely related QFCs) that are backed by liquid securities should be exempt from automatic stays, or receive an effectively similar treatment. Repos backed by illiquid assets, on the other hand, should not be given this safe harbor. We both believe that derivatives that have not been centrally cleared should be subject to automatic stays. One of us believes that stays should also apply to cleared derivatives. The other author favors an exemption of cleared derivatives from stays, except in the case of a failure of a regulated central clearing party.
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Keywords: qualified financial contract, OTC derivative, swap, repurchase agreement, automatic stay, clearinghouse, Dodd-Frank Act, financial regulation, finance, bankruptcy
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Aizen likely will come out with an incomplete transformation.
It will probably come out that he never had the power to complete the transformation anyway.
Urahara is going to show Aizen, why R18+ films such as clockwork orange is banned from the soul society.
irregardless of all the Kidou attacks, the Hougyoku still hasn't awaken yet and when that happens, Aizen will have the upper hand over nearly everyone. hope, Urahara calculated that into his sudden appearance here.
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By the way Aizen and Naraku were classmates in the same villain school XD
It obvious that Aizen is going to be defeated by Ichigo only. No other.
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The 1873 satirical novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, gave a name to the post-Civil War decades of free-wheeling political corruption and greed accompanied by unprecedented economic inequality. The United States is now experiencing a New Gilded Age, marked by a high degree of social and economic inequality comparable to the first Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century. Indeed, several other points of comparison between the two eras exist in politics, and thus the election of 2012 can be called a New Gilded Age Election. The degree of inequality in wealth and income now prevailing in the United States, to a greater extent than in most developed and non-authoritarian countries, needs no demonstration. Indeed, as the Census Bureau reported in September, as median income for most Americans fell in 2011 the wealth gap between the richest 20 percent and everyone else increased. The increasing economic and social inequality has created greater political inequality, and a great gulf between the financial and corporate elite and the middle and lower classes in their exercise of voice vis-à-vis their elected representatives and in relative ability to influence government policy. In the first Gilded Age, as now, the Senate consisted of a "millionaire's club," and the Supreme Court devoted itself to protecting corporations and "the money power" over the public interest and ordinary citizens. Then too lobbyists for big business, industrial corporations, and special interests literally bought state legislators and Congressmen. Now big contributors to representatives' campaigns gain "access," they say, with the difference between access and a bought vote apparent only to those involved in the exchange of money and votes. Like the old Gilded Age, too, this is an era of very close elections. The 2008 election proved an exception, but pollsters predict that 2012 will be very close. Polls show that most of the voters who have already decided are evenly split and that the number of undecided is far smaller than usual. Moreover, Republican nominee Mitt Romney's selection of the far-right wing Republican Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate indicates that—at least on the Republican side—2012 is shaping up as a "battle of the bases." Admittedly, this has been more true of the Republican-Romney campaign than that of President Obama's. And the Republicans are not only concentrating on rallying their base, but also have acted to diminish the Democratic base. "Battles of the bases" characterize the elections of both Gilded Ages. Third parties competed more often in the first, and nothing like the People's Party of the 1890s seems to be on our horizon, but there have been third party and independent eruptions in the second (1980, 1992, 2000). Challenges to party establishments in the second that might have been third parties in the first have occurred during long-running presidential primary contests. Many Tea Party upsets in the 2010 and 2012 Congressional primaries fall into this category. Consider too similarities between the 1876 and 2000 elections: the intense competition and closeness of the election; the apparent partisanship of the Supreme Court, and the Republicans in both instances showing—as historian John Milton Cooper, Jr., put it—"a much stronger will to win." In 1876 the passions of the Civil War still embittered Gilded Age elections, and did so again in 1888 when the Republicans ousted a sitting Democratic president (Cleveland) while the country was enjoying an economic boom. That year the Republicans won by concentrating resources in a few swing states and by once again displaying "a near-fanatical zeal for victory," wanting "revenge after having lost the White House in 1884 for the first time since 1860." During the first Gilded Age Republican industrialist, politico, and McKinley campaign manager Mark Hanna famously said that just two things mattered in politics: money, and he could not remember the second. In our time Rahm Emmanuel, after being elected to Congress, explained to his staffers the facts of campaigning: "The first third of your campaign is money, money, money. The second third is money, money, and press. And the last third is votes, press and money." During the late nineteenth century the GOP enjoyed a significant advantage over the Democrats in the money and resources it could devote to winning elections. With the exception of 2008, Republicans during the past fifty years have tended to out-raise and outspend Democrats, and in 2012 that advantage is returning to them. Citizens United (and before it Buckley v. Vallejo), the emergence of Super PACs, as well as tax-exempt groups posing as "charities," and the laissez-faire approach to whatever campaign finance regulations remain, has moved the power of money in elections to warp speed. Overall, the two ages coincide in having what Democratic Representative Chris Van Hollen described in 2012 as an "anything goes atmosphere." Another parallel between the politics of the two Gilded Ages exists in partisan efforts to influence the outcome of elections by using various kinds of methods to control voters. In the nineteenth century, factory and mine owners, mostly Republican, used coercion to control workers' votes. Democrats had far fewer resources to do this but in the cities they employed gangs of partisans to coerce voters at the ballot box; cultural coercion as well often came into play, with members of ethnic groups demanding group conformity. In the South it was different. There, the Democratic Party, the party of white supremacy, often intimidated, coerced, or manipulated African American voters, and in places did not hesitate to threaten or use violence. In the South's Black Belt and elsewhere counties with large African American populations often reported election returns that were egregiously fraudulent. By the 1890s Southern states embarked on a program of simply eliminating black voting with Jim Crow laws and continued threats of violence. Since 2010 Republicans have used their control of state legislatures to pass laws making it difficult for Democratic groups to vote. Thirty three states have passed voter identification laws, as well as other measures designed to chip away at the Democratic base, laws affecting African Americans, college students, the elderly, and the poor. The rationale for these laws is to prevent voter fraud, but in fact in-person voter fraud, impersonation, is so rare as to be virtually non-existent. When Ohio's Republican secretary of state scaled back early voting opportunities, the Republican chairman of Franklin County, which includes Columbus, commented that "I really… feel that we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban—read African American-voter turnout machine." In Pennsylvania, after passage of the voter identification law, House Republican leader Mike Turzai commented: "Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win Pennsylvania, done." In Florida, in the thirteen months that ended in August 2012, 11,365 persons registered to vote, compared to a total of 209,425 during that period before the elections of 2004 and 2008. Running parallel to Republican sponsored state laws designed to suppress primarily the turnout of Democratic voting groups are well organized efforts by a Tea Party offshoot, True the Vote, to prevent African Americans, college students, and other groups in Democratic districts from casting their votes. Although organized partisans in the mid-nineteenth century, as Richard Bensel has shown, practiced voter intimidation and coercion routinely at polling places in American cities, nothing quite like the Tea Party and its national infrastructure for voter suppression existed then. True the Vote, as the New York Times put it, "descends on a largely minority precinct and combs the registration records for the slightest misspelling or address error." It then swarms the polls physically and challenges voters, and while almost all its challenges have been without merit, delays, arguments, and intimidation work to reduce Democratic turnout. The Tea Party can be compared to late nineteenth-century pressure groups such as the women's movement and prohibition, but none of them, at least up to the emergence of the People's Party in the 1890s, enjoyed the success of the Tea Party. The Tea Party seems to have largely occupied the body of the Republican Party, pushing it far to the extreme right. It has exercised increasing clout in choosing the GOP's candidates and in setting its agenda. And the Tea Party ideologues at both the elite and rank and file levels long for an America that existed before the New Deal and Great Society, indeed, before the Progressive Movement. Thus, in a more significant way 2012 does not resemble the elections of the first Gilded Age. Unlike parties today, during Twain's era the Republican and Democratic parties differed little in ideology or policies—tweedledum and tweedledee, some said. But today's parties do offer competing visions: the Republicans would like to return to the weak government and largely unregulated economy of the nineteenth century, while Democrats—much of the time—are committed to using government to lessen the effects of inequality, and largely accept the expansion of government power during the twentieth century. (That the Republicans in power and practice have advanced the expansion of government cannot be explored here.) Yet neither party seems prepared to address the long-term causes of gross economic and political inequalities the Founders of this nation would condemn as undemocratic as well as un-republican. Ronald P. Formisano is the author of The Tea Party: A Brief History (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012) and the William T. Bryan Chair of American History at the University of Kentucky. Tweet Date edited: 10/15/2012 (10:58AM) Comments Rules for Comments We reserve the right to remove any post or user. Things that will get comments edited/deleted: Offensive or abusive language or behavior Misrepresentation (i.e., claiming to be somebody you're not) – using a "handle" is fine as long as it isn't offensive, abusive, or misrepresentative Posting of copyrighted materials Spam, solicitations, or advertisements of any kind We hope these rules will keep the discussion lively and on topic. Commenting is not available in this channel entry. ← Return to Riding The Tiger


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Digital Answering SystemYes, 12-minute recording time
Call Waiting Caller IDYes
- Speakerphone No
- Handset Speakerphone Yes
- Standby Battery Life (days) Up to 11
Talk Time (hours)Up to 5
- Battery NiMH (3 cel), HHR-P107
- Power Fail Operation No
- Phone Lines 1
- Conferencing 4-Way (HS-HS-HS-LINE)
- 3-Line LCD No
- Handset Backlit 3-Line LCD Dot 16 digits x 3 lines
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- Dual Keypad No
- Navigator Key Yes
- One-Touch Dialer No
- Phone Directory and Dialer Stations 50 items (16 char / 32 digits)
- Jog Dial Operation No
- 2-way Intercom Yes
- Handset Locator Yes
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- Ringer Volume Control High/Mid/Low/Off
- Recording Time Set About 12 min.
- Multi-Handset Capability 2 (Max 4 Handsets)
- Mailboxes No
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- Flash Memory Yes
Shock Resistant HandsetNo
- Quick Recharge Yes
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- Simultaneous Keypad Dialing No
- Speed Dialer No
- Wall Mountable Yes
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Virgin Blue to celebrate Easter at Christmas01/04/2010
New flights between Perth and Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands launch
Thursday 1 April: Virgin Blue's inaugural flight from Perth to Christmas Island will take off this afternoon from Perth International Airport at 1.20pm, with direct services between Perth and Cocos Island commencing next Tuesday 6 April.
The airline will operate two direct flights weekly between Perth and Christmas Island on Thursdays and Saturdays and a third service weekly via the Cocos (Keeling) Islands on Tuesdays.
Virgin Blue has committed an executive-style Embraer E-190 jet onto the new routes, an aircraft which has more seat capacity and the capability to fly non-stop to the islands, negating the need for the aircraft to stopover in Learmonth for re-fuelling like the previous carrier.
Virgin Blue Airlines Group Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey, said, "Interest in travel to this region has already increased with the introduction of our low fares and we're confident tourism to both Christmas and Cocos Islands will continue to grow now the secret about these beautiful locations is out."
The addition of Christmas and Cocos Islands to Virgin Blue's growing network means the people of Perth have the option to fly domestically or internationally non-stop to 13 destinations on the Virgin Blue Airlines Group network.
Lead-in fares from Perth to Christmas Island start from just $464* one-way on the net – significantly cheaper than fares offered by previous carriers to the island.
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"This increase in accessibility means people who have only ever dreamt of travelling to our shores for our famous crab migration, whalesharks, seabirds and rainforest can finally explore our natural wonders," Linda Cash finished.
While the new flights are within the Australian domestic network, all services to and from Australia will arrive into and depart from Perth International Airport. Connecting fares are also available from all over Virgin Blue's extensive network.
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Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Bond (VWEHX) gets the cold shoulder from Morningstar's fund analysts, who recently downgraded the conservative junk-bond fund to "bronze" from "silver."
From the firm's Dan Culloton this morning:
Vanguard High-Yield Corporate gets high marks for low fees and culture, but after a closer comparison with other high-yield funds that lean toward higher-quality bonds, its process didn't seem to offer a significant competitive advantage.
Here's how the company's Steven Pikelny put it in late August:
Investors are left with a portfolio that has underperformed in hot markets and outperformed when riskier credits sell off. For example, the fund lost 21.3% in 2008, but this was still a better showing than three fourths of its peers'. The subsequent 39% rebound in 2009, while less pronounced than many other peers', ultimately left investors with average performance for the two-year period. Thanks to its BB tilt and a preference for the new issue market (where bonds tend to be more illiquid), the fund is also more interest-rate sensitive than most of its competitors. That's hurt so far in this year's rising-rate environment: The fund's 1.4% year-to-date return through August 2013 lags 94% of peers.
The fund is a hair behind peers the last decade, with a 10-year annualized return of 7.06%, versus 7.49% for Morningstar's high-yield bond category. Over the last five years the figure is 10.42%, versus 10.18% for SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK).


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Montreal, 16 September 2011 At their working group meeting last month, the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer heard from the Protocol's Halons Technical Options Committee (HTOC) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on yet another successful step in phasing out halons in fire extinguishers on aircraft. Halons are among the most potent destroyers of the stratospheric ozone layer and are also potent greenhouse gases. Phasing out halons used in fire extinguishers on aircraft has been a difficult challenge because of their effectiveness in fire fighting that in turn helps to increase the safety of passengers. However, in 2003 the Parties to the Montreal Protocol asked the Ozone Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its technical experts to begin to work with ICAO to look into the possibility of modifying the regulatory requirements that mandate the use of halons on new aircraft without compromising the health and safety of airline passengers. Thanks to the assistance of the Halon Technical Option Committee (HTOC), ICAO has amended two of its technical Annexes containing standards related to aircraft operations and airworthiness. Both Annex 6 - Operation of Aircraft - and Annex 8 - Airworthiness of Aircraft - have been amended to include a related environmental requirement. "This was a landmark agreement that resulted from successful collaboration between two multilateral agreements, one for ozone protection and the other for international aviation. The Parties to the Montreal Protocol have been focusing their attention on enhancing collaboration and synergies with other international agreements and regimes. The Parties can be proud that the Montreal Protocol has again managed to contribute to both ozone and climate protection, this time through synergy in civil aviation sector, said Marco Gonzalez, the Executive Secretary of the Ozone Secretariat. "The agreement to phase out halons was another step forward by the Organization to further strengthen the ability to minimize the impact of air transport operations on the environment. The assistance of the HTOC and UNEP to reach this agreement was instrumental in realizing this achievement, and we look forward to continuing this important inter-agency cooperation to better serve the international community," said ICAO's Secretary General, Raymond Benjamin."The progress made by ICAO is important for the ozone layer protection. It is also significant as it demonstrates the commitment of ICAO to the environmental protection. For the first time an operative annex to the Chicago Convention was changed to respond to an environmental concern. This is a win-win for the ozone layer and civil aviation. The United States congratulates the HTOC, ICAO and the Ozone Secretariat, said Cindy Newberg, Chief of the Alternatives and Emissions Reduction Branch of the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).ICAO will continue to monitor the research and development of halon alternatives to ensure that the target dates can be met and will follow up on research into a viable halon alternative for cargo area fire extinguishing systems. "We note that there is still much to be done to make sure that alternatives are identified and can be effectively used, to develop a viable path forward for cargo bays, and ensure that it does not become necessary to pursue use of the essential use provisions to support civil aviation on-going needs. We encourage the HTOC and Ozone Secretariat to continue to work with ICAO," added Ms. Newberg. "[We] would like to thank the HTOC in particular for its ongoing work with ICAO bodies in supporting the reductions in mandating the use of halons in new air frames. We would also like to thank the ICAO Secretariat for facilitating this excellent outcome and can agree that HTOC can continue its work as needed with ICAO bodies," said Annie Gabriel from the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities of Australia. Notes to Editors:Nearly three decades ago, atmospheric scientists warned that the annual appearance of the Antarctic ozone hole and the probability of increasing depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer had serious consequences for all life forms. This came after discoveries in the mid-1970s that some man-made chemicals could destroy ozone, resulting in increased ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth.Although ozone is a small component of the atmosphere, the ozone layer plays a vital role in shielding life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV-B) radiation from the sun. Human exposure to UV-B is known to increase the risk of skin cancer, cataracts, and a suppressed immune system. UV-B exposure can also damage terrestrial plant life, single-cell organisms and aquatic ecosystems.The evidence that human activities were destroying the stratospheric ozone layer was compelling. Emissions of certain man-made chemicals used in many products such as the halons used as fire extinguishants in aircraft were reaching the stratosphere, between 10-16 kilometres and up to 50 kilometres above the Earth's surface, and destroying ozone molecules. With the appearance of the ozone hole, many countries joined efforts for the first time to combat this global environmental threat. All countries of the world have ratified the landmark international environmental treaty, the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Parties to the Montreal Protocol are committed to eliminating production of ozone-depleting substances by meeting specific phase-out deadlines.ICAO is specialized agency of the United Nations, ICAO was created in 1944 to promote the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation throughout the world. 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