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Meltdown on Wall Street; Keeping the Candidates Honest
Aired September 15, 2008 - 22:00 ET
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Tonight, breaking news: your future, my future, our future at stake, a meltdown on Wall Street, the worst since 9/11. One giant collapses. Another is bought, yet another now begging for a bailout, tens of billions of dollars lost, tens of thousands of jobs gone. Two presidential candidates weighing in. So, what are they going to do about it? It's your money, your vote. We will examine tonight. Also tonight, they're both attacking, but is John McCain just plain lying about Barack Obama's record, his statements, Sarah Palin's accomplishments, even the size of his own crowds? Karl Rove says McCain's ads are a problem. He says both sides' ads are a problem. The Associated Press says -- and I quote -- "The Straight Talk Express has detoured into doublespeak." Tonight, we're checking the facts, "Keeping Them Honest." And, later, Hurricane Ike's path of total devastation. We have got the latest from Galveston and coastal towns, parts of which simply no longer exist. We begin, however, where Wall Street, Main Street and the campaign meet, with breaking news on the single most important issue to voters, the shaky economy. Right now, Asian markets have dropped, experiencing their own versions of the bloodshed today on Wall Street. Blue chips here lost more than 500 points, investors reacting to news over the weekend Lehman Brothers collapsing, Bank of America on about 48 hours notice buying Merrill Lynch. Also just tonight, insurance giant AIG and Washington Mutual, the nation's biggest S&L, seeing their credit downgraded, putting both on the brink. The bigger picture, of course, unemployment up, inflation up, gas prices triple what they were seven years ago. Set all that against a presidential race now all tied up, the latest CNN poll of polls dead even. Today, the candidates each weighing in on what has gone wrong and how to fix it, your money, your vote. Here's Tom Foreman. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As the latest financial earthquake rumbled through Wall Street, tremors were rattling the campaign trail. In Colorado, Barack Obama called it more bad fallout from years of Republican rule. SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: For eight years, we have had policies that have shredded consumer protections, that have loosened oversight and regulation, and encouraged outsized bonuses to CEOs, while ignoring middle-class Americans. The result is the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression. FOREMAN: In Florida, John McCain blamed big business and bad government. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: People are frightened by these events. Our economy, I think, still, the fundamentals of our economy are strong, but these are very, very difficult times. And I promise you, we will never put America in this position again. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) MCCAIN: We will clean up Wall Street. We will reform government. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) FOREMAN: Amid recent problems in housing, banking and jobs, McCain's assertion that the economy is fundamentally sound was mocked by Obama. OBAMA: Senator McCain, what economy are you talking about? FOREMAN: McCain says he was talking about the fundamental American work ethic. MCCAIN: Our workers have been the strength of our economy. FOREMAN: For all that, with each new bit of bad news, both men are pushing their plans for economic reform. McCain is hitting hard on balancing the federal budget, cutting wasteful spending, and reducing food prices, among other things. Obama wants to invest more in manufacturing, fund more research and education, and crack down on credit card companies, to list some of his goals. (on camera): Both men want a simpler tax code and lower taxes for working Americans. Both want lower fuel costs, more foreign trade. And both insist, it all must start now. MCCAIN: Our economy is at risk today. Have no doubt how serious this -- this problem is. OBAMA: We are going to have a lot of rebuilding to do. FOREMAN: The devil, of course, is in the unanswered questions about all these grand economic plans. Who will pay? Who will benefit? And will any of it really work? Tom Foreman, CNN, Washington. (END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: A lot of people may lose their jobs when this is all over. It's not just Wall Street. Computer maker Hewlett-Packard today announcing nearly 25,000 job cuts, the nation's jobless rate the higher in years. Let's deeper now with "Fortune" magazine's managing editor, Andy Serwer. Now bad news about AIG, about Washington Mutual. I mean, is this going to get worse tomorrow? What happens tomorrow? ANDY SERWER, MANAGING EDITOR, "FORTUNE": Yes, I don't see this getting better, Anderson. I'm -- I'm sorry to say that. You know, over the past couple of hours, those two giant financial companies, AIG, the largest insurance company in the United States, Washington Mutual, the largest S&L thrift in the United States, both were downgraded by credit agencies, meaning their bonds are rated the condition of the business has deteriorated, meaning they will have to raise more money. But that puts their actual future in jeopardy at this point. In other words, possibly, they could go bankrupt very soon. COOPER: So, if I'm sitting at home tonight, and I have a 401(k), I have got money in that, and I have got, you know, money in my house, what does all this mean? SERWER: Well, you know, there a couple things that are happening right now. First of all, with the market, the stock market going down, you're poorer, your 401(k). So, you have lost money there. That hurts. Also, of course, the housing market has no improved. And let's remember, at its core, this problem is all about the U.S. housing market and that deteriorating. That's happening. And, then, also, there's a crisis of confidence. I mean, this stuff is starting to spill out into the overall economy. Then you see banks and credit card companies starting to tighten up, not loan as much money to individuals and businesses, and raise rates on credit cards. So... (CROSSTALK) COOPER: So, even if you don't have money in the stock market, it's going to impact short-term, and maybe long-term, because of job cuts, tightening credit market? SERWER: I think that's right. And, of course, you know, business conditions are also going to be a problem going forward. And you have to wonder if companies are going to start to lay people off. The Hewlett-Packard layoff you just talked about not directly connected to this type of thing. They had a giant merger. But other companies, of course financial services in New York City and other cities, like Lehman Brothers, a lot of jobs are going to lost there. That's obviously really bad for the economy. COOPER: In terms of the plans being offered by both Obama and McCain, what do you make of them? SERWER: I think they're pretty short on substance. And, you know, I mean, I think these guys need to get up to speed fast, because it's going to become a huge issue. It is already is a huge issue, but it's going to sort of overwhelm, I think, all the other issues of the campaign. These are very, very serious and complicated issues. But they kind of come back to some fundamental questions we have in our society, regulation and free markets. Where do you stand? And we always have this tension, Anderson. But I think that it's safe to say we failed. COOPER: Has there -- has there been enough regulation? I mean, Freddie and Fannie Mae had a government agency that was supposedly watching over them. Have -- has -- you know, the people who were supposed to be watching over all this stuff, were they? SERWER: They weren't. They were not. There is a regulatory body that oversees Fannie and Freddie, but they failed. There's no question about that. Then you look at the regulatory evidence, in terms of Washington and Wall Street, and you have to say that there's failure there. They didn't understand what was going on in terms of derivatives, complex financial instruments that got these companies into trouble. COOPER: What is interesting, too, I mean, I'm 41. Most of my adult life, the stock market has always just been going up. And it's one of those things that I think there's a lot of people who don't have the experience of it having major problems like this. SERWER: Well, yes. COOPER: And that shakes confidence. SERWER: Right. And, you know, of course, we both remember 1987, the crash then. And that was devastating. It really hit Wall Street. It did cause a recession. But, in a way, this feels worse, I'm sorry to say, because it seems more difficult to contain. It seems like Washington, you know -- you know, Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke are working very hard, but it doesn't feel like they're in control. And that is very, very unsettling. COOPER: They're responding to -- yes. SERWER: Yes. COOPER: All right. Dark days ahead, probably. (CROSSTALK) COOPER: Andy Serwer, appreciate you being with us. Thanks. A lot more to talk about. Our political panel weighs in tonight. As always, I'm blogging throughout the hour. Join the conversation. I'm about to log on. Go to AC360.com. You can also find Erica Hill's live Webcast during the commercial breaks. Also ahead tonight, is the McCain lying, is the Obama campaign in their commercials and their statements? Some recent statements by John McCain and Sarah Palin have been raising eyebrows? We will examine lies, half-truths, and misstatements ahead. Later tonight, what Hurricane Ike did to Texas Gulf Coast and the people who live there. We're live in Galveston, where hope and heartbreak are doing battle tonight. Stay tuned. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GOV. SARAH PALIN (R-AK), VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: And that infamous bridge to nowhere, I did tell Congress thanks, but no thanks. If we wanted a bridge up there, we were going to build it ourselves. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: Governor Sarah Palin today still claiming she was against the so-called bridge to nowhere. Her statement is one of those sort of kind of partially true, but not really true lies that we have been hearing a whole lot of recently. The campaign has become increasingly bitter. And accusations of lies and misrepresentations have reached an extraordinary level. Tomorrow, we will look at some of Senator Obama's statements that have been called into question, but tonight we focus primarily on the McCain's campaign's claims, some of which are simply factually incorrect. "Keeping Them Honest," here's Randi Kaye. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Call it what you will, mistruths, half-truths, stretching the truth, telling the truth. Whatever it is, it has both Democrats and Republicans questioning what's going on inside the McCain campaign. Their opponents have gone so far as to say that John McCain and Sarah Palin are lying their way into the White House, claims the campaign brushes off. TUCKER BOUNDS, MCCAIN CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN: I think that those who say John McCain and Governor Palin are lying about anything in this campaign need to pay closer attention to our advertisements and the record of the candidate we're running against. KAYE (on camera): Make no mistake. The Obama campaign has also been accused of mistruths along the way, like telling voters McCain wanted to spend 100 years in Iraq. McCain actually said, troops should stay in non-combat roles for as long as it take, not that he wanted 100 years of war. (voice-over): But, today, Obama turned up the heat on McCain. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, OBAMA CAMPAIGN AD) NARRATOR: He's running the sleaziest ads ever, truly vile, dishonest smears. (END VIDEO CLIP) KAYE: McCain stands by his ads, he told the ladies from "The View." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "THE VIEW") JOY BEHAR, "THE VIEW": We know that those twos ads are untrue, they're lies. And, yet, you, at the end of it, say, I approve these messages. Do you really approve them? SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Actually, they're not lies. And... (END VIDEO CLIP) KAYE: Well, are they or aren't they? "Keeping Them Honest..." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, MCCAIN CAMPAIGN AD) NARRATOR: Learning about sex before learning to read? (END VIDEO CLIP) KAYE: Did Obama want to teach sex education to kindergartners? Not really. The programming question was intended to teach kids how to avoid sexual predators, says the nonpartisan group FactCheck.org. VIVECA NOVAK, FACTCHECK.ORG: What he wanted to do was increase the range of some -- some sort of sex education, K-12. But the kind of thing he was interested in having kids at a young age learn about was inappropriate sexual advances that might be made against them. KAYE: The campaign's response? BOUNDS: Our ads are based on honesty and truth and a true reflection of Barack Obama's records. KAYE: But what about Sarah Palin's records? On the campaign trail, she keeps hammering home one point: "I told Congress, thanks, but no thanks, to that infamous bridge to nowhere." But that's not true. Congress has already killed that project. NOVAK: She never said, "No thanks, Congress." KAYE (on camera): Opposing the bridge plays into a bigger theme of the McCain campaign, that Sarah Palin is the perfect crusader to help McCain rid Washington of its addiction to earmarks and wasteful pork barrel spending. (voice-over): This is what McCain said on "The View." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "THE VIEW") MCCAIN: First of all, earmark spending, which she vetoed a half- a-billion dollars worth in the state of Alaska. (CROSSTALK) BARBARA WALTERS, CO-HOST: She also took some earmark spending. (CROSSTALK) MCCAIN: No, not as governor, she didn't. She vetoed... (END VIDEO CLIP) KAYE: The truth? Governor Palin cut Alaska's earmark requests in half. But, this year alone, the state asked for $197 million. NOVAK: She says that she vetoed a lot of legislation that would have called for earmarks, but that doesn't get rid of the fact that she actually did ask for earmarks for the state of Alaska. KAYE: On energy policy, Palin said, Alaska provides 20 percent of the energy produced in the U.S. Is that true? Nope. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says, it's 3.5 percent. NOVAK: It's big deal because Sarah Palin and John McCain have been claiming that Palin is an expert on energy in the United States, because Alaska has a good bit of oil. But the figures she's citing are simply wrong. KAYE: And what about Palin's international credentials, the extent of her travels abroad? BOUNDS: The Alaska National Guard has confirmed, just like we had confirmed at the campaign, that she has traveled abroad. She went to Kuwait. She entered Iraq. She underwent and presided over a -- over a ceremony. So, here we are, trying to bat down something that was completely true, 100 percent accurate. KAYE: Apparently not. We checked with the Army National Guard. And they told us they are 100 percent sure Palin never made it past the Iraq-Kuwait checkpoint, that she never entered Iraq. And her trip to Ireland, originally billed by the campaign as a visit to a foreign country, campaign spokeswoman Maria Comella says, it was a refueling stop. Some Republicans are uneasy. Bush White House strategist Karl Rove, on "FOX News Sunday" criticized both the McCain and Obama campaigns. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "FOX NEWS SUNDAY") KARL ROVE, FORMER SENIOR ADVISER TO PRESIDENT BUSH: McCain has gone, in -- in some of his ads, similarly gone one step too far in sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond -- beyond -- beyond the 100 percent truth test. Both campaigns ought to be careful about -- they ought... (END VIDEO CLIP) KAYE: Still, political expert Larry Sabato says, mistruths can work well with the party base, which is conditioned to believe the campaign. LARRY SABATO, DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CENTER FOR POLITICS: A smear campaign can succeed. If it's completely outrageous, and it's completely contrary to the facts, then, probably the truth will catch up with it before the end of the campaign. But, if the unfairnesses or the mischaracterizations are subtle enough, then the campaign will probably succeed. (END VIDEOTAPE) KAYE: Now, our expert, Larry Sabato, telling us tonight that, if the McCain campaign can't win pretty, it will try and win ugly. And, Anderson, you know it's getting pretty ugly on both sides. COOPER: We are going to look at the Obama claims tomorrow night. You have also been covering the case of the fire trooper and public safety commissioner. The Alaska legislature is investigating if Sarah Palin abused her power as governor to get the fire safety commissioner fired. There was some action on that today. What happened? KAYE: Right, Anderson. In July, the governor fired this public safety commissioner. She says it was because of budget reasons. He says it was because he didn't fire trooper Mike Wooten, who was actually the ex brother-in- law of the governor, who had threatened her family, she said. So, they're looking into whether or not there was any abuse of power in trying to get him fired. Well, the state legislature is investigating, as you said. And, today, the campaign held a presser, saying that Barack Obama, the Obama campaign, is orchestrating this investigation, that they are behind this, announcing -- and I'm quoting here -- that the governor won't be interviewed by investigators and will not cooperated with a tainted investigation. Now, in response to that, Anderson, the Obama campaign coming out tonight, calling this complete paranoia. COOPER: All right, Randi Kaye, thanks. Again, tomorrow, looking closer at the Obama campaign and how it does with the simple truth. Our political campaign weighs in on lies and spin in a moment. Also, Sarah Palin on the trail campaigning alone, but that doesn't mean she's any more accessible. As you will see, getting Palin to answer a question is, well, pretty much impossible. Later, investigating the deadly California train wreck. Did a cell phone distraction play a role in the crash? That and more -- when 360 continues. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "THE VIEW") WALTERS: What is she going to reform specifically, Senator? MCCAIN: Well, first of all, earmark spending, which she vetoed a half-a-billion dollars worth in the state of Alaska. (CROSSTALK) WALTERS: She also took some earmark spending. (CROSSTALK) MCCAIN: No, not as governor, she didn't. (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: John McCain claiming Sarah Palin didn't ask for earmarks as governor, which is simply not true. Let's talk strategy now, as well as truth and consequences with CNN's Candy Crowley, CNN senior political analyst David Gergen, and "TIME" magazine's Mark Halperin. David, does -- I mean, have -- has the McCain -- we're going to talk a lot about the Obama campaign and their claims tomorrow night, but, I mean, has the McCain campaign gone too far stretching the truth? DAVID GERGEN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Yes. And what they have been doing, Anderson -- all campaigns stretch the truth to some degree, but I think Karl Rove was right. This has gone well beyond the normal bounds. And it's like waving a red flag in front of the press. And you now see are journalists getting angry. And, so, Senator McCain claims that she didn't ask for any earmarks as governor of Alaska. Well, "The Wall Street Journal" has a big piece today -- "The Wall Street Journal" has a big piece today saying over $400 million in requests for earmarks from Senator -- from Governor Palin. And, so, I think what you -- and you see various news agency, the Associated Press, not questioning the veracity of the McCain campaign, but actually saying they're lying about something. That's very unusual in a campaign. And I think this was all coming to a head, the questions about Sarah Palin, herself and her adequacy, and the sort of -- the growing sort of resentment, anger by the press that they're sort of being -- you know, they're being had has been coming together. And I think there's a real pushback starting against the McCain campaign, at least in the press. And one sensed that it was also -- has also been starting to occur among the public. I think it's a lot clearer among the press than it is among the public. COOPER: It's interesting, Mark Halperin. I think, today, John McCain said to the Associated Press that Barack Obama did not call Sarah Palin a pig when saying the lipstick on a pig, and, yet, he approved this commercial -- and it said, "I approve this commercial" -- in which they said, "Barack Obama on Sarah Palin," and they had that quote. MARK HALPERIN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Look, I think ,on this day, the biggest question is which one of these guys can take over the American economy in just a few months. There is -- there are these subsidiary questions about tactics and strategy and fascinating personal dramas here. John McCain is clearly uncomfortable with the campaign that he has authorized his staff to run. He's clearly uncomfortable going on "The View" and having -- and doing interviews with the Associated Press, and having to sort of come partially back towards the truth. It's not the way he wants to be. COOPER: But he's uncomfortable, he's still saying, "I approve these messages." HALPERIN: Oh, I'm not -- I'm not -- I'm not saying he's uncomfortable, and, therefore, we should forgive him. I think what he's -- what he's doing is, he's revealing, through this uncomfortableness, through these partial acknowledgements of the truth, that he is not comfortable, he never has been comfortable, running this kind of campaign. And those liberal commentators who say he's sold his soul in order to try to win for the presidency, I think there's a fair amount of truth to that. And -- and, if David's right, and if voters are starting to see the extreme nature of the degree to which they're willing to just say up is down, black is white, I think he's going to be in for some trouble. COOPER: Candy, lest we be accused of only focusing on McCain, as I said, we're going to focus in-depth tomorrow on Barack Obama, Karl -- Karl Rove, to the point he made on Sunday, he said both sides are stretching the truth. Is it equal? CROWLEY: You know, I mean, I -- I'm not going to be the one to tell you whether it's equal or not. I honestly think that voters need to be out there and say, OK, here's what McCain says. Everybody says it's a lie. Here are the facts of the matter. I can tell you that there are stretched truth and things that are not fact that show up in Barack Obama's speeches. He routinely says, well, John McCain thinks that middle class is $5 million. This is taken from the Saddleback forum, when John McCain was asked, what's middle class? And he said, oh, I don't know, let's see, $5 million, $6 million. There was a laugh. He said, no, but, seriously, let me tell you. Now, I know people are going to use that against me, but I think it's this or that. So -- but this is a routine part of the Obama campaign. There has been a commercial out there with -- FactCheck.org took a look at, in which John McCain's quotes were taken out of context about the economy. He said in January he didn't think that we were in a recession. That quote is now being used -- or was used recently, when, in fact, the totality of what he was saying in the next couple of paragraphs was, but that doesn't take anything away from the fact that people are upset. This is pretty routine stuff, I hate to tell you, that goes on, on a campaign. Obama has also said that he is going to pay for his tax cuts and for his spending programs solely on the basis of closing those corporate loopholes and corporate tax havens. The fact of the matter is, he also is going to use the tax increases that he's going to give people who make over $250,000. So, there are things left out. There are things not in context. COOPER: Right. CROWLEY: And they -- they do that on both sides. COOPER: Mark, do you think it is equal? HALPERIN: No, I don't think it is. I appreciate why Candy wants to be cautious about it, because she can cite examples, we can all cite examples on both sides. The lies of the McCain campaigns, the untruth, the distortions, the attempts to paint Senator Obama are more central to the arguments of the McCain campaign right now than they are to the Obama campaign on the other side. COOPER: How so? HALPERIN: Well, all their advertising, most of their rhetoric, the messages they drove at the convention, I think, are more fundamentally false and more central to their campaign message right now. But I think Candy pointed out one thing that I think is hurting the Obama campaign. They're taking themselves off the high road and they're trivializing the prospect of being president in just a few months. When they seize on what John McCain said about $5 million is rich, which he meant jokingly, when they do, as they did today, and they seize on John McCain saying there are fundamental strengths to the American economy, which Barack Obama agrees with -- he's not going to say there are no fundamental strengths to the American economy -- when they seize on one mis -- badly phrased thing, as they have several times with John McCain, I think they do themselves and the country a disservice. That's not what this campaign should be about. It shouldn't be about distortions either. But it shouldn't be about what they every so often try to make the campaign about. COOPER: David, isn't that about trying to keep the McCain campaign responding to the Obama campaign, as opposed to what's been occurring the last couple weeks, which is the Obama campaign kind of responding to these one-offs from McCain? GERGEN: I think that's right, Anderson. There's going to be a lot backing-and-forthing. But, if I might, I think the central story of today, politically -- let's go back to what Mark was saying -- is, we have reached another major turning point in the campaign. John McCain had all the momentum coming out of his convention with Sarah Palin, and dominated the news, was on offense right the end of this last week. There was a resistance building up. But what happened over the weekend with the economy and the bottom falling out of the financial markets -- and we have been saying for some time on this program this is the worst financial crisis since the Depression -- Alan Greenspan said on Sunday the worst economic situation he's seen -- it seems to me that there's a real turning point now, that that momentum on McCain's side is likely to fade. And there is the opportunity for Obama to seize the momentum back on his side. I don't know if he's going to do it or not. He is trying. McCain has an opportunity here as well. But there's no question right now that this -- this really dark economic situation is now going to be -- is going to really -- is going to, I think, blot out a lot of this question about who -- the backing-and-forthing and the advertising, and focus on the issues. COOPER: Right. GERGEN: And that's what -- that's what Obama has wanted to do. He's now got the opportunity. I think, personally, he's got the critique down, but he still hasn't provided a message about what he would do, nor has he really surrounded himself, in the way he needs to, with the Bob Rubins and the Paul Volckers and the Larry Summers and Laura Tysons, and have them as a tight unit. I think he still has to do that. COOPER: Candy, no doubt -- very quickly -- on the campaign trail, it obviously played a big role today. You anticipate, in the days ahead, issue number one, it's going to be front and center? CROWLEY: Oh, absolutely. I mean, listen, just as foreclosures were showing up on B-17, or in the real estate section, along comes this horrific headline out of Wall Street. COOPER: Right. CROWLEY: I mean, this is what they wanted. They believe, of course, that the economy is one of their strengths and that they can paint John McCain as George Bush. COOPER: All right, Candy Crowley, David Gergen, Mark Halperin, thanks. Still ahead on 360, the investigation into that deadly train crash in Los Angeles taking a sudden turn. Was the engineer on one of the trains text-messaging he blew through a stop signal? Was he even looking at the track? We will try to find out ahead? And our reporters on the trail "Keeping Them Honest," getting up close with the candidates -- Sarah Palin taking her first solo flight on the stump today. How did that go? And Joe Biden throwing punches today, doing his best to avoid those gaffes that critics say seem to come so naturally. Stay tuned. You're watching 360. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: On the trail today, Governor Sarah Palin took her first steps without John McCain at her side. Coming up, all the details on her first solo flight on the stump, including how she handled the media. We'll give you a hint: it was from a distance. Plus, Joe Biden's knack for making gaffes over the years and just a few days ago. But first, Erica Hill joins us with a "360 Bulletin" -- Erica. ERICA HILL, CNN ANCHOR: Anderson, the death toll in that horrific train crash in Los Angeles stands at 25 tonight. Dozens are seriously injured. Investigators are now looking into whether text messages may have played a role in the crash. The commuter train ran a stop signal, hitting that freight train head on. Two teen train buffs now say they were exchanging texts with the engineer at the time. Day one in the O.J. Simpson trial. Who could have predicted this? The first prosecution witness who's an alleged victim of the case actually became ill on the stand. The man had a history of heart attacks. Simpson is charged with robbing sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. He has pleaded not guilty. And interest rates cuts that appeared largely off the table a few days ago could soon happen. In fact, economist say today's meltdown on Wall Street may, in fact, prompt the Federal Reserve to cut that key rate at its meeting tomorrow. And Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died today after a battle with cancer. In the early days of Pink Floyd, the keyboardist was seen as the band's driving musical force, along with the late Syd Barrett. Wright was 65, Anderson. COOPER: All right, Erica. Here's tonight's "Beat 360" photo. John McCain in the kitchen during the taping of "The Rachael Ray Show" in New York on Friday. Here's the caption from -- oh, from Erica, our staff winner. HILL: Hello. COOPER: "No, really. She told me all I needed to win is a little E.V.O.O. and yum-o! The White House is mine." (SOUND EFFECT: "Ooh!") HILL: Get that? COOPER: No. What's E.V.O.O.? HILL: Rachael Ray has this thing. I don't really watch her show, but I know this. She always refers to extra virgin olive oil as... COOPER: Oh, as E.V.O.O.. HILL: Yes. COOPER: E.V.O.O.. HILL: And then she says, "Yum-o." COOPER: Well, "yum-o" I'm familiar with. HILL: Very excited about things. COOPER: You think you can do better, go to AC360.com. Click on the "Beat 360" link. Send us your entry. We'll announce the winner at the end of the program. The winner, of course, gets a "Beat 360" T-shirt. Sarah Palin's rock-star-like tour continues. Only now, she's gone solo, still drawing big crowds but still staying on message and still not taking any questions from reporters. We're on the trail. And later, incredible pictures of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Ike, and search and rescue teams go community to community, looking for those who stayed behind. We'll have a live report. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: There's the electoral map, Minnesota now moving from leaning Obama to a tossup, shrinking his estimated lead by 10 electoral votes. Bear in mind, state polling tends to lag behind the national numbers, and John McCain's convention bump appears to be fading. His VP pick, Governor Sarah Palin, had her first solo day on the trail today. She spoke at two rallies: one in Colorado and another Nevada. She was watched closely, to say the least, by supporters, as well as her opponents, not to mention reporters. With Palin's ABC News interview behind her, other news organizations are eager to ask her their own questions. But that didn't happen today, though, but not for trying. CNN's Dana Bash is on the trail. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) DANA BASH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Sarah Palin took to the stage and took a thinly-veiled swipe at the Republican president. GOV. SARAH PALIN (R-AK), VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Our regulatory system is outdated. Washington has ignored this. Washington has been asleep at the switch and ineffective. BASH: A taste of the reform message McCain advisors call the key to winning, and the biggest bonus to adding an outside other to the ticket, especially in the anti-establishment Rocky Mountain west, her first foray at campaigning alone. PALIN: We've got a lot in common, these western states. You know, we hold together, and we pull together. BASH: Here, Palin added fresh fodder to her now familiar stump speech, like what she'd do in the White House... PALIN: My mission is going to be energy, security, and government reform. BASH: ... and got a big response for a new jab at Barack Obama. PALIN: Our opponent wants to raise income taxes and raise payroll taxes. And raise investment income taxes. BASH: Nonpartisan groups say that's a stretch. Most Americans would get a tax cut under Obama's plan. But lines like that are drawing crowds like this: newly enthused GOP voters and even some conservative Democrats like Gayle Loughridge. GAYLE LOUGHRIDGE, PALIN SUPPORTER: I have been political my whole life. And Palin just has got me energized up at 3:30 this morning to come see what she's got to say. BASH (on camera): With these enthusiastic crowds, Palin's solo debut is a case study in her appeal and in the McCain campaign strategy to keep her to a careful script. (voice-over) Palin's two western rallies were tightly-controlled events. In Carson City, Nevada, she seriously signed autographs longer than she spoke. In Golden, Colorado, signs voters brought were not allowed in. The handmade-looking yellow signs in the crowd were distributed by the campaign. Palin spent Sunday in Denver out of sight, meeting with aides and staying way from those of us in the traveling press. En route Saturday night, we watched Tina Fey's imitation of Sarah live in the back of her plane. TINA FEY, NBC'S "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE": And I can see Russia from my house. BASH: But we weren't sure Palin had seen it until the next day, when an aide said she found it quite funny. Palin will take questions from voters in an open forum with John McCain later this week. As for reporters following her around... UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Governor Palin. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is there time for a question? BASH: ... still trying. Dana Bash, CNN, Golden, Colorado. (END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: I want to point out that it's typical for reporters to question vice-presidential candidates after they're named, and usually they welcome the attention. Joe Biden held two press conferences on his first solo day on the trail. He's also given many local and national news interviews since being named Obama's running mate, including an interview with "60 Minutes." And he takes voters' questions at events. All of this contact with the public and the media means a lot of opportunities to put his foot in his mouth, something he has been known for. Just ahead, some of the gaffes that have earned Joe Biden that reputation over the years and reinforced just days ago. Plus, in a Texas town reduced to ruin, the house that is still standing. It's one of the powerful images post-Ike. We'll have the latest on the damage and the cleanup efforts next. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: That's Senator Joe Biden greeting supporters in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, where he campaigned today. Michigan, of course, a crucial battleground state, a key swing state with the highest unemployment rate in the nation. Now Biden came out swinging today. He, of course, hasn't received the kind of attention from the press that Sarah Palin has in the last two weeks or so, at least in part because he's been in the public eye a lot longer, something that hasn't always worked in Biden's favor. Joe Johns has our "Up Close" report. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Joe Biden story, as told by Joe Biden, is all about being a fighter. He was out throwing punches today at the Republican nominee. SEN. JOE BIDEN (D-DE), VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: There is simply no daylight between John McCain and George Bush, at least none that I've been able to discern. On every major challenge we face, from the economy to health care, to education and the war in Iraq, you can barely tell the difference. JOHNS: Biden's sister says he learned how to fight early. VALERIE BIDEN OWENS, SEN. BIDEN'S SISTER & CAMPAIGN CHAIR: When he was a young kid until he was in high school, my brother couldn't string three or four words together without stuttering. So he knows what it's like to be made fun of and to be laughed at. JOHNS (on camera): Today, though, after 35 years in Congress, he's got a different problem. His critics say he talks too much. When he got the V.P. nomination, Republicans even started running a so-called Biden Gaffe Clock. His record of misspeak is impressive. (voice-over) Before Biden announced his run for president last year, he fumbled his description of Barack Obama. BIDEN: He's the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man. JOHNS: When introducing his new running mate last month, he mispronounced his name. BIDEN: Barack Omara (ph). JOHNS: Still, he is the master of the quick recovery, even after making you cringe. Like recently, when he told man in a wheelchair to stand up. BIDEN: Chuck, stand up, Chuck. Let them see you. Oh, God love you, what am I talking about? JOHNS: When he was chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden was criticized for his handling of the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearing, because some said they degenerated into a circus. But what Biden calls the highlight of his career came a few years later, with passage of the Violence Against Women Act, to protect victims of domestic violence. And as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden has also stood up to tough guys like Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic, calling him a war criminal to his face, and Libya's Moammar Gadhafi. NORM KURZ, FORMER BIDEN COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: Gadhafi was telling Biden about why Libyan democracy was superior to the American version of democracy. And Biden had had enough, and he put his hands up and said, "Hold on, just -- I want to ask you one question about your democracy. Can the people get rid of you?" JOHNS: But if Biden is also seen by some as a champion of a little guy, he opened himself up to attack by supporting bankruptcy reform in the Senate, which is seen by many as more of an assault on the little guy, a law making it harder for people in financial distress to wipe out their debts and get a clean start. TRAVIS PLUNKETT, CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA: By making it more difficult for people to file bankruptcy, it's made -- the law has made it more difficult for people to keep their homes. JOHNS: One of the companies that lobbied for bankruptcy reform was credit-card giant MBNA, then headquartered in Delaware. Biden was derisively nicknamed the senator from MBNA because of his and his family's associations with the company. The campaign says Biden's relationship with MBNA had nothing to do with his support of bankruptcy reform and that he's not in the pocket of anybody. Joe Johns, CNN, Washington. (END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: Well, next on 360, after the storm, the death toll, the destruction, the search for survivors. Gary Tuchman is live from Texas with the latest on Hurricane Ike. And later, market meltdown, stocks plunging to a seven-year low after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The fall-out from Wall Street to Main Street coming up. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Heartbreaking pictures from Galveston two days after Hurricane Ike slammed into Texas. Look at those pictures: flooding towns stranding thousands. The scope of what happened really is just now starting to unfold. In some areas, the devastation is complete, hurricane obliterating just about everything in its path. Take a look at this. It's Gilchrist, which is a beachfront community in Galveston County. This is what it looked like before Ike hit. After the storm surge, that's what it looks like now. Punching winds, it's basically reduced to ruin, swallowed by the sea. Just block after block. Before and after. The destruction simply extraordinary. One house, just about one house there remaining. Gilchrist is one of many areas that were hit hard by Hurricane Ike. Tonight, authorities are conducting search and rescue missions, trying to find people trapped by the hurricane. Gary Tuchman has the latest from Texas. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is Highway 87 in Crystal Beach, the main street in this town that may have been the hardest hit town from Hurricane Ike. It's completely isolated. You can't drive here anymore. Searchers are just coming here today to start looking for the possibility of anyone who was killed in this hurricane. But we had to take a boat here from Galveston, a 40-minute boat ride just to get here. And here's some of the stuff that we're seeing in this town. This is a house in the middle of the street. This is the major intersection in Crystal Beach. And like everywhere in this town, mud and much and sewage. This was underwater for 36 hours. The water is now gone, but this is what it's left behind. If anyone was in this house, and we've gone through it, no one was in this house, there's no way they could have survived. But there are scores of homes like this, that are sitting in the middle of streets. And many homes are just completely gone. There are lots where the houses were. And you don't see anything anymore. This gives you an idea of some of the businesses in town. This is the grill. It's a restaurant that people and tourists -- this is a very big tourist town -- come to, destroyed. And this is what we see throughout the entire town. This storm was a Category 2. But people we've talked to -- and there were some people who were here who rode it out. Some houses still stand. And they say they can't believe it was a Category 2. What did you see going down the street? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This whole house. The whole house with the roof sticking up floating down. TUCHMAN: Floating down the street? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Floating down the street right down the canal waterway. TUCHMAN: What were you thinking when you were riding this out? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just hope one of them doesn't hit us. That's what we were thinking. TUCHMAN: This is the biggest grocery store in town. It's appropriately called the Big Store. The reason we're here -- we don't usually report rumors. But this rumor was so active we've got to try to set the record straight. Police departments got many calls that scores of people, perhaps as many as 200, rode the storm out inside this grocery store in Crystal Beach. And there are reports that a lot of those people are missing. Well, we're not sure if searchers have been in the store yet. We've gone all through it, and there's no way for us to check every nook and cranny. But in our tour of the store so far, we've looked very carefully. We can see no signs whatsoever of anybody who rode out the storm and did not survive. There are roughly 100,000 year-round residents who live here in Crystal Beach. But there are between 20 and 30,000 tourists here during weekends in the tourist season between the spring and Labor Day. But this is a much different place now. This will take a long time to rebuild. The fact is that there is not one structure that we have seen in this entire town that hasn't been damaged or destroyed. (END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: It's amazing, those pictures. It looks like Waveland, Mississippi did, you know, right along the shoreline right after Katrina. I know some three million customers lost power when Ike hit all across southern Texas. And how many are still without power now? TUCHMAN: Anderson, still 1.5 million customers without power. And here in Galveston, every customer is without power. There's no power. There's no water. There's no telephone communication. There's no medical care. And basically, anyone who's evacuated is being told you can't come back. They've actually closed the bridge, and they say you can't come back at all. And it will be at least a month before you'll be able to, because we won't have power until then. And as far as total damage, Anderson, incalculable, in the billions. And it's very symbolic today. We took that boat ride to the Bolivar Peninsula where Crystal Beach is located. It's a 40- minute boat ride. We had to keep zigging and zagging because there's so much rubble in the Galveston Bay. There's wood, and there's metal and there's parts of houses, and there's children's toys and there's swimming pools and there's lamps and there's desks. And we even saw livestock. We saw three cattle in the water. It's very surreal; it's very sad. COOPER: Unbelievable. Gary, thanks. "The Shot" is next, playing politics for laughs, "Saturday Night Live" taking on Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. And the top of the hour, the meltdown on Wall Street, the Dow closing down more than 500 points. What it means for you, for all of us, and for the elections when 360 continues. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Erica, time now for "The Shot." If you watched "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, you were waiting for it. From the moment Sarah Palin was chosen as John McCain's vice-presidential candidate, you knew Tina Fey would play the part on the show. At least Jack Gray knew it. She did, finally, this weekend... HILL: Jack Gray knows all. COOPER: He blogged about it, like, weeks ago, I think. Anyway, alongside Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton. It was pretty funny stuff. Take a look. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) TINA FEY, NBC'S "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE": Tonight, we are crossing party lines to address the now very ugly role that sexism is playing in the campaign. AMY POEHLER, NBC'S "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE": An issue, which I am frankly surprised to hear people suddenly care about. FEY: You know, Hillary and I don't agree on everything. POEHLER: Anything. I believe that diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign policy. FEY: And I can see Russia from my house. (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: That was the opening sketch, Amy Poehler delivering a hilarious bit, as they always do. HILL: I thought it was pretty good. I have to say, I liked it. COOPER: Yes. They do. They both do really well. It was great to see Tina Fey back on the program. HILL: They do. I think she's going to be there another time, too. I'm going to go out on a limb here. I'm no Jack Gray, but I feel comfortable... COOPER: She's going to keep doing it? HILL: She'll be back as Palin. COOPER: My favorite one, though, is the guy who does the political comedian. I don't know if you watched that. HILL: He was hysterical this week on "Weekend Update." COOPER: "Weekend Update." (UNINTELLIGIBLE) All right. You can see all the most recent "Shots" on our Web site at AC360.com. You can also see other segments from the program, read the blog, check out the "Beat 360" picture. The address again: AC360.com. Time now for our "Beat 360" inners. Our daily challenge to come up with a caption that's better than the one anyone on our staff can come up with. All right. So here it is. Tonight's picture, John McCain, taping "The Rachael Ray Show" on Friday. Our staff winner, Erica. Her caption... HILL: Woo, woo! COOPER: Oh, if you could only see what Erica just did. Her caption: "No, really. She told me all I need to win is a little E.V.O.O. and yum-o! The White House is mine." (SOUND EFFECT: "Oooh.") COOPER: The viewer winner is Terri from Atlanta with this caption: "John, make me the White House chef, and all of your meals will be yum-o!" (SOUND EFFECT: drum beat) COOPER: There you go. All right. Terri, your "Beat 360" T- shirt is on the way. You can check out all the entries we received on our blog and play along tomorrow by going to AC360.com. That's our Web site. Coming up at the top of the hour, more on our breaking news, the Wall Street meltdown, what it means to you and the candidates. And the questions about John McCain, Sarah Palin and the truth. We're "Keeping Them Honest" when 360 continues. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)


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Main Research lines: enzymatic activities of the soil, plant biostimulant, microalgae, biosynthetic pathway of anthocyanins, purification and characterization of milk-clotting enzymes, studies of genes expression under different stresses, bioremediation using fungi such as Trichoderma harzianum, study of pathogens oomycetes such as Phytophthora spp.
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Tower Theatre Company
by Bryony Lavery
Directed by Jacqui Marchant-Adams
The tale of a family's devastation, Frozen follows three lives as they intertwine after being connected by the disappearance of a young girl named Rhona. Nancy, Rhona's mother, must adjust to a new normal as she lives on without her child, never giving up hope that she will be found alive. Ralph, a local man, has a troubled past and a disturbing present. Agnetha, a psychologist from the US, has spent years researching people like Ralph, and has become convinced that they are ill rather than evil.
A difficult, important, devastating, big, brave, chilling, but ultimately uplifting and hopeful play.
The play caused some controversy in 2004, when eminent psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis discovered that the character of Agnetha was based on her life and work (but with some notable embellishments and falsehoods) and that the play borrowed heavily from a book she had written called Guilty by Reason of Insanity as well as an article about her called Damaged, which appeared in the New Yorker in 1997. You can read more about the fascinating story here and learn about how it affected Lavery here.
Frozen was first staged in 1998 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre with Tom Georgeson as Ralph, Anita Dobson as Nancy, and Josie Lawrence as Agnetha. The play won the TMA Best New Play award and the Eileen Anderson Central Television Award for Best Play. It was revised and revived at the National Theatre with the same actors in the roles.
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Retro STAR TREK Cosplay - Target Practice
The scenario I imagine in my head is that the Captain has taken this Communications Officer out for some "Target Practice" on Rigel 88 when suddenly they are attacked by a giant sand rat.
Cosplay artist Samantha SamSam does a good job of capturing that classic Star Trek vibe. Thanks to SuperheroStuff for sharing the photos.
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'Purta' board to get rolling on transportation issues Jan. 3
The Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority technically does not exist yet, but it already has an acronym pronunciation
("purta") and at least two potential controversies for its to-be-named board of directors.
The issues - regarding the amount of first-year administrative costs and the propriety of borrowing before sales-tax earnings are received from the state in mid-March - arose at a joint city-county meeting on the successful Rural Transportation Authority (RTA) ballot issue Dec. 1 in the downtown County Office Building.
The Board of El Paso County Commissioners, the Colorado Springs City Council and the mayors of Manitou Springs and Green Mountain Falls agreed by consensus to move the RTA forward to its next stage, which involves naming members to the board before the end of December and setting the first meeting date.
The board will have three county commissioners, three Colorado Springs council members and one member each from the Manitou and Green Mountain councils.
At the suggestion of Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera, the board's first meeting will be Monday, Jan. 3. The time and place were not announced.
Commissioner Chairman Chuck Brown, the outgoing District 3 commissioner who will be replaced by recently elected Westsider Sallie Clark in January, was the source of the acronym pronunciation. Not everyone liked "purta," but by meeting's end most people were finding it more convenient than the full name or the acronym "PPRTA."
Council members with Westside ties - Jerry Heimlicher and Tom Gallagher - brought up both the potential RTA controversies.
Heimlicher, whose District 3 includes the Westside, objected when Rob MacDonald, executive director of the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments (PPACG), told the joint meeting that his agency, as the designated administrative/accounting arm of PPRTA, plans to budget in 2005 for the anticipated maximum allowable of $600,000. The maximum is based on the RTA's legal wording, which allows up to 1 percent of its 1-cent sales tax's earnings to be used for administration. Thus, the $600,000 would be based on $60 million in anticipated 2005 earnings.
"The budget should be built from zero up," Heimlicher said. "I don't like the idea of setting it at 1 percent (right from the start)."
At-large City Council-man Larry Small sided with PPACG that in the first year it would be prudent to budget the full amount, because of the likelihood of one-time as well as unexpected administrative costs.
Gallagher backed Heimlicher, pointing out that PPACG was chosen because it already is performing similar services for local governments. "The sentiments of the community are to see how frugally we can operate this," Gallagher said.
Gallagher, a Westside resident and at-large council member, also expressed his discontent with city/county staffs'proposal for funding PPRTA transit services in the first part of 2005. Because no funds will come in until March 15, staff proposed that the City of Colorado Springs advance money (estimated at $100,000) to keep certain existing routes operational, then get reimbursed when PPRTA money comes in. The meeting consensus seemed to see this as no problem, but Gallagher said he believed voters expected the RTA "to stand on its own."
"If we spend money from other sources (before RTA money comes in), it casts a shadow on what the RTA ballot issue represented," he said.
In another PPRTA matter, legal staff assured the city/county elected officials that a lawsuit filed this week claiming illegal wording in the November RTA ballot issue has scant chance of being successful.
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My name is Brittany, aka B.. I am a proud wife, mother and entrepreneur with a background in healthcare and retail, currently residing in the beautiful and ever green PNW. Random fact: I am and always have been fascinated by trees especially, in the raw artistic sense. They turn up in my sketches often and cause me to ponder the incredible life that surrounds us on a deeper level.
I carry a genuine appreciation for nature and outdoor activities and would choose time out with my family more than most everything else. While traveling and adventure are still very much present within my spirit becoming a parent changes ones perspective and therefore many of my preferences have been slightly altered. I have begun to appreciate the smaller details that dwell within the now and since then, I have experienced a joy that adds silver linings to my to-do list's and even unexpected events. In addition to all the blessings that come with being a work-from-home mother there have also been many challenges which have brought me to this point in my life. My desire to change for the better is far greater than any fear or doubt that greets me with arms wide open and as for myself, this is something to be celebrated!
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Still, comedy is subjective, and you might not like everybody's style or content. If you don't enjoy the show, see the box office and we'll invite you to a future show, with free admission.
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The history of the Waiuku branch line follows that of many of New Zealand's branch lines with deputations, petitions, plans and counter plans and very little construction. Talk of the branch line started shortly after the completion of the Penrose to Mercer section of the Main Trunk in 1875 as settlers in the area realised the prosperity that a railway would bring. The settlers supported the railway proposal with offers of land and undertakings to make up any initial deficiency in working expenses, but the depression of the late 1870s and early 1880s put paid to any prospect of early construction of the branch. Transport at this time was hampered by wet and often impossible clay roads in the area. A steamer service from Waiuku across the Manukau harbour to Onehunga did little to alleviate the need for an all weather connection with Auckland and its markets. The settlers considered a railway the only feasible solution.
The Railway Commission of 1880 recommended that the branch should be constructed as soon as finance became available. The only progress made until the early 1900s was one rather cursory survey of a possible route plus volumes of petitions, pressure groups and deputations. In 1906 the Railway League of Waiuku was set up, and who stepped up the steady barrage of agitation for the railway. This had little effect until 1912 when the Massey government was elected to office. The proposed Waiuku branch was in the new Premier's constituency and authorisation for work to begin was obtained in the year of his election. The Premier turned the first sod at Waiuku in February 1914, with 10,000 pounds ($20,000) been included in the 1913 estimates to allow work to begin on the branch. The outbreak of the First World War caused labour shortages, and obtaining materials was difficult, which caused the locals concern as to their chances of ever having a railway.
The Paerata to Patumahoe section was completed in 1917 but post war troubles delayed the completion of the branch to Waiuku. Opening this first section of the line, Premier, Mr W.F. Massey remarked "I will not be very surprised if it becomes necessary in the not very distant future to run suburban trains right into Waiuku". He also went on to predict that in the future the line would be one of the most profitable in the Dominion.
On 12 May 1922, the final portion of the Waiuku branch line was opened for traffic. When the Patumahoe to Waiuku section of the line was opened, a special train ran from Auckland to mark the opening. So many people travelled on the train that extra carriages had to be added at Otahuhu and Paerata. Leaving Paerata the train consisted of sixteen carriages hauled by two Ww class locomotives, and at Waiuku the some 600 passengers listened to numerous speeches and cheered Mr Massey as he drove the train through the opening ribbon at Waiuku station.
The line itself was laid with 55lb steel rail laid on wooden sleepers and metal ballast. The only signalling was at Paerata where, in the mid 1920's power signalling and interlocking was installed. A metallic circuit telephone line was completed between Paerata and Waiuku in 1925/26. Cattle and sheep yards were built at a number of stations along the line together with goods sheds at the more important ones. Each station was provided with a lean-to type building while the terminus, Waiuku, was give a more substantial affair with platform, awnings and offices for staff. Sidings and loops were short in keeping with normal branch line practice.
Initialy two return goods trains ran daily with passenger cars attached. In 1929/30 the timetables were adjusted to give Waiuku residents a better service to Auckland in an endeavour to compete with competion from motor bus services. With the onset of the depression in 1929/31 the train service was considerably reduced together with a reduction in staff numbers. This continued until December 6, 1936, when an improving economy allowed an improved service.
In general, the services connected at Paerata more or less with the main line passenger trains for points north and south. Post World War 2 road passenger transport in the form of private cars and buses killed what was left of the meagre passenger count and from 1948 passenger accommodation on trains was withdrawn.
Until 1954 at least, the chief outward traffic on the branch line was livestock. Even as late as 1953, special Sunday livestock special were run from Waiuku. Inward goods consisted of coal for the Waiuku dairy factory at Fernleigh and general farm merchandise, machinery and assorted goods for the farming community along the line.
The line was operated until about 1950 by tank locomotives of the W
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locomotives ran the goods trains until 1965 when the new General Motors Db diesel-electrics arrived. On occasions English Electric Df diesel-electrics would replace steam.
From the beginning the branch line never lived up to its expectations, and virtually every year of the line's operation, reported a loss. The line however helped to develop the Waiuku district, but the threat of closure always hung over the branch. The Royal Commission of 1952 recommended that the line be closed, and as was the case with most of New Zealand's branch lines, nobody wanted to see it go, but most found road transport to be more convenient.
Eventually it was in 1967, with the country's economy, that the axe fell on the branch line, along with so many other uneconomic branch lines and railway services at that time. The last revenue train ran on December 31, 1967. This last train which was suitably adorned and packed with sightseers from Auckland was run by The Railway Enthusiasts Society to Waiuku to recognise the closure. The Waiuku Branch was officially closed from 1968.
But the future was not altogether gloomy. In the late 1960's, New Zealand Steel Co. established iron, steel and galvanising plants at Mission Bush in the rural Waiuku area. To serve this complex the branch line from Paerata to Glenbrook was completely rebuilt to main line standards being extensively upgraded with 91lb rail and a new section of railway from Glenbrook station to Mission Bush was constructed in 1967/1968 from Glenbrook Station to the new mill. Today the heaviest locomotives hauling steel and coal trains operate to the steel mill. The line from Paerata to Mission Bush is now known as the Mission Bush branch.
The resurrection of much of the remaining portion of the old portion of the old Waiuku branch – initially from Glenbrook to Cornwall Road, then to Fernleigh, and latterly to Victoria Avenue – forms the basis of what has become the Glenbrook Vintage Railway.
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Alma Pirata (lit.Pirate Soul) is an Argentine live-action TV series created by Cris Morena. It premiered on March of 2006 on argentine tv channel Telefe and ran for two seasons, with a total of 138 episodes under its' belt. The series earned the 2006 Martin Fierro Award for the best tv-series for young adults.
Three friends (Cruz, Ivan and Benicio) change the course of their lives to try to compensate the unfairness of society and, following a family tradition, they found again La Liga de las Espadas (The League of Swords), a neutral league whose goal is to deliver justice in cases of extreme unfairness. The super goal of three friends is to discover the whereabouts of a treasure, the emerald Alma, to clean up the memory of their fathers, continue with the league and, as soon as they find out about their fathers' murder, to sentence their murderer.
In order to achieve their goals, the three friends create strategies, play characters, imagine ties and simulate risky situations and adventures with confusions and mess. The league has its own laws, among which: never steal of own benefit, do not carry firearms, do not fall in love with the same woman. These could have been followed without any problem, if only gorgeous Allegra and Clara hadn't appeared.
"Alma Pirata" includes examples of:
- Ascended Extra: Candelaria Navarro, Cruz' sister, was set for just a few episodes... she grew popular among fans, specially in her relationship with Ivan, and showrunner Cris Morena decided to make her part of the main cast.
- Demoted to Extra: Towards the end of the series' run, Clara suffered from this; out of the final twenty episodes, she was in about five of them.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Benicio, due to the actor deciding to leave the show.
- Hidden Depths: Clara. She starts off as nothing more than a foil to her best friend Allegra, until she gets a short arc in which she's abducted for getting too close to Gino's organization, and after it ends she starts getting proper character development, which did wonders for her popularity.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: The identity of Clara's father was a mystery through the entire first season, with hints every now and then coming from her mother Charly, until we learn in the second season what most fans suspected: her father is Gino.
- Also, because of this, Allegra turned out to be her half-sister.
- MayDecember Romance: Ivan and Cande are the prime example of this, and together with My Sister Is Off-Limits! this is why they're not together.
- My Sister Is Off-Limits!: Cruz is very protective of his younger sister Candelaria, and he makes it very clear that he does not approve of any men she sees... specially when the man she wants to see is Ivan.
- Which turns ironic later on, when Andres' sister arrives and she has a fling with Cruz. Candelaria herself lampshades it in one episode.
- Out of Focus: Despite being on the main cast, Natasha appears in a lot less episodes that the rest of the characters, and there are a few episodes in which she just shows up, says something cryptic and leaves.
- Parental Incest: Played with in the case of Clara in the second season, as she develops a crush on Gino, who she doesn't know is her father. He is aware of this fact, which is why to him, like to most fans, it quickly turned into No Yay.
- Real Life Writes the Plot: Mariano Martinez (Benicio) was written out after deciding to leave the show following his break-up with Luisana Lopilato (Allegra).
- Romance on the Set: The actors playing Fan-Preferred Couple Benicio and Allegra were dating since before the show started. Unfortunately, it didn't go well (see Real Life Writes the Plot above).
- Averted in the case of Nicolas Vazquez (Andres) and Gimena Accardi (Bernarda), who started dating after the end of the series.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Cruz and Marilyn. There's always something that gets in the way, which is to be expected from a woman about to get married and her lover, but even after she calls the engagement with Gino off the two spend almost the entire show apart.
- Straight Gay: Francisco, Ivan's best friend and fellow doctor.


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…Of all the hair places, in all the right places, who would have ever guessed that a crime story about the strange re-deposit of year old checks relating to a beauty shoppe/salon on Brooks Street in Sugar Land,Texas would have blown up so many skirts? By the way, Thanks for reading.
Now, to address a most interesting phenomenon – according to two different women who reportedly operate two other "real" salons on Brooks Street – there were 3, T-H-R-E-E, yes, 3 hair joints on Brooks Street. Those 3 are all located in either the 300 or 400 blocks of said street. According to the operators of two of the 3, they only lift your hair, not your money.
The case involving the third hair joint remains under investigation over at the police department, based on a property search of the "little house" where the hair joint in question operated, is located between the two Cottage salons.
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- Centurytex Oct Fut. This position had an intra-day low of 488.35 and closed at 493.2. If you have bought around 495 you should be holding your position for next trading sessions. In worst case scenario it will give you 498.5 where you may exit without any injury. But if you are a little brave hearted then you should keep the position for a target of 550 till expiry. Maximum downside risk is 467. This I am advocating because this scrip is still maintaining its swing, and has also completed two long term bullish patterns, viz 'Cup and Handle' and 'Rounding Bottom'. Its actual worth is 920/950 in one year's time.
- LITL Oct Fut. This position had an intra-day low of 510.3 and closed at 513.75. If you have bought around 513 then you should be holding this position for next trading sessions. You will get an opportunity to exit between 533 and 541. Its actual potential though is 620 in short term.
- Nagarconst Oct Fut. The position had an intra-day low of 156.95 and closed at 159.2. If you have bought around 164 then you should be holding the position till minimum target of 170. Its actual worth is 220/240 in medium term of about six months because it has completed the long term strong bullish pattern of 'Rounding Bottom'. However before surging to 240 level it may retest the levels between 120 and 140.
- HDIL Oct Fut. The position made an intra-day low of 370.7 before closing at 375.85. If you have bought around 375 then you should be holding the position till minimum 390. The scrip is worth 500/515 in medium term of six months.
- Punjlloyd Oct Fut. The position touched an intra-day low of 255.2 and finally closed at 259.55. If you have bought at around 270 then you should be looking to exit at 277.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Day Trading - Status of 23rd Oct Positions
Friday, October 23, 2009
Why Day Trade Today - Recommendations For 23 Oct 2009
I still haven't answered my question.Why I didn't give recommendations to trade futures yesterday was because I was not certain. I didn't like the general sentiment developing across global markets. Whenever there is doubt creeping up in your mind just stay away from market. Let it do whatever it wants to do. The worst that will happen is that you will miss out a profitable trade or two. But then that is erring on the positive. At least this scenario cannot burn a hole in your pocket, nor take your peace of mind away. No sleepless night!
But today is different. The US markets have again taken the lead to show the direction and mind of the markets. Asian markets are pleasantly trading in green at 8.30AM IST and all seems to be fine up above.For day trading, today my recommendations are as under :-
1. Buy Centurytex Oct Fut at 495/500 for a target of 534. If you plan to keep it for tomorrow then this position should give 561 in couple of day's time.
2. Buy LITL Oct Fut at 513/518 for a target of 568. In case you hold the position till expiry then it should give you a target of 588 to 600.
3. Buy Nagarconst Oct Fut at 164/167 for a target of 171.If you plan to carry your position then you can see a target of 171/180 and finally 188/190 being achieved in couple of days.
4. Buy HDIL Oct Fut at 375/380 for a target of 400.
5. Buy Punjlloyd Oct Fut at 270/274 for a target of 286. If not today then you can keep it for tomorrow.
6. Buy DLF Oct Fut at 445/450 for a target of 465. You may plan to keep your position open also for a couple of days for a target of 500 plus
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Day Trading Recommendations for 21 Oct 2009
- HDIL Oct Fut. Buy one lot (lot size 774) of HDIL Oct Fut at 375/377 and square off after taking a profit of Rs 10/15.
- DLF Oct Fut. Buy one lot of DLF Oct Fut (lot size 800) at 447/449 and square off after taking a profit of Rs 15/20.
- Nagarconst Oct Fut. Buy one lot of Nagarconst Oct Fut (lot size 2000) at 160/162 and cover it after taking a profit of Rs 4/5.
- ICSA Oct Fut. Buy one lot of ICSA Oct Fut (lot size 2000) at 200/202 and take profit of Rs 5/6.
- Punjlloyd Oct Fut. Buy one lot of Punjlloyd Oct Fut (lot size 1500) at 276/278 and take profit of Rs 8/10.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Day Trading Recommendations for 20 Oct 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Day Trading Tips : Mahurat Trading
Friday, October 16, 2009
Culmination of Swing Trade
Taking Stock : Day Trading Tips For 16 Oct 2009
Day Trading Recommendations For 16 Oct 2009
Nagarconst. Buy Oct Fut of Nagarconst at 174 and book quick profit by exiting around 178. Even with this small target you can make Rs 8000/- since the lot size is 2000. If the scrip comes down to 168.25 you can again buy and exit quickly at Rs 170/171. Finally you can buy again at 164/165.
HDIL. Buy Oct Fut of HDIL at 378/379 for a target of 384/385 and then 397/400.
LITL. Buy Oct Fut at 531/532 for a target of 544/550. In case the scrip shows lot of strength then you can get target of 563 and then 575/579. Going down, the level to enter trade will be 513/514 for quick profit of Rs 10/-.
ICSA. Buy Oct Fut of ICSA at 208/209 for a quick target of Rs 6/10.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Taking Stock : Day Trading Tips For 15 Oct 2009
Day Trading Recommendations for 15 Oct 2009
Sultans of Swing
So what's the big deal to chronicle all this. There is reason because one of two open positions has already achieved its target. Oct Fut of Nagarconst was traded at the recommended buy price of 165.2 or at worst at 166. Target given was 179.5 for squaring off that position. In yesterday's trade the day high of Nagarconst was 179.5. Those of you who had bought this futures position would have closed your open position. This one position alone must have fetched you net profit of Rs 28000/- in 2 days.
But we still have one open position of Oct Fut in HDIL left. As per recommendation you would have entered trade at 358 and yesterday the position closed at 379.15. Target given for this scrip is 400. In all probability the target should be achieved in today's trading session. In case the scrip fails to reach 400 and you feel it is going to fall, then exit trade without hesitation. The arithmetic is simple. Even at yesterday's closing price you are making a profit of Rs 16000/- plus. Any time in today's trade you fear that the scrip might correct, or you are not feeling comfortable with its movement, just cover your position. You already are sitting in a neat profit of 28000+16000= Rs 44000/-. This profit has accrued in two trading sessions with capital investment of Rs 1.5 lakhs (approx). Wouldn't you agree that Nagarconst and HDIL have been Sultans of Swing!!
So all the very best in today's trading with the open position of Oct Fut HDIL. With global markets having closed in green and Asian markets presently trading also in green you should be able to add at least Rs 10000/- more to your existing profit of Rs 44000. Keep your eyes glued to HDIL.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Taking Stock:Day Trading Tips For 14 Oct 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Day Trading Recommendations for 14 Oct 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Tracking Swing Trade Recommendations For 12 October
Today's price action has confirmed that the swing is in place for the recommendations given in the last post for swing trade for 12 Oct 2009. Lets track the performance of the stocks futures recommended:-
HDIL. Lets assume that you have taken position today at 358. Position closed at 372.1 after making day high of 376.4. In case you are holding position for target of 400 as recommended, then its fine. But if you have done day trade, you would have profited Rs 14/- to Rs 18/- per share. As the lot size is 774 your intra-day profit should range between Rs 10000/- to Rs 14000/-.
Asian Paint. Day low was 1510 and so missed trade by Rs 10. Hence no profit no loss.
Nagarconst. Assuming you bought one futures position at 165.2, it went to high of 168.4 and closed at 167.3. If you are holding position for a target of 179.5 as recommended, then its good news. But if you have day traded then you would have made a profit between Rs 2/- to Rs 3/- per share. Since lot size is 2000, your profit should range between Rs 4000/- to Rs 6000/-.
Overall Day Profit = 10000+4000=Rs14000/-(minimum); 14000+6000=Rs20000/-(max), less brokerage.
Friday, October 9, 2009
So Futures It Is - Day Trade FOr 09 Oct
Buy HDIL Oct Fut at 357 for target of 375/386.
Buy Nagar Const Oct Fut at 164 for target of 169/172.
Buy Canbk Oct Fut at 343 for target of 352/358.
Buy ICSA Oct Fut at 205 for target of 211/214.


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