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7.12.12 Casper
Do not let this scare you. Chew on the pieces and realize there are some good morsels in this and some need discarded.
The latest White Hat Report (#44) was rather disconcerting don't you think?
I can't wait for their next one explaining the real hidden 'secret agenda' of the cabal, something bigger and more important than the 'Financial Programs' which are just a diversion and a cover story they say.
Reading between the lines and reading the lines themselves (Dulce, Groom Lake, etc.) it appears their upcoming explanation of this update might have something to do with UFO's, E.T.'s, etc.. Just a guess. They are obviously very frustrated to learn that the Governments and their 'ABC' agencies are unwilling to do anything about the massive worldwide fiat financial corruption. All have been bought by and are now owned by the Banks and their owners (the Cabal). This includes almost every one of the Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congress's and Parliaments of 'Western Nations' especially the G-8 which is doing all possible to hang onto the Status Quo. WE do not believe the White Hats know much about or have anything to do with 'Our Business'. They have their own universe of activity and are the leaders in that arena.
An 'interdependence' occurs because it is unlikely Our Business will fund until the Cabal is dealt with which is the thrust of their activity. Personally I think a complete failure of the fiat system renders most of these considerations mute meaning that the worst of the worst gets arrested but cleaning up the existing system is not necessary as it is to fail and be taken down completely. Again I am guessing and expressing an opinion.
Meanwhile the most recent bailout of Europe and its banks is not progressing very well nor 'timely'. The German Court has put off decisions till the fall, maybe longer, leaving E.U. officials wringing their hands. The banks were provided Billions of Euro's by their Central Banks and the Fed which they promptly 'invested' in their country's Sovereign Debt which has about as much value now as their Derivatives Assets. What a joke, what a scam, around and around we go and who knows where the magic fiat ball bounces next. Spain says their banks must have 500B not the recently agreed upon 110B euro's but the 'Emergency Fund' from whence the funds are to come is as yet un-capitalized. These fruit cakes (bankers) are more 'upside down' than Las Vegas homeowners.
Regarding the internet reports of an 83T tranche of funds 'released on July 1st' this is false just as reported by 'A Guardian'. This is digits on the computers not live money. All 83T will not procure one cup of coffee.
Regarding the ongoing reports of the Dinar RVing, not true either. Funds are not liquid. There is activity. Preparations by individuals and banks for 'Some Day', but no actual liquidity. No other major increments of funds such as 'Wanta', etc. are available either. This can change at any time based upon schedules unknown to us but as of today none of these ongoing claims are true. Our sources continue to say the Dinar can never R.V. as a 'standalone' happening but only in the context of the world's currencies RVing simultaneously. Investment Banking Sources tell us the sale of Dinar's worldwide has raised Billions and Billions of cash dollars for the 'Sellers' through a Worldwide Brokerage Distribution Network which is preparing to pay 'commissions' to all those 'salesmen' who helped push the Dinars onto the public. Who are 'The Sellers'? WE don't know for sure but have reported many times during the last twelve months that our sources have said from the very beginning of Dinar Sales on the internet that this is a scam being run by Bush Senior and Maliki. Remember? Did your friendly Dinar Salesperson do you a favor and get you into something that will make you a great deal of money? Or did he sell you toilet paper for a commission as part of a Worldwide Ponzi Scheme? Time will tell.
LIBOR interest rates were manipulated up AND down on a world scale by participating banks and whomever they shared the 'insider scoop' with. Now think about this. 800T derivatives contracts out there says the BIS, Quads say other sources each having 'counter-parties' taking opposite sides of the financial wager. Eighty or more percent (I recall reading somewhere) of all derivatives are OTC 'Interest Rate' Derivative Contracts valued according to the movement of interest rates up or down. Those 'in the know' (participating banks and their allies) were able to literally STEAL from those counterparties who were not aware of what tomorrows rate manipulation would be. It is surprising and somewhat baffling that my fellow 'flame throwers' such as Max Kaiser and Nigel Farage have not hit the air waves with a discussion of this. It seems to me that Class Action Lawsuits will be forth coming from all who were on the losing side of these hundreds of trillions of dollars (nominal value) of derivatives transactions. Perhaps the reason why it hasn't happened already is that most of the participants, on both sides of the contracts, are banks. Talk about a snake eating its tail. If this analysis is half correct what a quandary the bad guys are in. 'Exposure' of this historically unprecedented corruption by dozens of the world's biggest banks acting in concert for years will make it almost impossible to continue to bail these western mega banks, IMO, without a public admission by 'The Authorities' (Governments) that they are in on the scam which, by the manipulation of ALL interest rates, screws the worlds people every business day. And, since this comes down to 'members of the family' (banks) screwing each other, how do they continue to do business with the same counter-parties tomorrow now that the transaction losers realize they have been screwed? It is as if they are all in a big circle each holding a machine gun 'waiting for the flag to drop'. And 'outsiders' such as hedge funds, corporations or rich individuals like Buffet who have been enticed into this world of 'financial weapons of mass destruction'? Will they also file class actions? How could anyone say this is not RICO in spades? The extent of the Cabals ownership of the media, especially the financial media, is on display here. Virtually no reporting about the biggest financial scandal in world history. The 'journalist' whistle while Rome burns. Their silence is deafening. They are in bed with the banks and the Cabal and deserve their fair share of tar and feathers. Do you realize that every previous bailout charged to taxpayers here or in Europe was nothing more than corrupt Governments shoveling the public's funds to corrupt/criminal financial institutions? IMO it will not be necessary to await court decisions as the 'unfolding' renders the verdict undeniable. Also remember that these manipulated toilet paper derivatives contracts are carried as 'assets' on the bank's balance sheets which tells you what their 'asset base' is really worth.
Cities everywhere declaring bankruptcy. Municipal Bond Investors losing everything. Employee Pension Benefits up in smoke. Retirees screwed. Jobs? Bankruptcies and hiring don't go together. All go the way of Detroit bankrupted by Democrat Politicians who threw opium (other people's money) around like confetti until one day they reach into the public purse and found it empty. All they cared about was buying re-election so they used other people's money to achieve that end until suddenly there was no more. The most incompetent people become politicians. Do the people deserve the coming consequences?
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Coyote V. Acme
by Ian Frazier
Twenty-two humorous essays on topics ranging from Joseph Stalin's theories of revolutionary stand-up comedy, to a commencement address given by a Satanist college President, to the opening statement of an attorney representing Wile E. Coyote in a product liability suit against the Acme company, supplier of unpredictable rocket sleds and faulty spring-powered shoes.
Publisher: Macmillan PublishersReleased: Feb 9, 2002ISBN: 9781466828759Format: book
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The Last Segment
At a signal from the sound room, the tapes stopped spinning, and one by one the big thousand-watt lights winked and darkened. Then Mary hugged Murray, and Ted came over and hugged them both, and then Lou, usually so uncomfortable with physical displays, took all three in a bear hug that had them gasping for breath through their tears. Then Grant came onto the set and announced that he had bought each of them an Arabian pony, which they could ride whenever they wanted. Then from someplace offstage two technicians came in carrying—literally carrying—Sue Ann. She had been so cheerful all day, but when she happened to see MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW CANCELLED in black-and-white in a newspaper headline, the full reality finally hit her, and she collapsed. Members of the live audience were weeping and calling out the names of their favorites, but security guards standing three-deep kept all but the most persistent behind the front rail. Thousands more waited outside in the rain to pay their respects to executive producer Stan Daniels; one at a time they were admitted, given a few seconds, and ushered out. The representative from Courier-brand tub and tile cleaner provided a cake seven tiers high (one tier for each season on the network), decorated with the titles of every episode and topped with exact replicas of the main characters whittled from basswood by an old man from the Ozarks whom Murray had met while driving cross-country. Ted and Lou, who had never been much closer off camera than on, stood staring down at the buffet table, side by side. When Ted turned and haltingly offered Lou the blazer he had worn on the show since the beginning, both men's shoulders began to shake, and they sobbed openly. Then Mary made a speech. She told everybody that she loved them and would always remember them, and if they ever felt they needed her, all they had to do was think of her and she would be there. Then she repeated the whole speech in fluent sign language, her hands trembling slightly in the waning light.
Then the staff carpenters, working with a delicacy all the more touching in such burly men, dismantled the sets and loaded them into trucks for immediate removal to the Smithsonian Institution, where they would one day be put on permanent display. The air grew heavy with the scent of diesel exhaust and leave-taking as men from the telephone company seized fire axes and began chopping away the cables. Like the wings of giant birds coming to earth, the microwave towers slowly fell. The instant that groundwater reached the boiler room, four-inch rivets started to pop and fly across the now flaming studio. Heedless of the chaos around them, members of the original cast swayed together with their arms still entwined, their eyes distant and glazed with trance. Later they would describe how they had been transported to a faraway land where they met and conversed with the stars from every program that had ever been aired, who told them not to be downcast but to rejoice. The house orchestra played every number it knew, ending with one last rendition of the famous theme song just as dawn was breaking. The entire company watched from a nearby knoll as the lot filled with ash until only the flagpole remained; then that, too, was gone. Finally, as if waking from a dream that still held them in its grip, they made their way toward the ranks of limousines waiting to take them back to the world they'd left behind, to the people they used to be.
Little brother was never quite right after that, and in the fall he was sent away. Mama doesn't make big Sunday dinners like she did before; mostly she just calls Meals on Wheels. There was a virus going around, Papa caught it, and he died last spring. Sister married a soldier and moved to Toledo. At the old home place, only Cousin Eleanor remains. Sometimes in the evenings she tries to sit in the front room, but it's no use. There was little to keep Lloyd around any longer, so he went back on the road. At an icy intersection in a distant state, a semi-trailer full of salt blocks overturned on him, it'll be two years ago this Christmas. The other Lloyd, the one Nancy married, escaped into his work, and drove his cherry picker against some high-tension wires not twenty minutes after attending a safety lecture sponsored by the power company. With weekday attendance down, Grandy just couldn't keep the inn running the way it used to, and he had to sell out to the Flammia brothers. They stripped the furnishings and put in a snack-meats factory. Curtis figured that he might as well have the operation; he seems fine now. His wife, while admiring his courage, nevertheless felt she had no choice but to file for divorce. Trestle still takes his strolls down Main Street, but his conversation dwells increasingly on the past. Mark became a pharmacist. Galen is presumed missing. Bev traded what she could never have for what she'd never wanted in the first place, and married Chick. They shut down the pool hall, they shut down the Grange hall, they filled in the swimming hole and put a Substance Abuse Center where the old gazebo used to be. And see the tree, how big it's grown; beneath, a simple marker, with the words Home by Midnight and the familiar five-pointed star of a Texas Ranger. Afternoons now, Wade stacks change in piles according to size, dreaming away behind the drive-thru window. The children are long gone, vanished into sports and other outside interests. Somewhere, invisible pens compute the swirling arithmetic of loss.
And me? I'm sitting in a bar in Gander, Newfoundland, wondering how I ever got so far from that old gravel road that runs past the fields of my memories. When I look back at the happiness I knew, it appears to me now as if through the wrong end of a telescope—tiny, remote, yet precise in every detail. I remember how we all used to assemble at the couch at five minutes to nine, each of us well supplied with blankets and refreshments to insure that we wouldn't have to budge for the next half hour. And how long those ads seemed in between! Sometimes we would joke about the idiot box, the vast wasteland. We didn't know what a wasteland was. Seems like ever since the cancellation I just can't put those times far enough behind me. Measure the distance by airports, pay phones, hotels, cities, women. Sure, there've been women—plenty of them. I'm not ashamed of their number, because it was from them I learned how much hurt there is in the world, and how much

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Currently Dr. Cantu's professional responsibilities include those of Clinical Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Co-Founder of the CTE Center at the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Senior Advisor to the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee; Founding member, Co-Founder, Medical Director, and Chairman Medical Advisory Board Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA; Adjunct Professor Exercise and Sport Science and Medical Director National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Co-Director, Neurologic Sports Injury Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Medical Director and Director of Clinical Research at the Cantu Concussion Center at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts; and Neurosurgical Consultant Boston Eagles football team. Dr. Cantu consults with numerous NFL, NHL and NBA teams, and served as Neurosurgical Consultant to the Boston Cannons professional soccer team from 2003-2010. Dr. Cantu also serves on the Mackey White TBI advisory committee to the NFLPA, and on the International Rugby Board's independent advisory group on concussion.
He has authored over 392 scientific publications, including 32 books on neurology and sports medicine, in addition to numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed papers, abstracts and free communications, and educational videos. He has served as associate editor of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise and Exercise and Sports Science Review, and on the editorial board of The Physician and Sports Medicine, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, and Journal of Athletic Training. In 2003 Dr. Cantu became the section head for the Sports Medicine Section of Neurosurgery.
He grew up in the northern California community of Santa Rosa. In 1960, he received his B.A. degree from the University of California Berkley where he pitched on the varsity baseball team. Jointly, in medical school and graduate school, he received his M.A. degree in endocrinology in 1962, and in 1963, his M.D. from the University of California Medical School in San Francisco. Following a surgical internship at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City in 1963-1964, he began a neurosurgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and simultaneous position of research fellow in physiology at Harvard Medical School. Upon completion of his residency in 1968, he joined the neurosurgery staff at MGH, where his practice and laboratory were located, while assuming the position of acting assistant director of neurosurgery and director of pediatric neurosurgery at Boston City Hospital. After five years of academic neurosurgery with Harvard Hospitals, Dr. Cantu entered private neurosurgery practice at the suburban Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts where he currently serves as Chairman Department of Surgery, Chief Neurosurgical Service and Director Service of Sports Medicine.
In addition to his professional responsibilities, Dr. Cantu is medical director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, an ongoing registry instituted in 1982 for data collection and analysis of spine and head injuries. From this data important contributions have been made in sport safety and accident reduction; most notably football rule changes concerning tackling and blocking with the head, the establishment of football helmet standards, improved on-the-field medical care, and coaching techniques. He also serves on the Board of Trustees as Vice President of NOCSAE (National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment).
Dr. Cantu also is Co-Director of the Neurological Sports Injury Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA.
Alosco ML, Tripodis Y, Rowland B, Chua AS, Liao H, Martin B, Jarnagin J, Chaisson CE, Pasternak O, Karmacharya S, Koerte IK, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, McKee AC, Shenton ME, Greenwald R, McClean M, Stern RA, Lin A. A magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation in symptomatic former NFL players. Brain Imaging Behav. 2019 Mar 08. PMID: 30848432.
Cherry JD, Mez J, Crary JF, Tripodis Y, Alvarez VE, Mahar I, Huber BR, Alosco ML, Nicks R, Abdolmohammadi B, Kiernan PT, Evers L, Svirsky S, Babcock K, Gardner HM, Meng G, Nowinski CJ, Martin BM, Dwyer B, Kowall NW, Cantu RC, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Stern RA, Farrer LA, McKee AC, Stein TD. Variation in TMEM106B in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2018 11 04; 6(1):115. PMID: 30390709.
Yau RK, Dennis SG, Boden BP, Cantu RC, Lord JA, Kucera KL. Catastrophic High School and Collegiate Cheerleading Injuries in the United States: An Examination of the 2006-2007 Basket Toss Rule Change. Sports Health. 2019 Jan/Feb; 11(1):32-39. PMID: 30354940.
Adams JW, Alvarez VE, Mez J, Huber BR, Tripodis Y, Xia W, Meng G, Kubilus CA, Cormier K, Kiernan PT, Daneshvar DH, Chua AS, Svirsky S, Nicks R, Abdolmohammadi B, Evers L, Solomon TM, Cherry JD, Aytan N, Mahar I, Devine S, Auerbach S, Alosco ML, Nowinski CJ, Kowall NW, Goldstein LE, Dwyer B, Katz DI, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Au R, McKee AC, Stein TD. Lewy Body Pathology and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Associated With Contact Sports. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2018 Sep 01; 77(9):757-768. PMID: 30053297.
Neidecker J, Sethi NK, Taylor R, Monsell R, Muzzi D, Spizler B, Lovelace L, Ayoub E, Weinstein R, Estwanik J, Reyes P, Cantu RC, Jordan B, Goodman M, Stiller JW, Gelber J, Boltuch R, Coletta D, Gagliardi A, Gelfman S, Golden P, Rizzo N, Wallace P, Fields A, Inalsingh C. Concussion management in combat sports: consensus statement from the Association of Ringside Physicians. Br J Sports Med. 2019 Mar; 53(6):328-333. PMID: 30049779.
Broglio SP, Kontos AP, Levin H, Schneider K, Wilde EA, Cantu RC, Feddermann-Demont N, Fuller GW, Gagnon I, Gioia GA, Giza C, Griesbach GS, Leddy JJ, Lipton ML, Mayer AR, McAllister TW, McCrea M, McKenzie LB, Putukian M, Signoretti S, Suskauer SJ, Tamburro R, Turner M, Yeates KO, Zemek R, Ala'i S, Esterlitz J, Gay K, Bellgowan PSF, Joseph K. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Department of Defense Sport-Related Concussion Common Data Elements Version 1.0 Recommendations. J Neurotrauma. 2018 Dec 01; 35(23):2776-2783. PMID: 29717643.
Alosco ML, Mez J, Tripodis Y, Kiernan PT, Abdolmohammadi B, Murphy L, Kowall NW, Stein TD, Huber BR, Goldstein LE, Cantu RC, Katz DI, Chaisson CE, Martin B, Solomon TM, McClean MD, Daneshvar DH, Nowinski CJ, Stern RA, McKee AC. Age of first exposure to tackle football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Ann Neurol. 2018 May; 83(5):886-901. PMID: 29710395.
Cantu R. Physical therapists' perception of workplace ethics in an evolving health-care delivery environment: a cross-sectional survey. Physiother Theory Pract. 2018 Mar 30; 1-14. PMID: 29601224.
Ellenbogen RG, Batjer H, Cardenas J, Berger M, Bailes J, Pieroth E, Heyer R, Theodore N, Hsu W, Nabel E, Maroon J, Cantu R, Barnes R, Collins J, Putukian M, Lonser R, Solomon G, Sills A. National Football League Head, Neck and Spine Committee's Concussion Diagnosis and Management Protocol: 2017-18 season. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Jul; 52(14):894-902. PMID: 29549147.


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'Missing' John Constable comes up for auction in Glasgow
On 29th March 1833 John Constable gave his daughter Emily a copy of Isaac Watts's book 'Songs, Divine and Moral'. It was Emily's eighth birthday and her father had coloured in the five woodcuts in his own hand and added a drawing on the half title page. When Constable's great friend and eventual biographer Charles Leslie was about to sail with his family to move to America, Constable gave his god-daughter Harriet Jane Leslie a second version of "Songs Divine and Moral" again with the woodcut illustrations coloured with watercolours in his own hand and with eight additional watercolour sketches on various pages. He dedicated the book "Harriet Jane Leslie, from her affectionate godfather" and signed it "John Constable" and dated it Sept 13th 1833.
Emily's book was gifted to the V&A in London by Isabel Constable in 1888 and Harriet Jane Leslie's book was eventually gifted to her nephew Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher (1857-1934), who was the only son of Caroline Anna Leslie (Harriet's sister) and Alexander Pearson Fletcher. The book has remained in the Fletcher family ever since and has never been publicly exhibited or offered for sale.
Both Emily and Harriett's books are recorded in "The Later Drawings and Paintings of John Constable" by Graham Reynolds. The relevant entry is:
33.11 The Holy Spirit: Illustration to Watts's "Songs, Divine and Moral" (Pl 870).
Victoria and Albert Museum (The National Art Library).
Watercolour 6 1/4 x 4 in 16.5 x 10cm (size of page)
Coll: Emily Constable, Isabel Constable; given by her 1888.
Lit: J.L. Whalley "Illustrations for Isaac Watts's "Devine and Moral Songs" Victoria and Albert Museum Bulletin IV, No 4, October 1968, pp 149 – 57; Reynolds 1973 , pp 3-4.
This edition of Songs Divine and Moral by Dr Isaac Watts was published in 1832 by C Tilt and contained five woodcuts attributed to J Thompson after Stothard. The copy included in Isabel Constable's gift to the Victoria and Albert Museum had been a present from John Constable to his daughter Emily on her eighth birthday, 29th March 1833. He had coloured the cuts and added this drawing on the half title page.
When Leslie left for West Point, America in 1833, Constable gave his daughter Harriet a similarly decorated copy of the same book. He added further designs of his own: a bird singing over its nest; a bee settling on a rose. The copy was inscribed: Harriet Jane Leslie from her affectionate godfather John Constable Sept 13th 1833. It was last recorded in the collection of a collateral descendent, the late Captain A.L. Fletcher RN (Corr, III, p. 106).
Provenance (Private at present)
Harriet Jane Leslie, Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher, Captain Alexander Leslie Fletcher RN, Robert Graham Fletcher, Charles Hugh Fletcher, Andrew Charles Fletcher.
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Why Are People So Interested In Decorative Collectibles?
Just what are collectibles (aka collectables) and why do they capture the interest of so many of us?
Collectibles are exactly what the term implies: They are things that we want to collect. We can buy them, receive them as gifts, or trade for them.
Many years ago, there was an incredible amount of interest in sports cards which came in the wrappers of bubble gum. These sports cards are a wonderful example of collectibles. People wanted to accumulate all of their favorite team members' cards, or perhaps they wanted to collect all of the cards. Collectibles are things that we want to "collect." Of course, most of them have the dual role of being something that we would want displayed in our homes or offices. They are made in a series of items that go together naturally.
Some items became collectibles by accident.
Of course, some things didn't start out with that purpose... take the Barbie dolls. Who would have guessed that they would be traded, as well as bought and sold by third parties? A lot of us must look back fondly at our Barbie dolls and wonder why we didn't have the foresight to save them in their original boxes!
And of course, there are rock collections.
So, what about rock collections? Many children have rock collections. Does the fact that children are scavenging their neighborhoods for rocks to put in their "treasure boxes" make the rocks collectibles? No. Typically, collectibles are items that were actually made with the sole purpose of adding to a collection. Or they are items that have increased in value, making them collectibles.
Some folks even collect bubble gum wrappers.
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These days, collecting is easy.
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Ask any fine decorative collectibles collector why she collects and you will more than likely hear about the enjoyment she gets out of the complete experience. It is very doubtful that you will hear anything but the enthusiastic praise of what her particular collectible has brought to her life!


I'm compliant. What more can I do to win?
In large bids, the amount of content, data, and information that comes in an RFP is huge. Handling so much content is cumbersome. The proposal manager must read the entire RFP and understand its requirements. It is hard enough to read and understand one big RFP. Sometimes, the proposal manager receives multiple RFPs, all at the same time. They must understand the requirements of each independent RFP without getting confused.
But without a professional approach to proposal management, confusion ensues, and so does chaos. Somehow, the proposals are delivered, but they seldom win. There is a good reason for this: They are simply not compliant and responsive.
Compliant proposals meet the customer's stated needs and requirements.
One great way to ensure compliance is to create a compliance matrix. The compliance matrix is a radically important part of the proposal development process. Always create a compliance matrix irrespective of the size of the bid or its due date. The table below is an example of a compliance matrix.
The compliance matrix must be created in the beginning of the proposal development process. Creating the compliance matrix in the early stages of the proposal development process ensures that everyone who is working on the bid is aware of the compliance factors.
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Responsive proposals, on the other hand, meet the customer's unstated needs. They don't just give information to the customer. They give value. These unstated needs are the underlying reasons behind the customer's articulated needs and problem statements in the RFP.
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Often, there is an overwhelming amount of information that comes from this kind of research. And the proposal development team may be misled to believe that all this information is equally important. The development team must know how to curate and find information that matters. Otherwise, the hunt for unstated needs will distract them from compliance. Like we mentioned before, winning proposals are both responsive and compliant. If a proposal is only responsive, it will fail to even qualify for the next round.
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At Saracens Solicitors, a lot of our business is taken up with visa applications for all the various kinds of UK visas. As a central London immigration solicitor, we pride ourselves on the success of the visa applications that we put together. Our solicitors know how to get the most of the available and useful evidence from you and how to weave it together into a compelling argument for a visa, for you and family members.
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That means that you will have to provide evidence that the accommodation is adequate to house them as well as you. This includes proving that you are going to live in a flat or house that only you occupy.
As your immigration solicitor in London, Saracens Solicitors can make sure that you provide the right evidence to prove this.
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import com.bitdubai.fermat_api.Addon;
import com.bitdubai.fermat_api.AddonDeveloper;
import com.bitdubai.fermat_osa_addon.layer.android.location_system.developer.bitdubai.version_1.DeviceLocationOsAddonRoot;

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This is a list of members of the 7th Lok Sabha arranged by state or territory represented. These members of the lower house of the Indian Parliament were elected to the 7th Lok Sabha (1980 to 1984) at the 1980 Indian general election.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chandigarh

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Delhi

Goa, Daman and Diu

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Karnataka

Kerala

Lakshadweep

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Nagaland

Odisha

Puducherry

Punjab

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

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TN health minister apologises for sexist remarks, says all reporters are brothers and sisters
Chennai : TN health minister C Vijayabhaskar's sexist comments against a lady journalist evoked strong reaction from the journalistic fraternity that sought his removal for his comments on the appearance of a lady journalists.
"Sack the sexist TN minister" read the scrolls on national television on Friday as the media fraternity stepped up heat on the minister.
A group of journalists sought the removal of the minister for his remarks about the beauty of a lady television journalist wanting answers to a question over AIADMK MLAs meet on Thursday.
When asked the minister said, "Your specs are beautiful, you are beautiful," and walked away evading the question.
When the video clip began airing on national television channel with journalists demanding his ouster, the Vijayabhaskar meekly surrendered and apologised saying that he never meant it as a sexist remark. All reporters are like brothers and sisters he said on Friday when the heat began turning towards him.
It is not done, commenting on a woman's appearance at workplace, which is sexist and can be construed as harassment, said a senior journalist.
On Friday a group of journalists met the minister at his residence where he tendered an apology. "To me, all journalists are my brothers and sisters. There was no intention behind making such a comment," Vijayabhaskar said.


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Watch a Race to the Shrine at the Bonden Festival in Akita!
Have you ever seen a "bonden" before? It is a 10-foot tall bamboo figure often relating to the animal of the year. It is considered to be a sacred wand which marks the descending of the gods into the human world. You can see a lot of this during the Bonden Festival in Akita Prefecture which is usually held on January 17.
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The main purpose of the festival is to offer a prayer for good harvests, good health, and good business! In the past, bonden was made of paper or rice straw. Nowadays, they are made intricately by decorating bamboo baskets in different colors. Each bonden wand is entrusted with a prayer and mainly carried around by local children, adults and some company employees also participate.
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The main event in the festival is the contest. Each district forms a team consisting of 20-30 people who will be carrying the bonden. They have to go around the city while shaking it. A few moments later, they increase their pace and race towards the shrine in order to arrive there first. The first group to arrive will be given the privilege to offer their bonden to the god of power. It is okay to push other members of the team out of the way as everyone is struggling to be more powerful than the other. It is also believed that the fiercer the team struggles, the more blessed they will be. The contest is made more intense with the spectators who are also trying to touch the bonden due to its triangular charm possessing divine power.
The festival is spread over 2 days. The first day gives everyone the chance to admire the poles on display while the second day is the race to the shrine.
If you are hoping to receive some divine power in the new year, why not head to Akita and join the Bonden Festival?
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L.A. union leaders reach deal with city
By Joe Mathews
Bringing a close to its most contentious labor fight, the city of Los Angeles has reached agreement with leaders of the Engineers and Architects Assn. on a new contract that would provide a 9% raise over the next three years, according to union and city sources.
The deal, which still needs the approval of the EAA's approximately 7,500 members, surprised leaders of other public employee unions and turned upside down the pattern of relations between the city government and its unions.
When unions representing civilian employees signed contracts in 2004, EAA was the lone holdout. Now, as the city goes into its 2007 contract negotiations, EAA is the only union with a deal.
The city's five-member Executive Employee Relations Committee, which includes Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, approved the formal offer early Wednesday during a closed session in City Hall.
"The city made an offer to the EAA that they've agreed to recommend" to their members, the mayor said as he emerged from the meeting. "It's a win-win for the city and the employees."
The agreement was unexpected not only because it came so early but also because of the considerable bitterness between top city and union officials.
The union represents lab technicians, scientists, airport runway coordinators and other city professionals, who make from $36,000 to $126,000 annually, with an average of $74,500.
The union conducted a two-day strike in August, and in recent weeks EAA members staged several spot strikes at the Port of Los Angeles and other city departments.
The walkouts failed to cause the widespread disruptions promised by the union but were a constant headache for city managers.
EAA quietly asked members Monday to discontinue such job actions. City officials indicated Wednesday that if the new agreement is approved, they would drop litigation they filed to require the union to give advance notice of its spot strikes.
In reaching an agreement, both the union and the city appear to have retreated from their public positions.
EAA members, who had been working without a contract since 2004, said they went on strike because of the city's decision to unilaterally impose contract terms for the years 2004 to 2007. The union had demanded that the city negotiate a contract with more generous terms to cover those years.
Villaraigosa and other city officials publicly pledged not to negotiate with the union and condemned its strikes.
But privately, talks were conducted throughout the fall, and a tentative agreement was reached by last weekend, said sources familiar with the deal, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been ratified.
The agreement grants the union a new contract, months in advance of the city's own internal timetable, with raises of 3% in each of the next three years. Those hikes approach those won earlier this year by the union representing police officers.
City officials declined to estimate the cost to taxpayers of those raises.
EAA's outspoken executive director, Robert Aquino, declined an interview request. But EAA has been engaged in a behind-the-scenes contest for influence with other unions representing civilian city employees.
Aquino suggested that his fellow labor leaders were too conciliatory in dealings with the labor-friendly administration of Villaraigosa, a former union organizer. Aquino argued that his more confrontational style would prove more effective in securing concessions.
Other major city unions are expected to begin negotiations in the spring on new contracts to cover the same three years. Their current deals expire in the summer.
In meetings held by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the city unions -- including EAA -- had plotted a joint strategy to pressure the city and negotiate similar contracts next spring. Aquino did not attend a session held Tuesday.
Other union leaders greeted news of the deal coolly and suggested they would demand more than EAA had in next year's contract.
"This is EAA's deal. This is EAA's decision" said Cheryl Parisi, executive director of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 36, which represents 8,000 city employees. "I don't think it represents the goals or needs of AFSCME members in the upcoming contract negotiations.... Our needs are different. Our needs are more."
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"The fighter with whom I will box is strong enough. He will try to hit me hard, injure me. I don't think about that at all. I think most of all about my camp: how to perform the tasks that my team puts in front of me. …
If I'm undershot, give me 100 more rounds. I have no hatred, either before or after the fight, for those guys who do very difficult daily work. Because I know what it's worth. I only have respect for them.
There are no secrets. These people came up with some secrets. All in a circle. It's very simple: if they tell you that it is impossible, do it, and that's it. There is a mountain, you need to climb it. Can't get up – do you know what to do? To dig a tunnel through it or take it, "said Alexander Usik in a video posted by the Instagram account LomUs.
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Former WBC Middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. never tires of commenting on his loss to Mario Casares. This time Julio said that he was confident in a disqualification victory over his opponent.
Recall that last Friday in Tijuana, Chavez Jr. lost by TKO in the 6th round to Mario Casares. The reason for the decision of the judges was a severe cut around the left eyelid of Chavez after hitting his opponent with his head. At the same time, several video views did not clarify whether it was a violation of the rules or the collision occurred spontaneously.
Chavez Jr. claims that bout referee Fernando Reteria assured him that Casares would be disqualified:
"He said that he stopped the fight because of a deliberate headbutt and that they were going to disqualify Casares. I asked him to give me a chance to continue the fight, and then they announced their decision."
However, according to Chavez, there is a silver lining, and this once again proves that he does not have any special support from the judges:
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DRIVEN: 2016 Audi Q7 3.0 TFSI quattro in Malaysia
In Audi, Car Reviews, Cars, Local News	/ By Chris Aaron	/ 21 January 2016 9:13 pm / 35 comments
Audi Malaysia's official arrival into the country could not be more marked than with the launch of its flag-bearing SUV, the Audi Q7. Since the principal's local induction at the end of 2014 to take over the reins from former franchise-holder, Euromobil, we've seen it launch the A6 and TT here, as well as introduce the country's first official S model, the Audi TT S.
The local transition took place around the same time Audi AG was busy marking a rather significant milestone for itself — globally unveiling the second-generation Q7. And, with the first-gen SUV serving a full 10 years as a highly-capable people mover, the new one undoubtedly had some big shoes to fill for the start.
At a glance, the new Q7 is pinned on a new platform, has shed 325 kg and has been treated to the Ingolstadt-based car maker's latest and greatest tech. It was also given a gleaming makeover, which as you can tell, features a far more chiseled look than its voluptuous old self.
All seemed well on paper for Audi Malaysia, and so it launched a sole variant of the Q7 3.0 TFSI quattro at RM589,900 in November 2015. A fine prospect, and competitively priced, it was — the ageing first-gen Volvo XC90 was a dying threat, and the comparable BMW X5 xDrive35i's RM579,800 price tag and appeal was as good as matched, pound for pound.
That was until the second-gen, top-spec Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription plug-in hybrid was launched, and wailed its tax-exempted RM453,888 price tag about, spoiling things a bit for the segment.
But given all that we know about the revolutionary Q7, we're certain that it still deserves a fair bit of your consideration whilst shopping for a premium SUV. To clarify, the recently-launched Mercedes-Benz GLE does put in a reasonable bid for your attention, but do note that it is only available as five-seater, and unlike the new generation Q7, X5 and XC90, the GLE is essentially just a facelifted ML-Class, which is a few years old now.
The all-new Q7 is underpinned by the brand's latest MLB-Evo platform and featuring a significantly higher amount of high-strength steel that forms its body, the Q7 doesn't only offer a more protective cocoon, it is also now the lightest model in its class, at 2,030 kg.
With a smaller wheelbase (12 mm) than its predecessor, overall, the Q7 is also shorter (37 mm) and narrower (15 mm) than before. It measures 5,052 mm long, 1,968 mm wide and 1,740 mm tall. Even still, its sheer size in-the-metal doesn't appear to have been reduced in any capacity – the large SUV maintains its commanding presence on the road.
A quick recap of what's on offer reminds us that the base price includes key exterior items like full LED headlamps and tail lights, as well as 20-inch, 10-spoke wheels. But being that our test unit was equipped with the full S line kit, the front and rear bumpers have been swapped out for more aggressive ones, while a sportier-looking set of 20-inch, twin five-spoke wheels are featured instead.
Inside, the additional S line package adds leather/Alcantara sports seats with S badging on the backrests (regular leather seats are standard), perforated leather S line gear knob, S line steering wheel and a black headliner. Remember, all in with the optional RM13k S line package, the Q7 you see here is priced at RM602,900.
As first impressions go, there's no questioning the Q7's handsome appeal, inside and out. The chiseled body is far more appealing than the previous model's curves, to this writer at least. Call it over the top, but I'm also a fan of the new Singleframe grille with its jagged horizontal bars and bold chrome surrounds.
Inside the cabin, you'll come across nothing short of properly impressive Audi craftsmanship. The brand's meticulous efforts toward quality is one thing, but the classy execution of those efforts makes this new Q7 more special.
Every inch of the cabin, from its brushed aluminium trim to soft-touch surfaces and unique Audi-esque button "clicks" set segment benchmarks. The only setback is the lack of a leather-covered dashboard. The layout of it all is also a vast improvement on the previous model, which didn't slack on quality, just ergonomics, we feel.
The dashboard and centre console isn't cluttered and is far more intuitive to use. For example, previous right-hand drive Audis had their engine push-start button positioned on the centre console and closer to the front passenger's knee. In the new Q7, designers addressed this inconvenience by positioning the button in a more conventional location, behind the steering wheel.
Even the new MMI navigation plus infotainment system and its controls address old bugs. The outgoing interface's four-corner logic that is still featured on current models like the A6 has been replaced by a new two-corner system, which makes it far easier to navigate. However, this writer maintains that the BMW iDrive system is still unrivalled.
While I don't personally take to in-car navigation systems, the MMI touch pad and integrated Google Maps changed that for me, personally. Spelling out addresses hasn't been easier than with the large touch pad available on the centre console and Google Maps is as accurate a tool to use as anything out there.
Maps and several other infotainment and vehicle control systems are displayed within the 8.3-inch rising central display screen, and also on the Audi Virtual Cockpit. And, if we haven't said it enough already, the 12.3-inch instrument panel is a remarkably convenient.
The Virtual Cockpit screen lets you customise views to suit your needs, so you can easily call upon a primary view of the navigation while the instruments are visible on a lesser scale. Likewise, you could swap displays around to suit your needs, ranging from those of your music folders to trip data and more.
Clearly, the Volvo XC90 undertakes a completely different approach to dashboard design, eliminating all but eight physical buttons on the dash and relying on a tablet-like screen to do the rest. We wouldn't attempt to say that one approach is better than the other, but if tangible buttons are what you're after, it doesn't get better than it is in the Q7 — style, ergonomics and quality considered.
Great at looking the part, the Q7 does shed a few points with this writer where space is concerned. The driver's seat felt a bit tight for this six foot tall driver – both my knees brushed up against the centre console and door card. As for the rear bench, reclining it further than its normal position increased comfort – a feature of the second-row seats that taller folk will appreciate. That said, the seats themselves do offer good cushion support in the Q7, anywhere you sit.
Audi could learn a trick or two from the XC90, where the slim seats freed up up a load of legroom and the centre console and door cards are shaped to avoid contact with your knees.
Another observation in the Q7 was that the driver's seat couldn't be lowered enough for me to find a seating level I liked. Likewise, the steering couldn't rise high enough. To be honest, I do find it very strange that a large German SUV wouldn't be able to accommodate my size, given the average height of the average European person. Your mileage may very with this as everyone is built differently, so give the Q7 a try at the showroom to see if it suits your physique.
Moving along, and apart from the amazing tech and quality, where the Q7's cabin impressed me the most is with its flexibility to accommodate passengers and/or cargo. You get full electric control over the third-row seats via control panels positioned in the boot and one on each side of the middle row seats.
The middle row seats are a 40:20:40 split folding type bench which can slide fore and aft to vary legroom between the middle and third row, while the third row has a 50:50 split. Both seat backs are adjustable to multiple angles for you to cater to the amount of passengers or cargo you have.
Access to the rear-most seats isn't the easiest. Once you're in, you'll quickly notice that the space wasn't made to accommodate full-size adults comfortably – a 30-minute journey would easily become a gruesome affair for someone like me. Getting out of the third row is a challenge on its own.
All five seats from the second and third rows offer Isofix child-seat anchor points, which allows parents to be very flexible in where they want to install their child seats. However, given the limited space in the third row, don't get your hopes up on fitting larger rear facing child seats there.
With all seven seats occupied, 295 litres of usable cargo space is available. Set in its five-seater mode, there's 770 litres to use, while a total of 1,955 litres can be had if you sacrificed the middle-row seats as well.
Back to the driver's seat, and we can tell you that the driving position is far more car-like than it is an SUV. High seating is a given, but your legs are stretched further forward as they would be if you were driving a sedan.
Visibility from the driver's seat is surprisingly good as well, and keeps the sensory intimidation of driving a large SUV at a minimum. For more accurate, low-speed manoeuvring around tight spaces, in a parking lot, for instance, there is a 360-degree surround-view camera with helpful guidelines that boost confidence.
For power, the Q7 is only available with a 3.0 litre TFSI supercharged V6 mill. Rated for 333 hp at 5,500 rpm and 440 Nm of torque between 2,900 and 5,300 rpm, there's more than enough power on tap here to motivate the two-tonne SUV. Audi claims that the powertrain makes the Q7 capable of a 6.3-second zero to 100 km/h sprint.
Comparatively, the Q7 3.0 TFSI is 1.6 seconds quicker than its relative predecessor. Looking across the table, it's also quicker than the comparable BMW X5 xDrive35i which manages the century sprint in 6.5 seconds. On paper, however, the hybrid-powered XC90 comes out tops, performing the dash in just 5.6 seconds – a testament to its 407 hp and 640 Nm.
Even still, this writer felt little need for more power in the Q7. It's got acres of the stuff across the rev range, and the seamless-shifting, ZF-sourced, eight-speed torque converter auto transmission keeps the power coming nicely all the way up to speed.
The Q7 is equipped with a four-corner, adaptive air suspension system as standard. As a result, general ride comfort is adaptable to your needs. The Audi Drive Select system provides seven driving modes here, being Auto, Comfort, Dynamic, Efficiency, Allroad (25 mm ride height lift), Lift/offroad (60 mm max ride height) and a customisable Individual option.
In Comfort mode, the SUV's ride is surprisingly floaty. It doesn't take much for the body to pitch left and right under cornering forces or be unsettled by typically uneven Malaysian roads.
When you do find a smooth section of road to brave the Q7's acclaimed handling, you'll find that even in Sport mode there's a certain softness to the way the Q7 goes about its thing. You feel the chassis stiffen and level out beneath you as you dive into a corner with pace, but its body still floats awkwardly, unsettling your confidence.
Generally, the Q7 is best used to cruise, but we know all too well about the car's off-road capabilities, thanks to its quattro all-wheel drive system and barrage of all-terrain technologies. Although, without Audi Malaysia's supervision, I wasn't quite willing to put the Q7 through its off-road paces given that our test unit was actually worth a lot more than the house I live in.
All things considered though, it's actually quite difficult to single out the Q7 as a something you should pass on. If you have demands for comfort yet sporty driving, and at the same time functional practicality and general good looks, the Q7 does score a lot of points in my book, save for an excessively floaty ride and cramped third-row seating.
Its price is negligibly higher than the comparable BMW X5 xDrive35i's RM579,800. But then, of course, you have the market-breaking Volvo XC90, which is RM136k cheaper than the Q7. Even still, opt for the Q7 and its immaculately-built interior, and at least this writer, and many others, would perfectly understand why the Audi would be your choice.
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With an equal passion for fast cars and everyday workhorses, Chris Aaron maintains a passion for European makes, Formula 1, playing the electric guitar and spending endless hours on the PlayStation - first-person shooters and the Gran Turismo franchise are his favourites. He also finds it strange to have written this in the third person.
Meatballs on Jan 21, 2016 at 9:31 pm
Volvo XC90 T8.
Where is Najib's Promise? - US$59k on Jan 22, 2016 at 9:14 am
This car in the US is US$59k. Come here it becomes Rm600k. All over the world, this car is pretty affordable to even the normal jobs people. But in Malaysia, it is only for the kaya.
The question we must be asking is, where is Najib's promise to reduce car prices?
Where is Najib's promise? Najib promised 30 million people 2 years ago before the election that he would reduce car prices by 30 percent.
He said the 30 million people need not worry because BN always kept their word and never mungkir janji. He said if people voted for BN, he was 100% sure to reduce car prices by 30 percent.
Najib, in his speech told people that BN knew how much people suffered paying for their cars and he felt very sorry for the people, thus, he was sure to reduce car prices by 30%.
Now, terbalik, we see cars going higher and higher whilst Malaysia has one of the lowest GDP per capita income in the world.
NO RV China Car on Jan 22, 2016 at 9:27 am
Buy a Nissan X Trail for about RM126k. Proper 7 seater car. You think this Audi is full German? 80% of its parts are Made in China. But sent back to Germany to be put in the car so that it can be claimed Made in Germany.
If Aston Martin can have their faulty broken pedals coming from China. you think the Germans are not doing it?
Also, buy this car RM600k, next year, this car becomes RM300k. Your X Trail or your CX5, buy today RM126k, next year sell RM115k also can
Jake on Jan 22, 2016 at 11:52 am
What you say is totally true. IF you want value for money
But to people who appreciate car beauty , to hell with the x- trail. we want our 4 rings!
xxxxxxx on Jan 21, 2016 at 9:57 pm
XC90 wins
shawal on Jan 21, 2016 at 10:03 pm
expensive, ugly, and no leather seat…
what were they thinking…..
Hafriz Shah (Member) on Jan 21, 2016 at 10:06 pm
What you see here is not fabric, but Alcantara – part of the optional S line package. The standard car gets full leather upholstery.
weee on Jan 21, 2016 at 10:42 pm
LOL. Nvr heard of Alcantara before?
shawal on Jan 22, 2016 at 7:27 am
http://jalopnik.com/what-the-hell-is-alacantara-anyway-1604799947
still it looks hideous compared to leather
Ollie on Jan 22, 2016 at 11:49 am
Agree. Suede etc only looks good when new. Only experienced drivers know. 11-yo kids commenting.
weed on Jan 21, 2016 at 11:57 pm
Shawal, you should just stick to proton. Can't even differentiate fabric and alcantara.
Darren on Jan 22, 2016 at 2:19 am
Mercedes design better than cheap audi right shawal?
shawal on Jan 22, 2016 at 1:51 pm
good looking Audis
new A4, A5 , TT, R8, tho i feel the old R8 at one point was thee best looking car on the road when launched…. the new one just an evolution of it..
unfortunately this Q7 is uglier in and out compare to its closest rival the XC90 , the XC90 is cheaper , more spacious more powerful , more economical, and rm100k+ cheaper
merc GLE is so-so , made worse with the coupe variant but GLC is nice addition to the range…
Audi Malaysia needs to up the kit count and change those rims to something more eye-catching…
King on Oct 26, 2017 at 12:52 am
Stick to proton lol alcantara for high end cars above than the leather
alex on Jan 21, 2016 at 10:04 pm
Ugly….mercedes better
Corren on Jan 21, 2016 at 10:47 pm
Ikr mercedes design better than this outdated junk
davidvsgoliath on Jan 21, 2016 at 11:26 pm
Actually the Mercedes is the outdated one. Essentially its an updated version of the ML Class in the Jurassic Park movie. A 20-25 year old design. Also the Q7 is the global number 1 in this segment.
goliahvsdavid on Jan 22, 2016 at 11:05 am
The current GLE class is a facelift of the W166 ML class which was launched in 2011. The M Class that you mention from the old Jurassic park movie is based on the old W163 model launched in 1997.
There has even been a W164 model in between both model. Your statement that the car is 20~25 years old design is wrong.
Check your facts first next time and don't waste people's time with blatant nonsense.
Kleman on Jan 21, 2016 at 10:24 pm
not nice at all.
the old Q7 look so sporty and elegant at the same time, this new one is just very dull.
will put my money on X5 or the new XC90.
cobra on Jan 21, 2016 at 10:51 pm
I take the XC90 anytime. Volvo wins.
tokmoh. on Jan 21, 2016 at 11:09 pm
Volvo XC90 > all else
The rest of the world thinks so too. Even Jeremy Clarkson felt stupid buying his 4th XC90 mk1, won't be surprised he'll eventually buy his 5th XC90, a mk2, soon.
Lance on Jan 21, 2016 at 11:11 pm
Ugly and not attractive! They should learn from BMW X5.
seancorr (Member) on Jan 22, 2016 at 12:31 am
Volvo XC90 ftw. I can do a lot more with the extra 136k in my pocket.
Semi-Value (Member) on Jan 22, 2016 at 12:37 am
xc90 so much better
S_S on Jan 22, 2016 at 4:48 am
Is the new Q7 lower than it predecessor? From the side profile it looks more like a wagon than SUV. The C-Pillar design was not helping either.
Meejawa on Jan 22, 2016 at 7:17 am
Hmm.. Strange that you didn't mention xc90 is tax free in the volvo launch article. I know it's cheaper but didn't know it's tax free.
gaviny on Jan 22, 2016 at 7:57 am
Audi is becoming the new uncle car. I expect grey haired uncles to step out of this
the Volvo you expect younger crowd with hot babe
gravity on Jan 22, 2016 at 10:03 am
Its better to be a rich uncle than a broke-ass macho dude
Q7 too big for me.
I was admiring a beauty of an Audi S5 recently, because I could see its side profile and headlights from an angle where I was sitting. Looked like it had a bit of Jaguar and Alfa Romeo blood. Then I went over to confirm on my way to my car, and saw the hideous gaping grill. As in all Audi models now, the corporate giant black mouth of a grill is really spoiling the look of their cars, IMHO.
On this Q7, way too big. But the Q5 is a beau. Was surprised to know the Lexus RX350 is RM100k more expensive than a Q5! And Q5 is more powerful and roughly same specs! Must be concrete brand loyalty that makes ppl buy that Lexus.
stasta on Jan 26, 2016 at 1:14 pm
get your facts right. rx350 is more powerful than q5. q5 only has 2.0 turbo with 210 bhp. rx350 has 3.5 v6 with 300 bhp.
Jim on Jan 26, 2016 at 4:24 pm
Stasta : Deyyy, compare with the same cc lah.
0-100 km/h of Q5 : 7.1s
Top speed of of Q5 : 222kmh
http://www.carbase.my/audi/q5/8r-facelift/2.0-tfsi-quattro-2015
0-100 km/h of RX200 : 9.5s
Top speed of RX200 : 200kmh
http://www.carbase.my/lexus/rx/al20/rx-200t-premium-2015
http://www.carbase.my/lexus/rx/al20/rx-200t-luxury-2015
http://www.carbase.my/lexus/rx/al20/rx-200t-f-sport-2015
RSB on Jan 22, 2016 at 1:23 pm
I am a huge Audi fan, but in this case I will just choose the new XC90 over this.Because the XC90 has better technology through out the car.And, there is no doubt the XC90 looks better then this big almost hippo-like Q7.And I can save money buying the XC90 then the Q7.
tokmoh. on Jan 22, 2016 at 4:09 pm
Do note Volvo gives 5 year free service + 5 years warranty + 5 years on-call service.
Audi gives 4 years/120,000km warranty only.
Volvo XC90 > all else. No contest at all.
tc on Jan 22, 2016 at 6:38 pm
Go for Audi, forget Volvo. Good car but stupid dealer and management. No integrity!
> Ask people to buy Audi
> Know you will get farked upside down.
Bodoh german fagboys. Meanwhile Volvo owners enjoy 5+5+5 after sales peace of mind, and enjoy comedy German car owners get farked upside down.
Volvo XC90 > all
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Cancelled flight saves Agatha's life
MAF's scheduled flight from Wewak was cancelled at the very last minute. But then the phone rang! An urgent medevac flight was required. And Agatha's village was in the opposite direction. (Photos: Ludmer Meiko)
It was a Saturday morning and a normal operational day for our staff in Wewak in the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Scheduled that morning was a flight for New Tribes Mission to Sorimi, located to the west of Wewak in the Sepik plains.
Frustration mounted as, at the very last minute, the flight was cancelled because the grass was too high at the airstrip and it would be unsafe to land.
Then the phone rang. On the other end of the line was missionary Jesse Pryor from Samban, calling to request an urgent medical evacuation.
A woman called Agatha had given birth to twins the day before. Sadly, only one of the babies was born alive. Now, 24 hours later Agatha and her baby needed urgent medical attention - her life now in danger from sepsis and a retained placenta.
Pilot Sebastian Kurz was airborne shortly after receiving the phone call and only one-and-a-half hours later the GA8 Airvan landed back in Wewak having collected Agatha, her baby and a relative who would help look after them. Thankfully, the ambulance was already at the airstrip to take Agatha to Wewak Hospital for her life-saving surgery.
'We are so thankful for MAF's assistance. We are very thankful that Agatha is alive by the grace of God and that her precious baby is doing well'
Karin Pryor, missionary
God diversion
If the flight to Sorimi had gone ahead then the MAF plane might not have reached Agatha in time. So despite the frustration of the cancelled flight Pilot Sebastian believes that' 'God had other plans that morning. We cancelled a flight towards the west at very short notice and got a call five minutes later to go and fetch Agatha in the east!'
Agatha's life was saved that day and, praise God, her surviving baby is now doing well.
But sadly, the ordeal did not end there for Agatha.
Medical mayhem
Several weeks after Agatha's medevac to hospital, troubling news reached the team that showed them that the healthcare services were struggling and in need of urgent prayer.
Arriving at hospital in the ambulance, Agatha had received no medical care for 3 days, other than an IV drip. Potentially crippling damage to Agatha's hip was left untreated and the added delays meant a more serious medical procedure had to be undertaken before she was prematurely discharged.
Back in her village, Agatha was cared for by the village nurse and an infection related to her poor treatment addressed. But many weeks later, she was still unable to walk without a crutch. Missionaries Jesse and Karie care deeply for Agatha and are fighting her cause to try and improve medical treatment for other women.
Time for change!
Karie is trying to change things for the villagers for the future. 'Although this is not the first time it has happened, it is always sad,' she reflects.
One of the solutions, she believes, is improving the healthcare facilities in rural villages. 'I am working with our clinic and schools to try to motivate and inspire the youth to study medicine so that in the future we can have resident doctors who would do minor procedures here in the village and avoid all the problems in town.'
'God had other plans that morning. We cancelled a flight towards the West at very short notice and got a call five minutes later to go and fetch Agatha in the East!'
Sebastian Kurz, MAF pilot
'We are so thankful for MAF's assistance. We are very thankful that Agatha is alive by the grace of God and that her precious baby is doing well' Karin concludes.
Please pray
With God's help, cases like Agatha's, highlighting severe problems in the country, can bring about change!
Please pray for Agatha and others in remote villages that struggle to access the healthcare they need
Pray for healing for those suffering long-term health conditions and disabilities because medical problems have been left untreated
Lift up the PNG healthcare system and the doctors and nurses who staff it, asking God for His provision
Pray for Karie and Jesse Pryor and their vision to support and motivate the next generation of doctors and improve healthcare in remote villages
MAF flies more than 500 medevac flights every year in PNG. We pray God will watch over each and every one of them. Ask Him to bring more staff to serve PNG, a country with so much need.
With dense jungle, mountainous highlands and hazardous roads, the need for MAF in Papua New Guinea is great
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Versatile and spacious, the GA8 Airvan is ideal for rugged terrain and gruelling conditions MAF operates in.
Physical healing
Illness, accidents and childbirth complications can be catastrophic for those living in remote and isolated areas. Hours or days of overland travel to reach the hospital are not an option for those with life-threatening medical problems


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Rita Kennedy is a writer and researcher based in the United Kingdom. She began writing in 2002 and her work has appeared in several academic journals including "Memory Studies," the "Journal of Historical Geography" and the "Local Historian." She holds a Ph.D. in history and an honours degree in geography from the University of Ulster.
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Perez Molina said in a radio interview that his proposal would include decriminalizing the transportation of drugs through the area.
Perez Molina, a former army general who took office last month, didn't give any other details about his proposal, mention specific drugs or say when the next meeting with Central American leaders will be.
He said he will bring the subject up with Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes when Funes visits Monday.
"There was talk of the success of Plan Colombia but all it did was neutralize big cartels," Perez Molina said of a U.S. initiative supporting Colombia's fight against leftist rebels and far-right militias involved in the drug trade.
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Children participate in races during the 141st Easter Egg Roll at the White House April 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – Add the White House Easter Egg Roll to the list of events canceled due to coronavirus fears.
The Office of the First Lady, which hosts the event, released a statement announcing the cancelation Monday morning:
"Out of an abundance of caution and in accordance with the National Emergency Declaration concerning COVID-19, the Office of the First Lady is announcing that this year's White House Easter Egg Roll has been canceled.
"The health and safety of Americans must be the first priority, especially right now," said First lady Melania Trump. "I deeply regret this cancelation, but we need to make difficult decisions in the short-term to ensure a healthy country for the long-term. During this time, I encourage everyone to listen to state and local officials, and follow CDC guidelines in order to protect the health and well-being of everyone."
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School's almost out … it's time to start making plans to attend our Summer Reading Program!
Kids, it's time to start turtle hunting! The 2012 Summer Reading Program kicks off May 29th with our annual turtle races. Never participated in a turtle race before? All you have to do is show up at the library at either 9:30 am or 12:30 pm with a turtle (no snapping turtles, please!) and we'll take care of the rest.
Then come back to the library every Tuesday from June 5th through July 31st for a host of amazing programs.
* The theme this year is Dream Big, READ!
* Each Tuesday the same program will be offered twice, once in the morning (9:00 – 10:30), and once in the afternoon (12:30 – 2:00).
* Ages are Pre-K through 5th grade.
* Entertainment includes magicians, storytellers, singers, and puppeteers. You'll even get a chance to make your own dreamcatcher, learn about nocturnal animals, and help create a quilt!
So come on down, pick up your welcome packet, find some books, and get reading … and dreaming.
Bring the kids out on Saturday, July 23 for SMO-DOT, an interactive program celebrating the rich history of Oklahoma roads! SMO-DOT was created by the Science Museum Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in honor of the 100th anniversary of ODOT. The fun includes a zinc experiment, Bridge Building 101, edible roads (potholes served on the side), and instant root beer floats.
When: Saturday, July 23, 2011, at 10:00 am.
We tried to count how many years the Library has been holding turtle races to kick off the Summer Reading Program … but it's been so long that we've lost track. As always, we had a blast! 70 kids raced an array of turtles, from box tortoises to red-eared sliders.
Thanks to everyone who came out to participate!
The Summer Reading Program theme this year is "One World, Many Stories" so be sure to join us for stories, crafts and snacks from around the globe. You can find more information about the dates and times on our facebook, webpage, or by calling 918-825-0777.


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