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Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46.
(ii) European Community (EC)-qualified. Persons who are qualified to practice law in a Member State of the European Community and authorized to practice before The Commission of the European Communities in accordance with Regulation No. 99/63/EEC are eligible to practice before the Commission.
(iii) Any attorney desiring to appear before the Commission or an Administrative Law Judge may be required to show to the satisfaction of the Commission or the Administrative Law Judge his or her acceptability to act in that capacity.
(ii) At the request of counsel representing any party in an adjudicative proceeding, the Administrative Law Judge may permit an expert witness to conduct all or a portion of the cross-examination of such witness.
(i) In any proceeding or investigation, formal or informal,
(A) If such proceeding or investigation was itself pending in the Commission while the former member or employee served with the Commission;
(B) If an investigation from which such proceeding or investigation directly resulted was pending during such service; or
(C) If such former member or employee, during the course of his service with the Commission, gained personal knowledge of nonpublic documents or information containing specific criteria for the initiation of future investigations or cases pertaining to a practice involved in the proceeding or investigation, and if the participation by the former member or employee would occur within three (3) years of the termination of his service with the Commission; or
(ii) In an investigation of compliance with an order, submission of a request to reopen an order, or a proceeding with respect to reopening of an order, if the former member or employee participated personally and substantially in the adjudicative proceeding or investigation that resulted in such order.
(2) In cases to which paragraph (b)(1) of this section is applicable, a former member or employee of the Commission may request authorization to appear or participate in a proceeding or investigation by filing with the Secretary of the Commission a written application therefor, disclosing the following information, to the extent known:
(i) The nature and extent of the former member's or employee's participation in, knowledge of, and connection with the proceeding or investigation during his service with the Commission;
(ii) In the case of applications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(i)(B), (b)(1)(ii), or (b)(1)(iii) of this section, the nature and extent of the former member's or employee's participation in, knowledge of, and connection with the predecessor investigation, adjudication or investigation, or rulemaking proceeding, respectively, during his service with the Commission;
(iii) Whether documents or information concerning the proceeding or investigation came to his attention and, if so, the nature of such documents or information;
(iv) Whether he was employed in the same bureau, office, division, or other administrative unit in which the proceeding or investigation is or has been pending; (v) whether he worked directly or in close association with Commission personnel assigned to the proceeding or investigation; and
(vi) Whether during his service with the commission he was engaged in any matter concerning the individual, company, industry, or any member of the industry involved in the proceeding or investigation.
(3) The requested authorization will not be given in any case:
(i) Where it appears that the former member or employee during his service with the Commission participated personally and substantially in the proceeding or investigation;
(ii) Where the application is filed within two (2) years after termination of the former member's or employee's service with the Commission and it appears that within a period of one (1) year prior to the termination of his service the former member or employee was officially responsible for the proceeding or investigation; or
(iii) Where documents or information of the kind delineated in § 4.10(a) pertaining to the proceeding or investigation for which authorization is sought came to the attention of the former member or employee or would be likely to have come to his attention in the course of his duties, unless the Commission finds that the nature of the documents or information is such that no present advantage could thereby be derived.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no former member of the Commission and no former senior employee in a position designated by the Office of Government Ethics pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 207(d) shall, for a period of one (1) year after termination of the former member's or employee's service in that position, appear as attorney or counsel or otherwise represent anyone (other than the United States) in any formal or informal appearance before the Commission in any proceeding or investigation or, with the intent to influence, make any oral or written communication on behalf of anyone in any proceeding or investigation which is before the Commission or in which the Commission has a direct and substantial interest.
(5) The General Counsel shall have the authority (i) to determine whether, under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, a request for authorization to appear or participate need be filed and (ii) to grant any such request. In any case in which the General Counsel proposes that a request be denied, he shall refer the request to the Commission for determination, and in other unusual or difficult cases he may, in his sole discretion, refer a request to the Commission for determination.
(6)(i) The General Counsel shall:
(A) Within three (3) working days of receipt of an oral or written request for a determination whether, under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, a request for authorization to appear or participate need be filed, render such determination and
(B) Within fifteen (15) working days of the receipt of a request for authorization to appear or participate, either grant such request or refer it to the Commission.
(ii) The Commission shall, within fifteen (15) working days of the receipt of a request referred by the General Counsel pursuant to paragraph (b)(5) of this section either grant or deny such request.
(iii)(A) The Commission or the General Counsel may, by written notice to the requester, and for good cause, extend the time limit for a determination by not more than fifteen (15) working days.
(B) Any time limit specified in this paragraph shall be tolled during such time as may elapse between a request by the Commission or General Counsel to the former member or employee for additional information and the receipt of such information by the Commission or General Counsel.
(7)(i) Paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this section shall not apply to:
(A) Pro se filings of any kind;
(B) Submissions of requests or appeals under the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, or Government in the Sunshine Act;
(C) Testimony under oath;
(D) Submissions of statements required to be made under penalty of perjury;
(E) Submissions of statements based on the former member's or employee's own special knowledge in the particular area that is the subject of the statement, provided that no compensation is thereby received, other than that regularly provided by law or by § 4.5 for witnesses; and
(F) Appearances on behalf of the United States.
(ii) Paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3) shall not apply to:
(A) Submissions of comments on a matter on which the Commission has invited public comment; and
(B) Filings of premerger notification forms or participation in subsequent events concerning compliance or noncompliance with section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, or any regulations issued pursuant to that section.
(8)(i) In any case in which a former member or employee of the Commission is prohibited under paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this section from appearing or participating in a Commission proceeding or investigation, no partner or legal or business associate of such former member or employee shall appear or participate in such proceeding or investigation, except as provided in this paragraph.
(ii) If a partner or legal or business associate of a former member or employee of the Commission prohibited under paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this section from appearing or participating in a Commission proceeding or investigation wishes to appear or participate in such proceeding or investigation, he shall file with the Secretary of the Commission, not later than the time such appearance or participation begins, an affidavit attesting: (A) That the former member or employee will not participate in the proceeding or investigation in any way, directly or indirectly; (B) that he will not share, directly or indirectly, in any fees in the proceeding or investigation; (C) that all persons who intend to appear or participate are aware of the requirement that the former member or employee be screened from participating in or discussing the proceeding or investigation, or the firm's representation, and describing the procedures being taken to screen the personally
(iii) Upon the filing of the affidavit, such partner or legal or business associate may begin such appearance or participation,
(9)(i) The restrictions and procedures in this subsection are intended to apply in lieu of restrictions and procedures as may be adopted by the appropriate authority in any state or jurisdiction, insofar as such restrictions and procedures apply to appearances or participation in Commission proceedings or investigations:
(ii) In the event that Commission approval is sought for an appearance or participation by a former member or employee in a proceeding in court or before another agency, the General Counsel shall have the authority to respond to such a request, applying as appropriate the standards of this paragraph (b)(9)(ii).
(2) If for good cause shown, the Commission shall be of the opinion that any attorney is not conforming to such standards, or that he has been otherwise guilty of conduct warranting disciplinary action, the Commission may issue an order requiring such attorney to show cause why he should not be suspended or disbarred from practice before the Commission. The alleged offender shall be granted due opportunity to be heard in his own defense and may be represented by counsel. Thereafter, if warranted by the facts, the Commission may issue against the attorney an order of reprimand, suspension, or disbarment.
(2) Documents submitted to the Commission in response to a Civil Investigative Demand under section 20 of the FTC Act shall be filed with the custodian or deputy custodian named in the demand.
(2) Briefs filed on an appeal from an initial decision shall be in the form prescribed by § 3.52(e).
(3) If printed, documents shall be on good unglazed paper seven (7) inches by ten (10) inches. The type shall not be less than ten (10) point adequately leaded. Citations and quotations shall not be less than ten (10) point single leaded, and footnotes shall not be less than eight (8) point single leaded. The printed line shall not exceed four and three-quarter (4
(4) If typewritten, documents shall be on paper not less than eight (8) inches nor more than eight and one-half (8
(5) All documents must be bound on the left side. Except for printed documents, the left margin of each page must be at least one and one-half (1
(2) Signing a document constitutes a representation by the signer that he has read it, that to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief, the statements made in it are true, and that it is not interposed for delay. If a document is not signed or is signed with intent to defeat the purpose of this section, it may be stricken as sham and false and the proceeding may go forward as though the document had not been filed.
(2) All other orders and notices, including subpoenas, orders requiring access, orders to file annual and special reports, and notices of default, may be served by any method reasonably certain to inform the affected person, partnership, corporation or unincorporated association, including any method specified in paragraph (a)(1), except that civil investigative demands may only be served in the manner provided by section 20(c)(7) of the FTC Act (in the case of service on a partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity) or section 20(c)(8) of the FTC Act (in the case of a natural person). Service under this provision is complete upon delivery by the Post Office or upon personal delivery.
(3) All documents served in adjudicative proceedings under part 3 of the Commission's Rules of Practice other than complaints and initial, interlocutory, and final decisions and orders may be served by personal delivery or
(4) When a party has appeared in a proceeding by an attorney, service on that individual of any document pertaining to the proceeding other than a complaint shall be deemed service upon the party. However, service of those documents specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall first be attempted in accordance with the provision of paragraphs (a)(1) (i), (ii), and (iii) of this section.
It is the policy of the Commission to cooperate with other governmental agencies to avoid unnecessary overlapping or duplication of regulatory functions.
(1) No person not employed by the Commission, and no employee or agent of the Commission who performs investigative or prosecuting functions in adjudicative proceedings, shall make or
(2) No member of the Commission, the Administrative Law Judge, or any other employee who is or who reasonably may be expected to be involved in the decisional process in the proceeding, shall make or knowingly cause to be made to any person not employed by the Commission, or to any employee or agent of the Commission who performs investigative or prosecuting functions in adjudicative proceedings, an
(1) All such written communications;
(2) Memoranda stating the substance of and circumstances of all such oral communications; and
(3) All written responses, and memoranda stating the substance of all oral responses, to the materials described in paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this section. The Secretary shall make relevant portions of any such materials part of the public record of the Commission, pursuant to § 4.9, and place them in the docket binder of the proceeding to which it pertains, but they will not be considered by the Commission as part of the record for purposes of decision unless introduced into evidence in the proceeding. The Secretary shall also send copies of the materials to or otherwise notify all parties to the proceeding.
(2) A person, not a party to the proceeding who knowingly makes or causes to be made an ex parte communication prohibited by paragraph (b) of this section shall be subject to all sanctions provided herein if he subsequently becomes a party to the proceeding.
(e) The prohibitions of this section shall apply in an adjudicative proceeding from the time the Commission votes to issue a complaint pursuant to § 3.11, to conduct adjudicative hearings pursuant to § 3.13, or to issue an order to show cause pursuant to § 3.72(b), or from the time an order by a U.S. court of appeals remanding a Commission decision and order for further proceedings becomes effective, until the time the Commission votes to enter its decision in the proceeding and the time permitted by § 3.55 to seek reconsideration of that decision has elapsed. For purposes of this section, an order of remand by a U.S. court of appeals shall be deemed to become effective when the Commission determines not to file a petition for a writ of
(f) The prohibitions of paragraph (b) of this section do not apply to a communication occasioned by and concerning a nonadjudicative function of the Commission, including such functions as the initiation, conduct, or disposition of a separate investigation, the issuance of a complaint, or the initiation of a rulemaking or other proceeding, whether or not it involves a party already in an adjudicative proceeding; preparations for judicial review of a Commission order; a proceeding outside the scope of § 3.2, including a matter in state or federal court or before another governmental agency; a nonadjudicative function of the Commission, including but not limited to an obligation under § 4.11 or a communication with Congress; or the disposition of a consent settlement under § 3.25 concerning some or all of the charges involved in a complaint and executed by some or all respondents. The Commission, at its discretion and under such restrictions as it may deem appropriate, may disclose to the public or to respondent(s) in a pending adjudicative proceeding a communication made exempt by this paragraph from the prohibitions of paragraph (b) of this section, however, when the Commission determines that the interests of justice would be served by the disclosure. The prohibitions of paragraph (b) of this section also do not apply to a communication between any member of the Commission, the Administrative Law Judge, or any other employee who is or who reasonably may be expected to be involved in the decisional process, and any employee who has been directed by the Commission or requested by an individual Commissioner or Administrative Law Judge to assist in the decision of the adjudicative proceeding. Such employee shall not, however, have performed an investigative or prosecuting function in that or a factually related proceeding.
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Agency staff is divided into three categories: clerical, attorney/economist, and other professional. Fees for search and review are assessed on a quarter-hourly basis, and are determined by identifying the category into which the staff member(s) conducting the search or review belong(s), determining the average quarter-hourly wages of all staff members within that category, and adding 16 percent to reflect the cost of additional benefits accorded to government employees. The exact fees are calculated and announced periodically and are available from the Public Reference Section, Federal Trade Commission, Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580; (202) 326-2222.
(i) To pay, in accordance with § 4.8(b) of these rules, whatever fees may be charged for processing the request; or
(ii) A willingness to pay such fees up to a specified amount.
(2) Each request that contains an application for a fee waiver must specifically indicate:
(i) The requester's willingness to pay, in accordance with § 4.8(b) of the rules, whatever fees may be charged for processing the request;
(ii) The requester's willingness to pay fees up to a specified amount; or
(iii) That the requester is not willing to pay fees if the waiver is not granted.
(3) If the agreement required by this section is absent, and if the estimated fees exceed $25.00, the requester will be advised of the estimated fees and the request will not be processed until the requester agrees to pay such fees.
(A) The subject matter of the requested information concerns the operations or activities of the Federal government;
(B) The disclosure is likely to contribute to an understanding of these operations or activities;
(C) The understanding to which disclosure is likely to contribute is the understanding of the public at large, as opposed to the understanding of the individual requester or a narrow segment of interested persons; and
(D) The likely contribution to public understanding will be significant.
(ii) The second requirement for a fee waiver is that the request not be primarily in the commercial interest of the requester. Satisfaction of this requirement shall be determined by considering:
(A) Whether the requester has a commercial interest that would be furthered by the requested disclosure; and
(B) If so, whether the public interest in disclosure is outweighed by the identified commercial interest of the requester so as to render the disclosure primarily in the requester's commercial interest.
(2) Materials that are exempt from mandatory public disclosure, or are otherwise not available from the Commission's public record, may be made available for inspection and copying only upon request under the procedures set forth in § 4.11 of this part, or as provided in §§ 4.10 (d) through (g), 4.13, and 4.15(b)(3) of this part, or by the Commission.
(3) Location. Materials on the public record are available for inspection at the principal office of the Commission, and copies of some of those records are available at the regional offices, on each business day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(ii) A current record of the final votes of each member of the Commission in all matters of public record, including matters of public record decided by notational voting;
(iii) Descriptions of the Commission's organization, including descriptions of where, from whom, and how the public may secure information, submit documents or requests, and obtain copies of orders, decisions and other materials;
(iv) Statements of the Commission's general procedures and policies and interpretations, its nonadjudicative procedures, its rules of practice for adjudicative proceedings, and its miscellaneous rules, including descriptions of the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available, and
(v) Reprints of the principal laws under which the Commission exercises enforcement or administrative responsibilities.
(ii) Industry guides, digests of advisory opinions and compliance advice believed to be of interest to the public generally and other administrative interpretations;
(iii) Transcripts of hearings in all industry guide proceedings, as well as written statements filed with or forwarded to the Commission in connection with these proceedings; and
(iv) Petitions filed with the Secretary of the Commission for the promulgation or issuance, amendment, or repeal of industry guides.
(ii) Notices and advance notices of proposed rulemaking and rules and orders issued in rulemaking proceedings; and
(iii) Transcripts of hearings of all rulemaking proceedings, as well as written statements filed with or forwarded to the Commission in connection with these proceedings.
(ii) Closing letters in initial phase and full phase investigations.
(i) The versions of pleadings and transcripts of prehearing conferences to the extent made available under § 3.21(e), motions, certifications, orders, and the transcripts of hearings (including public conferences), testimony, oral arguments, and other material made a part thereof, and exhibits and material received in evidence or made a part of the public record in adjudicative proceedings;
(ii) Initial decisions of administrative law judges;
(iii) Orders and opinions in interlocutory matters;
(iv) Final orders and opinions in adjudications, and rulings on stay applications, including separate statements of Commissioners;
(v) Petitions for reconsideration, and answers thereto, filed pursuant to § 3.55;
(vi) Applications for stay, answers thereto, and replies, filed pursuant to § 3.56;
(vii) Petitions, applications, pleadings, briefs, and other records filed by the Commission with the courts in connection with adjudicative, injunctive, enforcement, compliance, and condemnation proceedings, and in connection with judicial review of Commission actions, and opinions and orders of the courts in disposition thereof;
(viii) Records of ex parte communications in adjudicative proceedings and stay applications;
(ix) Petitions to reopen proceedings and orders to determine whether orders should be altered, modified, or set aside in accordance with § 2.51; and
(x) Decisions reopening proceedings, and orders to show cause under § 3.72.
(ii) Comments filed under §§ 2.34 and 3.25(f) of this chapter concerning proposed consent agreements; and
(iii) Final decisions and orders issued after the comment period prescribed in §§ 2.34 and 3.25(f), including separate statements of Commissioners.
(7) Compliance/Enforcement (16 CFR 2.33, 2.41). (i) Reports of compliance filed pursuant to the rules in this chapter or pursuant to a provision in a Commission order and supplemental materials filed in connection with these reports, except for reports of compliance, and supplemental materials filed in connection with Commission orders requiring divestitures or establishment of business enterprises or facilities, which are confidential until the last divestiture or establishment of a business enterprise or facility, as required by a particular order, has been finally approved by the Commission, and staff letters to respondents advising them that their compliance reports do not warrant any further action. At the time each such report is submitted the filing party may request confidential treatment in whole or in part and submit satisfactory reasons therefor, and the General Counsel with due regard for statutory restrictions, the Commission's rules and the public interest will pass upon such request;
(ii) Requests for advice concerning proposed mergers and material required to be made public under § 2.41(f) of the Commission Rules; and
(iii) Applications for approval of proposed divestitures, acquisitions or similar transactions subject to Commission review under outstanding orders together with supporting materials, objections and comments concerning these transactions submitted by the public and Commission responses.
(ii) Announcements of Commission meetings as required under the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, including records of the votes to close such meetings;
(iii) Summaries or other explanatory materials relating to matters to be considered at open meetings made available pursuant to § 4.15(b)(3) of this chapter; and
(iv) Commission minutes of open meetings, and, to the extent they are not exempt from mandatory public disclosure under the Sunshine Act or the Freedom of Information Act, portions of minutes or transcripts of closed meetings.
(ii) Applications under § 4.1(b)(2) of this chapter for clearance or authorization to appear or participate in a proceeding or investigation and of the Commission's responses thereto;
(iii) Continuing guaranties filed under the Wool, Fur, and Textile Acts;
(iv) Published reports by the staff or by the Commission on economic surveys and investigations of general interest;
(v) Filings by the Commission or by the staff in connection with proceedings before other federal agencies or state or local government bodies;
(vi) Registration statements and annual reports filed with the Commission by export trade associations, and bulletins, pamphlets, and reports with respect to such associations released by the Commission;
(vii) The identities of holders of registered identification numbers issued by the Commission pursuant to § 1.32 of this chapter;
(viii) The Commission's annual report submitted after the end of each fiscal year, summarizing its work during the year (available for inspection at each of the offices of the Commission with copies obtainable from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
(ix) Every amendment, revision, substitute, or repeal of any of the foregoing items listed in § 4.9(b)(1) through (10) of this section.
(2) Motions seeking in camera treatment of material submitted in connection with a proceeding under part 3 of these rules, except stay applications under § 3.56, shall be filed with the Administrative Law Judge who is presiding over the proceeding. Requests for confidential treatment of material submitted in connection with a stay application shall be made in accordance with § 4.9(c)(1).
(3) To the extent that any material or portions of material otherwise falling within § 4.9(b) contain information that is not required to be made public under § 4.10 of this part, the General Counsel may determine to withhold such materials from the public record.
(a) The following records and other material of the Commission are not required to be made public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552.
(1) Records, except to the extent required to be disclosed under other laws or regulations, related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the Commission. This exemption applies to internal rules or instructions to Commission personnel which must be kept confidential in order to assure effective performance of the functions and activities for which the Commission is responsible and which do not affect members of the public.
(2) Trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential. As provided in section 6(f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), this exemption applies to competitively sensitive information, such as costs or various types of sales statistics and inventories. It includes trade secrets in the nature of formulas, patterns, devices, and processes of manufacture, as well as names of customers in which there is a proprietary or highly competitive interest.
(3) Interagency or intra-agency memoranda or letters which would not routinely be available by law to a private party in litigation with the Commission. This exemption preserves the existing freedom of Commission officials and employees to engage in full and frank communication with each other and with officials and employees of other governmental agencies. This exemption includes records of the deliberations of the Commission except for the record of the final votes of each member of the Commission in every agency proceeding. It includes intra-agency and interagency reports, memorandums, letters, correspondence, work papers, and minutes of meetings, as well as staff papers prepared for use within the Commission or between the Commission and other governmental agencies. It also includes information scheduled for public release, but as to which premature release would be contrary to the public interest;
(4) Personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy except to the extent such files or materials must be disclosed under other laws or regulations. This exemption applies to personnel and medical records and similar
(i) The personnel records of the Commission;
(ii) Files containing reports, records or other material pertaining to individual cases in which disciplinary or other administrative action has been or may be taken, including records of proceedings pertaining to the conduct or performance of duties by Commission personnel;
(5) Records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that production of such law enforcement records or information:
(i) Could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings;
(ii) Would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication;
(iii) Could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
(iv) Could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, including a State, local, or foreign agency or authority or any private institution that furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of a record or information compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source;
(v) Would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law; or
(vi) Could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual.
(6) Information contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions;
(7) Geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells; and
(8) Material, as that term is defined in section 21(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which is received by the Commission:
(i) In an investigation, a purpose of which is to determine whether any person may have violated any provision of the laws administered by the Commission; and
(ii) Which is provided pursuant to any compulsory process under the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 41,
(9) Material, as that term is defined in section 21(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which is received by the Commission pursuant to compulsory process in an investigation, a purpose of which is to determine whether any person may have violated any provision of the laws administered by the Commission.
(10) Such other material of the Commission as may from time to time be designated by the Commission as confidential pursuant to statute or Executive Order. This exempts from disclosure any information that has been designated nonpublic pursuant to criteria and procedures prescribed by Executive Order and that has not been subsequently declassified in accordance with applicable procedures. The exemption also preserves the full force and effect of statutes that restrict public access to specific government records or material.
(11) Material in an investigation or proceeding that involves a possible violation of criminal law, when there is reason to believe that the subject of the investigation or proceeding is not aware of its pendency, and disclosure of the existence of the investigation could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings. When a
(b) With respect to information contained in transcripts of Commission meetings, the exemptions contained in paragraph (a) of this section, except for paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(7) of this section, shall apply; in addition, such information will not be made available if it is likely to have any of the effects described in 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(5), (c)(9), or (c)(10).
(c) Under section 10 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, any officer or employee of the Commission who shall make public any information obtained by the Commission, without its authority, unless directed by a court, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, may be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or by fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
(d) Except as provided in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this section and in § 4.11 (b), (c), and (d), no material which is marked or otherwise identified as confidential and which is within the scope of § 4.10(a)(8) and no material which is within the scope of § 4.10(a)(9) which is not otherwise public shall be made available to any individual other than a duly authorized officer or employee of the Commission or a consultant or contractor retained by the Commission who has agreed in writing not to disclose the information without the consent of the person who produced the material. All other Commission records may be made available to a requester under the procedures set forth in § 4.11 or may be disclosed by the Commission except where prohibited by law.
(e) Except as provided in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this section and in § 4.11 (b), (c), and (d), material not within the scope of § 4.10(a)(8) or § 4.10(a)(9) which is received by the Commission and is marked or otherwise identified as confidential may be disclosed only if it is determined that the material is not within the scope of § 4.10(a)(2), and only if the submitter is provided at least 10 days' notice of the intent to disclose the material involved.
(f) Nonpublic material obtained by the Commission may be disclosed to persons other than the submitter in connection with the taking of oral testimony without the consent of the submitter only if the material or transcript is not within the scope of § 4.10(a)(2). If the material is marked confidential, the submitter will be provided 10 days' notice of the intended disclosure or will be afforded an opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order.
(g) Material obtained by the Commission:
(1) Through compulsory process or voluntarily in lieu thereof, and protected by sections 21 (b) and (f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 57b-2 (b), (f), and 4.10(d) of this part; or
(2) That is designated by the submitter as confidential, and protected by section 21(c) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 57b-2(c), and § 4.10(e) of this part; or
(3) That is confidential commercial or financial information protected by section 6(f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and § 4.10(a)(2) of this part, may be disclosed in Commission administrative or court proceedings subject to Commission or court protective or
(B) Failure to mark the envelope and the request in accordance with paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section will result in the request being treated as received on the date the request is actually received by the processing unit in the Office of the Deputy Executive Director for Planning and Information.
(B) A denial of a request may state that the description required by paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section is insufficient to allow identification and location of the records.
(B) The Deputy Executive Director for Planning and Information or the Director of the Information Services Division may extend this time limit by not more than ten working days if such extension is:
(C) If the Deputy Executive Director for Planning and Information or the Director of the Information Services Division extends the time limit for initial determination pursuant to paragraph (A)(1)(iii)(B), the requester shall be notified in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(A)(6)(B).
(D) If a request is not granted within the time limits set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(iii) (A) and (B) of this section, the request shall be deemed to be denied and the requesting party may appeal such denial to the General Counsel in accordance with paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
(B) The Deputy Executive Director for Planning and Information or the Director of the Information Services Division is deemed to be the sole official responsible for all denials of initial requests, except denials to materials contained in active investigatory files in which case the Director or Deputy Director of the Bureau or the Director of the Regional Office responsible for the investigation shall be the responsible official.
(C) Records to which access has been granted will be made available to the requester and will remain available for inspection and copying for a period not to exceed thirty days from date of notification to the requester unless the requester asks for and receives the consent of the Deputy Executive Director for Planning and Information or the Director of the Information Services Division to a longer period. Records assembled pursuant to a request will remain available only during this period and thereafter will be refiled. Appropriate fees may again be imposed for any new or renewed request for the same records.
(D) If a requested record cannot be located from the information supplied, or is known to have been destroyed or otherwise disposed of, the requester shall be so notified.
(B) Failure to mark the envelope and the appeal, in accordance with paragraph (a)(2)(i)(A) of this section, will result in the appeal being treated as received on the date the appeal is actually received by the Office of the General Counsel.
(C) Each appeal to the General Counsel which requests him to exercise his discretion to release exempt records shall set forth the interest of the requester in the subject matter and the purpose for which the records will be used if the request is granted.
(B) The Commission or the General Counsel may, by written notice to the requester in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B), extend the time limit for deciding an appeal by not more than ten (10 working days for the reasons set forth in paragraph (a)(1)(iii)(B) of this section, provided that the amount of any extension utilized during the initial consideration of the request under that subsection shall be substracted from the amount of additional time otherwise available.
(B) The General Counsel shall be deemed solely responsible for all denials of appeals, except where an appeal is denied by the Commission. In such instances, the Commission shall be deemed solely responsible for the denial.
(2) Any employee or former employee who is served with a subpoena shall promptly advise the General Counsel of the service of the subpoena, the nature of the material or information sought, and all relevant facts and circumstances.
(3) A party causing a subpoena to be issued to the Commission or any employee or former employee of the Commission shall furnish a statement to the General Counsel. The statement shall set forth the party's interest in the case or matter, the relevance of the desired testimony or material, and a discussion of whether it is reasonably available from other sources. If testimony is desired, the statement shall also contain a general summary of the testimony and a discussion of whether agency records could be produced and used in its place. Any authorization for testimony will be limited to the scope of the demand as summarized in such statement.
(4) Absent authorization from the General Counsel, the employee or former employee shall respectfully decline to produce requested material or to disclose requested information. The refusal should be based on this paragraph and on
(5) The General Counsel will consider and act upon subpoenas under this section with due regard for statutory restrictions, the Commission's rules and the public interest, taking into account factors such as the need to conserve the time of employees for conducting official business; the need to avoid spending the time and money of the United States for private purposes; the need to maintain impartiality between private litigants in cases where a substantial government interest is not involved; and the established legal standards for determining whether justification exists for the disclosure of confidential information and material.
(f) Requests by current or former employees to use nonpublic memoranda as writing samples shall be addressed to the General Counsel. The General Counsel is delegated the authority to dispose of such requests consistent with applicable nondisclosure provisions, including sections 6(f) and 21 of the FTC Act.
(g) Employees are encouraged to engage in teaching, lecturing, and writing that is not prohibited by law, Executive order, or regulation. However, an employee shall not use information obtained as a result of his Government employment, except to the extent that such information has been made available to the general public or will be made available on request, or when the General Counsel gives written authorization for the use of nonpublic information on the basis that the use is in the public interest.
(i) After the close of the proceeding in connection with which the material was submitted; or
(ii) When no proceeding in which the material may be used has been commenced within a reasonable time after completion of the examination and analysis of all such material and other information assembled in the course of the investigation.
(2) Such request shall be in writing, addressed to the custodian designated pursuant to § 2.16 or the Secretary of the Commission in all other circumstances, and shall reasonably describe the material requested. A request for return of material may be filed at any time, but material will not be returned nor will commitments to return material be undertaken prior to the time described in this paragraph.
(2) The procedures of this section apply only to requests by an individual as defined in § 4.13(b). Except as otherwise provided, they govern only rec-ords containing personal information in systems of records for which notice has been published by the Commission in the
(2)(i) If the Commission refuses to amend or correct the record in accordance with a request under § 4.13(g), it shall notify the requester of that determination and inform him of his right to file with the Deputy Executive Director for Planning and Information of the Commission a concise statement setting forth the reasons for his disagreement with that determination and the fact that such a statement will be treated as set forth in paragraph (i)(2)(ii) of this section. The Commission shall also inform the requester that judicial review of the determination is available by a civil suit in the district in which the requester resides, or has his principal place of business, or in which the agency records are situated, or in the District of Columbia.
(ii) If the individual files a statement disagreeing with the Commission's determination not to amend or correct a record, it shall be clearly noted in the record involved and made available to anyone to whom the record has been disclosed after September 27, 1975, or is subsequently disclosed together with, if the Commission deems it appropriate, a brief statement of the reasons for refusing to amend the record.
(2) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), investigatory materials compiled for law enforcement purposes in the following systems of records are exempt from subsections (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4) (G), (H), and (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a, and from the provisions of this section, except as otherwise provided in 552a(k)(2):
(3) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), investigatory materials compiled to determine suitability, eligibility, or qualifications for Federal civilian employment, military service, Federal contracts, or access to classified information, but only where disclosure would reveal the identity of a confidential source of information, in the following systems of records are exempt from subsections (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4) (G), (H), and (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a, and from the provisions of this section, except as otherwise provided in 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5):
(a) Matters before the Commission for consideration may be resolved either at a meeting under § 4.15 or by written circulation. Any Commissioner may direct that a matter presented for consideration be placed on the agenda of a Commission meeting.
(c) Any Commission action, either at a meeting or by written circulation, may be taken only with the affirmative concurrence of a majority of the participating Commissioners, except where a greater majority is required by statute or rule or where the action is taken pursuant to a valid delegation of authority. No Commissioner may delegate the authority to determine his or her vote in any matter requiring Commission action, but authority to report a Commissioner's vote on a particular matter resolved either by written circulation, or at a meeting held in the Commissioner's absence, may be vested in a member of the Commissioner's staff.
(i) The time, place and subject matter of the meeting,
(ii) Whether the meeting will be open or closed to the public, and
(iii) The name and phone number of the official who will respond to requests for information about the meeting.
(2) Any person whose interest may be directly affected if a portion of a meeting is open, may request that the Commission close that portion for any of the reasons described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c). The Commission shall vote on such requests if at least one member desires to do so. Such requests shall be in writing, filed at the earliest practicable time, and describe how the matters to be discussed will have any of the effects enumerated in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c). Requests shall be addressed as follows:
(3) The Commissioner to whom a matter has been assigned for presentation to the Commission shall have the authority to make available to the public, prior to consideration of that matter at an open meeting, material sufficient to inform the public of the issues likely to be discussed in connection with that matter.
(2) If a Commission meeting, or portions thereof, may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(10), the Commission may, by vote recorded at the beginning of the meeting, or portion thereof, close the portion or portions of the meeting so exempt.
(3) Closed meeting transcripts or minutes required by 5 U.S.C. 552b(f)(1) will be released to the public insofar as
(d) The presiding officer shall be responsible for preserving order and decorum at meetings and shall have all powers necessary to that end.
Section 2.11 of Pub. L. 91-462 specifically repeals paragraph 7 of section 9 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Title 18, section 6002, of the United States Code provides that whenever a witness refuses, on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or provide other information in a proceeding before or ancillary to:
(a) A court or grand jury of the United States,
(b) An agency of the United States, or
(c) Either House of Congress, a joint committee of the two Houses, or a committee or a subcommittee of either House, and the person presiding over the proceeding communicates to the witness an order issued under section 6004, the witness may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination; but no testimony or other information compelled under the order (or any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or other information) may be used against the witness in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement, or otherwise failing to comply with the order. Title 18, section 6004, of the United States Code provides that: (1) In the case of any individual who has been or who may be called to testify or provide other information at any proceeding before an agency of the United States, the agency may, with the approval of the Attorney General, issue, in accordance with subsection (b) of section 6004, an order requiring the individual to give testimony or provide other information which he refused to give or provide on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, such order to become effective as provided in title 18, section 6002, of the United States Code; (2) an agency of the United States may issue an order under subsection (a) of section 6004 only if in its judgment (i) the testimony or other information from such individual may be necessary to the public interest; and (ii) such individual has refused or is likely to refuse to testify or provide other information on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination.
(2) Such motion shall be filed at the earliest practicable time after the participant learns, or could reasonably have learned, of the alleged grounds for disqualification.
(3)(i) Such motion shall be addressed in the first instance by the Commissioner whose disqualification is sought.
(ii) In the event such Commissioner declines to recuse himself or herself


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Tuesday, 2 February 2010
The first image that ive wanted make in a while, projects dont always cut it. My answer to the nobrow brief "people ive never met. Im going to try screenprint this as a 2 colour soon.
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Dealer discount?
Im looking at a new x5 or x6 and i was wondering what the best deal everyone out there is able to get?
The costs are around $80-$85k and they are offering $4-6k off,
Please let me know,
Appreciate the space...
Not meaning to hijack this thread, I am also looking to purchase an X-series. Specifically:
Sports Option
Certified Pre-Owned
I did a search too and i was surprised i didnt see anything concerning this topic...
I just leased mine few months ago, 2012 x5, i think my sales gave me about 8-9% discount at the end. Maybe because I added m package, navigation package so he can offer me more discount? I asked 2 dealerships...
i get factory pricing for gm cars... hehe..
in my experience, in buying a (new) vehicle, its usually worth signing up to one of those services online that tell you what the dealer pays for a car. It costs about 20$ and they give you the dealer price, and usually a dealer contact in the area who they recommend. We bought our last car for 700$ over dealer cost.
Dealer cost is a bit bullshit though, the dealers dont actually pay that, as most manufacturers offer significant volume discounts to dealers that sell a lot of cars, which is where a lot of the profit comes from. We would've likely haggled down to a price within 1-2% of the price the service provided, but for the 20$ - and the day we saved at the dealer - it was worth it.
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We headed to a restaurant that will be open on Thanksgiving. Telepan is located at 72 West 69th on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.
Watch the video to see tips from Bill Telepan. More information and the recipes are located below. ONLINE:
72 West 69th Street, New York, NY 10023
(212) 580-4300
Brussels sprouts
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 pounds Brussels sprouts-ends trimmed, cut in half lengthwise
¼ cup minced onion
4 cloves garlic-peeled and chopped
1 cup chicken or vegetable stock
2 tablespoons butter
Cook the Brussels sprouts in 2 batches. Heat a large skillet or dutch oven on high heat. Add 3 tablespoons of the oil, when just about to smoke, add half of the Brussels sprouts, stir to coat and brown the sprouts, about 5 minutes. Remove from pan, into a shallow bowl, sprinkle with salt and repeat with 3 more tablespoons of the oil, this time over medium-high heat.
When then sprouts are cooked, return the pan to high heat, add remaining oil and when hot, add the garlic and onion. Cook to brown, about 1-2 minutes. Add sprouts, stock and a pinch of salt, and over high heat cook for 3 minutes.
Then add the butter and cook until the butter had melted and the stock has become somewhat glazed. Adjust seasoning with salt
2 tablespoons butter
1# sausage
½ onion-minced
2 cloves garlic-minced
2 stalk celery-peeled and thinly sliced
1# crimini mushrooms-sliced
1 cup dried cranberries-rehydrated in warm water for at least 1 hour
16 cups of diced sourdough bread (about 4#? bread)
3 cups turkey or chicken broth
Preheat oven to 350*
Melt butter over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook until golden brown, about 7 minutes. Lower heat to medium and add onion, garlic, celery and a pinch of salt and cook, stirring frequently for 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and a pinch of salt and cook, stirring frequently for 3 minutes.
In a large bowl, place in bread, cranberries and ham mixture. Add the broth and mix well. Season with salt to taste. Butter or spray a baking dish (I used a 9 x 11 pan) and place the ingredients in to the pan. Cover with foil and place in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove foil and cook about 45 minutes until top is crispy and brown.
Note: you can make this 2 days ahead of time. Reheat covered in foil
4 pounds rutabaga-cut into ¼ inch x 2 inch batons
2 ounces butter
2 tablespoons walnut oil
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable stock
½ cup toasted and rough chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons parsley
-melt half the butter in a sauté pan over medium heat. Sprinkle the rutabaga with salt, add half of it to the pan, and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Add half the stock or water and half of the walnut oil and cook for 5 minutes, place in a baking dish to hold Repeat process, as second batch is finished, add remaining butter and stock and heat throughout until glazed, toss in parsley and adjust seasoning
Cauliflower with a Pinenut Currant Crust Serves 4
1 tablespoon dried currants, soaked in warm water for 1 hour
1 tablespoon toasted pinenuts
1/2 anchovy filet, rinsed and chopped
2 tablespoons minced onion
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon white wine
1/4 cups dried sourdough breadcrumbs
Salt and pepper
Place currants, pinenuts, and anchovy in a food processor and purée. Slowly cook onion and garlic in 1 tablespoon butter over low heat until tender, about 5 minutes. Add wine and reduce until dry, about 2 to 3 minutes. Heat pan over high heat, place remaining tablespoon butter in pan and let brown. Add currant mixture, and onions. Adjust seasoning. Add the breadcrumbs at the last minute so they remain crisp.
1 small head cauliflower, cut into 2-inch long florets
2 tablespoons butter
4 ounces vegetable stock
Cut florets in half length-wise. Melt butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, add florets cut-side down. When well browned, about 5 minutes, turn and lightly brown the other side, about 2 minutes. Add stock, cover and cook until almost tender, about 5 minutes then remove lid and reduce liquid, about 2 minutes. Add breadcrumbs, stir and serve


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Aryn Kyle: Acclaimed novelist switches gears
Aryn Kyle: Acclaimed writer follows breakthrough novel with a collection of short stories from a female perspective
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, May 6, 2010
It's hard enough trying to make a name for yourself as a young writer, but what happens after that?
Aryn Kyle won over critics and readers with her debut novel, "The God of Animals," and now expectations are high. Her follow-up, the short-story collection "Boys and Girls Like You and Me," is in stores now.
But Kyle isn't overly anxious about how her new book will be received.
"With the first novel, because it was my first, I didn't have anything to compare it to," she says. "It's nice to have the second book be a story collection, because it's so different from the novel. I don't really have any expectations. It's so its own thing."
And while "Boys and Girls" is her second book to be published, it showcases a wide spectrum of Kyle's work, much of which predates "The God of Animals." The finished product is cohesive, but its parts span Kyle's short but prolific career.
"It's a little strange, actually, to have it be my second book," she says. "The oldest story in the collection I wrote when I was 21 or 22, and the newest story in the collection I wrote when I was 31."
But though Kyle didn't start writing with a theme in mind, she found one emerging. Like her first novel, the stories in "Boys and Girls" center on women - a focus she discovered when she was trying to put it all together.
"At the point when I sold the collection, I knew I needed about three or four new stories to finish it off," Kyle says. "It felt like they had to complete this book in some way. It wasn't until that point that I realized the stories were mostly about girls and women."
Readers who appreciated the strong female voice in "The God of Animals" will probably enjoy the myriad of women featured in the collection. But Kyle doesn't set out with an agenda, at least not in the way one might assume. To some extent, she's writing what she knows.
"Like so many writers, especially at an early point in their career, I draw so much from my own life and my own experiences," she says. "I never really think that I'm writing about women so much as I'm writing as a woman."
It's an important distinction to make. Kyle has learned the benefits of letting her work evolve on its own: Her first novel began as a short story. She keeps the bigger picture in mind - especially important, she notes, in short fiction - but she sets her focus on the characters. Kyle hopes that readers will do the same.
"I think that most of my fiction is pretty character-driven," she says. "My biggest hope is just that readers care about the characters as they're reading, and that when they're done, they feel that the experience caring about those characters was worthwhile."
7:30 tonight. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. (415) 931-3633. www.booksinc.net.


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CORUS, the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker, plunged £230m into the red in its first half, blaming the global economic slowdown and the strength of sterling against the euro.
The struggling group cancelled its interim dividend, which was 1p per share last year, and said it would not make a decision on whether to pay a final dividend until March next year.
Tony Pedder, Corus's new chief executive, said the economic slowdown caused weak demand and an oversupply of carbon steel and that he did not expect a significant price recovery before next year.
Interim losses before tax widened from £27m to £230m on turnover that fell 17pc to £4.04 billion. The group took an exceptional hit of £47m, largely related to the 6,000 redundancies it announced in February.
Mr Pedder said he did not expect, but could not rule out, further job cuts. "As far as the UK is concerned, we have drawn a line in the sand and we will try to defend that."
However, he would neither confirm or deny reports that as many as 1,500 jobs will go at Corus's IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands. An announcement on the restructuring of the plant is expected before the end of the month.
Mr Pedder claimed that Corus's problems had been exacerbated by the weakness of the euro versus the pound. "Sterling remains significantly overvalued against the euro and continues to offer no relief for UK companies competing in international markets," he said.
However, Corus rejected calls from the ISTC steel trades union, made at the TUC annual conference in Brighton, for the company to join it in a campaign for an early referendum on British membership of the euro "at a sustainable rate".
"Our position is clear but we are not joining any campaign," said a Corus spokesman.
The shares fell 1.75 to 58p.


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In one of the least surprising announcements of all time, the USDA's Food Surveys Research Group found that Americans eat a lot of pizza. Apparently a whopping 13% of Americans — that's one in every 8 people — over the age of 2 eat pizza on any given day. Children aged 6 to 11 and adolescents aged 12 to 19 eat the most pizza: 22% of them have some pizza on any given day. Kids tend to eat pizza for lunch or dinner, while adults typically eat it only for dinner. Americans also eat 66% of their pizza at home — we're guessing thanks to the ease of delivery and frozen pizza.
Americans eat so much pizza that it accounts for 6% of adults' total energy and 4% of childrens' total energy every day and is a contributor to our intake of fat, saturated fat, fiber, calcium, and lycopene. Unfortunately, pizza is also a big source of our daily sodium intake, too. According to the research, it's the third largest source of sodium in our diets. — Zoe Bain
This story originally appeared on Delish.com
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December 15, 2006
Keppel SLP completes "offshore hotels" ahead of schedule
The Keppel SLP Consortium has completed the onshore construction of two 220-crew accommodation platforms for PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion ahead of contractual schedule.
The HA-KU-M and HA-KU-S platforms will be the first fully integrated accommodation units in offshore Mexico.
The entire living quarters and the machinery decks were built as a single unit at Keppel AmFELS yard in Brownsville, Texas, instead of as two separate modules as was traditionally carried out in Mexico. This construction method reduces the offshore commissioning time, therefore saving considerable time and cost for PEMEX.
The design is very well optimized and weight control has been very successful. Each platform has achieved an efficient weight of about 3,300 metric tonnes, which is more than 100 metric tonnes below the contractual weight.
The builder of the platforms, Keppel AmFELS, registered an outstanding safety record of zero loss time, zero incident for the total of one million manhours in the construction of each platform.
Mr Chow Yew Yuen, President of Keppel O&M (USA) and head of the consortium said, "This project reflects the Keppel SLP Consortium's commitment to add value to PEMEX.
"The construction of these two accommodation platforms has provided Keppel a better understanding of the Mexican offshore market and of our customer, PEMEX. I am confident that the experience gained from this project and Keppel's strategic location in the Gulf of Mexico, will give us a good foothold in this very important market."
Mexico is the world's third largest producer of crude oil, and its national oil company, PEMEX, ranks the eighth largest integrated oil company in the world. Oil reserves and production in its shallow water fields have been on the decline for PEMEX in recent years. The company is now actively seeking to engage in more deepwater play.
Mr Chow noted, "The recent scenario in Mexico presents an opportunity for Keppel Offshore & Marine to build up our credentials with PEMEX as a choice solution provider in the design and construction of rigs to meet their needs for more offshore exploration and production."
Platforms HA-KU-M and HA-KU-S were loaded onto their carrier barge from Keppel AmFELS on October 13, 2006 and November 29, 2006 respectively. They are due for the Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) field in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico, for hookup and commissioning, which is expected to be completed by early-2007. Production in the KMZ is on the rise, and PEMEX is focused on increasing its output by around 100% by the end of the decade.
Manuel Diaz Lara, Project Manager) of PEMEX, "Our experience with the Keppel SLP Consortium is very good. They are a very professional and committed team. We are extremely pleased with the quality of the platforms delivered by them. Both units were completed and tested to our satisfaction."
The $164 million contract for the two platforms was secured by the consortium led by Keppel O&M USA in end-2004.
Other partners are SLP Engineering Ltd, Gulf Island LLC and Keppel AmFELS Inc.
Keppel O&M has a 60% share of the consortium through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Keppel O&M USA and Keppel AmFELS. Keppel AmFELS has also built a jackup drilling rig, TONALA, a KFELS B class, for Perforadora Central for service with PEMEX, in early-2004.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Limited, Keppel O&M is a leader in offshore rigs, shiprepair and conversion and specialised shipbuilding. Its near market, near customer strategy is bolstered by a global network of 17 yards in the Asia Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, the Caspian Sea, Middle East and the North Sea regions. Integrating the experience and expertise of its yards worldwide, the group aims to be the provider of choice and partner in solutions for the offshore and marine industry.
Based in the UK, SLP Engineering Ltd is a market leader in selected energy and utilities markets. Its main activities are in accommodation platforms and minimal facilities platforms for offshore oil and gas operations.
SLP Engineering has undertaken the EPC contract of the last seven accommodation platforms in the Cantarell Field for PEMEX.
Based in Loussiana State, Gulf Island LLC is a leader in the fabrication of jacket and drilling & production platforms, as well as other specialised structures used in the oil and gas industry.


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The Regime was founded by Superman following the loss of his wife, unborn son, and the city of Metropolis. It was intended to reign in the criminal element of the Earth, by whatever means necessary. In the beginning, the Regime had good intentions and was known as the Justice League. However, as its members become increasingly more vigilant and forceful, the citizens of Earth began to resent Superman's Regime.
In an effort to stop Superman, Batman founded the Insurgency, consisting of many Leaguers who had not aligned themselves with Superman and others who did not agree with his methods. Unfortunately, Batman's back was broken and two of its members were killed in an effort to decode the science behind the 5-U-93-R pill that Kal-El had manufactured in order to make ordinary people extraordinary.
The Regime clashed with a new Insurgency, consisting of alternate versions of Regime members and Insurgents both dead and alive, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Batman and the Joker. They also clashed often with the Joker Clan, a group of rebels led by Harley Quinn. The Regime ended after Superman's defeat at the hands of his alternate counterpart and his incarceration in a room where he would be constantly bombarded by red solar radiation.
Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.
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Times and Seasons welcomes its latest guest blogger, Marc Bohn.
Marc is an attorney and a graduate of the George Washington University Law School, where he co-founded and chaired the GW National Religious Freedom Moot Court competition and co-chaired the national LDS Law Student Conference. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from Brigham Young University. He's a blogger himself, and the originator and primary source of the natural phenomenon known as Bohnspam. (For a full-blog treatment of Bohnspam, click here.) Marc is said to have a smart and beautiful wife — careful, she's a blogger too — as well as adorable offspring.
He also operates the meanest Del.icio.us feed that you've ever seen. And in his rare breaks between e-mails about politics, Marc works doing document review and other junior associate drudgery.
Finally, as we all know, M.A.R.C. is also an acronym for Master of All Romney Content. However, we've been assured by (mildly) credible sources that Marc remains capable of blogging, even now that Mitt Romney isn't in the news quite as much.


text: Saltwater Puffer fish are, regarding illnesses, pretty hardy animals. Nevertheless, it can happen, that new fish, that have just been inserted into the tank, which have possibly been sitting in the petstore for weeks or even months, develop white spots through stress. To avoid this, it has been proven, to feed them a variety of foods, and food, that has been treated with vitamins and garlic(-juice). Even if this illness has already broken out, in most cases, it can still be stopped.As the most saltwater puffer fish have a high tolerance towards a low salt level compared to other saltwater fish, in a severe case of the white dot illness, you can treat it by lowering the salt level of the water. As this would possibly not be too good for other fish in the tank, it is best, to isolate the sick fish to a separate tank.


text: Ok, so I'm throwing all kinds of new stuff on the boat this winter, and figured that if I'm going to do it, I might as well make it as perfect as I can. I chased down some old threads on getting new switch labels made, but found no resolution. Is there someplace that can produce these precut in the little s shape to fit the current space? I really don't care if MC does it, or if their supplier does it, or some super aggressive print shop produces it. I just want a perfect reproduction of the dash piece with different labels IE: Transom Lights, Tower Speakers, Rocket Launcher, Invisiblility Cloak, etc.


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Cobb Hill REVSoul Pewter
Step out in style with the Cobb Hill REVSoul Pewter, a two strap slip on sandal.
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The Cobb Hill REVSoul Pewter is a two strap slip on sandal. Made with soft leather straps with leather lining. and a metal accent button on the rear strap, Captivating laser-cut overlays. Compelling metallic color pops. And a beguiling button that begs a second look. The Cobb Hill REVSoul has a contoured, molded footbed that is lined in leather. The polyurethane traction outsole on the Cobb Hill REVSoul will give you traction on various surfaces and absorb the shock of all your daily activities. Add the convenience of backless styling, you will realize that the Cobb Hill Revsoul Pewter is sure to keep you cool and comfortable on those warmer days and will be a must have addition to your shoe wardrobe.
- Soft leather upper
- Leather lining
- Contoured leather lined footbed
- Hook and loop closures
- Decorative metal button
- Backless styling
- Shock absorbent outsole
Additional information
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- You have 30 calendar days to return or exchange an item from the date you received it.
- No refunds will be given for worn merchandise.
- All sale and clearance items are final sale and cannot be returned for exchange or refund.
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DCU in the Community
Social regeneration through education
DCU in the Community acts as a bridge between the university and its local community.
Its mission is "To provide educational opportunities to local people in North Dublin in order to increase participation levels and to promote equality in third level education". Our aim is to broaden access and increase participation in higher education.
DCU in the Community: recognises the individual talent of each student and offers a flexible curriculum based on their needs and aspirations.
DCU in the Community: acts as a 'drop in centre' for all local learners seeking information and advice in relation to accessing further education options.
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2008 Toyota Highlander REVIEW
Con: Third-row seat folds as a single unit rather than in 50/50 sections.
Every 2008 Toyota Highlander comes with a 3.5-liter V6 rated for 270 hp and 248 pound-feet of torque. A five-speed automatic transmission is standard, and 87 octane fuel is all that's required. Even under the more stringent 2008 fuel economy ratings system, the Highlander's mpg estimates are better than average: Front-wheel-drive models carry an 18 mpg city/24 mpg highway rating, while AWD models rate 17/23. Notably, these numbers are higher than the '08 ratings on GM's crossover SUVs, as well as the CX-9 and the Pilot. Towing capacity is a respectable 5,000 pounds when properly equipped.
Body: The 2008 Toyota Highlander is a midsize crossover SUV with seven-passenger capacity. Toyota sells it in three trim levels -- base, Sport and Limited -- all of which are available with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive (AWD).
Base Highlanders start you out with 17-inch alloy wheels, privacy glass, a fold-flat third-row seat, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, air-conditioning, a CD stereo with an auxiliary input jack and full power accessories. Stepping up to the Sport provides 19-inch wheels, a sport-tuned suspension, a flip-up rear hatch window, a 3.5-inch information display screen, a back-up camera, an in-dash CD changer (with MP3/WMA capability), upgraded seat fabric, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and one-touch folding capability for the second-row seats. The Highlander Limited also wears 19-inch wheels, but its suspension tuning is softer than the Sport's. In addition, the Limited is fitted with power-folding/heated outside mirrors, an auto-dimming inside mirror, leather upholstery, a 10-way power driver seat, dual-zone automatic climate control (for the front seat), keyless start and wood-grain interior trim.
A manual rear air-conditioner is available on base and Sport models, while Limited models offer optional automatic climate control for the rear seats. Base and Sport buyers can also choose to delete the third-row seat (dropping passenger capacity to five) for a price credit. Other options of note on the Toyota Highlander include a sunroof, a power liftgate, heated front seats, a rear DVD entertainment system and towing preparation. The premium-grade JBL sound system supplies Bluetooth connectivity and increases the speaker count from six to nine, but its in-dash changer maxes out at four CDs instead of the usual six. The available navigation system can only be ordered in conjunction with the JBL audio upgrade.
Interior: Larger and taller adults will find the '08 Highlander's interior more accommodating than in past years, as the first- and second-row seats have grown noticeably in all directions. At the same time, the control layout remains simple and easy to understand, and interior materials quality is high.
The Highlander's third-row legroom still falls short of the Acadia/Outlook and CX-9, but getting into the third row is much easier this year thanks to the second-row seats' improved fold/slide mechanisms. Just as useful is the new "Center Stow" feature, which allows owners to easily stow the center section of the 40/20/40 second-row bench seat, thus providing walk-through access to the third row. The "20" section simply slides into its own cubby under the front-seat center console, and the operation is so simple, the 6-year-old child of one of our editors had it mastered within minutes.
Cargo space remains scant when all three rows are in use, as there are just over 10 cubic feet. Folding the third row yields 42 cubes, though, and with the second row down, there are a healthy 95.4 cubic feet -- still short of the Mazda and GM crossovers, but otherwise a good figure for this class. Our only complaint is that the third-row seat folds as a single piece rather than offering a 50/50 split, thus limiting your options when you have a mix of passengers and cargo to carry.
Safety: All major safety equipment is standard on the Toyota Highlander, including antilock disc brakes, stability and traction control, and hill-start assist (which keeps the vehicle from rolling back when starting on uphill grades). All-wheel-drive models also come with a downhill assist feature to enable slow, controlled descents down snow-covered driveways. Airbag coverage includes front-seat side airbags, three-row curtain airbags and a driver's knee airbag. In frontal-offset crash testing conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the '08 Highlander earned the top rating of "Good."
Pro: Powerful and fuel-efficient V6, easy to maneuver for its size, user-friendly cabin design with reconfigurable second-row seats and a fully usable third row.
Driving: Although the redesigned Highlander is considerably larger and heavier than before, it's still easier to drive than most midsize SUVs, even those of the crossover variety. Visibility is excellent and the steering is light enough to make it easy to maneuver in tight spaces. The now standard V6 delivers strong, smooth acceleration in any situation. The ride quality of all 2008 Toyota Highlanders still leans toward the soft side, but choosing the Sport trim level does get you more tightly controlled body motions without resorting to a harsh ride.
Edmunds Say: With more room, more power and more conveniences than its predecessor, the redesigned 2008 Toyota Highlander is truly optimized for family use. If you're shopping for a midsize crossover SUV this year, make sure you try this Toyota.
What's New: Toyota's midsize SUV is fully redesigned for 2008. Significantly larger than the original, the 2008 Highlander features a standard V6 engine and a habitable third-row seat.
Introduction: At the dawn of the 21st century, while other automotive manufacturers were reveling in the profitability of sport-utility vehicles, Toyota was looking ahead. The company foresaw a day when consumers would no longer have patience for the poor fuel economy and sloppy handling of traditional SUVs and would instead turn to more refined vehicles that offered SUV-like convenience combined with a carlike driving demeanor. That kind of thinking resulted in the original Toyota Highlander. Not only was it an immediate hit with families, it served as the template for many of the rival midsize crossover SUVs that followed it. After seven years, though, the Highlander had begun to show its age, particularly in the cabin, which was cramped by current class standards. Accordingly, the 2008 Toyota Highlander benefits from a top-to-bottom redesign.
The first thing you'll notice about the second-generation Highlander is its increased size. Built on the same platform as the current-generation Camry, the new SUV is longer, wider and taller than its predecessor. Gains in shoulder room, hiproom and legroom are substantial in the first two rows, and you feel them as soon as you get inside this crossover SUV. You'll also see a difference when it comes time to load up groceries. Maximum cargo capacity has ballooned from 81.6 cubic feet to 95.4, and for the first time, a power liftgate is available as an option.
Third-row seat dimensions haven't changed much on paper, but in the real world, the Highlander's rearmost seat is much more usable than it was before. Partly, it's due to improved access, as the second-row outboard seats are easier to scoot out of the way. Alternatively, you can just walk through the center aisle to get to the third row. The middle section of any '08 Highlander's 40/20/40 second-row bench can be folded away into its own cubby, leaving you with a pair of captain's chairs -- just like in a minivan. Toyota calls this handy innovation "Center Stow."
A couple extra hundred pounds of curb weight is a consequence of the new Highlander's added utility and size, so Toyota has discontinued the base four-cylinder engine. Instead, all 2008 Toyota Highlanders come with a 270-horsepower 3.5-liter V6, the same engine Toyota makes optional in the Camry and RAV4. This puts Toyota's midsize crossover right in line with key rivals like the Buick Enclave/GMC Acadia/Saturn Outlook triplets (275 hp), Mazda CX-9 (270 hp for '08) and Hyundai Veracruz (260 hp), while giving it an advantage over its traditional adversary, the aging Honda Pilot (244 hp).
All of these vehicles are worth considering if you're shopping for a practical, easy-to-drive family vehicle with three rows of seating. Larger families will prefer the added space of GM's crossovers or the CX-9, but for medium-size families who already liked the Highlander's combination of convenience, economy and out-and-out refinement, the 2008 model should prove quite desirable.


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Looks like they officially closed 120 through Yose on Nov 19th, according to http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tiogaopen.htm
108 appears closed for the winter as well.
Tioga Road officially closed for 2010
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The Fantasy Fix's AA Farm Report: Kyle Drabek's No-Hitter & More!July 7, 2010
Let the Fantasy Fix take you on a trip through AA's Eastern, Southern and Texas Leagues—including the no-hit arm of Kyle Drabek and the toiling of money grabber Aaron Crow. Also, a look at Chris Marrero, Adam Dunn's possible replacement if he gets traded.
Chris Marrero, 1B Washington Nationals AA Line – .289, 11 HR, 43 RBI
The Nationals 2006 first round pick is slowly working his way through the system, playing in 356 games at the AA level over parts of four seasons.
While Marrero is lauded for his incredible power, he hit .359 in June with 27 singles, 10 doubles and three HRs. His recognition of the strike zone is still a work in progress (25:65 BB to K), but he should fall well short of his 115 K in '09. Marrero was shifted from the OF to 1B as a result of well below average foot speed (despite a strong arm).
If the Nats have plans to move Dunn at the deadline, the 22-year-old could be next in line.
Matt Dominguez, 3B Florida Marlins AA Line–.239, 9 HR, 41 RBI
The 20-year-old Dominguez is still adjusting to Southern League ball. He hit .186 in 31 games at the end of '09, and is stuck at .239 this season. He has shown a willingness to work counts and draw walks, but it's not helping his BA. He finished June at .262, his strongest month, but drew a season-low (for a month) six base on balls. He drew 13 BB in 20 April games, but hit just .239.
Dominguez should grow into a doubles machine, compiling 32 in '09 and 20 thus far in '10. A right-handed hitter, his .211 BA against LHP is puzzling.
Carlos Triunfel, SS Seattle Mariners AA Line–.280, 5 HR, 30 RBI
Triunfel broke his leg last April, forcing him to miss almost the entire 2009 campaign. Following the injury, his speed and/or willingness to run has vanished. He stole 30 bags in A ball in '08, and has attempted only eight SB in '10, being caught in six of them.
Triunfel is a free swinger, walking 11 times (hasn't drawn a BB in his last ten games) and K'ing only 36. He's crushed LHP to the tune of a .320 average in 103 AB. He's displayed some decent pop for a shortstop, slugging .406 with 20 2B and eight HR in 2008 and has five bombs so far this year.
The Mariners have a black hole at SS on the major league level, but Triunfel is only 20 and still working his way back from a serious injury.
Austin Romine, C New York Yankees AA Line–.285, 6 HR, 44 RBI
The other Yankees catcher, Romine, took the Eastern League by storm, batting .354 in April and .305 in May. June was a reality check, as he hit just .227 for the month.
Despite his struggles with the stick, he still drew 16 BB, scored 15 runs and knocked in 12. He's already drawn more walks in 2010 than he did in any of his first three minor league stops.
Romine is another strong gap hitter, with 24 doubles in '08, 28 in '09 and 21 thus far in 2010. He flashed some speed in '09 with 11 SB in 16 attempts, but has stolen just one base in one attempt this season.
The Yankees love his glove behind the plate, so he should be on the fast track. Posada is a free agent in 2012, and at 38 should be subjected to DH duties in the near future.
James Darnell, 3B San Diego Padres AA Line–.226, 4 HR, 13 RBI
Darnell started 2010 in the Midwest League (A) where he hit .360 with a HR and eight RBI in seven games. Coming off the heels of a .311 batting, 20 HR, 81 RBI season in '09, he was quickly promoted to AA.
The Texas League has not been as kind to the former SC Gamecock. Darnell is hitting .226 overall, .211 against RHP and .222 with RISP. He also missed significant time with a finger injury. He's struck out 31 times in 43 games, but his plate discipline is improving. In 12 June games, he drew seven BB against six K.
The line drive hitter has crushed the ball at every level, and there's no reason to think he won't make the necessary adjustments here. But at 23, the clock is ticking.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF New York Mets AA Line–.286, 12 HR, 44 RBI
When Nieuwenhuis puts bat on ball, good things usually happen. He has 22 doubles, 12 homers and a .505 SLG%. In 72 at bats with RISP he's batting .333 with 36 of his 46 RBI. A left-handed hitter, he's hitting .303 in 66 AB against LHP. Unfortunately, contact is not made enough. He has 70 K in 68 games this season, and had a 6:31 BB to K ratio in the month of May.
Nieuwenhuis stole 17 bases in '09 and has 12 in 2010. He missed the second half of June with a strained shoulder.
Kyle Drabek, RH SP Toronto Blue Jays AA Line–8-8, 3.20 ERA, 80 K
The second marquee prospect in the Roy Halladay deal, Drabek threw a no-hitter on July 4, recording 13 outs via ground ball and walking only two. He's been tough to square up all season.
He's allowed 86 hits in 107 innings of work, and opposing batters are hitting .219 against him. His GO/AO ratio is 1.53, and 2.36 against LHH. However, the base on ball has cost him. He's walked 45, many of which have crossed the plate. Despite a BAA of .223 in June, he went winless in 5 starts, in large part the result of his 16 BB in 30 1/3.
The Blue Jays have a strong stable of young arms, but he's not far off from harnessing his stuff.
Casey Kelly, RH SP Boston Red Sox AA Line–1-3, 5.05 ERA, 55 K
Drafted out of high school as a SS, Kelly is now an esteemed pitching prospect. In his first minor league season on the hill in '09, accumulating 17 starts between A & AA, he pitched to a 2.08 ERA, yielding only 65 hits in 95 innings.
Just as impressive, he issued only 16 BB. He's already walked 25 in 2010 in 62 1/3 innings, and he's getting hit hard. Kelly's allowed 78 hits in 62 1/3, and opposing hitters are roughing him up the tune of a .307 BAA. On a positive note, he's still inducing ground balls at a significant rate (1.33).
His stuff is not overpowering, but at 20 years of age he's extremely polished on the mound.
Jordan Lyles, RH SP Houston Astros AA Line–6-5, 2.60 ERA, 85 K
Lyles' strikeouts are down from A ball (167 in 144 2/3) as expected, but his K:BB ratio of 85 to 22 is excellent. He uses his two-seam fastball adroitly against LHH, holding them to a .227 BA.
Despite his low ground ball rate and a tendency to pitch up in the zone, he's allowed only seven HR (one every 13 innings).
As Lyles continues to move up the ranks, he will need to be more proficient with his location and keep balls out of the air. He's a quick riser, but needs seasoning on his secondary offerings.
Aaron Crow, RH SP Kansas City Royals AA Line–5-6, 6.11 ERA, 63 K
Crow was originally drafted by the Nationals at ninth overall in '08, but did not sign. He throws hard sinking fastballs in the low to mid 90's. He's been a ground ball machine in his first season of pro ball, with a 3.08 GO/AO ratio.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, he's walked 44 in 91 1/3 innings and struck out just 63. All batters are hitting .292 against him, and left handed batters are hitting .335.
He finished June with an 8.72 ERA in five starts. Crow played independent ball in '09, but has clearly fallen behind the curve.
Christian Friedrich, LH SP Colorado Rockies AA Line – 1-5, 5.34 ERA, 57 K
As the Rockies first round pick in 2008, Friedrich is having no fun in the Texas League. He's allowed 72 hits in 64 innings, working to a 0.88 GO/AO ratio and LHH are hitting .342 against him. This after mowing through A ball in '09 with a 2.41 ERA and 159 K in 119 2/3 innings.
Friedrich possesses a low 90's fastball, 12-6 curve and hard, cutter-like slider. The changeup is also a new offering for him.
Michael Pineda, SP Seattle Mariners – Pineda was promoted to AAA after an 8-1 mark and 2.22 ERA in the Southern League. In three starts since his promotion, he's 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA, struck out 26 in 19 innings, and his BAA is .164. He's flown under the radar big time.
Mike Montgomery, SP Kansas City Royals – Montgomery has been shut down since June 15th with elbow soreness. Apparently it's just a precautionary measure and he should be fine. He's 5-1 with a 2.01 ERA between two AA stops in 2010, and is a high ceiling left-handed arm.
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'Walking Dead' fan shoots girlfriend who wouldn't get serious about zombie attacks
A Monday argument over the cable television show The Walking Dead ended with a Long Island man firing a bullet into the back of his girlfriend because she would not take the possibility of a real zombie attack seriously.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Nassau County police Detective Lt. Raymond Cote said that 26-year-old Jared Gurman had shot his girlfriend, Jessica Gelderman, with a .22-caliber rifle resulting in a pierced lung, shattered rib and pierced diaphragm, according to WNBC.
"He feels strongly about the possibility that some military mishap could occur causing some tragic consequence," Cote explained.
But Gurman's girlfriend refused to believe that it was realistic to worry about zombie attacks like those depicted on the popular AMC show.
"She felt that it was ridiculous," Cote said.
Apparently tired of arguing, Gelderman drove Gurman back to his home and then she returned to her own own home. That's when the dispute escalated over text messages and she drove back to Gurman's home because she worried that he had become unstable.
"She tried to diffuse the situation and calm him down," Cote told reporters. "She was walking up the stairs to the apartment when Mr. Gurman raised the rifle, pointed it at her and fired one round into her back."
The woman begged Gurman to take her to the hospital. She was in stable condition on Tuesday but the bullet remained in her body. The suspect reportedly confessed to police after first telling them that the shooting had been an accident.
Police described Gurman, who was charged with attempted murder, as "passionate" about guns. At least three firearms were seized from his home.
Watch this video from WPIX, broadcast Dec. 5, 2012.
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