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Airport gets loan, grant for new hangar, taxiway
Estimated $370,000 project includes taxiway.
On several occasions, Gothenburg's Airport Authority has tried to obtain grants and interest-free loans from the Department of Aeronautics.
To no avail.
Last Friday, airport authority chair Craig Bartruff traveled to Lincoln to ask aeronautics commissioners for help to build a six-stall, 9,420 square-foot hangar.
After his plea to the five-person panel, airport authority secretary Roger Donner said Bartruff was told that Gothenburg would not only receive a $224,000 interest-free loan for the hangar but also a $45,000 grant to install a new taxiway.
"I guess we had all of our ducks in a row," Donner said.
Since the estimated price for the hangar—which includes costs for engineering, concrete, seeding, etc.—is $320,000, he said the authority will obtain a conventional $96,000 loan.
Included in the project price is an estimated $50,000 cost for the taxiway on the west side of the new hangar. The grant is for $45,000 which means the authority will need to get another loan for $5,000.
Donner said an increase in requests for hangar space is what prompted the authority to ask for help.
"There's a waiting list for people looking for space to store their planes," he said, noting that there's a privately owned hangar as well as three other buildings to store planes that are owned by the airport authority. "Requests have been showing up the last couple of years."
In the past, Donner said he thinks aeronautics commissioners have turned down requests for grants and loans to small airports located near larger ones.
Gothenburg is between Cozad and North Platte which also have airports.
"I don't know why they (aeronautics commissioners) changed their mind," he said.
Donner said he thinks the new hangar will benefit Gothenburg because it may bring in more air traffic.
"People like to see that we're busy out there and the more people interested in flying want hangar space," he explained.
On average, Donner said about one to two planes take off or land each day.
Traffic increases in the summer when crop dusting services are needed.
"We used to be really busy in the 1970s and early 1980s but then it cost too much to insure airplanes," he said. "That's what killed it. That and high maintenance costs."
Construction of the hangar will probably begin after the first of the year with completion by summer.
Donner noted that the airport's runway was shut down for three weeks in July when broken concrete in a small area made takeoffs and landings potentially dangerous.
Airport officials were surprised when the aeronautics officials paid for 90% of the repairs which cost $27,000, he said.
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LockTight... When people switch to the Mac, they often look for a one-keystroke or one-key-combo screen locker.
And they're often disappointed to find that the operating system only provides a two-click solution: add the Keychain Access menu item to the menubar, and then use Lock Screen.
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Self-Examination and the Sacrament
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reviewing whether energy futures contracts that are replacing swaps on the largest exchanges have enough transparency before they are traded, Chairman Gary Gensler said.
The commission has scheduled a roundtable meeting with industry representatives for Jan. 31 to consider whether changes in oversight are needed after CME Group Inc. and Intercontinental Exchange Inc. began converting energy swaps to futures, a move that helps oil and gas traders avoid the stiffest Dodd-Frank rules for swap dealers.
The CFTC, which has regulated futures contracts since 1974, won authority under the 2010 Dodd-Frank law to oversee swaps, which had been largely unregulated since they developed in the early 1980s. Under a Dodd-Frank rule that took effect in October, energy and other firms that annually deal in more than $8 billion in swaps fall under the most costly capital, collateral and business conduct requirements for dealers.
Gensler said in a telephone interview that the CFTC is looking at whether the new futures contracts are being traded transparently and competitively. "Futures and swaps are both derivatives and with Congress's movement, they're now both to be fully overseen," he said.
Areas where the CFTC could make changes include tightening the rules for deciding when a futures contract can be traded outside the central exchanges.
Clearing Swaps
As part of Dodd-Frank, Gensler has sought to increase the ability to see bids and offers for derivatives before they are traded to improve transparency, competition and liquidity in markets. The switch in energy trades, and the potential for a similar conversion in interest-rate and credit derivatives, has prompted the agency to consider if its rules are strong enough.
Futures are agreements to buy or sell an asset or commodity at a specific price and time. They have standard sizes and maturities, are traded on exchanges and guaranteed at clearinghouses that take collateral from buyers and sellers. Swaps are traditionally traded directly between buyers and sellers, sometimes with customized maturities and sizes, and often aren't guaranteed at clearinghouses.
Credit swap contracts helped fuel the 2008 credit crisis that followed the failure of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and led to the U.S. rescue of insurer American International Group Inc. and prompted lawmakers to write new rules for the market. The law seeks to have most swaps guaranteed at clearinghouses and traded on exchanges or on alternative platforms known as swap-execution facilities, or SEFs.
Customized Strategies
The market for energy swaps, which include contracts for commodities including oil, natural gas and jet fuel, has grown for years, allowing traders to get around the regulatory supervision of futures and customize their strategies.
As the new CFTC rules on swaps took shape, ICE and CME in October began moving swap contracts to the futures market. During the first half of January, ICE said, 52 percent of its energy futures volumes came from contracts that prior to Oct. 15 were traded as swaps. CME Group said about 90 percent of energy trades on its ClearPort system are executed as futures, compared with 10 percent before the switch.
"What it does is highlight that once you light the swaps market with trading and clearing, there is no substantial difference between swaps and futures," John Parsons, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in a telephone interview.
The switch may be encouraged because clearinghouses require less collateral backing futures tied to interest rates and credit contracts than for related swaps. The CME Group and Intercontinental clearinghouses require five days' worth of margin for interest-rate and credit-default swaps, while for futures, the period ranges from one to two days.
Competing Firms
Firms setting up SEFs that would compete with CME Group and ICE have raised concerns about the futures conversions, saying they could move beyond energy swaps and increase risk to the financial system by requiring inadequate collateral. CME Group has introduced a so-called swap future contract tied to interest rates, while ICE announced a plan to tie futures to indexes of credit defaults.
A lobbying group, Companies Supporting Competitive Derivatives Markets, told a House Financial Services Committee hearing in December that the shift to futures was a consequence of the CFTC's regulations. The agency should re-examine its rules because conversions could reduce transparency and competition in swaps, the group said in its testimony.
"After nearly 2 1/2 years of rulemaking, the CFTC's cumulative approach to swaps regulation has imposed such high costs on the industry that the U.S. swaps market is on the verge of becoming too costly and too regulated (particularly as compared with futures) to be a viable means for end users to hedge and manage their financing risk," said the group.
'Unprecedented' Change
The coalition includes interdealer brokers and companies with trading platforms, including GFI Group Inc., Icap Plc, Thomson Reuters Corp. and Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News.
The conversion to futures "was unprecedented in that a vital U.S. market changed its entire trading activity largely to avoid pending regulatory structure rather than for significant commercial or economic advantage or public good," J. Christopher Giancarlo, GFI Group's executive vice president, told Congress on behalf of the Wholesale Market Brokers Association, Americas.
Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of CME, said in written testimony that the exchanges are focused on promoting choices for their customers. Critics of the futures conversion are speaking out of self-interest rather than concern for the overall risks in the market, Duffy said.
'A Disservice'
"Each trading arena carries its own regulatory burdens," Duffy said. "It is a disservice to those customers for a participant in one of those markets to promote its private interests at the expense of customers who are quite capable of making a choice that best fits their needs."
When the CFTC convenes its roundtable discussion on so- called futurization, one area of focus will be block trades, which are transactions deemed large enough to be carried out without having to make their size and price public right away.
While the agency under Dodd-Frank authority will set the block size for swaps, it is the exchanges that now largely set the threshold for futures. If the exchanges lower the futures threshold, more contracts would be excluded from public view.
"The futures market has worked very well," Gensler said. "We wouldn't want to see something diminished. We wouldn't want to see pre-trade transparency undercut or diminished by some approach to futures that would lower block sizes."
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NinerLifer wrote:SE174 wrote:dunceface wrote:Oh Douchebaugh is high on Lockette??
Just like he was high on Jenkins....yeah
He's a blowhard that fluffs up all his players. 'Alex Smith is one of the best QBs in the league.' 'Crabtree has the best hands out of anyone Harblow has ever seen.' What else would we expect him to say?
The statement regarding Crabtree is common knowledge throughout the league, and anybody who watches him play.
Harbaugh must not have seen very many WRs then, because there are a lot currently in the NFL who have better hands. Don't see Crab's name on this list... http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_ ... in-the-nfl
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The next set of pages for the family history album are marriage pages. Our class instructions from Jessica Sprague were to create four pages. I wish I was lucky enough to have marriage photos for my grandparents and great grandparents but I"m not. I created a page for myself and my parents.
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It may not be the Holiday season as yet, but Vancouver Whitecaps FC and their supporters believe this is the 'Most Wonderful Time of the Year'.
It is a time of year that has been celebrated often by fans of the Blue and White. In fact, in nearly 37 seasons of professional soccer, Whitecaps FC have only missed these occasions five times since 1974.
That's right, folks: It's playoff time!
The history of the 'Caps in the postseason is, in many ways, the history of the club itself. If you include this year's inaugural appearance in the MLS Cup Playoffs, Vancouver have been to the playoffs 32 times since the 1976 North American Soccer League (NASL) campaign.
In that time, seven championship titles have been won by Whitecaps FC - a statistic that provides the foundation to the club's rich playoff folklore.
Vancouver's playoff odyssey started in their third NASL season after the club missed the postseason in 1974 and 1975. Yet, it was not until 1979 that Whitecaps FC enjoyed playoff success when it claimed Vancouver's first and only major North American sports championship - the NASL Soccer Bowl title.
Under the guidance of Englishman Tony Waiters - who led Canada to their lone FIFA World Cup appearance in Mexico 1986 - Whitecaps FC defeated Dallas Tornado and Johan Cruyff's Los Angeles Aztecs before facing a star-studded New York Cosmos in a thrilling National Conference championship series.
After the 'Caps won the first match in Vancouver, the return game saw the Cosmos win 3-2 at Giants Stadium to force a mini-game and an eventual shoot-out. It was in the shoot-out that Derek Possee scored the winning goal to book Whitecaps FC's place in the Soccer Bowl on September 8, 1979.
Thanks to two goals by Trevor Whymark, Whitecaps FC earned a 2-1 victory over Tampa Bay Rowdies at Giants Stadium, and with it, the club's only Soccer Bowl title.
Following the NASL's demise in 1984, Vancouver 86ers were formed two years later and established a dynasty in the short-lived Canadian Soccer League (CSL).
Bob Lenarduzzi's side made the postseason in all six CSL seasons (1987-1992) and dominated the league by winning four straight championship titles (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) - all of which were won at the club's former home in Swangard Stadium.
In 1993, the club moved to the North American second division level, where Whitecaps FC reached the playoffs 16 times over 18 seasons (1993-2010). Among those postseason appearances were two United Soccer Leagues First Division (USL-1) championship titles in 2006 and 2008.
After finishing fourth in the regular season, Bob Lilley's side defeated Romario's Miami FC and Canadian rivals Montreal Impact before winning the club's first USL-1 title with a 3-0 victory at Rochester Raging Rhinos on September 30, 2006.
That was followed by a second USL-1 title in three years, as Icelandic coach Teitur Thordarson led Whitecaps FC to a second-place regular season finish, then eventful playoff series wins over Minnesota Thunder and Montreal.
In what was the only USL-1 championship match to involve two clubs from outside the United States, Whitecaps FC defeated regular season champions Puerto Rico Islanders 2-1 at Swangard on Thanksgiving Sunday (October 12, 2008).


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JAFFREY - A 56-year-old woman was assisted off a trail at Mount Mondanock Sunday night after she became weak and unstable.
Fish and Game conservation officers were called to the park about 10 p.m. after three hikers from Winchester needed help.
Carol Hardie, 56, her son, Paul Baird, 34, and his wife Crystal, 28, all of Winchester, called 911 to report that Hardie had become unstable due to an unknown medical condition. The three had summited the White Arrow Trail, and during their descent Hardie began experiencing problems.
The trio rested along the trail, hoping her illness would pass. It did not and soon they were overcome with darkness. They did not have flashlights or warm clothes, and there were snow flurries on the mountain with temperatures in the high 30s.
Conservation officers reached the group at 11:45 p.m. and escorted them off the mountain. Hardie was able to slowly hike down with assistance and was transported to Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough for what is believed to be a non-life-threatening illness.


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Drops of orange juice that transform into cubes, astronauts sliding back and forth on a sled in zero gravity, repeated glimpses of the blue globe below. The images that reached Earth from the D1 Spacelab mission are spectacular even today. The first German mission, it was launched on 30 October 25 years ago from Cape Canaveral. Space Shuttle Challenger carried the European research laboratory, Spacelab, which looked like a gigantic metal can from the outside, packed full of technology on the inside. It was crewed by the astronauts Ernst Messerschmid, Reinhard Furrer and Wubbo Ockels, sent into orbit to perform almost 80 experiments in a state of weightlessness.
This was the first time a non-US control centre had taken control of a Space Shuttle. At the German Space Operations Center, on the premises of what was then the German Institute of Aviation and Spaceflight Research and Development (Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DFVLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, 80 scientists and engineers held the reins.
Former astronaut Ernst Messerschmid returns to the Spacelab module he floated around in 25 years ago for this DLR webcast. With a firm grip, the 65-year old opens the shutter behind which the experiments were stored back then, explains why DLR and the European Space Agency could only conduct some experiments in a glovebox, and tells us how he communicated with the ground team. Fellow astronaut Ulf Merbold remained on the ground to keep in contact with his colleagues in space from within the German control centre. The mission lasted 7 days, 44 minutes and 51 seconds, with astronauts and scientists working in shifts around the clock. Messerschmid believes that this Spacelab mission continues to provide benefits even now. The experience gained has contributed significantly to the work on the International Space Station, he says.


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The Democratic-led Congress this afternoon voted to put an end to the NSA spying scandal by approving a bill to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, terminate all pending lawsuits against them, and vest whole new warrantless eavesdropping powers in the President. The vote in favor of the new FISA bill was 69-28. Barack Obama joined every Senate Republican (and every House Republican other than one) by voting in favor of it, while his now-vanquished primary rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, voted against it. The bill will now be sent to an extremely happy George Bush, who already announced that he enthusiastically supports it, and he will sign it into law very shortly.
Prior to final approval, the Senate, in the morning, rejected three separate amendments which would have improved the bill but which the White House had threatened would have prompted a presidential veto. With those amendments defeated, the Senate then passed the same bill passed last week by the House, which means it is that bill, in unchanged form, that will be sent to the White House -- just as the White House demanded.
The first amendment, from Sens. Dodd, Feingold and Leahy, would have stripped from the bill the provision immunizing the telecoms. That amendment failed by a vote of 32-66, with all Republicans and 17 Democrats in favor (the roll call vote is here). The next amendment was offered by Sen. Arlen Specter, which would have merely required a court to determine the constitutionality of the NSA spying program and grant telecom immunity only upon a finding of constitutionality. Specter's amendment failed, 37-61 (roll call vote is here). The third amendment to fail was one sponsored by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, merely to require that the Senate waits until the Inspector General audits of the NSA program are complete before immunizing the telecoms. The Bingaman amendment failed by a vote of 42-56 (roll call vote here).
The Senators then voted for "cloture" on the underlying FISA bill -- the procedure that allows the Senate to overcome any filibusters -- and it passed by a vote of 72-26. Obama voted along with all Republicans for cloture. Hillary Clinton voted with 25 other Democrats against cloture. And with cloture approved, the bill itself then proceeded to pass by a vote of 69-28 (roll call vote here), thereby immunizing telecoms and legalizing warrantless eavesdropping. Again, while Obama voted with all Republicans to pass the bill, Sen. Clinton voted against it.
Obama's vote in favor of cloture, in particular, cemented the complete betrayal of the commitment he made back in October when seeking the Democratic nomination. Back then, Obama's spokesman -- in response to demands for a clear statement of Obama's views on the spying controversy after he had issued a vague and noncommittal statement -- issued this emphatic vow:
To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.
But the bill today does include retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies. Nonetheless, Obama voted for cloture on the bill -- the exact opposition of supporting a filibuster -- and then voted for the bill itself. A more complete abandonment of a clear campaign promise is difficult of imagine. I wrote extensively about Obama's support for the FISA bill, and what it means, earlier today. With their vote today, the Democratic-led Congress has covered-up years of deliberate surveillance crimes by the Bush administration and the telecom industry, and has dramatically advanced a full-scale attack on the rule of law in this country. As I noted earlier today, Law Professor and Fourth Amendment expert Jonathan Turley was on MSNBC's Countdown with Rachel Maddow last night and gave as succinct an explanation for what Democrats -- not the Bush administration, but Democrats -- have done today. Anyone with any lingering doubts about what is taking place today in our country should watch this:What is most striking is that when the Congress was controlled by the GOP -- when the Senate was run by Bill Frist and the House by Denny Hastert -- the Bush administration attempted to have a bill passed very similar to the one that just passed today. But they were unable to do so. The administration had to wait until Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats took over Congress before being able to put a corrupt end to the scandal that began when, in December of 2005, the New York Times revealed that the President had been breaking the law for years by spying on Americans without the warrants required by law.Yet again, the Democratic Congress ignored the views of their own supporters in order to comply with the orders and wishes of the Bush administration. It is therefore hardly a surprise that, yesterday, Rasmussen Reports revealed this rather humiliating finding:
Congressional Approval Falls to Single Digits for First Time Ever The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Most voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job, which ties the record high in that dubious category.
The Congress, with a powerful cast of bipartisan lobbyists and the establishment media class lined up behind telecom immunity and warrantless eavesdropping, looked poised to pass this bill back last December, but a large-scale protest was organized -- largely online -- by huge numbers of American who were opposed to warrantless eavesdropping and telecom immunity, and that protest disrupted that plan. Today, Sen. Chris Dodd, the leader of the opposition effort along with Russ Feingold, said on the Senate floor:
Lastly, I want to thank the thousands who joined with us in this fight around the country -- those who took to the blogs, gathered signatures for online petitions and created a movement behind this issue. Men and women, young and old, who stood up, spoke out and gave us the strength to carry on this fight. Not one of them had to be involved, but each choose to become involved for one reason and one reason alone: Because they love their country. They remind us that the "silent encroachments of those in power" Madison spoke of can, in fact, be heard, if only we listen.
Today, the Democratic-led Senate ignored those protests, acted to protect the single most flagrant act of Bush lawbreaking of the last seven years, eviscerated the core Fourth Amendment prohibition of surveillance without warrants, and cemented the proposition that the rule of law does not apply to the Washington Establishment.
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I was on the Brian Lehrer Show this morning debating the FISA bill with former Clinton National Security Advisor Nancy Soderberg (who favors the bill). Because of some technical difficulties, I wasn't on the show until roughly 7:30 in. That debate can be heard here. Tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m. EST, I'll be on NPR's On Point to discuss Obama and the FISA vote. That can be heard here.
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ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has urged lawmakers to overhaul the state's bail laws, saying the current system was unfair to indigent defendants charged with low-level crimes.
During his annual State of the Judiciary speech, Lippman called for legislation that would authorize judges to consider public safety when deciding whether a defendant should be released or held on bail and create a statutory presumption that a person charged with a non-violent crime would be released, unless a prosecutor could show that the person was a flight risk or threat to public safety.
New York is one of only four states to prohibit judges from using public safety as a factor when making a bail determination, Lippman said On Tuesday.
Currently, he said, many non-violent defendants who do not pose a threat to the public languish in jail because they cannot afford bail.
"This makes no sense and certainly does not serve the best interests of our communities and our citizens," Lippman said during the speech, which he delivered at the Court of Appeals in Albany.
He also urged lawmakers to pass legislation permitting the use of cameras in state courtrooms.
Lippman's call for bail reform comes one week after the U.S. Conference of Chief Justices unanimously approved a resolution urging states to limit the use of pretrial detention to defendants who are considered flight risks or pose a threat to public safety.
Lippman said it was a "travesty" that, in many cases, a bail bondsman makes the final decision as to whether a defendant will be released, rather than judges or prosecutors. The legislation he proposed could render the bail bonds industry irrelevant, he said.
Lippman also said the legislature should expand the supervision of defendants who are released without bail. For instance, judges should be empowered to impose curfews or order defendants to undergo drug testing and treatment.
Steven Banks, the attorney-in-chief of the Legal Aid Society, said in an interview he supported Lippman's bail proposals. Many of Legal Aid's clients cannot afford even modest bail, and that being held in jail often has a negative impact on their cases, he said.
The chief judge on Tuesday also urged state lawmakers to pass legislation permitting the use of cameras in courtrooms. Currently, judges may only permit cameras in a case in which witnesses have not been ordered to testify. Lippman said he wants the law changed so that cameras would be allowed in most cases.
New York did have such a law, but it expired in 1997. Lippman said smartphones and other innovations have made it easy to record court proceedings and that allowing cameras in court would enhance transparency and help engage the public.
"It is vital that concerned citizens, bombarded with crime shows and court dramas that do not provide a reliable representation of the justice system, have the fullest access to the real thing," Lippman said.
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If the Army had the Grants & DOA Program Funds, we have the time and expertise.
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The comment by "earth" is very timely. DARPA had done some work on small (micro) robots (like birds or lizards). There should be a flock of robots that can be released onto a field (crop or orchard). The robots can do their job mechanically (surgically) and return to the home vehicle for their next operation. This will avoid the use of chemical pesticides. The robots can take pictures or samples of crop and may even do chemical analysis to present the state of the crop.
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As early as the second century, Bethlehemites believed they could identify the exact cave where, following Luke's account of the manger, Jesus had been born (Stauffer 1960:21; Finegan 1969:20-23; for echoes of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem in early rabbinic disputes, see Herford 1966:253-55).
A microcosm of Matthew's Gospel as a whole, this passage reminds us that we must preach the gospel to all people because we cannot always predict who will hear the message and who will not. Those we least expect to honor Jesus may worship him, and those we least expect to oppose him may seek his death. This passage confronts Matthew's readers with a summons to personal decision by contrasting the main characters (contrasting characters was a standard ancient literary device; see, for example, Schuler 1982:50). The Magi worship Jesus; Herod seeks his death; Jerusalem's religious elite-forerunners of the opponents of Matthew's audience-take Jesus for granted. The reader must identify with the pagan Magi rather than with Herod or Jerusalem's religious elite, and hence are compelled to recognize God's interest in the mission to the Gentiles. The God who sought servants like the Roman centurion (8:5-13) from the pagan west also sought previously pagan servants from the east (2:1; compare Is 2:6) like the Magi (see 8:11).
Matthew challenges prejudice against pagans. The first story after Jesus' birth opens with Magi who have traveled a long distance to offer homage to a new king born in Judea. They enter Jerusalem with a large enough caravan to attract the city's attention (2:3); they must have assumed that they would find the newborn king in Herod's palace in Jerusalem.
Magi were astrologers from the royal court of the king of Persia. Part of their job description was to make the king of Persia look good, but here they come to promote another king. Kings would often send congratulations to new rulers in other realms, but the king of Persia called himself "king of kings," that is, the highest of kings (compare, for example, Ezra 7:12; Dan 2:37). We might not expect the Magi to worship Jesus, especially if they found him not in the royal palace but in a cave.
More unexpectedly, these Magi are astrologers, which is why they noticed the star to begin with. Many sources from this period report the skill of Magi in divination, but Matthew's audience would probably recall first the Magi of their Greek translation of the Old Testament: Daniel's enemies, whom Daniel's narratives portray in a negative light as selfish, incompetent and brutal pagans (Dan 2:2, 10). (Their identity is even clearer in some later Greek versions of the Old Testament. In this period the Magi probably would have been Zoroastrian, but Matthew's readers would think more of Daniel's pagan accusers.)
Although the Bible forbade divination (Deut 18:9-13), which includes astrology (Is 47:13; see also Deut 4:19), for one special event in history the God who rules the heavens chose to reveal himself where the pagans were looking (compare Acts 19:12, 15-20). Without condoning astrology, Matthew's narrative challenges our prejudice against outsiders to our faith (see also 8:5-13; 15:21-28): even the most pagan of pagans may respond to Jesus if given the opportunity (compare Jon 1:13-16; 3:6-10). What a resounding call for the church today to pursue a culturally sensitive yet uncompromising commitment to missions!
Yet even supernatural guidance like the star can take the astrologers only so far; for more specific direction they must ask the leaders in Jerusalem where the king is to be born (2:2). That is, their celestial revelation was only partial; they must finally submit to God's revelation in the Scriptures, preserved by the Jewish people (see Meier 1980:11).
Matthew challenges prejudice that favors political power. Another central character in this narrative is Herod (2:3, 7-8). That Herod is dismayed by the Magi's announcement is not surprising (2:3); in this period most Greeks, Romans and even Jews respected astrological predictions. Further, a cosmic signal of another ruler would necessarily indicate the end of the current ruler's reign (as in Suet. Vespasian 23; Artem. 2.36). Other rulers also proved paranoid about astrologers (see MacMullen 1966:133; Kee 1980:71), and some had been ready to kill their own descendants to keep the throne (Herod. Hist. 1.107-10). But as many incidents during Herod's reign illustrate, he was more paranoid than most other rulers (see comment on 2:16). For Herod, little room existed for two kings in his realm: although he was Idumean by birth (Jos. War 1.123, 313; see Deut 17:15), he considered himself king of the Jews (compare 2:2). Here the one who reigns as king of God's people acts just like the oppressors of old: in Jewish tradition, both Pharaoh and his people feared when they learned in advance of the coming of Israel's deliverer (Jos. Ant. 2.206; Allison 1993b:146).
Herod's brutal power, played out in the following narrative, contrasts starkly with the human defenselessness of the Child and his mother (2:11, 19, 21). Whereas pagan Magi act like God's people (v. 11), the king of God's people acts like a notorious pagan king of old (v. 16; compare Ex 1:16). When we side with the politically powerful to seek human help against common foes, we could actually find ourselves fighting God's agendas (compare Is 30:1-5; 31:1-3). Jesus came and served among the weakest, depending solely on God's vindication (Mt 11:29; 12:19-21; 18:3-4; 19:14).
Matthew challenges the prejudice that respects spiritually complacent religion. Not knowing himself where the king would be born, Herod gathers the religious experts, the chief priests and scribes (2:4), most of whom in this period were loyal to his agendas (compare Jos. Ant. 15.2, 5). These experts immediately identify the place where the Messiah will be born on the basis of Micah 5:2 (Mt 2:5-6). But while the religious leaders know where the Messiah will be born, they do not join the Magi in their quest. These are the religious leaders, but they fail to act on all their Bible knowledge. Jesus is just a baby, and they take him for granted.
Although these authorities did not desire to kill Jesus as Herod did, their successors a generation later-when Jesus could no longer be taken for granted-did seek his death (26:57, 59). One is tempted to note that the line between taking Jesus for granted and wanting him out of the way may remain very thin today as well. And we must not forget that the sin of taking Jesus for granted is the sin not of pagans who know little about him, but of religious folk and Bible teachers.
Matthew reinforces these points by reminding us that it is the pagans who worshiped Jesus. After the Magi have left Jerusalem, they come and worship Jesus (2:9-11). A road led south to Bethlehem, which was about six miles from Jerusalem, so the rest of the Magi's journey probably did not take very long. That they offer Jesus both homage and standard gifts from the East (2:11) fits Eastern practices; for instance, royal courts there used frankincense and myrrh (though these spices also had many other uses). The Magi's homage to Jesus may reflect biblical language alluding to the pilgrimage and homage of nations in Psalm 72:10 or Isaiah 60:6, or to the queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon (1 Kings 10:1-13), or to all three texts; a late midrash on the queen of Sheba story includes a miraculous star (Bruns 1961). If Matthew has Psalm 72 or 1 Kings 10 in mind, he expects us to recognize Jesus as King Solomon's greatest son (compare Mt 1:6-7; 12:42).
At any rate, the threefold repetition of homage (2:2, 8, 11) reinforces the point of the narrative: if God's people will not honor Jesus, former pagans will (Harrington 1982:17). Throughout this Gospel, homage to Jesus reflects some degree of recognition of his identity (as in 8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25), climaxing in the ultimate homage of 28:9, 17, a context that declares Jesus' royal authority equivalent to the Father's (28:18-20). But such a hint may be present even in this Gospel's first example of homage: Matthew's audience may have expected Persians like the Magi to have intended more than merely human respect when they offered homage (compare Esther 3:2).
That the Magi needed a supernatural revelation to warn them not to return by way of Jerusalem (2:12) suggests their innocent naivet). Even without Herod's unadmirable character (see comment on 2:16), few kings would be ready to surrender their own rule to a nonrelative some foreigners hailed as king! (For that matter, not only powerful people in society but many others today seem reluctant to acknowledge Jesus' right to direct their lives.) The Magi's innocence compared to Herod's murderous shrewdness again reminds Matthew's readers not to prejudge the appropriate recipients of the gospel (compare 13:3-23). Jesus is for all who will receive him, and God may provide Jesus' servants with allies in unexpected places if we have the wisdom to recognize them.
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The Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition, "North America's Premier Farm Show" has announced that starting in 2006, the "Official Show Guide" will be published by Farm Press.
"We've had a great working relationship with Farm Press for many years, and we're looking forward to the opportunity to expand on that relationship. They do a great job of providing folks in the agriculture industry with timely, educational information on American agriculture," says Chip Blalock, executive director of Sunbelt.
"We know this partnership will be a win-win not only for Farm Press and us but also for our exhibitors and visitors alike. The show guide is a key element in promoting our event and we are excited that Farm Press will publish our official show guide in 2006 and beyond," says Blalock.
Farm Press is recognized as the most reliable information source of production agriculture throughout the Sunbelt and is comprised of Southeast Farm Press, Delta Farm Press, Southwest Farm Press and Western Farm Press.
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"Our mission is to provide timely, reliable, in-depth information on production agriculture that is useful to farmers in making important business decisions," says Greg Frey, publisher of Farm Press. "The Expo's focus on production agriculture greatly complements that of the Farm Press Publications. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial association."
The Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition is the world's largest farm show with on-site row crops and field demonstrations. During the three-day show, held each year in October, the latest technology from the agricultural industry is on display at the Expo site near Moultrie, Ga.
The Expo annually showcases farming practices for visitors from throughout the Southeast, the United States, and other parts of the world. "Our exhibitors represent the best that industry has to offer," says Blalock. "Whether you are looking for agricultural equipment, services or information, you will find it at the Expo. If you're a farmer and you don't find what you want at Expo, then you probably don't need it."
More than 1,100 exhibitors participated in the Expo this past year, and many have come back year after year since the first Expo in 1978.
The Expo's 600-acre working farm hosts a wide array of new machinery in the popular harvesting and tillage demonstrations. The Expo's major crops — cotton, peanuts and hay — are in peak condition for show time harvesting.
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For the past two years, Farm Press has published the Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day Guide. The field day, held in July, is a preview to the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition in October. It offers an in-depth analysis of seed varieties, chemical applications, irrigation options, precision agriculture, and forestry/wildlife for cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans and grain sorghum.
The Expo's permanent home is Spence Field, a former airbase on 1,680 acres. The Expo is located four miles southeast of U.S. Highway 319 on Georgia Highway 133.


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Paulette Clancy, Samuel W. and M. Diane Bodman Professor in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has been awarded a Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship.
The Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Service-Learning recognizes the importance of the national movement in higher education for greater involvement in civic engagement.
Two faculty members, who are having a significant impact on undergraduate, professional, or graduate education at Cornell by involving their students in challenging service-learning programs, will be given a $5,000 award to enable them to further develop an ongoing community-based learning/research project, to initiate a new effort, or to seek institutionalization of a service-learning course.


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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Lindsay Farrington-Centonze will be the new head coach for the Pace men's and women's cross country programs.
Farrington-Centonze has an extensive background in running and as a personal trainer in Westchester County.
Farrington-Centonze comes to Pace after serving as a personal trainer and fitness instructor in various roles through Westchester County.
She has worked at Equinox Fitness Clubs in Scarsdale as a personal trainer and PhatBurn as a group fitness instructor. In her current role, she works as a spin class instructor at The Studio 14 in Portchester.
As a student at Concordia College in Bronxville, she was a member of their cross country team for four years. Following graduation, she has participated in several marathons and half-marathons in the Northeast.
Farrington-Centonze received a Bachelor's in Liberal Studies from Concordia in 2010. She went on to earn her Master's in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University in 2013.


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Aston Martin has just released the first images and details of its new Virage Coupe and Virage Volante.
Both models are based on the automaker's VH architecture and are destined to exist between the DB9 and the DBS in the Aston range.
The Virage Coupe and the soft-top Volante are both powered by the company's well known 6.0-litre V12 engine. This powerplant produces 355kW in the DB9 and 385kW in the DBS, so it's expected that the Virage's V12 would fit in between in terms of output delivering around 370kW.
The standard transmission is a six-speed automatic "Touchtronic 2" gearbox, which will allow the Virage a 0-100kph sprint time in the region of 4.5 seconds and will top out at around 300kph.
The suspension is double-wishbone on all four corners, and the Virage features Aston Martin's Adaptive Damping System (ADS) with Sport mode as standard equipment.
In terms of exterior design the Virage has a new aluminum front grille inspired by the One-77 and LED lights on the front skirting. Wheels are 20-inch alloys, mounted over carbon ceramic disc brakes at all four corners, with Pirelli P Zero tyres as standard.
Inside, the two Virage models come with a full leather interior complete with colored piping and high-spec standard features such as cruise control, satellite navigation, Bluetooth telephone preparation and a 700W Aston Martin Premium Audio System with full iPod integration


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MK-6000 Keyboard with USB MIDI by Gear4music
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The MK-6000 Keyboard with USB MIDI by Gear4music is a fun instrument packed full of features. This simple and easy-to-use keyboard with 61 touch sensitive keys will have you ready to make music in no time. Made for beginners and intermediate players, the MK-6000 is ideal for those taking their first steps in music, and is a great way to develop musical knowledge and skills while having fun!
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Coming with 61 touch sensitive keys, the MK-6000 keyboard not only looks the part, but is designed with the first time user in mind. The ergonomically designed knobs and controls mean that the 128 realistic voices and rhythms are only a touch away. You can follow all your changes on the brightly lit LCD screen and even use the USB connectivity to turn the keyboard into a MIDI controller.
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The Gear4music MK-6000 boasts an impressive 128 voices ranging from harpsichord to sitar. The quirky MK-6000 also includes some natural sounds such as birds and applause for the more experimental player!
Alongside this the MK-6000 also has 128 built in rhythm functions for accompaniment. The wide range of different musical styles can transform your pieces with a full rich backing. At the touch of a button you effectively have a full house band to play along with. The single finger chord function allows you to control the backing track with ease.
Most keyboards of this range have the familiar 8 percussion pads, however the MK-6000 takes this facility to a whole new level with 61 separate percussion sounds assigned to the keys. The MK-6000 also comes with the full range of effects that you would expect from a top of the range keyboard. You can fully control sustain, touch sensitivity and transposition.
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Not only is the MK-6000 a quality instrument in its own right, but it can also be used as a MIDI controller when connected via a USB cable (included), so no expensive MIDI cables are needed. This enables the use of music recording software on your PC or MAC (sequencing and audio editing software not included.) The keyboard also features the ability to connect speakers for live performance or headphones for quiet practice.
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The recording function on the Gear4music MK-6000 allows the player to record themselves and playback their music. This is especially rewarding for those just starting out and allows children to hear the progress they make and play back pieces to parents. Listening to yourself means you can really get to grips with how you need to improve your playing and with full tempo and volume control you should progress in leaps and bounds.
Whether you are looking for a user friendly, entry level keyboard with scope to develop as you do, a tool for composition and experimentation or simply a MIDI controller the Gear4music MK-6000 is an impressive piece of kit at a great price.
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Port Shutdown Averted as Dockworkers Reach Tentative Deal
Dockworkers and their employers reached a tentative agreement on royalty payments, averting a strike that would have shut down eastern U.S. ports for the first time in 35 years.
The International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance will continue negotiations for another 30 days, according to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, which was working with the two groups. A strike would have closed ports from Maine to Texasthat handle 45 percent of U.S. commerce.
The union and the Maritime Alliance, whose members include container-carrier companies, began negotiations in late Marchand reached tentative agreements in July on issues involving new technology and union jurisdiction over work on chassis used for cargo. Talks between the two sides had collapsed last week amid a dispute over so-called container royalty fees, or levies on shipments that supplement wages.
"The agreement on this important subject represents a major positive step toward achieving an overall collective bargaining agreement," George Cohen, director of the mediation service, said in a statement. "While some significant issues remain in contention, I am cautiously optimistic that they can be resolved in the upcoming 30-day extension period."
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The dockworkers and their employers agreed to hold talks through Jan. 28, Cohen said. He declined to describe the payment agreement in more detail.
If a strike had occurred, workers wouldn't have moved containerized cargo, including frozen foods and household goods, ILA President Harold J. Daggett told union members in a Dec. 19 letter. Passenger ships, military cargo, containerized mail, bulk items, finished autos and perishable items with a "limited shelf life" would still have been handled, he wrote.
More than half of the nation's containerized shipments pass through East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, which means that a strike would affect imports and exports that accounted for $454 billion of U.S. foreign merchandise trade dollars in 2011, according to data compiled by Jock O'Connell, international trade adviser for Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics LLC.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said a strike would cost the region an estimated $136 million a week in personal income and $110 million in economic output.
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I was looking at the sizing too, and it was an odd jump...I am guessing it is because the 9 and 12 sells the most. I mean over here from as far back as I can remember size 9 and 12 was "the quiver"..ie those two sizes were given...if you wanted more then you added around that. The is pure speculation tho.Yes, that could be fine too - but no size 11 in the draft series neither...for the ika it looks like a range with unequal numbers in the line is to prefere: 7-9-11-13-15-17-19 could makes the best and most combos.
Regarding the video - yes I got too see it, and the kite and hangtime looks sweeeet
Does anyone have dates when these babies will hit the stores? My charger is getting a bit worn...


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Since its premier in 1969, the television series "Sesame Street" has remained on the cutting edge of children's educational entertainment, combining engaging puppet characters, catchy tunes, and effective instructional methods. For more than 40 years, the series has taught preschoolers their alphabets, numbers, good manners, tolerance, and other values. Now broadcast in about 140 countries around the world, "Sesame Street" has earned eight Grammy awards and more than 100 Emmys for its excellent programming and its phenomenal success in educating children. The series has generated consumer goods of all kinds, especially toys. Board games, card games, and dexterity games all carry themes and educational elements from the series.
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Elegant, Smart, Beautiful: Khouri Guzman Bunce Limited
When I cover a furniture fair or trade show, I'm often in macro-mode. I find myself wanting to examine and celebrate the over arching ideas that show up across collections; the colors, materials, shapes and styles that I see as examples of the zeitgeist of this moment in design. And, while I'm doing exactly that this year at ICFF, too (lots of posts are in the works), sometimes you need to just step back, shift to micro, and say: Wow, this collection was simply really beautiful...
...and take it from there. That is exactly what I did at the Khouri Guman Bunce Limited booth. First timers at ICFF, they were showing their line of handcrafted original furniture.
Happening upon the KGB Limited booth was like discovering a sharply curated shop filled with wonderful vintage furniture. My initial impression was of interesting older pieces, thanks to some of the lines and materials, as well as the even-visibly-apparent quality of construction. But then, all at once, you realize this isn't vintage, this furniture is unmistakably NOW — and they are definitely not retro, either. The impression of vintage furniture is based on an evocation of the type of elegant, somewhat feminine, definitely glamorous, high quality pieces that one associates with certain eras more than any kind of direct interpretation.
And for a (let's face it) pretty wildly glam collection of furniture, KGB Limited have the ethos of a crunchy, quality based "good for you" process built right in, because it is built to last. This furniture is American-made and handcrafted locally (to NYC, in Brooklyn). The methods and materials are a mix of old school know how and interesting, of-the-moment materials. The cocktail table is a perfect example — the thick, curved, textured glass is actually industrial (from NY state based Pyrex) and the beautiful gold toned metal is something called a silcon bronze, which is a specially-treated, mainly copper metal mix which can be maintained in this state or allowed to darken with age (fairly quickly) to provide the interesting juxtaposition of patina on a modern piece.
These are showstoppers, furniture that can make a room, and are of a quality level that will allow for them to be around for a good long time, working for years as the rooms they occupy are updated and adjusted and then, hopefully passed along — the opposite of the sometimes ubiquitous "disposable" nature of furniture that can be prevalent these days — perhaps they could be best be described as "future antiques".
The collection is sold through their showroom in Chelsea. When you see the furniture in this typically gallery-like setting, it hits home how the timeless combination of high style plus quality can add drama and instant interest to the space, even in the most neutral of surroundings.
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There is so much style to wade through after show season that we're all wasting our free-time on style.com. While looking at the detail shots of the site's Bottega Veneta coverage, I spotted this interesting neck detail on a few of the models. There is the embarrassing chance that a few of the models simply weren't able to put on a tie (forgive the bitchiness but you know the type) however if that were the case I would still be praising the DIY fashion brilliance.
The collection itself was aimed to provide a male uniform and the collection was very straight-laced, but this detail added a great edge. I think this may be something I try out myself as it completely elevates the look. Safety pin ties- what a brilliant idea and unexpected cause of sartorial envy.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A deal has been reached to reduce the charges against a retired Las Cruces judge accused of funneling bribes to former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for judicial appointments, court documents indicate.
Attorneys in the case have declined comment on a change of plea hearing scheduled for next Thursday on the four felony counts pending against former state District Judge Michael Murphy.But documents filed with the court show prosecutors and the defense have agreed to have a new charge filed against Murphy — this one a misdemeanor count of misconduct by a public official.
A motion filed after the plea hearing was set says Murphy agrees not to contest the misdemeanor charge "contingent upon the state agreeing to certain conditions."
An agreement to knock four felonies down to a misdemeanor charge would mark the collapse of a high-profile case that shocked the judiciary two years ago when prosecutors implied the bribes were part of a long-running practice under which Murphy and other judges worked with southern New Mexico Democratic activist Edgar Lopez to choose new judges for the district.
Richardson has called the accusations "outrageous and defamatory." Lopez called them "absurd."
In the days after the indictments were filed, Special Prosecutor Matt Chandler and Gov. Susana Martinez said an aggressive investigation had just begun. But no one else was ever charged in the case. And although he resigned his seat after being suspended, Murphy's attorney has always vehemently maintained the judge's innocence.
Reached about a possible plea agreement on Thursday, Lopez, a real estate investor in Las Cruces, said he didn't want to see the case settled "because the truth will set you free." He said he was vilified, "when I didn't do anything."
The allegations date to 2007, when potential judicial candidate Beverly Singleman said she sought advice from state District Judge James Martin on how to get her name on the list for appointment to a vacancy on the bench. During a lunch with Martin and Murphy, Singleman said that Murphy told her she needed to make weekly contributions to Lopez, who funneled the money to then Gov. Richardson.
Singleman reported the conversation. Martinez was Dona Ana County district attorney at the time and running to replace Richardson when she appointed Chandler, an ally and rising star in the state GOP, as special prosecutor to investigate the case. Chandler is district attorney for Curry and Roosevelt counties.
Richardson was not running for re-election because of term limits, but Martinez campaigned hard on cleaning up corruption in state government and made Richardson the poster child for everything that was wrong in New Mexico.
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Members of Congress are furiously arguing over two provisions of the U.S. Constitution: the Second Amendment's right to bear arms and the 14th Amendment's statement that "the validity of the public debt ... shall not be questioned."
They're at the heart of two of the most heated current debates now before Congress — on restricting gun ownership and raising the government's borrowing ceiling to pay current bills.
President Barack Obama is considering ways to circumvent Congress on one — but not the other.
He is expected to unveil a comprehensive gun-control package as early as Wednesday. It's expected to include controversial proposals to ban assault weapons, increase background checks and limit the capacity of ammunition magazines.
But he's also expected to outline 19 other steps on guns he plans to take by executive action alone, bypassing Congress.
The Second Amendment protecting an individual's right to possess and carry firearms was adopted on December 15, 1791.
Meanwhile, Obama is resisting suggestions by many Democrats and some constitutional scholars to act on his own to bypass and challenge the present, congressionally set limit on the government's borrowing authority.
They cite the 14th Amendment, ratified July 28, 1868, which holds that the "public debt" cannot be questioned.
Although that provision was originally meant to ensure payment of Union debts after the Civil War, those advocating its use in the current debate are challenging the constitutionality of congressional efforts to limit borrowing to pay bills.
Obama's not buying into that argument — and says Congress must act to raise the congressionally set $16.4-trillion debt ceiling. If that ceiling is not raised by sometime in February or early March, the government will not be able to pay all its bills.
"America cannot afford another debate with this Congress about whether or not they should pay the bills they've already racked up," he said.
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and LME Holdings Limited (LME Holdings), the parent company of The London Metal Exchange Limited (LME), are pleased to announce that the acquisition of the entire issued ordinary share capital of LME Holdings by HKEx has completed today. Completion was effected by the delivery of the relevant court orders to the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales.
The transaction brings together the leading operator of exchanges and clearing houses in Asia, with the world's leading non-ferrous base metals trading venue.
Charles Li, Chief Executive of HKEx said, "We are delighted that, as of today, the LME is formally part of the HKEx group. We are confident that this partnership will deliver enormous benefits over time as we leverage our relationships and knowledge to build on LME's strong global position."
Martin Abbott, Chief Executive of the LME said, "The LME will remain the world's foremost base metals exchange thanks to HKEx's position in Asia, its infrastructure and resources. We begin a new chapter today but the LME is more secure than at any point in its 135-year history."
LME Holdings Directorate Changes
As the Scheme is now effective, the following directors resigned from the Board of LME Holdings:
Stephen Branton-Speak, Jim Coupland, Gabriela Grillo, Noel Harwerth, James Land, Nat le Roux, Michael Overlander, Gavin Prentice, David Rough and Fabian Somerville-Cotton.
Martin Abbott and Sir Brian Bender (Chairman) remain as directors of LME Holdings.
Chow Chung Kong, Romnesh Lamba and Charles Li join the Board of LME Holdings.
LME Directorate Changes
As the Scheme is now effective, the following directors resigned from the Board of LME:
Stephen Branton-Speak, Catherine Claydon, Jim Coupland, Gabriela Grillo, Richard Laing, James Land, Mike Lockwood, Michael Overlander, Gavin Prentice and Fabian Somerville-Cotton.
Martin Abbott and Sir Brian Bender (Chairman) remain as directors of LME.
Chow Chung Kong, David Graham, John Harrison, Noel Harwerth, Romnesh Lamba, Nat le Roux and Charles Li join the Board of LME.