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In the words of Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) CEO Kevin Dillon, "time is of the essence."
But so far nothing substantial has come out of the City Council's appeal for a review of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision of approval of T.F. Green Airport projects, including the extension of the main runway from 7,166 to 8,700 feet.
That may change when a council committee and RIAC representatives meet for the first time on Jan. 20 at City Council Chambers. The committee will hold a brief, probably no more than a 15-minute, session at which it will accept public comment before going into executive session to discuss what it would hope to gain in exchange for dropping the appeal.
Since the council voted to retain California aviation lawyer Steve Taber to challenge the FAA record of decision issued in September, the three-member committee has met twice for a total of about five hours. There has been some discussion with RIAC attorney and lobbyist K. Joseph Shekarchi, but no formal request has been forwarded to RIAC.
By this time, Dillon had hoped for some correspondence and a beginning of talks.
"It's disappointing," he said Monday, "we had hoped to meet as soon as possible."
Dillon is hopeful of reaching an agreement so as to apply for federal funding and start construction of the projects, the first of which would be runway safety areas to the shorter runway requiring the acquisition of 10 Airport Road businesses so as to realign the Airport and Post Road intersection.
"I think every day that goes by keeps people in a state of uncertainty," Dillon said. Ward 3 Councilwoman Camille Vella-Wilkinson, who chairs the committee said yesterday, "we're interested in having good solid communication with RIAC … we're not playing games to drag our feet." She plans to brief the council on their deliberations at the meeting and said that the committee's intent is to come up with an agreement that is "fair and enforceable." In arguing for the appeal, council members cited the need to ensure the health and safety of residents, assurances that home acquisitions would occur and that the Winslow Park ball fields lost to the runway extension would be relocated at RIAC's expense. Also sought by the council was the guarantee that RIAC would take steps to further reduce the runoff of de-icing fluid into Buckeye Brook.
Committee member Councilman Steve Merolla (D-Ward 9) said Tuesday, because of the confidential nature of negotiations, he could not get into specifics. He said the effort "is moving forward" and that the lines of communication with Shekarchi are open. He said that Taber is available by telephone but he does not expect Taber would attend the Jan. 20 meeting.
"I suspect this is not going to be resolved in one meeting," he said.
That's hardly fast enough for Dillon.
"It's a month after they [the committee] formed and we still don't know [what the council is looking for]. It leaves a lot of questions," he said.Vella-Wilkinson said yesterday the committee is moving deliberatively so as not to be in the situation where, because of its haste, it has missed something critical. As for the meeting on the 20th, she said she expects the parties would establish ground rules and listen to what RIAC has to say."I want to let this happen organically. It's premature to say what our expectations are," she siad.
The longer the wait, Dillon implies the fewer options RIAC has to address council demands.
"Some have outdated our control at this point," he said.
Ironically, since Dillon is looking to move on with talks, the FAA requested a 30-day extension of Taber's request for backup data on the environmental impact statement on which the FAA based its decision. Vella-Wilkinson said the city had no objection to an extension, however, according to Dillon, it was denied by the court.
"All those documents have been available for quite some time," Dillon said, adding that any further additional data could have been easily obtained by the city with a freedom on information request.
"I think we know the majority of what we want," Merolla said.
In addition to Merolla and Vella-Wilkinson, Council President Bruce Place is a voting member of the committee. Non-voting members are City Planner William DePasquale and Council Solicitor John Harrington.
Mayor Scott Avedisian did not stand in the way of retaining Taber – the city budget includes $62,000 for airport litigation – although he does not support the action. Prior to issuance of the decision, the administration met with the council in executive session to review options. While it would delay the airport projects by as much as two years, the administration's assessment was that, by and large, the FAA had covered its bases in the environmental impact statement and its chances of halting the projects were slim.
Much of what the council is now apparently looking to gain from RIAC appears to have been included in a memorandum of agreement the administration and RIAC hammered out two years ago. The council rejected the agreement, and as Dillon notes, never sought to re-open talks with a counter proposal.
Since the FAA decision, RIAC and the Department of Environmental Management have reached an agreement on a permit that will require the airport to install a system to capture and process de-icing fluid before discharging it into city sewers, thereby reducing pollution to Buckeye Brook. The system is estimated to cost $25 million and will capture 60 percent of the glycol used to de-ice planes.
I wish the city council would go with the flow on this project. Lets see the FAA, the Governor, the Mayor, all have given the project their blessings. This has been dragged out for too long. It sounds like RIAC has done its part and I'm sure will continue to do its part to satisfy the City of Warwick's request. Don't worry they will find a piece of land for the kids to play ball. I'm sure they will continue their environmental requirements otherwise they will be facing stiff fines. The EPA and DEM will be all over water pollution.
Please consider the people waiting for the airport to buy their homes once the project gets started. Also it will add to the safety of the airlines and residents by having that buffer zones.
Warwick needs to attract people to the city for revenue for our small businesses and big businesses a like. By putting Warwick on the map, combined with our great heritage we should attract people from all over the country and world for that matter to spend money here. I think tourism should be carefully considered for an increase in attraction to the city.
I propose a objective to start reviving and cleaning up this city. Vacant lots and buildings need to be monitored closely by minimum housing and action should be taken if it's an eye sore. The beaches should be kept clean. Fines for littering should be handed out. Parks should be kept clean and safe. Each summer it seems popular parks are getting trashed. I know in part it's the DEM and park rangers responsibility but perhaps the city can work closely with those agencies to make sure that people aren't trashing the parks. The only thing people understand are fines sad to say.
Yes we have all the big box stores on route 2 but they are everywhere. We need to do more if we are going to increase revenue for the business owners. Of course lower taxes would be nice as well.
I understand the city council is looking for exact dates from RIAC. I hope that RIAC cooperates with the city and gives the city council those re-assurances such as where the ball field will be moved and when. When the Main ave re-locating will begin, when the folks on the list for mandatory and volunteer buy back will get their offers etc... a time line needs to be presented to the council and made public.
I don't think our hard earned tax money should be spent on litigation against RIAC. Does the city really have the money to blow on litigation? Or, are they just going to raise our taxes for their cause?
Lets face the facts that the airport is never going to move to Quonset. The time has come and gone for that. In addition, the airport is not going anywhere. The people mover was built at a high cost. The parking garage is built on Jefferson Blvd. The trains are stopping and will continue to stop more frequently as the demand increases. The terminal is fairly new. All that is lacking is the longer runway to assure safety, and encourage all the airlines to do business in Warwick.
I was originally against the airport expansion but I do see the reasoning behind this project. Let's put our engineers and construction workers back to work building this project.
Yes let's make Warwick better by making the airport even bigger! The last comment said it would put Warwick on the map, I doubt it thats why they tell you you are landing in Providence. It would mean more noise, more homes destroyed, more pollution,more traffic, and destroying the fields families grew up and still play ball on. It would just make a mess of the city, and people wouldn't stay here they would use us like we use Logan airport, a connector not an attraction area. People would fly in here to get on a train,plane,car or whatever to go somewhere else. We would have no big attractions in Warwick to keep them here but a big noisy airport.
Note that the airlines headed by USAirways has revolted against a similar enlargement of Philadelphia International Airport. It is predicted that costs per enplanements there will rise to totally unsustainable levels, that the airport expansion will cost an entire year's profit for USAirways over a 20 year period. Southwest Airlines is already cutting service between Warwick and Philadelphia and USAirways the only airline left servicing Philadelphia threatens to pull out of that airport. When you add the costs to airlines here for the glycol management plant plus the 20% share of the costs of the safety improvements and all of the costs for mitigation, the runway extension, terminal and parking improvements to deal with the "increased passenger counts" you find that there is no way that the airlines are going to fly anything but commuter jets in and out of Green, if anything at all.
That is the risk that RIAC is pushing the city into - no air service at all if this project proceeds. Why do we care? Because tax revenue would drop if the hotels around the airport go belly up and the city would have a gaping hole where the airport used to be.
RIAC must prove to the General Treasurer that it has the financial capability to deal with all of this by January 31, 2012 - twenty days from now. This is a federal requirement. That may be one of the reasons why RIAC management is so itchy to push the city council into some kind of an agreement. But, unless passenger counts improve substantially RIAC will be unable to show this capacity to float more bonds and it will be forced to dip into its $40 million in cash to build the glycol plant. There is insufficient cash at RIAC to then meet the 20% local share for the safety improvements.
Should the City Council be asking the Circuit Court of Appeals to review RIAC's financial capabilities to build the facility? Of course it should because RIAC and the FAA have never addressed this issue in the environmental impact study and Record of Decision.
The airport construction at Philadelphia, where USAirways has hundreds of flights per day is to add a fifth (5th) runway and lengthen 2 others as well as many other undertakings that will cost billions. In the eyes of the proposers this should eliminate congestion and delays there which the PHL airport is famous for, and one of the reasons that Southwest is thinning out its flights there (including Green). Whether what they envision will work or not is up the experts in Pennsylvania.
The project here is to bring our two (2) useable runways up to modern standards for a medium size commercial airport and is a drop in the bucket toward what some planners want for Philadelphia. Of course in the eyes of Mr Langseth, any aviation story can be turned around into something anti-T. F. Green.
To Latitude41: The $500 million cost for improvements at Green may be a "drop in the bucket" compared to the $5 billion cost at Philadelphia. Philadelphia is about 10 times bigger than Green making the numbers about the same. Now USAirways is threatening to pull out of Philadelphia making life miserable for 60 percent of the passenger base there. That move would have a dramatic impact on Green.
Fitch Ratings reports on the Philadelphia recent bond offering: "(cost per enplanement) estimated at approximately $10.23 for fiscal year 2011. The CPE is projected to increase to approximately $13.5 by 2014 and possibly higher in later years in conjunction with a proposed capital enhancement program (CEP);"
Fitch Ratings has warned RIAC that further borrowing would cause a credit rating drop. This is not allowed under Rhode Island debt ceiling statute.
This $10.23 cost per enplanement is lower than Green's $11 or so cost. If RIAC somehow figured out how to get financing, the combination of the glycol plant and the safety improvements will drive Green's cost per enplanement up to around $16 or more.
Then the runway extension at Green would bump it up to over $30 per enplanement - a cost that will drive all the airlines out and probably force the airport to close the passenger terminal. The two are tied together. If USAirways pulls out of Philadelphia as threatened it would probably pull out of Green too if RIAC keeps moving forward with its expansion plan seeking out some crazy strategy to finance the "improvement."
That is why the runway expansion is a pipe dream.
You say it's just a "pipe dream".... yet it almost ready to break ground. As soon as the City Council gets their time line it should be a green light. Also, that's the idea to put Warwick on the map. Currently it says Providence, however hopefully that would change if Warwick actually was a place to stop by and do business and enjoy the sights. Airlines are not going to be "scared" away if they extend the run ways. That is the silliest thing I've ever heard. Airlines need to have T.F. Green on their list of places to fly to and from. It's good for business to have this location as their hub. Southwest alone has so much business from people flying south for the Winter. Not to mention to Disney. Perhaps now they will be able to offer more flights out to California so people can visit that Disney location. We all know how Mr. Langseth feels. I respect his opinion although it's old school thoughts. It's 2012 and we have to keep up with the times in order to grow. Whether you like it or not this is becoming a larger city. It's not the quiet farm town that it was 50-60 years ago. In fact, it will never be small and quiet again. Some folks may move, but others will move in to take their places. The city has a lot to offer. It's relatively inexpensive compared to some other cities in the state and much better off financially. So much gloom and doom on here. Not enough positivity!
Michael2012: This story about Philadelphia Airport and USAir is all over the Internet:
"US Airways balks at Philly airport expansion"
"The biggest airline in town says it doesn't want to pay for a new runway at the Philadelphia International Airport. The runway is part of a $6 billion expansion plan backed by the city, which says it will reduce delays."
The fact is USAirways, by far the largest airline at Philadelphia is actively campaigning to stop the expansion there.
Besides that, RIAC has not identified one penny that can be borrowed or otherwise lined up to pay for the expansion at Green. Its idea to use federal letters of credit to float bonds is very naive. No airport has been able to pull that off without showing a track record of increasing passenger counts. RIAC's passenger counts will be down once again for the calendar year 2011. Fitch ratings has warned RIAC that future borrowing will cause ratings downgrades. Such borrowing is not allowed by Rhode Island law - the debt ceiling statute.
This may all be "old school" but it is the way government operates around here - borrow to build. Now, in 2012, the borrowing party is over. This is not my opinion but that of Fitch Ratings and former General Treasurer Frank Caprio.
By the way where do you get the information that Warwick is "better off financially?" If that were true they would fix the fire code violations in the schools and the terrible roads residents face every day.
US Airways is doing poorly financially. Of course they are crying poverty. Are there any airlines in Rhode Island complaining about the expansion HERE? From what I hear they want it.
Yes, some of it will have to be loans. What project can be paid in full by cash in hand ?? Especially one of such magnitude. The interest rates are low so now is the time to take out a loan.
Roads... which roads are you talking about ??? Warwick has many state roads that are funded by the state not the city. So, if you're talking about Airport RD, West Shore RD, RT 2, Warwick Ave, Post Rd.... pretty much all the main arteries than it's not the City of Warwick to pay for. If you're talking about some of the side roads or neighborhood roads in my opinion I don't think they are that bad. In part thanks to a mild Winter. I haven't seen any pot holes. Most of the roads that need repair are the state owned roads... especially West Shore Rd.
No matter how good they make the roads the problem is when they dig them up for various projects such as Greenwich Ave (another state road). That is horrendous between Veterans Memorial Drive and East ave.
The fire codes I don't know about. But, perhaps the city will take all the money saved from the lack of Winter expenses and get that project done. Perhaps it's because the school dept. is always asking for more money!!! In fact, that is the biggest expense for the city is the public schools. They need to really take a close look at that budget and trim the fat big time! Perhaps close a high school? Do we really need all these high schools? But, this is getting away from the airport discussion.
You know it's hard to compare airports. Airports vary so much based on size, population, location, city and state, etc...
To Michael2012: USAirways is alive and well. It has dropped most of its Boeing 737 fleet in favor of Airbus. Airbus 319s and 320s are very effective short runway planes that do not need longer runways at Green or at Philadelphia for that matter. As demonstrated in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, USAirways will pull flights when provoked by overly ambitious airport authorities with plans to push airline operations costs through the roof. USAirways is sticking in at Green but could pull out at any time. That would be a disaster for RIAC.
Southwest has come out against higher airline prices at Green and is pulling more and more flights to Boston. Together Southwest and USAirways make up over 75 percent of the passengers at Green.
RIAC is in no position to borrow money to extend the main runway or for any other project. That's why the main runway extension project is DOA.
You're funny "doa" may be in your mind but to everyone else it's very close to going forward and breaking ground. Passenger numbers are down because of the economy. Once the economy builds up more speed it'll be high passenger numbers and high profits for the airlines.
Published today in Pennsylvania. USAirways has already pulled out of Pittsburgh over similar concerns leaving that airport a fiscal wreck. If it pulls out of Philadelphia there will be severe ramifications at T.F. Green. The airlines can and to pull out when the airports go too far with expansion plans. Where do you think the money is going to come from to extend Green's runway??????
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Airport expansion price scheme criticized
Published: Monday, January 16, 2012
US Airways said the economics of the expansion plan could force the airline to drastically reduce services.
Airport officials previously stated airport revenue bonds would constitute two-thirds of the expansion's funding, while a variety of other funding sources — including user fees and additional grants — would make up the difference.
But US Airways' analysis shows frightening numbers, Lehmacher said. Airline analysis shows the enhancement project threatens to raise airline costs by $3.6 billion over the next 13 years, he said.
"It's easy to say just pass it on to the customer. But you have to keep in mind, the leisure customer is very price discriminate," he said. "The ultimate reality is, we can divert services. We're not at that point yet, but the economics are simple."
And while the city has said the expansion plan would bring thousands of construction jobs, with fewer flights running into and out of the airport, airlines may cut back on employees, Lehmacher said.
However, Derenick-Lopez (Philadelphia Airport Spokesperson) said airport officials have yet to see any cost estimates from airlines as they continue to negotiate an agreement.
"We are currently negotiating the next use and lease agreement," Derenick-Lopez said, adding that the current agreement expires at the end of the year. "We have a lot of time to negotiate."


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Full Sail Brewing Company could be tapped by a "sin tax" that company officials say would drain its profit margin and dry up its ability for growth.
Irene Firmat, founder and top executive of the Hood River brewery, said Gov. John Kitzhaber's proposal to help cure the state's ailing economy by adding a "nickel-a-drink" excise tax on beer and wine could actually backfire by bringing more job losses.
And she fears it will set a precedent for government officials to cast their eyes on alcohol producers every time they need a quick income fix.
"It really frightens me that the state government is living beyond its means and the cumulative effect that is bringing," said Firmat. "Full Sail was built with `sweat equity' and as hard as we've worked for our money it needs to be respected because we are a very real part of this community."
The possibility of beer and wine taxes being hiked has also worried Jim Parker, executive director of the Oregon Brewers Guild.
"The `nickel-a-drink' proposal is a true lie because it isn't going to be assessed at the point of consumption so it will really mean more like 25-cents-a-drink when the cost is passed up the line," he said.
Parker said the tax on beer and wine shipped within the state actually pencils out as an increase of 53.7 cents a gallon or more than six times the current rate of 8 cents a gallon. He said that hike to 61.7 cents would be more than triple the national average and the second-highest tax rate in the country -- higher than the federal excise tax of 58 cents a gallon.
Firmat said even though Kitzhaber recently amended his tax proposal to exempt breweries that produce less than 200,000 barrels a year, the original plan applied to any company that generated 100,000 barrels or more. She is worried the original plan may resurface since Kitzhaber has vowed to veto the financial package put together by the Legislature during last weekend's special session.
According to Firmat, Full Sail currently brews about 64,000 barrels a year and could not afford to pay the more than $1 million in excise taxes if it reached its anticipated growth capacity of 126,000 barrels.
She said the employee-owned business is already feeling the pinch from enormous utility hikes last year. In fact, Firmat said since a 50 cent per six-pack price increase was levied last October to offset rising energy costs, sales from the $12 million company have been down by eight percent. And Firmat said to offset that loss, any position vacated by the 54-person workforce will not be filled -- at least in the immediate future.
"The consumer has made it known loud and clear this product has a price ceiling -- and we have reached it," wrote Firmat in a letter to Kitzhaber that was sent in late January.
She is joined in her opposition against the proposed excise tax by Hood River state legislators Rep. Patti Smith, R-Corbett, and Sen. Rick Metsger, D-Welches.
"This is not a good time to be raising taxes, particularly when our economy is already on a slippery slope," said Smith. "Hood River has certainly carried its burden of high unemployment and job loss and any hint at tax increases would only exaggerate this problem."
She pointed out that since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the east coast, the Oregon chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses has reported a loss of 2,000 charter members. In addition, Smith said the state enjoys the dubious first place ranking in the nation for unemployment.
"I strongly oppose this tax because it is really a production tax and the more they grow the more they are penalized -- and that is just bad economic policy," said Metsger.
Oregon is scrambling to cover a $830 million budget deficit that was created when a decline in revenue made it impossible to cover the 15 percent increase in the state government's 2001-2003 operating costs.
Although Democrats and Republicans have been largely united in their stand against Kitzhaber's beer and wine tax proposal, Firmat fears that may change during political negotiations.
"This is not just a tax on the consumer, it's a tax increase for the company and that makes small businesses very vulnerable during a time of recession," said Firmat.
She said Full Sail, like most of Oregon's small businesses, pays between 35-40 percent of its income in local, state and federal taxes and related fees.
Parker said Oregon currently has 68 craft breweries that employ more than 2,600 Oregonians and play a key role in the health of both the agriculture and tourism industries.
"This is an anti-business tax that would take one industry and literally chop it at the ankles and discourage any growth," said Parker.
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What's been going on the last several days in the northern St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, MO - I live in deep south STL city, if that helps - has been almost a crime. Militarized police are basically throwing tear gas canisters, arresting people left and right (one was a St. Louis city alderman and friend of mine) and basically showing the world what martial law may well be like in this nation if it keeps up.
A very popular blog called Shit Saint Louis Says (he's a self-described conservative and has served several tours in the Middle East) said something about it today; the guy has been calling out regulars on local message boards for, shall we say, some continually idiotic statements (or, as my buddy David 2 says, Following The Script).
Here's his entry for today (after previously saying on Facebook, "I'm not touching it."): http://www.saintlouiscomments.com/2014/08/ferguson-riots-and-why-ev...
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I agree but cannot answer your question. I wish Brent would reply to this again and we could see what else he knows.
how has it been one week since this occurred and we still don't know how many bullets were fired into this young man?
Not only that, but the autopsy found a chokehold.
The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, is now covered extensively on You Tube. So far 3 witnesses to the shooting have come forward but what they saw is limited. Lots of video there from TV and the private sector. Lots of rioting and protestor video also.
The autopsy is in and Brown was struck by 6 bullets. 4 in the right arm, 1 in the right eye, and 1 in the top of the head. Some shots caused multiple wounds and all shots appear to be from the front.
I'm going to stop reporting on this shooting now and direct everyone to You Tube where you can use key words and see video that maybe a lot of us have missed. There's even a radio call in there where the woman calling in claims officer Wilson called Michael Brown a "thief." We know that one isn't true because Wilson knew nothing of the Ferguson Market and Liquor robbery of cigars just minutes before the shooting on Canfield. Both good and bad are on You Tube now with more coming, so this is easier to sort through for a series of events than it was a few days ago.
Sorry I haven't replied lately to this folks. My bad. I need to keep up better, I'll admit.
Here's the very latest: Gov. Jay Nixon has called out the National Guard, and Amnesty International has announced they are sending a team to Ferguson to monitor the situation. Needless to say, The Usual Suspects are up in arms over AI coming to town.
I'm heartbroken over the whole thing, I'll admit. This is a black eye from which we'll have trouble recovering from for a long, long time. My brother put it like this: It's like a huge boil that's being lanced in the area, and what's coming out ain't pretty.
Here's the most recent installment of the Shit Saint Louis Says blog. The guy who runs it isn't thrilled with comments being made: http://www.saintlouiscomments.com/2014/08/a-quick-fuck-these-people...
Thanks Sentient. I hope my brother is right as well. But considering what went down last night and some more disturbing news today, I fear it's going to get worse before it gets better.
I lived in East and North side St. Louis as a child, can't say I ever want to return, this just strengthens my hatred for the place.
I've put the story together pretty well now. It appears that on the day Michael Brown was gunned down that everything on both sides went together to create the perfect storm.
Follow it on You Tube and listen to the witnesses and put it together for yourselves.
An ongoing development here - St. Louis City police shot and killed a 23-year-old black male today in north STL City. Witnesses report the man was acting "erratically" after taking items from the store; a STL Alderman who works at a nearby beauty shop called police.
The shooting took place not far from Ferguson; St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and STL Police Chief Sam Dotson are promising a swift and transparent investigation into the incident. As per policy, the officers involved were placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-police...
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Ross Island
Earth : Asia : South Asia : India : Southern India : Andaman and Nicobar : Ross Island
Ross Island is in the Andaman Islands of India. Once the capital of Andaman under British rule, it was moved to Port Blair after a 1940s earthquake.
The Presbyterian Church at Ross Island was a protestant church built of stone and the windows had frames made of burma teak. The glass panes behind the altar were made of beautifully etched stained glass from Italy. The quality of the wood was so good that it survived the vagaries of weather for over a 100 years. A small structure south of the church was built to accommodate the parsonage.
"Ross Island boasted of a superb bakery which offered one of the best confectioneries, bread loves, buns, cakes, croissants and many other delicacies of those times. The bakery was a tastefully constructed building based on the 19th century British architecture with all the modern facilities of the times including a self contained cook house"
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In March/April (best time to go there) its generally very hot and humid. But the scenic beauty and landscape will soothe it. Do wear sunscreen and sunglasses. Also wear a cap. You can carry an umbrella while you walk.
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You can also pay the local fishermen to take you on day trips to mangrove creeks (Bridget Creek is nice) or places like Mt Harriet National Park (where you can beach your boat and go birdwatching). Don't pay more than Rs 2000/day for the boat, and you can often bargain it down to much less. Be sure to check with the Forest Dept before heading out, as many destinations require certain permissions.
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Walking is the only option. Its a small island.
See the British era quarters, clubhouse, offices as well their complete setup, which would include power station, water distillation plant, workshop, bakery (this is very famous), secretariat, church, ferar beach, old jetty, open air theater. Farzand Ali Store here is famous. It is now maintained like a museum, has a lot of pictures of the British era. There is a Ross Island Memorial documentary shown inside the Bakery (Timings - 9.30 am to 9.45 am, 11.30 am to 11.45 am ). A documentary on Andaman Islands is shown from 3 pm to 4pm.
Also do see the Japanese bunkers.
You will find a lot of deer/stags in the forest over here.
There is an aquaguard in the jetty. Also you will get a lot of coconut water (Rs 15-20)
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Accounting firms, including small firms, do a great deal of business across state lines. Many clients have facilities in nearby states that require an on-site inspection during the course of an audit. Additionally, consulting, tax, or other non-audit services that CPAs deliver may be provided to clients in other states, or to facilities of local clients that are located in other states. Many small business clients of CPAs also have multi-state activities and are affected by non-resident state income tax withholding laws.
There are 41 states that impose a personal income tax on wages, and there are many differing tax requirements regarding the withholding for income tax of nonresidents among those 41 states. A number of states have a de minimis threshold, or exemption for non-residents working in the state before taxes must be withheld and paid. Others have a de minimis exemption based on the amount of the wages earned, either in dollars or as a percent of total income, while in the state. Further complicating the issue is that a number of these states have reciprocity agreements with other, usually adjoining, states regarding the withholding of non-resident state income taxes.
The recordkeeping, especially if business travel to multiple states occurs, can be overly burdensome, and the recordkeeping and withholding a state requires can be for as little as one day's work in another state. Additionally, the amount of research that goes into determining what each state law requires is expensive and time-consuming. A small firm or business will often be required to engage outside counsel to research the laws of the other states on an ongoing annual basis.
Where many businesses once tended to be local, they now have a national reach. This has caused the operations of even small businesses to move to an interstate basis. Because of the interstate operations of these companies, many providers of services to these companies, such as CPAs, find that they are also operating on an interstate basis. What once were local taxation issues have now become national in scope, and burdens must be eased in order to promote interstate commerce and ensure businesses run efficiently.
Many smaller firms and businesses use outside payroll services providers, and some of these providers are unable to handle multi-state reporting. They often limit, for example, reporting to two states, the state of residence and the state of employment. Additionally, third party payroll service providers generally report on a pay period basis (e.g., twice per month, biweekly, etc.) as opposed to daily, which can be a necessity when interstate work is performed. These reporting issues require employers to track and manually adjust the reporting and withholding to comply with various state requirements. The alternative is to pay for a much more expensive payroll service.
A reasonable de minimus period would ensure that the interstate work for which an exemption from withholding is granted does not become a means of avoiding being taxed or shifting state income tax liability to a state with a lower rate. Instead, it ensures that the primary place(s) of business for an employee are where that employee pays state income taxes.
With respect to concerns that may be raised about the impact of this legislation on state revenues, studies on this legislation show the net impact on state tax receipts are minimal. According to these studies, 25 states will actually gain revenue or have no loss, and 22 states will have revenue reductions of less than .02%. For all the states combined, the net change in total taxes will be approximately a $42 million reduction in personal income tax receipts.
Legislative History
The first version of legislation to remedy this issue was introduced in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) as H.R. 6167, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2006, and it would have created a uniform national standard and limited state or local taxation of the compensation of any employee who performs duties in more than one state or locality to:
(1) the state or locality of the employee's residence; and
(2) the state or locality in which the employee is physically present performing duties for more than 60 days.
The bill was re-introduced in the 110th Congress (2007-2008), and a hearing was held in the House Judiciary Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee. Subsequent to that hearing, state tax administrators and a coalition of businesses negotiated a new version acceptable to both sides. The proposed period an employee must work in a host state before having to pay withholding was reduced from 60 days to 30 days. In the 111th Congress (2009-2010), Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) re-introduced the bill as H.R. 2110 with the legislation attracting 23 co-sponsors before the Congress adjourned.
In the 112th Congress (2011-2012), Congressman Howard Coble (R-NC), the chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the issue, along with Congressman Johnson, reintroduced H.R. 1864, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2011. The legislation passed without objection in the House of Representatives. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced the identical version, S. 3485, in the Senate. The Senate adjourned last year before S. 3485 was considered.
On March 13, 2013, Congressmen Coble and Johnson re-introduced, H.R. 1129, the same version that passed the House in the previous Congress. Senator Brown is expected to reintroduce his bill again in the near future. The AICPA is a leader in the National Mobile Workforce Coalition comprised of more than 400 national businesses and groups that support this legislation.
AICPA Position
Having a uniform national standard would enhance compliance and eliminate the burden of having to maintain a working knowledge of the state tax laws in a state where an employee does not reside.
In addition to uniformity, there needs to be a de minimis exemption of at least 30 days before an employee is obligated to pay.
Congressmen Coble and Johnson and Senator Brown have reached a balance between the states' taxing of work done within their borders and the needs of business, and especially small business, to be able to operate efficiently in this economic climate.
AICPA submitted a letter and Written Statement to Congress on the proposed Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013, H.R. 1129, for the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law hearing on April 29, 2014, where AICPA testified. AICPA testified in support of H.R. 1129, which would prohibit states from taxing most non-resident employees unless the employee is present and performing employment duties in the state for more than 30 days during the calendar year. The AICPA believes H.R. 1129 provides long-overdue relief to taxpayers and their employers from the current web of inconsistent state tax and withholding rules that impact everyone who travels for work.


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Thanks to Brickman for its creation --and Kirro for linking the first references prior to this.
For River
Ok, so Ah posted something on the Quintessence art fanworks thing, and it seemed to be getting some positive feedback. Please don't lynch me for this, but it gave me the courage to post fan works of To The Moon on this as well...
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If any part of the story in To The Moon should actually be captioned with the title "For River," Ah think it should be when they were kids in junior high school, at Johnny's first confrontation of River by the stairs.
Since you're experiencing the whole tale backward, rooting since after the time Johnny allows River to die in the place of her lighthouse, from as far as Johnny can possibly remember, this moment is where it all started.
This moment is the first one that ever fueled his decision to give up someone he loves for the sake of her happiness. This moment is where River first expresses her own passions and desires to Johnny, so it should be the piece titled, "For River." It was the hardest thing he'd ever had to do, after all. Him letting her go was the time that was entirely made for her... not the song.
If you don't agree, well..... Please don't stab me, Dad. Ah do my best! >.<
Anyway, here's a link to my daily art journal, where you can contact me on Facebook or whatever... https://www.facebook.com/foxenfruit/
Stay frosty, my dudes
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As thousands of mobile companies and developers converge on Barcelona for this year's Mobile World Congress, the AIR team is delighted to announce a preview of Adobe AIR on Android. We are excited to publicly show a sample of AIR applications running on an Android phone.
Using Adobe AIR, developers and designers will be able to build standalone applications to target devices running the Android operating system. These very same applications can also be deployed as desktop AIR applications on Windows, Mac, Linux, and also as applications on the iPhone using the Packager for iPhone .
If you are in Barcelona, come by our booth to check out the exciting apps that we have running on an Android device. For the rest of you, we have some video demos of AIR on Android @ http://www.adobe.com/go/airmobile
Developers using AIR on Android will be able to leverage mobile-specific features–such as multi-touch, gestures, accelerometer, GPS, and screen orientation–to deliver richer and more immersive user experiences across multiple operating systems.
Prior to the availability of AIR on Android, developers will be able to create mobile applications targeting the iPhone using the Packager for iPhone solution that we announced at Adobe MAX 2009. They share the same APIs to make the applications portable. We've worked with several developers on the applications below to get them running on AIR Android. Most of these applications are currently available in the Apple App Store today!
Alchemist by InRuntime Ltd.
FickleBlox by BlueskyNorth Ltd.
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|South Park Avatar Creator by MTV Networks
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Amed is a long coastal strip of fishing villages in East Bali.
Amed refers to a long stretch of coast running from the village of Cucik about 14 km eastwards incorporating the seven villages of Amed, Jemeluk, Bunutan, Lipah, Selang, Banyuning and Aas. The pace of life here is slow and the coastal scenery quite stunning making Amed the perfect place for a relaxed holiday in Bali.
Amed is the most recent tourist development area in Bali. It was only in 2000 that tarmac was laid on the roads. Telephone lines were installed in 2003 and it took until 2007 for a bridge to be built over a section of the main road that regularly washed away during the rainy season.
This is the most commonly used base for visitors wishing to dive the USS Liberty wreck at Tulamben and that area is also covered by this article. There are other good dive sites close at hand and a thriving dive industry has developed all the way along the coast here.
Amed's inhabitants live from fishing, salt-making and tourism. The lack of tourism-based revenue, its remote nature and the generally harsh environment for farming, meant that this area was very much one of the poorer areas in Bali. Amongst others, the East Bali Poverty Project [47] drew attention to the plight of the local villagers in this area and that, together with recent tourist development, has gone a long way to improving general standards of living, health and education.
Get in
Amed lies on the north-eastern tip of Bali, a little more than a two hours drive from the Ngurah Rai International Airport. A taxi service to Amed is available at the airport for about Rp 400,000.
Amed is accessed by turning east at the village of Culik which lies on the main east coast road from Karangasem to Singaraja.
Shuttle buses regularly serve the destination from Candidasa and Lovina and now that the road has been greatly improved, they take you all the way into Amed (previously all buses stopped at Culik and motorbikes ferried visitors into Amed). Perama [48] operates optional shuttle buses from Padang Bai or Candidasa to Tirtagangga, Amed and Tulamben (Rp 125,000, min. 2 people). Depart : 9.30AM & 2PM - Return : 11AM. There is no Perama office in Amed.
The easiest way into Amed though is to hire your own transport with a driver. Be aware that the Amed district is stretched out over more than 10 km. Transport by local drivers is widely available in Amed. Transport to Padang Bai should not cost more than Rp 150,000.
If you are coming from the islands to the east, Amed Sea Express [49] offers pick-up in Lombok, Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air with twice daily service to Amed arriving at 9:15AM & 1:15PM.
Get around
Public transport in Amed is rare. There are bemos (mini buses) from Culik as far as Aas (that pass through Amed) but mainly in the morning. Later in the day it is almost impossible to find public transport. The easiest way to get around is to hire a car and driver. Motorcycles are widely available for rent and you should expect to pay Rp 50,000-80,000/day.
Taxi with child seat now available at Dillons Bungalows and Restaurant.
Amed is famous for its beaches, lined with traditional outrigger fishing boats. There is quite coarse black volcanic sand at Amed village beach. As you move further east (and away from Mount Agung), the beaches have softer sand and become more of a mid grey-brown in colour. The prettiest bays are probably those at Jemeluk and Lipah but the whole stretch of coastline is very attractive.
Salt production is a declining but still important industry in this area. As you drive along the main coast road through the villages you will see large open drying pans crusted with salt crystals. Those little boxes of gourmet Bali salt crystals you see in delicatessens and speciality food stores all over the world may have started their long journey from these very pans.
There is vibrant marine life close offshore in clear seas.
Most people come to Amed as a getaway, including expats from other parts of the island. It is a favourite honeymoon destination for tourists and is very popular with divers and snorkelers. Day trips to local places of interest such as the water palace at Tirta Gangga and Bali's most sacred temple, Besakih, can easily be arranged. Mount Agung with lots of trekking options just 30-40 minutes from Amed.
Traditional outrigger boats are available for fishing charters from the main beaches in the Amed area. This normally involves early morning trolling for mackeral.
Have a traditional massage on the beach. Women from the local villages are always on hand for an invigorating massage, speciality so at Lipah Beach.
Enjoy nature and go with the wind on a traditional sailing boat for diving, fishing, exploration, dolphin watching, snorkelling or just swimming and relaxing.
You can get your visa extended here for Rp 500,000, which takes a week. That's generally cheaper than doing so in south Bali. Dive Concepts can tell you where to go for that and probably other dive centres too.
Amed and Tulamben are fast becoming recognised as the best place in Bali to learn freediving (apnea or breath-hold diving). 2 Freediving schools are located in Amed (Apneaista) and Tulamben (Apnea Bali) plus several other instructors use those locations for providing courses.
Jemeluk bay in Amed is most favoured, due to it's deep coral walls and lack of strong currents. Based there is the Apneista Freediving training and Yoga space. It is Bali's first freediving school and they have a beautiful training space and Yoga sala right on Jemeluk beach. The training is open to all and ranges from complete beginners, the basic level freediver to more advanced coaching for those who have received freediving training elsewhere. The training is influenced and supplemented with various aspects of Yoga education. For more see Apneista freedive training and yoga education
In Tulamben, in the close vicinity of Liberty wreck, Apnea Bali Freediving Education is located. Courses for all levels are provided in Apnea Total and SSI systems. Training and coaching sessions are also provided for advanced freedivers. Those who can afford to stay a little bit longer special Master program has been developed. In 4-5 weeks intensive intern-ship-like training people are reaching apex of their freediving capabilities. Those who are in area for short time can try freediving in "Dicover Freediving" 1-day course. Guys from Apnea Bali made the wreck their kingdom and there is a big chance that everyday you will find them freediving there. For more see Apnea Bali Freediving Education
Viktoria, [50] offers yoga lessons in Amed. She studied and started to practise in Nashik, India and has been teaching classic Hatha Yoga since 2006. Each lesson is 90 min.
Apneista Freediving and Yoga school has recently opened a beachside yoga sala and training space in Jemaluk bay, most days there is a 90 minutes Asana class in the evenings and often in the mornings. They also offer workshops in other aspects of Yoga such as Pranayama and Meditation. See [51] for more details.
Amed has some good snorkelling within metres of the shore. A reef follows the majority of the coastline and is quite close in. Due to the limited number of visitors to the area and a growing conservation awareness among the locals, the sea life is healthy and abundant. There is a small wooden wreck in only 1.5 m of water off Lipah Beach, however this is not the World War II "Japanese Wreck". David Pickels' book on diving in Bali described this dive site for the first time back in 1999 as the Lipah Bay Wreck, and he admitted his mistake in the meantime. Matter of fact is that the real Japanese shipwreck is not located in Lipah Bay at all, but just a few kilometres further east along the coast, in the village of Banyuning and is great for diving & snorkelling with abundant coral & fish life - this dive site is locally known among the dive operators as the "Japanese Wreck" and is clearly signposted with ample car parking and snorkel equipment rental on location.
Best places for snorkelling are:
There is some fine diving in Jemeluk Bay both from the beach and from boats in deeper water. After a gentle slope out from shore, the wall here drops off dramatically to depths of 40 m plus. The coral is healthy and fish life abundant. There are some good drift dives further east at Selang and Bunutan but these are generally only suited to more experienced divers.
Beware of diving after a heavy rain, the water from the run-off can greatly reduce visibility in the water.
Tulamben is a small fishing village, 30 km north of Amed, about 20-30 min by road. As well as local dives off the various Amed beaches a notable attraction is diving the wreck of the USAT Liberty at Tulamben. Some divers base themselves at Tulamben itself where all of the hotels have either in-house dive operations or are associated with one of them.
The Liberty is a US Army transport ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1942. The wreck lies about 30 m offshore and is covered in soft corals. A huge range of reef fish have made this their home with occasional visits by pelagics. Some of the wreck can be seen by snorkellers. There are other dives in the Tulamben area and keen divers will have no problem entertaining themselves for a few days in this area. A night dive on the wreck is strongly recommended, with bumphead parrotfish looking for a place to sleep and chances of seeing the Spanish dancer. One word of warning - The Liberty is a very popular dive and unless you are actually staying at Amed or Tulamben and get there early in the day, it can be very crowded indeed.
There are a few shops in Amed selling basic necessities as well as sarongs and T-shirts. It does not have the range of handicrafts and clothing that you find in other more developed tourist areas of Bali.
Surprisingly considering how much tourist is here, there are still no ATMs in Amed. The nearest is in Amlapura (a 30 minute drive) so bring some cash with you. In Amlapura there are two banks: BRI (no ATM) and Bank Danamon (ATM, but only withdrawal of small amounts of money). Larger amounts can be withdrawn at the stand-alone ATM on Jl. Diponegoro at the Hardy's shopping centre. An ATM is coming soon to Culik.
Most restaurants in Amed cater only for tourists and no local will ever or can afford to eat there. It is virtually impossible to find any food that is not adapted to western palate (read: bland). In some restaurants you can ask and they will be happy to make it a little more authentic.
There are not many budget options, unless you want to eat satay from the stalls and instant noodles every day. And even those will try to get more money from you than they ask from the locals.
There is a huge selection of mid-range small family restaurants. Most of them have the same items at the same prices, but quality can be vary greatly. It is worth trying a few of them as alternatives to the more expensive places, as some of the mamas cook a lot better.
For an evening drink and entertainment, a local band performs live at the Double One Restaurant once a week and there are sometimes free Balinese dance performances in some of the restaurants. Generally Amed is quiet at night and it is certainly not a late night drinking spot.
The best places for a evening are Wawa Wewe, Wawa Wewe Beach Restaurant or Pacha Bar.
There is a wide selection of hotels in the area and more are appearing all the time. Most tend to be quite small and intimate and built by westerners in partnership with local Balinese. These have brought a welcome increase in employment and prosperity to the area.
Everyone knows everyone here so there is a real feeling of village community. The hotels are well spaced out though so you feel that you have your own private space. There are few TVs in the hotel rooms, so bring a good book to read or better still, spend your time getting to know the locals. The pace of life is very slow and relaxed in Amed, the people are friendly and they have time.
There are also several hotels at the village of Tulamben to the north of Amed which specialise in providing for visitors intending to dive the wreck of the USS Liberty. These establishments are normally affiliated with a dive operators
Phone lines are limited in the area and most hotels only have one landline each. It is wise to bring a mobile phone when visiting if you need to stay in touch with the outside world. Local Indonesian (GSM) SIM cards can be purchased in thousands of places around Bali. There is a public telephone office at Lipah Beach close to Coral View bungalows.
Internet coverage was non-existent until quite recently but is getting much better with several hotels investing in their own ADSL backbones. Public internet facilties are available at Amed Cafe in Amed village, in Lipah next to Hidden Paradise and Anda Amed in Bunutan. Coverage is expanding fast though and any visitor should look out for public internet cafe signs.
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Current Priority
Help include support for the GTA02/Freerunner into the upstream Linux Kernel.
Currently working on
- Send GTA02 basic support upstream (so that we can start sending drivers)
- I started from this work done by Andy.
- Get touchscreen driver upstream
- Apply all the Andew Morton's suggestion for the touchsceen filters
- Get rid of a sort call Morton did not like. Werner and I came up with a much better algorithm. Its worst performance only happens when we actually have a hardware problem (too much noise) and if the Hardware does well it is much faster and requires less points.
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#2208 : consider sending touchscreen release event on resume?
I keep a backup of the patches I work on in a public subversion repository. The main purpose of this repository is backup in case of disaster.
I am Nelson Castillo -- a Digital Alchemist.
- My goal is to turn all the difficult issues I have to deal with into working code (silver).
- When the code is also beautiful then it is better than gold.
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If you have a kernel issue you should write to the mailing list.
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Simone was born in the Alsatian village of Husseren-Wesserling. In 1933 when she was three, her parents moved to the nearby city of Mulhouse. There, her father worked in a printing factory. Her parents were Jehovah's Witnesses and instilled in her the teachings of the faith. Above all, she was taught the importance of placing obedience to God before allegiance to any earthly authority.
1933-39: I grew up in a home full of love. My parents would read the Bible to me. Our life included music, art, knitting and good food. I loved my dog and playing outdoors. We had a garden near the house and I enjoyed hiking and cycling in our beautiful countryside. In 1936 I began public school, studying in both French and German. During those years I learned a lot.
1940-44: The Germans occupied our region in 1940. A year later, I was expelled from school for refusing to say "Heil Hitler" and was interrogated by the Gestapo. When I was 12, the courts ordered that I be taken away from my parents--the Nazis claimed I was being corrupted by Jehovah's Witness teachings. In June 1943 I was sent to a children's reeducation center in Constance, Germany. My aunt was allowed to visit me nine times in two years: she smuggled illegal literature from Mulhouse. My love for Jehovah sustained me.
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Calle 13 started out as the court jesters of Latin music, throwing witty social satire atop reggaeton and hip-hop beats. But on their second album, 2006's Residente o Visitante, they exhibited a political consciousness as sharp as their black humor, as well as an expanded sonic palette that incorporated music from all around the Latin world. On their brand-new third release, Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo (The Ones Left Behind Are Coming With Me), rapper Residente and multi-instrumentalist/producer Visitante venture even farther afield, exploring sounds from Dixieland jazz to the Balkan chaos of Emir Kusturica. We spoke to Residente on the eve of the album's release, and a New York concert with Mexican electro-funksters Kinky.
What are the songs "Que Lloren" about?
Well, I think it's not the best song on the album, but I don't know, some people like it. I'm criticizing some of the reggaeton artists who try not to give us space in the urban community. I think there is a misunderstanding about the words 'urban music.' I'm explaining in that song what is urban music for me.
Are you perceived as art school kids playing around with reggaeton?
No, but – they see us as crazy people, making alternative whatever. They don't know what we are doing. I don't think they see us as art school kids making urban music. They know that we are for real, and they know that we have good lyrics the thing is that some of them criticize us because they don't understand some of the things we're doing. That's what I'm talking about in the song.
If you're seen as weirdos, working on a track with Café Tacvba probably isn't gonna help.
Yeah, well, it depends on the people, you know, and how – if you know about music, you know that Café Tacvba is one of the greatest bands, if not the greatest band in Latin rock music. So the thing is, maybe they don't know about Café Tacvba. Not every one of the reggaetoneros maybe some of them do.
Didn't you record a collaboration with Juanes for this album, also?
Yeah, but right now it's not on the album because of problems with the record label. So I have Café Tacvba and I have Ruben Blades. I still have the song with Juanes, but my little sister is singing [his part]. She's got a great voice.
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This is a lesson about the phenomenon of ice and about scientific inquiry. Learners will ask scientific questions about ice, will delve into the nature of science, embark upon scientific inquiry, and will practice scientific enterprise. Activities... (View More) include thinking and acting like scientists and keeping scientific journals. Also includes an activity called "Act Out the Science" - a whole group participatory activity in which students act out the parts of a story. An optional small group version is included in which students act out their own stories. This is the introductory lesson for Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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SBA you need to not only suspend GTSI but also the small businesses that acted as a "Front" for them and others. I am a SDVOSB and I have refused to Front for large businesses but they always find someone who will. Suspend, Investigate and then Debar all parties is the only way to keep the bad actors out of Federal Contracting!
It would appear the SBDMWO movement social engineering is coming off the tracks. There are so many set asides that can only be achieved with the resources available only to large corporations that this is a continuing occurence. Stop the sham and call it like it is, another shaft the taxpayer game at the behest of the government.
I can't help but wonder where the contracting oversight was on these disputed contracts. If a company can make money it will. If the govt. sets a rule for a set-aside, is the onus on the company looking to make a profit to determine that it can or cannot compete for subcontracts? Unless there are rules prohibiting subcontracting this way, why would anyone expect a profit driven company to self-police?
Isn't it also the Prime's responsibility (under Limitations in Subcontracting) to ensure it performs at least 50% of awarded work value by itself? Why is only a subcontractor being called on this and not the Prime who allowed this to happen - who was in fact "passing through" the work it was awarded. The latter seems to be just as serious a violation ...
They are as guilty as the rest of the big SI's. If you really want to dig into it, start looking into the Alaskan 8A shops and all the subsidiary branches they open under the umbrella of the main.
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Good luck with the chemo Tuesday. I REALLY hope the cancer doesn't spread to her brain.
Thanks for sharing your experience! It makes me feel a little more at ease. My vet is a really laid back guy and when he explains things he acts like the chemo is nothing sometimes... [I think that's just how he and I communicate, very nonchalant to each other] and it's really serious business, I mean, it's chemo!
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International organizations/Initiatives
- Global Village Energy Partnership - supports and helps set up energy action plans and assists energy SMEs in developing countries.
- Interamerican Ethanol Commission - Co-chaired by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; Roberto Rodrigues, president of the Superior Council of Agribusiness of Brazil and Luis Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank.[1]
- IBEP: International Bioenergy Platform (interim website)
- International Energy Agency Bioenergy (IEA Bioenergy)
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - "IRENA aims at becoming the main driving force in promoting a rapid transition towards the widespread and sustainable use of renewable energy on a global scale."[2]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- News:
- For Gulf, Biofuels Are Worse Than Oil Spill , 17 June 2010 editorial by Investor's Business Daily: The OECD "recently stated in a report: 'When acidification, fertilizer use, biodiversity loss and toxicity of agricultural pesticides are taken into account, the overall impact of ethanol and biodiesel can very easily exceed those of petrol and mineral diesel.'"[3]
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United Nations organizations
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization: Bioenergy (FAO: Bioenergy)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) UNCTAD has a Biofuels initiative.
Development banks / International financial institutions
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- World Bank
- International Finance Corporation
- News:
- Palm oil lobby attacks World Bank's new social and environmental safeguards, 18 April 2011 by Mongabay.com: "Groups funded by the palm oil industry lashed out at the World Bank's new framework to resume lending to the palm oil sector."
- "World Growth International and the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA), groups that advocate on behalf of the industrial palm oil sector, blasted the World Bank for including social and environmental safeguards as guiding principles for lending to the palm oil sector. The World Bank said it would prioritize investments that 'support smallholders and foster benefit sharing with rural communities.'"[4]
- Greens Warn World Bank Over Palm Oil Funding, 5 September 2010 by Jakarta Globe: "Environmental groups Greenpeace and Sawit Watch have called on the World Bank to extend its international suspension of financing for the palm oil sector unless producers meet environmental criteria."
- "Since 1965, the World Bank has channeled nearly $2 billion for 45 projects in the palm oil sector in 12 nations across Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia."[5]
- World Bank Group publishes draft framework for sustainable palm oil, 27 July 2010 by Cosmetics Design: "The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have released a draft framework for engagement in the palm oil sector, in the hope of promoting positive change."
- Download the consultation draft of the document, The World Bank Group's Framework for Engagement in the Palm Oil Sector.
- Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis, 4 July 2008 in The Guardian: "Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report".
- Palm oil lobby attacks World Bank's new social and environmental safeguards, 18 April 2011 by Mongabay.com: "Groups funded by the palm oil industry lashed out at the World Bank's new framework to resume lending to the palm oil sector."
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- 12 January 2010, Washington, D.C., USA: World Bank InfoShop event, Bioenergy Development. (Themes: bioenergy, development, environment, land use, natural resource management, poverty)
- In association with the launch of the book, Bioenergy Development: Issues and Impacts for Poverty and Natural Resource Management, by Elizabeth Cushion, Adrian Whiteman and Gerhard Dieterle.
- 12 January 2010, Washington, D.C., USA: World Bank InfoShop event, Bioenergy Development. (Themes: bioenergy, development, environment, land use, natural resource management, poverty)
International cooperation
Multilateral agreements
- Core Agriculture Support Program - Is a part of the Strategic Framework for Subregional Cooperation in Agriculture for the Greater Mekong Subregion Program, which includes Cambodia, China, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The program works to increase cross-border trade and investment in agriculture. A major part will focus on ensuring "that the benefits from new opportunities opening up in agriculture through biofuel crops and the attendant new technologies, and the opening of borders among GMS nations will be spread out equitably."[1]
Bilateral agreements
- US-Brazil ethanol partnership
- Brazil-Indonesia Consultative Committee on Biofuels
- ↑ http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/904/ CASP agreement to benefit biofuel producers in Mekong
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| Multilateral agreements: Kyoto Protocol: Clean Development Mechanism
International initiatives: Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) | International Biofuels Forum
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Minnie Meerkat - Sally and Nick are planning to camp out in the backyard, but there are some scary noises out there! Not to worry, The Cat's friend Minnie Meerkat can teach them all about camping safe. Off to Peekaboo Plains where a group of meerkats show them how they make their camp safe every night. Now Sally and Nick know what to do to feel safe in the backyard. D
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