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Over the last couple of months you've no doubt been besieged by emails from all sorts of different companies wanting to tell you about changes to their privacy policies.
There's a reason for them: the General Data Protection Rules (GDPR), a new set of data protection rules from the European Union. The GDPR comes into effect on 25 May. Any business operating in the EU needs to get its data privacy practices up to speed, and quickly – thus the need to email you about how they're going to treat your data from now on.
What does this mean for you? Apart from wading through all those privacy advisories, it means this: if you're in business and you hold personal data about anyone within the EU, you need to get your head around the GDPR and, quite possibly, make some changes to the way you handle that data.
Streamline's view is that GDPR is an opportunity for any business, no matter where it is based, to update its privacy practices. If you're based in Australia or New Zealand, you'll know that data protection legislation is under review in both countries and it's very likely that those new rules will require upgraded practices in any case. Why not comply with GDPR and get ahead of the new Australian and NZ rules at the same time?
A New Zealand Law Society introduction for NZ businesses.
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Short and sweet small business guide from Xero.
IT vendor Origin's practical guide, including a useful 'Is GDPR applicable to you?' flow chart.
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* By Ian Herbert 5 September 2014 Why didn't Manchester City buy Radamel Falcao? It's one of the unexplained mysteries of the transfer market. They admire him. They would have leapt at the chance of buying him last summer. And now they go into the season with only three strikers, after letting Alvaro Negredo leave […]
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* Social networking has myriad upsides, few would disagree. And no journalist working on a national platform can expect that their work will pass without criticism. It's never been quicker or easier for readers can make summary judgement, for good and ill – and many routinely hurl abuse. Getting that kind of feedback is par […]
Manchester City eye landmark home record against 'generous' Villa
By Brian Sears 16 November 2012 If Manchester City can avoid defeat at home to Aston Villa this weekend they will stretch their season's unbeaten record to 12 games, and stretch their unbeaten home record to 36 games – the second-best unbeaten home league run in the 21-year history of the Premier League. Only Chelsea […]
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By Brian Sears 4 October 2012 Only five different clubs have gone an entire Premier League season unbeaten at home – the traditional 'big four' of Manchester United (three times), Arsenal (three times), Liverpool (once) and Chelsea (four times), plus Manchester City, last season. The longest unbeaten home run in the Premier League era belongs […]
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By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 14 September 2012 Manchester City have announced new details about their world-class academy 'campus', which is spread over 80 acres, believed to be costing £100m, and is scheduled to be open for the 2014-15 season. The facility will be built by BAM construction, described as […]
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GTInvest»Blog»Rating of the Largest IT Companies in Ukraine
Rating of the Largest IT Companies in Ukraine
by Meifan Honcharuk
Business in Ukraine Development Economy GT Invest exclusive IT
How does the Ukrainian IT market work? List of 5 largest IT companies in Ukraine
The rating of the world's largest outsourcing IT companies includes 14 Ukrainian ones.
At the same time, the IT industry for the employment of developers in Ukraine uses a simplified taxation model: engineers and IT specialists are registered as sole proprietors and sign contracts with customers.
Only one product company made it to the top 10. All the rest are outsourcing companies.
List of 5 largest IT companies in Ukraine:
Epam. The largest IT company in Ukraine is part of the international group Epam. There are offices in five cities of Ukraine: Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia. More than 10 thousand specialists work in them. Income for 2020 is $3.8 billion.
SoftServe. The Lviv company SoftServe was founded by two students who graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic university, Taras Kitsmei and Yaroslav Lyubinets. Now the offices of the company are located in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipro, Rivne, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk. The company employs about 8 thousand employees.
GlobalLogic. Its income last year amounted to $201 million, more than twice the income of SoftServe — the second-largest IT company in Ukraine. The net profit of Globallodzhik Ukraine LLC amounted to $10.2 million. GlobalLogic development centers are located in Europe, India, USA and Argentina. But Ukraine is one of the largest locations. The company's offices in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv and Mykolaiv employ 5.700 people. GlobalLogic is owned by the Canadian pension fund and the swiss investment fund Partners Group.
Luxoft. The company was founded in 2000 by Russian Dmitry Loshchinin in Moscow as a subsidiary of the Russian IT company IBS. In 2019, Luxoft bought the American IT giant DXC Technology Co for $2 billion. In Ukraine, Luxoft has representative offices in Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro. The workforce is 3.500 specialists.
Ciklum. This international company was founded in Kyiv in 2002 by the Danish Torben Maygaard, who sold it in 2015 to the American billionaire George Soros. The company is based in London. Branches are located in Great Britain, Switzerland, Denmark, Belarus, Pakistan and Ukraine. More than 2.700 people work in Ukrainian offices. For 2020, Siklum LLC received $117 million in revenue and $1.8 million in profit.
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The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to increase the authorized capital of the "Export Credit Agency" joint-stock company tenfold from $7,5 mln to $67 mln
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Company fined more than £100,000 after employee severed fingers in blender
BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd fined £112,564 after employee severed fingers in blender
By Christian Fuller chris_fuller11 Digital Reporter
BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd has issued an apology after employee Graham Burton was seriously injured during an incident in Littlehampton on January 27, 2020
A PEST control company has apologised after an employee had the tops of two of his fingers severed by a blender.
BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd has issued an apology after employee Graham Burton was seriously injured during an incident in Littlehampton on January 27, 2020.
The company, who produce biological pest control products, was ordered to pay £112,564.58 at Sussex Magistrates' Court on Friday, September 17.
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According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Graham Burton put his hand into a gap between a blender unit used to mix nematodes and a bin which collected the product.
The worker's fingers made contact with the rotating blades of the Winkworth ribbon blender, resulting in the tops of two of his fingers on his left hand being severed.
A guard that prevented access to the blender blade had been removed when the height of the drop bin was modified, due to concerns about back pain.
The guard had not been replaced after the bin modification took place.
The HSE findings said BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd failed to ensure that a new guard was fitted after height of the collection bin was changed.
"This case highlights the importance of ensuring that dangerous moving parts of machinery are guarded," the HSE said.
"The incident could so easily have been avoided by having suitable guarding on the machine."
BASF Agricultural Specialties was charged with failing to take effective measures to prevent access to the rotating blades, thereby creating a risk of serious injury.
They were fined £107,000 and ordered to pay £170 for victim services and £5,394.58 in costs.
In total, the company have been ordered to pay £112,564.58 by October 15, 2021.
BASF Agricultural Specialities Ltd Littlehampton site manager Mark Downing said the company began implementing corrective action "immediately and voluntarily" after the incident.
"On behalf of the company, I want to take this opportunity to make an unreserved public apology," he said.
"The company's failure that resulted in the breach is deeply regretted. It resulted in an injury to one of our team, which is unacceptable."
He said additional training and coaching has been provided to those involved in management of change and risk assessment at the Littlehampton site.
"The company has learnt from the incident, looking to positively respond to it," he added.
"The company is committed to ensuring safety at the site and are determined that such an incident will not happen again."
A review of equipment and processes on site was also conducted and no other deficiencies were identified.
The company's guilty plea was taken into account when imposing the sentence.
The products created at their site in Lineside Industrial Estate are used in a range of agricultural, turf, ornamental and home and garden markets across the world.


We pay royalties for various kinds of live performance of our members' music, including tours, gigs, DJ sets, concerts and busking. These performances can be reported through the venues or by members, publishers and managers through our online live reporting service.
We calculate and collect royalties in different ways for live performances, depending on the type of performance.
If members play at a small licensed venue that is licensed under our Gigs and Clubs scheme, we pay a set royalty for each reported event. This is shared between all PRS writers whose work is performed at the event. This is currently about £10 for each event. The royalty fee changes each year, depending on the money collected from the venues in the scheme.
Buskers, who perform in the designated areas within London Underground stations, need to report each performance to receive a royalty fee for each busking session.
In accordance with our Busking Scheme rules, please remember that it is essential you submit claims for any covers you perform, as well as your own music. We will actively monitor performance reporting in the future to ensure the claims we receive adhere to these rules.
For relevant busking performances, any claims or set list submissions made after the 1 July 2017 will be distributed at the new per session rate of £1.47.
Venues are charged a proportion of gross box office receipts, three percent from 1988 to June 2018 and four percent minimum from July 2018 onwards, which we then divide to give each work a value for the number of seconds that it was performed.
Each year, venues choose whether to pay a flat rate, which is currently 4.8 percent of box office receipts. Or they can use a sliding scale that is based on the amount of copyright music being performed. This is currently up to eight percent of box office receipts.
Royalty rates are often a combination of those we use for classical and popular concerts.
For very large live events, our tailored live concert service offers a fixed admin cost and faster payment.
We use the sample method of royalty collection for covers bands, where their repertoire is often limited to a specific set of songs that's often repeated. The royalties are not paid to the performers but to the writers of the songs being performed.
It is possible for you to administer your live performances of your own works.


the bottom of Headwalls speed track.
Crowds cheered as the fastest people from 10 countries raced down Sun Peaks' Headwalls track for the final day of the FIS Speed Ski World Cup.
Successfully completing the two runs planned for the 2nd World Cup race of the weekend, the days events were exciting, to say the least.
The Origone brothers of Italy, Simone (left) and Ivan.
Italy's Ivan Origone earned first place in the men's speed division in the 2nd World Cup event of the weekend, clocking in at 159.93 km/h — narrowly beating out his brother, Simone, who had a speed of 159.92 km/h. Yesterdays winner, Klaus Schrottshammer, finished in 3rd with a speed of 159.40 km/h.
Jan Farrell of Great Britain won both men's downhill World Cup events with a speed of 151.17 km/h today and 158.33 km/h on March 8, while Linda Baginski won her 2nd World Cup event of the weekend, going 154.98 km/h.
With time to spare, officials gave the go-ahead for the Velocity Challenge run, which shortened the timing area from a 100 meter trap for the World Cup to 25 meters. The Velocity Challenge racers had every opportunity to beat Sun Peaks local Kenny Dale's course record of 177.21 km/h with a top of the mountain start and enthusiastic crowd to cheer them on. As it were, the record was beat with a speed of 178.22 km/h by the course record holder himself, Kenny Dale.
Velocity Challenge winner and course record holder Kenny Dale (centre) with his team, Ian McLaren (left) and Lark Frolek-Dale (right).
Dale's final run was greeted with a roaring crowd of racers, local enthusiasts and intrigued guests.
As the 25th year of the Velocity Challenge comes to an end, racers, event staff and volunteers can relax and enjoy the end of the winter season knowing that the course record was, and can be beat!
Previous articleDay 3 of the Sun Peaks FIS Speed Ski World Cup was a success!


Over the past few months we have brought you updates regarding the Volkswagen Spirit of Africa competition, which went international a few months ago. Now, we have the final results of this grueling competition. Teams from Australia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa took part in the competition and each country was represented by five teams comprising of two people.
The 20 teams used Amaroks to contest technical and speed challenges over five days. The speed challenge simulated motorsport rally stages with long narrow farm style paths. Meanwhile, the technical challenge involved extreme off-road conditions with deep sand and hairy inclines and declines. So, who won? Well, we did of course, team South Africa. The South African team was crowned as the overall winners of the inaugural International Spirit of Amarok Trophy which took place in Botswana. The five South African teams dominated the competition from the start and amassed outstanding 10 153 points in total.
Team South Africa was followed by Team Namibia in the second place. Team Australia and Team Botswana finished third and fourth respectively. The individual category of the competition was won by Alwyn and Melanie Jordaan of Namibia. Juan Grant and Conrad Herbst (South Africa) finished in second place. Third position in the individual category went to Juan Engelbrecht and Eugene Thornhill (South Africa).
The International Spirit of Africa Trophy is planned to be an annual event with the Amarok selling countries showing increasing interest following the success of the 2015 inaugural event in Botswana.
The event is the perfect opportunity to showcase the off-road capabilities of the Amarok, in an environment where this is better experienced than explained. Overall, the competition seemed to be an excellent demonstration of how the Amarok brand philosophy of tough and smart could translate into something as big as an international driving competition.


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Training on alternative fishing methods in Palau
SPC recently conducted a two-week training workshop in Ngarchelong on fishing methods currently not being commonly done in Palau. SPC brought Mr. John Uriao, a fisherman from Rarotonga, Cook Islands, to show fishermen from Ngarchelong and Kayangel how to catch flying fish, locally known as "kok". Cruising outside the reef at night, fishermen using a high-powered light source mounted on a helmet, catch flying fish swimming near the surface using a scoop net with an extra long handle.
The training included sessions on building the necessary equipment and nightly fishing trips. Two two-hour fishing trip yielded an average of 80 fish. The flying fish grilled over the fire, fried and even eaten raw is delicious. With a mild flavor and slightly tasting like the gold spot herring (mekebud), the flying fish is surely to be a sought-after food fish. The flying fish is also very good bait for larger pelagic fish like the Spanish mackerel (ngelngal), Barracuda (ai), and Dogtooth tuna (kerngab). Fishermen from Kayangel and Ngarchelong are excited about this new fishery.Palau people will certainly look for flying fish at upcoming night markets!
SPC also brought Carl McNeal, a fly fishing expert from New Zealand to scout areas in the northern reef area to assess the potential for fly fishing ventures in Palau.Fishermen took McNeal to fish the reef drop offs, sand flats and mangrove fringes to look for potential sport fish. Salt water sport fish include species like bonefish (suld), mesekelat (milkfish), trevally (erobk, oruidel), snappers, emperors and groupers. Fly fishing is a popular sport in other places in the world. It is sustainable (catch and release) and if managed properly, it has the potential to bring in a lot of economical benefits to the local people. Bad weather conditions prevented extensive surveys, so other productive areas will be assessed by local partners. If enough target species or areas are found, SPC can provide future trainings for fly fishing techniques, guides, and tying of flies.
This fishery training is part of a larger ongoing fishery management project between the states of Kayangel and Ngarchelong. Research has shown that approximately 60% of the fish caught in the northern reefs have not had the opportunity to reproduce. Finding alternative and non-extractive fishery opportunities will assist in allowing the populations of reef fish in the north to recover from heavy fishing pressure.
Michel Blanc, Fisheries Development Adviser for SPC made the fishery development training possible. Local support came from The Nature Conservancy, the Bureau of Marine Resources and the Palau Conservation Society.
For more information: Michel Blanc, SPC Nearshore Fisheries Development Adviser


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Costa Rica has both public and private universities, such as the University of Costa Rica and University for Peace. Tuition generally runs about 50% less than in-state rates for most U.S. schools.

Public universities are some of the largest academic institutions in Costa Rica. There are four public universities in the country, each assigned to emphasize certain academic disciplines. A fifth university, Technical National University (UTN) was recently established in the city of Alajuela. All public universities are members of the Consensus Nacional de Rectores (CONARE, National University Presidents' Council).

Public universities in Costa Rica
Distance State University (UNED) is focused on distance learning. Its main offices are in Sabanilla district, Montes de Oca canton, and it has many local branch campuses for classes and exams.
National Technical University (UTN) in Alajuela.
National University of Costa Rica (UNA) is located in Heredia and has a strong department of life sciences. About 30,000 students attend UNA.
Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) has its main campus in Dulce Nombre district of Cartago canton, is modeled as an institute of technology.
University of Costa Rica (UCR) its main campus is in San Pedro district, Montes de Oca canton. It is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious institution of higher learning in Costa Rica. Its origins can be traced back to 1832. Approximately 40,000 students are enrolled at UCR. It is a research institution with more than 25 research units.

Private universities
 Invenio is a campus-based science and technology university, using the Dual Education model from the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (Germany). Invenio Campus GML is on the road to Los Ángeles, Tilarán, in Cañas, Guanacaste.
 UAM (Universidad Americana): Universidad Americana's main campus is in Los Yoses, Montes de Oca, where the Goethe Institute used to be. It was created in 1997 and officially started simultaneously in San José and Cartago in 1998. A few months later, another campus opened in Heredia.
 Universidad CENFOTEC is a specialized university focusing on ICT-related careers. It was founded in 2000 by a group of software development exporting companies to train highly specialized and rapidly operational technicians in software development to meet the increasing demand of this type of professionals. Founded as a Technical Training Center focused solely on software development, it has evolved and was awarded university status in 2011 by CONESUP. Nowadays it includes careers in telecommunications, software development, development for the Web, and ICT infrastructure. Its campus is in Montes de Oca, San José. It is only a teaching institution.
UCIMED (Universidad de Ciencias Médicas) is a medical school in San José. UCIMED was founded in 1978 and is solely dedicated to the teaching of medicine. No research is conducted at this institution.
Universidad Cristiana del Sur is in San José.
Universidad EARTH is in Pocora, Limón. It specializes in agriculture and the environment. It enrols approximately 400-500 students. It attracts a whole range of nationalities including American and British interns who often study at the university for a semester to a year.
Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica (UNEM): The Business University of Costa Rica is a private university. UNEM is an institution of higher learning in Costa Rica. This university is listed in the UNESCO International Association of Universities Directory of Higher Education. UNEM is authorized by the Asesoría Legal del Ministerio de Educación No. ATJ-167-CONESUP to operate internationally, to offer international programs, and to grant bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees with agreements with foreign universities. Even though it offers graduate programs, this institution is only a teaching university with no research function.
Universidad Hispanoamerica is a private university based in San José with campuses in several other cities including Cartago and Heredia. Like other private universities it is only a teaching university, with no research conducted at the institution.
Universidad de La Salle (ULaSalle) is a private Catholic university in Costa Rica. The university is accredited by Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Universitaria Privada and recognized by the Ministry of Education. ULaSalle has four faculties in Administration, Law, Education and Psychology, offers programs to grant bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees, as well as Chairs of Human Rights, Bioethics and St. John Baptist de La Salle, Research and Extension Programs.
Universidad Latina  (ULatina) is a private university in Costa Rica. The university has several campuses around Costa Rica, although the main campus is in San Pedro, San José. Like most, if not all, private universities in Costa Rica it has remained solely as a teaching university. It does not have an admission exam and even admits students who have not passed the "Bachillerato" exams (education exams high school students must pass to graduate).
Universidad San Juan de la Cruz (SJDLC) is a private university in Costa Rica. The university is accredited by Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Universitaria Privada and recognized by the Ministry of Education. SLDLC offers courses in criminal justice, business, law, accounting and technology through campus and distance learning programs.
The University for Peace was created in 1980 by the United Nations. It is the only university in the UN family able to grant degrees and it has eight master's programs related to conflict resolution and peace building. Its main campus is in Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica, about 40 minutes outside of San José.

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Most people believe that they have a skeptical, critical mind. Some because they constantly question the arguments and ideas of people that they disagree with. Others because they adhere to some alternate, non-mainstream concept such as atheism, alternate medicine or even Flat Earth Theory. Most simply assume the existence of their skeptical mind because they've never actually challenged themselves on it and it makes them feel smart. The fact is, very few people think critically about the world around them, and even those that do, fall prey to the usual prejudices and biases. In our hyper-partisan world, a critical mind is vital to not getting sucked into the tribalism currently tearing our country apart. You need to humanize opposing viewpoints as the first step to tolerance. Not only that, but failing to think analytically and questioning your beliefs makes you less smart.
The first step to developing a skeptical mind begins with recognizing that most of what you read and hear is either wrong, misleading or incomplete. Find an article in a mainstream news publication on a subject for which you are an expert or very knowledgeable. Read it. Is it accurate? Chances are incorrect or imperfect information permeates the article. Completely wrong might also accurately describe it. Odds are that if you do this often enough, you will start wondering, "If every article I read that I'm knowledgeable of is so awful, what about the ones I know nothing about?" Now you are on the right track. From this point questions will start to flow every time you read something.
Just the act of asking the questions will add to your skepticism, but that's not enough. Now you need to answer them. Answer them honestly and with as much effort as possible. Here's the hard part: answer them in a way that directly opposes your current belief. You don't need a bunch of researching for this part (that comes later) you simply try to use logic. Follow a train of thought that leads away from your current belief. Every time you find yourself drifting towards your original idea, take the fork that leads away from it. You don't have to agree with the points, just accept that they exist.
Now a true challenge. Take a repugnant or ridiculous belief. Racism, sexism, eugenics, anti-vax, flat earth. Try to figure out WHY someone would believe it. Don't just assume they are unforgivably evil or stupid people. Very few people are actually bad people – selfish, ignorant and self-involved sure – but not evil. Try to think of a person you know who is both nice, and racist. Put yourself in their shoes. Recognize that calling them a racist is probably not the best way to change their mind. Knowing their motivations, biases and background makes a huge difference when it comes time to change their attitudes.
Which brings us to politics. Chances are, either you or someone you know reflexively disagrees with everything that one party does, and agrees with the other (unless something "bipartisan" is going on). The simple, obvious unanswered question is: "How is it possible that one group of politicians is always right and the other group is always wrong?" I'll give you a hint…no I won't, you get it. Take the party you identify with and list ten things they do that are wrong. Take the party you oppose and list ten things they do that are right. Here's the catch: you can't use "bipartisan" ideas – the other party must be opposed to the things you select. If you can't do this, go back and re-read this whole essay and try again. Still not there?
Research. Crank up your Google-Fu and start searching. Read articles that oppose your viewpoint. Go beyond the normal news sources (we already figured out how wrong they were several paragraphs ago). Find academic blogs – professors LOVE to write, especially economics and legal professors. Do NOT make arguments against the points being made while you read. I know that you might find this hard, but try to think about why they might be RIGHT. You don't have to conclude they're right, just expose yourself to their ideas. Buy a book from someone you disagree with, preferably someone with a good bibliography. Ralph Nader writes excellent ones for you to try if you are a Republican and Ann Coulter is a good choice if you are a Democrat. I recommend them not because they are brilliant or accurate, but because of their bibliographies – a chance for you to see where their ideas come from.
Having a skeptical mind doesn't mean changing your mind to another belief. The point is accepting that the other belief exists, and that while the arguments you hear may be wrong, they have at least some merit. Especially important is knowing that a person or group who doesn't see things your way does so not because they are bad people, or ignorant, but instead they form opinions rooted in valid belief systems. You also might find out that you are wrong about some things, and being less wrong is the foundation of both human and individual progress.


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Fire ignites at Gypsum biomass power plant
Enterprise staff report
Wood chips ignited and resulted in a large fire alarm at the Gypsum biomass plant over the weekend. Nummerous local agencies responded to the scene and battled the fire for eight hours.
Photo courtesy Michele Ziccardi |
A conveyor carrying wood chips into the Eagle Valley Clean Energy biomass power plant in Gypsum sparked a pre-dawn fire over the weekend, rallying fire fighter crews from as far away as Rifle.
At about 4:05 a.m. last Saturday, during a routine inspection, a plant employee discovered the fire started at the top of an outdoor conveyor belt system. The fire spread along parts of the conveyor system, disabling it, but did not touch the main plant's buildings. No injuries or major damage were reported and an investigation is under way to determine the cause of the fire.
The facility has temporarily ceased power production while the conveyor system is repaired.
"All of us here at Eagle Valley Clean Energy want to thank the local fire departments who responded to the call so quickly and professionally, preventing the fire from spreading, and to the town of Gypsum, neighbors and the Salvation Army food vendor volunteers that all helped with the situation. We deeply appreciate the selfless service rendered and recognize that many of you are volunteers and that all of you sacrificed a precious Saturday during the busy Christmas season," said Dean Rostrom, Chairman of Eagle Valley Clean Energy.
Eagle Valley Clean Energy's 10-megawatt biomass facility generates electricity from beetle-killed trees. The power generated from the facility helps provide energy to about 55,000 customers in Eagle, Pitkin, Garfield, Gunnison and Mesa counties.
According to a report from Michele A Ziccardi, public information officer from the Greater Eagle Fire Protection District, there was fire in both of the plant's silos and on three different conveyor belts spreading across hundreds of feet and over 80 feet about the ground. Because fire covered such a vast area, and the challenge of reaching the fires, the crews battled for about eight hours working in various teams.The fire crew's efforts kept the damages to an estimated $200,000 and prevented further fire extension to other parts of the $56 million dollar plant.
The fire was contained and declared out by mid afternoon. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Units from Gypsum Fire Department, Greater Eagle Fire Department, Eagle County Airport Rescue Fire Fighting, Eagle River Fire Protection District, Vail Fire and Emergency Services, Glenwood Springs Fire and Colorado River Fire Authority assisted with the firefighting efforts. Eagle County Paramedics Services, Eagle County Sheriff's Office, Colorado State Patrol, Eagle County Emergency Management Director Barry Smith and Vail Public Safety Communication Center also assisted with the incident. The Town of Gypsum Public Works Department, Holy Cross Energy and The Salvation Army provided assistance to the emergency personnel.
Michele Ziccardi, public information officer from the Greater Eagle Fire Protection District, contributed to this report.


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VRT Ireland > Vehicle Registration Tax > VRT Reliefs & Exemptions > VRT Reliefs & Exemptions Overview
VRT Reliefs & Exemptions Overview
Permanent Reliefs from VRT and Temporary Exemptions from Registration for Foreign Registered Vehicles
This section gives outline details of the Permanent Reliefs from Vehicle Registration Tax and Temporary Exemptions from Vehicle Registration for Foreign Registered Vehicles available in the State.
There are various reliefs and exemptions from VRT. They include exemption which may apply in the case of :
Transfer of Residence
Transfer of Residence of Vehicles Acquired Tax/Duty Free
Transfer of Business Undertaking
Donations by Official Bodies, Public Authorities or Groups
Vehicles Acquired for the Official Use of an EU Institution
Transfers to the State of EU Officials
Diplomatic and Related Relief
International Air Services
Vehicles for People with Disabilities – Tax Relief Scheme
Temporary Exemptions for Foreign Registered Vehicles
Application Procedure and Contact Details
If you think you are entitled to an exemption, you must first contact Revenue and apply for the exemption. If approved, a letter confirming eligibility to the exemption will be issued to you. You must bring this letter to the NCT Centre when registering the vehicle to avail of the exemption. An exemption will only be allowed on presentation of this letter at the NCT centre. Where the exemption letter is not available at the time of registration (e.g. lost or misplaced) full VRT will be charged. This will be refunded on presentation of the letter to a Revenue office.
Applications for the Vehicles for People with Disabilities can be made online through Revenue's myaccount facility
Postal applications for the Vehicles for People with Disabilities – Tax Relief Scheme only should be directed to:
The Office of the Revenue Commissioners,
Central Repayments Office,
Freepost,
M:TEK II Building,
Armagh Road,
Monaghan.
Telephone LoCall: 1890 60 60 61 or 047 62100.
Applications for all other Reliefs and Exemptions must be made at your Local Revenue Office.
Full details of the qualification requirements and necessary documentation for each Relief
or Exemption are outlined in the VRT Manuals. Further queries should be directed to your Local Revenue Office.
Vehicle Registration Procedure
Depending on the relief applicable, a vehicle registration appointment must be made with the NCTS with 7 days of entry into the State, or within 7 days of release from Customs Control. In all cases, the vehicle must be registered within 30 days of entry in the State.
Permanent Reliefs
This relief applies to a private individual transferring his/her normal residence permanently to the State from abroad. It extends to CCT duty and VAT where the transfer is from outside the EU.
Transfer of Residence of Vehicles Acquired Tax/Duty Free Abroad
Exemption from tax in respect of a tax/duty-free vehicle on transfer of residence is only available where the vehicle has been:
supplied under diplomatic or consular arrangements, or
supplied to an international organisation recognised by the Minister for Foreign
Affairs and Trade, or
to a member of such an organisation, within the limits and under the conditions laid down
by the international convention establishing the organisation or by another similar
In all other cases, exemption from tax on transfer of residence is only available for vehicles acquired with tax/duty-paid.
A tax/duty-free vehicle is a vehicle, which has either:
been acquired without payment of VAT, CCT duty, Excise Duty or any other consumption
tax payable, or
if acquired fully tax/duty-paid, has been granted an exemption/refund, in whole or in
part, of all/any of these taxes on the grounds of exportation/departure.
This relief applies only where a business undertaking is being transferred in its entirety
to the State from abroad.
A vehicle which is brought into the State following the death of its owner abroad may be registered without payment of VRT if the applicant acquired the vehicle on inheritance, either under a will or under the law relating to intestacy, or is the personal representative
of the deceased and resident in the State.
A vehicle, which is given as a gift/donation by:
an official body, or
a public authority, or
a group carrying on an activity in the public service/interest established outside
the State to a similar, non-related body/authority/group in the State,
may be registered without payment of VRT subject to certain conditions, requirements and limitations. Relief from the payment of CCT duty and VAT is only allowed in respect of donations from Third Countries.
Before exemption can be granted under this heading, approval must be obtained in advance from the local Revenue Office.
Relief is normally granted in respect of one vehicle only per European Community Institution in normal circumstances, for such period as may be determined by the Commissioners. The full list of EC Institutions is listed in the VRT Manual linked below.
This relief is available only to officials of EU Institutions who transfer their normal residence to the State in order to take up employment with one of those institutions. The full list of Institutions is listed in the VRT Manual linked below.
Vehicles supplied under diplomatic, consular or similar arrangements may be registered, subject to certain conditions, requirements and limitations, without payment of VRT. The relief is granted for such time as the Commissioners may decide following consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Protocol 2 Section.
This relief applies to vehicles used by organisations:
in the establishment or maintenance of an international air service using, or
involving the use of, an airport in the State,
in the establishment or maintenance of radio or meteorological services or other aids
to air navigation ancillary to any such international air service, or
for experimental purposes connected with the establishment or maintenance of any such
international air service.
Further details are available in the VRT Manual linked below.
Vehicles for People with Disabilities
The Tax Relief for Vehicles Purchased for use by People with Disabilities Scheme provides for a range of tax reliefs in connection with the purchase and use of motor vehicles. Further
details are available in the VRT Manual and on the Leaflet linked below.
Subject to certain conditions, restrictions and limitations, a qualifying, unregistered vehicle, i.e. a vehicle which is validly registered abroad and which is owned by or registered in the name of a non-resident person, may be granted temporary exemption from the requirement to be registered in the State. This relief normally applies for a period not exceeding twelve months and in such cases there is no requirement to make a formal application.
Where a formal application is required, evidence of eligibility, as necessary, must be produced. Application can be made at any Local Revenue Office.
Ordinarily, a State Resident is not permitted to drive an unregistered vehicle in the State. There are limited circumstances in which it is permissible. Further details are available on the VRT Manual and Leaflet linked below.
VRT Reliefs & Exemptions Overview was last modified: March 18th, 2019 by vrtmanager


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Longtime GOP lawmaker Kretschmar defeated; Dickinson rep also loses re-election bid
BISMARCK - One of the North Dakota Legislature's longest-serving Republicans was defeated in his House re-election bid Tuesday, after previously losing the district's endorsement.
By Mike Nowatzki
BISMARCK – One of the North Dakota Legislature's longest-serving Republicans was defeated in his House re-election bid Tuesday, after previously losing the district's endorsement.
Rep. William Kretschmar, an attorney from Venturia who has served in the House for all but four years since 1973, lost the District 28 GOP endorsement to Barton Schott of Kulm but decided to run for the party's nomination anyway in Tuesday's primary. In House primaries, the top two vote-getters from each party advance to the November election.
With all 21 precincts reporting, Kretschmar and Schott lost to incumbent Rep. Mike Brandenburg of Edgeley and Jeffery Magrum of Hazelton. Kretschmar and Schott each received about 18 percent of the vote, while Brandenburg received between 31 percent and Magrum 33 percent.
The winners will run unopposed in November, as Democrats failed to field House candidates in the district.
In House District 36, Luke Simons of Dickinson knocked out incumbent Rep. Alan Fehr of Dickinson, who had lost the district's GOP endorsement to Simons. With all 15 precincts reporting, Simons received 38 percent to Fehr's 25 percent. Incumbent Rep. Mike Schatz of New England moved on with 37 percent.
District 14 incumbent Reps. Jon Nelson of Rugby and Robin Weisz of Hurdsfield withstood challenges from Albert Krueger of Harvey and Dennis Fred of Rugby, who resigned his duties as district chairman at the request of the state party chairman because he challenged his district's endorsed candidates.
With all 22 precincts reporting, results showed 37 percent for Weisz, 32 percent for Nelson, 18 percent for Krueger and 13 percent for Fred.
District 14 Sen. Jerry Klein of Fessenden also fended off a challenge from Glen Baltrusch of Harvey, winning 79 percent to 21 percent.
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DICKINSON - For the first time in more than a decade, The Dickinson Police Department has a new leader in its ranks, as Joe Cianni was named the city's new police chief following a unanimous vote by the city commissioners on Tuesday.
By Allison Engstrom
Giving Hearts Day: 24-hour fundraiser to benefit charities across southwest North Dakota
Local Non-Profit organizations set to receive critical financial support for programs and services
Gov. Kristi Noem's foster care scholarship meets dead-end courtesy of public education lobby
"Why would we create new major programs, when we can't even fund the programs that we have?" a public education lobbyist said in opposition to Noem's three-year, $15 million proposal.
By Jason Harward
Jamestown Public School District investigating how officials handled racial taunting incident
An investigation found that students used racial slurs and actions toward minority basketball players from Bismarck High School.
By Masaki Ova


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National Review's Wishful Thinking About Race
Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, June 12, 2018
Conservatives usually style themselves as defenders of hard truths. A conservative will tell you that raising the minimum wage actually hurts the poor, that a hawkish foreign policy can safeguard peace, and that sometimes the best way to deal with a problem is to do nothing. Pleasant fantasies are no substitute for reality, or as Ben Shapiro puts it, "facts don't care about your feelings." Likewise, the old slogan from Young Americans for Freedom was, "Don't immanentize the eschaton," a reminder that pursuing utopia is likely to do more harm than good in a fallen and imperfect world. Yet when it comes to race, many American conservatives take refuge in make-believe. They act as if good intentions will triumph over hard realities.
Perhaps no commentator is as guilty of this as National Review senior editor Jay Nordlinger, and one of his latest contributions, "Conservative Ideas and the Question of Confidence," is a masterpiece of wishful thinking. Mr. Nordlinger urges conservatives not to give up trying to "sell our ideas," even in states such as California. He admits Ronald Reagan could never be elected there today, but "you've got to try" anyway. "If you don't pitch your ideas to people, those ideas aren't going to have a chance." That is a truism, but Mr. Nordlinger's larger point is that conservatives should not succumb to defeatist thinking about demographics or tribalism, and should keep trying to pitch conservatism to blacks, Mexicans, Hmong, and everyone else. "Do we have so little faith in our ideas and their power?" he asks.
"Faith" in "ideas" is the opposite of conservatism. Classical conservatism is a defense of "custom, convention, and continuity," to use Russell Kirk's phrase. Conservatism is not an appeal to abstract ideas but to concrete cultural forms proven effective through long experience. "Order and justice and freedom . . . are the artificial products of a long social experience, the result of centuries of trial and reflection and sacrifice," Kirk wrote, emphasizing that the "continuity, the life-blood, of a society must not be interrupted." Abstract ideas, no matter how logically or beautifully constructed, can never take the place of customs and ways of being established by centuries of culture, history, and tradition.
In contrast to this humble outlook, Mr. Nordlinger mocks conservatives who doubt that conservatism can appeal to Californians who are, as some rightists allegedly suggest, "too brown" and "too illegal." "Do we think our ideas are for limited demographics?" he asks. "What pitiful ideas those must be, then!"
Well, the doubters are right. A 2012 poll from Pew found Hispanics overwhelmingly support larger government. Heather Mac Donald, in explaining massive Hispanic support for the Democrat party, noted that "it is not immigration policy that creates the strong bond between Hispanics and the Democratic party, but the core Democratic principles of a more generous safety net, strong government intervention in the economy, and progressive taxation." Columnist "Washington Watcher" pointed out in 2012 that Hispanics supported increased spending on health care (75 to 19 percent) by an even greater margin than they supported loosening immigration controls (as indicated by the 71 to 26 percent who wanted to overturn Arizona's restrictive SB 1070 immigration law.) Limited government has very little support among Hispanics generally, which is not surprising, given that Hispanics households are on welfare at more than twice the white rate.
The Second Amendment is just as vulnerable to changing demographics. A 2014 Pew Research Center survey found Hispanics support gun control over the rights of owners 62 to 36 percent. They have no reason to support traditional American liberties — as the New Century Foundation report "Hispanics: A Statistical Portrait" found, only a third of Hispanics identify primarily as "American," with most identifying with their race or ancestral nation. As Jared Taylor warned "cuckservatives" in 2015, "[Blacks] and Hispanics and even Asians don't share your dreams."
Mr. Nordlinger would argue that eventually everyone can be convinced. "WFB [William F. Buckley] and [Ronald] Reagan were always talking to people, always making a case for their ideas," he writes. Who does Mr. Nordlinger think is not talking? There has never been more blogging, podcasting, publishing, tweeting, YouTubing, etc. The main problem today is deplatforming of "haters" at the hands of companies such as Twitter.
Each year, more and more people are called "haters." Even William F. Buckley would never get a hearing today, if only because his past defenses of racial segregation in National Review or his threat to the homosexual Gore Vidal ("Listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I'll sock you in your goddamn face and you'll stay plastered"). If Roseanne Barr can become a non-person because of a single joke-tweet, Buckley's past would certainly sink him in today's hysterical atmosphere. Mr. Nordlinger himself ought to be looking over his shoulder.
Even the First Amendment could go if the country turns brown. A recent Cato Institute poll found a 72 percent majority of Hispanics (and 75 percent of blacks) thought "hate speech is an act of violence." No fewer than 71 percent of Hispanics thought "our society can prohibit hate speech and still protect free speech." Even more disquieting, 61 percent of Hispanics also thought "supporting someone's right to say racist things is as bad as holding racist views yourself."
Mr. Nordlinger at least lists the principles he thinks conservatives should defend.
Personal freedom. The rule of law. The Constitution, and adherence to it. Equality under the law. Equality of opportunity. Free enterprise. Property rights. Free trade. Civil society. The right to work. A strong defense. American leadership in the world. A sound, non-flaky educational curriculum. The primacy of the family. A sensible environmentalism, as opposed to green madness. Pluralism. Colorblindness. E pluribus unum.
Let's consider some of these.
"Personal freedom," at least in the sense of being able to do business with whom you want, is a thing of the past thanks to "civil rights" legislation. Everything from Starbucks' policy on loitering to who gets Oscars is an agonizing struggle to make multiracialism work — a struggle that invariably restricts personal freedom.
"The rule of law" is an odd phrase to invoke when there are millions of illegal immigrants in the country.
"The Constitution," in the words of former National Review contributor Joe Sobran, "poses no threat to our form of government." Indeed, the Left has largely triumphed over the last few decades by simply decreeing its preferred policy changes through the Supreme Court. In some cases, such as that of Brown v. Board of Education, there was little pretense of legal reasoning. In almost every case, there was no substantial resistance from Congress or the Executive. As a practical matter, the Constitution is irrelevant.
"Equality under the law" and "equality of opportunity" have long since vanished in our era of affirmative-action. The GOP Congress and President Trump have done nothing to restore equality.
We still have "free enterprise" and "property rights," but a majority of young Americans now explicitly reject capitalism. At least some of the shift towards socialism is explained by race; younger Americans are more racially diverse than their elders, and non-whites are more left-wing than whites.
"A strong defense" and "American leadership in the world" both sound good, but both are simply means to an end. What exactly is the military defending, and what is America "leading" the world towards? We can't even "defend" our own borders, and American "leadership" is not fighting such existential threats as the Islamization of Europe. Indeed, American tax dollars fund the Muslim invasion through grants to George Soros's Non-Governmental Organizations.
The biggest obstacle to a "sound, non-flaky educational curriculum" is racial politics, imposed by leftist teachers unions and educational institutions that host entire conferences on concepts such as "white privilege." To take just one example, Columbia University's Teachers College hosted 300 people for a conference about combatting "whiteness in schools." It is now common to assert that science itself is "racist" and "sexist." School discipline has been undermined, because so many liberals find it intolerable that blacks and Hispanics require more discipline than whites or Asians. If Mr. Nordlinger is serious about education, he cannot ignore race.
"A sensible environmentalism" sounds good, and one way to achieve it would be through immigration restriction, which would decrease demands on space and resources. How many National Review donors favor that; or do they want cheap labor instead?
"Pluralism?" What does Mr. Nordlinger even mean by that? Many different centers of influence and interest? You can't have that without freedom of association, which the government is smothering under "civil rights" laws. Does "pluralism" mean an absence of dictatorship? Part of the federal government's intrusion into every corner of our lives is to control and suppress the conflict inherent in a multiracial, multicultural society.
Nordlinger may be surprised to learn that "colorblindness" is now considered "racist" in many schools. Thus, while he may claim he is not racist, students schooled in "white privilege" will not believe him. If National Review thinks it can make a separate peace with the Left, it is mistaken. Let's welcome our fellow "racist" Mr. Nordlinger to the party!
Invoking E Pluribus Unum is pure ignorance. Coming as it does after "colorblindness" suggests that Mr. Nordlinger thinks the motto means bringing many "diverse" people into a single nation. It doesn't. It means uniting 13 independent colonies into a single sovereignty. Even if it meant what Mr. Nordlinger seems to think it does, in 1782, when the motto was adopted, "out of many" would have meant many strains of European. In any case, it is only whites who have the fantasy that many races can become "one." Throughout most of American history, American identity and white identity were all but inseparable. Non-whites recognize this even if Mr. Nordlinger does not, and that is why they are so determined to build their own tribal identities. They are happy to let whites contribute to their own dispossession by letting in ever larger numbers of inherently tribal non-whites as whites comfort themselves with fairy tales about colorblind citizenship and patriotism.
After listing his conservative principles, Mr. Nordlinger urges his readers to "give . . . a whirl" at spreading them, but concede that skeptics "may say I am naïve." He is more ignorant than naïve. The hopeless situation in California is precisely what former National Review editor Peter Brimelow and Ed Rubenstein predicted in their 1997 NR cover story, "Electing A New People." It began with the words, "Demography is destiny in American politics" and predicted mass immigration would unmake the Republican majority. Since NR has never seen fit to post this article on its website, Mr. Nordlinger can perhaps be forgiven for not knowing the history of his own magazine.
Mr. Nordlinger implicitly concedes that Mr. Brimelow and Mr. Rubenstein were right when he admits that the most iconic GOP president of recent memory could not win his home state today. But would he ever apologize for the expulsion from National Review of Mr. Brimelow — or of John Derbyshire or Robert Weissberg — who also made common-sense observations about race that NR can no longer stomach? One suspects the magazine, like other fixtures of the Beltway Right, polices itself not because it thinks race realists are wrong, but because they know we are right. Is Mr. Nordlinger even arguing in good faith?
What any real conservative can say with confidence is that Mr. Nordlinger's column is profoundly unconservative. Replacing the population of not just a country but an entire civilization is the antithesis of conservatism, as massive a defiance of Russell Kirk's admonition of "prudence" as can be imagined. Mr. Nordlinger's refusal to consider its political consequences is hardly the act of a conservative or even an intellectual.
There were many who warned the Beltway Right about mass immigration. They were ignored and even punished. The state of Reagan and Nixon is now lost to the conservative movement and may soon be lost to the United States altogether. Texas, already majority-minority, will soon become another permanently blue state, at which point we might as well skip presidential elections and simply appoint the Democrats' nominee.
Let it be said plainly: Mr. Nordlinger and those like him squandered our country and are leaving it in ruins. They cannot plead ignorance; that leaves only cowardice or malevolence. Even to invoke Ronald Reagan as a model is worse than questionable. President Reagan's ruinous 1986 immigration amnesty is likely to have greater historical consequences than his Cold War policies.
President Reagan may not have known what he was unleashing. Today, Mr. Nordlinger can't help but see it. President Reagan can be forgiven. Jay Nordlinger, and those like him, cannot.
Topics: Liberal Myths, Race and Politics, the Demographic Transformation
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New Delhi: India's love affair with Morocco is nearly 700 years old, from much before the country's cuisine gained international repute, if one considers that a North African nobleman named Ibn Batuta's account of life in the Delhi Sultanate is a primary source of information for studying the culture and customs of that period. This Moroccan scholar and judge came to Delhi to join the Sultan's service and lived in India from 1334 to 1341.
Located on the southern rim of the Mediterranean, Morocco was on the Spice Route from Kerala to the Middle East and Europe and, therefore, acquired a number of spices, while there is a lot of Indian influence in Moroccan food, Ambassador to India Mohammed Maliki said at a preview lunch for the Moroccan Food Festival that got underway here on Friday.
The Mediterranean diet is considered among the healthiest in the world and Moroccan cuisine has a "wide variety of food for every kind of palette", the Ambassador said, unveiling choice dishes in the ambience of Ottimo at West View, the Western restaurant at the ITC Maurya.
Spices, therefore, are used extensively in Moroccan cooking and there is a centuries-old art to their careful mixing. Common spices include saffron, mint, olives oranges, lemons, cinnamon, ginger, paprika and coriander. Ras el hanout is a commonly used dried spice mix that can combine anywhere from a dozen to 100 spices. The buffet consisted of traditional Moroccan salads and of spiced meat and vegetable dishes slow cooked in a distinctive earthenware dish with a tall, conical lid called a tajine.
The chicken tajine is a classic Moroccan recipe using preserved lemons, olives and onions. It can be cooked in an authentic tajine or roasted in the oven. The secret of its exquisite taste lies in marinating the chicken for five-six hours with lemon, onion, garlic, cilantro, parsley, ginger, pepper, turmeric, salt and the Ras el Hanout spice mix. Moroccan food has become globally famous for its use of spices.
There followed a range of Morroccan desserts like the Briouat pastries filled with fresh almond paste flavored with orange flower water and cinnamon. Once fried, the pastries are then given a short soaking in hot honey for flavor and sweetness.The Chebakia is a sesame cookie made by folding dough into a flower shape, frying it and then dipping it in hot honey flavoured with orange flower water.
Sellouf is an unbaked sweet also served at special occasions like Eid and weddings and is made from toasted unhulled sesame seeds, fried almonds and flour that have been browned in the oven.
Hospitality is a very important part of Moroccan culture, the Ambassador explained. On entering a Moroccan home, guests are typically offered food and tea within seconds, and the meal here ended with the refreshing green tea with mint. The Moroccan tea ceremony is sacred and pouring of the tea is considered something of an art form. The food festival is on till March 30.


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Discussion in 'Performance and Tuning' started by TacomaTRD, Sep 1, 2007.
i think a cherry bomb that is only 6 inches long is gonna be very loud.......and i do mean loud. i have a flowmaster original 40(with duals) and its prety loud,but its not annoying. if you are gonna run duals, i think it may tone it down just a bit to make a good rumble, but i think its still gonna be loud as hell.
you could actually install a flowmaster 40 and get some one to cut out your two rear cats and run straight pipe(also doing this will not trip a cel) and it will be "pleasantly loud" imo. nice rumble and all. i think you would probably be the first ive heard of running a cherry bomb on the 4.0 tacoma.......i say go for it, if it isnt gonna be all that much, and you can always swap out to something you will like better.
well, if you are gonna do turndowns, it may make it deeper........but i still think its gonna be hella loud. if you dont mind interior resonance being very high....i say go for it.............might have an awesome sound to it. cant really tell until you get it on the truck.
Magnaflow is louder than the Flowmaster, if you want a nice low loud sound. Cherry bombs will always be the loudest though. Probably not going to sound very performance though. THey are cheap for a reason, they are not made for any specific application. There is a sound bite for the Magnaflow exhaust here somewhere, try to search for it. I have the Magnaflow, it sounds great.
I have not seen a cherrybomb that was made for a specific engine. Other mufflers are. That it what I meant. All of the cherry bombs I have seen sounded like someone just took out the cat, not added a muffler. Just my opinion though.
My magnaflow does not idle as loud as a Flowmaster, but when you give it some gas, it is much louder.
After seeing this video on youtube, Im sold. Theres no doubt this is the muffler Im going to go with. I searched and listened to several different exhausts on tacomas and this is definitely my favorite of them all. Theres also a video posted by the same person after headers and intake and it sounds even better. What does everyone else think about it?
I've got an 02 w/3.4L, let me know how it turns out.......is yours a 4x4 or TRD offroad? Does it matter? How much did it or will it set you back?
Sounds awesome.....I want to see and hear it. How much $?
I think I speak for a few when I say "Post a sound clip!!!"
ever get the pics and video??
I agree go with magnaflow, I love the sound of my truck, wouldn't have it any other way. Don't ever get cherry bombs on anything, I think they are very trashy. Plus you won't get any performance out of them, its just noise. I will be posting a sound clip of mine either today or tomorrow. Here is a website where you can hear the Magnaflow on Tacomas and Tundras.
What type of muffler is on that video???
why does everybody have an obsession about making their truck loud? I want to surprise people when I pull away from them. Here's my exception, I'll accept a louder truck if I can get some decent performance gains from it.


Wallilabou, Chateaubelair and Cumberland are spectacular anchorages on the leeward coast of St. Vincent. Beautiful and rugged they can also be a little sketchy with very aggressive boat vendors and occasional rip offs. We have never been personally troubled but reports abound. Cumberland has afforded us particularly pleasant stays and a stop along here breaks up a trip to or from Bequia. East of Petite Byahaut and in the Grenadines, the boat vendors protect their livelihood by maintaining some order. Things are a little more disorganized on the "mainland". We enjoyed the land tour of St. Vincent (particularly the botanical gardens). Petite Byahaut is very small and hard to reach town from. People stay there for the restaurant and snorkeling. Young Island Cut is the big boat hangout on the southern coast and is reputed to have a lively scene. We have taken moorings in Young Island Cut and enjoyed it, done land tours and business ashore but we never leave the boat after dark. We chartered out of Blue Lagoon and enjoyed it but for our visits to the mainland, we usually leave the boat at anchor in Bequia and take a ferry across.
If there is some wind and the seas aren't too bad, sail down the eastern coast from St. Lucia to Bequia as you avoid the long painful period of motoring along the lee coast.
The Wallilabou anchorage mostly looks like the movie except they digitally edited out the radio tower on the southern edge.
Disney offered to remove all the sets and the window dressing done to some of the permanent buildings but the locals quite rightly decided that the sets would serve as a tourist draw and asked that they be left alone. The last time we were by, Pirates II and III were being filmed and it was closed. Before that, storms had damaged much of the set so it may well look quite different now. We'll let you know.
Eaux Vives at Wallilabou, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Capt. Sparrow is ashore.
We will stay in the northern part of St. Vincent while traveling north. It is possible to check out of SVG at Wallilabou but the customs there is a little uncertain in which hours it is open. Pick one boat boy, tell him he's the one for all the business and to keep the others away. Buy some bananas, pay him to take a stern line ashore. He needs the money and will perform good service for you.


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Q: asp:CheckBoxList renders as span and no checkboxes(FF and webkit) I am using CheckboxList control of the asp.net. it was working fine as expected in past but certainly it started not rendering properly in chrome and firefox browsers. It renders perfectly in Internet Explorer (9 in my case).
It renders in span tag like following

  Activity IDActivity TItleSubmitted ByActivity DateRequest DateAmountStatusExternal Activity IDCustomer ID

While the correct and expected rendering (From IE) is as follows

<input id="cntMain_chkColumns_0" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$0" value="0" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">
Activity ID

    <input id="cntMain_chkColumns_1" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$1" value="1" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">

  Activity TItle

<input id="cntMain_chkColumns_2" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$2" value="2" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">
Submitted By

      <input id="cntMain_chkColumns_3" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$3" value="3" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">

    Activity Date

<input id="cntMain_chkColumns_4" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$4" value="4" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">
Request Date

<input id="cntMain_chkColumns_5" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$5" value="5" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">
Amount

        <input id="cntMain_chkColumns_6" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$6" value="6" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">

      Status

<input id="cntMain_chkColumns_7" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$7" value="7" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">
External Activity ID

          <input id="cntMain_chkColumns_8" class="ez-hide" name="ctl00$cntMain$chkColumns$8" value="8" CHECKED="checked" type="checkbox">

        Customer ID

**CSS **
Below are the css rules which are supposed to be applied if checkbox renders :(
.defaultP - is a dummy class for calling ezMark plugin.
.drag-box-wp{ border:1px dashed #cccccc; padding:7px; display:inline; float:left; width:100%; margin:0 0 20px 20px; background:#ffffff; max-width: 195px; }

Remaining are the classes for jquery-ui-draggable interaction widget.
Below is my markup
<asp:CheckBoxList ID="chkColumns" runat="server" RepeatDirection="Horizontal" RepeatColumns="5" RepeatLayout="Flow"></asp:CheckBoxList>

I bind this checkbox list on click of a button the binding code in c# code-behind file goes like below
 DataView dvCustomizableColumns = dtCustomizableColumns.DefaultView;
 dvCustomizableColumns.Sort = "Sequence_ID ASC";
 chkColumns.DataSource = dvCustomizableColumns;
 chkColumns.DataTextField = "ColumnDisplayName";
 chkColumns.DataValueField = "Sequence_ID";
 chkColumns.DataBind();

Later using a function i make these checkboxes draggable and apply some styling on check boxes using ezMark Plugin.
Code :
    private void EnableDraggingOnItems(DataView dvCustomizableColumns)
    {
       for (int i = 0; i < dvCustomizableColumns.Table.Rows.Count; i++)
        {
         if (hdnSelectedColumns.Value != string.Empty)
          {
           if (hdnSelectedColumns.Value.Contains(chkColumns.Items[i].Value))
            {
              chkColumns.Items[i].Selected = true;
            }
          }
         else
          {
            chkColumns.Items[i].Selected = true;
          }

chkColumns.Items[i].Attributes.Add("class", "defaultP checkbox-wp drag-box-wp  ui-draggable ui-droppable makeDragDrop");
        }
    }

i also checked if there is a checkbox webkit style set to none for chrome but it is nowhere in the css.
Please let me know if more information is needed.

A: Thanks all, who shown interest in my problem. Fortunately i found solution to my question.
It turns out that in my master page, there was a jquery starts with selector causing the innerHtml of the checkbox list to be altered.
$("span[id^='cntMain']").each(function () {
                $(this).text($(this).text().toString().toTitleCase());
            });

That's why it renders the labels only.
I changed the selector in above code like following
 $("span[id^='cntMain']:not(:has(*))").each(function () {
                $(this).text($(this).text().toString().toTitleCase());
            });

Though this is very specific problem i posted the answer in case someone still find it useful.
I am still wondering why and how it worked in IE.

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