Cabinet debates carbon tax
Federal Cabinet is considering detailed briefs on how to implement a carbon tax, and identify who will face losses and who will be compensated.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: The carbon tax was on the table when federal Cabinet met this afternoon. It considered detailed briefs on how to impose the charge. One big problem is whether to compensate electricity generators who'll face a loss in asset value. Another issue is that some parts of the business community believe their negotiations with the Government are a charade.
The power generators were in Canberra today and other business leaders will be there on Friday. Our political editor Chris Uhlmann's been following the negotiations and he joins me now from Canberra.
Chris, it's no surprise that the negotiations with the power generators were always going to be tough.
CHRIS UHLMANN REPORTER: That's right, Leigh, because there was never any doubt the consumers would be compensated for a carbon tax, and it's likely that the Government and the Greens will find common ground on assisting exporters to stay competitive.
But the real sticking point is what to do with electricity generators, and as you said, they were here in Canberra today talking with the Climate Change Minister Greg Combet and the Energy Minister Martin Ferguson. Now the Greens believe that generators shouldn't get transitional assistance. The argument goes that generators knew a carbon price was coming and should've made their investment decisions accordingly. If they go broke, someone will buy the power stations and keep running them. And frankly, the idea in the long run is that things like Victoria's brown coal generators will be closed.
But the power suppliers say that in the real world what will happen is that the minute this carbon tax bill passes, the legal demands of their accounting standards will kick in and their audit committees will book a significant drop in their asset value and some might be declared insolvent and their banks would take a similar view.
Now, even if generators keep producing power, the Government doesn't want headlines screaming that generators are going to go bust. And as important, it doesn't want to be seen as a sovereign risk, and by that I mean that a government decision destroyed the equity of investors. So both the industry and the Government want to ensure reliability of electricity supply and a continued stream of new investment.
So the Government's understandably sympathetic to the generators and the generators are saying for their part they believe that they're getting a decent hearing from the ministers. The problem's still a long way from solved, but the Government says it will solve it and adds that there's plenty of scope for innovation in the final solution. And finally, Leigh, it keeps making the point that the money raised by the tax will pay for compensation for consumers and for assistance for exporters, and at this stage, for generators.
LEIGH SALES: So, Chris, there clearly is though a political imperative to get this sorted out sooner rather than later.
CHRIS UHLMANN: Yeah, and that's precisely the complaint: that this timetable is entirely driven by politics. The carbon tax bill has to be passed by the end of the year so that it can come into effect from July next year, and that would mean that the system would be in place for a year before the next election. Now, if the Government can achieve that timetable, it believes people will realise that the carbon price isn't the cost-of-living Armageddon that the Opposition says it will be, but of course the timetable means industry has to settle accounts with the Government by the end of May - that's not very far away, obviously - so the Government can make an announcement mid-year.
And speaking to some businesses today, I have to say that I think it's fair to say that it's been a mood shift in the last month. Some of the participants are becoming restive because they don't believe that their concerns are being reflected in the Government's public statements. The business roundtable convenes again in Canberra on Friday and if there isn't an acknowledgement of their concerns then things could start to get a little bit untidy. More than one of them said to me today that the business community had paid close attention to the mining tax brawl last year and some of them see it as a blueprint for what might happen over the carbon tax. Others obviously are cautioning against being so combative. But I think it's fair to say, Leigh, that landing a carbon price will test all the negotiating skills of the Prime Minister and her senior colleagues, but she does want a deal and that means that there is no backing away from this.
LEIGH SALES: Chris, speaking of negotiations and meetings, members of the Christian lobby met with Julia Gillard in Canberra today. What was that about?
CHRIS UHLMANN: Well they did come to see her. Of course they've seen the Prime Minister in the past. They saw Kevin Rudd in the past and you might recall that they had a lot to say to Kevin Rudd and to Tony Abbott and of course to Prime Minister John Howard in the past. So they've met with Julia Gillard. They were talking about the things that obviously are of concern to them. Among those things of course: euthanasia and gay marriage. It's - obviously they haven't met with the Prime Minister since she mentioned that she thought that Bible stories were important for the Australian community to know. I have no word on whether or not they put her to the test on that, but I'll try and find out.
LEIGH SALES: Ah, she says she was up to it; maybe next time if not this time. Chris Uhlmann, thankyou very much.
CHRIS UHLMANN: Thanks, Leigh.
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The resurgent Chicago Blackhawks have the NHL's top two rookie scorers - and the Detroit Red Wings' number.
NHL rookie scoring leader Patrick Kane had a power-play goal and an assist to help host Chicago beat Detroit, 3-2, last night, ending the Red Wings' franchise record-tying winning streak at nine games.
Jonathan Toews, second in rookie scoring, also had a power-play goal, Yanic Perreault connected at even strength, and Jason Williams and Robert Lang each had two assists for Chicago in its third straight victory and third of the season over Detroit.
"It's always a confidence builder to beat a team like that," Toews said. "We all knew how big a game this was for our team and our club on and off the ice.
"We just knew if we wanted to win, we had to go out and have a great start and keep doing things we've done the last week or so.
Jiri Hudler and Nicklas Lidstrom scored for the Red Wings, 13-3-1 overall. Anaheim is the only other team to have beaten Detroit so far.
The Blackhawks, who have missed the playoffs in eight of the previous nine seasons, improved to 10-7-0 and show signs of having turned the corner.
"It's exciting," Kane said. "I don't know if we expected it to happen this quick."
The Red Wings' Henrik Zetterberg, the NHL's leading scorer, had an assist to run his season-opening points streak to 17 games.
Avalanche 4, Wild 2 - Paul Stastny had two goals and an assist to help Colorado beat Minnesota in Denver.
Peter Budaj stopped 25 shots, and Ryan Smyth had a goal and an assist for Colorado, which is 7-1-1 over its last nine games.


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The Columbus Dispatch
Ohioans in House cut office expenses
Adam Slane, center, Jacob Hesseling, right, and Stephen Cheek II work in the central Ohio office of Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Upper Arlington.
Ohio Lawmakers Push Obama To Push Putin On Ukraine
A 10TV survey of central Ohio's congressional delegation found all lawmakers urging president Obama to push Russian President Vladimir Putin to back off military activity in Ukraine, but none support American troop involvement to resolve the situation.
Republicans take on Wall Street
Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp's Republican tax reform draft - slated to be released Wednesday afternoon - looks like it will reverse more than a decade of GOP orthodoxy on taxes by socking big banks with higher levies.
Tiberi has big money, little opposition
Come November, Republican Rep. Pat Tiberi, a seven-term incumbent in a GOP-leaning district, is set to face two little-known, meagerly funded challengers, and for that race, the Genoa Township lawmaker has already raised and spent more campaign cash than any other House member in Ohio, except Speaker John Boehner.
John Boehner Has Lost Control Of His Caucus. Again.
Debt Ceiling time came without the circus that made the United States a worldwide laughing stock back in October.
Ohio lawmakers leery of Boehner's immigration proposals
If House Speaker John Boehner hoped to unify his GOP troops around an immigration reform proposal for 2014, the reaction among Central Ohio lawmakers doesn't bode well.


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Markets seem not to believe that Europe is close to the largest military conflict since 1945, even though the US president tells us that such a breakdown of the international system is more likely than not, and could happen as soon as the ground freezes hard enough for an armoured invasion of Ukraine.
The strangely calm mood belies intelligence gathered by Britain’s eavesdropping – and confirmed by US officials – that Vladimir Putin plans to install a puppet government in Kiev. The putative leaders come from the inner circle of the pre-Maidan Yanukovich regime.
The benchmark TTF gas price in Europe has halved since the panic spike just before Christmas. It is back to €79.50 (£66.47) per MWh for the February contract, roughly where it was four months ago.
Stock markets have slipped – due to fears of central bank tightening, and peak tech earnings – but they remain stretched by any historic measure.
Either investors are not paying attention to Ukraine, or they think that Mr Putin is engaged in a theatrical bluff to extract concessions, noisily deploying over 125,000 men at last count near the Ukrainian border, along with attack helicopters and the dispatch of Baltic amphibious assault ships to the Black Sea.
They may calculate that the Kremlin will settle for what Joe Biden terms a “minor incursion”, below the threshold of response from a divided Europe that is strongly disinclined to respond.
Such insouciance is to disregard the military force posture in the field and the Kremlin’s unusual, but fleeting, moment of strategic advantage. It is now or never for Mr Putin. The stars are unusually well-aligned for the overthrow of the post-Cold War settlement.
Mr Putin has been playing a cat and mouse game with Europe over gas stocks since July, first withholding top-up flows on the grounds that Gazprom needed to refill storage at home, then trickling out just enough supply to nourish wishful thinking.
This method of boiling-the-crab-alive has worked up to a point: stocks are today at 43pc capacity, roughly 12 percentage points below where they should be at this stage of January.
But the gas shortage falls short of a total coercive lockhold. Mild weather and deliveries of liquefied natural gas have to some degree rescued Europe from its own misjudgments.
The Kremlin enjoys the same partial advantage on the politico-military front. European Nato disarmed through the austerity years and is now near rock bottom, while Russia has been rearming for a decade.
The White House is perceived to be a pushover after waiving its objections to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline last July in a shabby deal with Germany, which undercut Ukraine’s vital interest in what may be viewed by historians as a latter day Munich.
China’s sabre-rattling over Taiwan leaves Mr Biden facing the risk of two continental crises at the same time.
Mr Putin does not have to worry about serious economic retaliation.
Germany has effectively vetoed use of the financial “nuclear option”, which would be to expel Russia from the Swift system of international payments.
Berlin’s argument is that such sanctions have asymmetric blowback. The US has little direct exposure and would suffer modest loss. German and European companies with large interests in Russia would take the brunt.
This leaves little on the table beyond surgical sanctions on Russian banks and other manageable frictions. “I don’t see anything on the economic front that would seriously frighten Putin,” said Ian Bond, a former ambassador and British security planner now at the Centre for European Reform.
If Mr Putin is to attack, he must act soon. He has a narrow window for a combined-arms invasion with tanks and towed-artillery before the infamous rasputitsa turns the ground into a bog.
The military imperative is to lunge deep into Ukraine and deliver a knock-out blow before the mid-March thaw. That is not easy: it took six weeks for Russian forces to clear the Chechen capital of Grozny in urban fighting. Kiev, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzia, and Odessa are all larger.
A team of ex-military officers and planners writing for the Atlantic Council say that Mr Putin has over the last week “set the conditions to execute a high intensity, multi-domain attack”.
This includes the deployment of air defence systems, electronic-warfare platforms, Iskander-K medium-range ballistic missiles, and combat sustainment units.
It has used forthcoming manoeuvres with Belarus as cover to bring forward Su-35 advanced fighters and S-400 surface to air missiles. Still missing is the clinching evidence that Russia has begun to call up reservists.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington has laid out the likely options for the Kremlin in an essay by CIA veteran Philip Wasielewski and CSIS security chief Seth Jones.
Mr Putin could peel off the Black Sea coast and link up to the Crimea, perhaps pushing beyond Odessa to deprive Ukraine of its entire coast. However, the British warning on Saturday suggests that he aims for total decapitation of the Ukrainian state.
He could seize the whole of Orthodox Eastern Ukraine as far as the Dnieper River. But this would leave a large enough rump to survive as a viable state and permanent headache.
The conquest would have to include Kiev, the great prize for Mr Putin, who harks back to Kievan Rus as the ancient cradle of the Russian nation in his mythologised ethno-nationalist version of history. His 7,000 word manifesto published last year dismisses the Ukrainian state as the invention of Soviet cartographers.
The CSIS says Mr Putin could go further and annex all of the country, except the mostly Catholic lands to the West (old Galicia). This former Habsburg pocket is the most un-Russian in character and would be hard to hold down over time.
Mr Putin could try to take everything and announce a tripartite Slavic union of Russia with Ukraine and Belarus, reuniting ‘all the Russias’ of the Tsars: Great, Little, and White. This would require ruthless russification, by the methods of Catherine the Great or Stalin.
Energy dependence has turned core Europe into an accomplice by default. Russia is currently supplying roughly 120 billion cubic metres of gas through all pipelines or as liquefied natural gas (ICIS data). This accounts for half of German needs in industry, power, and home-heating, and even higher ratios in a string of EU countries.
If this was cut off entirely – tricky for Russia without damaging its own gas fields – the gap could in extremis be plugged from global sources. “It would take 160 LNG cargoes a month, out of the global total of 400,” said Thierry Bros, former head of energy security at France’s economy ministry.
“It would be like the Berlin airlift. It is doable but I think it would prove much harder than it looks on paper,” he said. US liquefaction export plants are already running at 95pc capacity. Much of the global LNG supply to Asia is on fixed contracts.
You cannot reroute cargoes on a huge scale except by political force majeure. Prices would go through the roof and there would be industrial rationing in Europe and Asia, a violent shock for supply chains.
Europe has no stomach for such an experiment. Top figures in the German Social Democratic Party are not even willing to take Nord Stream 2 off the table if Mr Putin annihilates Ukraine. Defence minister Chrisinte Lambrecht said there is “no connection” between the two issues.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has belatedly agreed to demands from Washington and his Green coalition partners that there should be some linkage but the commitment is too vague and half-hearted to have much deterrent value. He still insists that the pipeline is a purely “commercial” matter.
Germany has not only refused to sell vital weapons to Ukraine – although it is the world’s fifth biggest arms exporter – but is actively preventing its Nato allies from doing so.
Mr Putin can ignore Europe. What he does have to worry about is what happens inside Ukraine itself. He cannot know for sure how much of the population will acquiesce in a Slavic Anschluss.
He must contend with Ukraine’s battle-hardened army, equipped with US and British Javelin anti-tank missiles, and backed by 900,000 reservists on call and in location. It might resist tenaciously and greatly raise the political cost for Mr Putin in Russia.
The Kremlin has overwhelming air superiority but the US is upping the ante by providing Ukraine with Stinger missiles capable of shooting down aircraft.
These come too late to change the immediate battlefield balance but they signal a US intent to supply a Mujahideen-style insurgency after any invasion.
Washington is dusting down the Reagan Doctrine of the 1980s. The US judged – correctly – that it could bleed the Soviet Union dry by arming resistance movements wherever the Soviets were overextended. For every dollar spent, it cost Moscow ten dollars.
Will the Ukrainian people go along with an attrition policy in which they pay the highest price? These are the unknowns that may yet cause Mr Putin to hesitate.
Investors are struggling to price this extraordinary showdown. Markets always have trouble adjusting to geopolitical convulsions. There is a reflexive assumption that talks will avert the unthinkable and that the status quo will reassert itself.
The London and Paris bourses remained becalmed over the weeks leading up to the First World War in 1914, slow to grasp why Sarajevo was different and unique, a “gift from Mars”, as it was described by the German high command in documents that later came to light.
There again, perhaps the collective intuition of the markets is that earnings will scarcely miss a beat even if there is an invasion.
It is a fair bet that Europe will roll over as it did over Crimea. A despairing Washington might accept a fait accompli and cut its losses. Such a squalid outcome is all too plausible.


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Representations of Muslims in contemporary British drama. This is the research topic of Dr Önder Çakırtaş from Bingöl University (Turkey).
Onder implemented a short-term scientific mission at Jagiellonian University (Poland). The main purpose of this collaboration was to analyse how migrant Muslims are represented in contemporary British drama.
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By: Gerelyn Terzo of Sharemoney
Senegal’s economy is ripe for transformation. With close to 50% of its population of nearly 16 million living in poverty, the West African nation is facing a host of challenges that — if overcome — could turn into stepping stones for a better future. In order for this to happen, however, it will take the Senegalese government doing a bunch of things right and the creation of many new jobs to give families a fighting chance.
This is easier said than done, with dangerous youth protests over economic inequality and the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko recently erupting that have thrown the nation into chaos. With an unemployment rate of 7.1%, Senegal’s chances for a turnaround could be worse, as it is one of Africa’s more stable economies, but could also be much better.
Senegal’s GDP expanded at a rate of 5.3% in 2019, before the pandemic hit, while last year’s lockdowns triggered a slowdown that targeted the country’s large informal economy, sending more households into poverty. Senegal’s economy shrunk by 0.7% in 2020. Economic recovery won’t happen overnight, but based on a recent case study by Brookings, it is achievable.
According to Brookings, Senegal holds great promise for economic expansion and the creation of new desperately needed jobs. These opportunities could be accelerated if the government would tweak policies to pave the way for greater investments into the private sector.
With the help of these tailwinds, Senegal could see growth in what Brookings calls industries without smokestacks, or IWOSS, which represent “emerging activities” such as “agro-industry and horticulture, tourism, some business services — including ICT-based services — and transport and logistics.” A more specific breakdown includes the following sectors:
These sectors are in the spotlight because they carry with them a higher demand for productivity jobs vs. other segments of the economy that are contributing to Senegal’s GDP, including manufacturing. In addition, IWOSS jobs are said to capture a significant share of workers fleeing the agricultural industry.
If Senegal experiences greater growth in these key sectors, it would likely not only lead to more jobs but higher-quality jobs that require higher skill sets, though IWOSS jobs can attract a mix of an unskilled or moderately skilled workforce from sectors such as agriculture. Senegal’s population is lacking when it comes to skill sets, including in the area of digital, which must be fixed in order for it to reach its full potential.
With the right government policies in place targeting the right sectors, Senegal could experience the creation of nearly 11 million new jobs by 2035. Among them, approximately two-thirds, or close to 7.5 millions of the jobs, could be deemed “higher productivity” under the IWOSS umbrella. The policies that would require changes surround the following:
Labor regulations must be eased to make it easier for people to start businesses
Judicial system/contract enforcement
Inadequate infrastructure for electricity/transportation/telecom
Tourism, in particular, could be a major boon for Senegal in a post-pandemic world if the country can capture the momentum that countries in Southern and East Africa are already experiencing, according to Brookings. Tourism has historically proven to fuel economic growth and globally is responsible for hundreds of millions of jobs with a total contribution of 10% to the world’s GDP. Senegal has yet to capitalize on its beautiful beaches to catapult its languishing tourism sector.
IWOSS vs. Non-IWOSS Jobs
By some measures, Senegal appears to be on the right track, with the employment annual growth rate for jobs in IWOSS sectors rising 4.5% in the 16 years leading up to 2017. By way of comparison, non-IWOSS jobs in the country grew by less than 3% in the same period.
Men saw a nearly 4% increase in IWOSS employment over the aforementioned period, vs. 2.4% for non-IWOSS jobs. For women, the increase was slightly more than 5%. Youth employment took a turn for the worse, where IWOSS employment for individuals between the ages of 15-24 fell 2.3% for IWOSS jobs and remained flat for non-IWOSS jobs. Overall, adults aged 25 and older saw increases of 6.2% and 4.6% for IWOSS and non-IWOSS jobs, respectively.
While Senegal’s economy was growing prior to the pandemic, the growth still did not add enough solid jobs. It comes down to a supply/demand dynamic, where the number of available workers is outpacing the number of available good jobs. According to Brookings, Senegal’s labor force expanded by nearly 2.4 million people in absolute terms between 2001 and 2017, which translates to an annual growth rate of 3.41%. Most of the jobs that are being created are low-quality in nature, with only 10% of jobs in 2019 offering social, retirement and healthcare benefits.
And when there are jobs, sometimes the employers don’t play fair. According to BBC Africa, a 33-year-old jobseeker by the name of Liliane Coulibaly Caly interviewed for a job at a large local company but got turned down due to her hair. In response, she launched her own small business, Akoya Hair, to help women accept themselves for who they are. The salon uses natural hair products that are made locally, and the sale of these products is what kept her business from going under during the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Senegal’s migrant community is another segment of the economy that was hit hard by the pandemic. The Salesian International Volunteering for Development (VIS) has launched the UNO project, which is designed to help migrants launch their own businesses in their home country and give them a financial future.
The Mission Newswire featured Senegalese worker Elhadi Ndiaye, who found himself an undocumented migrant due to an expired residence permit after nearly 20 years living and working as a migrant in Italy, where there are nearly 600,000 Senegalese living, close to 40% of whom are considered “inactive or unemployed,” according to the Mission Newswire. After losing his permit, Ndiaye was unable to provide for his family back home. Thanks to the UNO project, however, Ndiaye was able to relocate to Senegal on a permanent basis and start his own sheep breeding business.
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Senegal’s economy is projected to grow by 5.1% in 2021 and 6% next year, though it hinges on the trajectory of the pandemic, according to the African Development Bank Group. If the Senegalese government can remove some of the hurdles to job growth, the future is looking bright. Brookings predicts that IWOSS jobs will grow by more than tenfold for the 2017-2035 period, which would represent nearly 53% of the country’s total employment pie. This growth in IWOSS jobs will be led by horticulture at 19% per annum, agro-processing at 10.1%, tourism at 7.6%, information and communications technology (ICT) at 12.1%, transport at 13.6% and finance at 15.5%.

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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has signed a five-year agreement with FedEx Express to provide it with five Boeing 747-400 Freighters for peak flying seasons beginning in 2017 and lasting through to 2021.
Peak season flying generally occurs in the month of December and potentially earlier. An agreement to provide five aircraft for the 2016 peak season flying is already in place.
Atlas Air president and chief executive officer, William J. Flynn says: “We have worked closely and successfully with FedEx for many years, but this is our first agreement that allows both companies to plan for the longer term.
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COLOR / TASTE The wine present a bright seductive golden colour. An intense creamy fruit flavours, apples, pineapple, smoke notes,honey. Balanced oak.
Tucked in the foothills of the Pyrenées along the French Border in Navarra, Castillo de Monjardín’s estate was originally a way station along the famous pilgrimage route from Paris to Santiago de Campostella. Its proximity and historic cultural links to France provide a winemaking tradition based on Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, distinct from the rest of Spain. Monjardín does, however, make good use of the Garnacha that has made Navarra famous for its fresh, fruity rosés and lush, fruit-forward reds. Castillo de Monjardín sits in the northwest corner of Navarra in the foothills of the Pyrenées, not far from the French border. Monjardín’s 300+ acres of vineyard lie on sunny slopes at an average altitude of 1,800 feet and are cooled by the Cierzo wind from the mountains. Monjardín’s unique microclimate and the winemaking skills of proprietor-winemaker Victor Villar yield wines of singularly intense aroma, full flavor and firm structure. All wines are single-vineyard bottlings, fermented in stainless steel and aged in French oak.
White grapes are used in two famous types of Spanish wine, Sherry and Cava, but we will limit this discussion to still whites. Let’s begin with perhaps the best known and most highly regarded internationally, Albariño . Produced in the region of Rías Baixas, just above Portugal in northwestern Spain, Albariño typically sees no or little oak and is medium to medium-plus in body. Aroma and flavor notes often include citrus and peach, often with subtle floral notes and a suggestion of sea spray, giving the wine a zesty feel. Often bottled as a single varietal, Albariño is sometimes blended with other indigenous grapes like Loureira and Treixadura. Try one of these Spanish whites from Forjas del Salnes.
Let’s look at a few other Spanish white wines. Godello also hails from northwestern Spain and presents a profile of grapefruit, minerality and a slight smoky quality. Enjoy a bottle from Bodegas Avancia. The region of Rueda, northwest of Madrid, is home to Verdejo , which makes refreshing, un-oaked white wines whose herbal vibrancy recalls Sauvignon Blanc . Protos makes a tasty version. Up north in the Basque region, we find the wine called Txakoli (sometimes called Txakolina). Pronounced “sha-ko-LEE,” it’s made from a local grape called Hondurrabi Zuri and is light, fresh, citrusy, dry … and with razor sharp acidity that makes it a fantastic partner with local seafood and tapas. Ameztoi Gertariako is a good Spanish white wine producer to check out.
The Penedѐs region, best known for the oceans of delicious Cava it sends to the world, also produces still Spanish whites, sometimes from international varieties like Chardonnay , and often from the same grapes used for Cava. These include Parellada, Xarel-lo and Macabeo. Avaline produces a fine example of Penedes white. Finally, we visit the Rioja region. While it is historically and internationally famous for its reds, Rioja also produces fine Spanish white wines. These are usually based on Viura (the local name for Macabeo) and make good everyday sippers, although some aged versions can be stunningly complex. A good place to start is the white Rioja from Bodegas Muga.
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Are all 727 transmissions the same?
Much of what helped make the Chrysler 727 so strong had to do with its simple design. All versions featured the same gear ratios: 2.54:1 (1st), 1.45:1 (2nd), 1.01 (3rd) and 2.21:1 (reverse), along with two transmission bands.
How much does a-727 transmission weigh?
Gearing for the 727 is 2.54:1 for 1st gear, 1.54:1 for second, 1:1 for third and 2.21:1 for reverse. The weight of the transmission is a hefty 161 lbs.
How much does a big block 727 weigh?
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|Fuel capacity||7,680 gal / 29,069 L||8,090 US gal / 30,620 L Adv. 10,585 US gal / 40,060 L|
How strong is a-727 transmission?
The strength of the 727 is rarely contested. From the factory, they came against engines ranging up to the 426 Hemi. They are unusually strong transmissions, seeing service with hotrodders and heavier truck applications. The duty range of the 727 is often likened to the GM TH400 and Ford C6 automatics.
How much HP can a 727 handle?
The 727 is a relatively simple piece when compared to other automatic transmissions, and its strength is a function of that simplicity. We’ve put stock TorqueFlite transmissions behind big-blocks pushing upwards of 600 hp and found they not only survive, but perform quite well.
Does a 727 transmission have overdrive?
Overdrive was added to the 727 and the numbers were changed, sometime in the mid 90’s.
Are 727 transmissions any good?
The A-727 transmission is robust and highly adaptable in several applications which can be attributed to its widespread use in about 30 years. Its strength meant it could be used in Chrysler cars and non-Mopar applications such as work trucks as well as high-performance vehicles like sports cars.
How many gears does a 727 have?
The A-727 is a three-speed transmission that was featured prominently in Mopar cars with larger engine sizes, but it was also used in many other makes as an original equipment item. Most of the other non-Mopar applications are either in work trucks or in high-end performance sports cars.
What kind of transmission fluid does a 727 take?
There was an article about using Dexron6 in the 727/904’s that originally recommended DexronII. It was discussed on the forum. I think most agreed with the article, that a 727/904 that originally DexronII was recommended, you could switch to ATF+4 or Dexron6, both would be a better fluid.
How much fluid does a 727 transmission hold?
8 to 9-1/2 qts.
What is the TorqueFlite transmission?
TorqueFlite (also seen as Torqueflite) is the trademarked name of Chrysler Corporation’s automatic transmissions, starting with the three-speed unit introduced late in the 1956 model year as a successor to Chrysler’s two-speed PowerFlite.
What’s the difference between a 904 and a 727 transmission?
Generally, a 727 shifter lever is straight and a 904 is offset (though some applications have different length of levers to compensate for vehicle model/engine combinations). Remember, only smallblocks have 904 derivative transmissions, though some came with 727’s (i.e. certain truck and HP car models).
What is the strongest GM transmission?
The 10L90E is by far the biggest and heaviest modern automatic transmission in GM history, but it’s also the strongest and offers amazing performance and economy when matched with a Gen V LT engine.


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SAO PAULO, Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Eternit S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: ETER3; OTC: ETNTY) announces its results for the 2Q14.
The performance of the construction materials sector in 2Q14 was well below the growth expected for the period by the Brazilian Association of Construction Material Industry (ABRAMAT), mainly due to the reduction in the number of working days because of the World Cup. However, the Company outperformed the sector despite the fact that the second quarter is seasonally a period of lower demand for Eternit.
The volume of chrysotile mineral sold in 2Q14 was 70,500 tons, decreasing 11.0% from 2Q13 due to the lower demand for construction materials in the domestic market and the non-recurring slowdown of the economies in Asia. In the same period, fiber-cement sales, including construction solutions, reached 190,000 tons, down 2.2% from 2Q13, whereas concrete roofing tiles sales decreased 20.0%, mainly due to the slowdown of the construction materials sector and a change in the behavior of consumers, who reduced the pace of renovations and retail purchases.
Consolidated net revenue in 2Q14 came to R$ 220.6 million, down 8.6% from 2Q13, mainly due to the lower sales volume of its portfolio, which was partially offset by the price increase in the fiber-cement and concrete roofing tiles segments, as well as the appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Brazilian real.
In 2Q14, EBITDA reached R$ 35.3 million, decreasing 25.7% from 2Q13, chiefly due to the lower sales volume of chrysotile asbestos, fiber-cement and concrete roofing tiles, and the non-recurring increase in operating expenses resulting from the administrative and commercial restructuring of the subsidiary Tegula. As a result, net income decreased 33.2% from 2Q13 to R$ 18.1 million in 2Q14.
Investments in 1H14 totaled R$ 44.0 million, primarily allocated to the installation of a unit for the research, development and production of construction material inputs and the maintenance and modernization of the Group's industrial facilities.
In 2014, Eternit's dividend yield is already at 6.9%, with earnings distributed to shareholders amounting to R$ 53.7 million.
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Akana has announced the availability of the new Akana Healthcare Solution. The API-driven solution helps healthcare organizations accelerate their transition to being secure, digitally interoperable businesses. It leverages the Health Level Seven International Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7 FHIR) standard to enable broader business use of medical data. Akana developed the Healthcare Solution in response to healthcare businesses that want to increase electronic, multi-device acce...
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Any Ops team trying to support a company in today’s cloud-connected world knows that a new way of thinking is required – one just as dramatic than the shift from Ops to DevOps. The diversity of modern operations requires teams to focus their impact on breadth vs. depth. In his session at DevOps Summit, Adam Serediuk, Director of Operations at xMatters, Inc., will discuss the strategic requirements of evolving from Ops to DevOps, and why modern Operations has begun leveraging the “NoOps” approa...
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Thobile MaKhumalo Mseleku is a multifaceted South African TV reality star, radio personality, public speaker and businesswoman. She is talented and embracing woman who is very passionate about her work. She is known for being the presenter on Vuma FM a community radio station in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. She has been able to capture the attention of many viewers through her skills.
She is known for being one of the cast on Uthando Nesthembu reality show on Mzanzi Magic. She is the third wife of the famous known South African pastor and businessman Musa Mseleku.
She is very supportive and always handson helping out in family business. She is one of the most influential people in the country and a mom of one daughter Mpiloenhle. She is inspiring young generation out there. On her recent post on social media account she left fans astounded with her recent post looking absolutely incredible. Please comment, like, click on and share your thoughts. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiR3u4vIzoa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.

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It’s estimated that ten percent of Americans will develop a kidney stone in their lifetime. Kidney stones are comprised of tiny crystals. These solid masses that may form one at a time or several may form all at once, causing pain in the kidney or ureter.
While the causes are not fully known, diet, environment, geographic location, and family history may play a part in the formation of kidney stones. They also develop more in men between the ages of 20 and 50. While is it estimated that about 85 percent of stones can safely pass, most people are not willing to wait due to pain and discomfort.
Typically, the kidneys filter and clean the blood, removing waste through urine. This urine passes from the two kidneys through tubes (ureters) to the bladder. In some cases, often due to a high mineral salt concentration, small crystals can form. In many instances, the stones are small enough to pass through and be eliminated without any pain. In other cases, they are too large to pass through the tubes and become lodged, producing significant pain, nausea, vomiting, blood in the urine and fever/chills. If this happens, you need an intervention to ensure that you do not sustain damage to your kidneys.
When you suffer from kidney stones, you want expertly trained physicians, backed by a top-notch support team performing surgery. At WakeMed, our goal is to provide you with the very best in urologic care. We're proud to offer some of the most advanced, minimally invasive treatments available, giving you peace of mind that you've chosen the best quality urologic care in the Triangle.
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Answer: Datura produces trumpet-shaped flowers from early summer through autumn. If these flowers are pollinated by insects, seeds will form at the site of spent flowers. Look for an enlarged pod that's tannish-brown in color wherever your plant produced a flower. When the pods are dry you can cut them from the plant and open them to reveal the seeds. When the seeds are completely dry, store them in an airtight container in a cool, dark location. Late winter or early next spring sow the seeds 1/8" deep in moistened seed starting mix. They should sprout in 21-42 days when kept at 55F-65F degrees.
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Kazakhstan ratifies partnership agreement with ADB
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ratified the partnership agreement between the Government of Kazakhstan and the ADB, Kazinform has learnt from the Akorda’s press service.
President Tokayev signed the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On ratification of the Framework Partnership Agreement (Amendments to the Framework Partnership Agreement between the Government of Kazakhstan and the Asian Development Bank accelerating economic diversification, sustainable development and inclusive growth of the Republic of Kazakhstan as of May 4, 2014)».
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By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The following matches are advertised for the AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view that will be held tonight in Jacksonville, Florida at Daily’s Place.
-Kenny Omega vs. Pac vs. Orange Cassidy in a three-way for the AEW World Championship.
-Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker for the AEW Women’s Championship.
-“The Young Bucks” Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson vs. Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston for the AEW Tag Titles.
-Miro vs. Lance Archer for the TNT Title.
-“The Inner Circle” Chris Jericho, Santana, Ortiz, Sammy Guevara, and Jake Hager vs. “The Pinnacle” MJF, Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler, Wardlow, and Shawn Spears in a Stadium Stampede match (Inner Circle must disband if they lose).
-Sting and Darby Allin vs. Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky.
-Hangman Page vs. Brian Cage.
-Cody Rhodes vs. Anthony Ogogo.
-Casino Battle Royale for a future AEW Championship match (Entrants: Christian Cage, Matt Sydal, Powerhouse Hobbs, Evil Uno, Colt Cabana, Preston “10” Vance, Jungle Boy, Matt Hardy, Marq Quen, Isiah Kassidy, Penta El Zero Miedo, The Blade, Griff Garrison, Brian Pillman Jr., Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, QT Marshall, Lee Johnson, Dustin Rhodes, Nick Comoroto, and one wrestler TBA).
-(Pre-Show) Serena Deeb vs. Riho for the NWA Women’s Championship.
Powell’s POV: Paul Wight will be the special commentator for the Casino Battle Royale. Could he be the final entrant? AEW DON will be held at Daily’s Place at full capacity. The outdoor venue is listed as holding up to 5,500 fans. The pay-per-view price is listed at $49.99 on BR/Live and $49.95 on DirecTV. Join me for my live review of AEW Double or Nothing tonight beginning with the pre-show at 6:30CT/7:30ET and the main card at 7CT/8ET. Jake Barnett, Will Pruett, and I will host a same night audio review for Dot Net Members.

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Austria has a long history of winemaking, but in general, modern winemaking is fairly young. The country’s wine producers are consistently evolving overtime and so it is no wonder that Austria was one of the early adopters of the "orange wine style".
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Panasonic Corp. said Monday it has raised its full-year group profit forecasts for the business year through March on cost reductions and the weakening of the yen.
The Japanese electronics maker is now expecting a group net profit of 210 billion yen ($1.91 billion) in fiscal 2017, compared with 160 billion yen estimated in May last year.
Panasonic also raised its group operating profit forecast to 350 billion yen from 335 billion yen, on expected sales of 7.95 trillion yen, up from 7.80 trillion yen.
The latest net and operating profit outlooks would represent growth of 40.6 per cent and 26.5 per cent, respectively, from results in the previous fiscal year.
In the April-December period, the electronics maker said group net profit stood at 200.11 billion yen, up 1.3 per cent from the corresponding period of the previous year. Consolidated operating profit rose 14.9 per cent to 316.70 billion yen on sales of 5.91 trillion yen, up 9.0 per cent.


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Gov. Walker plans massive sales tax hike on the working class
Despite Governor Scott Walker 's insistence that his Tea Party reforms are working, families in Milwaukee and across the state still have trouble both finding reliable employment and making a livable wage.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Milwaukee Courier Online.
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This is an opinion piece. It is not factual news.
If the reader reads this, and sees the 'not the views of the Courier' on top, then it isn't supported by unbiased journalism.
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All you who want to blame Scott Walker---Get your head out of the sand.....It's Obomanomics, you low-information-voters. So who's fault is it in Illinois? They are one of the most in debt states out of all and let's not forget about CA. Can't you see???? It's Democrats running those states. All the blue states are so far in the red and the liberals in those states are too stupid to figure it out.
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Often referred to as the ‘Voice of the Outback’, bestselling author Fleur McDonald’s, nineteenth book, a new suspense novel is again set against the backdrop of the Flinders Rangers, South Australia. In the fictional town of Barker, Detective Dave Burrows, once more methodically unravels the mystery and intrigue.
Joel Hammond, after completing his prison term for financial fraud, returns home from prison to the derelict home of his youth in Barker, a town where some still believe that he was responsible for the death of 16 year old Maggie years ago. Others believe there is more to the story of Maggie’s accidental fall from the silo and they are determined to uncover the real nature of the members of the religious Douglas family. There are many secrets which refuse to remain buried.
This page turning book will keep readers both enthralled and engaged, as the author has incorporated not only cybercrime, on line romance scam and financial fraud, but also murder and more; there is also a touch of romance!
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Evone with Tritube improves lung aeration and surgical visibility
The first randomized controlled trial on FCV® has now been published, demonstrating that during laryngeal surgery Tritube improves visibility of the surgical site as compared with a MLT 6.0. Moreover, the group of Prof Schumann showed that FCV® improves lung aeration and respiratory system compliance compared with VCV. Read the the complete publication by Schmidt et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2019; 36:963–971
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Lately, I’ve been wanting to switch up my routine and take my fitness to the next level. That’s when I discovered the power of sprinting.
Sprinting is a type of high-intensity interval training that involves running at maximum speed for short distances, typically 30 to 60 seconds. I was skeptical at first, but after incorporating sprints into my workout routine, I quickly saw the benefits. Not only does sprinting provide a full-body workout, but it also helps sculpt your body in ways that other forms of exercise simply can’t.
For starters, sprinting burns a ton of calories. According to the American Council on Exercise, sprinting can burn up to 200 calories in just 15 minutes. That’s twice the amount of calories burned during a 30-minute jog. This high calorie burn also means that sprinting can help you lose weight and tone your muscles.
In addition to burning calories, sprinting also helps build lean muscle mass. The intense effort required during sprints causes your body to work harder, which in turn triggers muscle growth. This results in a lean, toned physique that is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also functional and efficient.
Another great benefit of sprinting is that it improves cardiovascular health. Sprinting is a type of anaerobic exercise, which means it trains your body to use energy without oxygen. This type of exercise can increase your heart rate and improve your endurance, making it easier to complete other forms of exercise.
Sprinting also improves your balance, coordination, and agility. Because sprinting requires quick movements and sharp turns, it helps train your body to respond more quickly and effectively to changes in direction. This can help improve your overall athleticism and make you a better runner, no matter what your skill level.
Finally, sprinting is a great way to increase your confidence and boost your mental health. When you push yourself to sprint at your maximum speed, you are testing your limits and building resilience. This can increase your self-esteem and make you feel more capable and empowered.
In conclusion, sprinting is a powerful form of exercise that can help sculpt your body, improve your cardiovascular health, increase your endurance, and boost your confidence. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or just starting out, I highly recommend incorporating sprints into your workout routine. Give it a try and see for yourself the amazing benefits that sprinting can bring.

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Our collection of My Little Pony games is filled with adorable Hasbro dolls and TV show characters. You can play with colorful, lovable ponies like Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, and Apple Bloom! Several titles feature unique dress-up challenges, which allow you to customize your own creature. Players will mix and match various fur colors, decorations, and accessories to give each mini-horse their own style. For a magical touch, add a unicorn horn and pair of fluttering wings!
Fans of different game genres will love our broad selection of My Little Pony games. Girl gamers can play a cartoon version of Tetris filled with rainbow hearts and pink pieces. For blossoming artists, we have coloring adventures that feature scenes from the Friendship Is Magic television series. Use your mouse as a paintbrush, and bring the lovable characters to life! Puzzle-solving players can have tons of fun testing their memory and searching for hidden letters!

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GTA Online (GTAO), GTA 5’s hugely popular Online mode, is all set to receive the long-awaited free summer 2023 update, “GTA Online: San Andreas Mercenaries,” on June 13, 2023.
GTA Online: San Andreas Mercenaries Coming On June 13
Rockstar Games, the developer behind the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise, on Friday announced that the free expansion would see a team of elite pilots and ex-military operators teaming up to fight against San Andreas’ largest private military, Merryweather Security, spanning across the streets, seas, and skies.
To combat the evil private security force, a new character named Charlie Reed, an expert aircraft mechanic and ace pilot, will assemble a squadron of proficient aviators and guns-for-hire known only as the Los Santos Angels.
Players will take on new lucrative private work involving stealing sensitive data from server farms, carrying out raids, and dropping explosive payloads on high-value targets across the state. Rockstar also promises “spontaneous opportunities” to liberate cash and commodities from lucrative roving targets.
Further, the upcoming update will enable players to change the Mammoth Avenger into an “enhanced aerial command center” equipped with a new Operations Terminal and weapons system upgrades.
The developer also says that “new and experienced smugglers will also benefit from a range of upgrades for Avenger and Hangar owners, including the ability to store and customize your Avenger from your Hangar, or even store and access your Avenger without owning a Hangar or Facility property.”
San Andreas Mercenaries will also include new random events, a brand-new Tactical SMG perfect for firing while driving, daily time trials, and much more.
Lastly, several player-requested improvements are being added to the game, including the following:
- When calling Mors Mutual Insurance, you’ll be able to claim all destroyed vehicles at once.
- An alternate sprint control option (hold to sprint) will be added to the Settings Menu.
- Custom description tags for garages to help quickly locate your favorite rides.
- The Willard Eudora and Albany Classique Broadway will become eligible for Taxi Work when using Taxi Liveries.
- Updates to the Creator to incorporate additional props and weather options, including snow.
GTA Online: San Andreas Mercenaries will be available on all platforms, including PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on June 13. We expect Rockstar to reveal more information in the coming days.


Hello DT Community –
I know this script must exist somewhere, but I can’t seem to locate it. Maybe I need to go get some more coffee…
In my knowledge base, every file starts with the year - month - day. I use the full year, month and day in this format. (i.3. 2023-01-19) Can someone point me to a script that does this, ideally based on the creation date of the file?
Mea culpa in advance… I know it is here somewhere!
Actually it’s not necessary to use a script, both batch processing (see Tools menu) and smart rules could also handle this. See Change Name action, then use the Insert Placeholder submenu of the contextual menu to insert the desired date components.
Wow! I have read the DT book and have used DT for ages now, and I learn something new ALL the time. Thanks for this!
And there’s of course something new in every release to discover
Make sure you check out the built-in Help and manual. In this case, the Automation chapter would be useful.
Thank you. DevonThink is so comprehensive, it’s almost as if I need a PKM strategy just to manage the information about it! LOL Amazing tool.


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Markets are hitting new lows in the U.S.
Meanwhile, European markets are getting absolutely destroyed.
Spain's IBEX is down 6%.
Italy's FTSE MIB is down 5%.
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How many people will use their mobile phones to find out the time of their next bus or train? Chief operating officer of Kizoom Damian Bown will explain just how far Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) technology has progressed.
Kizoom has already launched a service that zaps train timetables on to WAP mobiles and informs users of train delays. The service which currently operates in London and the South East has 10,000 registered users. Bown is developing new mobile phone services with operators such as countdowns for when your next bus will turn up.
'Digital countdowns at bus stops are very expensive to install due to the cost of digging up the road, ' he says.
Bown will also talk about the future of the market. 'We want to develop smarter phones that can anticipate the kind of journeys you want to make, ' he says.
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Long-Term Unemployed Debate Their Next Move
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It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.
A: NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports on how some of those people are planning to get by.
YUKI NOGUCHI: Next week, Kim Beatty celebrates her 42nd birthday. And assuming there's no extension of benefits, it also marks her last $403 benefits check.
M: But it doesn't even cover my mortgage.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
NOGUCHI: So Beatty is trying to find a roommate. She's buying fewer groceries. And after Congress let the latest deadline on extended benefits expire, she considered storming the Capitol from her home in nearby Alexandria, Virginia.
M: You know, I was just that frustrated. Like, you don't understand how much of, just now, an added burden you're putting on people. It's not that people don't want to work.
NOGUCHI: And Beatty herself says she's applying for every job she can find. Beatty lost her job when an au pair agency shut down a year and a half ago. She hasn't considered moving to be near family in Michigan or Florida, because the job market supposedly is better near Washington. But she says the number of job openings can be deceptive.
M: Even though the unemployment may be lower here than it is in other areas, so much of it are government jobs that are available. But they want people who already have federal government experience, but I can't get that experience until I get one of those jobs.
NOGUCHI: She says that just compounds her frustration.
M: You know, I'm trying to stay in my home. I'm trying not to be, you know, one of the thousands or millions of people that are in foreclosure.
NOGUCHI: Andrew Stettner is deputy director of the National Employment Law Project, an advocacy group for working families. Although politicians are focused on cutting spending and taxes, he says not spending money on benefits will inflict harm across the economy.
M: Cutting off extended jobless benefits right now will cut off the knees of the recovery. This is money that stores, landlords and communities are counting on.
NOGUCHI: Emily Faith does not agree. The 33-year-old Rochester resident says she's had to swallow her pride. She went from working on major television shows to getting laid off from the local coffee house. This week marks her 77th week on unemployment.
M: I mean, I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about it. But, you know, the realities of me not finding a job soon is that I could be homeless.
NOGUCHI: Yuki Noguchi, NPR News.
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has decided that imports of hot-rolled carbon steel plate from six countries “has not caused but is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.” The complaint was issued by Essar Steel Algoma against plate steel originating in or exported from Brazil, Denmark, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
As a result of the finding, anti-dumping duties will be collected by the Canada Border Services Agency.
“We are gratified by the Tribunal’s recognition of dumping in the Canadian marketplace and we appreciate the actions they have taken to prevent injury and ensure fair trade practices are upheld,” said Kalyan Ghosh, CEO, Essar Steel Algoma Inc. “This finding is particularly important in light of the rise in low-priced plate imports we are now seeing from other sources.”
The Tribunal will issue the reasons for its findings on June 4, 2014.
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Cool backyard ideas are really eco friendly that totally support go green project. The main point in these backyard ideas is to add the green areas in your backyard so your backyard will be cool naturally. Do not imagine that your backyard will be changed into a forest, of course not.
How to Apply Cool Backyard Ideas?
First you have to learn about the type of tree that can be easily grown in your area. Choose the tree that has a light color to avoid the dark impression in your backyard. Grow decorating grass in your backyard to make it fresher and greener. To add the coziness in your backyard you can add park bench or even swimming pool in your cool backyard.
How to Take Care of Cool Backyard?
If you are too busy to take care of your backyard, you can hire a gardener to take care of it for you. As you know there are many plants in the backyard that you should watering everyday and there will be many fall cloves that you have to put every day. It really takes time but actually this activity of gardening is interesting. Let’s go green to save our only earth.
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The following table provides an overview of other taxes that may be imposed on a company doing business in the country.
|Payroll Tax / Salary Income Tax||20% of taxable salary of employees||Salary income taxes are levied at a rate of 20% on the total taxable remuneration of employees, including salaries, allowances and any benefits in kind. Employers are required to withhold and pay the salary income tax.|
|Social Security Employer Contribution||13% & 5%||Employers are required to contribute to national social security fund at 13% and to medical insurance organization at 5% of gross monthly remuneration of employees.|
|Social Security Employee Contribution||1%||Employees are required to contribute 1% each of their gross salaries towards social security fund and to medical insurance organization, which is withheld by the employer.|
|Property Tax (Real property)||5% - 10%||Real estate ownership tax is levied annually at the rate of 5% to 10% on the rental value of the property. Land ownership is also taxable depending on the nature of the land.|
|Customs Duty||20% - 180%||Custom duty and import tax is payable on the goods imported in Madagascar.|
|Excise Duty||5% to 325% depending on the type, quantity of product||Custom duty and import tax is payable on the goods imported in Madagascar. Excise duty applies on a range of goods and services such as tobacco, alcohol, lighters, and mobile phones. Excise duty rates range from 5% to 325% or depends on the nature and quantity of the product.|
|Registeration fees / duty||0.5% - 5% depending on the nature of transaction||Registration fees is payable on transfer of title ownership of movable and immovable assets, transfers of interests, share capital increase and lease agreements. The highest rate of 5% is mainly applicable on transfer of assets and transfer of business.|

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There's a new "final" trailer for Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice out, but I refuse to watch it.
Several trailers back I realized that the marketing people had already given away far too much of the movie's plot and surprises. I don't want to know anything else about the fight between the caped crusader and the man of steel. We know too much already.
Even if I'd skipped those first few trailers, I'm sure I would have seen or heard about spoilery elements third-hand. So I'm skipping this one, out of principle if nothing else.
But hey, you can watch the trailer if you want to. Here it is:
More and more these days, movie and video game trailers are spoiling the films and games they're trying to sell. I wrote recently of The Revenant's second trailer, which spoiled pretty much the entire film. Games like Dark Souls 2 were completely oversaturated with game trailers prior to release, and it's just one example among many.
The common refrain to this is, "Well if you don't want to watch the trailers, then don't." Which is true, to some degree. Sometimes it's difficult to avoid a trailer, like when you're sitting in a movie theater. Other times, I feel a bit torn between my role as an entertainment/video game journalist and an entertainment/video game consumer. The latter half of me would rather not be spoiled, but the former's duty is to inform, to stay abreast of new information, including new trailers. Oh conundrum of conundrums! What trials and tribulations we face!
In any case, I'm sure that's a very nifty Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer up top. But I'm not watching it. I refuse to be any more spoiled going into that movie than I already am.
The movie hits theaters on March 25th. I'm still excited for Dawn of Justice, which looks pretty great to be honest, I just wish I remained a little more blissfully ignorant going in. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

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Female BBC newsreaders are set to perform Strictly Come Dancing routines in aid of Children in Need later this month.
Emily Maitlis , Sophie Raworth , Susanna Reid and Sian Williams have all signed up for the skit, which will see the ladies get their dancing shoes on and face the show’s male judges Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli as part of the charity fundraiser on Friday November 18.
Sophie has taken to her twitter account to reveal her nerves about the spectacle, posting a link about the announcement with the accompanying message: ‘Now you see why i am a tad terrified this year (sic)’
Responding to a tweet from BBC Children in Need asking if the newsreaders are ready for the Strictly judges, she wrote: ‘Not had a single rehearsal yet! So NO. (sic)’
Other performances planned for the night’s entertainment â which will be hosted by Sir Terry Wogan, Fearne Cotton, Tess Daly and Strictly’s only female panellist Alesha Dixon – include Harry Hill and Davina McCall lending their vocal talents to a new version of The Muppets’ classic song Mah Na Mah Na.
The cast of EastEnders will also perform the tune, as well as hits by legendary rockers Queen.


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By Matt Martian aka TheSuper3. Taco. Frank. Jasper. Matt. Domo. Wolf. Tyler. Mike. Hodgy. Syd. Earl. Left.
The interwebs are still trying to grasp the concept that is OFWGKTADGAF (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All Don’t Give A F$%K). There’s countless beginners guides and an OFWGKTADGAF for Dummies. Seriously. We’re falling back to take a look at the visual aesthetic that’s played a major role in them into a phenom.For the most part Tyler the Creator is responsible for the overall identity of the group, with each member putting their twist on individual projects. All illustrations like the one above are done inhouse. (yes, OFWGKTADGAF has an inhouse art dept).Said dept is Matt Martian, 1/2 of Atlanta artist collective @TheSuper3. To make things more confusing @TheSuper3 doubles as OFWGKTA splinter group, The Jet Age of Tommorrow. We’re inclined to say splinter group because A) they’re not based out west and B) They’re on a slightly different frequency the the rest of the clique.
Just like the rest of the group, they recently released full length album…for free. Treat yourself, go get your Wolf Gang on and downloadÂ The Jet Age of TommorrowÂ - Journey to the 5th Echelon.
Disclaimer: This stuff is not for everybody. Either you like it or you don’t. No dj can break records by these cats. There’s no club bangers. If your people hear you listening to it they might try to run an intervention. At the worst, its good audio to work to and Â it’s more interesting than the shit on the radio. For that alone we’re co-signing.
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"If it’s a compelling story, you want to read it at one sitting," Alfred Hitchcock told the San Francisco Examiner in 1964. "The novel can be put down and picked up again. The play is divided into three acts. But the movie should be quick, terse and all of a piece. I think it was [George Bernard] Shaw who advised young playwrights to gear the length of each act to the endurance of the human bladder."
Hitchcock had touched on that thought before and would return to it later in his life. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but the news that Christopher Nolan's time-twisting Tenet will be two and a half hours long – which, incredibly, puts it among his shorter films – made me do a little inward sigh too.
After years on the fence, I've become a runtime ultra. Seeing that a film runs to less than 100 minutes gives me a massive thrill. I'm not asking for a legal requirement to keep runtimes in double figures, though maybe some kind of tithe could taken for every minute over 100 the clock ticks on.
I can kind of see why Martin Scorsese, for instance, was allowed to make The Irishman as vast as it was. Big story, big characters, the biggest director, most people watching at home while checking their phones: three and a half hours makes some sense. There was no need, however, for IT: Chapter Two to be nearly three hours long.
It's a particular problem for films in an extended universe, which need to work in nods to a disparate grab-bag of films, characters and tones to gaffa-tape the whole conceit together as well as telling their own story. Avengers: Assemble, the sixth MCU film, was 143 minutes long; nine years and 16 films later, Avengers: Endgame was 181 minutes long.
Now, finding a 90-minute live-action film feels like a life hack. Even having barely gone out of the house for four months, I'm way, way, way behind on everything culturally worthwhile. It feels like I don't have time to fritter away on sprawling epics. Two and a half hours, Christopher? In this economy?
It feels like films are getting longer. But is that the case? At the end of last year, film data researcher Stephen Follows said that while films do seem to be getting longer, that's mainly because of a few extraordinarily long outliers. The 2000s were a decade of gradually shortening run times, but then that trend reversed over the 2010s. In 1999, the average film ran to just over 97 minutes, but that fell to 93 minutes in 2009 before climbing again to about 96 and a half in 2018. Horrors, documentaries and animations are still around 90 minutes long or less on average.
What's particularly interesting about Follows' data is that it says while 5.6 percent of films released theatrically between 1999 and 2018 ran over 140 minutes, nearly 10 percent of the films among the 50 highest grossing of each year ran that long. Over the same period, the average length of an Oscar nominee only dipped below two hours in 2011 and 2018, while the average length of all films stayed stubbornly under 100 minutes.
Longer films, then, make disproportionately more money and get nominated for more awards. They've long been associated with artistic heft and daring. In 1913, the Italian-made Roman epic Quo Vadis became the first film to run over two hours, spanning eight reels of film when most were 15-minute single-reelers. More than a century later, Nolan's films follow some of the same principles: the chintzy theatres Quo Vadis was shown in have become his beloved IMAX screens, for instance, and the groundbreaking chariot racing stunts that drew crowds are now Nolan's time-looping digital trickery.
Having got used to streaming new releases and a little wary of being cooped up in a cinema, more of us will likely be sticking to watching at home. I can't go a whole episode of Doctors without fiddling about on my phone, wandering out of the room because I suddenly need something from my bedroom, forgetting what it was, sitting down, remembering again, getting it, sitting down, making a cup of tea and then going on my phone again. Nolan's got no chance.
The Inception auteur is in an incredibly rarefied field, as a superstar director whose name is both a license to write blank production cheques and almost a genre in its own right. Tenet stands apart from the rest of the film industry, and it'll probably be great in the way Nolan's stuff tends to be: poppy and beautiful and built on loads of big ideas.
It is possible, though, to have too many ideas and let them grow too big. Nolan's ahead of me by some filmmaking metrics – 'films made' being the big one – and if anyone deserves the time to explore their creativity in full, its him. But if I've learned nothing else from the last decade of going to the pictures, it's that making art's about taking things away as well as adding them.
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Does CRNA accept IICU (Intermediate Intensive Care Unit) as Critical Care experience?
March 18th, 2023
No, all or nothing. CCRN is pretty much a mandatory as well which requires 2 years 1750 hours in an adult ICU. Providing direct care to acutely/critically ill patients. They want you to have experience with vasopressors and intubated patients. Which you can't get with intermediate care.
December 27th, 2022
I work in an ICU and the only time we use them is during a code or when our open heart patients are brought to the unit immediate post op otherwise we rarely utilize. We have ICU Nurse Practioners, Swat Nursing Supervisor and a Flight Nurse as well as very hands on doctors.
December 21st, 2022
yea because they always need a ICU Nurse doing pharmactical job duties for stabilizing a patient


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Dane DeHaan [in “Kill Your Darlings”] is given a chance to really show what he is capable of as an actor. In a couple of years he will be the biggest thing in town … The film’s cinematographer luxuriated in DeHaan’s aqua blue eyes – the camera loves his face. But as you’ll see, it isn’t just about his looks. He embodies Lucien Carr, one of the many wild muses that inspired the Beat Poets, specifically the young Allen Ginsberg … DeHaan is on fire as Carr, lit from within – fiercely sexual, blindingly beautiful – who could ever resist him. (x)
One Direction performing Through the Dark on SNL
Red and White Dahlias, Sir Jacob Epstein. English Sculptor, Painter, born in America (1880 - 1959)
So fucking stoked.
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