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The Romanian shocker If I Want to Whistle, Ill Whistle opens the Prison Reform Film Festival today. Director Florin Serbans 2010 movie is an unsentimental dissection of juvenile delinquency with an amazingly detailed performance by high school music student George Pistereanu as hard-boiled Silviu. Other films in the series include Dont Kill My Father and Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo. Panel discussions follow the screenings which continue next weekend at Rice Media Center. The series benefits Pacifica-KPFT 90.1 FM, home to Ray Hills iconic The Prison Show. If I Want to Whistle, Ill Whistle screens at 7 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet. For a full schedule, call 713-639-7515 or visit www.mfah.org/films. $6 to $7.
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Chick gets knocked out by a Dude
Posted by Morehart on Mar. 19, 2008
Posted by Morehart on Mar. 19, 2008
At least: they were not throwing around any paddy'o furniture..
Looks to me...: like she jumped in on someone who was already beat down hoping to get some cheap shots of her own, and got what she deserved when he got back up. I don't think he knew what he was swinging at. No foul!
that was: awesome... i have spoken
they're all: probably drunk and don't know what they're doing. damn amateurs.
Wait.: :32-:35 my bad.
:37-:40: Check out the girl hangin on that dude as she gets twirled into the street. HAHA
hey: she was hitting him and brawling with the rest of em. If women are equal to men (which they aren't, and that isn't an insult) then this should be fine. I hate feminism. If women are so much for being 'equals' in every way, shape, and form, then this is a logical second to that mentality.
d3mn...: i felt that. phew...had to watch that sh3t a few times.
r u serious?: I hope that dude reacted and hit her thinking it was a guy.....either way thats messed up!
I hate feminism as well...: Although I would never hit a woman, I do agree that we are not equal. Women never hold the door for a man and why is it that "we" men are always leaving the toilet seat up? Why cant it be that women keep leaving it down.
Louis is right.: No excessive force was used, and in a fight like that, you don't really look at who's hitting you when you are down. And he didn't jump on her and keep beating, like a punk ass would.
It was not excessive force.: He struck her once and stopped. That single hit is what was required to lawfully defend himself from being attacked. At least in FL, under our self defense laws, he acted in accordance with the law. Was he "right" to do what he did? I think so. If a woman can hit a man down on the ground, then he should be allowed to stand up and punch her face-to-face. It's not his fault she couldn't take what she could dish out.
yeah...: i SOMEWHAT feel the same way, but if you can easily overpower your opponent...you should use only the necessary force. sounds like bruce lee or yoda or something but, just how i feel. take the high road, don't permanently cripple the person...


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One quibble I had was with the D.J., who played Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" not just once but TWICE even though the bride was a Cubs fan and the groom was a Brewer fan. In addition, I know the groom was a 311 fan, but did there have to be three 311 songs played during the reception? Talk about a dance-floor clearer.
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Supply chain configuration under information sharing
AbstractThis paper examines the effect of information sharing on supply chain configuration where the market characterized by demand uncertainty. A dynamic multi-stage game theoretic model with incomplete information is employed to capture the sequence of events. Our supply chain consists of two suppliers with exogenous wholesale prices and two retailers, the incumbent and the entrant, with asymmetric demand information. Informed incumbent prefers to conceal its private information from the entrant in order to reap more profits in the market. The channel of information flows is only through the first supplier and the incumbent can supply just from him, but the entrant is free to choose its proper supplier considering the point that the second supplier is uninformed. Our analytical model demonstrates that how the mean demand of the market, wherein our retailers compete, and its relation with the relative wholesale price of the suppliers play crucial role in equilibrium determination. Our results show under which circumstances separation and pooling equilibrium could occur in some range of demand variation. It is also shown that the entrant sometimes prefers to avoid information acquisition by choosing the second supplier and playing Cournot instead of Stackelberg which is more profitable for him in some occasions.
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Related researchKeywords: Information Sharing; Asymmetric Information; Supply Chain; Dynamic Game; Signaling Game; Demand Uncertainty; Strategic Information Management;
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- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
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- C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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Adam again here – it's pretty quiet down at Zuccotti Park this afternoon, the usual throng of tourists meandering through and taking photos while occupiers work on various aspects of camp life – some preparing food, some creating signs, others engaged in working group meetings while some sleep.
I was interested to see the British sitcom Father Ted referenced this afternoon – Fathers Ted and Dougal are famous for the zealousness of their protesting in the UK – the bearer of this sign saying he was a "big fan" of Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews' work.
Just arrived at the protest, and queueing at the outreach stall, was Monica Straniero, who had travelled from Rome after being disappointed when protests there turned violent.
"Rome was a failure," Straniero said. "It was supposed to be peaceful, but a bunch of people turned it violent."
Straniero, who works in cinematography, had booked a one way ticket to New York to get involved with Occupy Wall Street instead, arriving on Sunday.
Although looking forward to getting involved, she said she "expected a larger square, with more people".
"There seem to be more people who have a real life other than this," Straniero said. "I was expecting people who had left their jobs to be here."
She did acknowledge, however, that after the large scale events of the weekend people may be taking time to relax today, perhaps impacting numbers.
"I'm planning to stay until January," she said. "I'm just trying to figure out how I can help people."
That's it for today, thank for reading. Check back for more on the occupy movement tomorrow.
My colleague Karen McVeigh reports that a formal investigation has been launched into another NYPD officer over conduct at an Occupy Wall Street demonstration. Here's the opening to her report:
A second senior New York police officer is being formally investigated over allegations that he assaulted an Occupy Wall Street protester, raising fresh questions over the NYPD's deployment of supervisors on the front line in volatile public order situations.
The officer, who has been named in news reports as deputy inspector Johnny Cardona, was filmed on Friday grabbing the protester from behind, spinning him round and appearing to punch him in the face so hard that he fell to the ground.
The New York Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent mayoral agency that deals with allegations of excessive or unnecessary force against police, is now investigating the incident, along with a number of other complaints over policing of the protests.
who's found some fame in the past few days.While we wait for Adam to file from Zuccotti, this is Matt Wells taking over with some more OWS updates, including news from the Gothamist website on the hipster cop
The website reports that community affairs detective Rick Lee rides a bike, approves of bike lanes, but doesn't ride fixed gear. He eats organic food, and is far from the typical coffee-and-donut NYPD officer.
Bit of a break while I head down to Zuccotti Park – will file more from the scene.
a poll by Quinnipiac University.Some 67 of New Yorkers agree with the views of Occupy Wall Street protesters, according to
The study shows strongly contrasting views between Democrat and Republican voters:
Agreeing with the protesters views are Democrats 81 – 11 percent and independent voters 58 – 30 percent, while Republicans disagree 58 – 35 percent, the independent Quinnipiac University poll finds. Even Republicans, however, agree 73 – 23 percent with the protesters right to be there.
Of the 1,068 registered New York voters polled, 72 percent say they understand the protesters' views "very well" or "fairly well," with 17 percent who say "not too well" and 10 percent who say "not well at all", perhaps at odds with early news coverage which suggested the protesters were struggling to get a coherent message out.
More from Quinnipiac:
Voters split 46 – 45 percent in their approval of the way police are handling the Wall Street protest, but approve 61 – 33 percent of how the police are doing their job overall.
"It's a free country. Let them keep on protesting as long as they obey the law, New Yorkers say overwhelmingly," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Critics complain that no one can figure out what the protesters are protesting. But seven out of 10 New Yorkers say they understand and most agree with the anti-Wall Street views of the protesters.
"For a while, the critics focused on the cops' use of pepper spray at the protests. Voters are divided on how police are handling the protesters, but they say almost 2-to-1 that police are doing a good job overall."
Asked who is to blame for the current state of the nation's economy;
• 37 percent of New York City voters blame the administration of former President George W. Bush;
• 21 percent blame Wall Street and financial institutions;
• 18 percent blame Congress;
• 11 percent blame President Barack Obama.
News of a must have download for occupy demonstrators everywhere – the "I'm getting arrested app".
I'm Getting Arrested is a creative Android app that, according to developer Quadrant 2, was inspired by a real-life "Occupy Wall Street" incident. It lets you quickly notify your family, friends, and crack legal team (if you have one) of your situation with a single tap of your finger. Just initially enter a custom message and some SMS-ready numbers to contact in the event of your arrest. Then, as you're about to be corralled into the back of a squad car, fire the app up and long-press the bull's-eye for 2 seconds. From there, you can rest assured that your message will be sent to the appropriate contacts.
previously said he understood the frustration of protesters, but his spokesman has gone further today, using the '99 percent' terminology of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators.President Barack Obama will seek to tap into public anger at Wall Street excess, Reuters reported today. Obama
From Reuters:
"The president will continue to acknowledge the frustration that he himself shares about the need for Washington to do more to support our economic recovery and to ensure that the interest of the 99 percent of Americans is well-represented," spokesman Josh Earnest said when asked whether Obama would offer a message for Wall Street protesters on his trip south.
The Democratic president wants to step up the pressure on Republicans as he tries to push through his jobs package piece by piece, starting this week after his full plan went down to defeat in Congress last week.
With election races looming, Obama's strategy is to force Republicans to give ground or be painted as obstructionists more interested in shielding "millionaires and billionaires" – "the 1 percent" – from paying their fair share of taxes.
Republicans say Obama's original package was laden with wasteful spending and job-killing tax hikes for wealthy Americans. They have accused him of demonizing them and promoting "class warfare" instead of working with them to find areas of agreement.
In the Republicans' weekend radio address, Representative Kevin McCarthy urged Obama to "come off the campaign trail and get to work."
The deadlock over the jobs bill has raised concerns that political dysfunction in Washington will prevent any major steps to spur hiring before the November 2012 elections.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he understands the occupy movement, according to an Associated Press report:
Ban told reporters during a visit to Switzerland that the finance chiefs from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations should listen to the people and come up with "actionable plans" to fix the problems.
"Business as usual, or just looking at their own internal economic issues, will not give any answers to a very serious international economic crisis," Ban said, as G-20 talks were being held in Paris.
"That is what you are seeing all around the world, starting from Wall Street, people are showing their frustrations, are trying to send a very clear and unambiguous message around the world," he said.
The Washington Post reports that Occupy Wall Street has raised some $300,000 in cash through website donations and visitors to the park.
The movement has an account at Amalgamated Bank, which bills itself as "the only 100 percent union-owned bank in the United States."
Donated goods ranging from blankets and sleeping bags to cans of food and medical and hygienic supplies are being stored in a cavernous space donated by the United Federation of Teachers, which has offices in the building a block from Wall Street near the private park protesters occupy.
Among the items are 20 pairs of swimming goggles (to shield protesters from pepper-spray attacks). Supporters are shipping about 300 boxes a day, many with notes and letters, Strekal said.
"Some are heartwrenching, beautiful," and come from people who have lost jobs and houses, he said. "So they send what they can, even if it's small."
Strekal said donated goods, stored for a "long-term occupation," have been used to create "Jail Support" kits consisting of a blanket, a granola bar and sanitary wipes for arrested protesters to receive when they are freed.
This map from the website map.15october.net shows how widely demonstrations spread across the world on 15 October.
It was compiled by gathering details of occupations and protests from people tweeting #event15oct. Impressive.
Some 175 people were arrested in Chicago at the weekend after attempting to expand their occupation from the city's financial district to Grant Park. Undeterred, however, demonstrators are planning a march in the city today.
A permit is required for staying overnight in the park, and organizers admitted to not seeking a permit. The demonstrators say they refused repeated orders from police to leave.
Those arrested were held in police custody overnight but were released a few hours later.
"The Chicago Police Department handled it in a very professional manner. They were courteous. We were given multiple warnings of what was going to take place," said Andrew Smith, who was arrested.
Many of those arrested are returned Sunday night for another march and rally. Once again, they repeated their message against corporate greed in the face of high unemployment and home foreclosures.
The news channel said the Occupy Chicago movement has since spread to other parts of Illinois, including Peoria and Springfield, where "hundreds chanted and marched through downtown streets".
Occupy Chicago's home base continues to be Chicago's financial district. Meanwhile, organizers say they will start a daily meeting in Grant Park.
The Chicago Tribune said police used the attempted occupation as "a trial run" for dealing with the two international summits, and the expected protests around them, which are coming to Chicago next year. Unlike some of the policing in New York, however, it seems the demonstration on Saturday night was quelled in a peaceful manner:
It also would set a bad precedent for dealing with thousands of demonstrators expected to converge on Chicago from around the world during the G-8 and NATO summits that will be held simultaneously in May, the source said.
The arrests were a stark contrast to the clash that occurred in New York two weeks ago when nearly 700 protesters were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Chicago police maintained open lines of communication with the group throughout the protest and extended ample time and opportunity for the group to leave the park, said Lt. Maureen Biggane, a police spokeswoman. The group largely complied, she said.
Karen McVeigh writes that a bid is underway to help those arrested for their involvement in OWS prostests avoid prosecutions:
Lawyers representing hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested over the last few weeks are demanding that prosecutors drop the charges. They say if not, they will insist on going to trial, putting pressure on Manhattan's busy criminal courts.
Members of the rights group, the National Lawyers Guild, plan to meet with prosecutors from Manhattan's District Attorney's office today to set out their position.
Defence lawyer Martin Stolar told the Daily News: "I'd like to suggests to the DA's office the appropriate way to deal with these cases is outright dismissal."
First-time offenders on minor crimes are generally offered an "adjournment in contemplation of dismissal", where charges are dismissed after six months if the offender is not re-arrested.
Today marks the one month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. The initial group occupied Zuccotti Park on 17 September, and since then the demonstrators marches and near-removal have kept them in the public eye.
Saturday marked Occupy Wall Street's biggest day of action so far, with up to 20,000 gathering in Times Square at 5pm. Streets were blocked off and protesters contained behind barriers as they chanted anti-corporate messages, while police deployed officers on horseback and arrested 70 people during the day.
The action later spread to Washington Square Park, some 30 blocks south of Times Square, where a spontaneous occupation was discussed, decided upon and then dispersed by police, who arrested around 10 would-be occupiers.
From the Guardian's story yesterday:
Protests inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York and the "Indignants" in Spain have spread to cities around the world.
Tens of thousands went on the march in New York, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Rome, Sydney and Hong Kong as organisers aimed to "initiate global change" against capitalism and austerity measures.
There were extraordinary scenes in New York where at least 10,000 protesters took their message from the outpost of Zuccotti Park into the heart of the city, thronging into Times Square.
Only 36 hours earlier, police were preparing to evict the protest from Zuccotti Park. On Saturday they escorted thousands of marchers all day as they made their way uptown through Manhattan, and looked on as they held a rally at a New York landmark.
We'll have the latest news and developments on Occupy Wall Street and other occupations around the world, as protesters celebrate having spent one month in Zuccotti Park. Have your say by leaving a comment below or tweeting me @AdamGabbattComments (0)


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Bear of the Smokies
The prospect of seeing a wild black bear in its native surroundings draws millions of visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. For modern humans living in our highly mechanized and technological society, observing a black bear in the wilderness feels like a glimpse into the ancient past.
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Bear Behavior
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One to four cubs are born during the mother's winter sleep. Females with newly born cubs usually emerge from their winter dens in late March or early April. Commonly born in pairs, the cubs will remain with the mother for about 18 months or until she mates again.
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Willfully approaching within 50 yards (150 feet) or any distance that disturbs or displaces a bear is prohibited.
Bears in the park are wild and their behavior is sometimes unpredictable. Although extremely rare, attacks on humans have occurred, inflicting serious injuries and death. Treat bear encounters with extreme caution and follow these guidelines:
If you see a bear, remain watchful. Do not approach it. If your presence causes the bear to change its behavior (stops feeding, changes its travel direction, watches you, etc.)—you're too close. Being too close may promote aggressive behavior from the bear such as running toward you, making loud noises, or swatting the ground. The bear is demanding more space. Don't run, but slowly back away, watching the bear. Try to increase the distance between you and the bear. The bear will probably do the same.
If a bear persistently follows or approaches you, without vocalizing, or paw swatting, try changing your direction. If the bear continues to follow you, stand your ground. If the bear gets closer, talk loudly or shout at it. Act aggressively and try to intimidate the bear. Act together as a group if you have companions. Make yourselves look as large as possible (for example, move to higher ground). Throw non-food objects such as rocks at the bear. Use a deterrent such as a stout stick. Don't run and don't turn away from the bear. Don't leave food for the bear; this encourages further problems.
Most injuries from black bear attacks are minor and result from a bear attempting to get at people's food. If the bear's behavior indicates that it is after your food and you're physically attacked, separate yourself from the food and slowly back away. If the bear shows no interest in your food and you're physically attacked, fight back aggressively with any available object–the bear may consider you as prey! Help protect others, report all serious bear incidents to a park ranger immediately. Above all, keep your distance from bears!
Garbage Kills Bears!
The bear's keen sense of smell leads it to nuts and berries, but the animal is also enticed by human food left on a picnic table or offered from an outstretched hand. Feeding bears or allowing them access to human food causes a number of problems:
• It changes the bear's wild behavior and causes them to lose their instinctive fear of humans. This lack of fear causes food-conditioned or "nuisance" bears to be more unpredictable and dangerous when they encounter humans.
• At their best, food-conditioned bears perform tricks to obtain food. At their worst, they damage property and injure people. In 2005, 165 bear-related incidents were recorded and extensive property damage occurred.
• It transforms wild and healthy bears into "garbage bears." Studies have shown that food-conditioned bears never live as long as wild bears. Many are hit by cars and become easy targets for poachers. Food-conditioned bears may die from ingesting food packaging.
For these reasons, National Park Rangers issue citations for feeding bears and for improper food storage. Feeding bears and improper food storage can result in fines of up to $5,000 and jail sentences lasting up to six months. Visitors are urged to view all wildlife at a safe distance and to never leave food or garbage unattended. Garbage Kills Bears!
Bear Management
Habitual food-conditioned bears must be treated with aversive conditioning techniques or destroyed. If the bears are managed soon after they start to lose their wild behavior, they have a better chance of returning to natural food foraging habits.
Until 1991, the park's management policy centered on live trapping problem bears and relocating them away from developed areas. Frequently, they returned and had to be trapped repeatedly or removed from the park entirely. Now wildlife managers use proactive aversive conditioning that involves capturing, working-up, and releasing bears back into the same area. The work-up involves tranquilizing the animal and performing a safe medical examination on the bear. While the procedure is harmless to the bear, it is unpleasant and re-instills a fear of humans. This approach allows bears to remain in their home range, but they shy away from the developed areas.
In addition, bear-proof garbage cans have been replaced with larger bear-proof dumpsters. Volunteers and park staff diligently patrol the busiest picnic areas in the evenings to watch for potential problem bears and to clean up any trash that has been left out. Public education and law enforcement efforts have also been stepped up. So far the results are encouraging and the number of problem bears has been reduced.
Other Threats to Bears
Non-Native Species: The European wild hog is one of the most direct threats to the black bear. These pervasive intruders feed on the acorns and other mast that is a mainstay in the bear's diet. Another exotic species, the gypsy moth, is headed southward. This insect defoliates oak trees, weakening them. Not only could the bear's food source of acorns be affected, but some of the prime denning spots in old growth trees may be lost.
Poaching: Unfortunately, the lure of high profits on international markets encourages the poaching of black bears. Several cultures believe that bear gall bladders, paws, and claws have medicinal powers or consider them gourmet delicacies.
Urban Encroachment: Community and private developments near park boundaries are causing a loss of habitat for bears. Poaching activities can be somewhat curtailed, and bear populations can eventually rebound from the losses. But once the critical habitats are destroyed, major declines in bear populations are inevitable. In addition, bears that venture outside park boundaries into neighboring communities may encounter human food and become unpredictable and dangerous "nuisance" bears.


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Fluffy Moments and Mikey returns.
He actually looks shocked at my thoughts. But he must have known? Look at him, he's fucking gorgeous and resembles a lava lamp being thrown at my face and yeah that's a great thing by the way. Who wouldn't want Frank all over their face? Interpret that however you please. I prefer him all over me in general but that's kinda difficult because there is around a two foot height difference to consider. "I know that i sometimes, flirt with other guys." Frank begins slowly. Although i don't know if it's his flirting or the fact they flirt back all the more. It's probably them flirting back because for fucking gods fucking sake HE IS MINE! "I might talk to other guys. I might give other guys my time, Hell i might even hug other guys!" He isn't going to say he fucks other guys is he? Fucking hell i'm chewing my fingernails off here. "But none of them are as important to me as you are." He finishes and forces his lips onto mine, the bump not getting in the way so much this time. Maybe this was all we needed, some time alone and some reassurement. Fuck, relationships are rough. And i thought working with Malibu Barbie herself was going to be how i'd remember my summer.
Franks POV
"I just got romantic with you, you must be so glad i'm not a natural romantic!" I sounded like a fucking demented robot cross bred with some kind of lovesick little girl. Little girls get love sick. One direction? Hell fucking lo! Not that i feel that way about any of them of course, i just like looking at them and singing to their songs when i'm alone and want to cook but can't because theres nothing microwaveable and i'll burn our house down otherwise. "Motherfucker! I knew it was you! Gee- who in gods name are you? And why do you look so manly?" A tall gangly little fucker cries after parking his car behind us. Way to kill a moment motherfucking one direction fan. "Mikes!" Gerard practically shrieks rushing up to give him the mother of all hugs. Just because he has a stomach like a pancake! "Put my boyfriend down bitch! Or i'll fucking knock you into that field with his unborn child kicking your nose in!"
"Frank, meet my little brother." Gerard gulps as his brothers eyes widen at me. He knows i'm a man and he now knows he'll be the uncle of my rock hard stomach. "Oops, hormones." I say looking down and crawling back inside the car cursing my own name and goddamn Harry Styles.
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"So you guys are together and you're going to be Dads?" I say the words tingling with uncertainty on my tongue. Two men? "How is that even possible?" The words flying out without me thinking properly. "Uh well, the nurses and doctors when i was born decided nothing was wrong but little known to me or any other fucker until now i have ovaries and a womb, but i don't get periods which kinda makes no sense. They said something about i'm lucky that i could concieve. Well i would be if i was a woman, but i'm a man. Not a fucking hermaphrodite or half and half, a man. I look like a man, talk like a man, smell like a man, think like a man... Well, a gay man. Cause i'm not really into huge tits and bikini waxed vaginas, that just looks painful, although Gerards workmate is a fan of things like that i believe. Malibu Barbie. Can't remember her actual name to be honest, don't particularly care either."
"Funnily enough, i don't remember either. All i do know is she hated me at first. Tried to hook up with Frank and now they no longer work together all of a sudden she likes to bend over my desk and try to thrust her implants in my face. Oh and the streaky fake tan? Mikes, don't even get me fucking started. Frank's not a fan of her frilly bras either, she wanted him to look at it when she ripped her shirt off on his first day of work." They broke out into hysterical laughter. I felt a pang of sadness about how much i'd missed out on. Gerard seemed genuinely happy now and that story about Barbie? Fucking classic in the making! I mean who in this day and age takes their shirt off and flashes their breasts at a new colleague. First day especially! I would've handed my resignation in there and then, although actually maybe it wouldnt have been so bad. For me anyways. Hmm, i wonder how she feels about unicorns........
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"Hows Mom and Dad? Still cruising and boozing?" I laugh remembering how my Mom had heckled my Dad for a cruise and they were hyping about finally going on one eight months earlier. My Mom on wine though? Fucking don't even go there. If you think me on Coco Pops is bad you need to see this! I don't know if i prefer the Whitney Houston reinditions or the spray tanning spectaculars she does on herself. "One coat takes an hour to develop." Dad had told our pretty much fucked Mom when she got it all set up. "It's not working!" She began to wail after two coats, six coats later and the morning after? Oh, she was tanned alright. She looked like a beautiful fucking Goldfish. I do miss home. The washing. The sound of Dad coming home. But i guess it's growing up. You find your own place and you build your own family. My Baby will hear me come home and smell Frank's cooking.... Actually no, we need to hire a chef for this new generation. If we intend on holding down a house that is. Ah joys.


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Welcome to the May 2012 edition of the IEA Customs and Trade Newsletter
1. Dublin Port Customs Attendance Hours
2. Critical date in REACH legislation, final registration deadline is May 31st 2013
3. EU adopts new rules on collection of excise duties
4. EU and China to agree mutual recognition between their respective Authorised Economic Programmes (AEO) by end 2012.
5. Argentina import restrictions causing many complaints at WTO
6. New Singapore medical device market entry Regulations
7. Future of VAT: Added value with business in mind
8. Financial Transaction Tax: Fair contribution by the financial sector
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1. Dublin Port Customs attendance hours
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2. Critical date in REACH legislation, final registration deadline is May 31st 2013
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3. EU adopts new rules on collection of excise duties
Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta welcomes the adoption today by the Council of a regulation for new rules on administrative cooperation in the field of excise duties. The adoption of this regulation will make it easier for Member States to control the movement of excise goods and speed up the collection of excise duties (see IP/11/1339).
4. EU and China to agree mutual recognition between their respective Authorised Economic Programmes (AEO) by end 2012
The EU and China are involved in discussions at present with a view to concluding a mutual recognition agreement between the EU AEO Programme and the Chinese Classified Management of Enterprises Programme. It is expected that agreement will be reached by the end of the year.
Mutual recognition between AEO programmes involves a country's government formally recognising the AEO programme of another country's government and thereby granting benefits to the AEOs of that country.
Benefits for Irish AEO certified exporters
Once mutual recognition of AEO Programmes is agreed between the EU and China, Irish companies that are certified under the EU AEO Programme will get significant benefits when exporting to China.
Exports leaving the EU
EU Customs Administrations will provide trade facilitation measures to Irish AEO certified exporting companies, such as:
- A lower customs risk score in customs risk analysis systems when profiling.
- Priority treatment if physical checks have to be carried out on goods.
- Reduced data sets need only be provided in respect of safety and security.
- Stronger position to benefit from Customs simplified procedures.
- Waivers in respect of Customs performance bonds which in some cases can mean significant financial savings.
Imports entering China
Chinese Customs will provide trade facilitation measures to Irish AEO certified exporting companies, such as:
- Assignment of special Customs Officers to help companies to coordinate and resolve Customs issues at import.
- Lower Customs examination rates at import.
- Submission of Customs declarations at the place of registration.
- Inspection and clearance procedures available at all ports.
- Inspection and clearance formalities available at the business sites of companies.
- Priority handling for urgent clearance formalities during out of working hours and during holidays.
- Priority in the handling of trade formalities, such as entering records, modifying and reporting for verification purposes.
- Priority in handling declaration registration formalities.
Companies that are not AEO certified
Companies that are not AEO certified will be unable to avail of these benefits. While exports by companies which are not AEO certified may not be slowed passing through Chinese Customs, this cannot be guaranteed since it is understood that Chinese Customs will apply more intensive controls on the goods of non-AEO importers following mutual recognition.
5. Argentina import restrictions causing many complaints at WTO
At the World Trade Organisation ( WTO) Council meeting in March the United States on behalf of 12 other members (Australia, the European Union, Israel, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Turkey), read a joint statement expressing deepening concerns regarding what it said were trade-restrictive measures taken by Argentina. It said that since 2008, Argentina had greatly expanded the list of products subject to non-automatic import licensing requirements, including laptops, home appliances, air conditioners, tractors, machinery and tools, autos and auto parts, plastics, chemical, tyres, toys, footwear, textiles and apparel, luggage, bicycles and paper products. It said that in January 2012, Argentina announced regulations requiring pre-registration, review and approval of each and every import transaction. It said that these regulations were creating long delays and adding huge costs for many exporters. It urged Argentina to remove these trade restrictions, adding that these members reserve their rights to pursue this matter further. Mexico said that it was joining the statement because Argentina's measures were having a serious impact on Mexican exporters.
China said that it hoped that the measures are only temporary as a large number of its exporters have also been affected. Chile, Colombia, Peru, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, China also expressed concerns.
Argentina rejected the joint statement as unjustified. It maintained that the measures were compatible with WTO rules, adding that it had undertaken new measures to facilitate the processing of imports. It said that it had responded to these concerns in previous meetings of the Goods Council and the Import Licensing Committee. It noted that its imports rose by 30% in 2011 — the highest increase among G-20 countries and evidence that it was not restricting imports. Argentina expressed concern about the threat to the use of legitimate policy tools by developing countries to promote development, especially during the current economic crisis. It said that developed countries were the ones restricting trade through the use of subsidies and tariff peaks.
6. New Singapore medical device market entry regulations
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore's medical device regulatory body, has announced plans to establish easier market entry effective May 1, 2012 for some lower-risk devices. The move should boost interest among foreign manufacturers in the Singapore market.
Non-sterile Class A devices will be exempted from all HSA registration requirements, while Class A sterile devices will undergo 30-day registrations. About 80% of Class A devices currently sold in Singapore will qualify for the new exemption, according to HSA estimates.
For Class B medical devices, HSA will implement an Immediate Registration Route as well as an Expedited Registration Route effective September 1, 2012.
The Immediate Registration Route allows immediate Singapore market access for Class B devices that have already been approved by at least two of the following agencies: the US FDA, Health Canada, the Australian TGA, a European Union Competent Authority, or Japan's MHLW. Qualifying devices must also have been marketed for at least three years with no safety issues arising.
The Expedited Registration Route entails a 60-day registration period for Class B devices that have either obtained market entry in any two of the major medical device markets (US, EU, Japan, Canada or Australia) OR obtained market entry in one of those markets and have been commercialized for at least three years with no safety issues.
In addition, the HSA plans to set up a lower-tier fee structure for its Special Authorization Route (SAR) path to market designed for innovative, low-cost and low-volume medical devices. Beginning August 1, 2012, the HSA will temporarily waive SAR fees for all applicants that submit their devices for SAR registration before December 31, 2012.
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7. Future of VAT: Added value with business in mind
The European Commission adopted a communication setting out the main characteristics of a simpler, more efficient and more robust VAT system for the EU. For more information see the communication (COM/2011/851 ) and the frequently asked questions (MEMO/11/874 ).
8. Financial Ttansaction Tax : Fair contribution by the financial sector
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Though many may never realize it, more important to your average driver, and more relevant to everyday driving, street driving, driving beneath triple-digit speeds, is torque. A well-sculpted torque curve means instant gratification when its peak is delivered near instantly in the rev range. And this is definitely the case with our newest long-term test car, this 2009 Space Gray Metallic BMW 335d.
Maximum torque available beneath 2000 rpm--where a really good torque-optimized powerplant will deliver it--gets you off the line in a hurry. Applied abruptly, it chirps tires and snaps necks. Applied abruptly in copious amounts, it turns high-tech, computer-optimized rubber-and-silica compounds into so much boiling tire smoke.
Ah, torque, glorious torque. The wellspring from which all stoplight-to-stoplight bragging rights, quarter-mile pissing contests, and gratuitous displays of "power" flow.
The 335d makes its maximum torque figure of 580 Nm, or 427.7 lb-ft, at just 1750 rpm. That peak hits at less than 1000 rpm off idle. By comparison, the E90/E92 M3 makes its maximum torque of only 295 lb-ft about 2000 rpm later at 3900.
But it's not just about off-the-line hooliganism. It's also about immediate acceleration at just about any speed, given you keep the tach needle somewhere between 1800 and 3500 rpm. So the 335d is a surprisingly good performer even at high speeds. It's electronically limited to 155 mph. We haven't been there yet, but it is willing to run up through triple digits with impressive urgency.
Of course, there are other things to consider. Foremost among them today is fuel economy. For years Europe's solution to improved economy and reduced greenhouse emissions has been clean diesel. This is in stark contrast to Japan's answer, hybrid technology. Hybrid technology is clean and efficient, no doubt. But it's terribly limited in scope. It's at its most efficient in city driving and necessitates adding massive amounts of ballast in the form of heavy lithium-ion batteries, which, if you're even the least bit interested in sporty driving, can completely throw off vehicle handling dynamics.
A diesel-powered drivetrain, on the other hand, shakes out exactly as a gasoline-powered drivetrain would, meaning two similar cars equipped with either configuration would essentially behave dynamically the same on the road. The 335d offers an alternative powertrain without compromising the 3 Series' inherently great driving dynamics.
But I digress--back to fuel economy. The EPA estimates the 335d will average 23 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway, with figures as high as 43 mpg feasible. Averaged over our first 4,000 miles with the car, our 335d has returned combined economy between 26 and 28 mpg. That includes some open highway stints, but mostly street driving and freeway commutes (often in heavy stop-and-go traffic). Pretty impressive. We have yet to tackle a long-distance hyper-mileage run where we'll try and wring the maximum economy figure from this car, but rest assured it's in the works.
In all honesty, I've discovered nothing I don't like about this car aside from the run-flat tires that were supplied with the Sport Pack option. Although they seem reasonably grippy and quiet at speed, run-flats inevitably contribute to an overly jarring ride over bumps or sections of poor pavement. It seems likely we'll swap them for some sort of high-performance summer rubber at some point in the not-so-distant future.


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Look what Autoblog fan Omar found for us on eBay. What appears to be just another 1970 Porsche 911 T is, in fact, the closest many of us would ever get to being near Michael Knight and Mitch Buchanan. That's right, this rare sunroof 4-speed car once belonged to DAVID HASSELHOFF! And the seller promises to provide proof of der Hoff's ownership, as well.
We have to surmise that this may have actually belonged to the German Giant during his Knight Rider days rather than his stint at the helm of Baywatch. Apparently Michael Knight endured KITT at work, but preferred German cars when he left for home. Maybe that helps explain the German populace's fascination with his music.
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