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Production Details
Production company: Timon Productions
Budget: originally $100,000, but with substantial overages because shortly before filming was completed in Fiji, a major cyclone hit the island of Taveuni causing a delay of several weeks and additional filming.
Locations: Fiji, mainly on the island of Taveuni.
Filmed: September 1972
Australian distributor: Roadshow, and self-distributed.
Theatrical release: the film was selected by the Australian Council for Children's Film and Television to screen during a festival of children's films that was part of the celebrations surrounding the opening of the Sydney Opera House. Avengers opened the season 21st October 1973.
Rating: G
35 mm colour
Running time: 84 mins (Oxford Australian Film)
VHS copy circulating amongst collectors: 1'08"23
Box office: low. The film did the matinee circuit to modest results and swiftly dropped from view.
The Film Victoria report on Australian box office says the film took $27,000 at the box office, equivalent to $210,060 in 2009, but the figures in this report should be treated as an approximation.
It did sell to the Seven network in Australia, and it did travel internationally, and eventually ended up on VHS in a couple of territories, but in the end it could be considered a comprehensive flop.
Writer Anne Brookesbank won an Australian Writers' Guild award for her screenplay.
The film has in the past been released in VHS in various territories, but such copies are extremely rare, and there are no known film copies circulating outside the archive. The archive contains preservation material for the film, details here.
A really battered and shortened copy derived from a tape source, with time code on it, does circulate amongst collectors, but the source material shows many film artefacts, and the image jumps around a lot, especially near the end. What looks like some excellent shots of Fiji are largely lost to view, and it's left to John Sangster's above average score to sell the exotic, sometimes eerie and sinister atmosphere.
Sadly, the film remains a classic example of how government-funded productions - in this case by the newly formed AFDC - made by one off production entities sometimes fall into a black hole in Australia, for whatever reasons - rights issues, lack of continuity in ownership, or loss of interest or the death of the original producer.
In the United States, a film like this would still be in circulation, as part of some library, even if only a B-grade video title.
1. Source:
Writer Anne Brooksbank (writer-director Bob "Unfinished Business", "Warm Nights" Ellis's partner) wrote the screenplay.
The film was co-financed by actor Noel Ferrier and the newly formed federal government production financing arm, the Australian Film Development Corporation.
2. The production:
The low-budget exercise ran into difficulties and overages as a result of a cyclone affecting the location shoot on the Fijian island of Taveuni.
The film was an early outing for Garry 'Norman Gunston' McDonald, playing Ferrier's bumbling sidekick (McDonald early in his career was credited as 'Gary'), and other familiar adult names included producer Ferrier, Tim Elliot and Judy Morris.
The film was directed by Chris McCullough, formerly with the Commonwealth Film Unit, and then seen as a rising young directorial talent. McCullough would later direct documentaries such as the wildlife series In the Wild with Harry Butler (the first series was for release on the ABC in 1976).
It was DOP Peter James' first feature. Amongst many other films, James would go on to do a number of films with director Bruce Beresford, including Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Mister Johnson (1990), Black Robe (1991), Rich in Love (1993), Silent Fall (1994), Last Dance (1996), Paradise Road (1997), Double Jeopardy (1999), Bride of the Wind (2001), And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2002), and Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
The music was supplied by John Sangster, with a score described as sinisterly percussive. Sangster (1928-1995) was a jazz composer, arranger, drummer, cornettist and vibraphonist, who joined Tully at the time of the rock musical Hair, and who diversified into film and documentary music in the nineteen seventies.
3. Release:
According to Eric Reade, the film premiered in the Music room of the Sydney Opera House on the 21st October 1973, and was repeated on 28th October and 4th November as part of festivities associated with the opening of the Opera House and with the Sydney Waratah festival.
During the screening on the first night Queen Elizabeth II popped in for a surprise visit, the high point in the film's release. After that it quickly disappeared from view.
4. Detailed Synopsis:
Sydney international airport, and Updike's aide (Garry McDonald) paces up and down awaiting the arrival of the sardonic, villainous Updike (Noel Ferrier).
If he doesn't come, the suavely spoken villain Updike tells his aide, then his fawning aide will have to go and do the killing, producing protestations from his aide that he's never killed anyone.
"Then you'll have to learn," says the villainous Updike, "it's not hard", and when the aide says he hasn't got a plane ticket, the villain responds, "then we'll just have to buy you one, won't we?", ignoring a further excuse about the aide not having his passport:
"He'd better come then, hadn't he?", says Updike, as he hits the electric window on his black Merc.
Luckily for the aide, a taxi turns up, carrying the sun-glasses wearing Kemp (Tim Elliot), the hit man hired for the job.
The trio of villains make their way into the international airport, and Updike's aide opens up a briefcase with a fake passport and photos of the target. "Put them away," hisses Updike urgently. The aide warns the hit man to be wary of the passport - the glue might still be wet. "It was done in a rush."
Customs intercepts hit man Kemp and run a scan over him, discovering he's got a dead starfish concealed on his body. It's a pet, the customs man guesses.
Kemp just makes it on to the plane to be greeted by a Qantas hostie (Judy Morris) and as the plane takes to the air, Kemp spots a small boy, Tim Stewart (Simon Drake) a few seats away.
As they drive away from the airport, Updike bickers with his aide about whether Kemp is up to the job of killer and impersonator of a scientist. The aide's positive - apparently he was an undertaker, doesn't mind bodies and enjoys the pay that comes with doing a hit.
On the plane, the hostie chats up scientist Bill Stewart (Dibs Maher), off to Fiji with son Tim to research the Crown of Thorns starfish plague on a Fijian reef, but when Tim goes to look around the plane, he comes up against the very fierce, glowering Kemp.
The Qantas plane lands in Fiji, and Bill and Tim catch a taxi, as does Kemp, producing an old routine with the driver about "follow that cab". But where do you want to go, asks the taxi driver. Nowhere, just follow that cab, says the surly Kemp. "Fast".
Along the way we see picturesque shots of sugar cane and beaches, until the cab arrives at a hotel. Satisfied he knows where they are, Kemp heads off to his own room, and checks the silenced pistol he had stashed in a hollowed-out book.
More shots of picturesque Fiji follow, as Bill and Tim head into the jungle and Kemp comes after them, driving like a crazy man, and forcing Bill and Tim's Landrover to swerve off the road.
Cut to Bill showing the institute 16mm footage of film of the Crown of Thorns starfish shot on the Great Barrier Reef, revealing the enormous damage the creature does.
Bill thinks it might be too late to save the reef, with teams of divers unable to hold the plague at bay, but here in Fiji, the plague is just starting, and if he can find out why, he might be able to help both Fiji and the Australian reef.
Soon enough Tim's taking care of the boat, while dad Bill is diving to check out the reef. A fight erupts underwater, and the villainous Kemp emerges from the water, explaining to the boy that he's on a contract, and that his father's still down below because Kemp's employers are not too keen on his father's line of research.
Kemp starts the boat racing across the water, then clambers over the boat to attack Tim, hurling him into the water. "Yes, should be safe there, me boy, safe … for good."
Dissolve from Tim alone in the water to Sai (Biu Rarawa) checking out the water line on the beach, and discovering a sodden, bedraggled Tim.
Tim explains about his father and the villain Kemp, and then the pair are in a canoe, searching for Tim's father. They don't find him but Sai holds out hope he might be found on another island.
Sai takes Tim back to his village where drums are pounding and the tribe gathers to see the new arrival.
A few troublemakers get agitated and the Chieftain (Lesie) explains that there's an old story that whenever a chief is about to die, a messenger is found. Sometimes they say it is a white bird, a stork, found in the sea, now they say it's Tim.
The hapless child explains why he landed in the sea, but the chief says that how he got there is of no importance, he might still be the bringer of death to the chief.
Tim explains he has to get to Suva, and the chief tells the bringer of death to eat to keep up his strength. The chief's not worried by death, because grandson Sai's on hand to take over.
Sai takes Tim to his hut for a sleep, but Tim sneaks off to the beach. Sai tells him he's going the wrong way to get to Suva, and even if he gets to the end of the island, there's no way for him to get across. Tim keeps walking along the water line and while climbing a cliff up from the sea, challenges Sai to take him in his canoe, accusing the Fijian boy of being scared.
Sai agrees and the boys head off into the ocean, with Sai catching a fish to help ward off hunger. As they sit on an island and Sai cooks the fish, Tim notices they're being followed by a canoe. Sai tells Tim it's a good fishing ground, and anyway, he'd happily kill Tim himself, if he thought it would stop the legend and stop Sai from prematurely being made chief.
Tim waves to a passing ship, but it continues on and the sun sets. That night firewalkers turn up on the beach, and Tim and Sai go to watch the ritual, feet making hissing sounds as the Fijians step on the hot rocks.
The boys are asleep when noises bring Sai awake. They have to get away, Sai tells Tim. He sends Tim to the boat, and goes to make sure no one is following. Tim spots a man at the canoe, trying to steal something.
They paddle back into the ocean, and this time they make it into an estuary. They head up river through the jungle, and arrive at a spot where Sai tells Tim it will be quicker if they head overland to Suva.
The two boys reach Suva, and go in search of the police station. Tim is told that his father is alive, but when he goes into the police station, he discovers it's the villainous Kemp masquerading as his father, using his fake passport.
Kemp hustles Tim into a police Landrover, leaving Sai behind. Kemp takes Tim to a hotel room and threatens him, explaining he's actually a member of the secret service.
Just at that moment, the sardonic Updike calls Kemp, who tells him that a further financial arrangement will be needed if Kemp is to tidy up the loose ends.
But just at that moment Sai arrives, knocks Kemp away, and flees with Tim through the hotel.
Kemp creates havoc with the waiters in his pursuit. Meanwhile the two boys make it back into the town, racing through the street market, before hiding and eluding the villain.
Sai wants to know why Kemp wants to kill Kemp.
The determined villain races off to catch a taxi, so he can prowl the streets looking for the boys.
Tim explains Kemp has a passport that says he's Tim father. Now the Fijian police set off after Tim, and the boys seek refuge in a hi fi store, before racing out to catch a bus.
Kemp spots them, and tells a taxi driver "Quick, follow that bus," as Tim watches a fellow bus passenger, a snorting pink pig.
The boys tell the bus driver to stop and they dive off into the jungle. Kemp stops his taxi and peers into the dense foliage, looks at his watch, then heads back to the taxi.
The boys make their way through the jungle, as Kemp turns up in a Landrover at a village enquiring if anyone has seen two kids, a white and a Fijian.
As he drives up to a stream, Kemp - now carrying his pistol - spots a footprint, and crosses the stream. Meanwhile, the boys have arrived at a waterfall, and as Kemp approaches, they duck in behind the cascading water to hide.
Kemp struggles to follow them over the slippery rocks behind the waterfall, and before he can fire a shot, Sai hits him with a stone that sends him plummeting into the water.
As the sodden Kemp pulls himself from the water, the boys race off, and we cut to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, where a British military officer, Superintendent Dennis Johns (Richard Lupino), sits down beside Bill Stewart, who is lying in a hospital bed a little the worse for wear.
Johns tries to explain to Bill why two small boys can't be found. "Well there are over three hundred islands in the group, Mr. Stewart, no one's easy to find", he says. "At least we know their pursuer must be having some trouble too."
Bill fears the worst, and Johns asks him what's motivating the killer, but Bill can't imagine. Johns says they've got boats and helicopters out looking for the boys, and we cut to the lads entering a village which Sai says isn't a good place - he's seen signs of ghosts.
Sai decides they can stay, but he's uneasy, and a sceptical Tim asks him about ghosts and superstitions such as Tim being the sign of death, especially now Sai knows the real reason Tim is on the run.
"Things can have many beginnings and many ends, you will learn that if you lived here," Sai explains, noting it's still four days to the full moon, and who knows if his grandfather will still be alive by the time he returns to his village.
That night the boys are again disturbed by mysterious noises, and strange sights.
Back in Suva, in the dawn light, at the police station Bill is listening to the sounds of the police search on the shortwave radio, and grimaces at the lack of results.
Sai wakes Tim and leads him away, back to a river, while the increasingly unkempt Kemp spots their fire in the village hut.
Kemp's after them in his Landrover, driving into the water, and stalling the vehicle, which erupts with steam.
The boys keep making their way through the jungle: "you could take all day to go a mile", says Tim in pre-metric language.
Eventually the lads reach cleared land, while back in Sydney, the gold-coated Updike listens to classical music, and takes a phone call from would-be killer Kemp, who tells him he's lost the boys.
"Then why aren't you out looking for them?," asks Updike, and Kemp tells him it's because he knows where they're going. They're off to the Fijian kid's island and they've got to come down past him to get there …
That's when Updike tells Kemp that Bill Stewart's alive - they picked him up in a work boat - and they're looking for him, and unless Kemp finishes the job neatly, "...well, there are bigger interests at stake."
The unkempt Kemp takes a big swig from a bottle of whiskey, and sighs, before picking up his suitcases and walking away from the phone booth.
The two boys are now making their way through tall grass, and they emerge to look at an expansive, jungle-free island vista.
Kemp's now in a bright yellow Landrover in hot pursuit, as the boys walk past a village and along a dirt road. Kemp roars up behind them, but they've hidden themselves beside the road, and race across the field to escape. Kemp sets off after them, but the boys hide in a ramshackle tin shed.
Kemp cautiously approaches the galvanised shed, but the boys burst out, knock him over and race through tall sugar cane to escape. Kemp chases after them, but gets lost in the cane.
Sai tells Tim if they don't move Kemp won't be able to find them, and sure enough Kemp returns to his yellow Landrover. Kemp stands by the vehicle and lights a cigarette, and then his lighter gives him an idea, and soon enough the sugar cane has turned into a blazing inferno, and the boys have to flee for their lives though the fire.
As Kemp stalks the boys with his pistol, they start up a gigantic sugar cane train engine. Kemp thinks he has them, gets back into his yellow Landrover, and sets off after the train.
But as he catches up with the train, it's now got endless carriages of sugar cane behind it. Kemp realises the kids aren't on it, and we cut back to the police station, where Bill is agitated, pacing around saying there must be more they can do, and Johns points out it's a great pity his boy doesn't trust the police.
The boys meanwhile have got into a canoe, and rowed back to the island.
Sai discovers that someone has stolen the carving from the front of his canoe. That means someone wants him to die, and if the spell-casting magician has something of metal, of wood and of cloth that belongs to him, the evil one can cast a spell that kills him.
Tim is sceptical, pointing out they've only got one thing of Sai's so far, but he's mistaken and we cut to a Fijian performing a black magic ritual, using all three of Sai's possessions to cast his spell.
Tim tells Sai he's got to fight it, and Sai says he will, if he can just get back to his island, because his grandfather has powers too.
Kemp's now in a small boat heading across the ocean, and again eerie sounds haunt the sleep of the two boys as they lie in the sand.
Tim wakes to see Kemp approaching the beach. He wakes Sai, and they retreat into the jungle. Kemp follows, crawling amongst gigantic tree roots, while back at police HQ, news of a sighting of the boys in a canoe is brought to Bill by Johns.
The boys flee through the jungle, the armed Kemp following them through the swamp. He fires shots, drawing attention to himself, and as the boys huddle beneath tree roots, and the muddy Kemp approaches them in triumph, ready to kill them, Kemp just has time to tell Tim his father is alive, when a Fijian grabs him from behind and wrestles with him.
It's the chief, and it's a life and death struggle in the muddy swamp. The chief tells the boys to go, but Tim watches in fascination as Kemp falls into the grip of a kind of underwater quicksand and begins to sink beneath the surface of the water.
The chief tells him not to struggle, he'll only sink deeper.
His villagers will rescue him, but then the chief notices that his grandson Sai has fallen into a kind of trance, a victim of witchcraft. "I have to find the source of it, or he'll never wake up," he tells Tim. "He'll dry up like a cut stem and die."
Back in his hut in the village, the chief tends Sai as he lies on the floor beneath a blanket, flowers on his chest.
The chief casts a spell, and drinks the enchanted water, and then he hears an eerie noise, and announces "the thing" is up in the mountains. The chief and Tim clamber through the jungle in search of the caster of evil spells and the chief destroys the man's arrangement of wood, metal and cloth, making the caster of spells vanish.
It was Sai's cousin, says the chief, a bad man who wanted to be the chief instead of Sai, but he believes when witchcraft is discovered, it turns against his maker, and so he won't be back.
Sai wakes in his bed and raises himself off the floor, and the villagers celebrate, as Tim, his dad and Sai watch the cleansing water ceremony.
Kemp turns up being carried in a wooden cage, and Tim's dad explains that Updike was acting for very big mineral interests interested in getting mining rights under the Great Barrier Reef - rights they couldn't get if the reef stayed alive. The villains had been seeding the reef with starfish, and there's still much to be done, so he tells Tim he's afraid they'd better go.
As the drums pound, the pair say farewell to the villagers.
The villagers wave goodbye as Tim and his dad take to the water in canoes, and a traditional Fijian song sounds over the end credits …


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Lomond Hutterite Colony in Lomond, Alberta, was founded in 1984 as a division from the Turin Hutterite Colony. In 2012 Lomond Hutterite Colony was a Dariusleut colony. The minister was Paul S. Walter and the manager was Joe Walter.
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Location: Lomond, Alberta (coordinates: 50.342778, -112.426944 [50° 20' 34" N, 112° 25' 37" W])
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In overall rankings, Microsoft came in second place with 905 million visits, up 15 percent year-on-year, while Facebook ranked third with a 30 percent gain and 714 million users, while Yahoo was pushed back to fourth place with 689 million unique visitors.


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A cellphone tower can be an eyesore – that's why a new policy has been approved to include more public consultation about where new towers are set to go up.
The new policy will allow public consultation for cellular towers that are less than 15 meters tall.
The policy change comes after residents complained to city council after a tower went up in Caswell Hill.
"We didn't realize what was going in there until it was already up," said Bob Challis, Caswell Hill resident. "It's pretty bad. We have a nice little neighborhood and it's kind of an eyesore," he added.
The neighborhood complained about the lack of consultation with the community regarding the tower.
The city's previous policy was that no consultation was necessary for towers less than 15 meters, but now there will be a clear process for residents to voice their concerns.
The City of Saskatoon doesn't have the authority to approve or reject cell phone tower construction – the federal minister of industry does – but the city does oversee public consultations and delivers a report to the minister.
Now those consultations will include shorter cell towers.
"If there is a tremendous amount of opposition we accompany that information with a letter from the city saying we do not concur with that location," said Alan Wallace, the manager for the city's planning and development branch.
According to Sasktel, between 5 and ten per cent of homes in Saskatoon don't use landlines anymore and simply rely on wireless devices.
Wireless data usage is growing at a rate of 5 per cent a week, meaning new towers are necessary to providing service.


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In regards to employment sites, LinkedIn has essentially taken over the industry. Therefore, unless something unexpected happens, trends will always favor LinkedIn. As far as social networking sites go, there is more excitement than substance at the moment, but LinkedIn doesn't fall into this category anyway because it has figured out a way to monetize successfully. Another important note is that 30 percent of job viewers are now from mobile platforms. As mobile continues to grow, so will the number of Internet users, which will lead to more visits for LinkedIn. The biggest potential negative is a trend change in the stock market. Investors would flee LinkedIn at a rapid rate.
Up until this point, finding substantial negatives in this story would be nearly as challenging as finding millionaires living in Cabrini-Green in the 1970s. While the future is bright for the company, only positive news has been priced into the stock. This has led to the stock currently trading at 905 times earnings. That's 1999-ish. The stock is also trading at 84 times forward earnings. It's possible that insiders know the stock has gotten well ahead of itself, considering there has been consistent insider selling. In addition to that, there is a 7.30 percent short position on the stock. More than just insiders are well aware of the stock being too expensive. Another simple negative is weak margins.
It's very possible that the stock will continue to climb higher for several months, perhaps even years, but it's just creating its own bubble. For those who like to ride the wave, it might be a nice wave to catch as long as you bail at the right time. For those who want a long-term investment without having to worry, look for a slower and steadier wave.
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Flies at high speed and attacks using the large, venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail. | ||
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This card was released in the English Base Set, first originating from the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the English Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection expansions.
Twineedle and Poison Sting are both moves in the Pokémon games that Beedrill can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.
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My Totally Hot Car: 1946 Mercury woodie
For many car guys, delight arrives when they can finally park the cars they lusted for in their youth in their garage decades later. That was certainly the case with Steve Blagg of San Clemente. His dream machine was not a hot-rod or a muscle car, but a woodie.
That's why this 1946 Mercury woodie wagon he now owns brings him so much satisfaction.
"I grew up surfing in O.C.," says Blagg, 61. "When I was a young kid, I'd see them cruising."
Those images of surfboard-laden wagons set in motion a desire that would manifest itself many years later.
"We'd hitchhike from La Habra (to the beach)" back in those days, Blagg says, laughing at how safe and simple those times were.
Fast-forward to about four years ago, and Blagg finally got the opportunity to buy his own Mercury woodie, which were rarer than other models.
"I bought this from a guy in Newport Beach with a bunch of cars," Blagg said. "I pulled over to look at a wagon. He said, 'Want to buy it?' I said, 'I'm looking for a woodie.'"
Sure enough, there was one in the corner that Blagg could only describe as "junk," but the owner wasn't willing to sell – at least on that day.
A few weeks later, the owner changed his mind and Blagg got to work.
In restoring the vehicle over the years, Blagg even did the woodwork. The car features its original 239-cubic-inch V-8 and the old "three on the tree" transmission. Luckily the car was mostly intact, but for parts that he needed, Blagg said he'd have to hunt around and "beg for mercy" from anyone who might have the correct item.
Today, the old woodie shines and gets lots of well-deserved thumbs-up.
"I've done about five or six vehicles, including a Porsche, VW Bug and '57 Bel-Air," Blagg said. "But No. 1 is the woodie."
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dog-to-human language translation device 7. Charl Fourie and Michelle Wong (1999) In 1998, South African
inventor Charl Fourie created a device called the 6. John Edward Mack (1993) John Edward Mack,
M.D. was an American psychiatrist, writer, and 5. Edward Teller (1991) Edward Teller was
a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist. He was 4. The Pepsi-Cola Company (1993) In 1993, the Pepsi-Cola
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got so many death threats that they used round-the-clock 3. Viliumas Malinauskas (2001) In 2001, Viliumas
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and conservationist from North Bay, Ontario,
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BABYLON, N.Y. – A man is charged with manslaughter after a fatal stabbing near a Little League field where kids were playing on New York's Long Island.
Suffolk County police said a fight broke out Saturday between two men in Babylon. WABC-TV reports that one of the men interrupted the game to tell people he was hurt. He died at a hospital a short time later.
Police said a witness alerted an off-duty officer and the officer and bystanders apprehended the suspect as he tried to flee. Authorities say the fight wasn't related to the baseball game.
Twenty-year-old Michael Grusel was arrested in the death of James Moran. Grusel is to be arraigned in Central Islip Sunday.
The police activity prompted the Little League to cancel Saturday's games.


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Major General
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Inner Sphere Military Ranks |
Enlisted |
Field Officer |
General Officer |
For specific ranks see Military Ranks |
In the First SLDF a Major General commanded a Division or sometimes a Corps. Frequently they were in charge of the defense of a vital world that could be attacked.[1] In the Second SLDF a Major General would have the same responsibilities.[2]
The naval equivalent of a Major General was a Vice Admiral. Typically they would command the naval presence in a military region.
A Major General wore two three dimensional stars as their rank insignia, while a Vice Admiral wore two purple stripes on their cuffs.
Rank | Insignia |
Major General |
Lyran Commonwealth and Lyran Alliance[edit]
The LAAF equivalent of a Major General is a Kommandant-General. These officers typically serve as the executive officer of a Combat Theater, and are responsible for making sure that every combat unit in their theater is ready for combat. The LAAF Navy uses the rank of Hauptmann-Kommodore to identify these officers.[3]
Their rank insignia is the same four silver pips arranged in a cross pattern used by a Hauptmann General, with a black pearl covering the center point where the pips meet.
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Kommandant-General Hauptmann-Kommodore |
Armed Forces of the Federated Suns[edit]
In the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns, a Major General is usually the executive officer of a March Militia unit[4]. Since the March Militia's units are spread over a large number of worlds, a Major General needs to use tact and political acumen as well as tactical and strategic military skills. In a battle, the Major General usually assumes command of a regiment that is vital to the commanding officer's plans.
The equivalent naval rank is Vice Admiral.
Major Generals wear epaulets with three broad bands across the base.
Rank | MechWarrior | AeroSpace Fighter | Infantry | Armor | Naval Crew | Technical Service |
Administrative | Medical | Legal | Logistics/ Transportation |
Major General (Vice Admiral) |
Free Rasalhague Republic[edit]
In the KungsArmé a Generalmajor leads one of the smaller administrative departments, like Administration or Military Education. KungsArmé Generalmajors rarely serve in the field.[5] These officers wear a green patch with a gold Roman numeral "2" to show their rank.
Rank | Insignia |
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- ↑ The Star League, p. 112
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 79
- ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 32
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 129, "Major General"
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Caesars Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ:CZR) had a loss and missed Wall Street's expectations, AND came up short on beating the revenue expectation. The revenue miss is a negative sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company. Shares are down 8.71%.
Caesars Entertainment Corp Earnings Cheat Sheet
Revenue: Decreased 7.15% to $2.02 billion from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: reported adjusted EPS loss of $3.75 per share. By that measure, the company missed the mean analyst estimate of $-2.04. It missed the average revenue estimate of $2.11 billion.
Quoting Management: "The fourth quarter capped a year that was marked by significant progress on our strategy to reinvigorate our core business, expand our domestic distribution network, pursue growth online and internationally and continue to improve the company's capital structure," said Gary Loveman, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
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2009: Played in 11 games, started one … Missed several weeks in the middle of the season due to a knee injury … Very versatile player who can play as a central midfield player, outside midfielder and as an outside back … Very quick on and off the ball and possesses and excellent shot and strong cross … Played some crucial minutes off the bench down the stretch of the season in the NEWMAC tournament and the NCAA tournament.
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The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.
- Juror B37 has dropped her plans to write a book about the George Zimmerman trial. In a statement released by literary agent Sharlene Martin of Martin Literary Management, Juror B37 wrote, "I realize it was necessary for our jury to be sequestered in order to protest our verdict from unfair outside influence, but that isolation shielded me from the depth of pain that exists among the general public over every aspect of this case. The potential book was always intended to be a respectful observation of the trial from my and my husband's perspectives solely and it was to be an observation that our 'system' of justice can get so complicated that it creates a conflict with our 'spirit' of justice." Juror B37 told CNN's Anderson Cooper in an anonymous interview on Monday night that she thought Zimmerman's "heart was in the right place," but that "it just went terribly wrong."
- BookRiot features photos of the Cleveland Public Library's outdoor "reading nest," an enormous nest for sitting and reading perched outside the library. Designed by the artist Mark Reigelman, the nest is made from more than 10,000 pieces of wood and measures 13 feet high and 36 feet in diameter.
- Patrick Juola, one of the linguistic experts who helped The Sunday Times determine that The Cuckoo's Calling was written by J.K. Rowling, tells TIME magazine that writers' fingerprints can be found in the little words: "Propositions and articles and similar little function words are actually very individual. It's actually very, very hard to change them because they're so subconscious."
- Following the news that Robert Galbraith is actually a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, our colleagues at The Onion reveal that J.K. Rowling is, in turn, a pseudonym for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich: "Gingrich went on to say while he mostly tried to keep his political life separate from his fiction, the character of Ron Weasley was based almost entirely on Tom Daschle."
- In 2011, the controversial French novelist Michel Houellebecq failed to show up for part of his book tour, and speculation ran wild that he had been kidnapped, perhaps by al-Qaida. Houellebecq reappeared a few days later with no explanations. The Guardian reports that a French film company has now announced that it completed filming a movie starring the author and called L'enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq (The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq). Director Guillaume Nicloux has promised to reveal where the writer was for those mysterious several days. Houellebecq is notorious in France for his claim that Islam is "the stupidest religion" and his subsequent trial for inciting racial hatred. (He was found not guilty.)
- The New York Times' David Carr explains why Barnes & Noble is good for Amazon: "One of the parties that might want to root for Barnes & Noble is Amazon. Sales of e-books fell immediately after Borders went under, leading some to suggest that reduced opportunity to browse the physical artifact resulted in less online buying."
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text: Nyko's Wand+ Has Wii Motion Plus Built Right InMike Fahey1/07/10 12:40pmFiled to: ces10Nyko wand+NintendoWii motion plusDohces 10Top3031EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Nyko does what Ninten-didn't with the introduction of the Nyko Wand+, a Wii remote alternative with Motion Plus support built right in.AdvertisementDebuting today at CES in Las Vegas, the Nyko Wand+ features Full Motion Technology, offering the same 1:1 movement tracking capability as the regular Nintendo remote with the Wii Motion Plus add-on attached. In the official announcement, Nyko takes a subtle swipe at Nintendo for not creating an all-in-one controller of its own.By building the technology into the controller, the Wand + provides all the functionality Wii gamers expect, plus the versatility and convenience they deserve; no more dongles, no more custom sleeves or incompatibility with docks and other accessories not able to accommodate attached dongles.Ouch. If I were Nintendo, I'd be a bit embarrassed.AdvertisementThe Wand+ also includes Nyko's Trans-Port Technology, which allows action buttons to be replicated electronically on attached accessories, as opposed to Nintendo's analog connector.All this for $39.99 when the Nyko Wand+ ships this March.Reply303 repliesLeave a reply


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Bug Fixes
- Clients utilizing OpenGL video modes will no longer experience graphical anomalies and missing textures after minimizing/maximizing the window.
- Fixed an issue that caused Fel Eye Stalks during the Legion Ring event to not despawn when the event is completed.
- Fixed an issue where zoning after mounting and summoning a pet was disconnecting players.
- Fixed an issue where the Shift key would get stuck in game.
- Using a /equip macro while affected by certain crowd control spells will no longer cause the items in the macro to be stuck in your inventory.
- Using very low values for SetScale() will no longer cause Mac users to disconnect from the game.
- Default sound channels have been changed from 12 to 32.
- Microphone resources will no longer be claimed by World of Warcraft when Voice Chat is disabled.
- Sounds will no longer stutter and pause if large amounts of creatures are being hit with AoE attacks from multiple sources.
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NINEVEH – City of Assyria. The form of its name is derived from the Masoretic text. It answers as nearly as possible to the native Assyrian form "Ninua." The origin of the name is obscure. Possibly it meant originally the seat of Ishtar,... |
NING-PO – See China. |
NIPPUR – Ancient name of a great city in central Babylonia whose ruined site is now known as Nuffar (Niffer), which is the same word in an Arabicized form. It is one of the oldest cities in the world at present identifiable by name and... |
NISAN – First ecclesiastical and seventh civil month (Neh. ii. 1; Esth. iii. 7). In the earlier Biblical books it is designated "Ḥodesh ha-Abib" (month of the harvest). It is regarded as a sacred month because, according to a tradition,... |
NISH (NISSA) – City of Servia on the Nissava. Its Jewish community dates from the beginning of the eighteenth century, as is shown by a question put to Rabbi Moses Amarillo of Salonica by Gershon, the first chief rabbi of Nish, who had been... |
NISHMAT – Literally, "the soul of." A part of the liturgy which on Sabbaths and festivals leads up to the short benediction ("yishtabbaḥ") after the Psalms and other Biblical poetry of the early morning service. Nishmat, together with... |
NISIBIS – City in northeastern Mesopotamia, in the ancient province of Migdonia. The Biblical Accad (Gen. x. 10) is rendered "Neẓibin" (Nisibis) by the Targumim of pseudo-Jonathan and Jerusalem; but the Targum of Jonathan renders Canneh... |
NISSEN (NISSEN-SALOMAN), HENRIETTE – Swedish singer; born in Göteborg March 12, 1819; died in Harzburg Aug. 27, 1879. She studied pianoforte under Chopin (1839), and singing under Manuel Garcia at Paris. She made her début at the Italian opera in Paris Nov. 12,... |
NISSI BEN NOAH – Karaite scholar; lived at Bassora, later at Jerusalem, in the eighth century. He is believed to have been the son of Abu Nissi Noah, who is given in the Karaite tradition as a contemporary and senior of Anan. In the introduction... |
NISSIM BENVENISTE, DON – Spanish scholar of the fifteenth century. His halakic consultations with Isaac Aboab were published, under the title "She'elah u-Teshubah," by Abraham Meldola in the "Shib'ah 'Enayim" (Leghorn, 1745).Bibliography:... |
NISSIM, ḤAYYIM B. ELIJAH – Turkish rabbi; probably lived in the second half of the eighteenth century. He was the author of "Maẓa Ḥayyim," homilies and comments on the Pentateuch. It was published, together with some additions, by his son Samuel b. Ḥayyim... |
NISSIM BEN JACOB BEN NISSIM IBN SHAHIN – African Talmud exegete and moralist; lived during the first half of the eleventh century in Kairwan. He received his early instruction from his father, Jacob ben Nissim, president of the yeshibah of Kairwan. After Ḥushiel ben... |
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By PJ
I think about death every time I fly. Traveling down to Austin, TX for the massive music conference known as South by Southwest always begins with the sobering thought that I may end up in a flaming pile of airplane wreckage somewhere in rural Arkansas. To paraphrase Don DeLillo's "White Noise," humans are the only animals that are aware that their lives must end someday. It is a trade-off for having such phenomenally developed, large brains. The upshot, of course, is that we get to realize how amazing it is that we are alive, and that we have been blessed with the ability to experience music. Music enhances life and has the ability to remind us of what we're capable of feeling. It is something that makes us feel more connected to one another through its shared experience, whether it evokes happiness, pain, excitement, or even terror.
After being bombarded on every side by the music of 63 bands over the course of 5 days with little pause, I've come away with a renewed awe of the power of music. Japandroids told me not to worry about dying. Andrew W.K. told me to party like I'm ready to die. Liars gave me goosebumps. Billy Bragg made everyone around me well up in tears.
I have probably waxed overly philosophical at this point, and I think words do not necessarily relate well to music. After all, "talking about music is like dancing about architecture." So here are my picks from SXSW 2010. It would take me a month to write a full review of every group I saw, so I've excluded the performers that didn't really stand out to me (but even they were difficult to weed out), and for the rest, I've come up with an icon system. With the exception of very few, I would see every performer on this list again, and I don't believe that any of them are objectively "better" or "worse" than others.
(no icon) = made the list, therefore go see them live if you can
m/ = see them live and obtain their music
m/m/ = see live and obtain music + various superlatives (hella rad, wicked good, most-excellent, etc… choose your own)
**#%@#$&!$%@!!!!!!!!11** = completely melted my face off and should not be missed under any circumstances barring global thermonuclear war
m/m/ Bit Shifter - 8bit. Does things with a Gameboy you never thought possible. Will shift your face off.
Morning Benders - Had to mention even though they're not really my thing. Very good, poppy songwriters, excellent vocal harmony.
m/ Japandroids - Loved them. Just drums and guitar. Loud, fast, infectious. Thoughtful lyrics.
m/ Javelin - Fun. Dancey. Have an excellent time on stage which makes them great to see live.
m/ Japanther - Real loud awesomeness. Bass and drums and telephone receivers. People in the audience got hurt. To quote a friend, wear a helmet to their show.
**#%@#$&!$%@!!!!!!!!11** Andrew W.K. - Completely epic. Broke stage. Must see. That is all.
m/ Danielson - One of my favorite groups for a long time. Strange pop.
**#%@#$&!$%@!!!!!!!!11** Liars
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt - You don't need their album, but you need to see their show. I hope it's what it's like when I die.
m/m/ Anamanaguchi - Nintendo + Rock = <3
m/ The Chapman Family - Great for bad moods.
Shout Out Out Out Out - Dancey, electro-pop. Fun.
m/m/ Sweet Apple - Yeeessssss!!! Featuring J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. Face-melting, classic.
m/m/ Oh No Ono - Another favorite. Incredible, other-worldy psychedelic pop.
Tobacco - Of Black Moth Super Rainbow. Dreamy, strange electronic accompanied by bizarre and disturbing video art.
Mariachi El Bronx - Double as both punk/rock and mariachi. Missed the punk version and caught the mariachi. Good stuff.
m/ Jeff the Brotherhood (http://www.myspace.com/jakeandjamin) – Vivid rockers. Guitar and drum duo.
**#%@#$&!$%@!!!!!!!!11** Billy Bragg
Yacht - Electronic, dancey fluff.
m/m/ Trampled by Turtles - Crazy bluegrass with a punk spirit. Loved them.
m/ Justin Townes Earle - Country, singer-songwriter. Fantastic.
m/ Deer Tick - Excellent country/rock. Very good live presence.
m/m/ Lucero - Great way to finish out the country showcase. Just a great band.
m/ Joan of Arc - Angular, and dissonant, but beautiful at times. Probably not for everybody, but I loved them.
Jukebox the Ghost - Cleverly crafted piano pop.
Free Energy - Positive, energetic rock.
m/ Rogue Wave - Excellently constructed gems of pop songs.
m/ Titus Andronicus - Loud, punky goodness + shouting.
m/m/ Wave Machines - Caught me totally off guard. Listen to them. Do it. Now.
She Keeps Bees - Someone actually held up a note saying "The White Stripes called, they want their dynamic back" during the show. A jerk move considering they totally hold their own.
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds - Another one of those life-affirming moments at this year's SXSW. This lady is a total badass.
Ok that's it! Go listen to some music or make some noise!


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Hugh Hefner's new twin girlfriends have an assault record (I'm aroused)
Hugh Hefner has already found replacements for Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson. His two new ladies are twin sisters Karissa and Kristina Shannon (pictured on each side of Hugh.) But it turns out these two have a history of beating the living crap out of people and are BOTH on probation for a bar brawl in January, according to E! News:
The sisters were arrested in the early morning hours of Jan. 10 and booked on suspicion of felony aggravated battery, per arrest reports obtained by E! News. They were released from custody after posting $10,000 bonds and were later given probation and ordered to pay restitution for the incident, the details of which have not been determined just yet.
Prior to that run-in with the law, Karissa Shannon was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery last November.
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Share this! Three preview tracks from the Nanobots LP drop on iTunes tomorrow—and this is a cover of the Nanobots EP! (not the same as the LP cover for those who are wondering!)
Three new TMBG tracks premiere on iTunes tomorrow!
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A contingent of 11 Explorers and two advisors participated in the 2009 L.E.E.P.A.A.C. Law Enforcement Explorer Conference on July 5 in Gunnison, Colorado. L.E.E.P.A.A.C. stands for Law Enforcement Explorer Post Advisor's Association of Colorado.
The competition was held at Western State College, where the Explorers were housed. It was a unique competition because each Explorer is teamed up with three other explorers from three separate posts. There were forty 4-person teams competing.
Competitors came from Colorado, California, Arizona, Utah and Texas. The competition lasted one week.
The closing ceremonies for the Explorers was held on Saturday, July 11.
All of the Explorers' registration fees and lodging were paid for by private donations or funds from Explorers working paid events.
Explorers who competed: Lieutenants Lex Ogan, Tri-cities Division; Frank Salgado, West Division; John Leahy, Lake Forest Division; Sergeants Melissa Gorfu, West Division; Danielle Blaszak, Lake Forest Division; Simona Popescu, Mission Viejo Division; Brian Hirst, Tri-cities Division; Corporal Anthony Hart, Rancho Santa Margarita Division; Explorers Evan Hotchkin, Mission Viejo Division, and Alicia Cahhal, Mission Viejo Division. Explorer Rebekah Schaff – South Division
Advisors: Sgt. Dan Daniels of Community Services and Deputy Sherri Gilman of San Clemente Police Services.
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Top Rank recently announced itâs bringing a boxing show featuring world champion Roman âChocolatitoâ Gonzalez and a large array of Southern California prizefighters to Pomona.
It kind of reminds me of the good old days in the early1990s.
WBA junior flyweight titleholder Gonzalez (31-0, 26 KOs) defends against Mexicoâs Ramon âPrincipeâ Hirales (16-3-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday at the Pomona Fairplex. A number of prospects from the Southwest region will also be featured.
Itâs not often that junior flyweight world champions meet in Southern California. Not since the days of Michael âLittle Hands of Stoneâ Carbajal and Humberto âChiquitaâ Gonzalez during the early 1990s have elite 108-pounders displayed their talent in the Southland. Back then, those two firecrackers sold out the Inglewood Forum when they fought.
Normally guys this small lack the firepower for registering knockouts. These two are different. Nicaraguaâs Gonzalez, 24, has 26 knockouts and has successfully defended his title three times. Heâs looking to add Mexicoâs Hirales to the hit list.
Hirales, 29, formerly held the WBO version of the junior flyweight title but lost by decision to Donnie Nietes in the Philippines. Hirales hails from La Paz and is a southpaw slugger. It should be an interesting match with slugger versus slugger in the main event.
Can Gonzalez and Hirales bring back the fire for their division? Weâll see.
Local Riverside prospect Alberto Herrera (8-5-1, 5 KOs) has a tough welterweight assignment against Las Vegas prospect Anthony Lenk (13-1, 7 KOs). Their bout is set for eight rounds. Herrera is the younger brother of Mauricio âEl Maestroâ Herrera, who recently fought Coloradoâs Mike Alvarado in a nip-and-tuck battle in Las Vegas. Many call it this yearâs Fight of the Year.
Another Las Vegas prizefighter participating is Jesse Magdaleno (8-0, 5 KOs), who fights Nick Fast (7-1-1, 6 KOs), of Kansas City, in a junior featherweight contest scheduled for six rounds.
Armeniaâs Vahe Saruhanyan (4-0, 2 KOs) fought in Pomona several weeks ago and scored a knockout win. This time the lightweight now living in Los Angeles faces Mexicoâs hard-hitting Edwin Solis (3-1, 3 KOs), who is coming off a decision loss. Their fight is set for six rounds.
Several other fights are scheduled for the event, including undefeated welterweight Wale Omotoso (21-0, 18 KOs), unbeaten Jessie Roman (10-0, 6 KOs), and a female welterweight bout displaying Hollie Lawson (1-2) against Lisa Lewis (7-14).
On a special note, San Bernardinoâs Edgar Alvarado, a former amateur middleweight star, is making his pro debut.
Tickets begin at $30 and doors open at 5 p.m. For more information call (323) 353-3212 or 866-9943.
Brooklynâs Paul âMagic Manâ Malignaggi (30-4, 6 KOs) will be fighting in the Ukraine on Sunday against WBA welterweight titleholder Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-0, 21 KOs).
The Sunday morning fight will be televised on pay-per-view at 10 a.m. Malignaggi, a former junior welterweight world champion, is making his first attempt to win in the heavier welterweight division.
âMaking 140 pounds was getting too tough for me,â said Malignaggi, who usually lives in Hollywood when training for a fight.


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It was insanely windy on Mount Healy. The gusts were manageable in the trees, but above treeline it was a major effort to walk in a straight line rather than stagger about as the wind shoved my body sideways. Because the climb had the wind mostly at my side and back, I didn't quite realize the extent of the wind's force until I turned to face it, and couldn't breathe. Big gusts would hold me like a wall, and even when forward motion was possible, the gusts seemed to whisk all of the oxygen away before I could pull any into my lungs. I just trudged a few steps, then stopped and turned my head around to gasp for air. It was all quite exciting, and a little frightening, because it felt like any moment a gust strong enough to knock me off my feet would come and push me toward the steeper side of the mountain. Based on my experiences with Taku Winds in Juneau, I'd say it was gusting to 70 or 80 mph at that elevation. Later, the Denali Park ranger would agree with me.
This photo is blurry because I couldn't even hold my camera still in the wind. As I was removing the lens cap, a gust whisked it right out of my hand. It actually fluttered around in the air for several seconds before dropping onto a drift about a hundred feet away, then continued bouncing down the slope, never to be seen again.
The Mount Healy hike was only 5.5 miles round trip with 1,900 feet of climbing, but the wind made for an exhausting effort. I was in my cocoon by 9 and actually fell asleep, but Beat called around 9:45 with his own reports of intense wind and wetness, and amid the sympathy and anxiety, I couldn't fall back asleep. I eventually did, after seeming hours of scrutinizing the star-splattered sky for hints of the aurora, and reading my Kindle. It wasn't a fantastic night of sleep, but still one of my better ones.
Friday just had to dawn clear, warm, and gorgeous, tempting me out for another day of not resting. I didn't really want to go hiking in the wind again, but the ranger told me bikes were allowed on the mushing trails along the Denali Park Road. I expected poor trail conditions but figured it couldn't hurt to go out for an hour, maybe 90 minutes. After all, I had a race to taper for.
Of course, where the pavement wasn't blown free, it wasn't rideable at all. You think that would be enough to coax me to turn around, but I still persisted until enough clouds built up around the peaks to the south to convince me that a blizzard was moving in. That, and knowing I had 13 miles of grinding into the wind to get out of there. At least the return was mostly downhill.
Then I got to do this into a 25 mph wind. It wasn't a long walk, but just far enough to remind me that I wasn't mountain biking in Utah or road biking in the mountains. Snow biking just isn't snow biking without the pushing.
The ride netted 27 miles and 2,344 feet of climbing in 3:45. Going to Denali National Park was both a fantastic and not-so-great idea, as I'm feeling well-cooked already and I haven't even raced yet. Driving the rest of the distance to Fairbanks this afternoon revealed how overtired I am, with a full release of rapidly swinging emotions. One moment I was listening to Muse and driving too fast, and a few minutes later I'd switched to the soundtrack from "Once" and lapsed into tears as I thought about Beat. But for all of those reasons, it was a great two days. I ran wild with a spectrum of powerful emotions, from fear to anxiety to exhilaration to joy to love and sadness. I let it out and now I feel refreshed. Maybe now I can sleep.


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ドキュメントの種類: | 図書 |
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edited by Karin M. Ekstr�om and Kay Glans. ; ; Karin M Ekström; Kay Glans |
OCLC No.: | 640510979 |
物理形態: | xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
コンテンツ: | @contents:Part I: Editor's Introduction Karin M. Ekstrom and Kay Glans Part II: A Changing Society 1. The Economics and the Anti-Economics of Consumption. Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 2. The Hyperconsumption Society. Gilles Lipovetsky 3. Consumption in an Age of Globalization and Localization. Richard Wilk 4. Goods and Service Consumption in the Affluent Welfare State - Issues for the Future. Jan Owen Jansson 5. Consumption beyond Dualism. Daniel Miller Part III: Changing Consumer Roles 6. Selves as Objects of Consumption. Zygmunt Bauman 7. Consumers as Citizens: Tensions and Synergies. Frank Trentmann 8. Political Consumption Revisited: Should We Resist "Consumers' Resistance"? Franck Cochoy 9. Communities of Purpose. John W. Schouten and Diane M. Martin 10. Value Creation and the Visual Consumer. Jonathan E. Schroeder 11. "Keeping Up With the Children": Changing Consumer Roles in Families. Karin M. Ekstrom Part IV: The Consumption Bubble and Beyond? 12. Relative Deprivation, Inequality, and Consumer Spending in the United States. Robert H. Frank 13. (Un)sustainable Consumption and the New Political Economy of Growth. Maurie J. Cohen 14. If US Consumption Declines Will the Global Economy Collapse? Neva Goodwin 15. Philosophies for Less Consuming Societies. Russell Belk 16. Well-being the Path Out of the Consumption-Climate Dilemma? John Holmberg and Jonas Nassen 17. What is to Be Undone: The Making of the Middle Class in China. Patricia M. Thornton |
シリーズタイトル: | Routledge interpretive marketing research series, 13. |
責任者: | edited by Karin M. Ekström and Kay Glans. |
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"Beyond the Consumption provides an insightful and incisive analysis of the social, cultural, economic, and ecological ramifications of an all-consuming, consumer-driven global economy. Through cogent reflections on a broad but interlinked nexus of issues, the authors in this volume deftly investigate consumption as manifested in everyday life and intertwined into broader socio-political structures, imploding many cultural cliches and entrenched ideological dogmas along the way. This book is must reading for anyone interested in understanding the complex ways in which consumption has profoundly shaped society and what societies can do to reconfigure consumption into more sustainable and socially redemptive forms." - Craig J. Thompson, Churchill Professor of Marketing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 続きを読む


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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Situational Crime Prevention at Specific Locations in Community Context: Place and Neighborhood Effects in Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005-2008 (ICPSR 26981)
Principal Investigator(s): Eck, John, University of Cincinnati; Wilcox, Pamela, University of Cincinnati
The study examined the situational and contextual influences on violence in bars and apartment complexes in Cincinnati, Ohio. Interviews of managers and observations of sites were made for 199 bars (Part 1). Data were collected on 1,451 apartment complexes (Part 2). For apartment complexes owners were interviewed for 307 and observations were made at 994. Crime data were obtained from the Cincinnati Police Department records of calls for service and reported crimes.
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Study Description
Eck, John, and Pamela Wilcox. Situational Crime Prevention at Specific Locations in Community Context: Place and Neighborhood Effects in Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005-2008 . ICPSR26981-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-12-23. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26981.v1
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This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2005-IJ-CX-0030)
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: alcohol, alcohol consumption, crime prevention, crime rates, management, management styles, multifamily housing, neighborhood characteristics, security, tobacco products, violence
Smallest Geographic Unit: none (Part 1); neighborhood (Part 2)
Geographic Coverage: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- 2006-07--2006-10 (Bar Manager Survey (Part 1))
- 2006-07--2006-10 (Bar Site Observation Data (Part 1))
- 2005-01--2006-12 (Bar Crime Data (Part 1))
- 2007--2008 (Apartment Manager Survey Data (Part 2))
- 2007-03--2008-06 (Apartment Site Observation Data (Part 2))
- 2006 (Apartment Crime Data (Part 2))
- 2006-07--2008-06
Unit of Observation: Bar (Part 1), Apartment Complex (Part 2)
Universe: All bars (Part 1) and apartments (Part 2) within Cincinnati, Ohio between 2005 and 2008.
Data Type(s): administrative records data, census/enumeration data, event/transaction data, observational data, survey data
The Apartment Data (Part 2) is comprised of 1,451 records. The project's report (Eck, et al., 2010; NCJ 229364) indicates that "for apartment complexes owners were interviewed for 307 and observations were made at 994". Users should be aware that some variables that correspond to the Apartment Management Survey contain more than 307 valid responses. The data contain a DONE "DONE DUMMY" variable that can be used to select the 994 usable site observations survey records. The DONE variable also identifies apartment site observation survey records that were "Not Done" or "Aborted".
Study Purpose: The study examined two types of places, drinking establishments (Part 1) and apartment complexes (Part 2). The research had two goals: (1) develop information useful to police and others engaged in place-based situational crime prevention that can assist them in working with place managers to reduce violent crime, and (2) improve the scientific understanding of how place managers influence crime at places, and the factors that influence place management practices. Study objectives were to (1) Identify apartments and alcohol drinking establishments (including bars and restaurants with alcohol service licenses) in Cincinnati that have very high numbers of violent incidents and very low numbers of violent incidents, (2) document the management practices and site characteristics of both high and low violent incident sites, (3) determine the neighborhood contexts of high and low crime establishments, and (4) examine how the management practices, site characteristics, and neighborhood context influence crime and each other.
The Bar Data (Part 1) are comprised of data on 199 bars resulting from the Bar Manager Survey, the Bar Site Observation Survey, and crime data from the Cincinnati Police Department. Before the bar surveys were administered, three secondary data sources were used to identify bar locations. Alcohol licensing information for local businesses was obtained from the Division of Liquor Control, which is an office within the Ohio Department of Commerce. Two additional data sources were used to cross-reference the alcohol licensing information: (1) a list of bars reviewed by CinWeekly (a weekly tabloid that annually writes reviews of local bars), and (2) bars listed in local yellow pages (www.cincinnatibellyellowpages.com).
The Part 1 crime data were obtained from the Cincinnati Police Department for crimes reported and documented between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2006. Site observations and interviews of bar owners, managers, bartenders, and security staff were conducted between July and October in 2006. The Bar Manager Survey interviews provided detailed information on bar characteristics and management activities. For the Bar Site Observation Survey, physical attributes of the bar were documented based on observations of the interior, exterior, and environment immediately surrounding the location.
The Apartment Data (Part 2) are comprised of data on 1,451 apartment complexes derived from the Apartment Manager Survey, the Apartment Site Observation Survey, and crime data from the Cincinnati Police Department. Before the apartment surveys were administered, data regarding land use were obtained from the Hamilton County Auditor's Office to identify land parcels as "apartments". Geographic data were obtained from the Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System (CAGIS) and data from the 2000 Census were obtained from ESRI's online repository of Census data.
Part 2 crime data were obtained from the Cincinnati Police Department in 2006. Calls for service data from 2006 were used to create the dummy indicator of high violence used to stratify the sample. The Apartment Manager Survey gathered information about both the buildings (e.g., year built, number of units) and management practices at the apartment (e.g., how often the owner visits the property, behavioral restrictions in the lease). Owners were mailed a survey on May 9, 2007, along with a cover letter describing the survey and a postage-paid return envelope. Three weeks later, a reminder postcard was mailed. Four weeks after that, a second survey and cover letter were mailed. Finally phone interviews were conducted in an attempt to increase response rate. The Apartment Site Observation Survey gathered information about the visible features of the apartment complex (e.g., lighting, physical condition of buildings, security features) and the surrounding area (e.g., litter surrounding the complex, nature of surrounding land parcels). Apartment Site Observation Surveys were conducted between March 2007 and June 2008.
For the purpose of this study, a "bar" was defined as a place that meets four conditions: (1) it is open to the general public, rather than restricted to members or rented out as a entertainment spot to private parties, (2) it serves hard alcohol for on site consumption, (3) some proportion of patrons frequent the place for the primary purpose of consuming alcohol, and (4) there is a designated physical area within the place that serves as a drinking area (this could be the entire place, or a portion of the place). Places without all four conditions were not considered bars. Of the 1,254 places in Cincinnati with alcohol licenses, 264 were classified as a bar using the above definition. Bars that were not open during the year 2005 were excluded, along with several locations that closed down before data collection efforts began. A total of 239 bars were included in the final sampling frame (Part 1), from which data were collected on 199 bars.
For the purpose of the study, an "apartment complex" was defined as a grouping of physically contiguous apartment land parcels owned by the same person or entity. Specifically, apartment land parcels were combined into an "apartment complex" when they were: (1) owned by the same owner, and (2) located on the same side of the street within the same 100 block of a street, or (3) obviously part of a larger complex when mapped. One hundred fifty-five owners held multiple complexes within a single neighborhood. One complex was selected at random from each of these owners. All other owners held a single complex. A probability sample of the 4,956 apartment complexes within the Cincinnati city limits was taken. This sampling procedure yielded a final result of 1,451 apartment complexes in 38 neighborhood groups, each owned by a different person or corporate entity (Part 2).
Mode of Data Collection: record abstracts, coded on-site observation, face-to-face interview, mail questionnaire, telephone interview
Three secondary data sources were used to identify bar locations for inclusion in the Part 1 sampling frame. Alcohol licensing information for local businesses was obtained from the Division of Liquor Control, which is an office within the Ohio Department of Commerce. Two additional data sources were used to cross-reference the alcohol licensing information: (1) a list of bars reviewed by CinWeekly (a weekly tabloid that annually writes reviews of local bars), and (2) bars listed in local yellow pages (www.cincinnatibellyellowpages.com).
Cincinnati Police Department Records (Part 1 and 2)
Data regarding land use were obtained from the Hamilton County Auditor's Office to identify land parcels as "apartments" for inclusion in the Part 2 sampling frame. Geographic data were obtained from the Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System (CAGIS). Street networks obtained from CAGIS were used to geocode land parcel data from the Auditor's Office. Cincinnati neighborhood boundaries were also obtained from CAGIS. Data from the 2000 Census were obtained from ESRI's online repository of Census data.
Bar Site Observation Survey (Part 1)
Bar Place Management Survey (Part 1)
Apartment Site Observation Survey (Part 2)
Apartment Place Management Survey (Part 2)
The Bar Data (Part 1) contain 475 variables including bar manager survey variables, bar site observation variables, and crime variables including physical violence variables and threatened violence variables. The Bar Manager Survey includes variables related to (1) ownership, (2) characteristics of the property, (3) business strategies, access control, security, and transportation, (4) activities and entertainment provided, (5) food and drink served, (6) number of employees and training, (7) number and demographics of patrons, (8) recent enforcement by outside agencies, and (9) the financial status of the bar. The Bar Site Observation Data includes variables related to (1) characteristics of the exterior of the bar and the immediate environment, (2) attributes of the building, (3) characteristics of the bar interior, and (4) cleanliness/disrepair of restrooms.
Crime variables in the Bar Data include measures of aggravated burglary, aggravated menacing, aggravated robbery, arson, assault, breaking and entering, burglary, criminal damaging/endangering, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, domestic violence, domestic violence misdemeanor, endangering children-cause physical harm, ethnic intimidation, felonious assault, grand theft, gross sexual imposition, improperly discharging firearm at/into habitation/school, inducing panic, kidnapping, menacing by stalking, misuse of credit card, murder, petit theft, rape, robbery, safe-cracking, sexual battery, sexual imposition, taking the identity of another, tampering with coin machines, telephone harassment, theft-license plates, theft, unauthorized use of motor vehicle, vandalism, and vehicle theft.
The Apartment Data (Part 2) contain 296 variables including apartment manager survey variables, apartment site observation variables, and two crime variables. The Apartment Manager Survey gathered information about apartment ownership and property characteristics, management policies, demographics of residents, unit characteristics, and crime legislation data. The Apartment Site Observation Survey gathered information about the apartments (including layout of complex, buildings, and units), characteristics of the exterior, and the parking situation. Crime variables in the Apartment Data include the number of violent calls for service at complex and a high violence apartment complex measure.
Response Rates: Part 1: Of the 239 bars included in the final sampling frame, interviews of managers and observations of sites were made for 199 bars yielding a response rate of 83.26 percent. Part 2: Of the 1,451 apartment complexes included in the final sampling frame, site observations were made at 994 (out of 1,040 attempted) and 307 mail in surveys were returned, yielding response rates of 95.58 percent and 21.16 percent respectively.
Presence of Common Scales: none
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Standardized missing values.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Original ICPSR Release: 2013-12-23
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The V&A exhibition, 'Power of Making,' launched in September. As a joint venture with the Crafts Council, it presents an eclectic selection of crafted objects, ranging from a life-size crocheted bear to a ceramic eye patch, a fine metal flute to dry stone walling. It describes itself as a "cabinet of curiosities," showing works by both amateurs and leading makers from around the world.
Craft seems to be everywhere, from kitchen table Etsy sellers to the plethora of classes and clubs to attend. They even have a social twist – the Make Lounge (themakelounge.com) hosts hen nights, and Drink, Shop, Do (drinkshopdo.com) runs a bar and gallery alongside classes. There is even a website dedicated to celebrating DIY, handmade weddings (rocknrollbride.com)
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Sprocket and Gobo Fraggle
Sprocket is owned by Doc who works on inventions in his workshop. A hole in the wall of his workshop leads to an underground kingdom of creature called Fraggles.
One of the more adventurous Fraggles, Uncle Traveling Matt left his subterranean world to travel in the Outer Space world of the humans. He sends postcards of his exploits to his nephew Gobo Fraggle who retrieves the communiqués from Doc's workshop.
Sprocket and Doc
When Gobo comes out of the wall, Sprocket barks brightly and tries to warn Doc about the little invader. Later in the series, Sprocket befriends Gobo.
Sprocket (voiced by Rob Paulsen) appeared in the animated Saturday morning version of the series FRAGGLE ROCK/NBC/1987-88.
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Energy conservation and CO2 mitigation potentials in the Chinese pulp and paper industry." Resource, Conservation and Recycling 117, no. Part A (2017): 74-84.
" BEST Cities: Software User Guide. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2016. English PDF (8.51 MB) Chinese PDF (6.43 MB)
A Bottom-up Energy Efficiency Improvement Roadmap for China's Iron and Steel Industry up to 2050., 2016. PDF (443.19 KB)
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You got to love how the Obama media are portraying the Beck rally on the Mall.
Below is the view of the crowd as photographed during Martin Luther King's March on Washington, August 28th 1963. Notice the crowd seems about the same size, but if you consider that the treed area on the right in 1963 did not allow for a large gathering of a crowd, three is no question that the Beck rally was larger than the iconic 1963 March on Washington. The media portrays the 1963 rally has attracting around 250,000. Yet CBS can't bring themselves to confirm more that 84,000 for the Beck rally.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Nothing to See Here: Tiny Crowd of Conservatives Gather on the Mall
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Massive Oil Find off Israeli Coast. 4.2 Billion Barrels
It seems that every few weeks bring discoveries of massive new energy resources off of the Israeli coast. In addition to the massive amounts of gas, it seems that large amounts of oil have now also been found. GOOD LORD!
Israel stocks rise; energy firms see oil potential Israel Stocks - MarketWatch
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Christie: NJ Got Shafted
A tiny clerical error deprives New Jersey of a ton of Fed education money, and the $400 million went to Ohio instead. OHIO! You know, that very important swing state in every Presidential election. Coincidence? You make the call. Watch this video of NJ Governor Christie handling the news. Unbelievable!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceasedto be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities - but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and
proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."
-Sir Winston Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages248-50 (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899). 1 November 2005 - Australia
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
True Face of Imam Rauf to be Revealed by Newly Discovered Audio Tapes…
Uh-ohh, the S*#t is about the hit the fan with the Ground Zero Imam. Steve Emerson has unearthed 13 hours of audio tape of Imam Rauf. Emerson and his team of investigators has spent the past four weeks going through the newly found material. Rauf is a "radical extremist cleric who cloaks himself in sheep's clothing."
Heartbreak for the Left.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Obama: Hell Yeah I Support That Mosque at Ground Zero
Maybe when he was running for President, he should have mentioned that he would have no problem erecting a giant Mosque at the site where thousands of Americans were murdered. But that was back when he was a candidate pretending to be someone else.
Obama: "These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam's role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings. Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality. And here in the United States, Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America and that American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country. And today, I want to extend my best wishes to the 1.5 billion Muslims around the world – and your families and friends – as you welcome the beginning of Ramadan."
You cannot make this stuff up.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Point of No Return
A fantastic, must-read article in the Atlantic Monthly, acompanied by the video below:
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Gutfeld & Beck Discuss "Suspicious Packages"--A Ground Zero Islam-Friend...
Suggested names for the new establishment:
30. Honor Drillings
29. Jihard
28. Filthy Omar's Rusty Trombone
27. The Arabian Queen
26. Dune Biters
25. Goat's Night Off
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23. The Leather Burqa
22. Git Mo
21. Pig in a Poke
20. Sheiks & Freaks
19. Sodom and Gonorrhea
18. Osama Bin Dover
17. The Exploding Goat
16. Weapons of Ass Destruction
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14. Anderson Cooper's Apartment
13. The Sticky Prophet
12. The Sphinxter
11. Grind Zero
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Obama says he'll continue to engage Putin
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STOCKHOLM — President Barack Obama says he will continue to engage Russian President Vladimir Putin, even though they've "hit a wall" in their relationship.
Obama says although Putin is rejecting the idea that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his people, he's quote, "always hopeful" that he'll change his position.
Putin said in an interview with The Associated Press that Russia "doesn't exclude" supporting a U.N. resolution on military strikes against the Assad regime if it is proved that regime forces used poison gas on civilians. But he said it was "ludicrous" that the regime would use chemical weapons at a time when rebels were in the defensive. He warned the West against taking one-sided action in Syria.
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Kipco, Japanese firm eye Algeria projectKuwait Projects Company (Kipco) said on Thursday it planned to enter into a "strategic partnership" with Japan's Orix Corporation and that the companies were mulling a joint project in Algeria. Kipco, Kuwait's la More… |
Kipco Q3 net profit plunges 73pcKuwait Projects Company (Kipco), the country's largest investment firm, reported a 73-per cent decline in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, after booking a one-time gain in the same period last year. Kipco said it made a profit of KD7.1 More… |
Kipco Q1 net profit surges on operating firmsKuwait Projects Company (Kipco), the Gulf state's biggest investment firm, said its net profit for the first quarter jumped to KD8.1 million ($29.2 million), a company statement said on Sunday. Kipco's quarterly net profi More… |
Burgan Bank Q1 net profit rises to $43mKuwait's Burgan Bank, the commercial banking arm of Kuwait Projects Company (Kipco), posted a more than ten-fold increase in its first quarter net profit. Net income in the three months to March 31 came in at KD11.8 million ($42.92 mil More… |
Moody's to downgrade Kipco ratingsMoody's has placed on review the issuer ratings for Kuwait Projects Company Holding (Kipco), a major investment holding company, for possible downgrade. The ratings agency has also downgraded the Kuwait Projects Company (Cayman) as wel More… |
Kipco plans $457m capital boostKuwait Projects Company (Kipco) has agreed to raise the company capital to 127 million dinars ($457.5 million) from 121 million dinars, the company said on Wednesday. This will be done through a 5 percent bonus share distribution to More… |
Kipco ups stake in real estate firmKuwait Projects Company (Kipco), the country's biggest investment firm, said it has raised its stake in United Real Estate Company (URC) to 60.4 per cent. 'The firm (Kipco) states that it acquired 33.11 per cent in URC through one More… |
Kipco to extend $140m bonds maturityKuwait Projects Company (Kipco), the country's biggest investment firm by assets, said it will extend the maturity of KD40 million ($139.5 million) worth of bonds by one year. The bonds' maturity date will be extended to November 5 More… |
Kipco Q2 net drops 56.5pcKuwait Projects Company (Kipco), the country's biggest investment company by assets, posted a second-quarter net profit decline of 56.5 per cent, but said it was confident about progress for the rest of 2009. It said it had made provis More… |
Sheikh Bahaa Hariri buys 5pc of KipcoSheikh Bahaa R Hariri recently invested $100 million to acquire a 5 per cent stake in the Kuwait Projects Company (Kipco), making him the largest individual investor in the company. The acquisition comes in line with the overall strategy o More… |


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