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that are serious and pose a serious threat to the security of lives and passengers?
Senator D'amato. That is exactly the point, Senator, and I am glad that you raised that issue. We are suggesting that the analysis process continue. We are not going to attempt to tell the services, the intelligence services, how to make that assessment.
But once they have made the assessment that this is a very real * threat, as they have in the past, at that point and at that time the public and the crews in the areas affected when they make this assessment should be given the right to know, so they can make the judgment.
And what will take place? Passengers are going to know that there is some threat in this area. The air industry itself is going to respond as they have never before. There is going to be the kind of extensive hand searches of carry-on luggage and checked baggage.
On certain high threat routes, I think we do ourselves a disservice not to have the kind of extensive security in operation that El Al so successfully employs.
The kinds of measures discussed here will lead to increased security, and increased public awareness, and will help prevent terrorist activity from becoming a reality.
Public disclosure will have the impact of reducing, I believe, the kinds of threats that we are now open to. I am not suggesting that we are going to eliminate all risk. However increased vigilance, security, and public notification and awareness will certainly reduce the likelihood that airlines are targeted.
Senator Mccain. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Senator D'amato. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Senator Ford. I believe Senator Exon may have a question for us.
Senator, do you have an opening statement?
Senator Exon. I have one. I will try to be brief. I want to thank Senator Lautenberg from New Jersey and Senator D'Amato from New York for coming here, as well as you for calling these most appropriate hearings, Mr. Chairman, at a most appropriate time.
The Aviation Subcommittee which you chair and which I have been a member of ever since I have been in the United States Senate is doing everything that it can. And the hearing that we had earlier this week on airline maintenance and aging aircraft was tremendously informative. It helps us make the right decisions.
I want to take just a moment, though, to thank our friends from New Jersey and New York, who serve very ably over on the Appropriations Committee.
There are some differences of opinion from time to time between the authorizers and the appropriators throughout the history of the United States Senate. I think there has never been a time when the authorizers and the appropriators have worked more closely together, as evidenced by the two witnesses that we started off with here this morning and in this particular case.
I thank you for coming over, Senator, and sharing your thoughts with us.
Just a brief amplification of that—and I am going to be extremely brief because I see the Secretary has arrived. Mr. Chairman, I know that we want to go right to him. I will have no opening statement as far as he is concerned, except to welcome him here once again.
This is a very, very important time when it is up to the Congress and all of those who have any supervision whatsoever over the airlines to bring back a greater measure of security for the traveling air public than they have right now. I would hope that during today's session, or some time today, or at the latest some time within the next few days, the authorities will be able to come out and name publicly who the individual was, or individuals, for the _ Flight 103 disaster.
I think there is nothing that could beef up the confidence of the traveling public than if they could be assured that in a prompt manner, using proper procedures, we can identify who the individual or individuals were. That would do as much as anything else to immediately restore more confidence than exists today.
Thank you for your help and part in that, Senator. And I have no further questions.
Senator D'amato. Thank you very much, Senator.
Senator Ford. Thank you, Senator. We appreciate you coming today, and we look forward to working with you on your legislation.
Senator D'amato. Thank you.
Senator Ford. We are now very pleased to have the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Samuel K. Skinner. Mr. Secretary, if you will identify your colleagues for the record, we will proceed.
I appreciate your coming. You should have been here earlier. We will send you a transcript of the beginning of this testimony about the accolades that you received from the members of this committee. Take it when you can get it.
Secretary Skinner. Yes, I will totally agree with that, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate them, too.
I am accompanied today by two senior members of the FAA security program, Monte Belger and Raymond Salazar. Both of these gentlemen have been and are intimately involved in the efforts at the FAA and the Department of Transportation to deal with the problems of aviation security.
May I go ahead with my remarks, Senator?
Senator Ford. Yes, please.
Secretary Skinner. Thank you. I have a complete statement that I would like to submit for the record, but I do welcome this opportunity.
Senator Ford. Mr. Secretary, your total statement will be included in the record as if given, and we look forward to your summary.
Secretary Skinner. Let me give some over view remarks. I do appreciate the opportunity to be here. There is no issue that is more important to the FAA and the Department of Transportation than this issue. It has enjoyed a top priority effort of the Secretary's office, as well as the FAA.
And we have been, I would point out, Mr. Chairman, working together on this very, very important issue, each with our own areas of responsibility, but on a coordinated basis, because this area of security, airline security, requires not only expertise that the FAA provides with their specialists working with their foreign and domestic intelligence sources, but it also requires a high level working relationship between other organizations within governments at the national and international level, and the Secretary's office has been able to provide that kind of support to them.
Let me also say that I am convinced that the/system today that we operate in is the safest in the world. Terrorism is a horrible problem. It is a problem that is not just isolated to American flag carriers. In fact, the majority of the destructive efforts that have gone on by terrorists have been directed at foreign flag carriers, as well as American flag carriers.
We are totally pledged to improving the system of airline security, and I believe as a result of some of our initiatives that we took last week, basically within several weeks of the investigation I began after meeting with the Pan Am 103 victims, we have taken significant steps toward dealing with this problem.
As Senator Exon pointed out, we are not going to stop terrorism by tight security at the FAA and at airports all over the world. We are going to deter it. While we are deterring it at the airports and the air facilities throughout the world, we must also make sure that those organizations charged with criminal, investigative, and prosecution responsibility are making an all-out effort to deal with the terrorists in their countries where they reside or where they have migrated to.
Working together on a national basis and on an international basis, we can put together a very, very effective program in that regard.
It is also a problem that requires international cooperation. A week from tomorrow I will be leaving for Europe, where I will visit six countries in six days to meet with the heads and sub-heads of various transport agencies, to meet with the international carriers as well as domestic carriers.
And the purpose of that trip will be to discuss with them the security initiatives we have taken recently, to encourage them to take initiatives of their own, and to find ways in which we can work together to deal with some of the problems that exist.
As you may have known, we have taken some effective steps already in the area of security. We have passenger and baggage screening techniques. We have imposed in special circumstances extraordinary security measures. We have worldwide use of X-ray and metal detection equipment. We have a very significant Federal air marshal program. We have in-depth assessments of U.S. and foreign airport security programs, and we have tightened control of access to aircraft and security sensitive areas.
We have put a considerable amount of money into research. We have improved our ability to analyze intelligence on terrorist activities, and we have assisted those countries that do not have the kind of resources that we have in the area of technical assistance and training.
This fiscal year we are increasing the FAA's civil aviation security work force by an additional 56 personnel and have requested 120 more security positions in our fiscal 1990 budget, which brings our total security force to almost 700 people.
I do not think there is a more important program within the FAA budget than our program dealing with security and terrorists, and I am hopeful that the Congress, working on a bipartisan basis, as Senator Exon pointed out, will support this program and give us the necessary resources.
We are also accelerating the delivery of the thermal neutron analysis units we have developed in research for the last several years. Those program deliveries will be accelerated. The first one will go into New York some time within the next two or three months.
We have also made sure that the carriers serving the United States are doing what they can to secure the operations against criminal and terrorist acts. And we amended FAA Regulation Part 129.25 to require foreign airlines to submit their security plans to the FAA for acceptance. These are in the process of being reviewed and they will be commented upon.
On April 3rd, after meeting with the Pan Am 103 victims and after I sent a special team to Europe to study the situation firsthand, and after an intense internal review of our security system, and after later meeting with the President and the Pan Am 103 victims, we announced an extraordinary set of measures that we are imposing on air carriers.
These initiatives include requiring the deployment of TNA units at the busiest airports in the United States and overseas. On April 24th I will be going personally to Europe, as I have indicated, to discuss the initiatives.
We are assigning additional FAA security specialists to provide greater surveillance and assistance to U.S. carriers. That, those discussions and placement, has already begun.
In addition, we have improved the FAA's security bulletin process. We have made compliance by U.S. carriers with such security directives mandatory. We require acknowledgment by the carrier within 24 hours. And we require carriers to submit to the FAA a plan within 72 hours to show us what they have done about it.
In addition, we have elevated standards for X-ray and metal detection. We have formed the National Aviation Security Advisory Committee, which will be chaired by Mr. Salazar, which will be a forum for additional interchange and improvement of the programs.
We have conducted a top to bottom review and evaluation by FAA on how well U.S. carriers are doing in complying with security requirements, and we are discussing with foreign governments new procedures for effective coordination of security and countersecurity efforts.
All of this is in the process of being implemented, and I believe these proposals and these programs will ensure that the safe skies are even safer.
In addition, we have re-evaluated the way we evaluate intelligence. We are working to improve our working relationships with' members of foreign government intelligence units, whose cooperation we rely on. And we are also working out arrangements with the domestic and foreign intelligence-gathering organizations within our own government, to make sure that we are fully coordinated with them as well.
Let me say that, before we get into questions, I think that a lot ° has been done, but there is a lot to be done. It is an unusual problem because it requires cooperation both domestically and internationally. We cannot mandate, but we must convince the governments abroad in Europe that what makes sense to us also makes sense for them.
We are receiving cooperation from most of those countries and I anticipate we will receive a great deal of cooperation in the future.
Let me talk about the Administration's personal commitment to this problem. I had the opportunity to meet with the President and Pan Am 103 victims in his office several days ago. That meeting was scheduled for 20 minutes and went over an hour.
I believe the families of the 103 victims believe, because they have indicated that to me, that the President understands their concerns. And I can assure you from conversations I have had with the White House and with the President personally and with Chief of Staff Sununu that the programs and efforts that we have undertaken, as well as other programs and efforts we are considering, is at the very top of their agenda.
The President is personally committed to making sure that the system is improved to the best of our ability. He is committed to make sure that the Federal government responds quickly and correctly on this situation, and he has made that commitment to the families who were, I believe, the proper ones to have that made to, as well as to the American people.
I have no question that we will have additional improvements and suggestions as this process goes on. I believe as a result of my trip to Europe we will have additional significant announcements that will be made on a coordinated basis with those major countries in Europe.
I think we are doing everything we can to stay on top of this and, as I indicated before, there is nothing that is a higher priority on my agenda than making sure that we follow through on the commitments that the President and I have made, not only to the Pan Am 103 victims, but to the American people.
Mr. Salazar, Mr. Belger and I await your questions.
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Kenneth C. Ponte, a former New Bedford lawyer and the only suspect ever charged in the still-unsolved, 2-decades-old highway killings case, was found dead Tuesday in his home.
NEW BEDFORD — Kenneth C. Ponte, a former New Bedford lawyer and the only suspect ever charged in the still-unsolved, 2-decades-old highway killings case, was found dead Tuesday in his home.
New Bedford police went to Ponte's residence at 336 Austin St. around 2:30 p.m. after a friend had been unable to contact him for at least two days. Police radio communications indicate the friend saw Ponte, 60, lying motionless on his couch in the living room.
Lisa Rowell, a spokeswoman for the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, said the preliminary investigation showed no evidence of foul play and that investigators do not believe the death is suspicious.
Rowell declined to speculate on the cause of death. She said investigators are awaiting toxicology and autopsy results from the state Medical Examiner's Office.
In recent years, Ponte had battled drug addiction. He told reporters that his life went into a tailspin after a grand jury indicted him in 1989 in connection with the deaths of one of the nine drug-addicted women whose bodies were found along highways in Southeastern Massachusetts between July 1988 and June 1989.
Two other local women who disappeared at that time were never found.
Former Bristol County District Attorney Ronald A. Pina said Ponte had personal relationships with some of the victims, but an independent prosecutor later dropped the charges against Ponte because of insufficient evidence.
Ponte denied any involvement in the killings, but the indictment cast a long shadow and he said it made his life a living hell. State police detectives investigating the cold case in May 2007 dug up the yard of his former house on Chestnut Street.
"It just really broke him," said Brockton defense lawyer Kevin Reddington, who represented Ponte. He said he spoke with Ponte last summer and that Ponte had discussed a business investment. He said Ponte was never the same after being indicted.
"He was hounded and just vilified in the media," Reddington said. "He had his issues. He had a lot of problems."
Ponte had several run-ins with the law. He was arrested at least twice for possession of crack cocaine. In 2004, he was charged with animal cruelty for neglecting his cat. Three years later, he was charged with shoplifting at Price Rite on Hathaway Road.
In 1997, Ponte was disbarred for using $12,000 of a client's insurance settlement for personal use, according to court records.
Ponte was born and raised in New Bedford. He had two siblings and his mother, Helena M. Ponte, still lives in the city. His late father, Joseph Ponte, was a former veterans' agent for the City of New Bedford.
Ponte attended New England School of Law and had a private law practice in the city.
"He was a smart guy who just couldn't get it together," Reddington said. "It's a sad postscript to a sad tale."
A large "Ponte and McCarthy, Attorneys At Law" sign was visible Wednesday on the living room wall inside Ponte's home. The living room floor was littered with trash, and the furniture was overturned. The property was also in disarray. Trash was strewn outside of the house.
Last year, Ponte invited two women to his house during the early-morning hours of June 29, according to court records. The women had criminal records that included prior arrests for prostitution and drug possession. Ponte told police one of the women pulled a knife on him and robbed him. Her case is still pending in district court.
Police and prosecutors who investigated the highway killings said Ponte's death ended a tragic life.
"It was a life of promise that was not fulfilled," said Assistant District Attorney Raymond P. Veary. "But we all make choices and Ken made his. I wish he had made better ones."
"It's a shame that a man who had the opportunity to go so far had succumbed to drugs," said retired New Bedford Police Officer Richard Ferreira, one of the investigators in the highway killings case.
Retired Massachusetts State Police Lt. Jose Gonsalves said Ponte could have spared himself the anguish if he had been more forthcoming with investigators.
"Unfortunately, he chose not to speak to us about his relationship with the homicide victims," Gonsalves said. "It forced us to spend a lot of time and efforts following up on various leads and bits of information. Ultimately, his cooperation could have saved us a lot of effort and benefited him in the long run."
Ponte was arraigned for the murder of 28-year-old Rochelle Clifford Dopierala after the grand jury deliberated for 18 months. Prosecutors had alleged Ponte killed Dopierala because she was going to expose his drug use.
However, Paul V. Buckley, an independent prosecutor appointed by former District Attorney Paul F. Walsh Jr., later dismissed the charges. Buckley said the grand jury had indicted Ponte on "a fishing expedition."
Kenneth Arsenault, the father of Robbin "Bobbie Lynn" Rhodes, a 29-year-old New Bedford woman who was one of the murder victims, told The Standard-Times he had long been suspicious of Ponte. Arsenault, 79, doubts his daughter's murder will ever be solved.
"It's been 20 years already and they haven't solved it yet," Arsenault said.
Buckley said Antonio DeGrazia, a Freetown man, was a key suspect. DeGrazia committed suicide in 1991.
No one has ever been brought to trial. The case remains open. Rowell said it is the district attorney's policy not to comment on open investigations.
Staff writer Curt Brown contributed to this report.

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When Shields Legal Group (SLG) began partnering with CFT, it was the start of a mutually beneficial relationship. CFT provided the structure that our law firm needed to start giving back to the community. As Jim Shields, SLG's founder and CEO remarked, "Our 15 employees had the heartfelt desire to volunteer, but we simply lacked the in-house resources to make it happen in a focused and meaningful way."
In conjunction with joining CFT for Business and establishing the Shields Legal Group Charitable Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas, SLG launched its IMPACT l 365 program in early 2014 as a means to challenge our employees to take intentional action to give back, 365 days a year. The program is focused on three primary objectives: (1) sustaining the environment through the firm's Going Greener Office Policy; (2) lending a helping hand through volunteer service; and (3) giving back through financial gifts.
CFT has been with us each step of the way, through program launch and beyond. The Plug 'N Play calendar offers a variety of community involvement events, making it easy for SLG's employees to find something of interest throughout the year. Engagement Captain round table discussions provide a regular forum for exchanging ideas on how to ignite employee enthusiasm for volunteerism. CEO events featured by CFT afford a unique opportunity to learn from and be inspired by exceptional entrepreneurs.
With CFT as shepherd, the IMPACT I 365 program has provided a platform for SLG's 15 employees to make a meaningful impact in our community. During SLG's first year, employees invested more than 145 volunteer hours in Plug 'N Plays and other community involvement events. Firm employees collected 1,000 boxes of instant mashed potatoes for a local food pantry and made online donations to their favorite charity as part of North Texas Giving Day. SLG supported CFT's annual Freedom Day event through a sponsorship, service on the steering committee, and sending a team of volunteers to help repair a VA transitional home. Kathy Hoke, the firm's managing partner, was named 2014 Engagement Captain of the Year.
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We are rapidly approaching the April 1st deadline for the filing for new H-1B visas for the 2009 to 2010 Fiscal Year (FY 09-10). H-1B Petitions for FY 09-10 must be received by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), Citizenship and Immigration Services ("CIS") on April 1st, 2009. If you do not begin to make preparations as early as possible then you and your prospective H-1B employer will be unable to secure an H-1B (subject to the cap) for the October 1st, 2009 start date.
Unless Congress acts immediately to increase the quota of 65,000 visas (plus and additional 20,000 for those with Masters Degrees from U.S. Academic Institutions), the allotted number of H-1B visas are likely to be taken on the very first day that the petitions may be filed. This is what happened last year and it is presently anticipated that the same thing is going to happen next year.
Last year during the "run on H-1Bs" many people did not receive the visa because the petitions were not filed in a timely manner. Other cases were not "properly filed" (defined in the CIS regulations) and were incomplete or deficient in some way and they were therefore not approved even though they were filed in a timely manner. If petitioners fail to properly meet each one of the regulatory filing requirements, then the petition may not be considered "properly filed" and may be returned.
There are a few things that prospective H-1B employers and H-1B employees can do to improve the likelihood that the H-1B will be accepted by the CIS. First, be sure that all of the appropriate documentation is contained in the H-1B petition. Second, be sure that the H-1B is submitted to the CIS in a timely manner. Third, be sure that the H-1B is sent to the proper CIS Service Center for adjudication.
Most importantly, H-1B petitioners should consider the possibility of utilizing filing multiple H-1B petitions. Be advised that the CIS issued guidance concerning multiple H-1Bs. Filing a master's H-1B and bachelor's H-1B is not considered a multiple H-1B filing. Many organizations have layers and layers of subsidiaries and affiliates (different organizations with different Employer Identification Numbers) and there appears to be nothing yet in the regulations to preclude the use of those organizations as vehicles for additional H-1Bs. With each H-1B submitted, there is a statistically higher chance of one of the H-1Bs being able to "win" the lottery.
What is your H-1B back-up plan? First consider trying to obtain an H-1B with a cap-exempt organization. Academic institutions of higher education can make petitions for the H-1B with no regard to the cap. Also, many may qualify for alternative visas to the H-1B. For example, in 1991, the law carved the O, P Q and R visa categories out of the H-1B nonimmigrant visa classification. You will want to look to all of your H-1B visa alternatives.
What is your H-1B Back-Up Plan? Look North to Canada.
The most common reason for H-1B applications to be returned is that too many are received for the number of available H-1B slots. Most foreign nationals invest all their energies in the H-B process without thinking of what they will do if they don't make the quota. It is recommended that H-1B applicants set up an "immigration back-up plan." Canada offers a viable alternative to those seeking entry in the U.S. and not accepted for an H-1B visa.
What many do not realize is that foreign nationals who are presently in the U.S. can make an application for Canadian permanent residence before, or while, they file for and await an H-1B determination. There is nothing to prevent applying for entry to both countries at the same time. Under the Canadian Immigration Regulations, there is a special provision to allow a foreign national to apply to enter Canada directly from the U.S. - without returning to their home country - as long as that person has been lawfully admitted to the U.S. for one year or more and has the visa(s) to prove it. However, it is preferable to apply to Canada (but not necessarily required) before the current visa in the U.S. expires.
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I made all the decorations on the Spongebob Scene Birthday Cake in advance. The pineapple, SpongeBob and Patrick are shaped from chocolate rice crispy treat, and then covered in fondant. Patrick took a couple of layers of fondant and then gum paste to get a smooth look.
I painted the pineapple with yellow, orange and brown food coloring and pearl dust, and then drew the lines with brown food coloring marker. The door and windows are made of fondant and colored with blue food coloring and pearl dust, and then I drew on them with food coloring markers.
I colored SpongeBob with food coloring markers and drew on his face; I used bamboo sticks for his legs and arms. Patrick has a pink colored gum paste exterior and swim trunks, I drew on his face with the markers. Plankton is made of fondant, colored with markers, has stamen for arms and Gary is also made of fondant, toothpicks holding up his eyeballs, and colored with the food coloring markers.
The flags are bamboo sticks and construction paper. The green stepping stones are painted with green food color and petal dust and the party hats are made of gum paste and colored with markers. The sand is 'coco/vanilla puffs' cereal that sat in the food processor for a while, the walkway and water are writing gel. I baked 2 layers 9 x 11 yellow cake, filled it with chocolate ganache and whipped cream with sliced bananas and strawberries and covered the whole cake with whipped cream then the crushed cereal, gel, and fondant figurines and pineapple house. I cut pieces of my palm tree and covered the stems with tape, carved a hole on top with a pumpkin carver and fluffed out the stems and pasted them down with a wad of green gum paste.
The cake was a hit and all the kids were asking: how'd you make that, what's it made of, can I eat it?


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The hamsters are a strange curiosity of the Digital Bunker. We're not exactly sure where they came from, but if one thing is obvious and that is that they're not going anywhere. Despite our best efforts.
TSU-HQ has officially designated the situation as an infestation, since there's no other way of describing the situation.
Hamsters occupy almost all levels of the Bunker, scurrying through the nooks and crannies of corridors and rooms, the ventilation system, crawl spaces and even the plumbing.
Due to exposure to various experiments and substances, either on purpose or by accident, some hamsters are more intelligent than others. Which explains King George. And the Hamstronaut program run by the Toy Soldier Orbital Sciences Directorate.
The Army of Toy Soldiers has learned to live with the infestation, and the hamsters are happy with the scraps from the mess halls. Or the laboratories.
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Our Year 13 students made sure it was a day to remember when they said goodbye to Attleborough Academy on their last official day of Secondary education. Whilst many Year 13 lessons will continue to attend lessons at the academy up until they sit their final exam in each subject, for these students this was the official end of seven years of their young lives spent at Attleborough Academy.
All the students made a considerable effort and entertained their teachers and colleagues with the wonderful array of imaginative and colourful costumes they adorned for the occasion.
To begin the celebrations, the Sixth Formers first attended an assembly led by Head of Sixth Form Mr Andy Cole, for a presentation with photos from their time at the Academy, and to relive amusing incidents from the students' years here. Mr Nevard had put together a video for them, which contained messages of support and advice from all their teachers. Students then gathered for group photographs, before spending time with their form tutors where they wrote 'thank you' messages for individual staff and signed the book of Sixth Form Memories. They then relocated outside, (thank you to parent Mr Collier who provided us with the use of weather protection marquees!) to play rounders, and enjoy a delicious barbeque. During the afternoon other staff joined in the celebrations, conversations and goodbyes and students were able to group for photos with the friends and teachers that have been such a large part of their lives at Attleborough Academy.


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Holden C, Lee K. (2009), "Corporate Power and Social Policy: The political economy of transnational tobacco companies," Global Social Policy, 9(3): 328-54, http://online.sagepub.com. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Global Social Policy, Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2009 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. ©
Drawing on published tobacco document research and related sources, this articleapplies Farnsworth and Holden's conceptual framework for the analysis of corporatepower and corporate involvement in social policy (2006) to the transnational tobaccocompanies (TTCs). An assessment is made of TTCs' structural power, the impactupon their structural position of tobacco control (TC) policies, and their use of agencypower. The analysis suggests that, as a result of the growth of TC policies from the1950s onwards, TTCs have had to rely on political agency to pursue their interestsand attempt to reassert their structural position. The collapse of the Eastern bloc andthe liberalisation of East Asian economies presented new structural opportunities forTTCs in the 1980s and 1990s, but the development of globally coordinated TCpolicies facilitated by the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention onTobacco Control has the potential to constrain these.


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Originally created in 2004 for the Queensland Arts Council schools touring program, ROMEO & JULIET has been a hit with students and teachers throughout Australia and Hong Kong.
This high energy show explores Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET through the eyes of three modern high school students. The themes of love, hate, fate and betrayal explode onto the stage through dynamic physicality, contemporary beats and both classic and modern text.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed 805 bills to date this year, and vetoed just 96 — meaning material wending its way out of the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature stands an 89 percent chance of approval.
Among legislative Democrats, however, Brown does not enjoy a similarly high approval rating. "They are pissed," sums up Barbara O'Connor, the former director of Sacramento State University's Institute for the Study of Politics and Media. "They are not allowed to do the more progressive things they'd like to do with a Democratic majority because he says no."
"I am truly disappointed," sums up Sen. Mark Leno. Under cover of last week's Columbus Day holiday, Brown spiked 30 bills lingering from last month's close of the legislative session. It was a showing indicative of why Brown's fellow Bay Area liberals aren't his biggest fans. The governor vetoed six of Leno's bills alone, including measures that would have given district attorneys discretion in charging drug possession cases; an electronic privacy bill that would have required warrants be obtained before service providers disgorge people's information; and a measure that would have effectively ended the gun show at the Cow Palace. All of these progressive-friendly bills were opposed by law enforcement groups — and, ultimately, the governor.
But that shouldn't be a surprise. "Jerry Brown didn't get elected because he'd sign every bill reducing sentences for cocaine," says Assemblyman Tom Ammiano. The governor is expected to run again next year. "His larger concern," adds O'Connor, "is to not look too liberal and keep the business community as a partner. He obviously has a formula that's working for him. And it's annoying a lot of progressives."
It's also confusing them. "Sometimes he waits to see what the barometer is," sighs Ammiano. "And, sometimes, he's just Jerry Brown."


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Over the past 50 years, MPR has been a conduit for regional authors to connect with their readers. This past year, with a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the Archive team has been actively identifying and digitizing the best of these interviews, essays and public appearances. In this collection you will hear the essential voice of Minnesota in authors like Sigurd Olson, Tim O'Brien, Robert Bly, Louise Erdich and many others. Also included are recordings of visiting authors--non-Minnesotans, but part of our literary pantheon. This project has been funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
The Great Minnesota Get Together, as the fair is also known, has been held every year with a few exceptions since 1859, the year after Minnesota became a state. The fair's permanent home is 320 acres along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, where the fairgrounds' historically significant buildings are a big draw. Other big attractions include the various foods on a stick, carnival rides, livestock shows and grandstand performances. Daily attendance for the two week festival that ends on Labor Day totaled more than 1.7 million in 2010.
A collection of interviews conducted by the late, great Leigh Kamman. These interviews were broadcast as a part of Leigh's long-running show "The Jazz Image."
Collections of stories that highlight special themes, contributors, or people that highlight unique facets of Minnesota.
Some of MPR's classic shows from throughout the past 50 years of original programming.
Minnesota Public Radio was founded in 1967 by Bill Kling and Colman Barry, president of St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. After the first station, KSJR 90.1 FM, went on the air, Kling began building a statewide network. Here's a sampling of some early recordings found in the MPR Archive.
An MPR interview series with the most prominent voices in Minnesota politics, business and the arts.
Special projects or collections digitized and made available through the generosity of a granting agency or donor.
Collections of stories grouped under the themes of Politics, Arts and Culture, Education, Health, Religion, Business, and the Environment.


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Chrysler logo history, Chrysler emblem
April 11th, 2015
Mercury – American car brand, which appeared in 1939, but since 2010 these cars are no longer produced.
The idea of the name belongs to Edsel Ford, the legendary Henry Ford's son, who founded the Ford Motor Company. It was Edsel who decided to produce cars for the middle class, not as cheap as Ford, but not as expensive as Lіncoln.
Mercury is the ancient Greek God of commerce, he was clever, tricky and fast (it can be recognizable by the wings on his sandals). Logically, the first logo was a portrait of Mercury.
At the end of the 60s instead of the mythical character, there was a cat's head with open mouth depicted on the logo. Due to the advertising, wild cat was associated with the famous model of muscle car Mercury Cougar (1967).
In the mid 80's logo was dramatically changed, in this form it was used prior to liquidation of the brand. Three curved lines of silver color on the logo is a stylized letter "M" – a capital letter of Mercury brand. The lines are arranged on a black background and circled in a wide circle.


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The School of Information and Library Science seeks to advance the profession and practice of librarianship and information science; to prepare students for careers in the field of information and library science; and to make significant contributions to the study of information. Faculty members further these goals by teaching and advisory work; by research and scholarly publishing; and by service to the school, the university, the state, and the professional community. The American Library Association (ALA) accredits both the master of science in library science degree and the master of science in information science degree.The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredits the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
SILS ALA Reaccreditation Program Presentation
SILS 2013 to 2020 Strategic Plan
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) stands among the leading research-intensive schools devoted to educating information professionals. In the past two decades SILS and its peers have broadened research and educational missions beyond scholarly publishing and libraries to the entire spectrum of human information activities. This trend is manifested in what is characterized as the international i-School movement and SILS is an exemplar in demonstrating this 21st century view of information theory, practice, and education. This strategic plan benefits from the advances and challenges of the first decade of the new century and provides a foundation for the SILS of 2020 and beyond.
Javed Mostafa is the Director of the Carolina Health Informatics Program and the Director of the Laboratory of Applied Informatics Research. His research concentrates on information retrieval problems, particularly related to search and user-system interactions in large-scale document/data repositories. He also serves as the Deputy Director of the Biomedical Informatics Core at the NC Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute and has current research engagements in biomedical data mining, analysis, visualization, user interface design, and multi-modal human-computer interaction. He regularly serves on program and organizing committees for major conferences and participates as reviewer for major grant initiatives.
Javed served as an associate editor for the ACM Transactions on Information Systems for eight years. He currently serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology and he also serves as an associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Internet Technology.
Translating scientific advances into health care improvements is a passion for Javed, and based on support from UNC's Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute, he co-founded a company concentrating on patient-centric decision support and streamlined care workflow called Keona Health. At UNC, Javed holds a joint faculty position in information science in the School of Information and Library Science and in the Biomedical Research Imaging Center in the School of Medicine. Additionally, he holds the title of Adjunct Professor of Community and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University.


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And this is the lipstick painting I did last night. One Down - I thought it was a great title for this, but now that my son is sick I hope it is not foreshadowing. My husband never gets sick, so it will be me if Evan is going to pass it on to someone.
Friday, October 9, 2009
One Down
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Cute painting, I like the title too!ReplyDelete
love your lipstick paintings!!!ReplyDelete
These are fun paintings Tammy. I think you did a great job of the silver lipstick tubes.ReplyDelete
Sorry your little fella is sick... he has had a bit of a rough time the last little while. Some snuggle time with mommy is the best medicine... but hopefully you don't get sick too.
Happy (quiet) Thanksgiving.
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While I was writing my review of This Girl, Colleen posted on her blog a slam from Will to honor a fan on her birthday. I must admit that I kind of envy her because now she has an awesome slam with her name on it and written by my top best book boyfriend. But at the same time, I'm terribly thankful for being able to read more from him.
It's really wonderful how words can cut so deep and provocke so many emotions. I admire that.
So here I am, sharing this awesome words. Enjoy!
An ode to Kaci.
From Will.
I write and perform poetry.Some might laugh at that.
Some only wish they had the courage to do it.
It's a very private, intimate process—putting words and feelings down on paper.
It's a much scarier thing to speak those words in front of strangers.
It's absolutely
to speak those words in front of people I know.
People I love.
As an artist, I think it's necessary to surround myself with people who are also artists.
Or at the very least, people who can appreciate that part of me.
Because it's who I am.
It's what I'm all about.
Whether you're a musician,
a writer,
a painter,
a photographer
or a poet,
the need to be understood by at least one other person is vital to the passion.
To know that the words or the art you create make another person feel even a
of what you felt while creating it is what drives the passion for creativity.
It's not the praise that an artist craves.
It's the understanding.
The appreciation.
The connection.
The first night I introduced that side of myself to Layken, I could see the appreciation in her eyes.
The respect.
The fascination.
When that first tear fell from her eyes as she watched the very first performance on the stage, I felt it.
I felt her.
As little as I knew her in that moment, that one tear was testament to everything I had been missing in my life up to that point.
Someone I could connect with.
Someone who would understand me.
Someone who could grab my hand and take a step back and look at the world and see it how I saw it.
In words.
I didn't want someone who looked at a tree and just saw a tree.
I wanted someone who looked at a tree and saw a seed and rain and dirt and the story of how that seed became that tree.
I didn't want someone who looked at a child and saw a child.
I wanted someone who looked at a child and saw a young woman and a young man and a first kiss and a love story that blossomed into a family.
I didn't want someone who looked at an old church and saw ruins.
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I didn't want someone who looked at a book and saw a cover.
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and dove into it…
and went to the places written about inside it…
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I was looking at someone who saw the world the same way I did.
In words.
Not everyone in my life will always understand my passion.
Not everyone will appreciate it, and that's okay. Love exists in many different forms and art is only one of them.
What I do know is that when I find someone who appreciates my passion…it's important to thank them.
It's important to let them know that their passion for my words are what drives my own passion.
It's more important to hold on to them.
If you're one who sees the world in words, thank you.
It takes more than a painter,
a writer,
a musician,
a photographer
and a poet
to keep art alive.
It takes people like you who don't just
the book.
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The Coffee Lounge was launched in May 2013 by Cornish Gems luxury holiday letting specialists. The mission was to provide a welcoming coffee shop for locals to enjoy whilst also offering Cornish Gems clients a venue to come in and talk to staff about their property or book a holiday, whilst enjoying the best barista-served coffee in town.
A hybrid retail space was interior designed, uniquely combining Cornish Gems St Ives holiday lettings office and The Coffee Lounge.
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There are two Cornish Gems lettings offices across Cornwall – Threemilestone – Truro, and the St Ives office accessed via The Coffee Lounge.
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Why is my rent going up again?
Some regional papers have jumped in, too, with reports from Broken Hill, Goulburn, Albury, Yass, Port Macquarie and Newcastle that high rents have made headlines locally.
The Daily Telegraph offers a slightly more subdued "Anglicare rental affordability report shows welfare recipient struggle to find housing", which gives us a clue as to what all this is about - Anglicare Australia has just released it's Rental Affordability Snapshot for 2013. The news is not good.
We wont go into the headline findings - they've been covered pretty well by the papers. Suffice to say that if you're on a low income - like a Centrelink payment, or a wage from a part-time job - your chances of finding something decent to rent in the private rental market are pretty slim. Well, almost non-existent, actually. This is not just in Sydney, it's across New South Wales, and it's across the country.
For keen followers of rental related reporting this should come as no great surprise, even if it does fly a little in the face of current reporting conventions. We already know the rent is too damn high. It's kind of nice to think that others are getting this message - at least for a day or two - thanks to the work of Anglicare Australia. But it's a shame that the conversation tends to stop there. Who is asking the next question: why is the rent so high? And what happens to those of us who can't afford it?
As it happens, we were in attendance at the recent Shelter NSW conference "Hot Topics in Housing Policy", where one Emilio Ferrer of Sphere delivered a presentation called "The Private Rental Market - Affordability and Homelessness". Ferrer observes a correlation between rising rates of people seeking to access homelessness services, and rising rents in the private rental market. He says that these rises are not the product of economic indicators such as GDP, unemployment or wage growth. Nor are they the result of a decline in the availability of social housing properties. Instead, he says, they are the result of chronic underinvestment in housing supply by the private sector, which has resulted in a consistently low vacancy rate over several years.
"The effect of this on tenants," he suggests, "is that it's a landlord's market. Some tenants are priced out of the market, and some tenants are selected out of the market". By this he means that it becomes easier for landlords to pick and choose tenants, because when vacancies are low, competition is high, and the pool of applicants for an affordable property will be much larger. Applications from those with lower incomes will be some of the first to hit the culling room floor.
You can find the slides from Ferrer's presentation (as well as others from the conference) here. We think he's pretty much on the money. As we've alluded to before, current policies that are said to encourage private investment in rental housing just aren't producing enough new stock. According to Ferrer's data, it doesn't even come close - in order to get back on track we'd need to build about twice the number of new dwellings than were built in 2011/12, every year, for the next twelve years.
But there's something else to consider here. Not every tenant who finds their options limited by what they can afford ends up homeless. As we said in this previous post:
In the real world, of course, people do consider the affordability of housing when they decide whether to leave the parental home, or the share house, and form a household of their own, and demand some housing – owner-occupied or rented – of their own. And some of those already out there in the housing market might look again at its affordability, and decide to withdraw, back to the spare rooms of parents and friends.It's a curious balance. The answer is not just to "build more homes", but to build more homes that people can afford. This will call for a range of policy solutions - indeed, we should be looking at an entire national housing strategy - and as Anglicare's Andrew Yule has said following the release of the Rental Affordability Snapshot yesterday: let's not let this fall off the agenda.


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Here is a copy of a letter I sent to a patient that summarises the issues. He had just had a private MRI done because he was concerned about some recent low backache, and then called me up to ask a) what I thought of the radiologist's report and b) should he have bothered having it done in the first place!
Peter, one point of MRI's for the spine is to find pathology (e.g. tumours or fractures) – worrying stuff – there is no indication here of anything like that.
Another is to find evidence of significant, unexpectedly significant (adjusted for your age) degenerative change in the spine; of the disc, the facet joints etc. Yours seems reasonable for your age. We all get wear and tear in 50's and 60's.
Another is to find evidence of structural or developmental anomalies (e.g. you have an extra vertebra, or a missing x or y). No evidence of that.
Finally, the last point of the MR is to see pointers to something that is causing the pain. In the absence of pathology, this is remarkably difficult to do. Perhaps the most solid case is where the patient has sciatica, and the scan shows evidence of a nerve root being impinged or squashed. Providing the actual nerve root in the scan does correlate with the patient's symptoms, this gives surgeons some comfort if they are planning to operate.
But diffuse low backache is often not caused by damage or wear and tear to structures per se but is usually muscular or inflammatory. Here the scan is unable to identify these causes of pain.
This is one reason why x-rays have been dropped for the routine evaluation of low back pain, and why (at least in the NHS) an MR scan was not indicated for your current problem.
So the pain needs dealing with not by docs or surgeons, but by exercise, strengthening of the low back muscles, refreshing sleep, a comfortable bed, avoidance of poor sitting posture, optimum control of inflammation in the body, regular bowel movements (this is surprisingly important) etc.
For example, these exercises done daily are excellent.
Build up slow smooth and strong 15-20 reps per day. Perhaps done half morning half evening
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Here are 3 of the biggest myths you will hear or have already heard from supposed "experts" in this field.
- SAT vs. ACT: Which one is better? Almost every university in the United States widely accepts both SAT and ACT results. Almost every university in the United States widely accepts both, even if a school prefers one over the other, admissions officers usually convert the scores interchangeably. The creators of both the SAT and ACT are guided by very similar philosophies: Their aim is to design an instrument to assess a student's critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- "The PSAT is a practice SAT and is no big deal." TRUTH/FACT: The P is for "preliminary" – not practice. It is also created by the College Board and is a scholarship contest. Score high and you (or your child!) can earn the most amazing benefits; such as full-ride, full tuition, room and board, study- abroad stipends, honors dorms, etc. This test counts in the junior year. However, not everyone knows you can take it in earlier grades to get familiar with it and work on your weaknesses. The good news is that both the SAT and the PSAT are pretty much structured in the same way with the same nature of questions. So … ACTION: If you're studying for one, you're studying for both. Make sure you actually do proper test-preparation. It could yield results way in excess of your expectations.
- "[Your child] will be just fine. They are a good student with a good GPA, honors, and AP courses." FACT: Smart students, even valedictorians bomb the SAT all the time. Why? Because the questions are designed to purposely mislead test-takers and the wrong answers are tricky and seem appealing. To make it even more challenging, you are only given about one minute for each of the test's challenging questions. ACTION: Don't rely on IQ or what is learned at school to ace standardized tests. Most students approach these tests like normal school tests and not only run out of time but also are confused why these scores don't reflect their GPAs. Students can learn to beat these tests.
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May 24, 2016 (San Francisco, Calif.) – New college graduates have a lot at stake in their first post-university jobs. The organizations they join offer the chance for them to hone their hard-earned skills while exploring how they can make the most of their abilities in the years ahead.
Likewise, businesses adding to their ranks must help graduates find their place in a company's culture to keep them engaged and progressing toward their full potential. With that in mind, research and consulting firm Great Place to Work® is excited to announce the country's 50 Best Workplaces for Recent College Graduates with Fortune magazine. This first-of-its-kind ranking analyzed responses from hundreds of thousands of employee surveys, along with companies' job prospects for recent grads, to identify the most welcoming environments for the next generation of talent.
"There's no substitute for frequent, constructive feedback from managers – particularly for new employees," said Kim Peters, Executive Vice President of Great Place to Work®. "The best workplaces offer recent graduates the opportunity to explore their new skills while providing a transparent path for career advancement. And it turns out great cultures for new grads lead to competitive advantages overall, including a more collaborative, committed workforce."
Engineering and environmental science firm Engeo led the list, with consulting firm ALKU ranking second, followed by planning and design firm Kimley-Horn. Click here to see all 50 winners. These companies set themselves apart with their thorough professional development, fair promotion practices, equitable pay and a sense of purpose among their employees. For example:
• In addition to assigning new hires a "go-to guy/gal" to help them adjust to life at the company, Engeo gives recent grads the chance to explore new teams and assignments through an exchange program among its 11 offices.
• Team members at ALKU take part in weekly skills development meetings where they share their strengths and encourage each other to pursue new professional challenges.
• Kimley-Horn offers new graduates genuine buy-in from day one, with profit sharing and a two-to-one company match for 401(k) contributions available to all full-time employees.
• AgileThought, a custom software consultancy, uses small, innovation-focused groups to incorporate employees in program development. They give team members the chance to freely share ideas and take ownership of the business strategies they work on.
These companies and the other Best Workplaces for Recent College Graduates surpassed some 600 other organizations Certified by Great Place to Work® when it comes to features most relevant to people beginning their careers. And these companies enjoy a number of competitive advantages compared to their peers:
• Employees at businesses on the list were substantially more likely to say they can count on colleagues to cooperate and were more likely to report that their colleagues are willing to give extra when needed to get the job done, compared to people at peer companies.
• The winning organizations reported 26 percent growth in their payrolls over a one-year period, compared to 21 percent among Great Place to Work®-certified companies that didn't make the list.
• The winners were also less likely to lose employees, reporting 9 percent voluntary turnover among full-time team members, compared to 12 percent at peer companies.
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The Best Workplaces for Recent College Graduates is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work® and Fortune based upon employee survey feedback from Great Place to Work®-certified organizations.
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The Best Workplaces for Recent College Graduates is a "best of the best" ranking. The winners come from the universe of companies who are certified this year by Great Place to Work® as great workplaces and have published Great Place to Work Reviews, meaning they are serious about creating a great workplace and comfortable with transparency. To create this list, Great Place to Work® surveyed employees at these companies, who answered a detailed questionnaire considering everything from the meaning behind their work, to their development opportunities and whether they receive a fair share of the company's profits.
The workplaces that appear on this list are not only actively hiring college graduates - they also have great cultures. To create the rankings, we considered employees' survey feedback on the workplace experiences that matter to recent graduates, as well as the company's job growth and the extent to which they hire recent college graduates. These three elements result in a total score for each company, with those companies receiving the highest scores earning a place on the list.
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a video installation by ceven & maurus knowles | 2011/13
20 people of different genders, ages and sexual orientations talk about their understanding of love, their relationship and their life together with their lovers: what a luck they got or what a coincidence it was, in which way it is calming or countinously a challenge, how much work it is or if it's a miracle that we both are a we.
15 questions are about time, security, closeness and the daily routine, about consistency, the necessity of change and the sureness to have a home with each other. one only hears the answers, all the questions are ommited. portraits of the couples complement the interview sequences. only at these 30 photos one can see the individuals as the couple they are a part of, in different ways just in front of the lens. all interviews were done as one-to-one talks.
deliberately made as an analog work and circa 2 hours long this video is intended as an infinite loop and almost continuously accompanied with acoustic impressions and music by nevec red like medit and songs of his album uncertain equinox.
produced in 2011 the project had its premiere in june 2011 over three days as a room installation with a strong contrast between theme and performing place: in the cellar room of a rear buildung in neukölln (photos above).
"there are these moments where I think is it a miracle
to be so long together, although it's not a contest.
if it's not long then it was anyhow beautiful and valuable.
it's not a marathon. when it's over, it's over! but I think it is a miracle
that there could still be so much more to tell and give to each other through the years,
and that it's still always exciting.
differently exciting than from the very beginning, totally different!
but I will never want to do without it again."
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Today's gift guide is dedicated to all the little ones on your list this year! We have compiled our most wished for and best gifts for kids! With adorable kid gifts for boys and girls, this list is full of style and delight! We actually have so many perfect gift ideas for kids that we had to limit ourselves to only a few of our favorite designs in each of the categories below. Check out our Holiday Gift Guide for more ideas!
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I was looking at the terminals of the BA2240 battery pack and was wondering what the T and D stood for on the electrical terminals, between the + and - .
Hi James, thanks for your question. These terminals are part of the EGO Power+
diagnostic system and are used to communicate information between the battery
and charger.
We have attached a picture for reference in case anyone is interested.
diagnostic system and are used to communicate information between the battery
and charger.
We have attached a picture for reference in case anyone is interested.
I was hoping to compare the EGO battery pack with other batteries on the market of cordless electric tools. I was simply wondering, if I connect a voltmeter and/or ammeter across the + and - terminals of the pack, without connecting anything to the T or D terminals, will the battery still function properly?
Jennifer, do the T and D ports communicate with my string trimmer? or are they only used to communicate with the charger?
Hi James, the ports are used to communicate with the charger only. Thanks for checking!
The T terminal has a 10kohm resistor with negative temp coefficient and will cut off
charger if battery is heeting up. It is connected to the minus terminal.
charger if battery is heeting up. It is connected to the minus terminal.
to expand on this, generally speaking, T would be for temp, D would be for data. If you want to do some digging on the data side of things TI makes a very popular battery capacity monitoring chip.
Does the battery pack on the mower have to have the T connector because I noticed there are 3 metal connectors sticking out but 4 on the battery. T, D, +, & - and my battery is fully charged but not getting power to the mower for some reason. It just stopped working and the T connection looks like it is missing on the mower. I am not receiving headlights, power indicator lights nothing is working on the mower.
There are only three contacts in the newer tools.
I hooked up a 52v battery to my blower using the + and - terminals and it runs for about 10 seconds before it cuts out. It seems like the battery communicates to the tool. Is there a way to allow an external battery to run the tool without it cutting out? I'm trying to build my own backpack battery pack.
Is it possible to use the Ego chargers to charge 52v batteries other than Ego? I have several Ego chargers and my other 52v batteries need a charge. I tried to connect just the + and - to the other batteries and then plugged the charger in. The charger LEDs lit up for a moment and then the charger seemed to go deeply asleep. The charger still works fine on the Ego batteries. Thanks.
Ego batteries are 56 volt, not 52.
Top charge is 58.8v. Bottom out near 46-48v. Same cell set up.
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:: BAE Systems Upgrading 12 M109A5 Howitzers for Chile
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BAE Systems Upgrading 12 M109A5 Howitzers for Chile
Released on Tuesday, October 4, 2011
- Foreign Military Sale
ARLINGTON, Virginia - BAE Systems has received a $15.8 million contract to refurbish and upgrade 12 M109A5 howitzers for the Chilean Government through a foreign military sales contract.
"The howitzers will provide the Chilean Army artillery units with a significant capability increase to deliver precise and effective artillery support to the Chilean Army," said Joe McCarthy, vice president and general manager of Combat Vehicles at BAE Systems. "The M109 family of vehicles has a rich history of providing high performance and reliability. It is a combat-proven system that has played a vital role in providing fire support during various military operations with both the U.S. Army and its allies."
The M109A5 Self-Propelled Howitzer provides an affordable increase in fire power, as a new production vehicle or an upgrade to earlier configurations of the M109 howitzer. The howitzers' M284 cannon and M182 mount extend the firing range by 25 percent more than previous versions of the M109 howitzers. The M109A5 is easily customized to specific mission requirements, including increased ammunition stowage, improved ammunition handling, position and navigation systems, and automated fire control and communication systems. The M109A5 also offers improvements in critical areas such as reliability, maintainability and crew safety.
Under this contract, the U.S. Government will provide the howitzers to the Chilean Government and BAE Systems will perform the refurbishment and upgrade work. Refurbishment of the vehicles includes replacing obsolete equipment and restoring the vehicle to a "like new" condition. The company will also incorporate digital data connectivity and gun positioning and navigation systems to provide faster emplacement time, swifter response time to calls for fire and improved survivability.
"The work on this contract not only supports the Chilean Army's modernization program, but it also strengthens the cooperative relationship between the United States and Chilean Armed Forces. We look forward to providing continued support to Chile's Armed Forces in the future," said McCarthy.
In addition to the recent M109A5 contract, BAE Systems assisted Chile with a program to refurbish the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier from 2003 to 2005.
Work on this M109A5 contract will be performed by the existing workforce at BAE Systems facilities in York and Fayette, Pennsylvania and Aiken, South Carolina. The work will begin in August 2011 and is anticipated to be complete in October 2012.
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What a lovely sunny day. Just couldn't stay home. Wild heart?! No, just have to breath
Towel, bikinis, sun screen lotion….. Ready GO!
Couldn't wait to cuddle with sunshine.
Where to go? Where to go? I really couldn't wait………
This one? Looks nice! Go go go. Why not? It sucks? It was what said by my friend. Ok. Turn out………
We were on a ferry from Discovery Bay! I couldn't believe there is public transportation doesn't accept Octopus (smart card). So have to have coins.
Well, the ferry trip was short but nice.
Here we went. Peng Chau! Have been living in Hong Kong since was born. But never been to Peng Chau. A new place for me to explore……… and introduced by a Gweilo :p
We didn't go to beach directly. But…..
After first drink, just couldn't stop. So
Was not all. More after that……
After several trips to washroom. Time to go to beach 🙂
Narrow streets with old buildings in two sides. Just like Cheung Chau. But here was so quiet. Not many shops.
A very Chinese style place for rest. Well I guess it is a place for resting lol
A closed cinema. Dropped out as not competitive enough? Sigh!
hmm, not what I expected. Just not beautiful and attractive at all. Even no changing room around. Had to go back to pier. I was really disappointed.
Kept walking along……..
A lovely bbq area. With nice view. So we sat there and had beer again.
Still was an enjoyable outing.
Thanks Bill for the nice afternoon. Always fun with you x


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New Arrow Extended Preview Trailer From The CW!
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The CW this afternoon released a new extended promo – over 3 and a half minutes long! – for their upcoming series Arrow, which stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow. If you're reading this website, you've probably heard of it.
Here's the new promo. Keep an eye out for what looks to be a flash of a mask of a major DC Comics character (here's a hint: Deathstroke!)
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Thanks for your question about federation.
A number of ceremonies to mark federation happened all around Australia in 1901; the largest was in Centennial Park in Sydney on 1 January.
100 000 people witnessed the Centennial Park ceremony. During this ceremony Australia's first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, read out Queen Victoria's official proclamation of Australia's nationhood. Lord Hopeton also used this occasion to swear in the ministers of Australia's first federal government, which included one Tasmanian and one West Australian.
The Right Honourable Sir John Forrest – from Western Australia – was sworn in as Australia's first Postmaster-General, and the Honourable Neil Elliot Lewis – from Tasmania – was named an honorary minister without a portfolio.


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text: Some 8500 AUC fighters have demobilised in the past two years The fighters from the "Heroes of Granada" faction of the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia, or AUC, listened quietly as a trumpeter played taps to remember victims of paramilitary violence. They then turned in their assault rifles and other weapons to government Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo in Cristales, perched in the Andes 230km northwest of Bogota. Under a contentious law passed by parliament in June, the government has granted reduced punishments and other concessions to warlords who demobilise their troops, confess their crimes and pay reparations to victims. Most of the rank and file fighters have been granted complete amnesty. Criticism With Monday's demobilisation, a total of 8500 AUC fighters have turned in their weapons in ceremonies that have taken place over the past two years. But the process has come under criticism as being too lenient on former fighters who committed atrocities throughout the country. On Monday, a Human Rights Watch report slammed the process and the new Justice and Peace law, saying it will leave the AUC's structure intact and not force leaders to return plundered goods. The law "completely ignores the difficult - yet crucial - problem of how to dismantle the underlying structures and financial power of these groups", the rights group said. The two main rebel groups have not agreed to peace negotiations The rights group also said the law provides no mechanism to ensure that demobilised fighters do not return to the war or to a life of crime. The AUC is an umbrella group of outlawed paramilitary factions that sprang up two decades ago to wage a war against leftist rebels. But critics charge that the warring sides have also become mafia-like organisations, kidnapping and carrying out extortion and controlling a large share of cocaine production in Colombia, the world's leading producer of the drug. Murillo, who critics say only joined the AUC a few years ago to reap amnesty benefits, attended the ceremony on Monday to watch his fighters demobilise. Getting off easy US prosecutors, who have charged Murillo with drug trafficking, call him the de facto leader of the AUC. Human Rights Watch said drug lords such as Murillo will very likely confess to drug crimes. Under the peace deal, he could be given a reduced sentence and not face future trials in the US because a person cannot be charged twice for the same crime. Even with the likely complete demobilisation of the AUC by year's end, Colombia's war will be far from over. The two main leftist rebel groups, with more than 16,000 fighters in all, have not agreed to peace negotiations. SOURCE: Agencies