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The July 1997 Opinion believed that Hungary should be in a position to comply with most of the EU energy legislation in the next few years, provided it continued with its efforts. However, the Opinion also asked for matters such as the adjustment of monopolies including import and export, access to networks, energy pricing, State interventions in the solid fuels and uranium sectors, and the development of energy efficiency and fuel quality standards to be closely followed. The Opinion did not foresee any major difficulties as regards compliance with Euratom provisions, provided nuclear safety standards were tackled appropriately in order to bring the single Hungarian nuclear power plant to the level required. It nevertheless called for surveillance of the long-term solutions to the problems of nuclear waste.
The November 1998 Report noted that progress had been made on the adjustment of monopolies, network access and energy pricing. It nevertheless called for close attention to be paid to State intervention in the solid fuels and uranium sectors, and the development of energy efficiency and fuel quality standards.
The October 1999 Report emphasized that progress had been achieved, particularly with regard to the adoption of the new energy strategy. Nevertheless, particular efforts were still needed in certain sectors, such as the preparation for the internal energy market (electricity and gas directives) and the adjustment of energy monopolies. No major difficulties were foreseen for compliance with Euratom provisions. Nuclear safety issues had to be carefully monitored, as in the past.
In its November 2000 Report, the Commission noted that Hungary had already adopted the main principles of the internal energy market, but these principles still had to be fully implemented, and more progress was required in particular with regard to further liberalisation in preparation for the internal energy market (the electricity and gas directives), and energy efficiency.
In its November 2001 Report, the Commission considered that limited progress had been achieved in this area since the last regular report. Although Hungary had already adopted an administrative framework for this sector, there was a delay in the preparation of the internal market since the draft law on the liberalisation of the market in electricity had not yet been adopted and no progress had been made in the gas sector. Particular attention had to be paid to this aspect of the energy sector. There had been progress on the reform of the institutions and the government was continuing to promote energy efficiency. Hungary was also making progress in the important field of nuclear safety.
The October 2002 Report noted that Hungary had made progress in preparing for accession in the field of energy, although alignment with the acquis in both the electricity and gas sectors had been slower than originally envisaged. However, a major positive development was the adoption of the Electricity Act as an important step towards integrating Hungary into the internal EU electricity market.
The 2003 Report stresses that Hungary respects the main commitments and requirements of the accession negotiations in the energy sector. However, it must continue to liberalise the electricity and gas markets and complete the alignment of its legislation with the acquis in these areas.
The Treaty of Accession was signed on 16 April 2003 and accession took place on 1 May 2004.
The key elements of the energy acquis comprise Treaty provisions and secondary legislation concerning in particular competition and State aid, the internal energy market (including directives on electricity, price transparency, gas and electricity transit, hydrocarbons, licensing, emergency response including security stock obligations), nuclear energy, energy efficiency and environmental rules.
The Community acquis in the field of nuclear energy today consists of a framework of legal and political instruments including international agreements. At present, it addresses issues of health and safety, including radiation protection, safety of nuclear installations, management of radioactive waste, investment, promotion of research, nuclear common market, supplies, safeguards and international relations.
The White Paper (preparing the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe for their integration in the internal market of the European Union) stresses in the section on energy the need for full application of key internal market directives in combination with EU competition law. As regards the nuclear sector, the White Paper refers to supply problems, safeguards and shipments of nuclear waste.
The framework for further alignment with the energy acquis was set with the adoption of the long-term energy strategy in July 1999. Overall, Hungary is making progress in implementing the acquis and is continuing to consolidate its administrative framework. Hungary has already adopted the main principles of the internal energy market and continues to implement them. However, it has incurred a delay in this field. It must further intensify its efforts to prepare for the internal market by speeding up the adoption of new legislation on gas and electricity in order to avoid any further delay in the opening up of the markets. The Energy Office must also be given more authority.
As regards security of supply, stocks of crude oil and petroleum products are at the required level. Current levels of oil stocks exceed EC requirements.
In the area of competitiveness and the internal energy market, Hungary adopted the Electricity Act which aims to align Hungary's legislation with the acquis and constitutes an important development in the energy sector. It is planned to open 44% of the gas market to competition from January 2004.
As regards energy efficiency and renewable energy, Hungary introduced an energy efficiency programme with the main objectives of promoting the use of renewable energy sources and improving public energy awareness.
Hungary has a well developed institutional structure in the energy sector. This structure has been improved since the last report. Hungary now has, among other things, a nuclear safety body, an Energy Interest Reconciliation Council, a centre responsible for energy efficiency and an independent network manager. Nevertheless, some of these need to be strengthened. At the end of 1999, the Government adopted an energy efficiency programme and is continuing to promote this policy.
With regard to nuclear energy, Hungary has four VVER 440/213 nuclear reactors in operation at Paks. The reactors are of Soviet design and are considered to be upgradable to international safety standards.
Hungary is pursuing an upgrading programme at the Paks nuclear power plant which should be completed by the end of 2002 and more than two thirds of the planned work had already been carried out by the end of 2000. These measures have made it possible to reduce the risk of damage to the reactor core by a factor of ten. Hungary still has to provide further information on measures taken with a view to implementing the recommendations of the Council report on nuclear safety in the context of enlargement, published in 2001.
The Atomic Energy Authority is responsible for regulation, licensing and controls in the nuclear energy sector. Although it is answerable to the Government, it is independent and has its own separate budget. A mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that the Authority is a highly competent body. In June 2001, the Council of the European Union took note of a report on nuclear safety in the context of enlargement. The report presents general recommendations for all candidate countries which concern among other things the completion of modernisation programmes and the safe management of radioactive waste and spent fuel. The Council recommends a number of specific measures for Hungary. It considers that Hungary should for example provide sites for the storage of low or medium-level radioactive waste.
Hungary is a party to all major international agreements and is a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the OECD Atomic Energy Agency. Hungary has concluded a full-scope safeguards agreement with the IAEA. Nevertheless, steps should be taken to ensure that Hungary complies fully with Euratom requirements and procedures.
Hungary is participating in the Community programme for energy efficiency - SAVE II (1), and in the JOULE-THERMIE Programme.
See also
Decision of the Association Council on association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary of the other part, of 22 June 1999, adopting the terms and conditions for the participation of Hungary in the Community Programme for Energy Efficiency - Save II.
Official Journal L 247 of 18.09.1999
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This isn't really surprising. Gay to the Raps for any of the mentioned packages is more of a pipe dream than a realistic one. It's hard to think the Grizz would rather pay out big money to OJ Mayo than keep Gay alone, especially the way he played in his first playoff series. At times being the only Grizzly that could pull a made basket out of thin air.
I like OJ and all, but if the Grizz have to pick, OJ is out the door. The Raps really have no assets that would help the Grizz go deeper into the playoffs.
Iguodala is more realistic, maybe Josh Smith (though I don't know if teams actually want him, with his jumpshot happy-self), there's not a ton of options this year with SF's. Batum will be retained, any good young SF will cost more than the Raps realistically have to offer.

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Dr. Michael Robb, A02, has been working at the Fred Rogers Center to develop the online community Early Learning Environment (Ele). Ele is one of the only digital media resources created for children from birth to five years old. Using Ele, early educators and those who care for young children can find online and mobile educational activities especially designed for adults to share with children. Ele helps teachers and family members find different kinds of media to "learn about helping children improve their language and reading skills." Dr. Robb says that "talking is teaching" and that their goal is to have people view media the same way they would view a book: as a way to spend time with and talk with a child.
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Cee Lo Green is pushing back his Las Vegas debut. The soul singer and The Voice judge has rescheduled dates for his summer Sin City residency called Cee Lo Green is LOBERACE.
The singer cited scheduling conflicts with The Voice as the reason he had to change his original August 2012 opening to February 2013.
"It's always been a dream of mine to be among the great music legends who have had a Las Vegas residency and I was very much looking forward to launching 'Loberace' this year," Cee Lo said in a statement. "But, as we move into the third season of The Voice, with my dedicated commitment to the filming schedule and love for my role on the show, I will need to postpone the opening of Cee Lo Green is LOBERACE to early 2013. Most importantly, to all my fans who have already purchased tickets, please accept my sincerest apology and I hope you can still join me in Vegas next year, so I can properly and finally introduce you to my brainchild, 'Loberace!'"
The event will now kick off February 27. In the meantime, fans wishing to catch Cee Lo live onstage can witness the Goodie Mob alumnus on a trio of East Coast gigs this week with Flo Rida and B.o.B. Concert goers who purchased tickets for the postponed dates can now receive a refund or exchange them for new dates.
To see a complete list of 2013 show dates for Cee Lo Green is LOBERACE, which will take place at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, check out Cee Lo's official website.
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CARSON, Calif. – Arguably no one has more clout in the game of soccer than David Beckham and as he prepares to serve as an owner for the prospective Miami MLS franchise, his former head coach Bruce Arena has already tipped hi for success.
On Wednesday, Beckham and MLS announced that he had exercised his option to become an owner of an MLS team and that the former LA Galaxy midfielder plans to place the team in Miami. Although their are still plenty of questions surrounding the team (which you can have a better understanding of by reading this great piece by Soccer By Ives' Franco Panizo), Arena believes that Beckham will be successful.
"He'll do well. David's presence in that market will make it a legitimate product and give it the best opportunity to succeed in Miami," said Arena. "I think that Beckham will give them the opportunity to be successful."
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Let him walk
Resign him and keep him long term
Resign him and trade him January 2013 with Amare
I'm kinda skeptical given the guy with binoculars standing behind her staring straight into the back of the poster and smiling
#10 on mvp ladder,flashes in the pan arent #10 in mvp race.
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but I'll take a head coach's opinion over some jelly has-been any day.
Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks says hes already tired of the opinion that Lin has simply made the most of his opportunity.
People are saying its the system and its the opportunity, Brooks said. No. Hes a player. The system has nothing to do with that kid playing as well as hes playing. Opportunity has nothing to do with it. You can give players opportunities every day of the week to play and they are not going to do as well as that guy.
Its never been done before. Words cant describe it. I played at a very low level in this league. But what hes doing, nobody would have ever guessed it. Hes doing it and theyre winning, which is the No. 1 thing youre playing the game for.
The 3-point shot to win the game (at Toronto), thats not the system. Its squaring your man, telling him I dont need a pick-and-roll, backing him up and shooting the 3 in his face. And making it. That doesnt happen because of the system. That kid is good.
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Does any one know if Lin has greeted his high school teammates and coach? They flew to MSG to see the Knicks-Mavs game.
I kinda of hoped they'd get a chance to meet. It would be a nice and touching story.
This is definitely a very fun thread to watch.
This video is absolutely amazing and I've watched in 3 times already. Wow, flawlessly made and completely inspirational. Check it out.


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Recent Graduate Sabina Khan Regular Op-Ed Contributor to NY Times Affiliate in Pakistan
July 8, 2011
Sabina Khan (IPS'10) graduated with a master's degree in International Policy Studies and a focus on conflict resolution in December of 2010. A mere four months later she had published her first op-ed article "Reforms in Fata," for the Express Tribune, a New York Times, International Herald Tribune affiliated newspaper in Pakistan. She is now a regular op-ed contributor, publishing two articles a month as well as writing her own blog for the newspaper.
She is a native of South Waziristan, which is a mountainous region in Pakistan bordering Afghanistan and part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan. Sabina came to the Monterey Institute as an advanced-entry student with a graduate degree in Defense and Strategic Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad and is particularly interested in researching and writing about the challenges of governance in FATA.
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She is doing a great job for her home land, i am also belonging from South Waziristan Agency. We also took some steps for the betterment of our Mahsud nation in the field of Education in shape of (MSEF) "Mahsud Student Educational Forum". Hope that Sabina will also support us, and will write about our this effort in her newspaper.
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Since she is a native of South Waziristan, there will not be much trouble. She has been doing a great job so far. I hope she maintains the consistency. Anyway, it was interesting to read more about the Quaid-i-Azam University. visit us


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This one might be hard to confirm but: Raptors record holder for most Personal Fouls in a season.
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Who were the two Raptors nicknamed the Banger Brothers by Chuck Swirsky?
Actually, back to the first page, the first player to be selected by the team was B.J. Armstrong in the expansion draft.
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Kobe Byrant 81pts over entire raptors team?
Name the tallest player in franchise history. (really tough)
Name the shortest player in franchise history. (really easy)
Oh, this looks super fun!!! But no more unanswered questions. So I'll ask one
Who is the player with the most games, having played his entire career as a Raptor?
JP - is it Alvin W?
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Lapis Exilis, Aug 29, 2008.
It's good to know that we have accredited scholars hard at work on supporting banal fanboy opinions.
That article may surprise you. It's really about the argumentative strategies used by Batman fans when they debate the issue with Superman fans. The writer introduces the concept of value theory on the second page, and evaluative comparisons and descriptive comparisons on the third page. The author forces us to think about what makes superheroes great, and concludes that Batman is "better" in one area (courage). All fanboys should abandon their errors in reasoning after reading this essay!
Maybe he should have come up with a title that didn't read like one from a thread in this forum. Could've used a colon and subtitle, that one.
The writer wanted a title that didn't seem too highbrow, and would therefore draw in the unsuspecting non-Philosophy major. The tactic worked on me.
That was more or less my thought. I know there are several books that lots of other people like but that I couldn't get through, like Hush. But I think I'm going to avoid a "Totally Wretched" section, so I don't end up ranting...
I'd include the Two Face Annual(?) from the late 80's written by Andrew Helfer
The Prey mini-series by Moench and Gulacy
The Denny O'Neill/Neil Adams Rha's Al Ghul storyline from the 1970's
...and that story where Bat-Hound meets Batmite. Okay, maybe not
Try the recent Joker storyline from Batman Chronicles 7-12. DC have already released it I believe in hardcover. Then there's also Batman Year 2, a four part story in Detective Comics that was released straight after Batman Year 1. The art for 3 of the 4 issues was done by Todd Mcfarlane of Spider-Man fame. I'm also a big fan of the artwork of the late Jim Aparo and love how he used to draw Batman, especially for covers. In the early 80s DC published its first mini series, a 3 part story called Untold Legends of the Batman. This was a pre Year 1 attempt at telling Batman's back story. The art is good to boot. Lastly you could try the 'Zero' issues of Batman published in 1994. At the time DC did one of its periodic house cleaning exercises. They produced a five parter called Zero Hour with crossovers galore. Afterward they did issues numbered 0 designed as a jumping on point for potential new fans. The 0 issues of Batman, Detective, Shadow of the Bat and Legends of the Dark Knight were used to tell Batman's background story and scenes from them were used in Batman Begins particularly concerning the Batcave and Batmobile.
Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy seemed to adopt a similar strategy of eye-catching titles for more scholarly work. I've read about 60% of it so far.
The 25 Greatest Batman Graphic Novels
That list is kinda screwy. It lists Dark Victory in the top ten, and that book was utter crap, though I'd agree with the list's top four. And the list includes Son of the Demon. Don't even get me started on what a travesty of character rape that story is. Yeah, Batman's gonna work with Ra's al Ghul while Ra's henchmen are gunning down enemies right in front of him. Blech.
You know, Mr. Freeze isn't that popular of a comic book character it seems.
That's because the only time they made him interesting was when Bruce Timm & Paul Dini were in on it. Even when they retconned their version into comic continuity it still only felt like a pale imitation.
Actually, I know that "Heart of Ice" is the fan favourite freeze episode (and for some, episode, period) but I really think the most interesting Freeze story was the Batman Beyond one. "Meltdown" I think it was called. If for nothing else than his crazy suit at the end.
Has anyone brought up DKR or DKSB yet? I know they can be a divisive set of books, but they are honestly among a very small number of comics that I can read more than once in a blue moon.
" A Death In The Family" is, imo, essential. The death of Robin shaped Batman as we know him today.
I didn't fully read the caveat/rationale at the beginning, but they did seem to state that quality wasn't the only qualifying trait they were looking for - impact and fan reaction also figured in. So I can see how Hush, Dark Victory, Death in the Family (blech*3) et al got in there.
No Dark Knight Re-Returns, though. Yay!
I read the first issue of Venom ages ago, and remember really enjoying it. Since it's a Batman story without major consequences or known villains, I'd guess from its place on that list that it's actually very good. Is it?
Yeah, I didn't read it either - just flipped through the list.
And for all that the death of Jason Todd was very important in comics continuity for quite awhile - that has a whole lot more to do with DKR (which is where the whole idea originated) than Death in the Family, which is truly one of the worst things I've ever read. And now they've brought him back, a concept I cannot even begin to deal with.
DKSA= unreadable.
DKR is already on my list though. It's a great story - probably Miller's best work because unlike Year One it has a strong ending.
Never read it myself. Something about the idea of Batman taking drugs just doesn't ring true to the character for me, but if anyone has a review that says it's really good, I'd be interested to hear it.
Let me set it up...
Spoiler: Venom spoilers
Batman has been following the trail of a kidnapped little girl. He meets the father, who has been working on drugs that enhance strength - steroids, in essence. He offers the pill to Batman, who takes a beat, and refuses them.
Batman tracks down the kidnappers and the little girl, through hours of detective work, and finds the little girl trapped under some rocks in a cave that is caving in. The water level slowly rises. Batman must lift a pile of rocks to reach the girl before the water level rises too high. He can't. He's done everything he can, but isn't strong enough. The little girl is killed.
Batman returns to the professor, and asks for the pills.
In his first fight afterwards, he lifts a man over his head, throws him through a plate glass window, and laughs and laughs...
Whether you read that or not, I'd say that "Batman takes drugs" is a gross simplification, and the first issue goes to lengths to spell out the conflict.
But again, I should wait to hear from someone who read more than one issue...
That actually sounds like an interesting book.
I didn't doubt that the story would justify his decision through some such incident - but the scene you describe after he first takes the pills is exactly what I'm talking about. It all sounds like a way to do a variation on "what if Batman was out of control?" I've never read one of those that was particularly good.
I'd say they are. Certainly the Scarecrow issue stands out - it was written by Doug Moench during his run on Batman. Moench is truly an excellent character writer. (Have you read Moench's run? It may have been the greatest extended run on the Batman comics ever...check this site to learn why: http://popcultureshock.com/features.php?id=1183 )
I meant to add - beware the "Scarecrow" and "Ra's Al Ghul" "Year One" one-shots that were released at the time of Batman Begins (actually, two-shots - each were two-part issues). They weren't annuals or part of any extended comic line, and weren't actually "Year One" stories - they were just released to capitalize on the villains being featured in the movie, had "Year One" added to the title in order to capitalize on Year One popularity, and feature pretty awful writing (Batman fighting zombies, etc.).
I think the largest objections to "The Man Who Laughs" seems to be the fact that people don't like Joker origins after "The Killing Joke." I could be wrong, though.
That's "Lovers and Madmen." The art is pretty bad, and the story is so-so. A very different take on the Joker's origin. I prefer "The Man Who Laughs," but you might want to at least check this out. Be prepared for dissapointment, however.
I thought Year 2 was terrible. Just a bad story all around. It's also been retconned out of existence. Thankfully.
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IUCN welcomes the G8's initiative to prioritise greater use of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. These technologies can help nations move towards delivery of the UN Millennium Development Goals, while meeting the objectives of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. As IUCN stated at the UN General Assembly Interactive Thematic Dialogue on Energy Efficiency, Conservation and New and Renewable sources of Energy, energy efficiency and conservation measures should be pursued as the highest priority strategy for reducing emissions without risk to people or the environment.
Environmental safeguards to accelerate renewable energy adoption
Developing renewable energy resources provides an opportunity to diversify energy supply mixes and to phase out increasingly expensive fossil fuels. The wide range of available renewable technologies (including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and hydro) allows policy-makers to choose an optimal mix of resources best-suited to their environment. Renewable energy technologies provide the additional advantage of their ability to be deployed on a smaller scale, thus creating opportunities for rural electrification and lower cost as compared to large, central generating stations and their associated extensive transmission grids.
However, in IUCN's experience, the perceived and real adverse impacts of some renewable technologies on the environment and on people's livelihoods have resulted in delaying or even halting the pursuit of some renewable energy projects. Through robust legal and regulatory frameworks, however, the implementation of renewable technologies can be fostered while safeguarding the environment and peoples' livelihoods. IUCN hopes that the G8 ministers can recognise the importance of such action and include this in their next discussions.
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The Human Services and Early Childhood students implement several community service projects each year.
HS and ECD students collected over 450 books that were donated to the New River Community Action Pulaski Head Start to help stock their Family Lending Library.
HS and ECD students volunteer each month along with the NRCC Student Activities to host the SHARE program. SHARE stands for Self-Help and Resource Exchange and is a program of New River Community Action.
SHARE is available to EVERYONE (all income levels) that wants to help the community and save on food costs.
The idea behind SHARE is to contribute to your community and empower people to support themselves. Participants agree to contribute 2 hours of community service for each package of food purchased. Community Service is anything you do for another person for which you do not receive pay. It is work done to improve the community or help a community organization or an individual. A few examples include volunteering with SHARE, scouts, faith based groups, schools, hospitals, or community organizations; babysitting for a neighbor; or running errands for an elderly person.
All food is purchased, none is donated. Volume buying and buying directly from the manufacturers and suppliers, in addition to the use of volunteer labor, enables SHARE to supply food at a cost of about half its retail value. It does not take food away from the needy. The more people that participate the lower the cost of the food for everyone.


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How two new teammates reacted differently to sledge
Every team has one or two players who are notorious for dishing out a good sledge. Collingwood is no different - I'm playing alongside a couple of the finest exponents.
Sledging is a big part of football and it's been around for as long as I have been playing and, probably in varying degrees, has always existed. It can be a really effective way of getting under your opponent's skin, to distract them from what they should be focused on.
In my days at Melbourne, Daniel Ward was a specialist, as was David Schwarz. They loved giving a bit of lip to opponents. I wouldn't have put it past them to research material on certain players so they could come armed on game day.
Barry Hall was another great player who loved to sledge. Given his presence, anyone who was on the end of a spray from Hally went straight into his shell.
I really loved hearing the things that came out of his mouth. Some were intimidating and, as his teammate, it made you walk just that little bit taller.
Personally, I'm not one who sledges a lot, but I will give out the occasional line. And it just so happened that the two guys I loved to get stuck into verbally, I have ended up playing alongside - Josh Fraser and Ben Hudson.
I used to love playing against Josh because I knew it was going to be a good contest physically and verbally. I remember the last time I played against him while I was playing for Sydney. I had a big stoush with him in the last quarter. I had a crack at him and questioned his courage around the ball - among other things.
A few months later, I was traded to the Pies. One of the first things I thought was how my relationship with Josh going to be, given the last words I spoke to him were insults?
It's safe to say that I was really shocked by Josh's attitude towards me during my time with him at the Pies. It was very acrimonious. Unfortunately, he chose to ignore me instead of embracing the situation and barely spoke to me for that entire season. I'm sure if he'd had a better attitude, we could have had a good ruck combination and he would have continued at the Pies for a bit longer.
I also knew that every time I played against Hudson I was going to cop it physically and verbally. He would give it to me before the first bounce when he would pace back and forward in the centre circle ranting about things, trying to put me off my game. If he won a contest against me, he would run up to me and give me some more, and if I won one, I loved giving it back to him.
I once made a gesture to my wife in the crowd after kicking a goal, and Huddo used that as material against me for years. I know Huddo won't mind me saying that I didn't like him on the field, and I was not alone, I know a lot of the Collingwood players felt the same.
When I found out he was going to be my teammate, like with Josh, I wondered how it was going to be. But from the moment Huddo walked through the Collingwood doors, he has been nothing but a great bloke. He's the perfect example of a prick on field and great bloke off field. He has turned everyone's perception around and is now very much liked among the playing group.
I enjoy working alongside Huddo because he's someone who enjoys a laugh with the boys and loves hearing what the boys thought of him when they played against him and can have a laugh at himself.
He has a great attitude and that's one of the reasons Collingwood wanted him.
Dane Swan is another example. I'm a big believer in the idea that if you are going to put it out there and sledge players, then you have to be able to back it up - and Swanny can certainly do that. He can give out a sledge then turn around and have 40 possessions or kick four goals.
I often hear him telling players trying to tag him, ''Stop playing mate, you're no good'', or ''What's your name spud?'' or ''What time does training finish?'' He can get away with it because he is so talented. Who is going to argue?
I like playing with guys who love to give a good spray, it's part of being a competitor and it's one part of our game that no one can ever change.
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December 07, 2007
At last year's Ottawa International Animation Festival, I met with I.Toon founder and president Yuichi Ito; at this year's festival, we—along with his manager Hiroko Kamata—sat down to talk about his series of short stop-motion films, Norabbits' Minutes. Created for Shochiku's 110th anniversary, Norabbits' Minutes features two young rabbit brothers who live together in the forest and have endearing adventures together... though not without some absurd twists. As a bonus, we are also presenting the first episode of Norabbits' Minutes in its entirety.
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Buy the Norabbits' Minutes series on DVD (Region 2)
Direct download: 071207fps_podcast.mp3
October 31, 2007
My guests in this podcast are Betsy de Fries and Jerry Van de Beek, who form the San Francisco Bay Area studio Little Fluffy Clouds. (And yes, they're named after the Orb song.) Little Fluffy Clouds has been in business since 1996, when the pair left the (Colossal) Pictures studio during its last days. The studio's been busily creating ads for a wide variety of clients since then.
Little Fluffy Clouds
Au Petite Mort
IBM: "Alignment"
Festival Watch: SIGGRAPH 2003
March 2006 issue of fps, featuring Little Fluffy Clouds' Today
Direct download: 071031fps_podcast.mp3
An animated Rorschach test is the backbone of one of three spots that Little Fluffy Clouds produced for Ogilvy's series of IBM commercials.
Little Fluffy Clouds
Trivers Myers Music
Direct download: 071031fps_podcast.mp4
October 29, 2007
A stream, a fisherman, a dragonfly, a fish: In Little Fluffy Clouds' Au Petite Mort (2003), these elements come together to evoke the waning days of summer, the circle of life, and just a little cruel irony.
Little Fluffy Clouds
Festival Watch: SIGGRAPH 2003
Image Credit: © Little Fluffy Clouds LLC
Direct download: 071029fps_podcast.mp4
September 27, 2007
White's Dream is a music video based on the Tekkonkinkreet movie. Set to the Shinichi Osawa remix of Plaid's song from the soundtrack and directed by Tekkon director Michael Arias, the video encapsulates most of the movie from Shiro's (White's) perspective.
Tekkonkinkreet review
Michael Arias interview
Tekkonkinkreet image gallery
Tekkonkinkreet soundtrack
Tekkonkinkreet soundtrack remix CD
Direct download: 070927fps_podcast.mp4
Image credit: © Taiyo Matsumoto / Shogakukan, Aniplex, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Beyond C., Dentsu, Tokyo MX.
Special thanks to Michael Arias for providing this video.
August 17, 2007
In April, the Tokyo-based company Digital Meme released the Japanese Anime Classic Collection, which contained almost 60 animated shorts from Japan's silent era. I recently spoke with Digital Meme CEO Larry Greenberg about this landmark collection, as well as his company.
Digital Meme
Matsuda Film Productions
Japanese Anime Classic Collection review
Oira no Yakyu [Our Baseball Match] (excerpt)
Direct download: 070817fps_podcast.mp3
August 02, 2007
This excerpt is from the 1931 short Oira no Yakyu (Our Baseball Match), directed by Yasuji Murata. Oira no Yakyu and many of Murata's other works are featured in the four-DVD set Japanese Anime Classic Collection, which was released earlier this year by Digital Meme. Oira no Yakyu features a baseball game between rabbits and tanuki (raccoon-like canines indigenous to Japan). Tanuki are known for being shape-shifting tricksters, and while the shape-shifting isn't present here, they certainly are tricky.
The silent era of Japanese cinema featured one major distinction from that one the West: the addition of the benshi, a narrator and actor who added a significant live-performance component to the movies beyond just the music. As a result, the silent era lasted longer in Japan than in the West—so even though Oira no Yakyu came out two years into the sound era, it still has the look and feel of a silent movie, and features benshi narration.
Japanese Anime Classic Collection review
Digital Meme
Direct download: 070802fps_podcast.mp4
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Giants protest upheld; rain-shortened game to resume
Unplayable conditions at Wrigley caused game to be called after 4 1/2 innings
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- The Giants gave new meaning to Hall of Famer Ernie Banks' signature saying, "Let's play two." They believed they had another game to complete.
San Francisco's protest of its loss to Chicago on Tuesday was upheld on Wednesday by Joe Torre, MLB's executive vice president for baseball operations. Torre agreed with the Giants' stance that the flawed deployment of Wrigley Field's tarp meant that the game should have been suspended instead of awarded to the Cubs, who led, 2-0, when rain halted activity after the regulation 4 1/2 innings had been played.
The game will resume in the bottom of the fifth inning at 2:05 p.m. PT on Thursday, with the regularly scheduled series finale to follow at 5:05 p.m.
"I don't know what's going to happen. We may not win it, we may not lose it, but at least we're going to finish the game," manager Bruce Bochy said.
"We appreciate Major League Baseball's careful review of our protest that will allow last night's game to be continued tomorrow," president and CEO Larry Baer said in a statement. "We want to thank Commissioner Bud Selig, commissioner-elect Rob Manfred, executive vice president for baseball operations Joe Torre and the Chicago Cubs organization for their cooperation throughout this process."
Rain fell for only about the first 15 minutes of the delay, which lasted four hours and 34 minutes. But Chicago's grounds crew struggled to cover the field properly, which led to excess water being dumped on the infield dirt when the crew attempted to remove the tarp.
Thus the violation of Part 3 of Rule 4.12 (a) in the Official Baseball Rules, which reads:
A game shall become a suspended game that must be completed at a future date if the game is terminated for any of the following reasons:
(3) Light failure or malfunction of a mechanical field device under control of the home club. (Mechanical field device shall include automatic tarpaulin or water removal equipment).
Bochy was full of praise for Cubs officials, who displayed sportsmanship by acknowledging the validity of the Giants' argument.
"They were all for this," Bochy said. "They wanted to do the right thing."
Said Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer: "I think the last thing you want is a playoff team feeling bitter about the result here -- something, obviously, that was caused by our organization, so I think it's a good outcome. Hopefully, we win the game."
Though protests are typically not upheld, Bochy had been confident.
"I felt we had a strong case," he said. "We felt very strongly about it. I'm just thankful and grateful that they were open-minded -- [Commissioner Selig], Mr. Manfred and Joe Torre."
But not everybody in the clubhouse had shared Bochy's faith.
"Were we surprised? Sure," pitching coach Dave Righetti said. "How many of these have been upheld? Nine? 10?"
The precise number is unknown, but winning such an appeal is definitely rare. It last occurred in 1986, when a protest by Pittsburgh -- that a game against St. Louis had been called too soon -- was upheld.
Word that the Giants were going to play on Thursday spread among the players as they finished batting practice before their 8-3 victory over the Cubs.
"I'm very excited that happened," right-hander Jake Peavy said. "We're happy we have a chance to win that game."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Skip to comments.Ignore the doom merchants, Britain should get fracking
Posted on 12/10/2012 9:14:19 AM PST by Signalman
If it were not so serious there would be something ludicrous about the reaction of the green lobby to the discovery of big shale gas reserves in this country. Here we are in the fifth year of a downturn. We have pensioners battling fuel poverty. We have energy firms jacking up their prices. We have real worries about security of energy supply a new building like the Shard needs four times as much juice as the entire town of Colchester. Our nukes are so high-maintenance that the cost of disposing of their spent fuel rods is put at about £100 billion more than the value of all the electricity they have produced since the Fifties. The hills and dales of Britain are being forested with white satanic mills, and yet the total contribution of wind power is still only about 0.4 per cent of Britains needs. Wave power, solar power, biomass their collective oomph wouldnt pull the skin off a rice pudding. We are prevented from putting in a new system of coal-fired power stations, since that would breach our commitments under Kyoto. We are therefore increasingly and humiliatingly dependent on Vladimir Putins gas or on the atomic power of the French state.
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I know exactly how the Brits feel. We are in the same boat. A country awash in oil we cannot get to because of the Dipstick in the WH, determined to spend us into oblivion with his Green BS.
53% of Americans are retards. I know its a politically incorrect word, but it fits.
I always get a laugh out of this claim. We started hydraulic fracturing back in the late 1940s.
The recent technology advance that really made the difference was horizontal steerable drilling. When combined with hydraulic fracturing, these shale plays that were uneconomic before and now money (and oil/gas) makers.
Blackpool Shale Deposit 50% Greater than Previously Thought
The shale deposit under Blackpool in northern England is 50-percent greater than previously thought, according to weekend reports in the UK press.
The Times newspaper reported Friday night that the British Geological Survey has concluded that the approximately 380 square miles covered by the Bowland Basin to the east of Blackpool contains some 300 trillion cubic feet of gas. A previous estimate, made in September 2011 by Cuadrilla Resources, suggested there could be 200 trillion cubic feet of shale gas in the area.
A spokesman for the British Geological Survey confirmed to Rigzone Monday that a report on shale gas resources had been prepared by the organization for the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change, but that the contents would not be revealed until DECC publishes them in the New Year.
That is quite a bit of gas!
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Crows axe Joyce in wake of Tippett saga
The Kurt Tippett controversy has forced AFL club Adelaide to axe untried utility Nick Joyce.
The 19-year-old Joyce, who used to be the Crows' mascot and worked as a junior development officer at the club, was delisted on Thursday by Adelaide.
The Crows' inability to trade Tippett to a rival club forced them to make another delisting.
"It was not the club's intention to delist Nick at this time but, because Kurt Tippett remains on our primary list, we had to delist another player by today's deadline," Adelaide's list manager David Noble said in a statement.
"The club is working closely with Nick's management and discussing the variety of options, with Nick's welfare being of the highest importance."
Noble said the Crows would re-draft Joyce - if allowed by the AFL.
Tippett, the Crows, their chief executive Steven Trigg, football operations manager Phil Harper and former football manager John Reid have all been charged by the AFL with salary cap cheating and draft tampering.
They will appear at an AFL commission on Monday.
If found guilty, Tippett could be deregistered as a player and the Crows banned from up to four national drafts, and fined any amount the AFL determines, while Trigg and Harper might effectively be sacked from their roles.
Tippett became the Crows' highest-paid player when signing a multi-million dollar, three-year contract extension in 2009.
But Adelaide admitted last month they had a once-secret deal, outside the contract, with the ruckman-forward who walked out on the club at the end of the 2012 season and requested a trade to premiers Sydney.
The once-secret deal struck by the Crows and Tippett was understood to have agreed to trade the player to the club of his choice, for a second-round draft pick - below the player's market worth - when his 2009 contract expired.
The player payment charge related to Adelaide reportedly agreeing to pay Tippett about $200,000 when the contract expired. The money wasn't paid, but neither was the deal declared to the league.
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According to tradition, Arabs are descended from a southern Arabian ancestor, Qaḥṭān, forebear of the "pure" or "genuine" Arabs (known as al-ʿArab al-ʿĀribah), and a northern Arabian ancestor, ʿAdnān, forebear of the "Arabicized" Arabs (al-ʿArab al-Mustaʿribah). A tradition, seemingly derived from the Bible, makes ʿAdnān, and perhaps Qaḥṭān also, descend from Ismāʿīl (Ishmael), son of Abraham. The rivalry between the two groups spread, with the Muslim conquests, beyond Arabia; it even recurred in northern Yemen in the 1950s when the Zaydī imams, descendants of the Prophet Muḥammad, a "northern" Arab, were called "ʿAdnānī."
A darker-skinned strain occurs in southern Arabia, where also are found the low-status groups called Akhdām and Ṣibyān. In the north are the Ṣulubah, known to the ancient Arabians as qayn, a low-status group regarded as being of non-Arab descent. In Oman the Zuṭṭ, a nomadic Roma (Gypsy) folk, seem to be descendants of Indian emigrants to the gulf in the early 9th century, but the BalochiBaloch, whose ancestors immigrated more recently, have formed a sort of warrior tribe there. In the border regions of Oman and Yemen are the Mahra, Ḥarāsīs, Qarā, and others, speaking languages of the South Arabic group, and on the Musandam Peninsula are the Shiḥūḥ.
From ancient times African slaves were imported to Arabia; Saudi Arabia and the Yemens abolished slavery only in 1962. Some districts such as the oasis of Khaybar in the Hejaz and parts of the Tihāmah are largely populated by black cultivators. The ports always had a large element of Africans, Asians, and others. The oil era brought many Lebanese, Egyptians, Jordanians, and Iraqis with the education and skills the Arabians lacked, and great numbers of Yemenis moved into the oil-producing states as unskilled labourers. Palestinians make up between one-fifth and one-fourth of Kuwait's population, refugees from Yemen occupy entire streets in Abu Dhabi, and so many Pakistanis, Indians, Sri Lankans, Koreans, and Filipinos have flocked to the Persian Gulf states that often they considerably outnumber the native inhabitants. By contrast, almost no Jews, long settled in western Arabia, now remain.
Throughout Arabian history, even during phases of foreign rule, it was the free, arms-bearing tribesmen who dominated other classes of society, be the tribes nomadic or oasis dwellers, settled farmers in the highlands, or sailors, traders, and pirates gaining their livelihood at sea. The sultans, emirs, and sheikhs were drawn from the tribes, whom they had to cosset to obtain backing. There are, however, descendants of the Prophet Muḥammad, sayyids and sharifs, regarded as superior in the social scale to all others, who have at times exercised a theocratic type of rule as spiritual leaders.
An age-old antagonism exists between the settled peoples, al-ḥaḍar, and the nomadic or pastoral tribes, known as Bedouin (al-bādiyah), but many settled tribes also have nomadic branches. In Yemen, the fertile southwestern corner of Arabia containing more than one-third of its total population, the same antagonistic feelings exist between city dwellers and qabīlīs, arms-bearing tribes mostly settled in villages. Until after World War I the Bedouin of the northern deserts were able to keep the settled people in constant apprehension of their raiding; the tribes would even attack and plunder the pilgrim hajj caravans to the Holy Cities unless they were bought off or restrained by force. But modern weapons and airplanes, which can be used to search out tribesmen in their desert or mountain fastnesses, have altered the situation. Each tribe used to be at war or in a state of armed truce with others, and protection was required to enter another tribe's territory. Shortly before World War I Ibn Saʿūd, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, began to establish the Bedouin in military and agricultural colonies called hijrah, encouraging them to abandon pastoral life, and programs aimed at the "sedentarization" of the Bedouin have been adopted by states like Jordan and Kuwait.
Contrary to commonly held belief, the tribes are not egalitarian, and some have the quality of sharaf or nobility in greater degree than others; some, such as the Hutaym and Sharārāt of the north, are despised by the noble tribes. A father will not accept a suitor who belongs to an inferior tribe for his daughter's hand, far less a ḥāḍarī suitor. This is the key to social standing in Arabia.
The nomadic tribes of Arabia are herders of camels, sheep, and goats. They move from pasture to pasture, but they visit tribal markets to purchase dates and grain and to sell their animals, wool, and clarified butter (ghee). The mountain peoples depend more on donkeys than camels, and they raise cattle, which they use for agricultural and irrigation work, as well as sheep and goats.
Oil's vast revenues, poured into Arabia, have transformed and are fast destroying ancient patterns of living. The population of the Arabian Peninsula as a whole is now incomparably better off in terms of nutrition, welfare, amenities, and education, but the rapidity of the cultural change is unsettling, as are the shifts in the native population. Throughout the peninsula, the new urban centres are drawing in labour from the countryside, and the presence of large numbers of foreigners, many of whom enjoy much higher incomes than the natives, is resented.


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Can a team's star player affect a city's economic trajectory?
When the Seattle Mariners traded Ichiro Suzuki to the Yankees on Monday, they may have given up more than just run production. Local media outlets reported that the city could be set to lose millions in Ichiro tourism: Seattle and its region welcomed about 64,000 Japanese tourists last year, nearly twice the number of people who visit from runner-up China. Tom Norwalk, president of the Seattle Convention and Visitors bureau, told MyNorthwest.com the loss would be "gigantic."
Beyond the occasional Japanese-language advertising on the walls of Safeco Field, it's easy to forget that some of our athletes have such devoted followings at home. The Yankees' Taiwanese ace Chien Ming Wang, for example, apparently fired up the Taiwanese stock exchange with strong performances on the mound. Since signing the Japanese superstar center-fielder in 2001, the Mariners have enjoyed international popularity - they did a three-week exhibition tour in Japan this spring - producing an economic boost for the team and for Seattle known locally as the Ichiro Effect. Makoto Ogasawara, who runs the Seattle branch of a Japanese tourism country, told the Seattle Times that his clients came to see two things: Starbucks and Ichiro. But it's unclear how much the city really stands to lose with his departure.
One historical precedent we might look to is the departure of LeBron James from the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer of 2010. Gloomy journalists predicted that portions of the city's economy connected to the basketball team - sports bars, for example - would simply disappear. "Exactly how much LeBron James means to the local economy is difficult to calculate," wrote Robert Schoenberger in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Millions? Of course. Billions? Maybe, maybe not."
But while the Cavaliers attendance dropped from 2nd in the league in 2010 to 19th in 2012, the reverberations around Cleveland were not as bad as predicted. The team, rather than the town, felt the loss of the superstar most.
I asked Raymond D. Sauer, an economics professor at Clemson University who contributes to the Sports Economist blog, if he thought that Seattle was going to miss the Ichiro Effect, and he seemed skeptical. "To the extent there was an Ichiro Effect initially - and there certainly was quite a splash - I think that it has depreciated with the arrival of other good Japanese ballplayers," he says. In other words, Japanese baseball tourism has widened to include players around the country like Hideki Matsui or Hiroki Kiroda, the Japanese-born Yankee who struck out nine yesterday in, of all places, Seattle. The Mariners, by the way, still have two Japanese players on their roster, Hisashi Iwakuma and Munenori Kawasaki, though neither has been impressive this season.
At the very least, Ichiro's Mariners jerseys have been selling like hotcakes in Japan since the trade - how's that for an Ichiro Effect?
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Discussion in 'General Trek Discussion' started by JirinPanthosa, Mar 12, 2013.
Then explain the cast of The View, and 95% of the audience in Oprah's shows.
I always thought Joy Behar was incredibly sexy. She can bitch slap me any day.
I like to think Voyager's no-intimacy rules were called The Kirk Protocals.
That has always been my take on it... as well as humans being a lot less xenophobic than other races, willing to embrace alien flesh because it's something different.
Now, to be fair...Kirk didn't sleep around even 1/100 as much as the cliché says he did. Kirk has a reputation for being a horndog, but was he really?
How many women did Kirk actually sleep with during TOS? Deela in "Wink of an Eye", Areel Shaw (implied), Miramanee, and Carol Marcus. Not exactly a man-ho, that.
Okay, you are now officially required to leave the forum.
And remember, Miramanee was his WIFE at the time, and he almost married Carol Marcus. Not exactly casual sex, either.
^ Plus it could be argued that Kirk slept with Deela in order to save his crew.
And he was in a relationship with Arrel Shaw, so that's not really casual sex either.
But yeah, Kirk's reputation for sleeping around is definitely exaggerated, and it annoys me that Abrams Trek is catering to that exaggeration.
That would be Jar-Jar Abrams.
And what about Druisilla in Bread and Circuses? And she's a sex slave!
You know I like Kirk's reputation. Why are people always trying to reboot him into less of a ladies man?
Even though we didn't see every liaison it's clear he had a lot of girlfriends in his past and that women were very attracted to him. You can tell by the way their faces get all soft and unfocused whenever they speak to him. Heck sometimes when I'm watching TOS my face begins to feel positively angelic and my lips part slightly. It's the damnedest thing.
Maybe because they don't want him to seem uncaring.
Kirk cares. He's one of those guys who fall hard and feel bad when things don't work out.
Oh yeah. Look at what happened to him with the android, Rayna. Total wreck at the end. And she wasn't even flesh and blood. Or perhaps, he saw how perfect Flint made her and imagined the limitless possibilities in bedroom.
Still, you'd think by then they'd have perfected birth-control.
I don't know what he was expecting would happen. It's not like the Enterprise can orbit these planets forever and they can't come with them. Short-term relationship is all he's gonna have.
I didn't get the impression that David was 'unplanned'. For all we know, they both wanted a child. They just had different expectations on how to raise him.
Miramanee was from a planet that likely didn't have birth control, and as for Carol Marcus, it's possible that when David was conceived it was a heat of the moment thing which didn't allow time for birth control. Or maybe it was planned and they ran into relationship problems later.
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1.0412 Removal of title after year's absence—Procedure—Default.Cite as [A.S.C.A. § 1.0412 ]
(a) Any matai absent from American Samoa for more than 1 year may be removed of his title upon petition filed in the High Court by any member of the family of the absent matai. Upon presentation of such petition and satisfactory proof of such absence, the Court may, but need not, remove such title. The Court in its discretion may consider the reasons for such absence and the wishes of the family actively serving the matai.
(b) Service shall be made in accordance with subsection (b) of 1.0411
(c) The Court, in its discretion, shall set the time for hearing of the cause so as to allow sufficient and reasonable time for the matai to appear in his defense, either in person or by counsel.
(d) Failure to appear in person or by counsel, after proper service, shall be sufficient for the Court to find the defendant in default.History: 1968, PL 10-61.
Case Notes:
Having the discretion to permit an absent matai to retain his title, a court may, but is not required to, consider the wishes of family members actively serving the matai. A.S.C.A. § 1.0412. Aoelua v. Aoelua Family, 21 A.S.R.2d 1 (1992).
High Court may remove a titleholder from a matai title upon a petition by any member of his family if the court finds the titleholder has been absent from American Samoa for more than one year. A.S.C.A. § 1.0412. Alai'asa v. Seigafo, 17 A.S.R.2d 3 (1990).
High Court may remove a title from a matai upon a petition by any member of his family if the court finds the matai has been absent from American Samoa for more than one year. A.S.C.A. § 1.0412 (a). Aoelua Family v. Aoelua, 17 A.S.R.2d 88 (1990).
Absence from American Samoa for purposes of statute allowing the court to remove a titleholder absent from territory for more than one year from his matai title is a different question from whether one is a bona fide resident. A.S.C.A. § 1.0412(a). Aoelua Family v. Aoelua, 17 A.S.R.2d 88 (1990).
A matai absent from American Samoa may be removed through a petition process. A.S.C.A. § 1.0412. Leapagatele v. Nyel, 17 A.S.R.2d 201 (1990).
Active service for the matai and the family is necessary to have the requisite standing to petition for a matai's removal for cause; however, only family membership is necessary to have standing to petition for the removal of a matai who has been absent from American Samoa for more than one year. A.S.C.A. §§ 1.0411, 1.0412. Aoelua v. Aoelua Family, 21 A.S.R.2d 1 (1992).
A matai title bestowed contrary to statute cannot be registered or otherwise recognized; and use of an unregistered matai title is a criminal act. A.S.C.A. §§ 1.0401-1.0414. Toilolo v. Poti, 23 A.S.R.2d 130 (1993).


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Bryan knows hes coming back, and hes going to be our general manager through the remainder of this year and next season. Thats official, said Peddie.
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Sportsnet.caThere have always been conspiracy theories that Colangelo would end up in New York at some point, once Donnie Walsh was tired of the circus revolving around the franchise. It was also rumoured that the 'Commish' had lobbied the 'poobahs' at the top of the pyramid in New York to oust Isiah Thomas and bring in Bryan's dad, Jerry, to run the Knicks. It seemed like yet another telling sign that Bryan would eventually be running the Knicks. But it's another team close by that now supposedly has Colangelo on its radar: The New Jersey Nets.
Hey, with the change in ownership and the Nets slated for a move to Brooklyn, Colagnelo would end up in the Big Apple, just not running the Knicks. Want more fodder, well how about the fact that Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment has not yet picked up the option on Colangelo's contract for next season. You can bet that picking up the option would undoubtedly morph into a discussion about some type of multi-term extension but to date, nothing has happened.
So who is this new owner in Jersey? Oh, it just happens to be a rich Russian fellow named Mikhail Prokhorov. Hmmm, do you think he might be looking to make his mark and possibly seeking the help of someone that knows not only the NBA market but with the game being a more global one, a guy who is plugged in internationally as well? Yep you got it. There folks, is how Bryan Colangelo, and his assistant general manager Maurizio Gherardini are connected to New Jersey.
OK, let's talk history here. So how did Colangelo end up in Toronto? That's right, Robert Sarver, at the time the new owner in Phoenix was supposedly hemming and hawing in giving Colangelo a new deal in the Valley of the Sun and voila, Colangelo is suddenly running the Raptors. Others say Sarver never wanted Colangelo and Colangelo didn't want to work for Sarver and believe what you want, but the bottom line is, Colangelo up and left. Colangelo has shown from the wheeling and dealing in Toronto that he is not afraid to make bold moves. So I ask you, do you think he would go to New York, er, New Jersey? It says here it could happen in a New York minute.
Could have sworn Colangelo said recently he planned on going no where and MLSE wanted him here...
no he is not goin any where thats fact, at least not until the world ends. ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh 2012 i'm so scared....
Peddie was on the fan this afternoon.
He made it pretty clear that BC isn't going anywhere.
Could have sworn they said during the game last night that MLSE picked up the option on Colangelo for next season.
http://www.torontosun.com/sports/bas...30511-qmi.htmlBryan is our general manager and hes not going anywhere. Its official," the president and chief operating officer of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment said on Wednesday.
Peddie confided that the MLSEL board convened recently to ensure that Colangelo sticks around beyond this season.
...Im delighted," Colangelo said. I appreciate the vote of confidence the board has demonstrated.
SI is now running with - Oh we meant Jerry not Bryan! lol
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Stockland reports $147m loss in 'soft' market
Stockland has reported a first-half loss after writing down the value of residential developments and said full-year earnings per share will decline more than previously forecast.
The reported net loss was $147.1 million in the six months ended December 31, compared with a profit of $307.6 million a year ago, the Sydney-based company said in a statement to the ASX. Revenue fell to $791.9 million from $936 million.
Earnings per share will be 20 per cent to 25 per cent lower in the year ending June 30, compared with an earlier forecast for a drop of as much as 15 per cent, Australia's biggest housing developer said.
"Stockland's disappointing first-half result reflected the difficult operating conditions we faced," said Mark Steinert, who took over as managing director last month. "The new housing market remains very soft and this has significantly impacted our residential business result."
Stockland shares were up 4 cents, or 1.15 per cent, $3.52.
Macquarie Equties said operationally the result appeared broadly in line with expectation, however substantial writedowns have adversely impacted net tangible assets with the near term outlook remaining challenging for Stockland.
UBS's analysts said they expect the 2013 full year earnings per security to 20-25 per cent below the 2012 financial year after the impact of the capitalised interest application change.
''Outside of changed capitalised interest policy we anticipate EPS downgrades of 5 per cent over the medium term reflecting impaired projects (a combination of no earnings and no longer able to capitalise interest). Cash flow from operations weak at $189 million.
Mr Steinert told investors at a briefing today that the move to make the asset impairments was ''disappointing'' and ''not taken lightly.
At Moelis & Co, the analysts said the maintenance of the dividend was positive and the residential impairments were in line with their expectation when adjusting for the number of projects having been written down to a wholesale value.
''We maintain the view that the 2013 financial year is the low point and 2014 should show some improvement, before a strong increase in 2015. We reiterated our buy recommendation,'' Moelis analysts added
Stockland's earnings have been hit by two consecutive years of home price declines across Australia, particularly in Victoria. Home prices fell 0.4 per cent in 2012 in Australia's eight major cities, with prices in Melbourne sliding 2.9 per cent, according to the RP Data-Rismark home value index.
''Market conditions," Mr Steinert said, "Are expected to remain challenging with ongoing weakness in Victoria and uncertainty in Queensland where we will watch closely to monitor any impact on already weak consumer sentiment following the recent floods.''
Stockland has taken impairments on 13 residential projects that it plans to sell instead of develop, the company said. It has also written down seven other residential communities after making more "conservative" assumptions about the housing market, it said.
While Stockland's retail and retirement living businesses were expected to lift earnings this year, returns from its office and industrial portfolios were expected to drop.
''We remain confident earnings will begin to improve from FY14 as we see the benefit of major new retail and residential projects coming on line,'' Mr Steinert said.
''For this reason, the board has re-affirmed the FY13 distribution of 24 cents per security, notwithstanding the impact of the changes we have announced today.''
The impairments have reduced net tangible assets by 14 cents a security to $3.49 per share, it said.
Underlying profit fell 26 per cent to $255 million, it said. Stockland will pay a distribution of 12 Australian cents a share for the half, unchanged from a year earlier, it said.
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Nats understand importance of Braves series
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- Entering Sunday's action, the Nationals were 11 1/2 games behind the Braves in the National League East and the two clubs meet in an important three-game series at Nationals Park starting Monday night. The Nationals know how important it is to put a dent into the Braves' lead.
"This series is very important, but at the same time, we have to go into it like any other series and just try to win one game at a time," third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. "We have to take care of our business and win games. If they continue to win, it doesn't matter what we do. We just have to take care of business on our end and hope at some point they lose a few in a row and we can get back into [the race]."
Even though the Braves aren't getting great offensive production from the Upton brothers -- B.J. and Justin -- Zimmerman is not surprised to see the Braves in first place. Zimmerman pointed out that they have a great pitching staff.
"If you look at any team, including us last year, pitching is what wins," Zimmerman said. "I think Pittsburgh is showing you that right now. Any team that is 15, 20 games over .500, it's because they can pitch and play good defense. Obviously, hitting is a big part of the game, but you can get by with not scoring a lot of runs. You can't get by if you give up a lot of runs. The Braves pitch the ball well and their starters are good, their bullpen is one of the best in the league. They are a good team."
The Nationals have yet to go on a significant winning streak. It doesn't help that they are near the bottom in the NL offensively and defensively. The pitching staff has been solid. Entering Sunday's action, it has a 3.70 ERA, which ranks 11th in the Major Leagues.
"We haven't figured it out for longer than a week at a time," first baseman Adam LaRoche said. "You don't want to say you are out of [winning the division] until you are mathematically eliminated. You are not going to give up on winning the division. But ... when you lose ground, it makes it harder. It's getting down to the point where [11 1/2] games are a lot. We do have some ball left, but 's going to take some really good ball."
Ohlendorf placed on 15-day DL; Cedeno recalled
MILWAUKEE -- In need of an extra man in the bullpen, the Nationals placed right-hander Ross Ohlendorf on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 1, with right shoulder inflammation and recalled left-hander Xavier Cedeno from Triple-A Syracuse.
Ohlendorf has had shoulder problems since Thursday against the Tigers. On that day, his fastball was clocked as high as 85 miles an hour. Usually , Ohlendorf's fastball is clocked in the low-to-mid 90s.
Ohlendorf said he needed a couple more days of rest because his arm hasn't recovered from his emergency start against the Mets on July 26. In that game, Ohlendorf threw 114 pitches, a season high.
Because Ohlendorf hasn't been able to pitch, the Nationals had only six relievers available in the first two games against the Brewers. Cedeno will be the seventh man on Sunday.
"I just needed a couple of more days. … It's nothing that I'm really worried about. I wish that I didn't need to go on the DL," Ohlendorf said. "I think this will work out best for everybody. It would be tough to have six guys in the bullpen while they are waiting for me to be ready."
Cedeno, 26, joins the Nationals for a third stint since being claimed off waivers from the Astros on April 23. He learned of his promotion to the big leagues on Saturday night. As a member of the Nationals, Cedeno hasn't allowed a run in 1 1/3 innings and has struck out one batter.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Presidential Race is "Very Close," According to Pollster Scott Rasmussen '86
July 6, 2012
When analyzing presidential polls, "The exact wrong thing, which a lot of people do, is they pick the result they like best and rationalize as to why it's the most reliable," says Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, a polling organization. The 1986 DePauw University graduate adds, "That's a natural human instinct, but you should always look at as much polling data as you can, and rather than picking apart the differences, look for common ground."
A Dayton Daily News story by Jeremy P. Kelley notes, "Last week's common ground was that four of the five national polls were close -- either inside the poll's stated 'margin of error' or within 1 percentage point of it."
According to Rasmussen, "If the 'registered voter' polls are showing a little bit of a lead toward Obama and the 'likely voter' polls are showing a few points more in Romney's direction, this race is very close. That is the overriding message."
Access the complete article at the newspaper's website.
A history major at DePauw, Rasmussen authored The People's Money, Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System, In Search of Self-Governance and Solving the Budget Crisis: Hope for America's Future. He co-founded ESPN with his father Bill Rasmussen, a 1954 DePauw graduate.
Scott Rasmussen will return to his alma mater on February 20, 2013 to deliver a Distinguished Alumni Lecture as part of DePauw's 175th anniversary celebration.Back


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The problem writers have is when their hearts aren't in the writing, it shows. (Here's how to overcome your writing demons.)
To help you get your writing on track, here are 21 tips to prevent you from getting what I affectionately call blank-screen syndrome:
1. Create a list of articles you want to write but don't have time. It's easy to get inspired to write about other topics when the pressure's on to write about something else. There's nothing like a deadline to make anything else seem exciting.
2. Feed your mind. Read a book, blogs or news sites to get ideas. This isn't an excuse to get a snack or other indulgence.
3. Develop a story around a trending topic, even if it's not your area of focus. The objective is to stretch yourself to find a way to write about the hot topic. This can be useful when you need to keep your content relevant.
4. Keep a swipe file. Sign up for a range of newsletters that focus on your main topics to see what other writers and bloggers cover. Save articles that provide new insights or formats for inspiration. This doesn't mean you should copy someone else's ideas or articles.
5. Collect relevant questions about your topic. Think like you're writing an endless FAQ. A list of questions gives you a hook to build your content around. This is particularly useful for blogs and company content.
6. Get a head start. Before you quit a writing session, write down the ideas you have for the next one. Form them into an outline and add it to your current document to make it easy for you to pick up where you left off.
7. Remove distractions. Close your social media sites, chat and email. It's useful to have a dedicated space for writing.
8. Make an appointment to write. Set your timer or alarm for a specific time. That's when you have to start writing.
9. Change writing environments. If you always write at your kitchen table, try writing at a coffee shop or local library.
10. Seek inspiration. Do something that provides you with a muse. Go to a play or museum.
11. Write a piece using someone else's title. The goal isn't to steal another writer's work, but to force yourself to write with someone else's framework. You can also do this with one of your own articles. Force yourself to write a second piece that's completely different from the first but has the same title.
12. Tell a story. One way to make your writing memorable is to turn it into a story. Include a beginning, middle and end. Even if you're writing about research, you need to make it memorable. Here are some storytelling tips and inspiration for 29 types of corporate stories.
13. Break complex topics into smaller chunks. Sometimes you need to have more manageable goals. A complicated topic might work well if you divide it into multiple targeted topics.
14. Start where the energy is. You don't have to write everything in order or start at the beginning. Begin where you're inspired.
15. Leave room for discussion. You don't need to say everything there is to say about your topic.
16. Use a human voice. When you read your writing, does it sound like something a real person would say or did you let it devolve into corporate gibberish? If your writing is boring, people won't read it no matter how important your points are.
17. Write in an active voice. The goal is to make your writing as strong as possible. Your article will lose a lot of vitality if you overuse the passive voice.
18. Skip the four letter words. While it's good to use a human voice, it's poor form to fill your writing with a lot of slang and curses. Although they attract attention, it's not always the type you want.
19. Let it rest. If you've been pounding away on a piece for a while, take a break. This doesn't mean you should abandon your work. Get the main points down and wait a bit before you edit.
20. Read your article out loud. It's amazing how many errors you'll find.
21. Check your spelling and usage. While most people write on a computer, it's critical to make sure you used the correct words. Spell checkers can't tell the difference between they're, their or there since all three are spelled correctly.
Although a few lucky writers never hit a dry spell, you might. Try some of these techniques to keep your writing in top form. Like many other skills, the more you do it, the better and faster you'll be.
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GRAMMYs On The Road With Oberhofer, Orchard Lounge And Miike Snow
The Recording Academy Chicago Chapter played host for GRAMMYs On The Road at Lollapalooza on Aug. 3–5 in Grant Park in Chicago. The Chapter conducted exclusive backstage interviews with artists performing at the festival, including indie pop group Oberhofer, DJ collective Orchard Lounge and indie electro/pop group Miike Snow.
Oberhofer discussed studying music at New York University, utilizing social media and creative inspirations, among other topics.
"Studying music theory and composition in college affects the arrangements a lot," said frontman Brad Oberhofer. "It probably affects my melodic approach, but I think I've always inherently had a melodic approach that borrows from classical music."
Oberhofer was founded in 2008 by musician Brad Oberhofer after he moved from Tacoma, Wash., to study music composition at New York University. In 2010 he self-released the lo-fi synth pop single "o0o0o0o0o," which led to spots on tour with Sleigh Bells, Neon Indian, Twin Sister, and Bear In Heaven. Oberhofer teamed with five-time GRAMMY-winning producer Steve Lillywhite to record his debut album, Time Capsules II, which was released in March.
Orchard Lounge discussed musical inspirations growing up, how they met and the influence of house music, among other topics.
"We met on Orchard Street in Lincoln Park and we just had chemistry from the get-go," said Bethany Briscoe Lokken. "We thought [house music] was our secret, so we would go see DJs … every single night of the week. … We would be [in] the front row of their shows just learning, loving and dancing."
Orchard Lounge was formed in Chicago in 2000 and features DJs Spencer Lokken, Bethany Briscoe Lokken and Ben Silver. Known for their heavy touring schedule, Orchard Lounge have performed alongside DJs including DJ Krush, the Disco Biscuits, the Meters, the New Deal, Jamie Jones, and the Magician, among others, and have performed at venues including Red Rocks in Morrison, Colo., and New York's Hammerstein Ballroom.
Miike Snow's members discussed meeting producer Mark Ronson and winning a GRAMMY for Britney Spears' "Toxic."
"He has a real good ability of zooming out and hearing the whole picture of a song," says Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt regarding collaborating with Ronson. "He doesn't try to over-fix things or over-manipulate things in the studio. … It allows magical things to happen inside of a song."
Formed in 2007, Miike Snow is comprised of writers/producers Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt. The trio released their debut single, "Animal," in 2009, followed by a self-titled debut album. In 2012 the trio formed the indie label Ingrid with Lykke Li, Dungen and Peter Bjorn And John and in March released their sophomore album, Happy To You. Karlsson and Winnberg also work as the production duo Bloodshy & Avant and in 2004 earned a GRAMMY for Best Dance Recording for producing Spears' "Toxic."
(GRAMMYs On The Road at Lollapalooza: Interviews and news contributions by Ramon Alvarez-Smikle, Christina Castillo, Max O'Kane, and Emily Ornberg.)


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But CN isn't happy about it, according to reports published by Reuters and the Toronto Globe and Mail.
CN "publicly cautioned its former chief executive, E. Hunter Harrison, on Friday (January 13) against participating in hedge fund manager William A. Ackman's plan to put him in charge of running the Canadian Pacific Railway, saying that would violate his employment contract," reported Ian Austen and Kamil Krzaczynski of Reuters. "Harrison is widely credited with turning CN into one of North America's most cost-efficient railways. But the directors of Canadian Pacific have rejected Ackman's proposal to have him lead a similar transformation at that railroad, which lags behind CN in efficiency.
"Earlier this week, Ackman, whose firm, Pershing Square Capital Management, is the largest shareholder in Canadian Pacific, said he was planning a proxy battle to replace the company's board in order to make Harrison the railroad's chief executive. CN, however, does not appear interested in seeing Harrison improve the fortunes of its rival. 'As part of his employment contract with CN, Mr. Harrison agreed, upon retirement as president and CEO on Dec. 31, 2009, to be bound by a broad range of confidentiality and multiyear noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions,' CN said in an e-mail statement.
"'CN has asked Mr. Harrison to respect his commitments to CN and to reconsider his expressed interest in a position at Canadian Pacific,' the Montreal-based railroad said. 'CN has also put William A. Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., on notice to cease any efforts to induce breaches of Mr. Harrison's contractual obligations to C.N.'
"Harrison's blanket noncompete agreement with CN expired at the end of 2011. But CN said in an earlier statement that his retirement and pension arrangements separately prohibited him from competing against the company or trying to hire its employees until the end of 2014.
"Ackman said Monday that Harrison was 'excited by the opportunity' of running a railway again. Harrison expressed similar sentiments in an interview with The Globe and Mail (below) of Toronto earlier this week. The two men met on Friday, and Ackman said in an interview that Harrison was still interested in becoming the chief executive of Canadian Pacific, despite the warning from CN. Ackman acknowledged that if he was successful in changing chief executives, Harrison would lose his CN pension and require compensation from Canadian Pacific. But he characterized the cost of that arrangement as 'not material' to Canadian Pacific. He also said Friday that CN's warning was an endorsement Harrison's skills. 'This confirms to me that he's the best man for this job,' Ackman said."
According to the Jaquie McNish and Brent Jang of the Globe and Mail, Harrison is "keen to take the reins at CP."
"Famed railway leader Hunter Harrison said he is 'excited' about the prospect of running another freight carrier, this time former rival Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. 'I am eager for another opportunity,' Harrison told The Globe and Mail in an exclusive interview Tuesday from his family home in Wellington, Fla., his first public comments since he emerged as a candidate to run the historic Canadian company. Harrison, who is credited with transforming industry laggard CN Railway Co. into North America's most admired and efficient railway, has been put forward as a potential chief executive officer for Canadian Pacific by New York [hedge] fund manager Bill Ackman, CP's largest shareholder. Ackman has launched a battle to gain control of the board, saying the company can be run with lower costs—and that Harrison is the man to make that happen.
"When approached last fall by Ackman about the possibility of leading CP, Harrison said he realized that 'passion and enthusiasm' have been missing from his life since he retired in 2009 as CEO of Montreal-based CN. Harrison, 67, said he has missed the bustle of the corporate world despite his new life as a company director and owner and trainer of show horses. He said he is in 'great health' after heart bypass surgery in 1998, and his wife Jeannie and his doctor agree that he is more suited for work than retirement. 'I feel like I can still make a significant contribution. If the opportunity presents it itself, I am ready to go,' he said.
"If he gets the job at CP, it would rank as one of the corporate sector's more dramatic comebacks. Harrison is past retirement age and would be running CN's archrival. Any turnaround at CP would potentially come at the expense of Harrison's former employer, where he was CEO from 2003 to 2009, and chief operating officer before that under Paul Tellier. Harrison said he is not troubled by the prospect of competing against a company that employed him for more than 11 years. He said a non-compete agreement that restricted him from joining a CN competitor expired last month and the two Canadian railways do not 'compete head to head' because only about a quarter of their tracks operate in similar locations.
"'I left [CN] in good shape. I fulfilled my responsibilities. I think that two strong rail systems in Canada are good for everybody. I don't think a strong CP hurts CN,' he said.
"At CN, Harrison regularly exhorted employees to work harder at sessions that became known as Hunter Camps; he compelled freight customers to follow fixed train schedules; and he kept a constant eye on the company's rail network through special television screens installed in his home. As CN sped ahead, CP was left behind and today ranks as the least efficient of the Big [Seven] railways. But whether Harrison makes it to the executive suite at CP depends on the outcome of a battle between Ackman and the railway's board of directors, each of whom must persuade investors of their vision for the company. The activist investor is currently soliciting candidates for an alternative slate of directors that would likely be put to a shareholder vote at the company's expected annual meeting in May.
"Days after he acquired what is now a 14.2% stake in CP in October, Ackman flew from his home in New York to meet with the company's directors in Montreal to propose replacing incumbent CEO Fred Green with Harrison. On Monday (Jan.9), CP Chairman John Cleghorn issued a public letter supporting Green and rejecting the appointment of Harrison as 'detrimental' to the company's efforts to modernize its fleet and rail networks.
"A number of industry analysts have praised Harrison as a 'compelling' candidate for CEO. 'His experience running CN ... is ideal to apply to improving CP, in our view,' JPMorgan analyst Thomas Wadewitz wrote in a report this week. '[It] may prove difficult for CP's board to sustain a fight against the appointment of Mr. Harrison as CEO.'
"If he takes the driver's seat at CP, Harrison said he would adopt many of the same strategies that worked for CN and before that Illinois Central Railroad. He said his priority would be to 'change the culture' at a railway that blames its poor performance on geography, weather, and terrain. In recent months, CP has blamed unusually difficult winter and spring flooding conditions for operating problems and poor financial results. It also attributes poor operating efficiencies to the steep mountain grades its trains must travel through.
"'I don't buy into those excuses, Harrison said, because 'you are always going to have weather in Canada. You are not going to change the mountains, the rivers or the geography of things. You have what you have and you got to deal with them the best you can and develop a plan and move forward.'"